Sunday, May 19: Stage 15, Manerba del Garda - Livigno (Mottolino), 222 km
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With snowy peaks in the background, Tadej Pogacar wins stage 15. His nearest chaser, Nairo Quintana, is a half-minute back. RCS photo
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Weather at the finish city of Livigno at 1:45 PM, local time: 12C (53F), mostly cloudy, with the wind fro the south at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is a 5% chance of rain.
The stage: Stage 15 is the longest stge of this Giro d'Italia and is arguably the hardest of the entire Giro. It sees the start of a tough week of mountains. The route from Manerba del Garda to Livigno amounts to 220 kilometers and takes in an elevation gain of 5,700 meters. The road climbs at shallow gradients to Casto, where Colle San Zeno, the first climb of the day, kicks in with its 13.8km at 6.6% average gradient. This is followed by a short descent before the riders climb steadily up the Camonica Valley to pass Aprica. To round off an extremely tough stage, the riders will face the Passo d’Eira which with the last 2km climbing up the Mottolino ski slope.
Last kilometers
The last kilometers are uphill. The gradient changes drastically with 2 km to go, after the Eira Pass, where the average gradient remains above 10% although the road has steep ramps interspersed with short, less steep sections. In the last km, the final ramp has gradients of up to 19% followed by a brief, less demanding part and a further “step” that leads to the final 50m straight.
One rider knows what is ahead.
The race: Vadim Pronskiy (Astana Qazaqstan) did not start and early in the stage Clément Davy (Groupama-FDJ) abandoned.
Here's the race organizer's report:
The Maglia Rosa Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) has won Stage 15 of the 107th Giro d’Italia, the 222 km long Manerba del Garda-Livigno (Mottolino). Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) and Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost) finished second and third respectively.
It's time to race. The riders leave Manerba del Garda for what might be more than six brutal hours in the saddle. RCS photo
Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner and Maglia Rosa Tadej Pogacar said: “Today was one of the best days of my career. It was a very nice stage with a good route and very nice climbs. We had this stage in mind since December. I’m super happy that we kept it under control. It was a very strong breakaway. We had to be smart because of the tail wind. I’m very happy to win the queen stage of the Giro in Livigno, one of my favourite places in Italy. I opened a gap after Rafal Majka finished his turn. I continued solo… When I used to watch Quintana and Froome I was always angry that I wouldn’t attack from far out but today he did. But today he did a super good job and also Georg Steinhauser, there are a few riders who deserve a mention today”.
Here's the report from fourth-place Romain Bardet's Team dsm-firmenich PostNL:
The queen stage at the Giro d’Italia saw a battling Team dsm-firmenich PostNL performance where after some great support from the team, Romain Bardet attacked on the final ascent to take fourth place on the stage and move up on GC.
On the day's first real climb, the Colle San Zeno. RCS photo
A brutal day of 222 kilometres lay ahead of the peloton as they left Manerba del Garda this morning, which included 5500 metres of climbing and an altitude summit finish at Livigno. It was an intriguing start to things with a break made up of mostly rouleurs escaped early on, but a strong pace in the peloton remained and going onto the climbs it exploded, with almost a mini-peloton going clear in a counter move. The team marked it out with Chris Hamilton and Gijs Leemreize, before settling in to see what happened. Hamilton sat up on the next climb to drop back and help the guys in the peloton, while Leemreize stayed before himself dropping back later.
Heading over the famous Mortirolo the team still had Hamilton, Leemreize and Kevin Vermaerke alongside Bardet in a reduced peloton, as the bunch then charged along the valley road before the final climbs of the day. The team did well to support Bardet for as long as they could, offering him bottles and taking wind, before the pace ramped up; just like the altitude. Roughly 15 kilometres from the finish Pogacar would put in his stage winning attack, while Bardet followed in the remnants of the GC group, before he too countered. Pushing all the way to the line on the stinging gradients, Bardet took a great fourth place on the day and with it some time on those around him on GC, moving the team up to seventh on GC ahead of the second rest day.
The front 18-man group with about 50 km to go. The Maglia Rosa group is about 3 km back.
Speaking after the finish a tired but smiling Bardet expressed: “I’m really happy with that ride today. I said yesterday that a new Giro started for us today. The guys rode really well to support me throughout the day, I always had someone with me and they were there until the final main climb. I’m happy to be up there and feeling good, so we will keep fighting and trying in the final week.”
