Tour de France 2022: Sprint triumph Philipsen, Vingegaard still in yellow

image: Cor VosJasper Philipsen outsprints Wout van Aert and Mads Pedersen in Carcassonne, while Jonas Vingegaard keeps the maillot jaune. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 15th stage 2022 Tour de France

1. Jasper Philipsen
2. Wout van Aert s.t.
3. Mads Pedersen s.t.
4. Peter Sagan s.t.
5. Danny van Poppel s.t.
6. Dylan Groenwegen s.t.
7. Florian Sénéchal s.t.
8. Luca Mozzato s.t.
9. Andrea Pasqualon s.t.
10. Fred Wright s.t.

GC after stage 15
1. Jonas Vingegaard (den)
2. Tadej Pogacar (slo) + 2.22
3. Geraint Thomas (gbr) + 2.43
4. Romain Bardet (fra) + 3.01
5. Adam Yates (gbr) + 4.06
6. Nairo Quintana (col) + 4.15
7. Louis Meintjes (rsa) + 4.24
8. David Gaudu (fra) s.t.
9. Tom Pidcock (gbr) + 8.49
10. Enric Mas (spa) + 9.58

11. Aleksandr Vlasov (rus) + 10.32
12. Alexey Lutsenko (kaz) + 11.23

Race report
Wout van Aert, Nils Politt and Mikkel Honoré jump off the front after 5 kilometres. The trio opens a gap of 2 minutes before several riders decide that they want to join the breakaway. To no avail.

The lead of the trio is still hovering around 2 minutes after 40 kilometres, which inspires Van Aert to sit up and wait for the bunch. The other two extend their lead to 3 minutes. That’s all they get.

The duo is caught on the Côte de Cammazes. Most sprinters lose contact on the climb, while Alexis Gougeard and Benjamin Thomas reach the summit together. The Frenchmen forge on to open a 30 seconds gap.

The group Groenewegen rejoins the main group with 28 kilometres remaining.

Thomas is the last man standing in the last kilometre before Jasper Philipsen sprints to victory.

The GC remains unchanged. So Vingegaard stays in yellow.

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