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Stage 15, Sunday, September 4: Sabiñánigo - Sallent de Gállego/ Aramón Formigal, 118.5 km

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Gianluca Brambilla wins Vuelta stage 15

Rated ascents:

• Km 41.3: Pto. Alto de Petralba, 6.3 km @ 5% - cat. 3
• Km 76.5: Pto. Alto de Cotefablo, 12.5 km @ 4.3% - cat. 2
• Km 118.5: Sallent de Gállego, 14.5 km @ 4.6% - cat. 1

The Race: Here's the organizer's explanation of the day's racing.

Nairo Quintana made a big move towards the Vuelta a España title when he benefited from Alberto Contador's early attacks to turn the race upside down on Sunday. The Colombian finished second in the stage behind Italian Gianluca Brambilla as his main rival Chris Froome was trapped behind. Contador is now fourth overall just over four minutes off the pace while Froome lies second, 3 :37 behind Quintana and Esteban Chaves is third 20 seconds further back.

Contador attacked six kilometres into the stage, and Quintana followed shortly afterwards as a group of 14 breakaway riders took shape -- Jonathan Castroviejo, Ruben Fernandez and Nairo Quintana (Movistar), Alberto Contador, Ivan Rovny and Yuri Trofimov (Tinkoff), Kenny Elissonde (FDJ), Fabio Felline (Trek - Segafredo), Matvey Mamykin (Katusha), Gianluca Brambilla and David de la Cruz (Etixx - Quick Step), Davide Formolo and Moreno Moser (Cannondale - Drapac) and Omar Fraile (Dimension Data).

Froome was trapped behind and worse, all of his team mates but David Lopez, who was then quickly dropped, were in a third group further back. Contador and Quintana both had two team mates with them in a crazy start to the stage.

The increased to three minutes despite the work of Astana and Orica-Bike Exchange at the front of the Froome group. In the climb to the l'alto de Cotefablo, Orica-Bike Exchange contributed to the chase to reduce the gap to 1 :45 but in the valley, it rose up to 2 :30 (km 94).

At the foot of the final climb, Contador and Quintana were still sitting on a two-minute cushion.

Quintana set the temp in the front group while Froome was left to do the hard work behind to limit the damage. With about three kilometres left, Astana took charge in the chasing group.

Quintana accelerated with three km left and was only followed by Brambilla, who took the day's laurels while Contador finished 34 seconds off the pace.

Esteban Chaves again showed he had great legs and crossed the line 1:53 behind Brambilla while Froome ended up with a 2:39 deficit.

Complete Results:

