Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) has won Stage 15 of the 105th Giro d’Italia, the 178km-long Rivarolo Canavese-Cogne route. Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Bahrain Victorious) and Antonio Pedrero (Movistar Team) finished second and third respectively. Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) retains the Maglia Rosa.
STAGE RESULTS
1 – Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) – 178km in 4h’37’41″, average speed 38.245 km/h
2 – Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Bahrain Victorious) at 1’31”
3 – Antonio Pedrero (Movistar Team) at 2’19”
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
1 – Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers)
2 – Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) at 7″
3 – João Pedro Almeida Gonçalves (UAE Team Emirates) at 30″
Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner, Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo), said: “This is my most beautiful win, it is better than the yellow jersey at the Tour de France, better than my first wins at the Giro because I went through difficult times in the past two years, with crashes, illnesses and Covid. Today I felt strong. I chose to attack solo with 19km to go because it was the steepest part of the climb and I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to drop everyone later on.”
The Maglia Rosa,Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers), said: “I had a small crash at the beginning of my first day in the Maglia Rosa but with no consequence at all. I just had to change bike. Then it went smoothly. The scenario of the race was pretty good. The first part was hard. Then we had it under control.”
