Stage 15 - Hilly, 169.3km, Muret to Carcassonne
Transitional stage before second rest day: stage guide
Tadej Pogacar maintains overall lead over Jonas Vingegaard
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Image source, EPAThat's all from stage 15 of this year's Tour de France, with Tim Wellens claiming a breakaway win for the first Tour victory of his career.
Race leader Tadej Pogacar maintained his advantage over Jonas Vingegaard heading into the second and final rest day in Montpellier on Monday.
The Tour will resume on Tuesday and we'll continue with live text coverage from about 11:30 BST. We do hope you'll join us then.
It's the second and final rest day tomorrow, before the race resumes on Tuesday with a 171.5km ride from Montpellier, ending with a mammoth climb up Mont Ventoux.
Image source, Getty ImagesRace leader Tadej Pogacar after UAE team-mate Tim Wellens' stage victory: "I am more happy for him today than when I win. Beyond happiness.
"This week was one of the hardest second weeks of the Tour that I have ridden because of the terrain, the time trial on the climb and yesterday with 5,000m of elevation [gain].
"The gap is now big but we still have big mountains to come. We need to fight until the end."
Image source, Getty ImagesTim Wellens after his maiden Tour de France stage victory: "It is a very special victory. Everybody knows the Tour de France but not many people win in the Tour de France so it was very beautiful.
"I felt super good today. On the last climb of the day I felt really good. I knew the others felt really good but I knew I had to go solo. At the top of the climb I found my moment and I felt I had the legs to keep it to the end.
"I had an opportunity, I took it, and I had the legs to finish it.
"I knew I had to enjoy the moment and kept riding until the finish line because I wanted a big gap to enjoy it and maybe put my bike in the air after the finish - but I was so happy I forgot to do it!"
The peloton came in six minutes after Tim Wellens, and Carlos Rodriguez's effort in the chase group sees the Ineos Grenadiers rider leapfrog Ireland's Ben Healy to ninth position in the overall standings.
Julian Alaphilippe lunged for the line to finish third before Wout van Aert and then punched the air.
We've just got word that Tudor's French leader did in fact think he'd won the stage and declined an interview.
Tough one to take.
Image source, EPATim Wellens secures a breakaway win on stage 15 of the Tour de France.
It is the 34-year-old Belgian's first stage win on 'Le Grand Boucle' and his fifth Grand Tour win overall.
The yellow jersey group is still 4km from the line.
Image source, ReutersTim Wellens gives high-fives to some of the crowd as he rides towards the line in Carcassone.
Image source, EPATim Wellens is now almost two minutes clear.
He's currently 53rd on the general classification standings, almost two hours behind race leader Tadej Pogacar.
Tim Wellens looks set to become the second UAE rider to win a stage on this year's Tour - after Tadej Pogacar, of course.
The Belgian's lead has now gone past one minute 30 seconds.
Quinn Simmons tries to break free from the chase group but Tim Wellens now leads by one minute 27 seconds.
Tim Wellens has won two stages at the Giro d'Italia and two at the Vuelta a Espana but he is yet to win in the world's biggest and best cycling race.
This would see the 34-year-old complete a Grand Tour treble and be his first Grand Tour win since 2020.
Carlos Rodriguez and Alexey Lutsenko have got back to the first chase group, taking it up to seven riders.
Tim Wellens is now clear by one minute 15 seconds.
Tim Wellens' lead is now up to a minute, with five riders in the next group.
His UAE team-mate and race leader Tadej Pogacar is way back in the peloton, almost seven minutes adrift.
UAE's Tim Wellens has done a lot of work for race leader Tadej Pogacar so far on this Tour but now he wants to grab his own glory.
The Belgian road champion has burst out of that lead group and soon establishes a 20-second lead.
Image source, Getty ImagesWarren Barguil, Alexey Lutsenko, Aleksandr Vlasov and Carlos Rodriguez have caught up with Tim Wellens, Michael Storer, Victor Campenaerts and Quinn Simmons to make it an eight-man breakaway.
Warren Barguil joins Alexey Lutsenko, Aleksandr Vlasov and Carlos Rodriguez, 20 seconds behind the leaders.
Hilly, 169.3km, Muret to Carcassonne
The 166 remaining riders are now into the final 1,000km of this year's Tour - and the final 50km of today's stage.
The gap to the main bunch has grown to six minutes on the gradual descent to the finish in Carcassonne.