Stage 15 : September 06, 2015 Comillas - Sostres. Cabrales 175.8 km

1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha 4.33.31
2 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 0.12
3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha 0.14
4 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 0.15
5 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
6 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0.18
7 Jhoan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica GreenEdge 0.20
8 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Team Sky 0.24
9 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0.29
10 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0.41


Changes in GC, stage 15 compared to stage 14 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+17 Dominique Rollin
+16 Ian Boswell
+13 Dario Cataldo
+11 Brayan Stiven Ramirez Chacon
+11 Andrey Zeits
+10 Jesper Hansen
+8 Natnael Berhane
+8 Alex Cano Ardila
+7 Maarten Tjallingii
+7 Lawrence Warbasse

Biggest losers by position :
-10 Danny van Poppel
-10 Ilia Koshevoy
-10 Pello Bilbao
-9 Frank Schleck
-9 Tony Hurel
-8 Amael Moinard
-8 Carlos Quintero
-8 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales
-7 Kristian Sbaragli
-7 Songezo Jim
-6 Darwin Atapuma

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:25 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+0:09 Rafal Majka
+0:05 Daniel Moreno Fernandez

Biggest losers by time :
-26:08 Boy van Poppel
-26:08 Pello Bilbao
-24:41 Valerio Conti
-24:39 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze
-24:16 Ilia Koshevoy
-24:14 Niki Terpstra
-24:08 Carlos Quintero
-24:06 Alessandro De Marchi
-24:03 Iljo Keisse
-23:46 Alex Howes
-23:46 Amael Moinard

Favourites by position :
+4 Mikel Landa Meana
+2 Rafal Majka
+2 Domenico Pozzovivo
-1 Tom Dumoulin
-1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-2 Geraint Thomas
-4 Andrew Talansky

Favourites by time :
+0:25 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+0:09 Rafal Majka
-0:03 Mikel Landa Meana
-0:14 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-0:26 Domenico Pozzovivo
-0:36 Tom Dumoulin
-11:13 Pierre Rolland
-17:18 Geraint Thomas
-23:46 Andrew Talansky

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Fabio Aru 61:53:56 (unchanged)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:01 (was 2nd at 0:26)
3 Rafal Majka 1:24 (was 5th at 1:33)
4 Tom Dumoulin 1:25 (was 3rd at 0:49)
5 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 1:34 (was 4th at 1:29)
6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 2:08 (was 8th at 2:13)
7 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 2:19 (was 6th at 2:10)
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 2:25 (was 7th at 2:11)
9 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 3:00 (unchanged)
10 Louis Meintjes 5:07 (was 12th at 4:41)
11 Domenico Pozzovivo 5:50 (was 13th at 5:24)
.....
23 Mikel Landa Meana 26:50 (was 27th at 26:47)
.....
54 Pierre Rolland 1:20:36 (was 54th at 1:09:23)
.....
65 Geraint Thomas 1:40:04 (was 63rd at 1:22:46)
.....
93 Andrew Talansky 2:07:05 (was 89th at 1:43:19)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 99 (was 4th with 74 points)
2 Jhoan Esteban Chaves Rubio 96 (was 1st with 87 points)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 84 (was 2nd with 77 points)
4 Fabio Aru 80 (was 7th with 68 points)
5 Tom Dumoulin 79 (was 3rd with 75 points)
6 Rafal Majka 76 (was 10th with 56 points)
7 Nicolas Roche 72 (was 5th with 72 points)
8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 70 (was 6th with 70 points)
9 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 68 (was 11th with 54 points)
10 John Degenkolb 68 (was 8th with 68 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Omar Fraile Matarranz 55 (unchanged)
2 Ruben Plaza Molina 27 (unchanged)
3 Mikel Landa Meana 25 (unchanged)
4 Alessandro De Marchi 20 (unchanged)
5 Mikael Cherel 17 (unchanged)
6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 17 (unchanged)
7 Bertjan Lindeman 16 (unchanged)
8 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 15 (was 23rd with 5 points)
9 Salvatore Puccio 15 (was 8th with 15 points)
10 Tom Dumoulin 13 (was 9th with 13 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 14
Lluis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 14
Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 14
Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 14
Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 13
Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 13
Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 13
Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 12
Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 11
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr 11
Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 11
Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo 11
Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 11
Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 10
Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ.fr 10
Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 9
Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 9
Thomas Degand (Bel) IAM Cycling 9
Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 8
Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Soudal 8
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 8
Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 8
Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 7
David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step 6
Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 6
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 3
Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 3
Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 3
David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling 2
Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling 2
Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2
Total retirements : 31


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