Giro d'Italia 2015

Giro d'Italia 2015
Racing series	UCI WorldTour
Host country	Italy Switzerland
Competition period	May 9 to May 31, 2015
Stages	21st
overall length	3,486 km
Starting field	197 from 36 nations in 22 teams (163 of them arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating	1. Alberto Contador 88:22:25 h 2. Fabio Aru + 1:53 min 3. Mikel Landa + 3:05 min
Team evaluation	Astana Pro Team 264: 42: 31 h
Scoring jerseys
Overall rating	Alberto Contador
Scoring	Giacomo Nizzolo
Mountain scoring	Giovanni Visconti
Young talent evaluation	Fabio Aru
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Final result after the 21st stage

	Alberto Contador (TCS)	88:22:25 h
2.	Fabio Aru (AST)	+ 01:53 min
3.	Mikel Landa (AST)	+ 03:05 min
4th	Andrey Amador (MOV)	+ 08:10 min
5.	Ryder Hesjedal (TCG)	+ 09:52 min
6th	Leopold König (SKY)	+ 10:41 min
7th	Steven Kruijswijk (TLJ)	+ 10:53 min
8th.	Damiano Caruso (BMC)	+ 12:08 min
9.	Alexandre Geniez (FDJ)	+ 15:51 min
10.	Yuri Trofimov (KAT)	+ 16:14 min
	Giacomo Nizzolo (TFR)	181 P.
2.	Philippe Gilbert (BMC)	148 P.
3.	Sacha Modolo (LAM)	147 P.
	Giovanni Visconti (MOV)	125 p.
2.	Mikel Landa (AST)	122 P.
3.	Steven Kruijswijk (TLJ)	115 p.
	Fabio Aru (AST)	88:24:18 h
2.	Davide Formolo (TCG)	+ 1:51:46 h
3.	Fabio Felline (TFR)	+ 1:54:04 h
1.	Astana Pro Team	264: 42: 31 h
2.	BMC Racing Team	+ 43:16 min
3.	Team Sky	+ 1:13:51 h

The 98th Giro d'Italia took place from May 9th to May 31st, 2015. The road bike race started as a round trip with a team time trial from San Lorenzo al Mare to Sanremo and ended after 21 stages and 3,486 kilometers in Milan . The competition was part of the UCI WorldTour 2015 .

The Spaniard Alberto Contador won ahead of the Italian Fabio Aru and Mikel Landa from Spain. This makes Contador the second cyclist after Bernard Hinault to have won all three Grand Tours several times.

Attendees

overview

Overview of the participating teams

17 UCI WorldTeams Ag2r La Mondiale (ALM) Astana Pro Team (AST) BMC Racing Team (BMC) Etixx-Quick Step (EQS) FDJ (FDJ) IAM Cycling (IAM)	Team Katusha (KAT) Lampre-Merida (LAM) Lotto Soudal (LTS) Movistar Team (MOV) Orica GreenEdge (OGE) Team Sky (SKY)	Team Cannondale-Garmin (TCG) Tinkoff Saxo (TCS) Trek Factory Racing (TFR) Team Giant-Alpecin (TGA) Team Lotto NL-Jumbo (TLJ)
5 UCI Professional Continental Teams Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec (AND) Bardiani CSF (BAR)	CCC Sprandi Polkowice (CCC) Nippo-Vini Fantini (NIP)	Southeast (STH)

The 17 UCI WorldTeams of the 2015 season were entitled to start . In addition, the organizer RCS Sport awarded wildcards to the five UCI Professional Continental Teams Androni Giocattoli , Bardiani CSF , CCC Sprandi Polkowice , Nippo-Vini Fantini and Southeast .

New Zealander George Bennett was voluntarily withdrawn from the start by his Lotto NL-Jumbo team in accordance with the rules of the Mouvement Pour un Cyclisme Crédible after a health check carried out by the Union Cycliste Internationale before the first stage showed that the cortisone level was too low , which is an indication of a Disease, but can also be due to the use of cortisone as a doping agent . The team started with only eight drivers, so that 197 drivers started.

Favorites

The Spaniard Alberto Contador was the top favorite for the overall victory. His biggest competitors were the second and third from the previous year, Rigoberto Urán and Fabio Aru , plus Richie Porte . Last year's winner Nairo Quintana and Vincenzo Nibali , the winner of last year's Tour de France , did not start.

