Tour de France: 'They are in a precarious position now' - How things unravelled for Jumbo-Visma on a dire Stage 15

Jonas Vingegaard and Jumbo-Visma’s grip on the yellow jersey is under threat going into the final week of the Tour de France after an eventful Stage 15 for the team. First came the news that Primoz Roglic would be abandoning the race with injury before Steven Kruijswijk also saw his race ended after a bad shoulder injury in a crash. Ad/> Moments later Vingegaard himself was on the deck after a touch of wheels with team-mate Tiesj Benoot, who looked to come off worse from the incident.

Tour de FrancePhilipsen pips Van Aert to Stage 15 win in thrilling sprint finish on day of drama3 HOURS AGO This all leaves the team in a «precarious» position to defend the General Classification lead in the final stages of the race according to Robbie McEwen. Speaking on the Breakaway after the stage, the Eurosport pundit believes they may come to regret allowing Roglic to leave given everything that followed. He said: “The first part of that was the decision to pull Primoz Roglic out of the race to let him recover from the injury sustained on all the way back on Stage 5.

“I thought that was a mistake in itself with the team holding the yellow jersey. For a guy who can still actually ride his bike and was still there yesterday, when there were only 20 riders left in the group of favourites, I thought that is a really big call to make and a dangerous call to make. Philipsen pips Van Aert to Stage 15 win in thrilling sprint finish on day of drama 'He was suffering a lot' — Jumbo boss reveals extent of Roglic injury to abandon Tour “Then Kruijswijk fell off and it looks like he's fractured something and they don't put you straight in the ambulance unless you have.