2015 Giro d'Italia

May 2015 2015 Giro d'Italia 2015 UCI World Tour 15 28http://www.uci.ch/road/calendar/detail#date=20150501&view=list&categ=257&country=0&classc=0 2015 UCI Calendar 4 January 2015 UCI Giro 2015 contador.jpg Alberto Contador, winner of the 2015 Giro, wearing the pink jersey Alberto Contador climbing while wearing the pink leader's jersey 9 May – 31 May 2015 21 3,481.8 km 88h 22' 25" Alberto Contador ESP SAX 2015 pink Fabio Aru ITA AST 2015 Mikel Landa ESP AST 2015 Giacomo Nizzolo ITA TFR 2015 red Giovanni Visconti ITA MOV 2015 blue Fabio Aru ITA AST 2015 white Marco Bandiera ITA AND 2015b Philippe Gilbert BEL BMC 2015 red number AST 2015 AST 2015 2014 2016 The 2015 Giro d'Italia (en Tour of Italy) was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in May 2015. It was the 98th running of the Giro d'Italia and took place principally in Italy, although some stages visited France and Switzerland. The 3481.8 km on race included 21 stages, beginning in San Lorenzo al Mare on 9 May and concluding in Milan on 31 May. It was the fifteenth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. The Giro was won by Alberto Contador (TTS 2015), with Fabio Aru (AST 2015) second and Aru's teammate Mikel Landa third. Contador first took the lead after stage 5, the race's first uphill finish. His defence of the pink jersey (given to the leader in the General classification in the Giro d'Italia) was put in doubt when he injured his left shoulder in a crash in the sixth stage. He held his lead through several stages but was caught up in another crash in stage 13, which caused him to lose the lead. He took the lead back the following day in the 59.4 km on Individual time trial, where he gained a lead of several minutes over all his rivals. Despite aggressive riding from Aru and Landa in the final week, Contador was able to defend his lead to the finish of the race. This was his third Giro d'Italia title, after the 2008 race. As well as finishing second overall, Aru won the white jersey as the best young rider in the week. Giacomo Nizzolo (TFR 2015) won the points competition and Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) won the mountains classification. Astana finished first in both the team ranking by time and the team ranking by points. Contador, Visconti and Nizzolo all won their classifications without winning any stage victories. Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 2015 Giro d'Italia As the Giro d'Italia was a UCI World Tour event, all seventeen UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and obliged to send a squad.Farrand Stephen 2015 Giro d'Italia teams announced http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/2015-giro-ditalia-teams-announced/ 13 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 19 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150410034618/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/2015-giro-ditalia-teams-announced dead 10 April 2015 Five UCI Professional Continental teams were given wildcard places in the race by RCS Sport, the race organisers. Four of these were Italian-based teams: AND 2015b, CSF 2015, VFN 2015 and NRI 2015. Southeast's entry in the race was earned by their victory in the 2014 Coppa Italia, when they competed as NRI 2014b y; they were invited despite three recent doping cases in the team.Brown Gregor Giro announces five wildcard teams; four Italian squads included http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/01/news/giro-announces-five-wildcard-teams-four-italian-squads-included_358594 13 October 2015 VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 19 January 2015 2 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151002071916/http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/01/news/giro-announces-five-wildcard-teams-four-italian-squads-included_358594 dead The final wildcard place was awarded to CCC 2015, a Polish-based team.Brown Gregor Giro d'Italia 2015 wildcards announced: CCC in, Colombia out http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/giro-ditalia-2015-wildcards-announced-ccc-colombia-153068 13 October 2015 Cycling Weekly 19 January 2015 25 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150925001028/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/giro-ditalia-2015-wildcards-announced-ccc-colombia-153068 dead CCC-Sprandi-Polkowice's invitation immediately received attention because the team's roster included two prominent riders who has previously served bans for doping: Stefan Schumacher and Davide Rebellin. The day after the announcement, Cycling Weekly reported that the team might omit the riders from its squad for the race.Brown Gregor Giro d'Italia wildcards CCC Sprandi could leave ex-dopers at home http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/giro-ditalia-wildcards-ccc-sprandi-leave-ex-dopers-home-153436 13 October 2015 Cycling Weekly 20 January 2015 2 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151002005625/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/giro-ditalia-wildcards-ccc-sprandi-leave-ex-dopers-home-153436 dead Several prominent teams applied for wildcard places but were unsuccessful. These were UHC 2015, COL 2015, WGG 2015 and CJR 2015. The team presentation took place in San Remo on the evening before the first stage.Gallery: Official team presentation for the 2015 Giro d'Italia http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gallery-official-team-presentation-for-the-2015-giro-ditalia/ 13 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 8 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150510200550/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gallery-official-team-presentation-for-the-2015-giro-ditalia dead 10 May 2015 As each team sent nine riders to the race, the startlist contained 198 riders.Giro d'Italia 2015 - General Classification http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Giro_d_Italia_2015-startlist ProCyclingStats ProCyclingStats BV 13 October 2015 George Bennett (TLJ 2015) was withdrawn from the startlist on the night before the race, however, as a blood test had revealed low cortisol levels. As his team was part of the Movement for Credible Cycling (MPCC), he was not allowed to start the Giro.Powlison Spencer Bennett out of Giro due to low cortisol levels http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/05/news/bennett-out-of-giro-due-to-low-cortisol-levels_369320 13 October 2015 VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 8 May 2015 5 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151005113230/http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/05/news/bennett-out-of-giro-due-to-low-cortisol-levels_369320 dead TLJ 2015 y therefore began the race with eight riders and there were 197 riders in the peloton at the beginning of the race. This included riders from 36 different countries, with the largest numbers coming from Italy (59), France (15), Belgium (12) and the Netherlands (12). The average age of riders in the Giro was 28.95; they ranged from the 21-year-old Rick Zabel (BMC 2015) to the 41-year-old Alessandro Petacchi (Southeast).Giro d'Italia 2015 - General Classification http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Giro_d_Italia_2015-statistics ProCyclingStats ProCyclingStats BV 13 October 2015 2015 ALM AST BMC OPQ FDJ IAM LAM LTB MOV OGE GRS GIA KAT BEL SKY TTS TFR UCI WorldTeams 2015 AND 2015b CSF CCC NRI VFN UCI Professional Continental teams Pre-race favourites thumbnail|Alberto Contador (TTS 2015), photographed in the individual time trial during his victory in the 2008 Giro d'Italia, was the principal favourite for victory in 2015.