Ineos leader Egan Bernal’s defence of the Tour de France was left in tatters after the Colombian lost several minutes on the first major mountain of the race on Sunday, as rookie Slovenian Tadej Pogacar won stage 15.
Jumbo-Visma’s Primoz Roglic retained the overall lead after the 17km ascent of the Grand Colombier mountain as his key challenger Bernal slipped to eight minutes and 25 seconds behind in the yellow jersey standings.
Bernal’s Ineos formerly known as Sky have won seven of the last eight Tours and the mountain meltdown marks something of a turning point for the British team.
