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Stage 15, Sunday, September 3: Alcalá la Real - Sierra Nevada. Alto Hoya de la Mora. Monachil, 129.4 km

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Miguel Angel Lopez wins Vuelta stage fifteen.

Rated ascents:

• Km 74.0: Alto de Hazallanas, 16.3 km @ 5.5% - cat. 1
• Km 109.5: Alto del Purche, 8.5 km @ 8% - cat. 1
• Km 129.4: Sierra Nevada. Alto Hoya de la Mora. Monachil, 19.3 kM @ 5.6% - cat. H

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) claimed a second stage victory at La Vuelta 2017, on Sunday atop the alto Hoya de la Mora. The young Colombian dominated the last climb of an action-packed day to get back to Adam Yates (Orica-Scott) and solo away to victory ahead of Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha-Alpecin) and Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb). Fifth of stage 15, Chris Froome (Team Sky) retains the red jersey and gains six seconds on Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) on the eve of the rest day. Lopez, who already became the 20th Colombian to win a La Vuelta stage, joins Felix Cardenas among the ‘Escarabajos' victorious at la Sierra Nevada.

171 riders tackled one of the most anticipated and feared stages of La Vuelta 2017. After 35km of hard battle, eight riders managed to move clear off the peloton: Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo), Matteo Trentin (Quick Step), Nelson Oliveira (Movistar), Tom Van Asbroeck (Cannondale-Drapac), Sander Armée (Lotto-Soudal), Anthony Perez, Stéphane Rossetto (Cofidis) and Lluis Mas (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA). They had already covered 51km after one hour and quickly tackled the first climb of the day. Led by Astana, the peloton was only 2 minutes behind them.

Sander Armée proved himself to be the strongest climber of the break in the alto de Hazallanas. Adam Yates (Orica-Scott), Romain Bardet (AG2R-La Mondiale) and Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) enjoyed the steepest slopes to attack from the bunch 60km away from the finish. They summited with a delay of 1'15” and caught Armée at the bottom of the Alto del Purche, with 27.5km to go.

Adam Yates quickly got away from the rest of the attackers while Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo) and Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) jumped ahead of the bunch. Yates maintained a 1'15” during most of the alto Hoya de la Mora but he couldn't resist when Lopez attacked 5km away from the summit, bridged the gap and soloed away to victory.

Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) attacked with 13.5km to go. But Team Sky controlled the day until a very late move from Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha-Alpecin), who finished 9" ahead of Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb) and 11” ahead of Chris Froome (Team Sky). Froome even gained 6” on Nibali to retain the red jersey on the eve of the second rest day.

Complete results:

Stage 15 photos

129.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.137 km/hr

1	LOPEZ Miguel Angel	ASTANA	3hr 34min 51sec
2	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	@ 36sec
3	KELDERMAN Wilco	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 00' 45''
4	CHAVES Johan Esteban	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 00' 47''
5	FROOME Christopher	SKY	s.t.
6	WOODS Michael	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 00' 50''
7	NIBALI Vincenzo	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 00' 53''
8	POELS Wout	SKY	s.t.
9	MEINTJES Louis	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
10	BILBAO Pello	ASTANA	+ 01' 02''
11	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	s.t.
12	BARDET Romain	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 01' 23''
13	CONTADOR Alberto	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01' 27''
14	ATAPUMA Jhon Darwin	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 01' 46''
15	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02' 17''
16	PEDRERO Antonio	MOVISTAR	+ 02' 42''
17	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	+ 03' 19''
18	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR	+ 03' 37''
19	HAIG Jack	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 03' 41''
20	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	+ 03' 43''
21	YATES Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 04' 37''
22	YATES Adam	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
23	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 04' 58''
24	DE LA CRUZ David	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 05' 23''
25	ARMEE Sander	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 06' 04''
26	CLEMENT Stef	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 07' 13''
27	PARDILLA Sergio	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
28	CARAPAZ RICHARD ANTONIO	MOVISTAR	+ 09' 35''
29	AGUIRRE Hernan Ricardo	MANZANA POSTOBON	s.t.
30	ROSON GARCIA Jaime	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 12' 45''
31	TOLHOEK Antwan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 12' 53''
32	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	s.t.
33	HERNANDEZ Jesus Alberto	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
34	ROSSETTO Stéphane	COFIDIS	+ 13' 08''
35	PANTANO Jarlinson	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 13' 33''
36	JUNGELS Bob	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 14' 51''
37	MOSCON Gianni	SKY	+ 15' 01''
38	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	+ 15' 21''
39	MAISON Jérémy	FDJ	s.t.
40	VERONA Carlos	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
41	SANCHEZ Luis León	ASTANA	s.t.
42	MARCZYNSKI Tomasz	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
43	MONFORT Maxime	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
44	NIEMIEC Przemyslaw	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
45	MAJKA Rafal	BORA - HANSGROHE	s.t.
46	DE TIER Floris	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
47	ARROYO DURAN David	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
48	VILELA Ricardo	MANZANA POSTOBON	s.t.
49	STETINA Peter	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
50	LOPEZ GARCIA David	SKY	s.t.
51	BOUWMAN Koen	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
52	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	+ 15' 41''
53	PELLIZOTTI Franco	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
54	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	+ 16' 18''
55	NAVARRO Daniel	COFIDIS	s.t.
56	SUAZA Bernardo Albeiro	MANZANA POSTOBON	+ 16' 36''
57	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 16' 42''
58	SAEZ BENITO Hector	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 17' 12''
59	DE CLERCQ Bart	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
60	MOHORIC Matej	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 17' 30''
61	ROJAS José Joaquin	MOVISTAR	+ 17' 49''
62	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA - HANSGROHE	+ 18' 03''
63	DECLERCQ Tim	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 18' 04''
64	VISCONTI Giovanni	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 18' 27''
65	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	DIMENSION DATA	+ 18' 33''
66	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	+ 19' 50''
67	DE KORT Koen	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
68	HANSEN Adam James	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
69	DENIFL Stefan	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+ 19' 55''
70	CHRISTIAN Mark	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
71	CHERNETSKI Sergei	ASTANA	+ 20' 47''
72	VENTOSO Francisco Jose	BMC	+ 20' 55''
73	CAPECCHI Eros	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
74	BONNAFOND Guillaume	COFIDIS	s.t.
75	FERRARI Fabricio	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
76	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 20' 58''
77	COURTEILLE ARNAUD	FDJ	s.t.
78	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	+ 21' 46''
79	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	+ 21' 50''
80	RUBIO Diego	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 22' 16''
81	MODOLO Sacha	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 22' 56''
82	KNEES Christian	SKY	+ 23' 34''
