From behind, Steven Kruijswijk and Beñat Intxausti attacked in a battle for the KOM competition. Another fast start to the stage prevented any breakaway from forming easily. After a while, Luke Durbridge took Mihaylov out of the hot seat, setting a time of 1h 19' 28", bettering Mihaylov's time by more than a minute. After having descended from there and after passing the second intermediate sprint in Tirano, the riders had to tackle the legendary Mortirolo Pass. [26] A chase group consisting of most of the top 10 riders formed in pursuit of Contador with Landa joining that group after a huge effort. The trio would eventually be caught 17.5 kilometers from the finish. The focus would eventually shift to the GC favourites. [19] Contador immediately received the wheel of teammate, Ivan Basso, but by the time he was riding again, his group was nearly a minute behind the group containing Fabio Aru. With around 25 kilometers remaining, Adam Hansen and Patrick Gretsch attacked off the front on a short uncategorized ascent. At around eight kilometers from the end of the stage, the riders will reach Switzerland, where they will finish near the Lake of Lugano.[21][22]. The 2015 Giro d'Italia began on 9 May, and stage 12 occurred on 21 May. No rider was able to break away until the middle of the climb to La Fricca when a ten-man group slowly made their way to the front. Porte would eventually lose 27 minutes on the day and would quit the race the next day[15] while Urán would lose 8 minutes on the day to drop out of the top 10. The course ends with seven laps of a 5.35-kilometer circuit. Unlike the previous stage when a break was not allowed to go away easily, a break was already established early, consisting of BMC Racing Team's Rick Zabel, IAM Cycling's Jérôme Pineau and Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec's Marco Frapporti. Tappa 21 . Aru's and Landa's group crossed the line 7' 18" behind Gilbert and crucially, 1' 13" behind Contador and Hesjedal. Visit our corporate site. The climb is 9.2 kilometers long and it only averages 5.4 per cent. Meanwhile, up front, Zakarin refused to work with Landa, prompting Landa to wait for Aru's group. After a while, Contador attacked solo and he immediately built a gap of around two minutes. With the gap at around a minute to Zakarin, Mikel Landa attacked out of the maglia rosa group. Stage 21 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti: At the Torino start ceremonies, Contador has some fun. Maglia rosa wearer, Alberto Contador, tried to chase him but Landa managed to build a substantial gap on Contador's group. BA1 1UA. To subscribe to the Cyclingnews video channel, click here, Giro d'Italia Beginners' Guide | Giro d'Italia Forums | Giro d'Italia 2014 | Giro d'Italia 2013 |Giro d'Italia 2012 | Giro d'Italia 2013 race videos, Sign up to the Cyclingnews Newsletter. The ascent of Monte Berico starts at around 1 kilometer from the finish, averaging 7.1 per cent and going all the way to the finish. He could only set a time of 1h 20' 37", 2' 45" behind in 23rd place. Another strong ride from Hesjedal saw him rise to seventh in the GC standings while Aru regained his second place from his teammate, Landa, with an advantage of 38 seconds over his teammate but with a 4' 37" deficit to Contador, who continued to stay in pink with one final mountain stage and a flat stage remaining in the race. Tappa 21 . The riders finished scattered behind, shaking up the GC once more as Contador extended his lead over Aru to 2' 35" while Andrey Amador held on to his third place, 4' 19" behind in arrears. Dopo la selezione verranno aggiunti nuovi contenuti sopra l'area corrente di focus At one point during the stage, the break was stopped by a crossing train and as a result, the peloton also slowed down to allow the break to build a gap again. Welcome to Giro d'Italia, your Tour of Italy and its cuisine is about to begin! Another short uncategorized climb is located along the way but the descent goes all the way until the 6-kilometer mark where the riders tackle a flat ride to the finish in Verbania.