|alt=Alberto Contador, wearing a pink skinsuit, riding his time trial bike The winner of the 2014 Giro d'Italia, Nairo Quintana (MOV 2015), chose not to defend his title in order to focus on the Tour de France. The principal favourite for the race was Alberto Contador (TTS 2015),Benson Daniel 2015 Giro d'Italia preview http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/preview/ 13 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 30 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150910220736/http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/preview/ dead 10 September 2015Puddicombe Stephen Giro d'Italia 2015: Who will win? http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/giro-ditalia-2015-who-will-win-169796 13 October 2015 Cycling Weekly 6 May 2015 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075514/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/giro-ditalia-2015-who-will-win-169796 deadGiro d'Italia: iscritti Aru, Contador, Porte, Uran e Van den Broeck http://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/giroditalia/29-04-2015/giro-italia-elenco-iscritti-aru-contador-porte-uran-van-den-broeck-110623855190.shtml 13 October 2015 La Gazzetta dello Sport RCS Sport 29 April 2015 it especially as Chris Froome (SKY 2015) and Vincenzo Nibali (AST 2015), two of the most successful active Grand Tour riders, also chose to focus on the Tour and to skip the Giro.Brown Gregor Race organiser defends Giro d'Italia start-list http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/race-organiser-defends-giro-ditalia-start-list-170194 13 October 2015 Cycling Weekly 7 May 2015 Contador, who had won the 2014 Vuelta a España, was attempting to win both the Giro and the Tour in the same season. No rider had achieved this double since Marco Pantani in 1998; Contador described his ambition to do "something that people will remember forever".Hood Andrew The double: Behind Contador's audacious ambition http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/07/news/the-double-behind-contadors-audacious-ambition_376063 13 October 2015 VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 2 July 2015 3 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151003103516/http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/07/news/the-double-behind-contadors-audacious-ambition_376063 dead Contador's last attempt to win both the Giro and the Tour – in the 2011 season – ended in failure. Although he finished first in the Giro, he only managed fifth place in the Tour; both results were subsequently removed because of a ban due to a doping case from 2010. The rider considered most likely to challenge Contador for the general classification was Richie Porte (Sky). Porte had already achieved nine race victories in 2015, including the overall victories in Paris–Nice, the Volta a Catalunya and the Giro del Trentino. Porte was expected to be particularly strong in the individual time trial, as well as in the mountains. Porte had not shown consistent form in a Grand Tour in recent years, however, and there were doubts about his ability to maintain his form over a three-week race.Conde Mikkel 2015 Giro d'Italia preview http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/05/2015-giro-ditalia-preview/ 13 October 2015 Cyclingtips.com.au Wallace Media Pty Ltd 9 May 2015 Rigoberto Urán (EQS 2015) – who had finished second in 2013 and 2014 – was also among the favourites, with the long individual time trial expected to suit him. Fabio Aru (Astana) – who had finished third in 2014 – was also expected to perform well; VeloNews described him as "perhaps the best pure climber in the race".Fretz Caley Giro d'Italia 2015 preview http://velonews.competitor.com/giro-ditalia-2015-preview 13 October 2015 VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 31 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150531062753/http://velonews.competitor.com/giro-ditalia-2015-preview dead Other riders expected to challenge for the higher places included Ilnur Zakarin (KAT 2015), who had just won the Tour de Romandie, Domenico Pozzovivo (ALM 2015), Jurgen Van den Broeck (LTS 2015), Damiano Caruso (BMC) and Ryder Hesjedal (TCG 2015), the winner of the 2012 Giro d'Italia. Four former winners of the Giro started the 2015 edition: Contador, Hesjedal, Ivan Basso (Tinkoff–Saxo) and Damiano Cunego (VFN 2015 y). Other prominent riders to start the race included a large number of prominent sprinters, including André Greipel (Lotto–Soudal) and Michael Matthews (OGE 2015). Greipel was expected to perform well in the few flat stages. Matthews had the ability to win hillier stages; his team's strength in the team time trial was expected to put him into the pink jersey as leader of the general classification during the first week; he had also worn the jersey in the first week of the 2014 Giro. Tom Boonen (EQS 2015 y), a former world champion, participated in the Giro for the first time in his career. Route and stages thumbnail|upright|The Dolomites around Madonna di Campiglio, where stage 15 finished|alt=A photograph of the Dolomite mountains The first announcement of the route for the 2015 Giro came in July 2014, when RCS Sport announced that it would begin with a team time trial from San Lorenzo al Mare along the coast to San Remo. The route would use the it Riviera dei Fiori cycle path and would start at the foot of the Cipressa climb made famous by its inclusion in the Milan–San Remo classic. The route used neither the climb of the Cipressa nor that of the Poggio di San Remo; it kept to the coastline and was entirely flat. The stage would end on the Lungomare Italo Calvino in San Remo. The following two stages were announced at the same time. The second stage – the first mass-start stage of the race – would suit the sprinters, while the third stage would take the riders to La Spezia, where the small climb of the Biassa would come towards the end of the stage.Farrand Stephen 2015 Giro d'Italia to start with a team time trial in Sanremo http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/2015-giro-ditalia-to-start-with-a-team-time-trial-in-sanremo/ 13 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 29 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150506000907/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/2015-giro-ditalia-to-start-with-a-team-time-trial-in-sanremo dead 6 May 2015 A further route announcement was made in mid-September. Mauro Vegni, the race director, announced that the Giro would return to the climb of the Madonna di Campiglio for the first time since 1999. In the 1999 Giro, Marco Pantani won the stage that finished on the climb and was in the race lead; he failed a test for EPO use, however, and was expelled from the race.Brown Gregor Giro d’Italia to climb Madonna di Campiglio in 2015 http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/giro-ditalia-climb-madonna-di-campiglio-2015-136502 13 October 2015 Cycling Weekly 15 September 2015 The full route announcement was made in Milan on 6 October at an event attended by many riders expected to participate in the Giro.Wynn Nigel Giro d’Italia 2015 route presentation gallery http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/giro-ditalia-2015-route-presentation-gallery-138978 13 October 2015 Cycling Weekly 6 October 2014 15 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150915042912/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/giro-ditalia-2015-route-presentation-gallery-138978 dead An additional stage in Liguria was included in the route. This was the new third stage, with the stage to La Spezia now stage 4.Farrand Stephen Giro d'Italia 2015 route unveiled http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/giro-ditalia-2015-route-unveiled/ 13 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 6 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150416075938/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/giro-ditalia-2015-route-unveiled