Lemmen animates mountain stage, Yates strengthens GC position once again in Giro
Once again, it took a long and fierce battle before a breakaway could go clear. After several attempts, Lemmen managed to sneak into the move for Team Visma | Lease a Bike. On the Monte Grappa — a gruelling climb of over 25 kilometres — the favourites kept their powder dry for a long time, but with the summit approaching, even they couldn’t hold back any longer.
Yates stayed calm and positioned himself smartly in the group of GC contenders. Everything came back together on the approach to the final climb of the day. Yates tested his legs briefly but quickly realised his rivals were just as sharp. On the plateau, Lemmen — by then dropped from the breakaway — put in a solid effort to support his British leader. The stage was won by early attacker Carlos Verona.
“This was an attack with purpose”
Bart Lemmen
“The plan was to be in the break”, Lemmen said. “But nothing comes easy in this race. It was another brutal fight. This was an attack with purpose — by being up the road, we had someone to fall back on if the favourites blew the race apart. If not, I could go for the stage win myself. In the end, we decided I would drop back to help Simon. We’ve taken another step forward in the GC. Personally, I had a good day, though at one point I had to switch off my brain and just focus on turning the pedals.”
Giro d’Italia
Stage 15
Result
Rankings
Result
1
Carlos Verona
Lidl – Trek
05:15:41
2
Florian Stork
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
+00:00:22
3
Christian Scaroni
XDS Astana Team
+00:00:23
14
Simon Yates
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:29
36
Bart Lemmen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:02:13
46
Wilco Kelderman
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:10:54
73
Steven Kruijswijk
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:12:23
81
Dylan van Baarle
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:24:54
119
Olav Kooij
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:32:25
133
Edoardo Affini
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:32:25
144
Wout van Aert
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:32:25
Rankings
1
Isaac del Toro
UAE Team Emirates – XRG
55:54:05
2
Simon Yates
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:01:20
3
Juan Ayuso
UAE Team Emirates – XRG
+00:01:26
42
Wilco Kelderman
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:52:21
50
Bart Lemmen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+01:03:24
61
Steven Kruijswijk
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+01:14:34
94
Wout van Aert
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+01:58:11
111
Dylan van Baarle
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+02:15:59
139
Edoardo Affini
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+02:59:53
147
Olav Kooij
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+03:06:04
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Bart Lemmen
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Giro d’Italia
