Tour de France 2025 results: Tim Wellens cruises to maiden Tour win on stage 15

Belgian champion Tim Wellens claimed his archetypal Tour de France signifier triumph with a breakaway triumph connected signifier 15.

The UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider has done a batch of enactment for contention person Tadej Pogacar successful the opening 2 weeks of the Tour but, freed from his domestique duties for the day, attacked connected the last ascent of the hilly 169.3km thrust from Muret to Carcassonne.

The 34-year-old yet won by 1 infinitesimal 28 seconds, with chap Belgian Victor Campenaerts finishing 2nd and Julian Alaphilippe third.

Wellens' team-mate Tadej Pogacar crossed six minutes aboriginal successful the peloton to support his pb of 4 minutes 13 seconds implicit Jonas Vingegaard successful the wide classification standings.

"It is simply a precise peculiar victory," said Wellens. "Everybody knows the Tour de France but not galore radical triumph successful the Tour de France, truthful it was precise beautiful.

"I felt ace bully today. On the past ascent of the time I felt truly good. I knew the others felt truly bully but I knew I had to spell solo. At the apical of the ascent I recovered my infinitesimal and I felt I had the legs to support it to the end.

"I knew I had to bask the infinitesimal and kept riding until the extremity truthful I had a large spread to bask it and possibly enactment my motorcycle successful the aerial aft the decorativeness - but I was truthful blessed I forgot to bash it."