[24][25]. Two additional riders, Lotto–Soudal's Sander Armée and Orica–GreenEDGE's Simon Clarke, bridged over to the break to make it 11 riders in the breakaway. Several teams began contributing to the chase but the leading duo worked perfectly together as they held a pretty healthy gap on the peloton heading into the last kilometer of the stage. Hesjedal's ride moved him up one spot in the top 10 as he now sits in ninth overall, 8 seconds behind Steven Kruijswijk who sits in eighth place in the GC. Giro d'Italia 2015; UCI World Tour 2015, kapping 15 av 28: Alberto Contador, vinnari av Giro d'Italia 2015, ílatin ljósareyðu troyggjuna. You can unsubscribe at any time. Eventually, the only rider to catch up to Contador was Cannondale–Garmin's Ryder Hesjedal, who caught up to Contador at the summit of the climb at around 7 minutes behind the breakaway with the chase group a further minute behind the duo. After the quartet were caught, AG2R La Mondiale riders, Axel Domont and Patrick Gretsch attacked as well but they were immediately caught by the Tinkoff–Saxo-led peloton. The ascent is almost 20 kilometers long with an average gradient of 6.7 per cent. While Ferrari dropped down to a chase group with Trek Factory Racing's Fabio Felline and Movistar Team's Jesús Herrada, Cunego had to retire from the race. [33], The final stage of the race is expected to feature the traditional parade as the Giro comes to an end and for the first time since 2012, the Giro will end in Milan. As the riders approached the summit of Crosara, Beñat Intxausti also attacked but his only focus was maintaining the blue jersey. [23], Probably the last chance for a breakaway to bring home a victory, the stage features the first category climb of Monte Ologno near the end of the stage. Oleg Tinkoff in a pink wig celebrates. The breakaway group was not allowed to build a large gap, however, as they were only allowed to build a maximum advantage of nearly three minutes. Pirazzi was eventually caught by the maglia rosa group as Zakarin continued to stay up front. Giro D'Italia is a Italian Restaurant located in the Vaughan neighbourhood of Vaughan. Giro D'Italia 2015. Hansen, riding in his 11th consecutive Grand Tour, was able to build a lead of 20 seconds before the Team Giant–Alpecin-led peloton brought the gap down quickly. Maglia Rossa. Aru's group immediately caught the breakaway riders, including Hesjedal. With around 10 kilometers left in the stage, Visconti was finally caught and several minutes later, Mikel Landa gave in a small dig at the front, followed quickly by maglia rosa wearer, Alberto Contador, and Ryder Hesjedal. As the break began to close in on the climb of Passo Daone, Visconti, Team Sky's Kanstantsin Sivtsov, AG2R La Mondiale's Hubert Dupont and BMC Racing Team's Brent Bookwalter attacked out of the breakaway and managed to build a gap again while the other six breakaway riders chose to wait for the peloton to catch up to them. Landa's stage victory marked the first time that a rider won two stages in this year's Giro as the fifteen previous stages featured fifteen different winners. The Giro d’Italia, the Tour of Italy, is the first of the major three-week tours - The Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France, the Vuelta d'Espana - in the annual repertoire of international cycle races. However, Coledan was not the first rider to cross the finish line as Michael Hepburn, the third rider off the start ramp, set a time of 1h 21' 05" to set the early time to beat. Won by Mikel Landa before Steven Kruijswijk (2nd) and Alberto Contador (3rd). On the final ascent, Astana continued to set the pace and the group of favorites continued to dwindle down until eight riders remained with 5 kilometers to go. He quickly brought most of the GC contenders with him before attacking once again. Giro d'Italia 2015: Dates, Route Map, Stage Previews and TV Coverage Info Rob Blanchette @ @_Rob_B. Aru quickly bridged over to Hesjedal and he immediately accelerated off the front, dropping Hesjedal in the process. Despite being 1' 05" off Kiryienka's pace at the first intermediate time check, Contador put on significant time gaps on his main rivals, even catching his three-minute man, Mikel Landa, on the course as he eventually recorded a time of 1h 18' 06", the third best time and just 14 seconds behind Kiryienka's time. The break was only allowed to build a gap of around 2 minutes before the peloton began the chase. On the first difficult climb of the day, the climb of Saint-Barthélemy, the break began to dwindle down as some of the breakaway riders dropped on the climb. As a result of the huge time gaps, Urán rose to fourth place in the GC, 4' 14" behind, while Porte suffered as he dropped to 17th place in the GC, 8' 52" in arrears. In over 3,400 