Tadej Pogacar mortgages Tour de France 2024: domination at Plateau de Beille
The race for the yellow jersey actually seems to have closed in the Pyrenees.
Tadej Pogacar mortgages the Tour de France 2024 by authoritatively taking the 15th stage, raced in the Pyrenees finishing at Plateau de Beille. Thwarted the hopes of Jonas Vingegaard, who was 1'08'' off at the day’s finish, and a Giulio Ciccone gone down. Now the possibility of hitting the feat that has been missing since Marco Pantani’s magical 1998 (Giro d'Italia and Tour in the same year) è really possible.
The Slovenian decided the day's victory, potentially decisive for the fate of the entire 2024 Tour, with about 11 km to go. È that was the moment when he invented the attack to which Vingegaard failed to respond, after stoically resisting for 6 km. Badly another big guy like Remco Evenepoel, detached by as much as 2'51''. Even more in trouble; as mentioned è Ciccone, who finished 13th almost six and a half minutes behind Pogacar. The day's general difficulties still allow him to maintain his eighth position in the overall standings.
Now comes a Monday break for the Tour de France, before the last week of the competition: the really decisive one. The standings appear toò be already quite outlined, with Vingegaard called for a big comeback to try to win his third Grande Boucle in a row. His delay, però currently exceeds three minutes from a Pogacar in stellar form. So much so that he can afford to control his opponents in the week leading up to Nice.
Tour de France 2024, general classification after stage 15:
1 – POGACAR Tadej UAE Team Emirates 25 52″ 61:56:24
2 – VINGEGAARD Jonas Team Visma | Lease a Bike 32″ 3:09
3 – EVENEPOEL Remco Soudal Quick-Step 22″ 5:19
4 – ALMEIDA João UAE Team Emirates 10:54
5 – LANDA Mikel Soudal Quick-Step 11:21
6 – RODRÍGUEZ Carlos INEOS Grenadiers 11:27
7 – YATES Adam UAE Team Emirates 13:38
8 – CICCONE Giulio Lidl – Trek 15:48
9 – GEE Derek Israel – Premier Tech 4″ 16:12
10 – BUITRAGO Santiago Bahrain – Victorious 16:32
