2023 Giro d'Italia stage 15 by BikeRaceInfo

Brandon McNulty wins stage 15. RCS photo

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Weather at the finish city of Bergamo at 1:50 PM, local time: 21C (70F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is an 8% chance of rain.

The race: All 132 riders who finished stage 14 started and finished stage 15.

Here's the report from stage winner Brandon McNulty's UAE Team Emirates:

UAE Team Emirates continued to build on was is fast becoming a very memorable Giro d’Italia with Brandon McNulty taking an exciting victory on stage 15 from Seregno to Bergamo (195km).

The 24 year old entered the main break of the day which built a maximum gap of seven minutes over the peloton. As the breakaway was whittled down, McNulty played his cards well to find himself alone out-front with Ben Healy (EF Education) and Marco Frigo (Israel Premier Tech) for company.

McNulty was able to respond to all the attacks thrown at him by Healy and timed his sprint to perfection on the downhill road to Bergamo to take the 27th win of the season for UAE Team Emirates.

Km 98: The peloton climbs the Selvino (11.3 km @ 5.5%)

McNulty: “It’s an indescribable feeling. It was my big goal coming here to take a stage. On the last climb I went on the attack but Ben Healy countered it hard and I thought my race was done. I managed to fight back and in the end it came down to the last kick and the sprint and I just went for it. We came here for GC and the goal of me going for a stage win so now it’s in the bag we can fully focus on the GC.”

Joao Almeida held his place in 4th on GC behind race leader Bruno Admirail (Groupama-FDJ) ahead of the rest-day tomorrow. The Portuguese rider continues to lead the white jersey classification.

On Tuesday the Giro continues with a high-mountain stage from Bra to Rivoli (179km).

Complete results:

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195 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.303 km/hr

1	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	5hr 13min 39sec
2	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
3	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
4	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	@ 1min 51sec
5	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
6	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	2:26
7	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:10
9	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	4:13
10	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
11	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
12	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	6:45
13	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	6:53
14	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
15	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
17	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
18	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
19	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
20	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
21	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	6:55
22	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
23	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
24	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
26	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
27	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
28	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
29	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
30	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
31	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	7:18
32	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	7:26
33	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
34	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
35	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
36	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
37	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
38	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
39	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
40	Michael Matthews	Jayco-AlUla	7:47
41	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
42	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
43	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
44	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
45	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	9:08
46	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
47	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	9:44
48	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	9:53
49	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	10:28
50	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
51	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	11:05
52	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	14:14
53	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
54	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	14:37
55	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	14:43
56	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
57	Veljko Stojnic	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
58	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
60	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
61	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
62	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
63	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
65	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
66	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
67	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
68	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
69	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
70	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	15:16
71	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	16:13
72	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	16:26
73	Davide Ballerini	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
74	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	19:12
75	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	20:50
76	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
77	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
78	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
79	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
80	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
81	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
82	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
83	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
84	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
85	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
86	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	s.t.
87	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
88	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	Nico Denz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
90	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
91	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
92	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
93	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
94	Karel Vacek	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
95	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
96	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	s.t.
97	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
98	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
99	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
100	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
101	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	21:31
102	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	21:53
103	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	24:46
104	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
105	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
106	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	28:01
107	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	28:22
108	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	28:27
109	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	28:54
110	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	29:44
111	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
112	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
113	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
114	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
115	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
116	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
117	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
118	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
119	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
120	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
121	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	29:51
122	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	30:21
123	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	30:38
124	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
125	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
126	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
127	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
128	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
129	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
130	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
131	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
132	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	43:21

GC after stage 15:

GC leader: Bruno Amirail (Groupama-FDJ)
Mountains classification leader: Davide Bais (EOLO-Kometa)
Points classification leader: Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious)
Best young rider: Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates)
Teams classification leader: Bahrain Victorious

2,465.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.997 km/hr

1	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	61hr 38min 6sec
2	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 1min 8sec
3	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	1:10
4	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	1:30
5	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	1:50
6	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	2:36
7	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	3:02
8	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	3:40
9	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	3:55
10	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	4:18
11	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	4:23
12	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	4:26
13	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	4:30
14	Einer Rubio	Movistar	5:29
15	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	6:22
16	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	7:32
17	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	7:48
18	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	9:06
19	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	10:32
20	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	10:53
21	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	12:10
22	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	13:59
23	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	18:12
24	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	19:15
25	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	21:24
26	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	21:33
27	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	23:57
28	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	24:12
29	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	24:50
30	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	24:53
31	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	25:24
32	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	26:31
33	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	28:40
34	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	29:13
35	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	33:11
36	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	34:57
37	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	36:32
38	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	38:02
39	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	39:46
40	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	40:25
41	William Barta	Movistar	41:30
42	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	44:15
43	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	45:50
44	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	47:21
45	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	48:31
46	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	50:15
47	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	54:45
48	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	54:48
49	Nico Denz	BORA-hansgrohe	55:53
50	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	57:57
51	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	58:05
52	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	1:02:02
53	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	1:03:21
54	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	1:03:23
55	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	1:05:02
56	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	1:06:35
57	François Bidard	Cofidis	1:10:00
58	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	1:12:27
59	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	1:13:25
60	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	1:19:18
61	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	1:22:41
62	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	1:24:26
63	Carlos Verona	Movistar	1:25:45
64	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	1:27:05
65	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	1:28:04
66	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	1:28:50
67	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:32:33
68	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	1:33:06
69	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	1:34:06
70	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	1:37:31
71	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	1:39:02
72	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	1:40:19
73	Michael Matthews	Jayco-AlUla	1:40:21
74	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	1:40:34
75	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	1:42:25
76	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	1:43:18
77	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:44:41
78	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	1:44:50
79	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	1:45:40
80	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	1:50:25
81	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	1:51:00
82	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	1:51:15
83	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	1:53:10
84	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	1:53:28
85	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:59:41
86	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	2:00:58
87	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	2:01:34
88	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	2:02:41
89	Davide Ballerini	Soudal Quick-Step	2:04:22
90	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	2:09:18
91	Karel Vacek	Corratec-Selle Italia	2:10:26
92	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:11:23
93	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:11:55
94	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	2:12:39
95	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:13:15
96	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	2:13:55
97	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	2:14:56
98	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	2:17:08
99	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	2:18:05
100	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	2:20:31
101	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:20:59
102	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	2:21:03
103	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	2:21:34
104	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:24:42
105	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	2:24:45
106	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	2:25:37
107	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	2:30:03
108	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	2:34:41
109	Veljko Stojnic	Corratec-Selle Italia	2:36:14
110	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	2:36:44
111	Max Kanter	Movistar	2:37:25
112	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:42:08
113	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	2:42:09
114	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	2:43:31
115	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	2:43:50
116	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	2:46:28
117	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	2:47:22
118	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	2:47:54
119	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	2:52:04
120	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:52:20
121	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:52:58
122	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	2:53:12
123	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	2:53:37
124	Albert Torres	Movistar	2:56:33
125	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	3:01:32
126	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	3:03:41
127	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	3:04:29
128	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Corratec-Selle Italia	3:05:13
129	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	3:05:50
130	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	3:09:02
131	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:09:29
132	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	3:12:00