83	AGNOLI Valerio	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 24' 00''
84	OSORIO Juan Felipe	MANZANA POSTOBON	+ 24' 17''
85	FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 26' 09''
86	TRENTIN Matteo	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
87	EIKING Odd Christian	FDJ	s.t.
88	LINDEMAN Bert Jan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
89	MAS NICOLAU Enric	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
90	MAS BONET Luis Guillermo	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
91	BOL Jetse	MANZANA POSTOBON	s.t.
92	KONRAD Patrick	BORA - HANSGROHE	s.t.
93	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
94	SCHULTZ Nicholas	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
95	GARCIA CORTINA Ivan	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
96	POLANC Jan	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
97	CLARKE Simon	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
98	SOLER GIMENEZ Marc	MOVISTAR	s.t.
99	BERNARD Julien	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
100	DUVAL Julien	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
101	IRIZAR Markel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
102	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
103	BOARO Manuele	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
104	CANTY Brendan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
105	ROSA Diego	SKY	s.t.
106	LOBATO Juan José	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
107	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	s.t.
108	HANSEN Lasse Norman	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
109	STANNARD Ian	SKY	s.t.
110	MANZIN Lorrenzo	FDJ	s.t.
111	REYES ORTEGA Aldemar	MANZANA POSTOBON	s.t.
112	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	FDJ	s.t.
113	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	s.t.
114	LAMPAERT Yves	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
115	ANTON Igor	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
116	HOELGAARD Daniel	FDJ	s.t.
117	POLJANSKI Pawel	BORA - HANSGROHE	s.t.
118	BELKOV Maxim	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
119	OLIVIER Daan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
120	DENZ Nico	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
121	DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
122	MERTZ Rémy	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
123	TERPSTRA Niki	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
124	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
125	HOULE Hugo	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
126	NOVAK Domen	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
127	MAMYKIN Matvey	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
128	OSS Daniel	BMC	s.t.
129	MORTON Lachlan David	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
130	PEREZ Anthony	COFIDIS	s.t.
131	KREDER Michel	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
132	ZURLO Federico	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
133	GENIEZ Alexandre	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
134	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
135	NIBALI Antonio	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
136	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
137	VANBILSEN KENNETH	COFIDIS	+ 28' 40''
138	ORJUELA Fernando	MANZANA POSTOBON	+ 30' 22''
139	MOLANO Juan Sebastian	MANZANA POSTOBON	s.t.
140	BOHORQUEZ Hernando	MANZANA POSTOBON	+ 30' 38''
141	VLIEGEN Loic	BMC	s.t.
142	BLYTHE Adam	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
143	GATE Aaron	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
144	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA	s.t.
145	TURGIS Anthony	COFIDIS	s.t.
146	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
147	REIS Rafael	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
148	KONING Peter	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
149	STALNOV Nikita	ASTANA	s.t.
150	KäMNA Lennard	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
151	CHEVRIER Clément	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
152	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA - HANSGROHE	s.t.
153	FRANKINY Kilian	BMC	s.t.
154	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
155	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
156	TAARAMÄE Rein	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
157	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
158	SCULLY Tom	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
159	VAN ASBROECK Tom	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
160	BEWLEY Sam	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
161	TUFT Svein	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
162	HAMILTON Christopher	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
163	PFINGSTEN Christoph	BORA - HANSGROHE	s.t.
164	HAGA Chad	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
165	SKUJINS TOMS	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
166	DUNNE Conor	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
167	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA - HANSGROHE	s.t.
168	CLARKE William	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 30' 38''
169	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 30' 54''

