2016 Tour de France

103rd edition: July 2 - July 24, 2016

Stage 15, Sunday, July 17: 
Bourg en Bresse - Culoz

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Stage 15, Sunday, July 17: Bourg en Bresse - Culoz, 160 km

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Jarlinson Pantano wins stage 15 in front of Rafal Majka

Rated ascents:

• Km 23.0: Col du Berthiand (780 m), 6 km @ 8.1% - cat 1
• Km 52.0: Col du Sappel (794 m), 8.8 km @ 5.6% - cat 2
• Km 63.5: Col de Pisseloup, 4.9 km @ 5.8% - cat 3
• Km 79.0: Col de la Rochette, 5.1 km @ 5.4% - cat 3
• Km 113.0: Grand Colombier (1,501 m), 12.8 km @ 6.8% - cat H
• Km 146.0: Lacets du Grand Colombier (891 m), 8.4 km @ 7.6% - cat 1

Weather: It's a warm and sunny day at the finish town of Culuz. At 1:45 PM it's 28C (82F) with a wind of 10 km/hr (6 mph) from the NNW. No rain is forecast.

The Race: 184 riders signed in today with Chris Froome enjoying his seventh consecutive day in yellow. Today's monster day in the mountains started at 1:06 PM.

The attacks flew off from the stage's beginning, but it was at the start of the day's first ascent, the Col du Berthiand, that Rafal Majka and Ilnur Zakarin were able to establish a sustainable gap. At the crest of the mountain, the pair had a small lead with a group of 26 riders in pursuit. The pair were caught on the the descent, making for a lead group of 28.

Sky led the peloton and seemed quite unworried about the gap and allowed several riders to jump across to the leaders. Eventually the front group was 30 riders strong and included Vincenzo Nibali, Pierre Rolland, Thomas Voeckler and Tom Dumoulin.

Voeckler was the first over the second-category Col du Sappel with the peloton 6min 20sec back. Sick with a fever, José Herrada quit the race. On crest of the third-category Col de Pisseloup, Serge Pauwels and Rafal Majka went clear from the break but were caught soon by the rest of the breakaway riders. With about 85 kilometers left to race, the main peloton was about seven minutes behind.

With 62 kilometers to go, at the base of the giant Grand Colombier, there were four riders about 20sec in front of the big break. Tom Dumoulin, who had gone first, was joined shortly thereafter by Vincenzo Nibali, Jarlinson Pantano and Alexis Vuilleroz. The peloton was 8min 40sec back.

On the Colombier's lower slopes the four escapees were rounded up by the quickly diminishing break.

Zakarin and Majka were intent upon putting their stamp on this stage. Part way up the Grand Colombier, the duo again went clear with Majka first over the giant mountain. The pair were quickly joined by Julian Alaphillppe and Jarlinson Pantano. On the descent, Astana led the peloton, at this point more than seven minutes back.

Julian Alaphilppe tried to get away alone, but crashed descending the mountain. With 25 kilometers and another big climb to go, that put escapees Majka and Pantano in the lead with others hot on their tails.

Majka was first at Lacets du Grand Colombier with Pantano following 22 seconds later. On the descent Pantano caught Majka and then outsprinted him to win the stage. Further back, the yellow jersey group was down to 15 riders, including the top 13 in the GC.

Wouter Poels led in the yellow jersey group 3min 7sec after Pantano crossed the line with Froome preserving his overall lead.

This was the 16th stage victory by a Colombian racer and IAM Cycling's first. After the stage Pantano said, "This is incredible. It's a dream come true. I came to the Tour de France for that but I didn't believe it could happen. I'm very happy. I've done it thanks to my team-mates. I dedicate this victory to my wife and my team captain Mathias Frank who had to pull out because he was sick."

Complete Results:

Stage 15 photos

160 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.251 km/hr

1	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	4hr 24min 49sec
2	MAJKA Rafal	TINKOFF	s.t.
3	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	@ 6sec
4	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	s.t.
5	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 22''
6	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	+ 00' 25''
7	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	s.t.
8	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	+ 01' 30''
9	NAVARRO Daniel	COFIDIS	s.t.
10	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	+ 02' 08''
11	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
12	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02' 10''
13	POELS Wouter	SKY	+ 03' 07''
14	FROOME Christopher	SKY	s.t.
15	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	s.t.
16	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	s.t.
17	BARDET Romain	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
18	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
19	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF	s.t.
20	MEINTJES Louis	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
21	YATES Adam	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
22	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
23	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	s.t.
24	MARTIN Daniel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
25	RODRIGUEZ Joaquin	KATUSHA	s.t.
26	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	s.t.
27	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
28	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	s.t.
29	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	+ 04' 35''
30	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
31	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	s.t.
32	POZZOVIVO Domenico	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
33	THOMAS Geraint	SKY	+ 09' 06''
34	HENAO Sergio Luis	SKY	s.t.
35	ROSA Diego	ASTANA	s.t.
36	POLANC Jan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
37	VOECKLER Thomas	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
38	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 12' 00''
39	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 12' 04''
40	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
41	PLAZA Ruben	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
42	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
43	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
44	BARGUIL WARREN	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 13' 49''
45	STETINA Peter	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
46	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	s.t.
47	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR	s.t.
48	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	ASTANA	s.t.
49	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
50	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	s.t.
51	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA	s.t.
52	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	s.t.
53	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	+ 14' 26''
54	FEILLU Brice	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
55	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	s.t.
56	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	s.t.
57	JEANDESBOZ Fabrice	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 16' 11''
58	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	+ 16' 41''
59	GESCHKE Simon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
60	DUMOULIN Tom	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
61	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
62	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR	s.t.
63	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	s.t.
64	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 18' 14''
65	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	+ 19' 02''
66	JEANNESSON Arnold	COFIDIS	s.t.
67	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	s.t.
68	SCHLECK Frank	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
69	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
70	LINDEMAN Bert Jan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 21' 03''
71	KELDERMAN Wilco	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
72	BARTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
73	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	+ 21' 53''
74	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
75	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC	s.t.
76	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	s.t.
77	PREIDLER Georg	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
78	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
79	ROELANDTS Jurgen	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
80	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
81	VACHON Florian	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
82	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
83	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	s.t.
84	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
85	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	s.t.
86	IMPEY Daryl	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
87	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA	s.t.
88	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	TINKOFF	s.t.
89	TEN DAM Laurens	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
90	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
91	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	s.t.
92	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	s.t.
93	ANACONA Winner Andrew	MOVISTAR	s.t.
94	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	s.t.
95	LANDA Mikel	SKY	s.t.
96	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	s.t.
97	KIRYIENKA Vasili	SKY	s.t.
98	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	s.t.
99	COUSIN Jérome	COFIDIS	s.t.
100	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
101	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 22' 40''
102	ARASHIRO Yukiya	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
103	MARTENS Paul	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
104	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
105	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	s.t.
106	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 24' 35''
107	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	+ 25' 29''
108	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	+ 26' 32''
109	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
110	IRIZAR Markel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
111	VAKOC Petr	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
112	FARIA Rui Alberto	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
113	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
114	BONNET William	FDJ	s.t.
115	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
116	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	s.t.
117	TIMMER Albert	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
118	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
119	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	s.t.
120	DELAPLACE Anthony	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
121	FONSECA Armindo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
122	SORENSEN Chris Anker	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
123	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
124	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
125	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
126	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
127	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	s.t.
128	VICIOSO Angel	KATUSHA	s.t.
129	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	+ 28' 07''
130	MATTHEWS Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
131	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
132	SINKELDAM Ramon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
133	BODNAR Maciej	TINKOFF	s.t.
134	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
135	ROWE Luke	SKY	s.t.
136	STANNARD Ian	SKY	s.t.
137	DURBRIDGE Luke	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
138	PIBERNIK Luka	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
139	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
140	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	s.t.
141	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
142	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
143	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
144	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	s.t.
145	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	s.t.
146	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
147	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
148	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
149	GENE Yohann	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
150	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
151	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
152	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF	+ 28' 13''
153	KEISSE Iljo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 29' 10''
154	CAVENDISH Mark	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
155	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
156	SIEBERG Marcel	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
157	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
158	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	s.t.
159	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
160	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
161	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
162	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
163	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
164	CUMMINGS Stephen	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
165	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
166	DUMOULIN Samuel	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
167	HOWES Alex	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	s.t.
168	BOZIC Borut	COFIDIS	s.t.
169	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
170	RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
171	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
172	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	s.t.
173	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	s.t.
174	EISEL Bernhard	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
175	CIMOLAI Davide	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
176	HENDERSON Gregory	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
177	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
178	ARCHBOLD Shane	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
179	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
180	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
181	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
182	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
183	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 31' 45''

GC after Stage 15:

• GC leader: Christopher Froome (Sky)
• Points classification leader: Peter Sagan (Tinkoff)
• Mountains classification leader: Rafal Majka (Tinkoff)
• Young rider classification leader: Adam Yates (Orica-BikeExchange)
• Team classification leader: Movistar

