Vuelta stage 15: Geniez’s magical ride to the top

Stage 15: Andorra to Peyragudes, 224.9km

It seemed fitting that on the stage that crossed from Andorra to France in tribute to the 100th Tour de France a young Frenchman would cross the finish line first. FDJ’s Alexandre Geniez took the solo win to seal a brilliant breakaway ride, while the top five in the GC came in together nearly 3½ minutes later. Continue reading

Vuelta Stage 15 preview

Stage 15: Andorra to Peyragudes, 224.9km, high mountains

This is the queen stage and the longest, by far, of all the stages in this year’s Vuelta (no other stage goes over 200km). Yesterday’s stage was a monster, tomorrow’s stage will be complicated and this stage could spectacularly blow the race apart with a second day of rain and low temperatures forecast.

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