Giro d'Italia: Simon Yates takes his third stage win in Sappada
Mitchelton-Scott rider extends overall lead, Dumoulin loses time
Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) became the first man since Gilberto Simoni in 2003 to win three stages while wearing the maglia rosa at the Giro d'Italia, riding into Sappada solo to extend his overall race lead. Miguel Ángel López (Astana) took second, 41 seconds behind, while Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) rounded off the top three and salvaged four bonus seconds.
After a fast-paced day it was Yates who once again took the initiative in the finale, attacking on the final classified climb of day, 17km from the line. As Chris Froome (Team Sky) dropped away - eventually losing 1:32 after yesterday’s efforts on Monte Zoncolan - nobody had an answer for Yates as he rode away with apparent ease.
A disorganised chase among the select GC group only meant that Yates piled on the seconds out front. Meanwhile, his main rival Dumoulin was dropped before working his back for the sprint. The flatter final kilometres saw a stronger chase, and some time taken back, but the damage was done as far as Yates was concerned.
“It was a bit of instinct,” said Yates of his stage-winning attack. “When we came off the descent I saw there was a bit of a gap to a few guys, so I asked Jack [Haig] to really push the pace. It was basically very hard from the bottom and I still felt good so I chose my moment to go.”
“They responded the first time, and then I gave everything the second time and managed to get away.”
“It’s a good gap, but he [Dumoulin] could take two minutes out of me in the TT in one stage,” he added. “I’ve been fighting since Israel to have a good gap. I have a good gap now - I’m happy with that gap. But it could vanish in 35km, so we’ll see.”
Today’s result means that Yates heads into the Giro’s final rest day leading Dumoulin by 2:11, with Domenico Pozzovivo lying in third, 2:28 down. Chris Froome’s bad day leaves him in seventh, 4:52 behind his compatriot.
How it happened
After yesterday’s fearsome finish on Monte Zoncolan, more mountains were on the menu for stage 15 as the race headed into the Dolomites for a day. Rather than face the biggest names of the Dolomites (there was no Fedaia, Giau, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Gardena, Pordoi), three second category climbs and one third category climb filled out the 176km stage.
First up came the third category Passo della Mauria at 48.4km (8.9km at 4.4 per cent), then after two intermediate sprints the Passo Tre Croci (8km at 7.3 per cent) at 110.6km. The final 40km then featured the Passo di Sant’Antonio (8.4km at 7.5 per cent) after 146.9km and finally the Costalissio (3.8km at 9 per cent), just 15.4km from the line. An unclassified climb featured before the finish in Sappada, with 4km at 6.6 per cent, before a rolling final 2.5km.
A busy, fast-paced start to the stage saw several groups of riders attempt a breakaway before Quentin Jauregui (AG2R La Mondiale) got away over the first climb of the day, 45km into the stage. Over the next 20 or so kilometres, there were waves of attacks out of the peloton as dozens of riders tried to get away.
After 70km the day’s break was finally established, with 25 riders up the road. Giulio Ciccone (Bardiani-CSF), Giovanni Visconti (Bahrain-Merida), Dayer Quintana (Movistar), Alessandro De Marchi (BMC) and Diego Ulissi (UAE-Team Emirates) were among the notable names to make the large group.
EF-Drapac set up a long-range Michael Woods attack on Tre Croci, bringing the three-minute gap to the break down to around a minute. He would be caught just 25km later though, as Mitchelton-Scott took up the work.
Up front the break had fractured, with Ciccone, Quintana, Nico Denz and Mickaël Cherel (both AG2R La Mondiale) forming a lead group as Ciccone led over the top of the climb. After the descent Visconti bridged across, making it a group of five.
Fabio Aru (UAE-Team Emirates) was an early casualty in the GC group, dropping 30km from the end on the Sant’Antonio. On the Costalissio, an upping of the pace saw Zoncolan victor Chris Froome (Team Sky) dropped as last man from the break Denz was finally caught.