Stage overview

stage	date	route	Type	km	Stage winner	Maglia Rosa
1	Sat, May 9th	San Lorenzo al Mare - Sanremo ( MZF )		17.6	Orica GreenEdge	Simon Gerrans (OGE)
2	Sun, May 10th	Albenga - Genoa		177	Elia Viviani (SKY)	Michael Matthews (OGE)
3	Mon, May 11th	Rapallo - Sestri Levante		136	Michael Matthews (OGE)
4th	Tue, May 12th	Chiavari - La Spezia		150	Davide Formolo (TCG)	Simon Clarke (OGE)
5	Wed, May 13th	La Spezia - Abetone		152	Jan Polanc (LAM)	Alberto Contador (TCS)
6th	Thursday, May 14th	Montecatini Terme - Castiglione della Pescaia		183	André Greipel (LTS)
7th	Fri, May 15	Grosseto - Fiuggi		264	Diego Ulissi (LAM)
8th	Sat, May 16	Fiuggi - Campitello Matese		186	Beñat Intxausti (MOV)
9	Sun May 17th	Benevento - San Giorgio del Sannio		215	Paolo Tiralongo (AST)
R.	Mon, May 18	1st day of rest
10	Tuesday, May 19	Civitanova Marche - Forlì		200	Nicola Boem (BAR)
11	Wed, May 20	Forlì - Imola ( Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari )		153	Ilnur Sakarin (KAT)
12	Thu, May 21	Imola - Vicenza ( Monte Berico )		190	Philippe Gilbert (BMC)
13	Fri, May 22	Montecchio Maggiore - Jesolo		147	Sacha Modolo (LAM)	Fabio Aru (AST)
14th	Sat, May 23	Treviso - Valdobbiadene ( EZF )		59.4	Vasil Kiryienka (SKY)	Alberto Contador (TCS)
15th	Sun, May 24th	Marostica - Madonna di Campiglio		165	Mikel Landa (AST)
R.	Mon, May 25th	2nd day off
16	Tuesday, May 26th	Pinzolo - Aprica		174	Mikel Landa (AST)
17th	Wed, May 27th	Tirano - Lugano		134	Sacha Modolo (LAM)
18th	Thu, May 28th	Melide - Verbania		170	Philippe Gilbert (BMC)
19th	Fri, May 29th	Gravellona Toce - Cervinia		236	Fabio Aru (AST)
20th	Sat, May 30th	Saint-Vincent - Sestriere		199	Fabio Aru (AST)
21st	Sun May 31	Turin - Milan		178	Iljo Keisse (EQS)
Total distance				3486

Climbs

A total of 39 climbs had to be mastered at the Giro d'Italia. Among them were ten mountains of the 1st category , as well as the Cima Coppi (CC):

• Stage 8: Campitello Matese 13 km, 6.9%
• Stage 9: Colle Molella 9.5 km, 6.3%
• Stage 15: Passo Daone 8.4 km, 9.2% - Madonna di Campiglio 15.5 km, 5.9%
• Stage 16: Mortirolo Pass 11.9 km, 10.9% - Monte Ologno 10.4 km, 9.0%
• Stage 19: Saint-Barthélemy 16.5 km, 6.7% - Col Saint-Pantaléon 16.5 km, 7.2% - Breuil-Cervinia 19.2 km, 5.0%
• Stage 20: Colle delle Finestre ( CC ) 18.5 km, 9.2%

Ratings in the course of the tour

The table shows the leaders of the respective classification after completion of the stage.

stage	Overall rating	Scoring	Mountain scoring	Young talent evaluation	Team ratings
					Winning team	great team
01.	Simon Gerrans (OGE)	not forgiven	not forgiven	Michael Matthews (OGE)	Orica GreenEdge	Orica GreenEdge
02.	Michael Matthews (OGE)	Elia Viviani (SKY)	Bert-Jan Lindeman (TLJ)
03.			Pavel Kochetkov (KAT)
04th	Simon Clarke (OGE)			Esteban Chaves (OGE)	Astana Pro Team
05.	Alberto Contador (TCS)		Jan Polanc (LAM)	Fabio Aru (AST)
06th		André Greipel (LTS)
07th		Elia Viviani (SKY)
08th.			Beñat Intxausti (MOV)
09.			Simon Geschke (TGA)			Astana Pro Team
10.		Nicola Boem (BAR)
11.			Beñat Intxausti (MOV)
12.
13.	Fabio Aru (AST)	Elia Viviani (SKY)
14th	Alberto Contador (TCS)
15th
16.			Steven Kruijswijk (TLJ)
17th		Giacomo Nizzolo (TFR)
18th
19th			Giovanni Visconti (MOV)
20th
21st
winner	Alberto Contador (TCS)	Giacomo Nizzolo (TFR)	Giovanni Visconti (MOV)	Fabio Aru (AST)	Astana Pro Team	Astana Pro Team

See also

• Tour de France 2015
• Vuelta a España 2015
• UCI Road World Championships 2015

Web links

Commons : Giro d'Italia 2015  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (Italian and English)
• Giro d'Italia 2015 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• The regulations and the prizes of the 98th Giro d´Italia. radsport-news.com, accessed on May 9, 2015 . 
• Regolamento Giro d'Italia 2015. cyclingpro.net, accessed on May 9, 2015 (Italian). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Schumacher's team CCC Sprandi receives Giro-Wildcard. radsport-news.com, January 19, 2015, accessed May 12, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Giro: Bennett fails the health check. radsport-news.com, May 9, 2015, accessed May 9, 2015 . 
3. ↑ LottoNL jumbo pull Bennett from Giro due to low cortisol levels. cyclingnews.com, May 8, 2015, accessed May 9, 2015 . 
4. ↑ The favorites to win the Giro - only Contador gets five stars. radsport-news.com, May 6, 2015, accessed May 9, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Eurosport.com: Giro d'Italia - All 39 climbs of the Giro 2015 ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , May 9, 2015