Stage 15
Cort wins the three-up sprint
- Sunday 22 July 2018
- 181 km
- 2,917 m climbed
- Won by Magnus Cort
The road
At the start
Millau to Carcassonne, over the Pic de Nore
Nothing moved at Mende: Geraint Thomas is still 1:39 up on Chris Froome and 1:50 on Tom Dumoulin. Today is 181 kilometres from Millau to Carcassonne, over the Col de Sié and then the long, exposed Pic de Nore, with a run of false-flat descent after it. A breakaway day if ever there was one — and the last before the second rest day.
How it was won
- 91 km to go
A thirty-strong break
A huge move of favourites for the day forces clear after 40km, Sagan, Van Avermaet, Mollema, Terpstra and more building over thirteen minutes on the peloton.
- 41 km to go
The break shatters on the Pic de Nore
Majka forces the pace over the exposed, windswept summit of the Pic de Nore, splintering the escape into fragments on the long run to Carcassonne.
- At the line
Cort wins the three-up sprint
From a leading trio Magnus Cort holds off Izagirre and Mollema for Astana's second straight stage in Carcassonne.
The result
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus Cort | Astana Pro Team | 4:25:52 |
| 2 | Ion Izagirre | Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team | +0:00 |
| 3 | Bauke Mollema | Trek - Segafredo | +0:02 |
The route on real terrain, every moment pinned to the kilometre it happened on — and the GPX to ride it yourself.