Stage 15 photos

118.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.745 km/hr

1	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	2hr 54min 30sec
2	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	@ 3sec
3	FELLINE Fabio	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 00' 25''
4	ELISSONDE KENNY	FDJ	+ 00' 28''
5	DE LA CRUZ David	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 31''
6	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	+ 00' 34''
7	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 00' 53''
8	MAMYKIN Matvey	KATUSHA	+ 01' 16''
9	CHAVES Johan Esteban	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 01' 53''
10	SCARPONI Michele	ASTANA	+ 01' 59''
11	MEINTJES Louis	ASTANA	+ 02' 10''
12	TALANSKY Andrew	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
13	SANCHEZ Samuel	BMC	s.t.
14	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR	s.t.
15	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	+ 02' 31''
16	SILIN Egor	KATUSHA	s.t.
17	FRAILE Omar	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02' 37''
18	FROOME Christopher	TEAM SKY	+ 02' 40''
19	PÉRAUD Jean-Christophe	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
20	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02' 45''
21	YATES Simon	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 02' 47''
22	HERMANS Ben	BMC	+ 02' 49''
23	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	s.t.
24	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
25	MONFORT Maxime	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 03' 00''
26	KING Benjamin	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
27	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03' 05''
28	KOCHETKOV Pavel	KATUSHA	+ 03' 16''
29	HARDY Romain	COFIDIS	s.t.
30	PARDILLA Sergio	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 03' 24''
31	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	+ 04' 38''
32	WYSS Marcel	IAM CYCLING	+ 05' 13''
33	KUDUS Merhawi	DIMENSION DATA	+ 05' 53''
34	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	ASTANA	+ 06' 10''
35	ROJAS José Joaquin	MOVISTAR	+ 10' 12''
36	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	MOVISTAR	s.t.
37	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
38	ROVNY Ivan	TINKOFF	s.t.
39	TROFIMOV Yury	TINKOFF	s.t.
40	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
41	MOSER Moreno	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
42	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
43	ZEITS Andrey	ASTANA	+ 14' 07''
44	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 15' 41''
45	CHEVRIER Clément	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
46	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
47	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
48	CATALDO Dario	ASTANA	s.t.
49	VANOTTI Alessandro	ASTANA	+ 19' 01''
50	PFINGSTEN Christoph	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
51	BERNARD Julien	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
52	CONTI Valerio	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
53	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
54	HOWSON Damien	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
55	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
56	ROSON Jaime	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
57	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	s.t.
58	ARROYO David	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
59	FERNANDEZ Ruben	MOVISTAR	s.t.
60	CARTHY Hugh	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
61	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	s.t.
62	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
63	CATTANEO Mattia	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
64	VERVAEKE Louis	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
65	HAGA Chad	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
66	GRMAY Tsgabu	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
67	GOGL Michael	TINKOFF	s.t.
68	PAULINHO Sergio Miguel	TINKOFF	s.t.
69	BENNATI Daniele	TINKOFF	s.t.
70	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM CYCLING	+ 21' 12''
71	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 24' 48''
72	LOPEZ David	TEAM SKY	+ 41' 32''
73	BEWLEY Sam	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 46' 54''
74	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 53' 54''
75	SMUKULIS Gatis	ASTANA	s.t.
76	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
77	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
78	TERPSTRA Niki	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
79	MACHADO Tiago	KATUSHA	s.t.
80	FARIA Mario Jorge	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
81	RESTREPO Jhonatan	KATUSHA	s.t.
82	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	s.t.
83	CARDIS Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
84	MENDES José	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
85	MEERSMAN Gianni	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
86	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
87	HERRADA Jose	MOVISTAR	s.t.
88	CALMEJANE Lilian	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
89	QUEMENEUR Perrig	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
90	BEPPU Fumiyuki	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
91	PELLAUD Simon	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
92	DOCKX Gert	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
93	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
94	DE CLERCQ Bart	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
95	LAMPAERT Yves	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
96	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
97	BOARO Manuele	TINKOFF	s.t.
98	ARMEE Sander	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
99	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
100	SKJOESTAD LUNKE Sindre	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
101	VELITS Martin	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
102	EIKING Odd Christian	FDJ	s.t.
103	ANDERSON Ryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
104	SBARAGLI Kristan	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
105	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	s.t.
106	ATAPUMA Darwin	BMC	s.t.
107	BOUET Maxime	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
108	BAGDONAS Gediminas	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
109	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
110	RIBLON Christophe	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
111	DILLIER Silvan	BMC	s.t.
112	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA	s.t.
113	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
114	KNEES Christian	TEAM SKY	s.t.
115	DIDIER Laurent	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
116	NAULEAU Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
117	PRADES Eduard	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
118	GERRANS Simon	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
119	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
120	ZOIDL Riccardo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
121	CHETOUT LOÏC	COFIDIS	s.t.
122	WARBASSE Larry	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
123	HAIG Jack	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
124	BIDARD François	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
125	MANZIN Lorenzo	FDJ	s.t.
126	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
127	SERRY Pieter	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
128	THWAITES Scott	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
129	VAN EMDEN Jos	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
130	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	ASTANA	s.t.
131	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
132	SELIG Rüdiger	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
133	DOUGALL Nick	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
134	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
135	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
136	PUCCIO Salvatore	TEAM SKY	s.t.
137	BILBAO Pello	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
138	VENTER Jacobus	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
139	KOSHEVOY Ilia	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
140	HERNANDEZ Jesus Alberto	TINKOFF	s.t.
141	DE KORT Koen	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
142	DRUCKER Jean-Pierre	BMC	s.t.
143	REIJNEN Kiel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
144	GOLAS Michal	TEAM SKY	s.t.
145	GENIEZ Alexandre	FDJ	s.t.
146	ARASHIRO Yukiya	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
147	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
148	MUHLBERGER Gregor	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
149	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
150	KEIZER Martijn	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
151	TUFT Svein	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
152	LAGUTIN Sergey	KATUSHA	s.t.
153	MOLARD Rudy	COFIDIS	s.t.
154	ROSSETTO Stéphane	COFIDIS	s.t.
155	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
156	STAMSNIJDER Tom	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
157	BOUWMAN Koen	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
158	CAMPENAERTS Victor	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
159	ARNDT Nikias	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
160	DOMBROWSKI Joe	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
161	COUSIN Jérome	COFIDIS	s.t.
162	BOSWELL Ian	TEAM SKY	s.t.
163	KONIG Leopold	TEAM SKY	s.t.
164	KENNAUGH Peter	TEAM SKY	s.t.

