Stage 15 of the Tour de France was billed as a day for the sprinters but the fast men would have to make it over a tough second category climb if they wanted to contest the bunch gallop at the end. Mark Cavendish was dropped but André Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) made it through and beat John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) in the sprint. Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) came fourth after already spending the day in the break and ensuring his place in the green jersey.
The GC riders made it through unscathed as they all came home on the same time.
André Greipel (Lotto-Soudal)
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"The key factor today was suffering from kilometre zero right until the end. The whole team from kilometre zero kept me out of the wind and tried to keep me in the group. I worked really hard to stay with the bunch but in the end we made it perfect to keep me in a good position for the sprint and I just went full gas in the last 250 metres and kept it until the line and I’m really proud of my team and also of myself."
Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo)
When asked why he went in the day's breakaway by French Eurosport, Sagan replied, "Why not? Because I doubted it was too hard of a stage for the sprinters. I said it was also too hard to control from the start. I went with a group of 15 guys and thought maybe it would be good. I thought OK, if I have to suffer in the climb, the sprinters also have to suffer in the climbs'. In the last climb, the group was very close and I just waited for the group after I led the sprint. I felt OK for the sprint, but it was a crazy sprint in the finish."
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