Stage 15: Rodez to Carcassonne, 202.5km
Week two of the Tour ends with mostly flat stage
Bunch sprint expected at finish
Van Aert chasing third stage win of 2022 Tour
Vingegaard in leader's yellow jersey
Defending champion Pogacar second, 2mins 22secs behind
GB's Thomas third, 2mins 43secs adrift
Chris Bevan
That's us done for the day... you can read a developing report on stage 15 here.
Enjoy Monday's rest day - I think we all need it - before the race resumes on Tuesday as the Tour enters the Pyrenees with a 178.5km hike from Carcassonne to Foix.
No change at the top... but this race is far from done...
General classification after stage 15
1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Jumbo-Visma) 60hrs 00mins 50secs
2. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) +2mins 22secs
3. Geraint Thomas (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +2mins 43secs
4. Romain Bardet (Fra/Team DSM) +3mins 01secs
5. Adam Yates (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +4mins 06secs
6. Nairo Quintana (Col/Arkea-Samsic) +4mins 15secs
7. Louis Meintjes (SA/Intermarche-Wanty) +4mins 24secs
8. David Gaudu (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) same time
9. Tom Pidcock (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +8mins 49secs
10. Enric Mas (Spa/Movistar) +9mins 58secs
Here's an emotional Jasper Philipsen, holding back tears as he talks about the first Tour stage win of his career: "I know what losing is like in the Tour, I have lost many, many times, but how it worked out today was incredible.
"It's been a massive search for this victory and we had to work very hard for it."
Philipsen went early for the line, and just about held off Wout van Aert by about a wheel. Mads Pedersen was third.
Just to recap, race leader Jonas Vingegaard survived a heavy crash today to maintain his lead over Tadej Pogacar but lost two key team-mates - Primoz Roglic and Steven Kruijswijk - ahead of the final week of the Tour.
Wow. What a stage that was. It was meant to be a quiet one too. Belgian rider Jasper Philipsen takes his first win of this year's Tour.
200m to go.
Pedersen v Van Aert v Philipsen for the line...
800m to go
Here come the sprinters... Mads Pedersen and Jasper Philipsen.
1km to go
Thomas is going to be caught...
1.6km to go
Benjamin Thomas flies on... there is now a BikeExchange train forming, but here comes Wout van Aert.
2.2km to go
Laporte brougt it back by a couple of seconds... The Bora train are taking it on.
3.5km to go
Benjamin Thomas ploughs on, and is 12 seconds clear... the peloton are going to have to work a bit harder to catch him. Christophe Laporte is going to try to bring him back, working for Wout van Aert.
4km to go
Thomas and Gougeard are 10 seconds clear but they are not going to make it... now Thomas goes it alone, but this chase is only going to end one way - with a bunch sprint.
5.5km to go
Wout van Aert has moved up the pack, keeping close to another fast man, Mads Pedersen, than taking over at the front himself.
7km to go
Vingegaard and Pogacar are near the front of peloton but it is still Ineos who are doing the hard work. The gap is coming down...15 seconds to the escape duo.
9km to go.
Who wants this?
Ineos Grenadiers are the only team who are organised, and they aren't even bothered about the stage win - they just want to keep Geraint Thomas safe after the chaos that has affected so many riders on this stage.
10km to go
The gap to the front two goes up again, to 29 seconds. If this carries on, Benjamin Thomas and Gougeard might be scenting again victory soon.
11kkm to go
A brief reduction in pace from the peloton... they are planning their next move, because none of the dedicated sprinters' teams have got the numbers to organise anything. The gap to the front two goes up again, up to 18, 19, 20 seconds.
12.5km to go
So we are going to get a bunch sprint in Carcassonne... who do you fancy?