“It was impossible” for Tadej Pogačar to take time back from Jonas Vingegaard on stage 15 of the Tour de France, both he and UAE-Team Emirates have claimed.
Another punishing day in the Alps, a stage with 4,500m of elevation gain, saw a stalemate in the fight for yellow, despite a tense final climb up to Saint Gervais-Mont Blanc where a number of intriguing tactics were on show. Going into the second rest day, Vingegaard leads Pogačar by just 10 seconds.
