Remco Evenepoel won the 15th stage of the Tour de France atop the Plateau de Solaison, out-sprinting race leader Tadej Pogacar and Mexican Isaac Del Toro after a dramatic day that saw the abandonment of two-time champion Jonas Vingegaard. The Belgian’s victory, his first in a road stage of the Tour, came at the end of a 183.9-kilometre Alpine test featuring four categorised climbs.

The race was turned on its head 20 kilometres from the finish when Vingegaard lost control on a left-hand bend, slid into a curb and crashed heavily, bringing down Del Toro and several others. Vingegaard was taken away in an ambulance with a fractured right clavicle, his Visma–Lease a Bike team confirmed. Del Toro, who struck the asphalt hard, remounted and, with the help of teammate Pogacar, fought back to the lead group. On the hors-catégorie ascent to Solaison, Pogacar set a fierce tempo to shed rivals, but Evenepoel stayed glued to his wheel. In the final kilometre, Del Toro launched an attack; Evenepoel countered and then kicked past Pogacar to win by a bike length.

The day’s events reshaped the general classification. Pogacar retained the yellow jersey with a five-minute advantage over Evenepoel, who climbed to second. Del Toro’s third place lifted him to third overall, 5 minutes 58 seconds back, and he reclaimed the white jersey as best young rider from French prodigy Paul Seixas, who finished fourth on the stage and now sits fourth overall, 25 seconds behind the Mexican. Mexican media celebrated Del Toro’s resilience, while French analysts noted Seixas’s composure in limiting his losses. Italian reports highlighted Evenepoel’s breakthrough in beating Pogacar on a summit finish. Colombian Egan Bernal placed 16th on the day and remains the best-placed Colombian in 16th overall, over 41 minutes down.

Vingegaard’s exit removes the rider who had finished first or second in every Tour since 2021. Pogacar, who had been woken at 5 a.m. for a doping control, said the race would not be the same without his rival. The peloton now takes a rest day on Monday before Tuesday’s 26.1-kilometre individual time trial from Évian-les-Bains to Thonon-les-Bains, a discipline in which Evenepoel, the reigning world champion, is expected to excel.