dead 16 April 2015 The additional stage was hilly but had a long flat section towards the finish.Giro d'Italia 2015 stage 3 preview http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/giro-ditalia-2015-stage-3-preview-167162 13 October 2015 Cycling Weekly 11 May 2015 The first summit finish of the race came on the second-category climb of the Abetone at the end of stage 5.Giro d'Italia 2015 stage 5 preview http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/giro-ditalia-2015-stage-5-preview-167642 13 October 2015 Cycling Weekly 12 May 2015 There was then one flat stage, which was followed by the hilly stage 7, which was the longest stage in any Giro d'Italia since 2000 at 263 km.Brown Gregor Giro d’Italia 2015 route features six high mountain finishes http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/giro-ditalia-2015-route-revealed-138875 13 October 2015 Cycling Weekly 6 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150618111545/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/giro-ditalia-2015-route-revealed-138875 18 June 2015 deadGiro d'Italia 2015 stage 7 preview http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/giro-ditalia-2015-stage-7-preview-167670 13 October 2015 Cycling Weekly 14 May 2015 These took the riders south along the Tyrrhenian coast and into Campania and then inland towards the southern Apennines. The race then entered the mountains for stages 8 and 9. Stage 8 had a summit finish on the Campitello Matese; stage 9 included mountains and hills throughout. This was followed by the race's first rest day. thumbnail|left|The individual time trial took the riders through the vineyards around Valdobbiadene.|alt=A photograph of vineyards with a small town in the background. The rest day included a transfer to Civitanova Marche on the Adriatic coast. The subsequent stages took the riders along the coast and then into the Dolomites. Immediately after the rest day, there were four relatively flat stages, although two of them included hills towards the end. These were followed by the race's only individual time trial. This was 59.2 km in length and was one of the longest time trials in the Giro in recent years. It began with 30 km 0 of flat roads, which were followed by rolling roads towards the finish line in Valdobbiadene.Giro d'Italia 2015: Stage 14 preview http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-14/ 13 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 6 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150510194953/http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-14 dead 10 May 2015 After the time trial came the stage to Madonna di Campiglio, which included several other difficult climbs.Giro d'Italia 2015 stage 15 preview http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/giro-ditalia-2015-stage-15-preview-168570 13 October 2015 Cycling Weekly 23 May 2015 This was followed by the second rest day. The final week of the race began with a stage that crossed the very difficult Passo di Mortirolo on the way to a finish on a third-category climb in Aprica. Cycling Weekly described this as "this year's blockbuster stage".Giro d'Italia 2015 stage 16 preview http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/giro-ditalia-2015-stage-16-preview-168579 13 October 2015 Cycling Weekly 24 May 2015 This was followed by one of the flattest stages of the race, which took the Giro out of Italy for the first time in 2015 as it crossed into Switzerland for a finish in Lugano.Giro d'Italia 2015 stage 17 preview http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/giro-ditalia-2015-stage-17-preview-168748 13 October 2015 Cycling Weekly 26 May 2015 There were then three consecutive days with high mountains. The eighteenth stage of the race started in Melide, Switzerland in Switzerland and took the riders across the difficult Monte Ologno before a difficult descent to the finish.Giro d'Italia 2015 stage 18 preview http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/giro-ditalia-2015-stage-18-preview-168751 13 October 2015 Cycling Weekly 27 May 2015 There were then two consecutive summit finishes on the Cervinia and on Sestriere. The final stage was a largely ceremonial flat stage towards a finish in Milan. The highest climb of the 2015 Giro – known as the Cima Coppi – was the Colle delle Finestre on the penultimate stage. This was 2178 m above sea level. In general, the climbs were lower than in previous years, following controversy in the 2014 Giro over the crossing of the Stelvio Pass. The race organisers also tried to make the transfers between stages shorter. +List of stageshttp://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/2015/en/route/ Route: Giro d'Italia 2015 – Gazzetta dello Sport Route: Giro d'Italia 2015 – Gazzetta dello Sporthttp://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stages Giro d'Italia 2015 Cyclingnews.comStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner19 May San Lorenzo al Mare to Sanremo 17.6 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Team time trial OGE 2015210 May Albenga to Genoa 177 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stage Elia Viviani ITA311 May Rapallo to Sestri Levante 136 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Medium-mountain stageMichael Matthews AUS412 May Chiavari to La Spezia 150 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Medium-mountain stage Davide Formolo ITA513 May La Spezia to Abetone 152 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Medium-mountain stage Jan Polanc SLO614 May Montecatini Terme to Castiglione della Pescaia 183 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stage André Greipel GER715 May Grosseto to Fiuggi 264 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stage Diego Ulissi ITA816 May Fiuggi to Campitello Matese 186 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Mountain stagehttp://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/2015/en/stage/08/ Stage 08° - Giro d'Italia 2015 – Gazzetta dello Sport Stage 08° – Giro d'Italia 2015 – Gazzetta dello Sport Beñat Intxausti ESP917 May Benevento to San Giorgio del Sannio 224 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Medium-mountain stage Paolo Tiralongo ITA 18 May Rest day (Civitanova Marche)1019 May Civitanova Marche to Forlì 200 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stage Nicola Boem ITA1120 May Forlì to Imola (Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari) 153 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Medium-mountain stage Ilnur Zakarin RUS1221 May Imola to Vicenza (Monte Berico) 190 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Medium-mountain stage Philippe Gilbert BEL1322 May Montecchio Maggiore to Jesolo 147 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stage Sacha Modolo ITA1423 May Treviso to Valdobbiadene 59.4 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Vasil Kiryienka BLR1524 May Marostica to Madonna di Campiglio 165 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Mikel Landa ESP 25 May Rest day (Madonna di Campiglio)1626 May Pinzolo to Aprica 174 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Mikel Landa ESP1727 May Tirano to Lugano (Switzerland) 134 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stage Sacha Modolo ITA1828 May Melide (Switzerland) to Verbania 170 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Medium-mountain stage Philippe Gilbert BEL1929 May Gravellona Toce to Cervinia 236 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Fabio Aru ITA2030 May Saint-Vincent to Sestriere 196 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Fabio Aru ITA2131 May Turin to Milan 185 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stage Iljo Keisse BEL Race overview 2015 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11 2015 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21 thumbnail|Simon Clarke was one of three Australian OGE 2015 riders to lead the Giro during the first week (photographed during stage 16).