Carlos Rodriguez, one day after ascending to the cycling Olympus with his first victory in the Tour de France, He had a more difficult 15th stage finish, but managed to widen the gap with respect to a Hindley who lost a world in the last kilometers. However, the British Adam Yates scratched him some time to be only 19 seconds behind the third place that the one from Almuñecar still defends.
“It was very hard. In the end I tried to keep up with my rhythm, because Vingegaard and Pogacar have one point more than me. At least today I didn’t see myself with legs to follow them. I went as fast as I could. I lost some time with Adam (Yates), but we have bought time from the other favourites. We have to be happy with the balance. The Courchevel stage may be where the classification is decided of this Tour. Now it’s time to recover on the rest day and gather strength for what’s left”.
Despite this loss of time compared to Yates, Carlos was very satisfied with his form at this point in the race: “He had good legs, but not as good as the other three. Happy with the sensations of having been there and not having failed. The rival for the podium? We don’t know, I will continue to fight hard and try to be as far forward as possible, be it Yates, Hindley or anyone else”. Champion attitude.