GC after Stage 15:

• GC leader: Nairo Quintana (Movistar)
• Points classification leader: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
• Mountains classification leader: Kenny Elissonde (FDJ)
• Combination classification leader: Nairo Quintana (Movistar)

2,446 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.707 km/hr

1	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	61hr 36min 7sec
2	FROOME Christopher	TEAM SKY	@ 3min 37sec
3	CHAVES Johan Esteban	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 03' 57''
4	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	+ 04' 02''
5	YATES Simon	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 05' 07''
6	SANCHEZ Samuel	BMC	+ 06' 12''
7	TALANSKY Andrew	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 06' 43''
8	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 07' 17''
9	DE LA CRUZ David	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 07' 23''
10	SCARPONI Michele	ASTANA	+ 07' 39''
11	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR	+ 08' 05''
12	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 09' 45''
13	PARDILLA Sergio	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 10' 09''
14	PÉRAUD Jean-Christophe	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 11' 06''
15	HERMANS Ben	BMC	+ 11' 44''
16	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	+ 12' 48''
17	SILIN Egor	KATUSHA	+ 13' 55''
18	MONFORT Maxime	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 17' 25''
19	ELISSONDE KENNY	FDJ	+ 19' 57''
20	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 22' 48''
21	WYSS Marcel	IAM CYCLING	+ 31' 53''
22	HARDY Romain	COFIDIS	+ 31' 54''
23	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 32' 56''
24	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 37' 38''
25	ZEITS Andrey	ASTANA	+ 40' 49''
26	MAMYKIN Matvey	KATUSHA	+ 42' 13''
27	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	+ 48' 14''
28	MEINTJES Louis	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 48' 36''
29	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	ASTANA	+ 53' 39''
30	FELLINE Fabio	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 55' 06''
31	KONIG Leopold	TEAM SKY	+ 56' 35''
32	KENNAUGH Peter	TEAM SKY	+ 01h 02' 08''
33	KUDUS Merhawi	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01h 02' 39''
34	FERNANDEZ Ruben	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 02' 42''
35	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 02' 50''
36	MOLARD Rudy	COFIDIS	+ 01h 04' 28''
37	TROFIMOV Yury	TINKOFF	+ 01h 07' 44''
38	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 10' 42''
39	ATAPUMA Darwin	BMC	+ 01h 12' 28''
40	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01h 12' 39''
41	ROJAS José Joaquin	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 16' 52''
42	HOWSON Damien	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 01h 17' 00''
43	MENDES José	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01h 17' 03''
44	BOUET Maxime	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 17' 41''
45	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01h 22' 20''
46	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 01h 22' 39''
47	WYSS Danilo	BMC	+ 01h 22' 47''
48	HERNANDEZ Jesus Alberto	TINKOFF	+ 01h 24' 07''
49	WARBASSE Larry	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 25' 26''
50	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 26' 40''
51	CHEVRIER Clément	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 29' 00''
52	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 29' 40''
53	KING Benjamin	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01h 34' 42''
54	KOCHETKOV Pavel	KATUSHA	+ 01h 35' 20''
55	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01h 36' 18''
56	CATALDO Dario	ASTANA	+ 01h 37' 04''
57	BERNARD Julien	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01h 44' 50''
58	GRMAY Tsgabu	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 01h 46' 36''
59	ZOIDL Riccardo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01h 50' 20''
60	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01h 50' 28''
61	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	+ 01h 50' 30''
62	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 54' 52''
63	DE CLERCQ Bart	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 01h 58' 59''
64	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 01h 59' 16''
65	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 01h 59' 31''
66	FRAILE Omar	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01h 59' 37''
67	ROSSETTO Stéphane	COFIDIS	+ 02h 03' 17''
68	LOPEZ David	TEAM SKY	+ 02h 06' 45''
69	GOGL Michael	TINKOFF	+ 02h 14' 02''
70	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 02h 14' 06''
71	CONTI Valerio	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 02h 14' 12''
72	BOSWELL Ian	TEAM SKY	+ 02h 21' 39''
73	ROSON Jaime	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 02h 25' 41''
74	HAGA Chad	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 02h 25' 58''
75	VERVAEKE Louis	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02h 26' 08''
76	EIKING Odd Christian	FDJ	+ 02h 31' 08''
77	DOMBROWSKI Joe	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02h 31' 09''
78	LAGUTIN Sergey	KATUSHA	+ 02h 32' 29''
79	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 33' 27''
80	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02h 33' 57''
81	QUEMENEUR Perrig	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02h 35' 15''
82	CATTANEO Mattia	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 02h 37' 42''
83	CALMEJANE Lilian	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02h 37' 47''
84	SMUKULIS Gatis	ASTANA	+ 02h 37' 58''
