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2021 Giro d'Italia

104th edition: May 8 - 30, 2021
Stage 15: May 23, 2021

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Sunday, May 23: Stage 15, Grado - Gorizia, 147 km

Stage 15 map & profile | Stage 15 photos

Victor Campenaerts

Victor Campenaerts gets by Oscar Riesebeek to win stage 15.

Weather at the finish city of Gorizia at 1:00 PM, local time: 21C (70F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the south at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is a 24% chance of rain at the moment, growing to 50% at 4:00 PM.

The race: Giacomo Nizzolo, winner of stage 13, did not start today's stage. His team posted this quote from Nizzolo: "I came into the race in good condition, with fast legs and focus on the flat sprints, but have been struggling on the climbs which has really taken its toll. So we decided it would be best for me to stop, and to recover to look forward to the future."

The stage was given its official start at 1:20 PM. About three minutes later there was a big crash on the bridge leading to the mainland, forcing officials to neutralize the race so that the riders could change their torn clothes and replace their damaged bikes.

Bora-hansgrohe rider Emanuel Buchmann, who was sitting in sixth place abandoned, as did Jos van Emden (Jumbo-Visma) & Natnael Berhane (Cofidis).

The race was restarted at 1:55.

It had been raining hard on the riders in Spain competing in the Vuelta a Murcia and with about 20 kilometers to go, rain began falling on the Giro riders as well.

Here's the report from GC leader Egan Berna's INEOS Grenadiers team:

Egan Bernal maintained his overall lead at the Giro d'Italia following a comprehensive team performance in challenging conditions on stage 15.

The Grenadiers controlled the race as wind and rain lashed the peloton which had allowed an early break to quickly gain an unassailable lead in the early part of the stage.

A crash shortly after the official stage start caused the race to be neutralised, with Salvatore Puccio caught up in the incident, but unhurt and able to continue.

It was Puccio, Filippo Ganna and Jonathan Castroviejo who shouldered the majority of the workload once the break went clear and amassed a lead of over 12 minutes, ensuring Bernal was well-placed and preventing any counter attacks from the peloton.

Victor Campenaerts sprinted to victory from the lead group, while the Grenadiers crossed the line with the rest of the general classification contenders in the main bunch, with every team keen to protect their leaders ahead of Monday's queen stage.

Complete Results:

Stage 15 photos

147 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.937 km/hr

1	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-Assos	3hr 25min 25sec
2	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
3	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	@ 7sec
4	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
5	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
6	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	s.t.
7	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	0:09
8	Albert Torres	Movistar	0:44
9	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	1:02
10	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
11	Dries de Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
12	Lukasz Wisniowski	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
13	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
14	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	1:09
16	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	17:21
17	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
18	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
21	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
22	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
23	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
24	Michael Hepburn	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
25	Simon Yates	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
26	Nick Schultz	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
27	Aleksandr Vlasov	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
28	Tanel Kangert	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
29	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
30	Fabio Felline	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
31	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
32	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
33	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
34	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
35	Luis Sanchez	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
36	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
37	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
38	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
39	Koen de Kort	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
40	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
41	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
42	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
43	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
44	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
45	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
46	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
47	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
48	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
49	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
50	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
51	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
52	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
53	Giovanni Carboni	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
54	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
55	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
56	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	s.t.
57	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
58	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
59	Paul Martens	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
60	Remco Evenepoel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
61	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
62	Vincenzo Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
63	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
64	Daniel Martin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
65	Eduardo Sepulveda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
66	Lorenzo Fortunato	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
67	Simon Guglielmi	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
69	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
70	Joao Almeida	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
71	Andrii Ponomar	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
72	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
73	Filippo Zana	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
74	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
75	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
76	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
77	Francesco Gavazzi	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
78	Simon Pellaud	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
79	Nicola Venchiarutti	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
80	Felix Grossschartner	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
81	Filippo Tagliani	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
82	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
83	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
84	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
85	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
86	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
87	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
88	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
89	Louis Vervaeke	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
90	Davide Villella	Movistar	s.t.
91	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
92	George Bennett	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
93	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
94	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
95	Max Kanter	Team DSM	s.t.
96	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	17:39
97	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
98	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
99	Umberto Marengo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
100	Simone Ravanelli	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
101	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
102	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
103	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
104	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
105	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
106	Simon Carr	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
107	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
109	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
110	Mark Christian	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
111	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
112	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
113	Edward Ravasi	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
114	Michael Storer	Team DSM	s.t.
115	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
116	Marton Dina	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
117	Alexander Cepeda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
118	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
119	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
120	Riccardo Minali	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
121	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
122	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
123	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
124	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
125	Samuele Rivi	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
126	Wesley Kreder	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
127	Nicolas Roche	Team DSM	s.t.
128	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
129	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
130	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
131	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
132	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
133	Natnael Tesfazion	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
134	Harold Tejada	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
135	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
136	Vincenzo Albanese	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
137	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	17:52
138	Giovanni Visconti	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
139	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
140	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
141	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
142	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
143	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
144	Davide Cimolai	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
145	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r-Citroën	18:50
146	Cameron Meyer	Team BikeExchange	19:13
147	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	20:04
148	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
149	Matthias Brandle	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
150	Guy Niv	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
151	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
152	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	23:13
153	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
154	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	23:16

GC after stage 15:

GC leader: Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers)
Mountains classification leader: Geoffrey Bouchard (Ag2r-Citroën)
Points classification leader: Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe)
Best young rider: EGan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers)
Team classification leader: Trek-Segafredo

