The Slovenian leads everyone and wins the 15th stage
Tadej Pogacar won the fifteenth stage of the Giro d'Italia, from Manerba sul Garda to Livigno (Mottolino) of 222 km. For the Slovenian it is the fourth stage success in the pink race.
Mountain stage with five Gpm and it's an immediate breakaway with over 40 riders trying to gain an advantage: among them Quintana, Alaphilippe, Narvaez and Storer. Among them also Scaroni, Pellizzari and Conci, first, second and third respectively on the Mortirolo Pass.
While the escape loses athletes as the kilometers pass, among the big names everything is calm until halfway up the Foscagno Pass, the penultimate climb of the day. Here the Pogacar show begins: the pink jersey starts by detaching all its opponents, recovers the fugitives remaining in front including Nairo Quintana, the last to give up -2 km from the finish line, and wins solo with 30 seconds on the Colombian.
Bardet, Thomas and Martinez are almost three minutes away, with Tiberi further behind.
Arrival order:
1 POGAČAR Tadej UAE Team Emirates 6:11:41
2 QUINTANA Nairo Movistar Team 0:29
3 STEINHAUSER Georg EF Education - EasyPost 2:32
4 BARDET Romain Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 2:48
5 MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe BORA - hansgrohe 2:51
6 THOMAS Geraint INEOS Grenadiers,,
7 RUBIO Einer Movistar Team 2:59
8 O'CONNOR Ben Decathlon AG2R The World Team ,,
9 ARENSMAN Thymen INEOS Grenadiers 3:08
10 HIRT Jan Soudal Quick-Step 3:21
General ranking:
1 POGAČAR Tadej UAE Team Emirates 56:11:46
2 THOMAS Geraint INEOS Grenadiers 6.41
3 MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe BORA - hansgrohe 6:56
4 O'CONNOR Ben Decathlon AG2R The World Team 7:43
5 TIBERI Antonio Bahrain - Victorious 9:27
6 ARENSMAN Thymen INEOS Grenadiers 9.45am
7 BARDET Romain Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 10.49
8 ZANA Filippo Team Jayco AlUla 11:11
9 RUBIO One Movistar Team 12.13
10 HIRT Jan Soudal Quick-Step 13:11