Wout Poels wins stage 15 as Jonas Vingegaard retains overall Tour de France lead

A spectator with a phone caused another crash. 
Wout Poels wins stage 15 as Jonas Vingegaard retains overall Tour de France lead

MAIDEN WIN: Wout Poels took his first grand tour stage win on stage 15 of the Tour de France. Picture: Thibault Camus/AP

Wout Poels celebrated his first career grand tour stage win as the slopes of Mont Blanc failed to find any difference between Tour de France leader Jonas Vingegaard and his rival Tadej Pogacar.

Poels, 35, was the last survivor of a big breakaway group that got clear after a crash caused by a spectator reshaped the 179km stage 15 from Les Gets to Saint-Gervais.

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