2022 Giro d'Italia by BikeRaceInfo

Giulio Ciccone

No other riders in sight as Giulio Ciccone wins stage fifteen. RCS Sport photo

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Weather at the finish city of Cogne at 1:40 PM, local time: 21C (69F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 19 km/hr (12 mph). There is a 9% chance of rain.

Info about the route: A colossal Alpine stage across the Aosta Valley. Initially, the route runs through the Canavese and the Dora Baltea valley, all the way to Aosta. The stage course then takes in three long consecutive ascents to Pila, Verrogne and Cogne. At over 10 km each, these climbs are on wide and well-paved roads, with a number of hairpins in-between. Each is followed by a fast-running descent, with the same features.

At over 22 km, the sharp closing climb eventually becomes a long false-flat up all the way to the finish.

Final kilometers:
Over the last 4 km, from the center of Cogne (with a short stretch of flagstone) all the way to the finish, the gradient hovers around 2.5% (kicking up a little just outside Cogne). The home straight is 300 m long, on tarmac road.

The race: Here's the report from GC second-place Jai Hindley's Team Bora-hansgrohe:

Before the final rest day, the riders set off on a tough 178km stage into the Aosta Valley in the Alps. The first half of the stage was flat before it went over three consecutive climbs in the second part. After yesterday's incredible performance by the team from Raubling, many riders in the field would feel their efforts of the 14th stage in their legs today and so there was the potential for surprises in the GC to crop up. Lennard Kämna managed to get into the first breakaway group of the day, but after 20 km the race came back together before a group of almost 30 riders could go clear.

Richard Carapaz

Early in the stage a crash of about 15 riders took down Maglia Rosa Richard Carapaz. The riders were soon up and rejoined the pack. RCS Sport photo

The peloton let the breakaway group go today, and with almost 20km remaining, Ciccone launched the decisive attack from the leaders and took the stage win, almost 8 minutes ahead of the GC group.

The final climb saw no attacks from the favourites group including Jai Hindley, Emanuel Buchmann and Lennard Kämna, and so the GC remained virtually unchanged. Jai Hindley defended his second place overall, while Emanuel Buchmann remains in seventh place.

"It looked like the others in the group of favourites didn’t want to have such a hard day today, to recover somewhat after yesterday's hard stage. Maybe it wasn’t so exciting on TV in the GC group, but that's how it is sometimes in a Grand Tour. Nonetheless, it was by no means an easy day and the rest day can't come soon enough! The last climb was not hard enough to try anything there. If it had been steeper, then it might have looked different. But overall, we're happy that Emu and I were able to maintain our GC placings." - Jai Hindley

Complete results:

Stage 15 photos

178 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.461 km/hr

1	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	4hr 37min 41sec
2	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	@ 1min 31sec
3	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	2:19
4	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	3:09
5	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	4:36
6	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	5:08
7	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	5:27
8	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
9	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	5:27
10	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	6:06
11	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	7:48
12	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
14	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
15	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
16	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
17	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
19	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
20	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
21	Wilco Kelderman	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
23	Juan Pedro Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
24	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	s.t.
25	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
26	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
27	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
28	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
29	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
30	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
31	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
32	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
33	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
34	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
35	Simon Yates	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
36	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
37	Callum Scotson	BikeExchange-Jayco	7:55
38	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	8:22
39	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	11:04
40	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	11:32
41	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	12:04
42	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	15:37
43	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	15:44
44	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	16:57
45	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
46	Mathieu Van Der Poel	Alpecin-Fenix	19:58
47	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
48	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
49	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
50	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
51	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
52	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
53	Davide Villella	Cofidis	20:54
54	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
55	Jose Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	24:53
56	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	26:45
57	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
58	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
59	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
60	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
61	Mauro Schmid	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
62	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
63	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
64	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
65	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	27:33
67	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
68	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
69	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
72	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
73	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
74	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
75	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
76	Diego Rosa	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
77	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
78	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
79	Eduardo Sepulveda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
80	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
81	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
82	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
83	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
84	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
85	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
86	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
87	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
88	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	s.t.
89	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	27:38
90	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	27:58
91	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	31:40
92	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	32:21
93	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
94	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
95	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
96	Barnabas Peak	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
97	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
98	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
99	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
100	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
101	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
102	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
103	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
104	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
105	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
106	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
107	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
108	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
109	Alexander Cataford	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
110	Christopher Juul-Jensen	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
111	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	34:48
112	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.
113	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
114	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
115	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	35:35
116	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	36:33
117	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	38:31
118	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
119	Jenthe Biermans	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
120	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
121	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
122	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
123	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
124	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
125	Michael Hepburn	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
126	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
127	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
128	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
129	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
130	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
131	Filippo Tagliani	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
132	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
133	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
134	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
135	Alexander Cepeda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
136	Simone Ravanelli	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
137	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
138	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
139	Wesley Kreder	Cofidis	s.t.
140	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
141	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
142	Andrii Ponomar	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
143	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
144	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
145	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
146	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
147	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
148	Matthias Brändle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
149	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
150	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
151	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
152	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
153	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
154	Pieter Serry	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
155	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
156	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
157	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
158	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.