|alt=A photograph of Simon Clarke Stage 1, the team time trial, was won by OGE 2015. Simon Gerrans was the first rider to cross the line, so he became the first leader of the race. Tinkoff–Saxo were second, seven seconds slower, which made Contador the best-placed rider among the general classification favourites. He gained six seconds on Aru and twenty seconds on Porte.Benson Daniel Giro d'Italia: Orica-GreenEdge win team time trial http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-1/results/ 15 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 11 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150713001956/http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-1/results/ dead 13 July 2015 Elia Viviani won the sprint on stage 2; he therefore took the lead in the points classification. Michael Matthews finished seventh on the stage and moved into the pink jersey.Cossins Peter Giro d'Italia: Viviani wins sprint in Genoa http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-2/results/ 15 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 11 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150912201057/http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-2/results/ dead 12 September 2015 Matthews extended his lead by winning stage 3 in a sprint from a reduced group.Windsor Richard Michael Matthews wins Giro d'Italia stage three http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/michael-matthews-wins-giro-ditalia-stage-three-170667 15 October 2015 Cycling Weekly 11 May 2015 There was particular concern during the stage after Domenico Pozzovivo (ALM 2015) crashed on a descent; he abandoned the race and was taken to hospital.Clarke Stuart Domenico Pozzovivo out of Giro d'Italia after nasty crash http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/domenico-pozzovivo-out-of-giro-ditalia-after-nasty-crash-170658 15 October 2015 Cycling Weekly 11 May 2015 The fourth stage was won by Davide Formolo (TCG 2015) from an early breakaway. Astana raced aggressively in the second part of the stage and put significant pressure on the other general classification riders; Rigoberto Urán lost more than 40 seconds, while Tinkoff–Saxo appeared weak in support of Contador. Matthews lost around 20 minutes; Simon Clarke took over the lead of the race. Clarke was the third Australian rider for the OGE 2015 y team to lead the 2015 Giro.Benson Daniel Giro d'Italia: Formolo takes solo win on stage 4 in La Spezia http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-4/results/ 15 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 13 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150910220147/http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-4/results/ dead 10 September 2015 Stage 5, with its summit finish at Abetone, was also won by a rider from a breakaway, this time Jan Polanc (LAM 2015), who attacked on the final climb and won by more than a minute. The general classification favourites attacked on the final climb; Contador was the first to attack and was followed by Aru and Porte. They were then joined by Mikel Landa, Aru's teammate, and gained time over all the other riders. Clarke lost over two minutes to Contador, Aru and Porte; he therefore lost the lead in the general classification and Contador became the new leader of the race, two seconds ahead of Aru and twenty ahead of Porte.Farrand Stephen Giro d'Italia: Contador climbs into maglia rosa on summit finish to Abetone http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-5/results/ 15 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 13 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150910045403/http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-5/results/ dead 10 September 2015 Contador's lead came under threat the following day. The stage was won by Greipel in a sprint finish, but there was a large crash in the final metres. This was caused by a spectator who was leaning over the crash barriers with a camera; Daniele Colli (VFN 2015 y) collided with him and caused a large number of riders to crash behind him. Contador was among the riders to crash; although he finished the stage on the same time as Greipel, he was treated for a shoulder injury by his team doctor and was unable to put on the leader's jersey on the podium.Farrand Stephen Giro d'Italia: Greipel wins on stage 6 http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-6/results/ 15 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 14 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150912005754/http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-6/results/ dead 12 September 2015 Despite suffering from the injury, Contador started and finished the following day's stage. This was won in a sprint finish by Diego Ulissi (Lampre–Mérida), while Contador retained the race lead.Farrand Stephen Giro d'Italia: Ulissi wins in Fiuggi http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-7/results/ 15 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 16 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150910165832/http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-7/results/ dead 10 September 2015 thumbnail|left|Mikel Landa (left) leading Fabio Aru (both Astana) during stage 16|alt=Mikel Landa, wearing the blue Astana jersey, riding ahead of Fabio Aru, who is wearing the white jersey of the best young rider Contador continued to be troubled by his injury during stage 8, which finished on the climb of the Campitello Matese. The stage was won by Beñat Intxausti (Movistar), who was in the day's early breakaway and attacked on the final climb. Astana again rode hard to put pressure on the other riders; eventually a group formed of Contador, Aru, Porte and Landa. Landa then attacked and finished second on the stage, 15 seconds ahead of the other three riders. He therefore moved up into fifth place overall, while Contador increased his lead over Aru by winning bonus seconds at an intermediate sprint.Cossins Peter Giro d'Italia: Intxausti wins stage 8 summit finish at Campitello Matese http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-8/results/ 15 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 15 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141229060626/http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-8/results dead 29 December 2014 Stage 9 was also won by a rider from a breakaway: Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) took a solo victory. Aru, Contador, Porte and Landa were again alone in a group towards the end of the stage; although they came to the finish together, Aru took a second out of the others in the sprint. This moved him to three seconds behind Contador. The following day was the first rest day of the race.Elton-Waters Jack Paolo Tiralongo wins stage nine of the Giro d'Italia, as Contador stays in pink http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/paolo-tiralongo-wins-stage-nine-of-the-giro-ditalia-as-contador-stays-in-pink-172069 15 October 2015 Cycling Weekly 17 May 2015 After the rest day, stage 10 was once again won by a rider from a breakaway: Nicola Boem (CSF 2015 y) sprinted to the victory from a small group. A large group – including Contador, Aru and Landa – finished together. Porte, however, suffered a mechanical problem in the final 10 km and he was unable to regain contact with the main group, despite assistance from his teammates and from Michael Matthews, Porte's fellow Australian. Porte lost over 40 seconds to the other general classification favourites.Benson Daniel Giro