67 km
13:53
The distance between the top group continues to shrink. There are only 20 seconds left.
63 km
13:52
Thomas Gachignard von Totalenergies falls back into the auto column again and again. He seems to have problems.
62 km
13:50
Still 50km to the intermediate sprint.
61 km
13:47
After a phase in which the field calms down and resigned with the 3-member outlier group, there are now attacks. Luke Plapp and Mauro Schmid briefly loosened. But UAE does not want to allow anything. Further attacks follow.
59 km
13:38
The distance between the top group is currently 1,45min.
52 km
13:34
Lidl-Trek and Intermarché-Wanty are currently also showing the sprinter teams at the front in the field. Redbull is just coming forward. The pace currently makes UAE.
49 km
13:33
The peloton is closed again – Deletre has also been swallowed again. The top trio is only 30 seconds ahead.
47 km
13:31
A small gap in the field is currently being gathered. 30 drivers at the front.
46 km
13:28
The field is now very active again. There are other attacks – again and again Nils Politt shows up in the role in the role of keeping an overview for UAE.
43 km
13:24
Alexandre Deletre has settled together with Nils Politt. However, the German did not want to do any leadership work and let himself be fallen back. Deletre is now alone on the way to the top group – she now has 1,10min lead on the peloton.
39 km
13:19
Alpecin is now trying to ensure calm at the top of the main field. With Xandro Meurisse you have a man in the top group.
35 km
13:15
The top group is now again within sight of the peloton. Van Aert raised the pace there. The average speed is currently 52 km/h.
32 km
13:13
The chasing group around Mauro Schmid, Iván García Cortina, Davide Ballerini, Alexandre Deletre and Benjamin Thomas has been caught up again.
30 km
13:11
Another 4 drivers have just settled a bit – they have caught up with Thomas and are now trying together to catch up with the top group.
29 km
13:11
Benjamin Thomas managed to break away from the field alone.
29 km
13:05
There is so much stress in the peloton because everyone knows that there is only one chance today: either you can make it into a group of outliers that work in front of the GC drivers at least 5 minutes. Or they make the stage victory at the Mont Ventoux among themselves.
24 km
13:04
The distance between the top group has become smaller due to the high speed in the field. There are still 10 seconds at the moment.
23 km
13:02
The pace is extremely high. The first drivers get problems to follow the field in the back.
22 km
13:01
For coastal conditions, the wind is currently relatively behavior.
21 km
12:54
The outlier trio is now a 27 second lead over the driver field. There are always smaller groups that want to participate.
14 km
12:51
Now 3 drivers have settled a bit. Xandro Meurisse, as well as the Austrian Marco Haller and Swiss Marc Hirschi are currently 9 seconds.
12 km
12:48
The field is quite long. The attacks continue. The intermediate sprint is in 100km.
9 km
12:43
Again and again it is Wout van Aert who attacks at the front. He was just able to settle alone, but was able to catch up again. The game continues.
5 km
12:39
Lenny Martinez also mixes in the front. If he makes it into an outlier group, it would be the best chance to defend the mountain jersey. The second best variant for the French would be an outlier group without him, in which only drivers are without much mountain points.
1 km
12:38
Now Jonathan Milan is in front. But the field is still together.
1 km
12:37
Wout van Aert immediately sets the first attack. But some drivers go along immediately.
1 km
12:32
Tour director Christian Prudhomme gave it okay – the race starts.
12:32
3km until the race is opened.
12:29
Quinn Simmons is relatively far back in the neutralization phase. Yesterday he critically commented in interviews on various topics. For example, it was about driving slipsters of the competition behind motorcycles, but also criticism of your own team tactics. Is the driver that has so far been very active going a little more calmly today?
12:21
In interviews, however, Pogacar said that he has a slight cold. We will only see whether this weakens him and his competition can benefit from it.
12:19
You can probably expect a similar picture today as the past mountain stages. Many drivers will probably endeavor early to get into an outlier group. There is only a chance against mountain specialists like Pogacar if you go into the climb with a big lead.
12:16
Among other things, neutralization is so long because the driver field has to run over several railways.
12:10
The field starts to move. The neutralization phase is relatively long today at 13.2km.
12:08
Now the carriers of the rating jerseys are rolling forward. Pogacar was the first in yellow to face Tim Wellens next to his teammates.
12:06
The remaining 165 drivers are now gradually found on the finish line. It starts right away.
11:57
11:57
The man in the green jersey continues to be Jonathan Milan. Milan can only collect sprint points in the intermediate sprint today. That would be important counters to keep Tadej Pogacar at a distance:
1. Jonathan Milan | 251
2. Tadej Pogačar | 223
3. Mathieu van der Poel | 210
4. Biniam Girmay | 169
5. Tim Merlier | 150
6. Jonas Vingegaard | 135
7. Anthony Turgis | 130
8. Quinn Simmons | 93
9. Arnaud de Lie | 92
10. Jonas Abrahamsen | 90
11:48
Lenny Martinez continues to wear the dotted jersey for the best mountaineer. Today there is a hard day for him. There are 20 points for the first on Mont Ventoux:
1. Lenny Martinez | 60
2. Tadej Pogačar | 52
3. Thymen Arensman | 48
4. Jonas Vingegaard | 39
5. Michael Woods | 38
6. Florian Lipowitz | 24
7. Ben Healy | 20
8. Michael Storer | 19
9. Valentin Paret-Peinre | 16
10. Bruno Armirail | 15
11:48
The classification of the best young drivers:
1. Florian Lipowitz | Time: 54:28:37
2. Oscar onley | +1: 25
3. Kévin Vauquelin | +2: 28
4. Carlos Rodríguez | +10: 33
5. Ben Healy | +10: 48
6. Romain Grégoire | +1: 03: 29
7. Ilan van Wilder | +1: 18: 03
8. Raúl García Pierna | +1: 21: 03
9. Joseph Blackmore | +1: 21: 52
10. Quinn Simmons | +1: 34: 21
11:46
11:46
Florian Lipowitz crossed the finish line in the field of classification drivers and confidently defended his third place in the overall ranking:
1. Tadej Pogačar | Time: 54:20:44
2. Jonas Vingegaard | +4: 13
3. Florian Lipowitz | +7: 53
4. Oscar onley | +9: 18
5. Kévin Vauquelin | +10: 21
6. Primož Roglič | +10: 34
7. Felix Gall | +12: 00
8. Tobias Halland Johannessen | +12: 33
9. Carlos Rodríguez | +18: 26
10. Ben Healy | +18: 41
11:45
The top ten of the 15th stage:
1. Tim Wellens | Time: 3:34:09
2. Victor Campenaerts | +1: 28
3. Julian Alaphilippe | +1: 36
4. Wout van Aert | +1: 36
5. Axel Laurance | +1: 36
6. Aleksandr Vlasov | +1: 36
7. Paul Penhoët | +1: 36
8. Jordan Jegat | +1: 36
9. Michael Valgren | +1: 36
10. Valentin Madouas | +1: 36
11:44
The second was Victor Campenaerts, who drove over the finish line with a gap of 1,28min. The sprint of a larger chase group was curious: Julian Alaphilippe, who had fallen at the beginning of the stage, secured third place with a tiger jump and cheered up his right arm.
11:42
11:41
11:41
Live ticker for the 16th stage of the Tour de France
Welcome to the live ticker for the 16th stage of the Tour de France. After the drivers could recover yesterday, the white giant of Provence is on the program today: the stage ends after 171.5 km on Mont Ventoux.