Vuelta a Espana stage 15 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 15 : Navalmoral de la Mata - El Barraco 197.5 km

1 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE-Team Emirates 4:51:36
2 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:27
3 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM 2:19
4 Adam Yates (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers 2:42
5 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek - Segafredo 2:57
6 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 2:57
7 Felix Grosschartner (Aut) BORA - hansgrohe 2:57
8 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma 2:57
9 David De La Cruz (Spa) UAE-Team Emirates 2:57
10 Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar Team 2:57


Changes in GC, stage 15 compared to stage 14 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+35 Chris Hamilton
+30 Robert Gesink
+27 Jose Herrada
+27 Guy Niv
+21 Thomas Pidcock
+20 Salvatore Puccio
+20 Diego Rubio
+18 Koen Bouwman
+17 Thymen Arensman
+16 Diego Andres Camargo

Biggest losers by position :
-19 Andrey Zeits
-17 Angel Madrazo
-17 Antonio Jesus Soto
-16 Jay Vine
-16 Joan Bou
-15 Aritz Bagues
-15 Lilian Calmejane
-14 Jan Polanc
-12 Mikel Bizkarra
-11 Andrea Bagioli
-11 Andreas Kron

Biggest gainers by time :
+3:10 Rafal Majka
+1:38 Steven Kruijswijk
+0:43 Chris Hamilton
+0:15 Adam Yates

Biggest losers by time :
-34:25 Scott Thwaites
-32:50 Alberto Dainese
-32:50 Alvaro Cuadros
-32:50 Andreas Kron
-32:50 Andrey Zeits
-32:50 Angel Madrazo
-32:50 Anton Palzer
-32:50 Antonio Jesus Soto
-32:50 Aritz Bagues
-32:50 Arnaud Demare
-32:50 Bert Van Lerberghe

Favourites by position :
+7 Ion Izagirre
+5 Mikel Landa
+4 Rafal Majka
-5 Damiano Caruso

Favourites by time :
+3:10 Rafal Majka
+1:38 Steven Kruijswijk
+0:15 Adam Yates
-0:26 Ion Izagirre
-1:00 Mikel Landa
-20:07 Damiano Caruso

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Odd Christian Eiking 59:57:50 (unchanged)
2 Guillaume Martin 0:54 (unchanged)
3 Primoz Roglic 1:36 (unchanged)
4 Enric Mas 2:11 (unchanged)
5 Miguel Angel Lopez 3:04 (unchanged)
6 Jack Haig 3:35 (unchanged)
7 Egan Bernal 4:21 (unchanged)
8 Adam Yates 4:34 (was 8th at 4:49)
9 Sepp Kuss 4:59 (unchanged)
10 Felix Grosschartner 5:31 (unchanged)
11 Aleksandr Vlasov 6:04 (unchanged)
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17 Steven Kruijswijk 14:46 (was 17th at 16:24)
18 Rafal Majka 26:20 (was 22nd at 29:30)
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23 Damiano Caruso 38:47 (was 18th at 18:40)
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29 Mikel Landa 48:43 (was 34th at 47:43)
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36 Ion Izagirre 57:44 (was 43rd at 57:18)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Fabio Jakobsen 200 (unchanged)
2 Magnus Cort 114 (unchanged)
3 Primoz Roglic 108 (was 3rd with 106 points)
4 Matteo Trentin 103 (unchanged)
5 Alberto Dainese 93 (unchanged)
6 Michael Matthews 92 (unchanged)
7 Arnaud Demare 88 (unchanged)
8 Enric Mas 75 (was 9th with 69 points)
9 Romain Bardet 70 (was 8th with 70 points)
10 Andrea Bagioli 69 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Romain Bardet 50 (unchanged)
2 Damiano Caruso 31 (unchanged)
3 Rafal Majka 29 (was 33rd with 1 points)
4 Michael Storer 24 (was 3rd with 17 points)
5 Pavel Sivakov 16 (was 4th with 16 points)
6 Jack Haig 15 (was 5th with 15 points)
7 Primoz Roglic 12 (was 6th with 12 points)
8 Kenny Elissonde 11 (was 7th with 11 points)
9 Rein Taaramae 10 (was 8th with 10 points)
10 Sepp Kuss 9 (was 9th with 9 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 INEOS Grenadiers 79:53:03 (was 1st at 65:08:21)
2 UAE-Team Emirates 3:40 (was 2nd at 5:20)
3 Bahrain - Victorious 6:48 (was 3rd at 6:51)
4 Movistar Team 15:41 (was 4th at 15:26)
5 Team Jumbo-Visma 17:41 (was 5th at 20:14)
6 Trek - Segafredo 33:42 (was 6th at 32:17)
7 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 41:09 (was 7th at 41:12)
8 Astana - Premier Tech 59:29 (was 9th at 58:38)
9 AG2R Citroen Team 1:00:43 (was 8th at 48:47)
10 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:05:28 (was 10th at 1:01:45)
11 Team DSM 1:31:33 (was 11th at 1:20:46)
12 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 2:19:02 (was 13th at 1:40:37)
13 Team BikeExchange 2:19:06 (was 12th at 1:40:02)
14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2:41:20 (was 14th at 2:00:25)
15 Burgos-BH 2:42:16 (was 16th at 2:22:37)
16 Lotto Soudal 2:56:32 (was 15th at 2:17:31)
17 BORA - hansgrohe 3:05:35 (was 17th at 2:39:38)
18 Team Qhubeka NextHash 3:30:58 (was 18th at 2:51:21)
19 EF Education - Nippo 3:34:41 (was 19th at 3:07:44)
20 Groupama - FDJ 3:54:43 (was 20th at 3:15:08)
21 Alpecin-Fenix 5:24:58 (was 21th at 4:07:46)
22 Deceuninck - Quick Step 5:36:55 (was 22th at 4:26:17)
23 Israel Start-Up Nation 6:14:09 (was 23th at 5:07:12)

Retirements to date : Stage
Jhonatan Narvaez (INEOS Grenadiers) 15 <<<
Jonathan Klever Caicedo (EF Education - Nippo) 15 <<<
Kiel Reijnen (Trek - Segafredo) 15 <<<
Richard Carapaz (INEOS Grenadiers) 14
Maximilian Schachmann (BORA - hansgrohe) 13
Omar Fraile (Astana - Premier Tech) 13
Tobias Bayer (Alpecin-Fenix) 12
Alex Aranburu (Astana - Premier Tech) 11
Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix) 11
Simon Carr (EF Education - Nippo) 11
Jacopo Guarnieri (Groupama - FDJ) 9
Johan Jacobs (Movistar Team) 9
Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE-Team Emirates) 9
Sergio Roman Martin (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA) 9
Davide Cimolai (Israel Start-Up Nation) 8
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) 7
Emmanuel Morin (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) 7
Hugh Carthy (EF Education - Nippo) 7
Mads Wurtz Schmidt (Israel Start-Up Nation) 7
Oscar Rodriguez (Astana - Premier Tech) 7
Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (Team Qhubeka NextHash) 7
Alexander Cataford (Israel Start-Up Nation) 3
Frederik Frison (Lotto Soudal) 3
Total retirements : 23


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