kilometres the race sees six stages for the sprinters, 80 kilometres of time trialing, plus the dreaded Mortirolo climb and the partly unpaved road up Colle delle Finestre. Following the descent, the course will be mostly flat with only two short and uncategorized climbs near the end of the stage. After all riders regrouped, Tinkoff–Saxo led the peloton for around 10 kilometers before Trek Factory Racing took over with 6 kilometers to go, trying to set up their sprinter, Giacomo Nizzolo. The 2015 Giro d’Italia, May 9 to 31, starts off in San Lorenzo Al Mare and includes six high mountain finishes and a long 59.2-kilometre individual time trial before finishing in Milan. [20], The only route of the Giro to go outside of Italy, the stage will be the last chance for the sprinters to win a stage before the ceremonial flat stage to Milan. On the descent, several riders crashed including Simon Gerrans, dropping him out of contention for the stage win. From behind, the peloton split into three groups with Contador taking second place and the 6 bonus seconds, 3 seconds behind Gilbert. The remnants of the break finished a further 14 seconds behind Bongiorno while Hesjedal led Contador across the line, 6' 05" behind Gilbert. On the descent, several riders crashed and chief among them was Contador's teammate Roman Kreuziger, ninth place in the GC. From behind, a crash took place, bringing down most of the Team Sky riders but the most notable rider caught behind it was Astana's Mikel Landa, who was sitting in second-place overall. Soon, the four main GC contenders, Richie Porte, Rigoberto Urán, Alberto Contador and Aru went off the start ramp. As a result, Aru had to finish the rest of the stage without having a drink. Another short descent follows before a short 400 meter climb to the finish. During the finale, Luka Mezgec tried to sprint for his second Giro stage win but Lampre–Merida did a perfect lead-out once again, setting up Sacha Modolo for his second stage win and his team's fourth in this year's Giro. With Tinkoff-Saxo setting a fast pace, no attacks were successful until after the first of seven laps of the circuit in Milan when Etixx–Quick-Step's Iljo Keisse and Orica–GreenEDGE's Luke Durbridge attacked the peloton. After the descent, and a short false-flat section, the riders climbed the Passo del Tonale, which was also a second category climb, followed by the third-category ascent to Aprica, with the riders crossing the finish of the stage for the first time on its summit. Up front, Brookwalter was distanced on the ascent and at the top of the climb, Visconti took the maximum KOM points. After reaching its summit and after a very short descent, the riders will ascend an uncategorized climb before descending again. At this point, Astana's Diego Rosa fell off his bike but the first drama of the day took place when Contador had a mechanical problem. Berlato eventually struggled on the climb as he was passed by Zakarin. Sort by . Following the descent, the riders will climb the Col De Saint-Pantaléon which is 16.5 kilometers long and has an average gradient of 7.2 per cent. Astana soon took over the chase and the gap began to come down. Cyclingnews.com: The world centre of cycling. [11][12][13], To end the race's second week, the riders tackle the second high-mountain stage of this year's Giro, the first of two Dolomites stages. Third-placed overall, Andrey Amador, also caught and dropped Aru as they passed the summit over a minute and a half behind the leading trio. Hesjedal's ride propelled him inside the top 5 of the GC and Kruijswijk's ride allowed him to move up two spots to seventh overall. When Tanel Kangert finally let go of the pace, Mikel Landa sparked the attacks at the front. Meanwhile, up front, Lampre–Merida took over the peloton as the riders were closing in on the finish. Giro D'Italia Ristorante #16 - 8740 Jane St., Vaughan, ON (905) 597-8225 Facebook Yelp Instagram TB Dine. 2015 Giro d'Italia stage 21 map. 86 kilometers into the stage, the first attacks were made as three BMC Racing Team riders, Philippe Gilbert, Silvan Dillier and Marcus Burghardt and Lampre–Merida's Max Richeze pulled out a gap of around a minute. San Lorenzo al Mare - Sanremo (TTT), 183km As the riders reached the foot of the climb of Colle delle Finestre, the break's advantage was down to around a minute before Nippo–Vini Fantini's Giacomo Berlato attacked his breakaway companions with Team Katusha's Ilnur Zakarin chasing him solo. Several kilometers into the start of the stage, nine riders broke clear of the peloton. Thus, Marco Coledan of Trek Factory Racing, who was 3h 15' 15" behind maglia rosa wearer Fabio Aru at the start of the day, was the first rider off the start ramp.