Egan Bernal Firmly in the Lead of the Giro and Other Cool News from the World of Cycling

Campenaerts wins stage 15

Already the eighth time the breakaway managed to hold off the peloton at this year’s Giro d’Italia and it was the hour-record holder Victor Campenaerts (Qhubeka Assos) who proved to be the strongest in the end. He outsprinted Oscar Riesbeek (Alpecin-Fenix) after the pair broke away from the rest of the escapees before the last climb. The peloton came across the line 17 minutes later. All the GC contenders allowed themselves a break before today’s big test ending in Cortina d’Ampezzo.

Giro d’Italia 2021 – stage 15

1. Victor Campenaerts (Qhubeka-Assos) – 3:25:25
2. Oscar Riesbeek (Alpecin-Fenix)
3. Nikias Arndt (DSM) + 7s
4. Simone Consonni (Cofidis)
5. Quinten Hermans (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert-Matériaux)
6. Dario Cataldo (Movistar)
7. Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) + 9s
8. Albert Torres (Movistar) + 44s
9. Juan Sebastián Molano (UAE Team Emirates) + 1:02
10. Max Walscheid (Qhubeka-Assos)

General classification

1. Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) – 62:13:33
2. Simon Yates (BikeExchange) + 1:33
3. Damiano Caruso (Bahrain-Victorious) + 1:51
4. Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana-Premier Tech) + 1:57
5. Hugh Carthy (EF Education-Nippo) + 2:11
6. Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) + 3:03
7. Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) + 3:52
8. Dani Martínez (Ineos Grenadiers) + 3:54
9. Romain Bardet (DSM) + 4:31
10. Tobias Foss (Jumbo-Visma) + 5:37

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