May 20, 2018 (Sappada, Italy) – Canadian Michael Woods (EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale) finished 22nd as Simon Yates (Gbr) Mitchelton-Scott stamped his name on Stage 15 from Tolmezzo to Sappada, 176km, for win number three at this year’s Giro while strengthening his grip on the maglia rosa.

Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb and Chris Froome (Gbr) Team Sky both lost time to Yates with the defending champ just over two minutes behind while Froome is almost five minutes back. Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates had another tough day as well.  Woods dropped to 17th overall as tomorrow the peloton enjoys the final rest day.

Results

1. Simon Yates (Gbr) Mitchelton-Scott 4:37:56
2. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:00:41
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 0:01:20
8. Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
9. Pello Bilbao (Esp) Astana Pro Team
10. Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb
11. S_bastien Reichenbach (Sui) Groupama-FDJ
12. Mikel Nieve (Esp) Mitchelton-Scott
13. Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
14. George Bennett (Nzl) LottoNL-Jumbo
15. Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
16. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team
17. Chris Froome (Gbr) Team Sky 0:01:32
18. Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
19. Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team 0:02:11
20. Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:03:33
21. Jos_ Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 0:04:13
22. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
23. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
24. Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
25. Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
26. Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:09
27. Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ 0:06:46
28. Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
29. Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
30. Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky
31. Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Fix All 0:07:30
32. Kilian Frankiny (Sui) BMC Racing Team
33. Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team
34. Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:09:48
35. Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
36. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:11:15
37. Benjamin King (USA) Dimension Data 0:13:37
38. Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo
39. Victor De La Parte (Esp) Movistar Team
40. Steve Morabito (Sui) Groupama-FDJ
41. Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
42. Ruben Plaza (Esp) Israel Cycling Academy
43. Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott
44. Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:19:02
45. Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:19:31
46. Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
47. Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
48. Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
49. Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
50. Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
51. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott
52. Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
53. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
54. Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
55. Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
56. Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Fix All
57. Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
58. Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
59. Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
60. Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin
61. Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb
62. Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy
63. Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team
64. Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
65. Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb
66. Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
67. Luis Le-n Sanchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team
68. Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
69. Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
70. Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates
71. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
72. Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:19:39
73. Antonio Pedrero (Esp) Movistar Team
74. Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
75. Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Fix All 0:25:27
76. Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy 0:26:14
77. Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
78. Alex Turrin (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
79. Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
80. Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
81. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
82. Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
83. François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
84. David De La Cruz (Esp) Team Sky
85. Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
86. Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team 0:26:43
87. Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:28:02
88. Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
89. Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
90. Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:29:15
91. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
92. Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky
93. Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb
94. Mads WŸrtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin
95. Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo
96. Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
97. Francisco Ventoso (Esp) BMC Racing Team
98. Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo
99. Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
100. Ruben Fernandez (Esp) Movistar Team
101. Hugh Carthy (Gbr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
102. Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
103. Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott
104. Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo
105. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
106. Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data
107. Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
108. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
109. Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb
110. Nathan Brown (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
111. Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
112. Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data
113. Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
114. Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
115. Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
116. Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
117. Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
118. Jos van Emden (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
119. Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
120. Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF
121. Koen Bouwmam (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
122. Sam Bewley (Nzl) Mitchelton-Scott
123. Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team
124. Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:35:49
125. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
126. William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
127. Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
128. Jeremy Roy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
129. Marco Coledan (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
130. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
131. Rodolfo Torres (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
132. Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo
133. Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
134. Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
135. Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
136. R_mi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
137. Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
138. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team
139. Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Fix All
140. Michael M¿rk¿v (Den) Quick-Step Floors
141. Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
142. Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Fix All
143. Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
144. Markel Irizar (Esp) Trek-Segafredo
145. Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
146. Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
147. Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
148. Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
149. Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
150. Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy
151. Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
152. Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Fix All
153. Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
154. Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Fix All
155. Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
156. Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott
157. Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
158. Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
159. Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
160. Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:40:47
161. Alex Dowsett (Gbr) Katusha-Alpecin
DNF Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF
DNF Igor Anton (Esp) Dimension Data

