Basque: The Beillen Plateau and the surrounding lands were closed

The Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogacar (UAE) He was once again the first to cross the finish line in the fifteenth stage of the Tour de France 2024disputed between Loudenvielle and Plateau de Beille (197.7 km). He has traveled much of the route alongside Jonas Vingegaard (Visma)but in the final kilometres the Dane was unable to keep up with him and finished the race more than a minute behind.

The UAE rider signed the victory at Plateau de Beille fourteenth victory of his career in the French round, the seventh in the Pyrenees, his favorite mountain range.

The winner of the 2020 and 2021 editions led Vingegaard by 1:08 minutes and now has a lead of 3:09 in the overall standings.

The third of the stage was the Belgian Remco Evenpoel2:51 behind Pogacar, and also occupies that position in the general classification at 5:19, ahead of the Portuguese Joao Almeidawhich is at 10:54 and from the Basque Mikel Landawhich at this stage has been roomat 11:21.

Classification of the 15th:

1 – POGACAR Tadej (UAE) 5:13:55

2 – VINGEGAARD ​​Jonas (Visma) +1:08

3 – EVENEPOEL Remco (Soudal) +2:51

4 – LANDA Mikel (Soudal) +3:54

5 – ALMEIDA João (UAE) +4:43

6 – YATES Adam (UAE) +4:56

7 – BUITRAGO Santiago (Bahrain) +5:08

8 – RODRIGUEZ Carlos (INEOS) mt

9 – CARAPAZ Richard (EF) +5:41

10 – GALL Felix (Decathlon) +5:57

General ranking:

1 – POGACAR Tadej (UAE) 61:56:24

2 – VINGEGAARD ​​Jonas (Visma) +3:09

3 – EVENEPOEL Remco (Soudal) +5:19

4 – ALMEIDA João (UAE) +10:54

5 – LANDA Mikel (Soudal) +11:27

6 – RODRIGUEZ Carlos (INEOS) +11:27

7 – YATES Adam (UAE) +13:38

8 – CICCONE Giulio (Lidl) +15:48

9 – GEE Derek (Israel) +16:12

10 – BUITRAGO Santiago (Bahrain) +16:32

Source: Eitb

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