Tour de France 2025 Stage 15 Preview: A Hilly Stage And A Rest Day Ahead
Tour de France 2025 Stage 15 Preview: A Hilly Stage And A Rest Day Ahead
The 169.3-kilometer trek in Stage 15 of the Tour de France 2025 is the only thing standing between the riders and their second rest day of this year's race.
While Thymen Arensman saw a dream come true with his win in Stage 14 of the Tour de France 2025, the news of the day was the departure of Remco Evenepoel, who abandoned the race during the rainy and foggy 182.6-kilometer stage.
Evenepoel entered the day in third place overall and was wearing the white jersey as the best young rider, but the week's relentless climbs seemed to be too much for the 25-year-old Belgian, even with another rest day to look forward to after Stage 15 on Sunday.
With the day off on the horizon, perhaps the riders will have something nice to think about while tackling the 2,400 meters of elevation in Stage 15.
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Stage 15 will be the next challenge in a series of mountain stages, broken up by a short, but challenging, individual time trial Friday. But it also sees them less than 170 kilometers from a day of recovery and relaxation.
Through 14 stages, defending champion Tadej Pogacar leads the General Classification by 4 minutes, 13 seconds over two-time TDF winner Jonas Vingegaard.
With Evenepoel abandoning, Florian Lipowitz moves into third place and takes the white jersey. He is 7 minutes, 53 seconds behind Pogacar in the GC standings.
In Saturday's ride from Pau to Superbagnères, Arensman launched multiple attacks and ended up riding solo for more than 30 kilometers, finishing 1 minute, 8 seconds ahead of Pogacar, while Vingegaard again was close behind.
For viewers in Canada, FloBikes coverage of Stage 15 will begin at 7:05 a.m. Eastern and is expected to conclude around 11:45 a.m. EDT.
Here’s what to know about Stage 15 of the Tour de France 2025, a 169.3-kilometer ride from Muret to Carcassonne:
How To Watch The Tour de France 2025 Stage 15
For Canadian viewers, the Tour de France 2025 is streaming on FloBikes and the FloSports app.
Stage highlights, replays and more breaking news, including recaps and rider interviews, will be on both platforms.
In the United States, the Tour de France will be on the NBC family of networks and will stream daily on Peacock. Select stages will air on local NBC affiliates, while others, plus stage reruns, will be shown on the USA Network.
In February 2023, NBC Sports, Peacock and ASO announced a six-year deal that will keep NBC Sports as the home of the Tour de France in the United States through 2029.
Stage 15: Tour de France 2025
Even at 2,400 meters of elevation and sections with gradients above 10%, Stage 15 of the Tour de France 2025 may seem like a bit of a break compared to the 2-3 prior days of mountains and climbing.
Regardless, the riders can expect another test of versatility, while the diversity of the terrain across the 169.3-kilometer journey makes it hard to predict who will come out on top.
Let's explain.
Some stages easily favor one type of rider over another. Some are designed to result in a sprint finish.
While the final stretch of this stage favors the sprinters, the hills and climbs along the way will force them to keep up or lose the opportunity to log a stage win.
There definitely is the possibility for attacks and breakaways, and if the sprinters can't stay close, the winner can come from a breakaway.
Will someone have the strength and bravery to try and break free and steal this stage?
As always, 10, 6 and 4 bonus seconds will be awarded to the first three finishers.
The extra reward for everyone is a rest day before hitting the mountains again.
Kilometers To Miles: How Long Is Stage 15 Of The Tour de France 2025?
Stage 15 of the Tour de France 2025 is 169.3 kilometers, or approximately 105.19 miles long.
Tour de France 2025 Stage 15 Profile
Here is what the elevation looks like for Stage 15:
Who Won Stage 15 Of The Tour de France In 2024?
On this day, it again was Pogacar crossing the finish line just ahead of rival Jonas Vingegaard, with this 1 minute, 8 second victory increasing Pogacar's overall lead to more than three minutes.
Tour de France 2025 Results: Here’s Who Has Won Each Stage So Far
- Stage 1: Tour de France 2025 Stage 1 Results: Philipsen Takes Stage And Yellow
- Stage 2: Tour de France 2025 Stage 2 Results: Van Der Poel Takes Stage, Leads GC
- Stage 3: Tour de France 2025 Stage 3 Results: Crashes Aplenty, Merlier Wins Stage
- Stage 4: Tour de France 2025 Stage 4 Results: Pogacar Collects Career Win No. 100
- Stage 5: Tour de France 2025 Stage 5 Results: Redemption For Evenepoel
- Stage 6: Tour de France 2025 Stage 6 Results: Dream Comes True For Winner Ben Healy
- Stage 7: Tour de France 2025 Stage 7 Results: Pogacar Wins Stage, Takes Back Yellow
- Stage 8: Tour de France 2025 Stage 8 Results: Jonathan Milan Snags First TDF Win
- Stage 9: Tour de France 2025 Stage 9 Results: Another Sprint Win For Tim Merlier
- Stage 10: Tour de France 2025 Stage 10 Results: Simon Yates Wins, Ben Healy Leads GC
- Stage 11: Who Won Stage 11 Of The Tour de France 2025? See The Full TDF Results Here
- Stage 12: Who Won Stage 12 Of The Tour de France 2025? See The Full TDF Results Here
- Stage 13: Who Won Stage 13 Of The Tour de France 2025? See The Full TDF Results Here
- Stage 14: Who Won Stage 14 Of The Tour de France 2025? See The Full TDF Results Here
When Does The Tour de France 2025 Start?
The Tour de France 2025 starts July 5 and will conclude July 27.
The schedule includes 21 stages and two rest days (July 15 and July 21).
Every day, the cyclists start together. Every stage varies in distance and physical demand, and the characteristics of each stage determine what type of rider should excel or how the race should finish.
For example, some stages feature flat finishes, and that means the sprinters likely will be battling for those stage wins.
How Long Is The Tour de France 2025?
The course for the Tour de France 2025 is 3,338.8 kilometers or just over 2,074 miles.
The race is 21 stages.
A map of the entire route can be found here.
What Is The Schedule For The Tour de France 2025?
Here is the complete schedule for the Tour de France 2025.
How Many Teams/Riders Compete In The Tour de France?
Traditionally, there are 22 teams and up to 176 competitors in the Tour de France. This year, there will be 23 teams and 184 riders.
Here’s the list for 2025:
- Alpecin - Deceuninck
- Arkéa - B&B Hotels
- Bahrain - Victorious
- Cofidis
- Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
- EF Education - EasyPost
- Groupama - FDJ
- INEOS Grenadiers
- Intermarché - Wanty
- Israel – Premier Tech
- Lidl – Trek
- Lotto
- Movistar Team
- Red Bull – Bora - Hansgrohe
- Soudal Quick-Step
- Team Jayco AlUla
- Team Picnic Postnl
- Team Visma | Lease A Bike
- Total Energies
- Tudor Pro Cycling Team
- UAE Team Emirates
- Uno-X Mobility
- XDS Astana Team
Who Won The Tour de France In 2024?
Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar won the Tour de France in 2024 as part of a memorable season that saw him become the first rider since 1998 to win the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in the same season.
He then added a win at the 2024 World Championships in Switzerland to became the first cyclist since 1987 to win the Giro, TDF and a world championship in the same season.
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