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL coach Matt Winston added: “It was a good day today. The boys rode really well in the peloton and looked after Romain all day. We had Gijs and Chris up front in the big break but they came back once we had marked that move and knew what was going on. The guys then positioned really well going into the final and looked after him. Once we got to 2000 metres it’s where Romain really is strong so he hit out there. He managed to finish fourth on the stage and take a bit of time back on some of the guys around him, so we go into the rest day really happy with that performance.”
2 km to go: Tadej Pogacar overtakes an escaped Nairo Quintana and heads for another brilliant stage win. RCS photo
Complete results:
222 kilometers raced at an average speed of 35.837 km/hr
1 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | 6hr 11min 43sec |
2 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar | @ 29sec |
3 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:32 |
4 | Romain Bardet | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 2:47 |
5 | Daniel Martinez | BORA-hansgrohe | 2:50 |
6 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
7 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | 2:58 |
8 | Ben O'Connor | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
9 | Thymen Arensman | INEOS Grenadiers | 3:05 |
10 | Jan Hirt | Soudal Quick-Step | 3:20 |
11 | Filippo Zana | Jayco-AlUla | 3:35 |
12 | Nicola Conci | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 3:43 |
13 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates | 3:44 |
14 | Antonio Tiberi | Bahrain Victorious | 3:59 |
15 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 4:09 |
16 | Davide Piganzoli | Team Polti Kometa | 4:12 |
17 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | 4:24 |
18 | Attila Valter | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 4:52 |
19 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | 5:05 |
20 | Lorenzo Fortunato | Astana Qazaqstan | 5:24 |
21 | Luca Covili | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 6:12 |
22 | Domenico Pozzovivo | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 6:34 |
23 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-hansgrohe | 7:01 |
24 | Michael Storer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 7:07 |
25 | Kevin Vermaerke | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 10:47 |
26 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek | 13:13 |
27 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | 13:48 |
28 | Michel Ries | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 13:53 |
29 | Lawrence Warbasse | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 14:11 |
30 | Cristian Scaroni | Astana Qazaqstan | 14:16 |
31 | Quinten Hermans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 14:18 |
32 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | 14:26 |
33 | Nick Schultz | Israel-Premier Tech | 14:30 |
34 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | 14:36 |
35 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
36 | Juan Pedro Lopez | Lidl-Trek | 14:43 |
37 | Alex Baudin | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 14:49 |
38 | Gijs Leemreize | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 14:54 |
39 | Jhonnatan Narvaez | INEOS Grenadiers | 17:18 |
40 | Mauri Vansevenant | Soudal Quick-Step | 17:35 |
41 | Felix Grossschartner | UAE Team Emirates | 19:18 |
42 | Andrea Bagioli | Lidl-Trek | 19:46 |
43 | Jasper Stuyven | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
44 | Jan Tratnik | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 21:35 |
45 | Chris Hamilton | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 23:01 |
46 | Max Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | 25:16 |
47 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | 26:34 |
48 | Julian Alaphilippe | Soudal Quick-Step | 26:56 |
49 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
50 | Tobias Bayer | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 28:16 |
51 | Marco Frigo | Israel-Premier Tech | 28:18 |
52 | Giulio Pellizzari | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 28:24 |
53 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar | s.t. |
54 | Andrea Vendrame | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 28:36 |
55 | Alessandro Tonelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
56 | Matteo Fabbro | Team Polti Kometa | 29:01 |
57 | Pieter Serry | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
58 | Lewis Askey | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
59 | Harrison Wood | Cofidis | 29:12 |
60 | Alessandro De Marchi | Jayco-AlUla | 29:25 |
61 | Jonas Koch | BORA-hansgrohe | 29:28 |
62 | Danny Van Poppel | BORA-hansgrohe | 29:33 |
63 | Lilian Calmejane | Intermarché-Wanty | 29:42 |
64 | Filippo Fiorelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 29:49 |
65 | Lucas Plapp | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
66 | Tobias Foss | INEOS Grenadiers | 29:58 |
67 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
68 | Domen Novak | UAE Team Emirates | 30:20 |
69 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 30:21 |
70 | Connor Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | 30:56 |