85	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 39' 07''
86	PFINGSTEN Christoph	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02h 39' 58''
87	VANOTTI Alessandro	ASTANA	+ 02h 40' 54''
88	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 02h 41' 08''
89	ARMEE Sander	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02h 41' 22''
90	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	+ 02h 41' 25''
91	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02h 41' 40''
92	BIDARD François	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 42' 15''
93	ROVNY Ivan	TINKOFF	+ 02h 42' 21''
94	MOSER Moreno	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02h 42' 51''
95	MACHADO Tiago	KATUSHA	+ 02h 43' 04''
96	SBARAGLI Kristan	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02h 43' 56''
97	BILBAO Pello	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 02h 44' 19''
98	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	+ 02h 44' 49''
99	DILLIER Silvan	BMC	+ 02h 44' 58''
100	HERRADA Jose	MOVISTAR	+ 02h 45' 12''
101	GENIEZ Alexandre	FDJ	+ 02h 46' 19''
102	DIDIER Laurent	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02h 46' 46''
103	GERRANS Simon	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 02h 46' 59''
104	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	+ 02h 48' 36''
105	DE KORT Koen	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 02h 49' 56''
106	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 50' 49''
107	BENNATI Daniele	TINKOFF	+ 02h 52' 56''
108	PELLAUD Simon	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 54' 55''
109	HAIG Jack	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 02h 58' 04''
110	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02h 58' 07''
111	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02h 58' 51''
112	SERRY Pieter	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 59' 06''
113	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	+ 02h 59' 49''
114	ARASHIRO Yukiya	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 03h 00' 28''
115	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 03h 01' 12''
116	PAULINHO Sergio Miguel	TINKOFF	+ 03h 04' 58''
117	MEERSMAN Gianni	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 03h 05' 58''
118	MUHLBERGER Gregor	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 03h 08' 13''
119	CARTHY Hugh	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 03h 10' 56''
120	LAMPAERT Yves	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 03h 11' 30''
121	BEPPU Fumiyuki	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 03h 12' 00''
122	BOUWMAN Koen	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03h 15' 11''
123	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	ASTANA	+ 03h 15' 31''
124	ARROYO David	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 03h 16' 44''
125	THWAITES Scott	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 03h 18' 38''
126	PUCCIO Salvatore	TEAM SKY	+ 03h 19' 46''
127	GOLAS Michal	TEAM SKY	+ 03h 21' 25''
128	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	+ 03h 22' 34''
129	DOCKX Gert	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 03h 25' 10''
130	STAMSNIJDER Tom	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 03h 26' 05''
131	KNEES Christian	TEAM SKY	+ 03h 26' 35''
132	RESTREPO Jhonatan	KATUSHA	+ 03h 29' 41''
133	SKJOESTAD LUNKE Sindre	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 03h 30' 04''
134	PRADES Eduard	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 03h 33' 05''
135	COUSIN Jérome	COFIDIS	+ 03h 33' 12''
136	REIJNEN Kiel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 03h 35' 18''
137	KEIZER Martijn	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03h 37' 59''
138	BAGDONAS Gediminas	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03h 40' 10''
139	ANDERSON Ryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 03h 43' 10''
140	BEWLEY Sam	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 03h 43' 48''
141	TERPSTRA Niki	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 03h 45' 42''
142	CHETOUT LOÏC	COFIDIS	+ 03h 46' 53''
143	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 03h 47' 56''
144	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA	+ 03h 49' 18''
145	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING	+ 03h 49' 41''
146	CAMPENAERTS Victor	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03h 49' 48''
147	DRUCKER Jean-Pierre	BMC	+ 03h 52' 28''
148	VENTER Jacobus	DIMENSION DATA	+ 03h 54' 43''
149	VAN EMDEN Jos	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03h 54' 53''
150	FARIA Mario Jorge	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 03h 57' 59''
151	KOSHEVOY Ilia	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 03h 58' 12''
152	NAULEAU Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 03h 59' 16''
153	MANZIN Lorenzo	FDJ	+ 03h 59' 59''
154	VELITS Martin	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 04h 00' 54''
155	CARDIS Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 04h 02' 21''
156	RIBLON Christophe	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 04h 03' 45''
157	BOARO Manuele	TINKOFF	+ 04h 05' 53''
158	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	+ 04h 05' 55''
159	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 04h 06' 29''
160	DOUGALL Nick	DIMENSION DATA	+ 04h 06' 29''
161	SELIG Rüdiger	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 04h 09' 12''
162	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 04h 12' 25''
163	TUFT Svein	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 04h 13' 02''
164	ARNDT Nikias	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 04h 15' 44''

