Tour de France 2021: Poels takes KOM lead

The battle for the polka dot jersey intensifies on the 15th stage of Le Tour. Wout Poels moves into the lead of the KOM classification with Michael Woods in second. (Slideshow route/profile)

KOM competition stage 15
1. Wout Poels 74
2. Michael Woods 66
3. Wout van Aert 64
4. Nairo Quintana 64
5. Bauke Mollema 41
6. Kenny Elissonde 27
7. Tadej Pogacar 26
8. Ben O’Connor 24
9. Sergio Higuita 22
10. Julian Alaphilippe 20

Montée de Mont-Louis
– 8.4 kilometres at 5.7%
– at kilometre 86.3
– category 1

1. Wout Poels 10
2. Wout van Aert 8
3. Michael Woods 6
4. Thomas De Gendt 4
5. Valentin Madouas 2
6. David Gaudu 1

Col de Puymorens
– 5.8 kilometres at 4.7%
– at kilometre 133.1
– category 2

1. Wout van Aert 5
2. Wout Poels 3
3. Michael Woods 2
4. Alejandro Valverde 1

Port d’Envalira
– 10.7 kilometres at 5.9%
– at kilometre 146.7
– category 1

1. Nairo Quintana 10
2. Wout Van Aert 8
3. Wout Poels 6
4. Michael Woods 4
5. Alejandro Valverde 2
6. David Gaudu 1

Col de Beixalis
– 6.4 kilometres at 8.5%
– at kilometer 176.5
– category 1

1. Sepp Kuss 10
2. Alejandro Valverde 8
3. Wout Poels 6
4. Nairo Quintana 4
5. Ruben Guerreiro 2
6. Ion Izagirre 1

Another interesting read: points competition stage 15.