GC after stage 15:

• GC leader: Chris Froome (Sky)
• Mountains classification leader: Davide Villella (Cannondale-Drapac)
• Points classification leader: Chris Froome (Sky)
• Combination classification leader: Chris Froome (Sky)
• Team classification leader: Astana

2,549.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.052 km/hr

1	FROOME Christopher	SKY	62hr 6min 25sec
2	NIBALI Vincenzo	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	@ 1min 1sec
3	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 02' 08''
4	KELDERMAN Wilco	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 02' 11''
5	CHAVES Johan Esteban	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 02' 39''
6	LOPEZ Miguel Angel	ASTANA	+ 02' 51''
7	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	+ 03' 24''
8	WOODS Michael	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 03' 26''
9	CONTADOR Alberto	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 03' 59''
10	POELS Wout	SKY	+ 05' 22''
11	DE LA CRUZ David	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 07' 47''
12	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 08' 08''
13	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	+ 08' 16''
14	MEINTJES Louis	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 09' 02''
15	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	+ 18' 45''
16	PARDILLA Sergio	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 19' 12''
17	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	+ 21' 40''
18	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR	+ 27' 42''
19	BARDET Romain	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 30' 41''
20	ATAPUMA Jhon Darwin	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 34' 47''
21	CLEMENT Stef	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 44' 44''
22	ANTON Igor	DIMENSION DATA	+ 47' 49''
23	HAIG Jack	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 48' 25''
24	ARMEE Sander	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 51' 04''
25	BILBAO Pello	ASTANA	+ 52' 34''
26	ROSON Jaime	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 53' 44''
27	YATES Adam	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 55' 49''
28	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	+ 55' 53''
29	PELLIZOTTI Franco	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 58' 36''
30	ROJAS José Joaquin	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 00' 05''
31	SANCHEZ Luis León	ASTANA	+ 01h 00' 56''
32	MOSCON Gianni	SKY	+ 01h 04' 22''
33	POLANC Jan	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 01h 09' 24''
34	CARAPAZ RICHARD ANTONIO	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 13' 10''
35	STETINA Peter	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01h 13' 13''
36	PANTANO Jarlinson	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01h 15' 03''
37	YATES Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 01h 15' 41''
38	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 16' 09''
39	MAJKA Rafal	BORA - HANSGROHE	+ 01h 17' 56''
40	FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 01h 19' 48''
41	TOLHOEK Antwan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01h 23' 48''
42	DE CLERCQ Bart	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 01h 25' 10''
43	AGUIRRE Hernan Ricardo	MANZANA POSTOBON	+ 01h 26' 02''
44	MOHORIC Matej	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 01h 26' 25''
45	JUNGELS Bob	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 01h 26' 54''
46	MARCZYNSKI Tomasz	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 01h 38' 23''
47	VILELA Ricardo	MANZANA POSTOBON	+ 01h 40' 20''
48	REYES Aldemar	MANZANA POSTOBON	+ 01h 41' 48''
49	OLIVIER Daan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01h 42' 18''
50	EIKING Odd Christian	FDJ	+ 01h 46' 18''
51	FERRARI Fabricio	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 01h 47' 56''
52	BOUWMAN Koen	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01h 49' 10''
53	VISCONTI Giovanni	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 01h 49' 15''
54	SUAZA Bernardo Albeiro	MANZANA POSTOBON	+ 01h 49' 43''
55	MONFORT Maxime	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 01h 50' 25''
56	SOLER GIMENEZ Marc	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 54' 19''
57	BOL Jetse	MANZANA POSTOBON	+ 01h 56' 43''
58	HERNANDEZ Jesus Alberto	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01h 57' 18''
59	ROSA Diego	SKY	+ 01h 58' 52''
60	CHEVRIER Clément	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 00' 04''
61	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 02h 00' 25''
62	AGNOLI Valerio	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02h 01' 38''
63	ROSSETTO Stéphane	COFIDIS	+ 02h 02' 00''
64	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	FDJ	+ 02h 04' 30''
65	DE TIER Floris	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02h 04' 35''
66	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	+ 02h 05' 59''
67	DE KORT Koen	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02h 06' 10''
68	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 02h 08' 06''
69	DENIFL Stefan	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+ 02h 08' 41''
70	POLJANSKI Pawel	BORA - HANSGROHE	+ 02h 09' 13''
71	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA - HANSGROHE	+ 02h 12' 42''
72	PEREZ Anthony	COFIDIS	+ 02h 15' 37''
73	PEDRERO Antonio	MOVISTAR	+ 02h 17' 16''
74	SAEZ BENITO Hector	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 02h 19' 31''
75	MORTON Lachlan David	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02h 20' 35''
76	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	+ 02h 22' 17''
77	CLARKE Simon	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02h 23' 41''
78	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	+ 02h 24' 18''
79	MAISON Jérémy	FDJ	+ 02h 24' 43''
80	MAS NICOLAU Enric	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 02h 25' 16''
81	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	+ 02h 25' 38''
82	LOPEZ GARCIA David	SKY	+ 02h 26' 40''
83	VERONA Carlos	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 02h 27' 29''
84	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02h 27' 30''
85	NAVARRO Daniel	COFIDIS	+ 02h 27' 41''
86	MAS BONET Luis Guillermo	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 02h 28' 05''
87	NIEMIEC Przemyslaw	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 02h 28' 13''
88	BONNAFOND Guillaume	COFIDIS	+ 02h 29' 04''
89	CHERNETSKI Sergei	ASTANA	+ 02h 30' 48''
90	OSORIO Juan Felipe	MANZANA POSTOBON	+ 02h 31' 37''
