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Tim Wellens Wins Tour De France 15th Stage
AUDE, OCCITANIE, FRANCE, JUL 20 – Tim Wellens completed his Grand Tour stage win set with a 43km solo breakaway, securing Belgium's fifth stage win in the 2025 Tour de France, UAE Team Emirates-XRG's fifth victory this year.
- Belgian cyclist Tim Wellens, riding for UAE Team Emirates-XRG, secured victory in the fifteenth stage of the Tour de France held in Carcassonne, France, on Sunday.
- The 169-kilometer stage from Muret to Carcassonne began turbulently as a peloton crash involving Julian Alaphilippe and Florian Lipowitz was triggered when riders unexpectedly encountered a raised cobblestone road island.
- Wellens was part of a 15-rider breakaway and launched an attack 43.5 kilometers from the finish following the Pas du Sant climb, ultimately crossing the line nearly one and a half minutes in front of Victor Campenaerts.
- Tadej Pogacar, Wellens' teammate and three-time champion, kept the yellow jersey with a 4 minutes 13 seconds lead over Jonas Vingegaard and 7 minutes 53 seconds over Lipowitz, finishing 6 minutes 7 seconds behind Wellens.
- Monday is the second rest day for the riders as the Tour heads toward its conclusion in Paris next weekend, with Wellens describing his stage win as "a very beautiful victory" while expressing his preference to trade it for the yellow jersey.
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Tim Wellens was the deserved winner of Sunday's stage, impressing the leadership of the UAE Emirates team, and even more so his captain Tadej Pogačar.
Wellens wins 15th stage of Tour de France
CARCASSONNE, France — Tim Wellens raced clear on the descent toward Carcassonne to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France on Sunday while three-time champion Tadej Pogacar tightened his hold on the yellow jersey.
Radprofi Tim Wellens won the 15th stage of the Tour de France. The Belgian won the day's victory in front of his compatriot Victor Campenaerts on the 169 km long track to Carcassonne. Julian Alaphilippe from France became third.
Wellens wins Tour de France stage 15
Tim Wellens overpowered his breakaway companions in brutal fashion to claim victory on Stage 15 of the Tour de France, offering yet another sign - if one was needed - of UAE Team Emirates-XRG's iron grip on the race. The Belgian national champion, one of defending champion and overall leader Tadej Pogacar's domestiques, jumped away from a leading group of six some 43 kilometres from the finish and never looked back, beating compatriot Victor Cam…
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