Stage 15

The road

At the start

Carapaz in pink by seven seconds

Richard Carapaz rode away on the Colle San Carlo and came down into Courmayeur with the maglia rosa; Roglič is seven seconds behind him, Nibali at 1:47, and Movistar now have two men in the top five. Today borrows Il Lombardia's roads for 232 kilometres to Como — the Madonna del Ghisallo, the Colma di Sormano, then the steep Civiglio nine kilometres out and a technical descent after it.

How it was won

1. 158 km to go

   Onto the Ghisallo

   Drawing on the Lombardia parcours, the race hits the climb to the cyclists' chapel; Mitchelton-Scott lift the pace and the peloton splits on the run-in, Roglič already shorn of a couple of teammates.

2. 29 km to go

   Nibali attacks on the Civiglio

   On the steep Civiglio Nibali takes flight; Carapaz is straight onto him, but Roglič — spinning a low gear on a borrowed bike after a mechanical — cannot follow and crests fifteen seconds down.

3. 35 km to go

   Roglič into the barriers

   On the technical descent Nibali glides away while Roglič misjudges a right-hander and slides into the roadside barriers. He remounts, but his once-secure favourite's status has taken another heavy blow.

4. 4At the line

   Cataldo wins in Como

   Dario Cataldo out-kicks Cattaneo from their day-long break; behind, Roglič loses forty seconds and Carapaz's overall lead swells to 47.

The result