d'Italia: Boem takes breakaway sprint to win in Forlì http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-10/results/ 16 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 20 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150907210140/http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-10/results/ dead 7 September 2015 After the stage, it was revealed that Porte had been given assistance by another Australian OGE 2015 y rider, Simon Clarke. Clarke had seen Porte waiting for assistance and had given him one of his own wheels. This was illegal under UCI rules that prohibit "non-regulation assistance to a rider from another team"; Porte was therefore given a two-minute time penalty and dropped to twelfth place, over three minutes behind Contador, with Landa moving up to third place.Ryan Barry Giro d'Italia: Richie Porte docked two minutes http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/giro-ditalia-richie-porte-docked-two-minutes/ 16 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 21 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150726012927/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/giro-ditalia-richie-porte-docked-two-minutes/ dead 26 July 2015 Stage 11 was won by Ilnur Zakarin, who attacked from an all-day breakaway 23 km from the finish line and rode solo to the finish. The general classification favourites all finished together.Zakarin solos to victory in Giro stage 11 http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/05/race-report/zakarin-solos-to-victory-in-giro-stage-11_370994 16 October 2015 VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 20 May 2015 28 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150928001017/http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/05/race-report/zakarin-solos-to-victory-in-giro-stage-11_370994 dead Stage 12 finished with a short, steep climb. It was won by Philippe Gilbert (BMC). Contador finished second to win six bonus seconds; his lead was further extended as Aru and Landa both lost several seconds on the climb.Cossins Peter Giro d'Italia: Gilbert wins stage 12 in Vicenza http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-12/results/ 16 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 21 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150914204542/http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-12/results/ dead 14 September 2015 Contador lost the lead the following day, however. The stage was won in a bunch sprint by Sacha Modolo (LAM 2015); just over 3 km before the finish line, however, there was a large crash that delayed a large number of riders. Contador was one of the riders delayed in the crash; he lost 36 seconds to Aru, who therefore took over the race lead. Porte was also caught up in the crash and lost another two minutes.Giro d'Italia: Modolo wins bunch sprint in Jesolo http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-13/results/ 16 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 23 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150909070644/http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-13/results/ dead 9 September 2015 Stage 14 was the individual time trial, which was won by Vasil Kiryienka (Sky). Contador finished third on the stage, nearly three minutes ahead of Aru. Contador therefore moved back into the race lead. Contador passed Landa on the road, despite starting three minutes after him; Landa lost over four minutes and fell to seventh place overall. Movistar's Andrey Amador moved up into third.Cossins Peter Giro d'Italia stage 14: Alberto Contador storms back into race lead http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-14/results/ 16 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 24 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150910220702/http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-14/results/ dead 10 September 2015 Stage 15 was the final stage of the second week and was the climb to Madonna di Campiglio. Landa won the stage after Astana rode hard on the final climb; he finished five seconds ahead of Contador and moved back up to fourth place. Contador finished a second ahead of Aru and extended his lead further due to bonus seconds for his third-place finish.Stokes Shane Giro d'Italia: Landa wins at Madonna di Campiglio, Contador gains seconds on Aru http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/05/giro-ditalia-landa-wins-at-madonna-di-campiglio-contador-gains-seconds-on-aru/ 16 October 2015 Cyclingtips.com.au Wallace Media Pty Ltd 25 May 2015 Porte, who had lost over 30 minutes during the weekend following the crash in stage 13, withdrew from the race after the stage.Brown Gregor Injured Richie Porte withdraws from Giro http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/05/news/injured-richie-porte-withdraws-from-giro_371601 16 October 2015 VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 25 May 2015 23 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923115312/http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/05/news/injured-richie-porte-withdraws-from-giro_371601 dead After the rest day, Landa won a second consecutive stage. Contador had suffered a puncture at the foot of the penultimate climb – the Mortirolo – and at one point was nearly a minute behind Landa and Aru. Contador caught Landa and Aru, however, then attacked them. Although Landa was able to follow Contador's attack, Aru was not. On the final climb to Aprica, Landa attacked and won the stage, 38 seconds ahead of Contador. Aru, meanwhile, lost nearly three minutes to Landa. Landa moved up into second place, although he was still over four minutes behind Contador, with Aru now third.Windsor Richard Mikel Landa takes second stage victory on gruelling day at Giro d'Italia http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/mikel-landa-takes-second-stage-victory-on-gruelling-day-at-giro-ditalia-2015-173528 16 October 2015 Cycling Weekly 26 May 2015 Sacha Modolo won his second stage the following day, in a sprint finish, with Giacomo Nizzolo (TFR 2015) moving into the lead of the points classification.Giro d'Italia: Modolo wins stage 17 in Lugano http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-17/results/ 16 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 28 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150918235658/http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-17/results/ dead 18 September 2015 Philippe Gilbert also won a second stage of the 2015 Giro on stage 18, escaping in a breakaway early in the day and attacking 19 km from the finish to take a solo victory. Contador again increased his lead, however: after Aru and Landa were caught behind a crash, Contador ordered his team to attack. Cyclingnews.com suggested this was revenge for Astana's attack on stage 16. Contador then attacked alone and, after cooperation with Ryder Hesjedal, gained more than a minute on his rivals. Landa was second, over five minutes behind, with Aru a further 50 seconds back.Giro d'Italia: Gilbert wins stage 18 in Verbania http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-18/results/ 16 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 28 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150914211428/http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-18/results/ dead 14 September 2015 thumbnail|Alberto Contador (TTS 2015) wearing the pink jersey as leader of the general classification during stage 16|alt=Alberto Contador riding uphill while wearing the pink jersey Stage 19 was the first of two consecutive summit finishes. The stage was won by Aru, who attacked early in the final climb. Contador was content to let the other riders dictate the pace in the chasing group, which finished over a minute behind Aru. Landa finished in the