Refresh
The riders are all set on the beginning line and prepared for the impartial begin.
It is a scorching begin for the riders of 27°c with cloudy skies and a chance of rain however it’s meant to interrupt into sunshine.
The struggle for the break can be enormous right now. Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor) and Wout Van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) are additionally very eager to be within the break.
Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto) turns into the 18th rider to go away the Tour this 12 months. He crashed in the course of the nationwide championships and once more within the first week and has struggled ever since.
Simply round half an hour till the racing begins for stage 15 and the top of week two on the 2025 Tour de France.
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) is eager to go for the breakaway right now.
With Evenepoel, Skjelmose, Cras and Coquard leaving the race yesterday, the record of abandons is up at 17. Hopefully, we do not see any extra.
This is probably not a mountain stage, however a punchy profile, with a 880m elevation excessive level solely 40km from the end guarantees fairly a bit of pleasure.
However, turning our consideration to stage 15 – here is the profile we are able to look ahead to right now.
Yesterday’s celebrations for Ineso Grenadiers additionally adopted an surprising flip of occasions, because the press convention took a give attention to a crew workers members hyperlinks with a doping investigation.
We’re nonetheless reeling from the drama of stage 14.
Bonjour and welcome to our stay protection of stage 15 of the 2025 Tour de France 🇫🇷
