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Three time stage winner Tim Merlier abandons the Tour de France on mountainous stage 15
Sprinter Merlier was hoping to survive until Paris but the mountains proved to much -
'It ruined his sleep' – Tadej Pogačar argues Jonas Vingegaard's overnight doping test might have been a factor in Dane's Tour de France ending crash
Slovenian labels the middle-of-the-night testing 'inhumane' and 'strange' but clarifies that he 'totally accepts' it -
'The motorbike panicked, it was a strange situation' – Visma-Lease a Bike raise question marks over the corner where Jonas Vingegaard's Tour de France ended
As Vingegaard heads for surgery, DS Marc Reef delivers an update from the team bus
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Jonas Vingegaard crashes out of Tour de France – Dane suffers broken collarbone and will undergo surgery
Two-time Tour winner hits the deck ahead of final climb on stage 15 - Video -
As it happened: Shock winner comes out on top as a pre-race favourite crashes out
On the eve of the second rest day, the peloton will tackle what promises to be another GC battle on stage 15, finishing atop the Plateau de Solaison -
Tour de France GC standings – Dramatic stage 15 delivers changes in top three
Remco Evenepoel jumps to second, 5:00 behind Tadej Pogačar with Isaac del Toro is now third
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Baloise Ladies Tour: Zoe Bäckstedt seals overall victory as Nienke Veenhoven sprints to third win on stage 4
Charlotte Kool is second and Maike van der Duin third on final stage -
Tour de France: Remco Evenepoel outwits Tadej Pogačar to win stage 15 as Jonas Vingegaard abandons after crash
Isaac del Toro takes third from lead trio on Plateau de Solaison -
'Somebody knocked on my door at 2am' – Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard subjected to middle-of-the-night anti-doping tests at Tour de France
First and second on GC, both riders lost sleep providing anti-doping samples