same group; Aru therefore moved back ahead of him into second place overall.Stokes Shane Aru fights back to nab stage 19 of Giro d'Italia, Contador keeps powder dry for final mountain stage http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/05/aru-fights-back-to-take-stage-19-of-giro-ditalia-contador-keeps-his-powder-dry-in-advance-of-final-mountain-stage/ 16 October 2015 Cyclingtips.com.au 30 May 2015 Wallace Media Pty Ltd Aru won again on stage 20, the final difficult stage of the Giro. Contador was isolated from his teammates early in the first of the day's two climbs. The roads towards the top of the climb – the it Colle delle Finestre – were gravel. Landa attacked around this point and Contador was unable to follow. With Contador struggling, the other riders in the group attacked. Contador was a minute behind them at the summit, with Landa further ahead.Wynn Nigel Alberto Contador under pressure in Giro d'Italia's penultimate stage as Aru wins again http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/alberto-contador-under-pressure-in-giro-ditalias-penultimate-stage-as-aru-wins-again-174428 16 October 2015 Cycling Weekly 30 May 2015 At the foot of the final climb, Landa was ordered by his team to wait for Aru with the hope that, by working together, the two riders could put enough time into Contador to win the Giro.Ryan Barry Team orders temper Landa's aggression on the road to Sestriere http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-orders-temper-landas-aggression-on-the-road-to-sestriere/ 16 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 30 May 2015 Aru attacked in the final kilometres of the final climb to Sestriere and won the stage. Landa was 24 seconds behind. Despite losing over two minutes, Contador retained his race lead. The final stage of the Giro was a flat stage ending with several laps of a circuit in Milan. It was not expected to affect the general classification, with a bunch sprint the likely conclusion. There was an attack on the finishing circuit, however, by Iljo Keisse (EQS 2015 y) and Luke Durbridge (OGE 2015 y). Although they never had more than a minute's lead, they were able to stay away from the peloton to the finish. Keisse won the sprint between the pair for the stage victory. Contador finished in the leading group to secure the overall victory, just under two minutes ahead of Aru.O'Shea Sadhbh Alberto Contador wins Giro d'Italia overall http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-21/results/ 16 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 1 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150313052557/http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-21/results dead 13 March 2015 Contador thus won the overall 2015 Giro d'Italia without winning any stage victories.Alberto Contador wins 2015 Giro d'Italia, Iljo Keisse takes final stage http://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/giro-d-italia/2015/alberto-contador-wins-2015-giro-d-italia-iljo-keisse-takes-final-stage_sto4730949/story.shtml Eurosport 31 May 2015 25 October 2015 Classification leadership thumbnail|Beñat Intxausti (Movistar) wearing the blue jersey as leader of the mountains classification during stage 16. The classification was won by his teammate Giovanni Visconti.|alt=Beñat Intxausti riding uphill in the blue jersey of the leader of the mountains classification In the 2015 Giro d'Italia, four different jerseys were awarded. The first and most important is the general classification, calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. Riders received time bonuses for finishing in the first three places on each stage (excluding the team time trial and individual time trial). The rider with the lowest cumulative time was awarded the pink jersey (the maglia rosa) and was considered the winner of the Giro d'Italia.Laura Weislo http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 Giro d'Italia classifications demystified 13 May 2008 Cyclingnews.com 27 August 2009Giro revamps time bonus and points systems for 2014 edition http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/04/news/giro-revamps-time-bonus-points-systems-2014-edition_323335 16 October 2015 VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 8 April 2014 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044438/http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/04/news/giro-revamps-time-bonus-points-systems-2014-edition_323335 dead Additionally, there was a points classification. Riders won points for finishing in the top 15 on each stage. Flat stages award more points that mountainous stages, meaning that this classification tends to favour sprinters. In addition, points can be won in intermediate sprints. The winner of the points classification won the red jersey. There was also a mountains classification. Points were awarded for reaching the top of a climb towards the front of the race. Each climb will be categorized as either first, second, third, or fourth-category, with more points available for the higher-categorized climbs. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awards more points than the other first-category climbs. At 2178 m, the Cima Coppi for the 2015 Giro d'Italia was the unpaved Colle delle Finestre.Giro 2015: Ritorna il Mortirolo, sarà decisivo il Colle delle Finestre http://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/06-10-2014/giro-italia-2015-salite-montagna-ritorna-mortirolo-sara-decisivo-colle-finestre-90664430348.shtml 16 October 2015 La Gazzetta dello Sport RCS Sport it Giro 2015: The Mortirolo returns; the Colle delle Finestre will be decisive The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1990 were eligible. The winner of the classification was awarded a white jersey. There were also two classifications for teams. In the Trofeo Fast Team classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added up; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time. The Trofeo Super Team was a team points classification, with the top 20 placed riders on each stage earning points (20 for first place, 19 for second place and so on, down to a single point for 20th) for their team. + Classification leadership by stage Stage WinnerGeneral classificationpink General classification A pink jerseyPoints classificationred Points classification A red jerseyMountains classificationblue Mountains classification A blue jerseyYoung rider classificationwhite Young rider classification A white jerseyTrofeo Fast TeamTrofeo Super Team 1 OGE 2015 Simon Gerrans not awarded not awarded Michael Matthews OGE 2015 OGE 2015 2 Elia Viviani Michael Matthews Elia Viviani Bert-Jan Lindeman 3 Michael Matthews Pavel Kochetkov 4 Davide Formolo Simon Clarke Esteban Chaves AST 2015 5 Jan Polanc Alberto Contador Jan Polanc Fabio Aru 6 André Greipel André Greipel 7 Diego Ulissi Elia Viviani 8 Beñat Intxausti Beñat Intxausti 9 Paolo Tiralongo Simon Geschke AST 2015 10 Nicola Boem Nicola Boem 11 Ilnur Zakarin Beñat Intxausti 12 Philippe Gilbert 13Sacha Modolo Fabio Aru Elia Viviani 14 Vasil Kiryienka Alberto Contador 15 Mikel Landa 16 Steven Kruijswijk 17 Sacha ModoloGiacomo Nizzolo 18 Philippe Gilbert 19 Fabio Aru Giovanni Visconti 20 21 Iljo Keisse Final white Alberto Contador white Giacomo Nizzolo white Giovanni Visconti Giovanni Visconti (cyclist) Fabio Aru AST 2015 AST 2015 Notes In stage 3, Esteban Chaves, who was second in the young riders classification, wore the white jersey, because Michael Matthews (in first place) wore the pink jersey as leader of the general classification during that stage. In stage 14, Davide Formolo, who was second in the young riders classification, wore the white jersey, because Fabio Aru (in first place) wore the pink jersey as leader of the general classification during that stage. Final standings + Legend   pink General classification A pink jersey   Denotes the leader of the General classification   blue Mountains classification A blue jersey   Denotes the leader of the Mountains classification   red Points classification A red jersey   Denotes the leader of the Points classification   white Young rider classification A white jersey   Denotes the leader of the Young rider classification General classification + Final general classification (1–10)Giro d'Italia 2015 - General Classification http://procyclingstats.com/race/Giro_d_Italia_2015 ProCyclingStats ProCyclingStats BV 16 October 2015 12 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141012074346/http://procyclingstats.com/race/Giro_d_Italia_2015 deadRiderTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP pink General classification A pink jersey, designating the winner of the general classification SAX 2015 88h 22' 25" 2 Fabio Aru ITA white Young rider classification A white jersey, designating the winner of the young rider classification AST 2015 + 1' 53" 3 Mikel Landa ESP AST 2015 + 3' 05" 4 Andrey Amador CRC MOV 2015 + 8' 10" 5 Ryder Hesjedal CAN TCG 2015 + 9' 52" 6 Leopold König CZE SKY 2015 + 10' 41" 7 Steven Kruijswijk NED TLJ 2015 + 10' 53" 8 Damiano Caruso ITA BMC 2015 + 12' 08" 9 Alexandre Geniez FRA FDJ 2015 + 15' 51" 10 Yuri Trofimov RUS KAT 2015 + 16' 14" Final general classification (11–163) 11 Maxime Monfort BEL LTB 2015 + 17' 51" 12 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL LTB 2015 + 25' 12" 13 Tanel Kangert EST AST 2015 + 28' 05" 14 Rigoberto Urán COL OPQ 2015 + 28' 26" 15 Amaël Moinard FRA BMC 2015 + 30' 35" 16 Darwin Atapuma COL BMC 2015 + 40' 36" 17 Mikel Nieve ESP SKY 2015 + 48' 24" 18 Giovanni Visconti ITA blue Mountains classification A blue jersey, designating the winner of the mountains classification MOV 2015 + 50' 32" 19 Paolo Tiralongo ITA AST 2015 + 1h 03' 38" 20 Carlos Betancur COL ALM 2015 + 1h 17' 27" 21 André Cardoso POR TCG 2015 + 1h 19' 27" 22 Stefano Pirazzi ITA CSF 2015 + 1h 21' 38" 23 Diego Rosa ITA AST 2015 + 1h 24' 57" 24 Franco Pellizotti ITA AND 2015b + 1h 30' 49" 25 Dario Cataldo ITA AST 2015 + 1h 35' 24" 26 Kanstantsin Sivtsov BLR SKY 2015 + 1h 45' 52" 27 Jon Izagirre ESP MOV 2015 + 1h 46' 30" 28 Roman Kreuziger CZE SAX 2015 + 1h 47' 03" 29 Beñat Intxausti ESP MOV 2015 + 1h 49' 22" 30 Jonathan Monsalve VEN NRI 2015 + 1h 50' 19" 31 Davide Formolo ITA TCG 2015 + 1h 53' 39" 32 Fabio Felline ITA TFR 2015 + 1h 55' 57" 33 Michael Rogers AUS SAX 2015 + 2h 11' 06" 34 David de la Cruz ESP OPQ 2015 + 2h 15' 27" 35 Luis León Sánchez ESP AST 2015 + 2h 17' 30" 36 Sylvain Chavanel FRA IAM 2015 + 2h 22' 52" 37 Pavel Kochetkov RUS KAT 2015 + 2h 23' 10" 38 Igor Antón ESP MOV 2015 + 2h 27' 19" 39 Philippe Gilbert BEL BMC 2015 + 2h 30' 21" 40 Przemysław Niemiec POL LAM 2015 + 2h 39' 20" 41 Sebastián Henao COL SKY 2015 + 2h 39' 28" 42 Hubert Dupont FRA ALM 2015 + 2h 44' 08" 43 Francis Mourey FRA FDJ 2015 + 2h 44' 29" 44 Ilnur Zakarin RUS KAT 2015 + 2h 45' 10" 45 Sylwester Szmyd POL CCC 2015 + 2h 45' 21" 46 Kenny Elissonde FRA FDJ 2015 + 2h 46' 57" 47 Maxime Bouet FRA OPQ 2015 + 2h 48' 49" 48 Branislau Samoilau BLR CCC 2015 + 2h 49' 01" 49 Alessandro Bisolti ITA PPO 2015 + 2h 51' 45" 50 Simone Stortoni ITA AND 2015b + 2h 51' 48" 51 Ivan Basso ITA SAX 2015 + 2h 52' 16" 52 Silvan Dillier SUI BMC 2015 + 2h 53' 04" 53 Jan Polanc SLO LAM 2015 + 2h 55' 08" 54 Matteo Montaguti ITA ALM 2015 + 3h 01' 35" 55 Esteban Chaves COL OGE 2015 + 3h 01' 37" 56 Martijn Keizer NED TLJ 2015 + 3h 02' 04" 57 Mauro Finetto ITA NRI 2015 + 3h 05' 25" 58 Francesco Gavazzi ITA NRI 2015 + 3h 06' 40" 59 Andrey Zeits KAZ AST 2015 + 3h 09' 32" 60 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno ITA CSF 2015 + 3h 12' 36" 61 Grega Bole SLO CCC 2015 + 3h 15' 43" 62 Rubén Fernández ESP MOV 2015 + 3h 18' 16" 63 Simon Clarke AUS OGE 2015 + 3h 20' 33" 64 Diego Ulissi ITA LAM 2015 + 3h 20' 48" 65 Sander Armée BEL LTB 2015 + 3h 21' 35" 66 Brent Bookwalter USA BMC 2015 + 3h 21' 47" 67 Nate Brown USA TCG 2015 + 3h 23' 43" 68 Salvatore Puccio ITA SKY 2015 + 3h 30' 11" 69 Clément Chevrier FRA IAM 2015 + 3h 31' 24" 70 Marcus Burghardt DEU BMC 2015 + 3h 33' 49" 71 Gianfranco Zilioli ITA AND 2015b + 3h 34' 29" 72 Sergey Lagutin RUS KAT 2015 + 3h 36' 11" 73 Rinaldo Nocentini ITA ALM 2015 + 3h 36' 24" 74 Jesús Herrada ESP MOV 2015 + 3h 40' 04" 75 Axel Domont FRA ALM 2015 + 3h 40' 42" 76 Tom-Jelte Slagter NED TCG 2015 + 3h 43' 59" 77 Adam Hansen AUS LTB 2015 + 3h 49' 51" 78 Davide Villella ITA TCG 2015 + 3h 57' 09" 79 Maciej Paterski POL CCC 2015 + 3h 58' 14" 80 Manuele Mori ITA LAM 2015 + 3h 59' 30" 81 Marek Rutkiewicz POL CCC 2015 + 4h 00' 37" 82 Edoardo Zardini ITA CSF 2015 + 4h 00' 50" 83 Tobias Ludvigsson SWE GIA 2015 + 4h 02' 19" 84 Vasil Kiryienka BLR SKY 2015 + 4h 03' 27" 85 Davide Malacarne ITA AST 2015 + 4h 04' 18" 86 Nick van der Lijke NED TLJ 2015 + 4h 06' 57" 87 Anthony Roux FRA FDJ 2015 + 4h 14' 22" 88 Luca Chirico ITA CSF 2015 + 4h 16' 30" 89 Simon Geschke DEU GIA 2015 + 4h 16' 52" 90 Lars Bak DEN LTB 2015 + 4h 20' 23" 91 Tsgabu Grmay ETH LAM 2015 + 4h 20' 33" 92 Pieter Weening NED OGE 2015 + 4h 20' 38" 93 Dayer Quintana COL MOV 2015 + 4h 21' 18" 94 Patrick Gretsch DEU ALM 2015 + 4h 25' 13" 95 Bert-Jan Lindeman NED TLJ 2015 + 4h 26' 02" 96 Manuele Boaro ITA SAX 2015 + 4h 26' 32" 97 Sérgio Paulinho POR SAX 2015 + 4h 32' 23" 98 Marco Frapporti ITA AND 2015b + 4h 33' 17" 99 Chad Haga USA GIA 2015 + 4h 34' 18" 100 Sonny Colbrelli ITA CSF 2015 + 4h 34' 27" 101 Giacomo Berlato ITA PPO 2015 + 4h 35' 09" 102 Maxim Belkov RUS KAT 2015 + 4h 35' 43" 103 Kévin Reza FRA FDJ 2015 + 4h 37' 05" 104 Elia Favilli ITA NRI 2015 + 4h 40' 04" 105 Julien Bérard FRA ALM 2015 + 4h 42' 01" 106 Matteo Busato ITA NRI 2015 + 4h 42' 22" 107 Heinrich Haussler AUS IAM 2015 + 4h 43' 01" 108 Pierpaolo De Negri ITA PPO 2015 + 4h 46' 51" 109 Luke Durbridge AUS OGE 2015 + 4h 50' 24" 110 Fabio Sabatini ITA OPQ 2015 + 4h 52' 39" 111 Luca Paolini ITA KAT 2015 + 4h 54' 31" 112 Matteo Tosatto ITA SAX 2015 + 4h 54' 45" 113 Hugo Houle CAN ALM 2015 + 4h 54' 57" 114 Sergey Chernetskiy RUS KAT 2015 + 5h 00' 19" 115 Ivan Rovny RUS SAX 2015 + 5h 00' 44" 116 Petr Vakoč CZE OPQ 2015 + 5h 01' 14" 117 Fumiyuki Beppu JPN TFR 2015 + 5h 02' 43" 118 Łukasz Owsian POL CCC 2015 + 5h 04' 07" 119 Maarten Tjallingii NED TLJ 2015 + 5h 07' 22" 120 Janier Acevedo COL TCG 2015 + 5h 09' 07" 121 Cédric Pineau FRA FDJ 2015 + 5h 10' 03" 122 Sam Bewley NZL OGE 2015 + 5h 10' 21" 123 Davide Appollonio ITA AND 2015b + 5h 11' 20" 124 Arnaud Courteille FRA FDJ 2015 + 5h 12' 26" 125 Elia Viviani ITA SKY 2015 + 5h 14' 35" 126 Sacha Modolo ITA LAM 2015 + 5h 16' 43" 127 Maximiliano Richeze ARG LAM 2015 + 5h 16' 51" 128 Brett Lancaster AUS OGE 2015 + 5h 18' 55" 129 Nikolay Mihaylov BUL CCC 2015 + 5h 20' 57" 130 Murilo Fischer BRA FDJ 2015 + 5h 23' 37" 131 Alan Marangoni ITA TCG 2015 + 5h 24' 22" 132 Alexander Porsev RUS KAT 2015 + 5h 26' 12" 133 Roberto Ferrari ITA LAM 2015 + 5h 26' 53" 134 Caleb Fairly USA GIA 2015 + 5h 27' 03" 135 Christopher Juul-Jensen DEN SAX 2015 + 5h 30' 09" 136 Moreno Hofland NED TLJ 2015 + 5h 32' 46" 137 Giacomo Nizzolo ITA red Points classification A red jersey, designating the winner of the points classification TFR 2015 + 5h 33' 26" 138 Luka Mezgec SLO GIA 2015 + 5h 34' 36" 139 Serghei Țvetcov ROU AND 2015b + 5h 35' 03" 140 Bartłomiej Matysiak POL CCC 2015 + 5h 37' 55" 141 Eugenio Alafaci ITA TFR 2015 + 5h 38' 12" 142 Rick Zabel DEU BMC 2015 + 5h 42' 25" 143 Bernhard Eisel AUT SKY 2015 + 5h 42' 37" 144 Rick Flens NED TLJ 2015 + 5h 45' 15" 145 Iljo Keisse BEL OPQ 2015 + 5h 46' 04" 146 Boy van Poppel NED TFR 2015 + 5h 48' 23" 147 Jussi Veikkanen FIN FDJ 2015 + 5h 48' 41" 148 Nikias Arndt DEU GIA 2015 + 5h 53' 20" 149 Fábio Silvestre POR TFR 2015 + 5h 54' 39" 150 Eduard-Michael