Giulio Ciccone won the 15th stage of the Giro d’Italia on Sunday after a solo attack on the final climb of the 110 mile run between Rivarolo Canavese and Cogne. Trek-Segafredo rider Ciccone was part of a small breakaway group which contained no general classification contenders and finished well ahead of closest rider Santiago Buitrago after making his move just under 12 miles from the finish line. It was a third Giro stage win for the 27-year-old, who burst away from Hugh Carthy and Buitrago with the trio on the ascent to the summit finish in Cogne in the Aosta Valley. Ciccone was the winner of the mountains classification of the 2019 edition of the Italian Grand Tour.

On a quiet day for the general classification, overall leader Richard Carapaz stayed in the main peloton, which contained all the main contenders and was several minutes back when Ciccone crossed. Ineos rider Carapaz took over the pink jersey in Saturday’s 14th stage.

GIRO D’ITALIA 2022 STAGE 15 RESULTS

1	Giulio CICCONE	Trek – Segafredo	4:37:41
2	Santiago BUITRAGO	Bahrain – Victorious	1:31
3	Antonio PEDRERO	Movistar Team	2:19
4	Hugh CARTHY	EF Education-EasyPost	3:09
5	Martijn TUSVELD	Team DSM	4:36
6	Luca COVILI	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	5:08
7	Natnael TESFATSION	Drone Hopper – Androni Giocattoli	5:27
8	Bauke MOLLEMA	Trek – Segafredo	5:27
9	Gijs LEEMREIZE	Jumbo-Visma	5:27
10	Guillaume MARTIN	Cofidis	6:06

GIRO D’ITALIA 2022 STANDINGS

1	Richard CARAPAZ	INEOS Grenadiers	63:06:57
2	Jai HINDLEY	BORA – hansgrohe	0:07
3	Joao ALMEIDA	UAE Team Emirates	0:30
4	Mikel LANDA	Bahrain – Victorious	0:59
5	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux	1:01
6	Pello BILBAO	Bahrain – Victorious	1:52
7	Emanuel BUCHMANN	BORA – hansgrohe	1:58
8	Vincenzo NIBALI	Astana Qazaqstan Team	2:58
9	Juan LÓPEZ	Trek – Segafredo	4:04
10	Guillaume MARTIN	Cofidis	8:02

 

RBA/AFP Photos: Sprint Cycling Agency