Stage 15 map and profile:

Stage 15 map. Riders follow the red route

Stage 15 profile

Stage 15 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

A day of racing in the dry Spanish mountains.

Riders tackle the final Sallent de Gállego/Aramón Formigal ascent

Jean-Christophe Peraud

Nairo Quintana leads Gianluca Brambilla

Quintana is not wasting his chance to gain time on Froome

I'm guessing Quintana gifted the stage win to Gianluca Brambilla

Quintana finishes 3 seconds later

Chris Froome finishes 18th, 2min 40sec after Brambilla

Froome looks like he left nothing on the road.

Alberto Contador finishes after a day of aggressive racing.

Davide Formolo finishes the stage

Alejandro Valverde takes a breather after the stage

Contador wins the day's combativity prize

Brambilla celebrates

Quintana now has a 3min 37sec lead on Froome. Is that enough to withstand Froome's superior time-trialing in stage 19?

Organizer's Stage 15 preview: Following the Aubisque, we have the shortest linear stage of the 2016 Vuelta. 118.5 spectacular kilometres between Sabiñanigo and the Aramon Formigal Ski Resort. It will be a very dangerous stage, with possible cuts if the riders travel a very fast speed, with the mountain passes of Petralba and Cotefablo, 3rd and 2nd category climbs respectively, before the final climb of Los Sarrios, a 1st category climb.

It will be a day in which to pay close attention. Attacks searching for the chance to break away will begin quite early and the nerves and exhaustion of the day before could take its toll on many of the riders.

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