 's Contador and Roman Kreuziger, and Laurens ten Dam and Bauke Mollema of all made the selection and took 69 seconds out of Froome's lead, although Valverde lost over ten minutes and slipped out of contention.Froome won stage fifteen, which finished on Mont Ventoux.Kennaugh and Porte dropped all of the leading contenders except Contador on the early part of the climb, before Froome surged clear of Contador with remaining and caught Quintana, who had attacked earlier in the climb.