Grosu ROU PPO 2015 + 5h 54' 43" 151 Calvin Watson AUS TFR 2015 + 5h 56' 12" 152 Riccardo Stacchiotti ITA PPO 2015 + 5h 59' 25" 153 Tom Stamsnijder NED GIA 2015 + 6h 00' 08" 154 Alessandro Malaguti ITA PPO 2015 + 6h 03' 41" 155 Marco Bandiera ITA AND 2015b + 6h 06' 50" 156 Ji Cheng CHN GIA 2015 + 6h 09' 33" 157 Eugert Zhupa ALB NRI 2015 + 6h 10' 11" 158 Bert De Backer BEL GIA 2015 + 6h 10' 15" 159 Nicola Boem ITA CSF 2015 + 6h 10' 26" 160 Michael Hepburn AUS OGE 2015 + 6h 13' 16" 161 Aleksejs Saramotins LAT IAM 2015 + 6h 22' 00" 162 Roger Kluge DEU IAM 2015 + 6h 33' 40" 163 Marco Coledan ITA TFR 2015 + 6h 40' 13" Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–10)Giro d'Italia 2015 - Mountains classification http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Giro_d_Italia_2015_Mountains_Classification ProCyclingStats ProCyclingStats BV 16 October 2015RiderTeamPoints 1 Giovanni Visconti ITA blue Mountains classification A blue jersey MOV 2015 125 2 Mikel Landa ESP AST 2015 122 3 Steven Kruijswijk NED TLJ 2015 115 4 Beñat Intxausti ESP MOV 2015 107 5 Fabio Aru ITA white Young rider classification A white jersey AST 2015 80 6 Carlos Betancur COL ALM 2015 75 7 Ryder Hesjedal CAN TCG 2015 70 8 Simon Geschke GER GIA 2015 53 9 Pavel Kochetkov RUS KAT 2015 52 10 Alberto Contador ESP pink General classification A pink jersey SAX 2015 51 Points classification + Final points classification (1–10)Giro d'Italia 2015 - Points classification http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Giro_d_Italia_2015_Points_Classification ProCyclingStats ProCyclingStats BV 16 October 2015RiderTeamPoints 1 Giacomo Nizzolo ITA red Points classification A red jersey TFR 2015 181 2 Philippe Gilbert BEL BMC 2015 148 3 Sacha Modolo ITA LAM 2015 147 4 Elia Viviani ITA SKY 2015 144 5 Nicola Boem ITA CSF 2015 127 6 Iljo Keisse BEL EQS 2015 98 7 Alberto Contador ESP pink General classification A pink jersey SAX 2015 96 8 Marco Bandiera ITA AND 2015b 92 9 Diego Ulissi ITA LAM 2015 83 10 Luka Mezgec SLO GIA 2015 78 Young riders classification + Final young rider classification (1–10)Giro d'Italia 2015 - Youth Classification http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Giro_d_Italia_2015_Youth_Classification ProCyclingStats ProCyclingStats BV 16 October 2015RiderTeamTime 1 Fabio Aru ITA white Young rider classification A white jersey AST 2015 88h 24' 18" 2 Davide Formolo ITA TCG 2015 + 1h 51' 46" 3 Fabio Felline ITA TFR 2015 + 1h 54' 04" 4 Sebastián Henao COL SKY 2015 + 2h 37' 35" 5 Kenny Elissonde FRA FDJ 2015 + 2h 45' 04" 6 Silvan Dillier SUI BMC 2015 + 2h 51' 11" 7 Jan Polanc SLO LAM 2015 + 2h 53' 15" 8 Esteban Chaves COL OGE 2015 + 2h 59' 44" 9 Francesco Bongiorno ITA CSF 2015 + 3h 10' 43" 10 Rubén Fernández ESP MOV 2015 + 3h 16' 23" Trofeo Fast Team classification + Final team classification (1–10)Giro d'Italia 2015 - Teams Classification http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Giro_d_Italia_2015_Teams_Classification ProCyclingStats ProCyclingStats BV 16 October 2015TeamTime 1 KAZ AST 2015 264h 42' 31" 2 USA BMC 2015 + 43' 16" 3 GBR SKY 2015 + 1h 13' 51" 4 ESP MOV 2015 + 1h 20' 16" 5 USA TCG 2015 + 2h 26' 57" 6 BEL LTS 2015 + 3h 02' 42" 7 RUS SAX 2015 + 3h 14' 36" 8 RUS KAT 2015 + 3h 32' 21" 9 FRA FDJ 2015 + 4h 27' 13" 10 BEL EQS 2015 + 4h 43' 52" Trofeo Super Team classification + Final team points classification (1–10)Percorso tappa 21 - Giro d'Italia 2015 http://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/2015/it/tappa/21/classifiche/generali/super-team.shtml?t=21&lang=it La Gazzetta dello Sport RCS Sport 16 October 2015TeamPoints 1 KAZ AST 2015 640 2 USA BMC 2015 334 3 ITA LAM 2015 317 4 GBR SKY 2015 284 5 ESP MOV 2015 272 6 AUS OGE 2015 251 7 NED TLJ 2015 239 8 ITA CSF 2015 238 9 RUS SAX 2015 233 10 RUS KAT 2015 233 Minor classifications Several other minor classifications were awarded. The first of these was the intermediate sprint classification (it Traguardi Volanti). Each road stage had two sprints during the stage. The first five riders across the intermediate sprint line were awarded points; the rider with the most points at the end of the race won the classification.The regulations for the 2015 Giro have not been published. See: the regulations for the 2014 Giro, which were substantially the same: http://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/2014/download/Regolamento_Ing.pdf Regolamento 97° Giro RCS Sport Giro d'Italia 17 October 2015 the results for the first stage, which indicate the points awarded: Cossins Peter Giro d'Italia: Viviani wins sprint in Genoa http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-2/results/ 15 October 2015 Cyclingnews.com 11 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150912201057/http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-2/results/ dead 12 September 2015 This classification was won by Marco Bandiera (AND 2015b).Percoso tappa 21° http://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/2015/it/tappa/21/classifiche/generali/tv-100km.shtml?t=21&lang=it Giro d'Italia RCS Sport 17 October 2015 A similar classification, the it Azzuri d'Italia prize, was decided by points awarded to the top three riders on each stage. It was similar to the points classification, but with fewer riders awarded points. The classification was won by Mikel Landa.Percoso tappa 21° http://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/2015/it/tappa/21/classifiche/generali/azzurri-italia.shtml?t=21&lang=it Giro d'Italia RCS Sport 17 October 2015 Another classification – the combativity prize (it Premio Combattivita) – involved points awarded to the first riders at the stage finishes, at intermediate sprints and at the summits of categorised climbs. It was won by Philippe Gilbert.Percoso tappa 21° http://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/2015/it/tappa/21/classifiche/generali/premio-combattivita.shtml?t=21&lang=it Giro d'Italia RCS Sport 17 October 2015 There was also a breakaway award (it Premio della Fuga). For this, points were awarded to each rider in any breakaway smaller than 10 riders that escaped for at least 5 km. Each rider was awarded a point for each kilometre that he was away from the peloton. The rider with the most points at the end of the Giro won the award. The classification was also won by Bandiera.Percoso tappa 21° http://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/2015/it/tappa/21/classifiche/generali/premio-della-fuga.shtml?t=21&lang=it Giro d'Italia RCS Sport 17 October 2015 The final individual classification was the "energy classification" (it Premio Energy). In each stage, the fastest three riders in the final 3 km of the stage were awarded points. The rider with the most points at the end of the Giro won the classification. The award was won by Fabio Aru.Percoso tappa 21° http://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/2015/it/tappa/21/classifiche/generali/premio-energy.shtml?t=21&lang=it Giro d'Italia RCS Sport 17 October 2015 The final classification was a "fair play" ranking for each team. Teams were given penalty points for infringing various rules. These ranged from a half-point penalty for offences that merited a warning from the race officials to a 2000-point penalty for a positive doping test. The team that had the lowest points total at the end of the Giro won the classification. It was won by VFN 2015, who did not receive any penalty points during the Giro.Percoso tappa 21° http://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/2015/it/tappa/21/classifiche/generali/premio-fair-play.shtml?t=21&lang=it Giro d'Italia RCS Sport 17 October 2015 References Citations 30em External links 2015 Giro d'Italia 1 11 12 21 Category:Giro d'Italia by year Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Category:May 2015 sports events in Italy