2,719 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.843 km/hr

1	FROOME Christopher	SKY	68hr 14min 36sec
2	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01' 47''
3	YATES Adam	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 02' 45''
4	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	+ 02' 59''
5	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	+ 03' 17''
6	BARDET Romain	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 04' 04''
7	PORTE Richie	BMC	+ 04' 27''
8	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	+ 04' 47''
9	MARTIN Daniel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 05' 03''
10	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	+ 05' 16''
11	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF	+ 05' 24''
12	MEINTJES Louis	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 05' 48''
13	RODRIGUEZ Joaquin	KATUSHA	+ 05' 54''
14	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	+ 08' 40''
15	HENAO Sergio Luis	SKY	+ 12' 24''
16	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	+ 12' 24''
17	THOMAS Geraint	SKY	+ 12' 47''
18	BARGUIL WARREN	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 19' 05''
19	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	+ 24' 06''
20	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 27' 44''
21	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 27' 59''
22	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 32' 39''
23	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	+ 34' 26''
24	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	+ 36' 17''
25	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	+ 36' 52''
26	NAVARRO Daniel	COFIDIS	+ 37' 06''
27	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	+ 40' 47''
28	SCHLECK Frank	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 46' 19''
29	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	+ 46' 45''
30	KELDERMAN Wilco	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 48' 23''
31	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	+ 48' 40''
32	POZZOVIVO Domenico	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 52' 18''
33	MAJKA Rafal	TINKOFF	+ 57' 56''
34	POELS Wouter	SKY	+ 59' 17''
35	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01h 00' 01''
36	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA	+ 01h 01' 29''
37	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	+ 01h 01' 30''
38	LANDA Mikel	SKY	+ 01h 04' 39''
39	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 04' 50''
40	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 07' 50''
41	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01h 09' 47''
42	DUMOULIN Tom	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 01h 09' 52''
43	IMPEY Daryl	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 01h 10' 04''
44	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 11' 02''
45	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01h 11' 13''
46	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01h 12' 31''
47	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	ASTANA	+ 01h 15' 58''
48	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	+ 01h 17' 04''
49	STETINA Peter	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01h 17' 40''
50	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	+ 01h 19' 57''
51	ROSA Diego	ASTANA	+ 01h 20' 38''
52	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 01h 20' 55''
53	PREIDLER Georg	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 01h 22' 46''
54	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	+ 01h 25' 18''
55	PLAZA Ruben	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 01h 28' 30''
56	JEANDESBOZ Fabrice	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01h 29' 56''
57	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	+ 01h 30' 44''
58	TEN DAM Laurens	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 01h 31' 21''
59	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	+ 01h 31' 37''
60	FARIA Rui Alberto	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 01h 33' 18''
61	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01h 33' 45''
62	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 37' 35''
63	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA	+ 01h 43' 27''
64	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01h 44' 50''
65	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	+ 01h 44' 55''
66	POLANC Jan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 01h 45' 02''
67	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	+ 01h 45' 17''
68	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 45' 30''
69	SORENSEN Chris Anker	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01h 45' 45''
70	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	+ 01h 46' 22''
71	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	+ 01h 46' 25''
72	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 46' 29''
73	JEANNESSON Arnold	COFIDIS	+ 01h 46' 39''
74	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 01h 47' 08''
75	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 47' 53''
76	GESCHKE Simon	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 01h 49' 01''
77	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 49' 10''
78	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 52' 31''
79	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	+ 01h 52' 33''
80	FEILLU Brice	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01h 54' 41''
81	ANACONA Winner Andrew	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 54' 57''
82	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	+ 01h 58' 08''
83	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 01h 58' 14''
84	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 58' 50''
85	VOECKLER Thomas	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01h 59' 21''
86	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 01' 30''
87	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 01' 37''
88	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 03' 05''
89	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	+ 02h 03' 42''
90	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02h 04' 42''
91	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	TINKOFF	+ 02h 05' 06''
92	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02h 07' 04''
93	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF	+ 02h 07' 29''
94	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	+ 02h 08' 11''
95	BARTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02h 08' 59''
96	DELAPLACE Anthony	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 02h 10' 10''
97	VACHON Florian	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 02h 10' 29''
98	LINDEMAN Bert Jan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02h 10' 48''
99	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC	+ 02h 11' 08''
100	DURBRIDGE Luke	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 02h 11' 44''
101	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	+ 02h 13' 58''
102	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 02h 13' 59''
103	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02h 14' 42''
104	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02h 17' 21''
105	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	+ 02h 19' 02''
106	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02h 19' 20''
107	MARTENS Paul	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02h 19' 43''
108	PIBERNIK Luka	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 02h 20' 21''
109	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02h 20' 45''
110	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	+ 02h 21' 14''
111	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02h 22' 47''
112	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02h 24' 13''
113	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02h 26' 13''
114	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02h 26' 59''
115	KEISSE Iljo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 28' 04''
116	ROELANDTS Jurgen	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02h 28' 13''
117	IRIZAR Markel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02h 28' 17''
118	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02h 28' 48''
119	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02h 30' 57''
120	KIRYIENKA Vasili	SKY	+ 02h 31' 01''
121	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 31' 22''
122	MATTHEWS Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 02h 31' 27''
123	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02h 31' 28''
124	HOWES Alex	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	+ 02h 32' 08''
125	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	+ 02h 32' 46''
126	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	+ 02h 32' 55''
127	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	+ 02h 32' 55''
128	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	+ 02h 33' 04''
129	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 02h 33' 39''
130	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 02h 33' 53''
131	ARASHIRO Yukiya	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 02h 34' 13''
132	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02h 34' 16''
133	DUMOULIN Samuel	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 34' 53''
134	VAKOC Petr	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 35' 08''
135	CUMMINGS Stephen	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02h 35' 12''
136	COUSIN Jérome	COFIDIS	+ 02h 36' 31''
137	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 02h 36' 46''
138	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	+ 02h 38' 44''
139	BONNET William	FDJ	+ 02h 38' 54''
140	VICIOSO Angel	KATUSHA	+ 02h 39' 19''
141	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 02h 39' 40''
142	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 39' 43''
143	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	+ 02h 40' 11''
144	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02h 40' 15''
145	FONSECA Armindo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 02h 41' 20''
146	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02h 42' 27''
147	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	+ 02h 42' 51''
148	HENDERSON Gregory	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02h 44' 02''
149	RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 44' 35''
150	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	+ 02h 44' 43''
151	BODNAR Maciej	TINKOFF	+ 02h 45' 23''
152	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 02h 45' 36''
153	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 46' 12''
154	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 02h 46' 12''
155	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 46' 16''
156	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 46' 36''
157	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	+ 02h 47' 18''
158	SINKELDAM Ramon	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 02h 48' 43''
159	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	+ 02h 49' 11''
160	GENE Yohann	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02h 49' 25''
161	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02h 50' 13''
162	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02h 50' 31''
163	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02h 51' 19''
164	CAVENDISH Mark	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02h 51' 27''
165	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 02h 51' 43''
166	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02h 51' 54''
167	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	+ 02h 52' 06''
168	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02h 52' 26''
169	ROWE Luke	SKY	+ 02h 52' 45''
170	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	+ 02h 53' 00''
171	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 55' 21''
172	TIMMER Albert	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 02h 55' 49''
173	BOZIC Borut	COFIDIS	+ 02h 56' 00''
174	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	+ 02h 56' 19''
175	STANNARD Ian	SKY	+ 02h 56' 29''
176	SIEBERG Marcel	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02h 57' 25''
177	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 02h 58' 02''
178	CIMOLAI Davide	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 02h 58' 04''
179	ARCHBOLD Shane	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 03h 04' 15''
180	EISEL Bernhard	DIMENSION DATA	+ 03h 06' 55''
181	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	+ 03h 10' 19''
182	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 03h 19' 56''
183	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 03h 26' 14''