71 | Kaden Groves | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 31:22 |
72 | Edward Planckaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
73 | Mikkel Honore | EF Education-EasyPost | 31:25 |
74 | William Barta | Movistar | 31:49 |
75 | Martin Marcellusi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 32:21 |
76 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 33:50 |
77 | Bastien Tronchon | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 33:50 |
78 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | 35:34 |
79 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | 35:57 |
80 | Dion Smith | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
81 | Albert Torres | Movistar | s.t. |
82 | Florian Stork | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
83 | Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
84 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
85 | Henok Mulubrhan | Astana Qazaqstan | 36:02 |
86 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 36:05 |
87 | Enzo Paleni | Groupama-FDJ | 36:10 |
88 | Patrick Gamper | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
89 | Ewen Costiou | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 36:14 |
90 | Mirco Maestri | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
91 | Andrea Pietrobon | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
92 | Davide Ballerini | Astana Qazaqstan | 36:20 |
93 | Lorenzo Germani | Groupama-FDJ | 36:34 |
94 | Alexander Kamp | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
95 | Lorenzo Milesi | Movistar | s.t. |
96 | Stefan De Bod | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
97 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | 36:42 |
98 | Jasha Sütterlin | Bahrain Victorious | 36:49 |
99 | Davide Bais | Team Polti Kometa | 36:54 |
100 | Mattia Bais | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
101 | Vegard Stake Laengen | UAE Team Emirates | 36:59 |
102 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
103 | Michael Valgren | EF Education-EasyPost | 37:26 |
104 | Fabio Van Den Bossche | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 37:41 |
105 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
106 | Damien Touzé | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 38:08 |
107 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | 38:51 |
108 | Madis Mihkels | Intermarché-Wanty | 40:28 |
109 | Laurence Pithie | Groupama-FDJ | 40:46 |
110 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 41:11 |
111 | Dries De Pooter | Intermarché-Wanty | 41:30 |
112 | Caleb Ewan | Jayco-AlUla | 45:44 |
113 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | 46:13 |
114 | Michael Hepburn | Jayco-AlUla | 46:14 |
115 | Fabian Lienhard | Groupama-FDJ | 46:17 |
116 | Cyril Barthe | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
117 | Tim Van Dijke | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
118 | Giovanni Lonardi | Team Polti Kometa | 46:21 |
119 | Donavan Grondin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 46:23 |
120 | Max Walscheid | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
121 | Daan Hoole | Lidl-Trek | 46:25 |
122 | Luke Lamperti | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
123 | Jonathan Milan | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
124 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | Cofidis | 46:29 |
125 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
126 | Matteo Trentin | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 46:33 |
127 | Edoardo Affini | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
128 | Hugo Hofstetter | Israel-Premier Tech | 46:44 |
129 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
130 | Jenthe Biermans | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 46:49 |
131 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar | 46:57 |
132 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 47:03 |
133 | Francisco Muñoz | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
134 | Robin Froidevaux | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 47:05 |
135 | Fernando Gaviria | Movistar | 47:07 |
136 | Simone Consonni | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
137 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 47:11 |
138 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski | Cofidis | s.t. |
139 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | s.t. |
140 | Alberto Dainese | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 47:16 |
141 | Ryan Mullen | BORA-hansgrohe | 47:20 |
142 | Sebastian Molano | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
143 | Rui Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
144 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
145 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | 47:37 |
146 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 48:09 |
147 | Alan Riou | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 55:30 |
148 | David Dekker | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 59:31 |
149 | Andrea Piccolo | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:00:50 |
150 | Julius Van Den Berg | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 1:00:58 |
GC after stage 15:
2,395.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.775 km/hr