[9][10]. [4], After two stages partially designed for Classics specialists, the riders tackle an entirely flat course designed for pure sprinters. Giro d’Italia 2015 – Stage 11. Although averaging 3.5 per cent, the gradient topped 15 per cent at the start of the ascent. As much I would like to have had another shot at the Mortirolo, either from Grosio or Mazzo, I prioritized the Stelvio, in particular the Prato side. The final climb is not very steep, averaging only 5 per cent but it is 19.2 kilometers long. Darwin Atapuma tried to give chase and he successfully did so after a few seconds of chasing. With the chase being led by the sprinters' teams, the gap was down to around 30 seconds with around 25 kilometers left and with 20 kilometers left, the lead of the trio was down to 14 seconds. In the peloton, Contador found himself isolated with no teammates around him while rival Fabio Aru still had five riders for support. The GC contenders finished safely within the peloton and with no change in the GC, Alberto Contador kept the maglia rosa. The first intermediate sprint occurred partway through the ascent. The peloton began to reel them in one by one with around 50 kilometers still remaining with Gretsch being the last rider reeled in by the peloton. * Menu items and prices are subject to change without notice and are displayed for informational purposes only. The Giro d'Italia … This year, the Corsa Rosa (Pink race), the Giro d’Italia, takes place from the 9th May to 31st May 2015, It was not until the climb of Monte Ologno that the day featured more drama in terms of the GC and the stage win. As the riders reached the lower slopes of the climb to Cervinia, Kochetkov was caught by the Astana-led peloton while Visconti saw his advantage continue to shrink quickly. The break was not allowed to build a large gap, however, as they only had a maximum advantage of around four minutes on the peloton. [1], The 12th stage of the Giro features another chance for the Classics specialists to take a stage victory. The riders behind finished within scattered groups but at considerable distances behind as only fifteen riders finished within ten minutes of Landa's time. On the long descent, Contador set a fast pace, quickly followed by Kruijswijk and Landa. After some time, Contador went off the start ramp and despite the effects of his injury and his tweaked time trial position, he set the fastest time of all the GC favorites. Thank you for signing up to Cycling News. The traditional prize-giving commenced shortly after the race.[36]. After the trio were caught by a small number of riders, Hesjedal attacked and he quickly built a substantial advantage. No climbs are included on the route and not even one uphill road is included on the stage. At the second intermediate sprint, the break took the first three places again before Nizzolo outsprinted Viviani to decrease Viviani's advantage in the points classification. Maglia rosa wearer, Alberto Contador, also gave in a little dig to put him in the right place on the descent. 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Christophe Ena/Associated Press . Winners from the 2015 Giro d’Italia. Up front, the breakaway's advantage began to drop quickly and with 40 kilometers remaining, the advantage was down to less than a minute before the peloton slowed the pace a bit. Gilbert managed to stay up front to take his second win of this year's Giro with Bongiorno crossing the finish line 47 seconds behind. Kiryienka's time would not be beaten as he took his third Giro stage win. The break was not allowed to build a large gap, however, as the peloton only allowed them to have an advantage of around two and a half minutes before chasing them. As a result of the crash, Aru took over the maglia rosa as he will go to the crucial time trial with a 19-second advantage over Contador. | All but nine of the final 44 kilometers of the stage goes uphill.[28][29]. The first 129 kilometers of the stage is entirely flat before the riders tackle three categorized climbs on the route - the fourth category Castelnuovo, the third category Crosara and the fourth category Monte Berico. 