Tour de France 2021 stage 15 – live!

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1.02pm BST
125km to go: On Eurosport’s excellent coverage, Bradley Wiggins is wearing a biker’s jacket that seems unsuited to the conditions as he describes the riders taking on extra bottles as the road widens. Meanwhile, France awaits Guillaume Martin’s movements. Can today be the day he cracks Pogacar? It seems unlikely, it has to be said.
GC standings here.1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, in 56-50-212. Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis, at 4-043. Rigoberto Urán (Col) EF Education-Nippo, at 5-184. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma, at 5-325. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers, at 5-336. Ben O’Connor (Aus) Ag2r-Citroën, at 5-587. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe, at 6-168. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech, at 6-309. Enric Mas (Esp) Movistar, at 7-1110. Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick-Step, at 9-48.
12.54pm BST
130km to go: As someone who has been to Andorra on a snowboarding trip - never again, I am no bogus, gnarly dude - I am amazed that anyone would want to cycle there at all. The place is just one big hill, the bus from Barcelona just seems to climb and climb. It’s also the only place I ever tried frog’s legs. Never again there, either. They must have been out of season. The gap to the peloton is 7’ 30” or so. Continue reading...

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