1 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | 56hr 11min 42sec |
2 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | @ 6min 41sec |
3 | Daniel Martinez | BORA-hansgrohe | 6:56 |
4 | Ben O'Connor | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 7:43 |
5 | Antonio Tiberi | Bahrain Victorious | 9:26 |
6 | Thymen Arensman | INEOS Grenadiers | 9:45 |
7 | Romain Bardet | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 10:49 |
8 | Filippo Zana | Jayco-AlUla | 11:11 |
9 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | 12:13 |
10 | Jan Hirt | Soudal Quick-Step | 13:11 |
11 | Lorenzo Fortunato | Astana Qazaqstan | 14:14 |
12 | Michael Storer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 16:28 |
13 | Davide Piganzoli | Team Polti Kometa | 18:29 |
14 | Domenico Pozzovivo | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 18:55 |
15 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | 22:50 |
16 | Alex Baudin | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 23:55 |
17 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-hansgrohe | 26:18 |
18 | Luca Covili | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 26:28 |
19 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | 28:02 |
20 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates | 30:28 |
21 | Juan Pedro Lopez | Lidl-Trek | 34:54 |
22 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar | 35:52 |
23 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 37:46 |
24 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | 38:55 |
25 | Nicola Conci | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 43:07 |
26 | Jhonnatan Narvaez | INEOS Grenadiers | 43:46 |
27 | Attila Valter | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 47:13 |
28 | Michel Ries | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 52:20 |
29 | Cristian Scaroni | Astana Qazaqstan | 55:23 |
30 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 55:24 |
31 | Max Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | 58:09 |
32 | Kevin Vermaerke | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 59:12 |
33 | Lawrence Warbasse | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:00:40 |
34 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | 1:01:04 |
35 | Lilian Calmejane | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:01:28 |
36 | Mauri Vansevenant | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:01:47 |
37 | Chris Hamilton | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 1:06:48 |
38 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:09:13 |
39 | Felix Grossschartner | UAE Team Emirates | 1:09:36 |
40 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:09:49 |
41 | Jan Tratnik | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1:14:16 |
42 | Michael Valgren | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:15:11 |
43 | William Barta | Movistar | 1:19:12 |
44 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:22:50 |
45 | Julian Alaphilippe | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:23:57 |
46 | Alessandro Tonelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 1:24:16 |
47 | Nick Schultz | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:28:04 |
48 | Marco Frigo | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:33:50 |
49 | Quinten Hermans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:34:42 |
50 | Henok Mulubrhan | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:38:10 |
51 | Mirco Maestri | Team Polti Kometa | 1:41:31 |
52 | Andrea Bagioli | Lidl-Trek | 1:41:56 |
53 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar | 1:42:02 |
54 | Jasha Sütterlin | Bahrain Victorious | 1:42:27 |
55 | Gijs Leemreize | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 1:44:02 |
56 | Florian Stork | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:45:18 |
57 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 1:45:21 |
58 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek | 1:49:16 |
59 | Mattia Bais | Team Polti Kometa | 1:49:40 |
60 | Alessandro De Marchi | Jayco-AlUla | 1:53:30 |
61 | Lucas Plapp | Jayco-AlUla | 1:54:05 |
62 | Andrea Vendrame | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:54:42 |
63 | Enzo Paleni | Groupama-FDJ | 1:55:35 |
64 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 1:56:25 |
65 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:58:29 |
66 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | 2:00:31 |
67 | Albert Torres | Movistar | 2:05:41 |
68 | Damien Touzé | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 2:07:18 |
69 | Filippo Fiorelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 2:09:19 |
70 | Giulio Pellizzari | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 2:09:37 |
71 | Mikkel Honore | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:09:45 |
72 | Domen Novak | UAE Team Emirates | 2:13:16 |
73 | Lewis Askey | Groupama-FDJ | 2:13:41 |
74 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 2:15:46 |
75 | Davide Ballerini | Astana Qazaqstan | 2:16:30 |
76 | Cyril Barthe | Groupama-FDJ | 2:16:39 |
77 | Matteo Trentin | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 2:18:43 |
78 | Stefan De Bod | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:19:20 |
79 | Pieter Serry | Soudal Quick-Step | 2:22:22 |
