Tour Today: Stage 15 - A transition day for the breakaway?

This is a typical transition stage in the second week of the Tour de France, and takes place in the Occitanie region in the Southwest.

There are three categorised climbs on the menu, with the hardest, a category two test to Pas du Sant (2.9km at 10.2%), coming over 50 kilometres from the finish.

However, the road continues to climb for around 10 kilometres after the recognised summit of the Pas du Sant. A gradual descent follows before a flat finish into Carcassonne. 

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On paper, it’s a stage primed for a breakaway with plenty of climbing, but no major mountains that will swing things in favour of the pure climbers and the summit of the final climb comes with 52 kilometres remaining.

Therefore, a large variety of riders will fancy their chances on this type of stage, and we could see a major battle for the breakaway.

However, Jasper Philipsen was the last Tour stage winner in Carcassonne back in 2022 on stage 15, having survived the hills on a route very similar to Sunday's, and although the Belgian is out of the race, if a fast finisher can survive the climbing and have their team keep the breakaway in check, there could be a chance of winning from a reduced sprint. 

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Tadej Pogačar leads the Tour de France by 4:13 over Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike) in 2nd and 7:53 over Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) in 3rd.

Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) leads the points classification, Lenny Martinez (Bahrain-Victorious) is in polka-dots, and Lipowitz has moved into the lead of the youth standings after the abandon of Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) on stage 14.

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Stage 15 of the 2025 Tour de France will begin with the neutralised start at 13:20 (CET), and the finish is expected around 17:08. Full live coverage will be available from start to finish.

When should you tune in (Based on 47km/h schedule)

• Intermediate sprint at Saint-Félix-Lauragais: 109.5km to go - Around 14:46
• Summit of Côte de Saint-Ferréol: 96.5km to go - Around 15:04
• Summit of Côte de Sorèze: 82.7km to go - Around 15:27
• Summit of Pas Du Sant" 52.7km to go - Around 16:05
• Last 20km - Around 16:40

All times CET

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