91	BERNARD Julien	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02h 33' 36''
92	HANSEN Adam James	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 02h 33' 38''
93	BOHORQUEZ Hernando	MANZANA POSTOBON	+ 02h 34' 42''
94	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 02h 36' 01''
95	ARROYO David	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 02h 36' 07''
96	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	+ 02h 37' 05''
97	GENIEZ Alexandre	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 37' 19''
98	COURTEILLE ARNAUD	FDJ	+ 02h 38' 52''
99	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02h 39' 48''
100	CANTY Brendan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02h 39' 53''
101	VENTOSO Francisco Jose	BMC	+ 02h 40' 22''
102	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02h 40' 40''
103	DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02h 42' 53''
104	KäMNA Lennard	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 02h 43' 19''
105	CAPECCHI Eros	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 02h 43' 26''
106	NOVAK Domen	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02h 43' 53''
107	NIBALI Antonio	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02h 44' 01''
108	LINDEMAN Bert Jan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02h 45' 03''
109	TRENTIN Matteo	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 02h 47' 38''
110	MAMYKIN Matvey	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 02h 48' 05''
111	FRANKINY Kilian	BMC	+ 02h 49' 19''
112	BOARO Manuele	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02h 49' 48''
113	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	+ 02h 50' 51''
114	VLIEGEN Loic	BMC	+ 02h 53' 19''
115	DUVAL Julien	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 54' 41''
116	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 02h 55' 55''
117	HOULE Hugo	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 57' 14''
118	KONRAD Patrick	BORA - HANSGROHE	+ 02h 58' 06''
119	TURGIS Anthony	COFIDIS	+ 02h 58' 40''
120	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 03h 00' 20''
121	KREDER Michel	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+ 03h 00' 55''
122	LOBATO Juan José	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03h 01' 20''
123	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 03h 01' 28''
124	IRIZAR Markel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 03h 01' 52''
125	HAGA Chad	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 03h 02' 02''
126	DECLERCQ Tim	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 03h 06' 09''
127	HAMILTON Christopher	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 03h 08' 59''
128	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 03h 12' 16''
129	SKUJINS TOMS	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 03h 12' 47''
130	DENZ Nico	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 03h 13' 00''
131	BELKOV Maxim	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 03h 13' 25''
132	KNEES Christian	SKY	+ 03h 13' 31''
133	VAN ASBROECK Tom	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 03h 13' 46''
134	RUBIO Diego	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 03h 13' 49''
135	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA	+ 03h 14' 22''
136	MODOLO Sacha	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 03h 14' 40''
137	REIS Rafael	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 03h 15' 36''
138	HOELGAARD Daniel	FDJ	+ 03h 15' 56''
139	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 03h 16' 07''
140	ORJUELA Fernando	MANZANA POSTOBON	+ 03h 16' 18''
141	TERPSTRA Niki	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 03h 16' 19''
142	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 03h 16' 25''
143	GARCIA CORTINA Ivan	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 03h 18' 10''
144	SCHULTZ Nicholas	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 03h 18' 24''
145	STALNOV Nikita	ASTANA	+ 03h 22' 33''
146	LAMPAERT Yves	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 03h 22' 56''
147	OSS Daniel	BMC	+ 03h 23' 09''
148	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 03h 24' 12''
149	PFINGSTEN Christoph	BORA - HANSGROHE	+ 03h 24' 57''
150	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA - HANSGROHE	+ 03h 26' 39''
151	CHRISTIAN Mark	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+ 03h 26' 50''
152	GATE Aaron	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+ 03h 29' 52''
153	STANNARD Ian	SKY	+ 03h 33' 41''
154	ZURLO Federico	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 03h 33' 58''
155	VANBILSEN KENNETH	COFIDIS	+ 03h 34' 54''
156	KONING Peter	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+ 03h 35' 06''
157	MERTZ Rémy	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 03h 36' 36''
158	HANSEN Lasse Norman	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+ 03h 37' 33''
159	MOLANO Juan Sebastian	MANZANA POSTOBON	+ 03h 37' 55''
160	BEWLEY Sam	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 03h 41' 50''
161	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA - HANSGROHE	+ 03h 41' 58''
162	TAARAMÄE Rein	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 03h 42' 11''
163	SCULLY Tom	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 03h 43' 07''
164	BLYTHE Adam	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+ 03h 43' 22''
165	CLARKE William	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 03h 45' 38''
166	MANZIN Lorrenzo	FDJ	+ 03h 46' 45''
167	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 03h 47' 36''
168	TUFT Svein	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 03h 47' 52''
169	DUNNE Conor	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+ 03h 57' 26''

Stage 15 map & profile:

Vuelta stage 15 map

Stage 15 profile

Stage 15 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

The Sierra Nevada final ascent

Miguel Angel Lopez is gone. The peloton will see him at the awards ceremony.

FDJ riders (I know one is Anthony Roux) lead a group up the Sierra Nevada climb.

Through a town that could almost be in Austria

Sacha Modolo heads up the final ascent.

The stage belongs to Miguel Angel Lopez

Ilnur Zakarin heads for the line to take second place. He's now third in GC.

Chris Froome finishes fifth. Ahead of him in the picture are Wilco Kelderman and Johan Chaves

Romain Bardet is quite spent after that final climb.

Stage winner Miguel Angel Lopez

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