80 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | 2:23:29 |
81 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | 2:24:59 |
82 | Harrison Wood | Cofidis | 2:25:06 |
83 | Danny Van Poppel | BORA-hansgrohe | 2:25:22 |
84 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:26:00 |
85 | Patrick Gamper | BORA-hansgrohe | 2:27:23 |
86 | Dion Smith | Intermarché-Wanty | 2:28:22 |
87 | Connor Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:29:36 |
88 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | 2:29:44 |
89 | Kaden Groves | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:29:49 |
90 | Jasper Stuyven | Lidl-Trek | 2:30:37 |
91 | Lorenzo Germani | Groupama-FDJ | 2:33:34 |
92 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:33:48 |
93 | Andrea Piccolo | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:34:05 |
94 | Tobias Foss | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:34:12 |
95 | Davide Bais | Team Polti Kometa | 2:35:06 |
96 | Edward Planckaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:36:06 |
97 | Vegard Stake Laengen | UAE Team Emirates | 2:36:47 |
98 | Martin Marcellusi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 2:38:08 |
99 | Bastien Tronchon | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 2:40:01 |
100 | Ewen Costiou | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 2:40:17 |
101 | Laurence Pithie | Groupama-FDJ | 2:40:44 |
102 | Jonas Koch | BORA-hansgrohe | 2:42:29 |
103 | Dries De Pooter | Intermarché-Wanty | 2:44:53 |
104 | Matteo Fabbro | Team Polti Kometa | 2:45:00 |
105 | Tobias Bayer | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:45:39 |
106 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | 2:48:17 |
107 | Fabio Van Den Bossche | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:51:53 |
108 | Jenthe Biermans | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 2:53:50 |
109 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:55:09 |
110 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:55:12 |
111 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:55:26 |
112 | Alexander Kamp | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 2:57:53 |
113 | Lorenzo Milesi | Movistar | 2:58:48 |
114 | Hugo Hofstetter | Israel-Premier Tech | 3:00:37 |
115 | Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk | Intermarché-Wanty | 3:03:30 |
116 | Alberto Dainese | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 3:04:44 |
117 | Tim Van Dijke | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 3:05:22 |
118 | Madis Mihkels | Intermarché-Wanty | 3:07:39 |
119 | Jonathan Milan | Lidl-Trek | 3:09:25 |
120 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | 3:09:46 |
121 | Donavan Grondin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 3:10:02 |
122 | Caleb Ewan | Jayco-AlUla | 3:11:05 |
123 | Michael Hepburn | Jayco-AlUla | 3:12:50 |
124 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 3:13:02 |
125 | Simone Consonni | Lidl-Trek | 3:13:12 |
126 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 3:13:36 |
127 | Andrea Pietrobon | Team Polti Kometa | 3:15:52 |
128 | Francisco Muñoz | Team Polti Kometa | 3:17:38 |
129 | Luke Lamperti | Soudal Quick-Step | 3:17:40 |
130 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski | Cofidis | 3:18:01 |
131 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | Cofidis | 3:18:47 |
132 | Edoardo Affini | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 3:19:44 |
133 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 3:20:39 |
134 | Daan Hoole | Lidl-Trek | 3:22:01 |
135 | Ryan Mullen | BORA-hansgrohe | 3:23:02 |
136 | Sebastian Molano | UAE Team Emirates | 3:23:25 |
137 | Giovanni Lonardi | Team Polti Kometa | 3:24:05 |
138 | Rui Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | 3:25:03 |
139 | Max Walscheid | Jayco-AlUla | 3:25:28 |
140 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | 3:30:22 |
141 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar | 3:30:51 |
142 | Robin Froidevaux | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 3:31:19 |
143 | Fernando Gaviria | Movistar | 3:32:38 |
144 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 3:36:26 |
145 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | 3:36:31 |
146 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 3:36:49 |
147 | Fabian Lienhard | Groupama-FDJ | 3:37:32 |
148 | Julius Van Den Berg | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 3:48:44 |
149 | Alan Riou | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 3:50:38 |
150 | David Dekker | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 3:54:01 |
Stage 15 map & profiles:
Stage 15 map
Stage 15 profile
Detail profile of the San Zeno climb
Detail profile of the Mortirolo ascent
Detail profile of the Foscagno climb.
Stage 15 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Tadej Pogacar finishes a brilliantly raced stage.
Nairo Quintana finishes second, 29 seconds after Pogacar.
Third-place Georg Steinhauser
Fifth place Daniel Martinez followed by Geraint Thomas.
Einer Rubio (7th) leads Ben O'Connor across the line.
Thymen Arensman was ninth across the line.
Tenth place Jan Hirt
Filippo Zana was 11th
Nicola Conci and Rafal Majka finsihed 12th & 13th.
Current Best Young Rider Antonio Tiberi finsihed 14th.
On Tuesday Pogacar will start stage 16 in pink.