Stage 15

The road

At the start

Over the Pyrenees into Andorra

Guillaume Martin's day in the break at Quillan has lifted him to second overall at 4:04, and Michael Woods has taken the polka-dot jersey off Quintana. Pogačar's yellow is untouched. Warren Barguil did not start yesterday. Today climbs into Andorra over Mont-Louis, the Puymorens and the Port d'Envalira — the roof of this Tour — before the savage Col de Beixalis.

How it was won

1. 158 km to go

   Ineos turn the screw

   Porte goes to the front on the long drag of the Puymorens with Movistar joining in, and the pace shakes out Pogačar's domestiques one by one. The yellow jersey is left to sit in the wheels alone.

2. 245 km to go

   The Desgrange prize on the roof of the Tour

   Woods tries with 2.7km left to climb but it is Quintana who surges away before the summit to take twenty points and the Henri Desgrange prize at 2,408 metres, the highest point of the race.

3. 315 km to go

   The Beixalis blows the break apart

   Quintana attacks first on the brutally steep early slopes and blows spectacularly; the stronger men ride past him without a glance. Behind, Kwiatkowski and Thomas have the GC group down to a dozen.

4. 410 km to go

   Kuss goes

   With ten kilometres to race Sepp Kuss stamps out of a steep hairpin and takes twenty seconds in a matter of moments. Behind him Carapaz attacks the yellow jersey group to complete the Ineos plan, and Pogačar calmly closes it down himself — then sits on Vingegaard's wheel and lets the others exhaust each other over the podium.

5. 5At the line

   Andorra la Vella

   Kuss dives down the descent to take the biggest win of his career, holding off Valverde — who is denied becoming the oldest stage winner in Tour history.

The result