GC after stage 15:

GC leader: Richard Carapaz (INEOS Grenadiers)
Mountains classification leader: Koen Bouwman (Jumbo-Visma)
Points classification leader: Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ)
Best young rider: Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates)
Team classification leader: Bora-hansgrohe

2,560.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.564 km/hr

1	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	63hr 6min 57sec
2	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 7sec
3	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	0:30
4	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	0:59
5	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:01
6	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	1:52
7	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	1:58
8	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	2:58
9	Juan Pedro Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	4:04
10	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	8:02
11	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	9:06
12	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	9:16
13	Wilco Kelderman	BORA-hansgrohe	10:34
14	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	11:28
15	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	11:47
16	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	15:33
17	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	16:20
18	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	16:39
19	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	16:46
20	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	17:36
21	Simon Yates	BikeExchange-Jayco	18:44
22	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	20:43
23	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	25:37
24	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	32:33
25	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	35:13
26	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	35:22
27	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	35:26
28	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	43:37
29	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	48:06
30	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	49:59
31	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	53:04
32	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	53:50
33	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	57:27
34	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	59:07
35	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	1:02:43
36	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	1:03:24
37	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:03:49
38	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	1:05:04
39	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	1:06:57
40	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:11:02
41	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	1:13:11
42	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	1:14:22
43	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:15:41
44	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	1:15:57
45	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	1:19:58
46	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	1:20:48
47	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	1:21:33
48	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	1:24:25
49	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	1:24:33
50	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	1:27:02
51	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	1:27:27
52	Davide Villella	Cofidis	1:28:58
53	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	1:34:04
54	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	1:34:25
55	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:34:35
56	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	1:35:09
57	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	1:37:20
58	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	1:37:56
59	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	1:39:18
60	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	1:43:52
61	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	1:43:56
62	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	1:45:21
63	Mathieu Van Der Poel	Alpecin-Fenix	1:47:16
64	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	1:51:30
65	Jose Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	1:51:58
66	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:53:07
67	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	1:53:56
68	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:55:22
69	William Barta	Movistar	1:57:04
70	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	1:57:33
71	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	1:58:01
72	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	1:58:48
73	Diego Rosa	EOLO-Kometa	1:59:03
74	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:59:14
75	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	2:01:30
76	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	2:05:05
77	Mauro Schmid	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:06:47
78	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	2:07:13
79	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:07:18
80	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	2:07:32
81	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	2:08:57
82	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	2:11:15
83	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	2:13:41
84	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:16:35
85	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	2:17:04
86	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:18:25
87	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	2:18:52
88	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	2:19:44
89	Callum Scotson	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:23:45
90	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	2:25:52
91	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:25:56
92	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:28:06
93	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	2:28:38
94	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	2:28:51
95	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	2:31:58
96	Eduardo Sepulveda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:34:33
97	Alexander Cataford	Israel-Premier Tech	2:35:05
98	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	2:35:44
99	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	2:37:05
100	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	2:38:01
101	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	2:41:10
102	Christopher Juul-Jensen	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:42:23
103	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	2:44:04
104	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	2:44:06
105	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	2:45:52
106	Simone Ravanelli	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:46:36
107	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	2:48:20
108	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	2:49:54
109	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	2:52:26
110	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:53:45
111	Andrii Ponomar	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:55:35
112	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:58:50
113	Michael Hepburn	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:59:13
114	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	2:59:38
115	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3:02:18
116	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	3:02:32
117	Alexander Cepeda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	3:03:42
118	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Fenix	3:04:50
119	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3:06:47
120	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	3:07:25
121	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	3:07:46
122	Barnabas Peak	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3:08:08
123	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	3:08:37
124	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	3:09:42
125	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	3:10:29
126	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	3:12:17
127	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	3:16:18
128	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	3:17:13
129	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	3:20:32
130	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	3:20:43
131	Jenthe Biermans	Israel-Premier Tech	3:21:30
132	Nico Denz	Team DSM	3:21:48
133	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	3:23:05
134	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	3:23:26
135	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	3:24:01
136	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	3:26:01
137	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	3:27:16
138	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	3:30:53
139	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	3:34:04
140	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	3:35:58
141	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	3:36:21
142	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	3:38:58
143	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	3:41:45
144	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	3:43:55
145	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	3:44:13
146	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	3:45:49
147	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	3:46:22
148	Filippo Tagliani	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	3:46:32
149	Wesley Kreder	Cofidis	3:47:21
150	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	3:47:58
151	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	3:49:08
152	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	3:49:48
153	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4:04:57
154	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	4:05:33
155	Matthias Brändle	Israel-Premier Tech	4:06:25
156	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4:07:05
157	Pieter Serry	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4:14:20
158	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	4:24:36