Stage 15 : May 20, 2018 Tolmezzo - Sappada 176 km
1 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 4.37.56
2 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0.41
3 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb
4 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
5 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team
6 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
7 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.20
8 Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
9 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
10 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb
Changes in GC, stage 15 compared to stage 14 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+22 Domen Novak
+21 Alexey Lutsenko
+19 Chris Hamilton
+15 Alex Turrin
+14 Jan Hirt
+13 Steve Morabito
+12 Vegard Stake Laengen
+11 Nico Denz
+11 Kenny Elissonde
+10 Vasil Kiryienka
Biggest losers by position :
-14 Alex Dowsett
-9 Fabio Aru
-9 Jarlinson Pantano
-9 Louis Meintjes
-9 Nathan Brown
-8 Andrea Vendrame
-8 Ben Hermans
-8 Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo
-8 Valerio Conti
-7 Jeremy Roy
-7 Manuel Belletti
Biggest gainers by time :
Biggest losers by time :
-40:57 Alex Dowsett
-40:57 Tony Martin
-35:59 Andrea Vendrame
-35:59 Boy van Poppel
-35:59 Elia Viviani
-35:59 Eugert Zhupa
-35:59 Fabio Sabatini
-35:59 Florian Senechal
-35:59 Frederik Frison
-35:59 Giuseppe Fonzi
-35:59 Guillaume Boivin
Favourites by position :
+2 Wout Poels
+1 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
+1 Miguel Angel Lopez
-2 Christopher Froome
-4 David de la Cruz
-5 Michael Woods
-5 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio
-9 Louis Meintjes
-9 Fabio Aru
Favourites by time :
-0:45 Miguel Angel Lopez
-0:47 Tom Dumoulin
-0:51 Thibaut Pinot
-0:51 Domenico Pozzovivo
-1:30 Rohan Dennis
-1:30 George Bennett
-1:42 Wout Poels
-1:42 Christopher Froome
-4:23 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
-4:23 Michael Woods
-19:41 Fabio Aru
-26:24 David de la Cruz
-29:25 Louis Meintjes
-29:25 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Simon Yates 65:57:37 (unchanged)
2 Tom Dumoulin 2:11 (was 2nd at 1:24)
3 Domenico Pozzovivo 2:28 (was 3rd at 1:37)
4 Thibaut Pinot 2:37 (was 4th at 1:46)
5 Miguel Angel Lopez 4:27 (was 6th at 3:42)
6 Richard Carapaz 4:47 (was 7th at 3:56)
7 Christopher Froome 4:52 (was 5th at 3:10)
8 George Bennett 5:34 (was 8th at 4:04)
9 Pello Bilbao 5:59 (was 9th at 4:29)
10 Patrick Konrad 6:13 (was 10th at 4:43)
11 Rohan Dennis 6:41 (was 11th at 5:11)
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16 Wout Poels 9:38 (was 18th at 7:56)
17 Michael Woods 9:49 (was 12th at 5:26)
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19 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 13:15 (was 20th at 8:52)
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22 Fabio Aru 25:14 (was 13th at 5:33)
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45 Louis Meintjes 1:16:02 (was 36th at 46:37)
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65 David de la Cruz 1:44:03 (was 61st at 1:17:39)
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67 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 1:47:05 (was 62nd at 1:17:40)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Elia Viviani 237 (unchanged)
2 Sam Bennett 197 (unchanged)
3 Simon Yates 113 (was 3rd with 98 points)
4 Sacha Modolo 102 (was 4th with 94 points)
5 Davide Ballerini 98 (was 5th with 90 points)
6 Marco Frapporti 89 (unchanged)
7 Danny van Poppel 89 (unchanged)
8 Niccolo Bonifazio 68 (unchanged)
9 Eugert Zhupa 64 (unchanged)
10 Enrico Battaglin 59 (unchanged)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Simon Yates 91 (was 1st with 76 points)
2 Giulio Ciccone 52 (was 10th with 22 points)
3 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 47 (was 2nd with 47 points)
4 Thibaut Pinot 46 (was 3rd with 40 points)
5 Christopher Froome 36 (was 4th with 35 points)
6 Domenico Pozzovivo 36 (was 8th with 28 points)
7 Fausto Masnada 35 (was 5th with 35 points)
8 Valerio Conti 33 (was 6th with 33 points)
9 Matteo Montaguti 29 (was 7th with 29 points)
10 Richard Carapaz 27 (was 9th with 23 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 15 <<<
Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Dimension Data 15 <<<
Loic Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 15 <<<
Manuel Senni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 15 <<<
Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team 15 <<<
Thomas Scully (Nzl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 14
Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 14
Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 13
Rafael Valls (Spa) Movistar Team 10
Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 9
Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 7
Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 6
Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 5
Andrea Guardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 4
Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Bahrain-Merida 1
Total retirements : 15