Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) took another step towards a successful defence of his Vuelta a España title on stage 15 on Thursday when there were again no major changes in the jersey classifications at the Spanish Grand Tour.
The organisers took the step of taking the timings for the general classification with three kilometres to go of the 230.8km stage from Mos to Puebla de Sanabria due to the day's wet conditions and because of a reported oil slick on the road inside the last few kilometres.
Late escapee Mattia Cattaneo (Deceuninck-QuickStep) looked as though he might have done enough to stay away for the stage win, but a strong headwind inside the last 10km favoured the chasing bunch, which nevertheless splintered once inside the 'safety' of the final three kilometres.
It was UAE Team Emirates' Jasper Philipsen – riding his first Grand Tour – who emerged to take the stage win ahead of Bora-Hansgrohe's Pascal Ackermann and Cattaneo's Deceuninck-QuickStep teammate Jannik Steimle.
It meant that Roglič kept his 39-second advantage over Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) at the top of the GC, and the Slovenian still tops the green points jersey rankings, too, although it's second-placed Carapaz who's currently wearing green while Roglič wears the red leader's jersey.
Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) has now mathematically sewn up the blue-and-white polka-dot jersey as the Vuelta's best climber as the Frenchman took full points on four of stage 15's five third-category climbs, while Movistar's Enric Mas – fifth overall – would at least appear to have done the same when it comes to the white jersey of best young rider, with Astana's Aleksandr Vlasov a relatively distant second, 5:25 down, with three days left to race.
Latest Vuelta a España standings:
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Stage 15 results (Mos to Puebla de Sanabria, 230.8km)
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates
6:18:57
2
Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
3
Jannik Steimle (Ger) Deceuninck-Quickstep
4
Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain McLaren
5
Dion Smith (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott
6
Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling
7
Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) EF Pro Cycling
8
Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
9
Stan Dewulf (Bel) Lotto Soudal
10
Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-Quickstep
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Overall classification after stage 15
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma
60:16:02
2
Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers
0:00:39
3
Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Pro Cycling
0:00:47
4
Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation
0:01:42
5
Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team
0:03:23
6
Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain McLaren
0:06:15
7
Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
0:07:14
8
Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
0:08:39
9
Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana Pro Team
0:08:48
10
David De la Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) UAE Team Emirates
0:09:23
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Points classification after stage 15
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma
178
2
Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers
113
3
Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation
111
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Mountains classification after stage 15
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
89
2
Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
34
3
Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers
30
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Young rider classification after stage 15
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team
60:19:25
2
Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana Pro Team
0:05:25
3
David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
0:07:22
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Teams classification after stage 15
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Movistar Team
181:05:00
2
Team Jumbo-Visma
0:08:05
3
Astana Pro Team
0:39:49
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