Tour de France: Chris Froome retains yellow jersey as Jarlinson Pantano wins stage 15

Team Sky's Froome crossed safely in a much-reduced peloton to retain his overall lead

Chris Froome retains the yellow jersey (Getty)

Chris Froome stayed safe in the yellow jersey as Jarlinson Pantano won stage 15 of the Tour de France from Bourg-en-Bresse to Culoz.

As the last remnants of a 30-man breakaway, Colombian Pantano of IAM Cycling outsprinted Tinkoff's Rafal Majka for the first Grand Tour stage victory of his career.

Team Sky's Froome crossed safely in a much-reduced peloton to retain his overall lead.

Pantano outsprinted Polish rider Rafal Majka to the finish line in Culoz.

Race leader Froome finished slightly more than three minutes behind in a group including all of the other contenders and kept the yellow jersey.

Majka, who started an early breakaway soon after the start in Bourg-en-Bresse, moved away on his own in the final of six categorized climbs on the day's agenda.

A third-place finisher at the Spanish Vuelta last year, Majka accelerated in the punishing 8.4-kilometer climb of the Lacets du Grand Colombier to drop Pantano. But Majka made a mistake on the descent and allowed his rival to rejoin him.

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