Tour de France stage 15 LIVE – A chance for the breakaway on a puncheur profile

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2025-07-20T10:55:29.494Z

Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) is keen to go for the breakaway today.

🗣️ “Le scénario idéal pour moi c’est de partir dans l’échappée aujourd’hui” – @mathieuvdpoel 🇳🇱#TDF2025 pic.twitter.com/RsK5URG7DFJuly 20, 2025

2025-07-20T10:52:43.512Z

With Evenepoel, Skjelmose, Cras and Coquard leaving the race yesterday, the list of abandons is up at 17. Hopefully, we don’t see any more.

But, with sickness around the peloton and riders struggling in the Pyrenees, more may go today and in the final rest day tomorrow.

2025-07-20T10:36:11.807Z

This may not be a mountain stage, but a punchy profile, with a 880m elevation high point only 40km from the finish promises quite a bit of excitement.

Read our full preview:

Tour de France 2025 stage 15 preview – The peloton exits the Pyrenees for a transition stage into Carcassonne

2025-07-20T10:35:16.520Z

But, turning our attention to stage 15 – here’s the profile we can look forward to today.

(Image credit: ASO)

2025-07-20T10:23:49.491Z

Yesterday’s celebrations for Ineso Grenadiers also followed an unexpected turn of events, as the press conference took a focus on a team staff members links with a doping investigation.

Thymen Arensman faces questions on reports of Ineos Grenadiers staff member doping link after Tour de France stage win

2025-07-20T10:18:37.961Z

We’re still reeling from the drama of stage 14.

First and foremost the abandonment of Remco Evenepoel. This morning we’ve seen a little more from the champion on why he decided to leave the race.

‘It just wasn’t working, I was empty’ – Remco Evenepoel reveals his struggle since the Dauphine and the cause of his Tour de France abandon

2025-07-03T13:28:19.905Z

Bonjour and welcome to our live coverage of stage 15 of the 2025 Tour de France 🇫🇷