GC after Stage 15

1. Simon Yates (Gbr) Mitchelton-Scott 65:57:37
2. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:02:11
3. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:28
4. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:02:37
5. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:04:27
6. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team 0:04:47
7. Chris Froome (Gbr) Team Sky 0:04:52
8. George Bennett (Nzl) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:05:34
9. Pello Bilbao (Esp) Astana Pro Team 0:05:59
10. Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:06:13
11. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:06:41
12. Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data 0:07:12
13. Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:07:27
14. Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team 0:08:00
15. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:00
16. Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0:09:38
17. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:09:49
18. Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:09:56
19. Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:13:15
20. Jos_ Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 0:15:20
21. Mikel Nieve (Esp) Mitchelton-Scott 0:19:39
22. Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:25:14
23. Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:26:55
24. S_bastien Reichenbach (Sui) Groupama-FDJ 0:31:37
25. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:32:17
26. Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ 0:35:59
27. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 0:38:26
28. Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:39:43
29. Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:39:50
30. Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:41:08
31. Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:41:27
32. Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:45:07
33. Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:48:08
34. Luis Le-n Sanchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team 0:51:24
35. Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:52:09
36. Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 1:00:19
37. Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo 1:08:11
38. Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 1:09:49
39. Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team 1:10:15
40. Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 1:10:30
41. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 1:11:20
42. Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 1:11:30
43. Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:12:46
44. Victor De La Parte (Esp) Movistar Team 1:14:27
45. Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data 1:16:02
46. Benjamin King (USA) Dimension Data 1:16:37
47. Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy 1:18:03
48. François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:19:02
49. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott 1:20:40
50. Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb 1:20:48
51. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF
52. Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 1:22:04
53. Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 1:25:37
54. Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Fix All 1:25:39
55. Nathan Brown (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 1:26:32
56. Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo 1:29:42
57. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 1:35:05
58. Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 1:35:53
59. Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 1:36:03
60. Rodolfo Torres (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 1:38:26
61. Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 1:39:00
62. Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 1:39:07
63. Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates 1:41:16
64. Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:43:45
65. David De La Cruz (Esp) Team Sky 1:44:03
66. Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1:44:45
67. Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 1:47:05
68. Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 1:47:35
69. Kilian Frankiny (Sui) BMC Racing Team 1:48:29
70. Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb 1:49:29
71. Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:50:04
72. Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Fix All 1:51:37
73. Ruben Plaza (Esp) Israel Cycling Academy 1:52:50
74. Koen Bouwmam (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 1:58:45
75. Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Fix All 2:00:21
76. Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 2:01:30
77. Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 2:04:23
78. Hugh Carthy (Gbr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 2:06:05
79. Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 2:07:15
80. Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 2:08:09
81. Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2:08:21
82. Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data 2:12:30
83. Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 2:13:14
84. Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 2:15:25
85. Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott 2:15:38
86. Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 2:18:00
87. Steve Morabito (Sui) Groupama-FDJ 2:18:11
88. Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors 2:21:33
89. Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 2:21:47
90. Mads WŸrtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 2:22:26
91. Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 2:22:32
92. Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy 2:22:35
93. Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 2:25:21
94. Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 2:28:20
95. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data 2:28:44
96. Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 2:29:09
97. Francisco Ventoso (Esp) BMC Racing Team 2:31:14
98. Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 2:33:33
99. Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:34:27
100. Antonio Pedrero (Esp) Movistar Team 2:36:23
101. Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 2:39:02
102. Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 2:39:32
103. Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 2:41:39
104. Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Fix All 2:42:16
105. Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team 2:44:20
106. Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 2:45:17
107. Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 2:46:49
108. Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 2:47:35
109. R_mi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 2:49:58
110. Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 2:51:36
111. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy 2:51:39
112. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 2:52:34
113. Jos van Emden (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 2:53:15
114. Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 2:53:19
115. Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 2:53:25
116. Ruben Fernandez (Esp) Movistar Team 2:53:39
117. Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
118. Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 2:56:36
119. Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 2:56:41
120. Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 2:56:44
121. Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 2:56:55
122. Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 2:57:14
123. Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 2:58:20
124. Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 2:59:09
125. Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF
126. Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 2:59:26
127. Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 3:01:00
128. J_r_my Roy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 3:01:04
129. Alex Dowsett (Gbr) Katusha-Alpecin 3:02:43
130. Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 3:02:44
131. Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF 3:05:08
132. Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 3:07:17
133. Alex Turrin (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 3:07:29
134. Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 3:07:54
135. Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 3:08:42
136. Michael M¿rk¿v (Den) Quick-Step Floors 3:09:21
137. Sam Bewley (Nzl) Mitchelton-Scott 3:09:23
138. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team 3:10:54
139. Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy 3:11:02
140. Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 3:11:45
141. Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Fix All 3:13:13
142. William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 3:13:55
143. Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 3:15:12
144. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 3:16:44
145. Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 3:17:50
146. Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 3:19:50
147. Markel Irizar (Esp) Trek-Segafredo 3:20:51
148. Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Fix All 3:22:13
149. Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo 3:24:18
150. Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Fix All 3:25:09
151. Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 3:26:17
152. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 3:26:57
153. Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb 3:30:14
154. Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 3:30:53
155. Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 3:31:26
156. Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 3:32:11
157. Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF 3:33:13
158. Marco Coledan (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 3:39:52
159. Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott 3:45:38
160. Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 3:46:29
161. Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 3:59:52