Jonas Vingegaard's Tour de France ended on stage 15 after a crash caused by a spectator seated near a corner, leaving him with a broken collarbone that will require surgery. The incident overshadowed a stage win for Remco Evenepoel, who used his post-race platform to condemn the "inhuman" practice of waking riders for middle-of-the-night doping tests, a criticism echoed by race leader Tadej Pogacar, who suggested disrupted sleep may have contributed to Vingegaard's crash.

Vingegaard, 29, was woken at 02:00 and Pogacar at 05:00 for anti-doping controls before the stage; Vingegaard later lost control on a tight bend, triggering a pile-up that sent riders including Isaac del Toro into spectators, one of whom was a seated woman with crutches. The International Testing Agency defended the timing as sometimes necessary "in limited and justified circumstances". The crash ends a promising comeback for Vingegaard, who had returned to strong form after a serious 2024 crash, while Pogacar remains on course for a record-equalling fifth Tour title.