Astana’s Magnus Cort has won yesterday’s stage after dominating the route’s three-man main group to sprint to the finish line and grab stage’s 15 crown.
On the other hand, Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas continues to stay in yellow and is now headed to the Tour’s final and most decisive week.
Thomas also leads team-mate and four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome by one minute and 39 secs as defending champion has climbed up to second overall.
“It is rattling through quite nicely and I am looking forward to the rest day,” Thomas said.
“I am not even thinking about winning the Tour de France. I am not even contemplating it.”
Third overall is now taken by Tom Dumoulin who stands 11 seconds behind Froome whose teammate and one of Team Sky’s best riders, Gianni Moscon, was disqualified a couple of hours ago from the tour after hitting another rider.
According to Team Fortuneo-Samsic, Team Sky’s 24-year-old rider had punched their man Elie Gesbert during yesterday’s first kilometer of the stage.
Soon after finishing the race, Team Sky CEO Sir Dave Brailsford said in an official statement that they fully “support and accept” the race organizers’ decision to kick Moscon out of the Tour.
A message from @GianniMoscon: pic.twitter.com/pzYVjygHgQ
— Team Sky (@TeamSky) July 22, 2018
Tour de France Stage 15 results
Magnus Cort (Den/Astana) – 4hrs 25mins 52secs
Ion Izagirre (Spa/Bahrain-Merida) same
Bauke Mollema (Ned/Trek-Segafredo) +2secs
Michael Valgren (Den/Astana) +29secs
Toms Skujins (Lat/Trek-Segafredo) +34secs
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita/Bahrain-Merida) same
Lilian Calmejane (Fra/Direct Energie)
Rafal Majka (Pol/Bora-Hansgrohe) +37secs
Nikias Arndt (Ger/Sunweb) +2mins 31secs
Julien Bernard (Fra/Trek-Segafredo) +2mins 38secs
General classification so far
Geraint Thomas (GB/Team Sky) 62hrs 49mins 47secs
Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +1min 39secs
Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Sunweb) +1min 50secs
Primoz Roglic (Slo/LottoNL-Jumbo) +2mins 38secs
Romain Bardet (Fra/AG2R La Mondiale) +3mins 21secs
Mikel Landa (Spa/Movistar) +3mins 42secs
Steven Kruijswijk (Ned/LottoNL-Jumbo) +3mins 57secs
Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) +4mins 23secs
Jakob Fuglsang (Den/Astana) +6mins 14secs
Dan Martin (Ire/UAE Team Emirates) +6mins 54secs