Stage 14 map and profile:

Stage 15 map

Stage 15 profile

Stage 15 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Ilnur Zakarin leads what's left of the break on the final climb.

Tanel Kangert leads the Yellow Jersey group

Christopher Froome has ridden a nearly flawless Tour so far

Up the road Majka and Pantano are heading for the finish.

Here's Serge Pauwels, who had been in some early aggressive moves

Thomas Voeckler

Richie Porte

Jarlinson Pantano wins the sprint

Rafal Majka after coming so close...

Alexis Vuillermoz takes third in front of Sebastien Reichenbach

Julian Alaphilippe finishes

Stage winner Jarlinson Pantano

Rafal Majka did get the climber's jersey for his efforts

Chris Froome gets another day in yellow.

Organizer's preview:

Tom Dumoulin said he won the queen stage at Andorra-Arcalis. It was certainly the queen stage of the Pyrenees but the way this Tour de France is designed makes it hard to know in advance which one is the most decisive stage. The Alps are yet to come. But the route is subtle. In between the Mont Ventoux and the Alps, there's the Grand Colombier.

Only once this grueling climb in the Jura overlooking the Mont Blanc and the Bourget lake has been featured in the Tour de France. In 2012, it didn't impact the race really, probably because the finish was a bit far away from the top of the hill. This time around, the riders have to climb the Grand Colombier one and half time, the first time via Lochieu, which is not the steepest part, the second time via the famous S above Culoz, which makes it necessary to pass the finishing line with 23.5km to go.

The summit won't be reached twice but the downhill back to Culoz is a spectacular one. The terrain is suitable for movement in the race. Many climbs beforehand, even some that aren't categorized in order to not frighten the riders are likely to give way for a big breakaway to take shape. It's a day for France to finally win a stage with Romain Bardet but at the difference of last year, he's maybe too high on GC, seventh with a deficit of only four minutes. It doesn't give him a total freedom.

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