Men’s Tour de France Stage 15 Final KM’s.
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Well’s already punching the air then. Just more than 3ks to go. He knows he’s on to a winner here. And a first ever Tour to France stage win. Completing the Grand Tour stage collection. Yep. There were a few riders on the start here at the tour who could do that as well. Kaden Groves was one of those. He was in the early break today. But for Tim Wellins, his 10th Grand Tour start, his sixth start in the tour to France. As you said, he’s won two stages of the welter, two stages of the Jira Italia. Five years since his last Grand Tour victory, and today he does put that rather large cherry on top of everything he’s done. And right smack bang in the middle of summer, Tim Wellen season finished about two months ago. Yeah, he is a man who tends to love the cold, bad conditions, cold weather. He thrives when you’re in form this good. Maybe the cold weather tomorrow yesterday inspired him, gave him gave him that little boost coming into today. Two more kilometers for the Belgian champion Tim Wellins as the Australian climber Michael Store is further back and it’s what is it? Barely having a go just off the back there. Two more riders, Walt Fernat coming through and then the rest of the group that still could come back together. Yes, they could. And uh looking at this group and you can see uh Carponat just pushing on here. Um you look at Sto there, you know, and uh Quinn Simmons being in breakaways many times in this race, but just that little bit short in the end. And you know, that must be a difficult one when you make the brakes that go all the way. And then there’s a rider that ride away as the case with Tim Wells here in the end. It is a good day but then also a disappointing day because you just be analyzing tonight and you say well if I had done it this way if I had done that I might have been with Wells in the end and you know you you always talk about that at the table with your teammates or your roommate for example. Uh and when you do when you’re in that situation as I mentioned the twoman ster uh you know he’s going to be disappointed because this final was a one for him as it was for Quinn Simmons we see how active he was but this man experience maybe the just the timing of his attack and having that little bit extra in this day because a little bit extra you can feel really good but you can’t come up against somebody who is that just bit better on the day last kilometer for Tim Wellland and here’s the attack by Victor Kernard that he would have loved to have been able to make about 35 km ago and challenge his countrymen. But it’s the Belgian champion who’s going to take the big prize. The last time the tour to France was here twisting and turning these corners to was out in front on his own chased down and it was a Belgian winner in Yasper Philipsson who took his first ever tour to France stage win. It’s taken one slightly longer than that. He’s been coming to Grand Tours for well over a decade. He’s been coming to the tour to France for the same time. He’s won at the Goku. He’s won at the Wela. He is now finally going to do what he’s always wanted to do. And he’s going to do it with a national jersey on. It’s Belgium day tomorrow. But at the tour to France, it comes 24 hours earlier. The Belgian triricolor turning the final quarter, seeing the finish line. And Tim Wellins, the man wearing it, about to complete [Applause] a trilogy of his own. Groa Tors, the cherry on top of a brilliant career cake. Well, twins stage 15 of the tour. But as far as timing goes with the 21st of July tomorrow for Bart for Tim Wellins, you know, he couldn’t have done it any better. The bell is prelude on the eve of the nationalistic. [Applause] Well done. And another win for UA. There’s another win. And just looking at the average there, 47.4 for the stage. And when you look at this terrain, what they had to get through, just amazing fast stage once again. Second place looks like it’s going to go to Victor Compan. It’ll be a Belgian one, two, but with Fernat waiting. It could be a 1, two, three. Here comes Kernach. 500 meters to go. Head down riding on for this Misa bike. Carlo Rodriguez pulling along the group for every second of time he can get to try and move up further into the top 10. Wellins has already won the stage. Yellow jersey group still at over 4 km from the finish. We’ll get a rematch power as well for art. We certainly will. This isn’t wide. This is Stoven. He leads it up as Capernach comes in. Another gloriously big ride from him without the glory of the win at the end of it. Second place to Capernach. Stman and Fernat. They’re trying to bring it home. Also there as well a brilliant battling performance from Julaf and after crashing early on almost crashes again at the finish line in he doesn’t think he’s won. Surely not. No, that can’t be. I think he’s just so happy to be told because he surely doesn’t think he has won the stage. Go down.
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UAE crushing the field. Wellens has been the #1 guy for Pogacar in this TDF. CHAPEAU!
Starts to feel a bit fishy how strong UAE are
Strong ride by TWellens 🎉🎉🎉
With Alaphilippe, it surely would not be a first.
Congratulations, Wellens.
Just once I want to see someone wheelie over the finish line when they're far ahead and not sprinting like this time 😂
Lulu is delulu.
When teams do extraordinary things at the TdF, I tend to wonder whether they are doing anything extra ordinary. Smacks of US Postal back in the day when they were doing “extra ordinary” things and dominating.
Tim Wellens – Stage winner, as befits a Belgian champion.
And Campenaerts second. A really nice gift for tomorrow's national holiday.
One for the good guys, well done Tim, and to it in that jersey will be remembered forever.
When will Julian learn not to celebrate? 😂
I Hope Quinn Simmons gets the overall combative rider fir this year's Tour, unless some other rider as anything to say about that, 1👍
Gianetti, Maxtin headed to Oprah
Alaphilippe riding like a dumb ass clown as always. Bro… you BARELY got 3rd place… stop weaving around and waving your arms after the finish and nearly crashing out other riders. This dude nearly crashed out the race leaders at the finish–along with his follow dipshit countryman Vauquelin on Stage 1. They are show-boating menaces to the race that should be relegated.
Nothing suspicious with the dominance of UAE, Mauro Gianetti just told me.
Tim as domestique? UAE is blessed
Never seen somebody celebrate 3rd place so hard as Julian Alaphilippe 😮
Peter Sagan
UAE THE NEW LANCE AMSTRONG TEAM 😂😂😂 ONLY BLIND IDIOTS WILL NOT SEE IT😂😂😂😂 EPO RIDERS
Vingegaard is outclassed so far.
Hope that team is clean……
Well chuffed for you tim, much deserved.
Congrats to Tim 🎉 from SLO
Man it was really funny seeing Julian Alaphilippe celebrating thinking he won the stage, WTF 😂😂. How did he not see Tim or even Victor.
UAE have REALLY figured out their nutrition this year!!
After his crash, Alaphillpe deserves to celebrate. Probably happy to know he’s still functional.
We almost had a Belgian NC on a finish but Julian ruined it😅
UAE is the best team. 5 stage wins and 1st place atm.! Wow!
Quinn Simmons was angry about all kinds of things — he needs the rest day to decompress.