Remco Evenepoel seized a bruising stage 15 of the Tour de France at Plateau de Solaison in the French Alps on Sunday, winning from a reduced elite group on a day overshadowed by Jonas Vingegaard's heavy crash, which ended his Giro-Tour double bid just hours after a 2am doping test.
The Tour's mood shifted roughly 20 km from the finish, when Vingegaard crashed on the approach to the final climb. The Visma-Lease a Bike leader, who started the day second overall, slid out exiting a corner and hit the kerb, with television replays appearing to show his rear wheel drifting wide before he went down.
