Overview
- Stage 15 produced a dramatic finish on Sunday when Remco Evenepoel beat Tadej Pogacar to win at Plateau de Solaison while Jonas Vingegaard crashed about 20km from the line and was forced to withdraw.
- Visma–Lease a Bike said Vingegaard suffered a fractured collarbone and multiple abrasions and that surgery has been recommended in the coming days.
- The International Testing Agency confirmed it carried out unannounced anti‑doping controls overnight, with Vingegaard tested around 2:00 a.m. and Pogacar around 5:00 a.m.
- Riders and team staff condemned the timing of night‑time controls as disruptive to recovery, and Pogacar suggested disrupted sleep could have played a small part in Vingegaard’s loss of concentration before the crash.
- Sporting consequences are immediate: Pogacar retains a roughly five‑minute overall lead, Evenepoel moves into second, the race has a rest day next, and Tuesday’s 26.1km individual time trial could shape the final podium.