American rider Sepp Kuss won stage 15 of the Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar retained his overall lead of more than five minutes.
Jumbo-Visma’s Kuss broke away early and held on to complete his solo attack in Andorra, while behind him Ineos’s Richard Carapaz tried and failed to attack Pogacar on the final climb.
Kuss was the last survivor of a 32-man group that got away on the 191km stage from Ceret to Andorre-la-Vielle, attacking on the final climb of the Col de Beixalis and holding off Alejandro Valverde on the long descent into town.
The 41-year-old Valverde was the only man to sustain a challenge, cresting the summit 23 seconds down, but the Movistar rider could not make an impression on the 14.5km run down into town.
Wout Poels led home the next group of riders 75 seconds later, while Martin came in eighth a further seven seconds back.
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