Bonnet didn't start today, after missing the time cut yesterday.
The breakaway of the day started as soon as the race began. Delage was first to attack, and was joined by Terpstra, Dumoulin, Ignatiev, and Delaplace. The maximum gap was 4 minutes with 122km left.
At the top of the first climb, Igantiev gets the one lone KOM point.
Delage crossed the intermediate sprint first, taking the majority of the points and Cavendish led the peloton over.
With about 25km left, Ignatiev attacks the leaders and is followed by Terpstra. The duo had a maximum gap of 46 seconds with 14.6km to go. The remaining 3 were caught with a little more than 10km to go.
With only a 12 second gap left, Ignatiev gives up as Terpstra continues on his own for a few more minutes. Right before the peloton catches Terpstra, Gilbert and two other riders attack and pass the lone original attacker. This new trio is caught before the last kilometer.
With a nice leadout by Renshaw, Cavendish takes the win!
Stage 15 Results:
1 Cavendish
2 Farrar
3 Petacchi
4 Oss
5 Rojas
6 Swift
7 Ciolek
8 Gallopin
9 Ventoso
10 Hinault
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