2 results. Bath Aru eventually won his second successive stage win, his team's fifth of the race as he finished 18 seconds ahead of Hesjedal, who passed Urán on the finish. When Aru changed his bike, he forgot to pick up a bidon and as he was already within 20 kilometers of the finish, he was not allowed to get a bidon or else, he would be penalized. At the same time, Team Katusha and Astana immediately pressed on the pace at the front, sparking a bit of controversy over respect and fair play. At the top, it was Kruijswijk who led the leading trio while Trofimov and Hesjedal were almost a minute behind. Barring any disasters, it is already expected that Alberto Contador will cross the finish line of the stage as the winner of the Giro and it is also expected that Giovanni Visconti and Fabio Aru will confirm their win in the mountains classification and young riders classification, respectively. On the ascent of Mortirolo, several riders continued to fall off the back, with Mikel Landa pressing on the pace at the front. Time trial specialist, Kristof Vandewalle went close to beating Durbridge's time but Vandewalle came back from a crash and fell short by 5 seconds. [27], The penultimate mountain stage of this year's Giro is expected to feature one of the final showdowns between the main GC contenders. All rights reserved. On the descent, Contador managed to hold the gap at around a minute and a half. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. [30], The final mountain stage of the race decided the placings in the overall GC standings. Giro d'Italia 2015 - Gazzetta dello Sport. Team Sky thus turned their hopes on Leopold König, in fifth place in the GC after the stage. Pantani was eventually expelled from the race before the next stage due to a high hematocrit level. A fast start to the stage prevented any break from forming until 44 kilometers into the stage when a 14-man group attacked out of the peloton. The balanced route will please Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) and any other Grand Tour contenders who decide to take up the Giro d'Italia - Tour de France challenge in 2015. Up front, the first breakaway group led the second breakaway group by nearly a minute before BMC Racing Team's Philippe Gilbert attacked from the second breakaway group and he was able to get to the front group on the descent. However, with 30 kilometers left, the break's lead was just around 30 seconds before the break was finally caught with 27 kilometers remaining in the stage. Several riders from the remnants of the breakaway tried to chase Gilbert but only Francesco Manuel Bongiorno managed to build a gap over the other riders. Contador would also put in an attack but his three companions were able to chase him down. Gilbert's goal during the stage was to take the points classification and he managed to get closer to that goal as he won the first intermediate sprint. Contador finished the stage safely to win his second Giro title while Aru and Visconti also finished safely to confirm their victories in the young riders classification and the mountains classification, respectively. Finally, 5 riders, consisting of AG2R La Mondiale's Patrick Gretsch, Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec's Davide Appollonio, Bardiani–CSF's Enrico Barbin, FDJ's Kenny Elissonde and LottoNL–Jumbo's Nick van der Lijke, were able to build a gap on the peloton. Giro d'Italia Ride Like A Pro Yangtze River Delta Open 2020 | Official Video Promo. Festina Orologi. From behind, Contador managed to catch Kangert and he was able to cut the gap to the leading riders to under a minute. Along the way, Team Giant–Alpecin's Luka Mezgec and Team Sky's Leopold König suffered punctures as the duo up front continued to maintain their gap. Cyclingnews is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Shortly after, Fabio Aru, who struggled in the previous mountain stages, attacked from a small chase group while Contador chose to mark Landa instead of chasing Aru. The stage finishes on Sestriere, which serves as the last chance for the riders to improve their position in the general classification. The gap between the two breakaway groups hovered at around a minute. After a long descent, the riders ascend to Aprica again, with the finish occurring on its summit at an altitude of 1,173 m (3,848 ft).[17][18]. Aru continued to increase his advantage to the line, soloing to a 28-second victory over Hesjedal.