Stage 15 : September 06, 2015 Comillas - Sostres. Cabrales 175.8 km 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha 4.33.31 2 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 0.12 3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha 0.14 4 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 0.15 5 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 6 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0.18 7 Jhoan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica GreenEdge 0.20 8 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Team Sky 0.24 9 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0.29 10 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0.41 Changes in GC, stage 15 compared to stage 14 : Biggest gainers by position : +17 Dominique Rollin +16 Ian Boswell +13 Dario Cataldo +11 Brayan Stiven Ramirez Chacon +11 Andrey Zeits +10 Jesper Hansen +8 Natnael Berhane +8 Alex Cano Ardila +7 Maarten Tjallingii +7 Lawrence Warbasse Biggest losers by position : -10 Danny van Poppel -10 Ilia Koshevoy -10 Pello Bilbao -9 Frank Schleck -9 Tony Hurel -8 Amael Moinard -8 Carlos Quintero -8 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales -7 Kristian Sbaragli -7 Songezo Jim -6 Darwin Atapuma Biggest gainers by time : +0:25 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver +0:09 Rafal Majka +0:05 Daniel Moreno Fernandez Biggest losers by time : -26:08 Boy van Poppel -26:08 Pello Bilbao -24:41 Valerio Conti -24:39 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze -24:16 Ilia Koshevoy -24:14 Niki Terpstra -24:08 Carlos Quintero -24:06 Alessandro De Marchi -24:03 Iljo Keisse -23:46 Alex Howes -23:46 Amael Moinard Favourites by position : +4 Mikel Landa Meana +2 Rafal Majka +2 Domenico Pozzovivo -1 Tom Dumoulin -1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte -2 Geraint Thomas -4 Andrew Talansky Favourites by time : +0:25 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver +0:09 Rafal Majka -0:03 Mikel Landa Meana -0:14 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte -0:26 Domenico Pozzovivo -0:36 Tom Dumoulin -11:13 Pierre Rolland -17:18 Geraint Thomas -23:46 Andrew Talansky Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Fabio Aru 61:53:56 (unchanged) 2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:01 (was 2nd at 0:26) 3 Rafal Majka 1:24 (was 5th at 1:33) 4 Tom Dumoulin 1:25 (was 3rd at 0:49) 5 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 1:34 (was 4th at 1:29) 6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 2:08 (was 8th at 2:13) 7 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 2:19 (was 6th at 2:10) 8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 2:25 (was 7th at 2:11) 9 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 3:00 (unchanged) 10 Louis Meintjes 5:07 (was 12th at 4:41) 11 Domenico Pozzovivo 5:50 (was 13th at 5:24) ..... 23 Mikel Landa Meana 26:50 (was 27th at 26:47) ..... 54 Pierre Rolland 1:20:36 (was 54th at 1:09:23) ..... 65 Geraint Thomas 1:40:04 (was 63rd at 1:22:46) ..... 93 Andrew Talansky 2:07:05 (was 89th at 1:43:19) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 99 (was 4th with 74 points) 2 Jhoan Esteban Chaves Rubio 96 (was 1st with 87 points) 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 84 (was 2nd with 77 points) 4 Fabio Aru 80 (was 7th with 68 points) 5 Tom Dumoulin 79 (was 3rd with 75 points) 6 Rafal Majka 76 (was 10th with 56 points) 7 Nicolas Roche 72 (was 5th with 72 points) 8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 70 (was 6th with 70 points) 9 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 68 (was 11th with 54 points) 10 John Degenkolb 68 (was 8th with 68 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Omar Fraile Matarranz 55 (unchanged) 2 Ruben Plaza Molina 27 (unchanged) 3 Mikel Landa Meana 25 (unchanged) 4 Alessandro De Marchi 20 (unchanged) 5 Mikael Cherel 17 (unchanged) 6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 17 (unchanged) 7 Bertjan Lindeman 16 (unchanged) 8 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 15 (was 23rd with 5 points) 9 Salvatore Puccio 15 (was 8th with 15 points) 10 Tom Dumoulin 13 (was 9th with 13 points) Retirements to date : Stage Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 14 Lluis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 14 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 14 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 14 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 13 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 13 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 13 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 12 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 11 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr 11 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 11 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo 11 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 11 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 10 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ.fr 10 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 9 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 9 Thomas Degand (Bel) IAM Cycling 9 Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 8 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Soudal 8 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 8 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 8 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 7 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step 6 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 6 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 3 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 3 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 3 David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling 2 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling 2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2 Total retirements : 31