Yates went on the irregular Costalissio, attacking with 18km to go before going solo a kilometre later. At the top of the climb his advantage was 25 seconds, with Froome languishing over a minute behind. On the final unclassified rise to Sappada, Yates stretched his advantage even further as the chase group struggled to organise.
Richard Carapaz (Movistar) tried an attack in the final 4km, dropping Dumoulin - who had done much of the work to that point. Then came a regrouping but the damage had been done, and Yates was able to savour yet another Giro stage victory.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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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 (Spa) Astana Pro Team | |
10 | Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
11 | Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ | |
12 | Mikel Nieve (Spa) 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 | José 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 (Swi) 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 (Spa) Movistar Team | |
40 | Steve Morabito (Swi) Groupama-FDJ | |
41 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | |
42 | Ruben Plaza (Spa) 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 León Sanchez (Spa) 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 (Spa) 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 (Spa) 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 Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin | |
95 | Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo | |
96 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
97 | Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team | |
98 | Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo | |
99 | Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | |
100 | Ruben Fernandez (Spa) 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 | Jérémy 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 | Rémi 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 Mørkøv (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 (Spa) 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 (Spa) Dimension Data |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors | 10 | pts |
2 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 6 | |
3 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 3 | |
4 | Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 2 | |
5 | Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Fix All | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 10 | pts |
2 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 6 | |
3 | Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 3 | |
4 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors | 2 | |
5 | Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott | 15 | pts |
2 | Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team | 12 | |
3 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb | 9 | |
4 | Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 8 | |
5 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors | 8 | |
6 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 8 | |
7 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 7 | |
8 | Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team | 6 | |
9 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 5 | |
10 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 4 | |
11 | Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe | 3 | |
12 | Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team | 2 | |
13 | Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb | 1 | |
14 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 1 | |
15 | Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 7 | pts |
2 | Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy | 4 | |
3 | Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale | 2 | |
4 | Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 15 | pts |
2 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 8 | |
3 | Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | 6 | |
4 | Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale | 4 | |
5 | Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy | 2 | |
6 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 15 | pts |
2 | Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale | 8 | |
3 | Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky | 6 | |
4 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 4 | |
5 | Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky | 2 | |
6 | Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott | 15 | pts |
2 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 8 | |
3 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 6 | |
4 | Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team | 4 | |
5 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb | 2 | |
6 | Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott | 9 | pts |
2 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 8 | |
3 | Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 7 | |
4 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors | 7 | |
5 | Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 6 | |
6 | Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team | 5 | |
7 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 5 | |
8 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb | 4 | |
9 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 3 | |
10 | Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 3 | |
11 | Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team | 2 | |
12 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 2 | |
13 | Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale | 2 | |
14 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 2 | |
15 | Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 2 | |
16 | Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky | 1 | |
17 | Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Fix All | 1 | |
18 | Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy | 1 | |
19 | Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | 1 | |
20 | Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Mitchelton-Scott | 13:58:41 |
2 | Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:02:00 |
3 | Team Sky | 0:02:24 |
4 | Groupama-FDJ | 0:03:54 |
5 | Astana Pro Team | 0:04:38 |
6 | AG2R La Mondiale | 0:06:49 |
7 | Movistar Team | 0:11:36 |
8 | Team Sunweb | 0:16:39 |
9 | LottoNl-Jumbo | 0:16:50 |
10 | Dimension Data | 0:23:41 |
11 | Bahrain-Merida | 0:24:38 |
12 | BMC Racing Team | 0:33:12 |
13 | EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 0:45:13 |
14 | Lotto Fix All | 0:47:35 |
15 | Katusha-Alpecin | 0:48:06 |
16 | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 0:53:40 |
17 | UAE Team Emirates | |
18 | Israel-Cycling Academy | 0:54:29 |
19 | Quick-Step Floors | 1:03:24 |
20 | Trek-Segafredo | 1:03:25 |
21 | Bardiani CSF | 1:03:39 |
22 | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | 1:32:59 |