2,480.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.821 km/hr

1	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	62hr 13min 33sec
2	Simon Yates	Team BikeExchange	@ 1min 33sec
3	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	1:51
4	Aleksandr Vlasov	Astana-Premier Tech	1:57
5	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	2:11
6	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	3:03
7	Remco Evenepoel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:52
8	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	3:54
9	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	4:31
10	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	5:37
11	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	7:49
12	Daniel Martin	Israel Start-Up Nation	7:50
13	Joao Almeida	Deceuninck-Quick Step	8:32
14	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	9:52
15	Nick Schultz	Team BikeExchange	10:15
16	George Bennett	Jumbo-Visma	11:48
17	Vincenzo Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	14:25
18	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	16:04
19	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	16:07
20	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	16:43
21	Tanel Kangert	Team BikeExchange	18:53
22	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	19:45
23	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	24:30
24	Louis Vervaeke	Alpecin-Fenix	24:49
25	Lorenzo Fortunato	Eolo-Kometa	28:33
26	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	28:52
27	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	33:16
28	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	35:21
29	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	39:46
30	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	44:14
31	Einer Rubio	Movistar	46:52
32	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	48:13
33	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	48:34
34	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	48:42
35	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	48:43
36	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	50:41
37	Francesco Gavazzi	Eolo-Kometa	51:24
38	Luis Sanchez	Astana-Premier Tech	51:59
39	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	53:32
40	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	53:44
41	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-Nippo	56:16
42	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	58:13
43	Felix Grossschartner	Bora-hansgrohe	1:00:01
44	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	1:01:59
45	Harold Tejada	Astana-Premier Tech	1:03:38
46	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:03:41
47	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	1:04:00
48	Davide Villella	Movistar	1:04:30
49	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:14:08
50	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	1:14:38
51	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r-Citroën	1:14:44
52	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:15:05
53	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	1:15:13
54	Michael Storer	Team DSM	1:16:01
55	Nicolas Roche	Team DSM	1:16:57
56	Giovanni Carboni	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	1:17:49
57	Edward Ravasi	Eolo-Kometa	1:18:15
58	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	1:20:00
59	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	1:21:02
60	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	1:23:11
61	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:24:30
62	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:27:44
63	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:27:55
64	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	1:29:49
65	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:30:26
66	Eduardo Sepulveda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	1:33:39
67	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	1:34:40
68	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	1:35:04
69	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana-Premier Tech	1:36:05
70	Guy Niv	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:37:35
71	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	1:37:46
72	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	1:38:05
73	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	1:38:58
74	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	1:40:33
75	Fabio Felline	Astana-Premier Tech	1:42:40
76	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:42:55
77	Simon Carr	EF Education-Nippo	1:44:05
78	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	1:44:13
79	Vincenzo Albanese	Eolo-Kometa	1:45:36
80	Alexander Cepeda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	1:48:06
81	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	1:49:08
82	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	1:50:03
83	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-Nippo	1:53:37
84	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	1:54:08
85	Simon Guglielmi	Groupama-FDJ	1:54:09
86	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	1:54:16
87	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	1:55:32
88	Simone Ravanelli	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	1:58:27
89	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-Assos	1:59:10
90	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	2:00:00
91	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	2:00:06
92	Filippo Zana	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	2:01:09
93	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	2:01:29
94	Andrii Ponomar	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:01:41
95	Mark Christian	Eolo-Kometa	2:04:14
96	Simon Pellaud	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:04:59
97	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	2:05:42
98	Giovanni Visconti	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	2:10:38
99	Natnael Tesfazion	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:13:15
100	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	2:13:20
101	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	2:13:25
102	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	2:13:28
103	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	2:13:54
104	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	2:14:08
105	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	2:15:28
106	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	2:16:35
107	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	2:17:03
108	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	2:17:24
109	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	2:17:28
110	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	2:17:41
111	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto Soudal	2:21:26
112	Marton Dina	Eolo-Kometa	2:23:21
113	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	2:25:07
114	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	2:28:28
115	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	2:28:31
116	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	2:29:35
117	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	2:29:44
118	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	2:29:58
119	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	2:31:08
120	Paul Martens	Jumbo-Visma	2:31:59
121	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	2:33:30
122	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	2:33:49
123	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	2:33:58
124	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-Assos	2:35:41
125	Davide Cimolai	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:35:54
126	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-Citroën	2:36:47
127	Nico Denz	Team DSM	2:37:21
128	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:37:58
129	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	2:38:01
130	Cameron Meyer	Team BikeExchange	2:39:39
131	Max Kanter	Team DSM	2:41:24
132	Lukasz Wisniowski	Qhubeka-Assos	2:42:08
133	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	2:42:12
134	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	2:45:37
135	Nicola Venchiarutti	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:45:42
136	Matthias Brandle	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:45:46
137	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	2:47:18
138	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	2:47:50
139	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	2:47:56
140	Michael Hepburn	Team BikeExchange	2:48:06
141	Albert Torres	Movistar	2:49:08
142	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	2:51:53
143	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	2:51:56
144	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	2:53:13
145	Wesley Kreder	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	2:56:30
146	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	2:57:30
147	Koen de Kort	Trek-Segafredo	2:58:46
148	Filippo Tagliani	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	3:00:45
149	Umberto Marengo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	3:03:42
150	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	3:04:01
151	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	3:06:00
152	Samuele Rivi	Eolo-Kometa	3:06:02
153	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	3:11:08
154	Riccardo Minali	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	3:12:12