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50km to go
Ben Swift leads the peloton for Ineos Grenadiers.
Here’s the full makeup of the chase group…
Merhawi Kudus, Hugh Carthy (EF Education-EasyPost), Nico Denz (Team DSM), Sam Oomen (Jumbo-Visma), David de la Cruz, Harold Tejada (Astana Qazaqstan), Remy Rochas (Cofidis), Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious), Antonio Pedrero (Movistar), Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates), Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo), Luca Covili (Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè)
Kudus working hard on the front of that group. One minute up to the three leaders now.
Sosa also dropped.
Kudus, Denz, Carthy, Oomen, De la Cruz, Tejada, Rochas, Buitrago, Pedrero, Costa, Ciccone are left in the group.
Mollema, Tesfatsion, Arensman all surprisingly dropped.
52km to go
Only 10 men left in that group.
The pace has gone up on the climb and the chasing group is cutting into the lead. 1:15 now.
Rojas leading the work.
Movistar lead the main breakaway group in the chase.
The gap is only growing to the rest of the break as the leaders start the climb to Verrogne.
The gap to the rest of the break has gone up to 1:20 on this flat stretch now.
57km to go
A look at the upcoming climb as the leaders pass through Aosta.
48 seconds between the three leaders and the rest. 5:10 back to the peloton.
The riders head through the regional capital of Aosta before heading back uphill now.
Van der Poel and Tusveld have made it across to Bouwman at the bottom of the descent!
Three Dutchmen out front.
62km to go
38 seconds for Bouwman now.
Tusveld is the DSM rider with Van der Poel.
Van der Poel leads the breakaway group down the descent. He and a DSM rider are off the front.
The rest of the break are closing in on the descent. Bouwman’s advantage is down to 42 seconds now.
Still, he’s a good bet to last over the next climb of Verrogne, too.
50 seconds between Bouwman and the rest. Five minutes back to the peloton.
So, Bouwman has 109 points now. Rosa is on 92.
Tesfatsion’s 18 points brings his total to 44. He could be one to watch in the final week.
70km to go
Valerio Conti (Astana Qazaqstan) is reportedly out of the race. 158 riders left in the Giro d’Italia.
Tesfatsion and Denz were second and third over the top of the climb.
18 and 12 points for them.
It looks like Van den Berg and Craddock are the only men to drop from the break so far. There are so many riders there that it’s hard to tell exactly…
40 points for Bouwman over the first-cat climb of Pila.
He’s now in virtual blue with 109 points, 17 clear of Rosa.
He heads into the final metres of the climb.
52 seconds for Bouwman now. He’s set to ride into blue here.
A shot of the breakaway before Bouwman (right) took off. Rochas and Carthy to his right.
40 seconds for Bouwman now. 2km to the top of the climb and 40 points for him.
75km to go
Now the pace ups in the break. Bouwman is 30 seconds up the road already.
Bouwman pushes on at the front now. He has a gap on the rest of the break.
Thymen Arensman is the best-placed man in GC out in the breakaway. He’s at 11:47 down, actually in 15th place so a decent position after yesterday’s carnage.
77km to go
All quiet in the peloton at the moment as Ineos control the pace.
De Bondt is hanging at the rear of the breakaway group.
I think Van den Berg is gone for good.
3:40 back to the peloton now.
I think they’re all making it back on, though. It looks like things are back together.
Pedrero, Craddock, De la Cruz out the rear of the group as a result of that. Van den Berg was also struggling out the back.
78km to go
All back together now. The Dutchman wanted to keep the pace high, seemingly.
Van der Poel is now pushing on at the front of the break up this mountain!
Here’s the profile of this climb, by the way. 12.3km at 6.9%.
The break are around 7km from the top.
Eight Dutchmen in the break, by far the most dominant nationality in the move.
There are three riders apiece from France, Spain, Colombia, and Italy by my count.
Two Eritreans, then one rider apiece from Belgium, Britain, Hungary, USA, Germany, and Portugal.
81km to go
4:10 between peloton and break now.
More sprinters, including Mark Cavendish, also drop out the back.
Already riders are dropping out the rear of the peloton. Démare is back there with his teammate Konovalovas.
82km to go
Bouwman is in a great position here in the break. 40 KOM points for him at the top of this climb and he’ll be in the maglia azzurra later.
The break begins the climb now, 4:30 up on the peloton.
De Bondt leads the way through the intermediate sprint. Not far to the bottom of the climb to Pila now.
Ineos Grenadiers lead the peloton.
4:10 back to the peloton.
87km to go
The breakaway is:
Mikaël Cherel, Nicolas Prodhomme (AG2R Citroën)
Mathieu van der Poel, Dries De Bondt (Alpecin-Fenix)
David de la Cruz, Harold Tejada (Astana Qazaqstan)
Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious)
Luca Covili (Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè)
Remy Rochas (Cofidis)
Natnael Tesfatsion (Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli)
Hugh Carthy, Merhawi Kudus, Julius van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost)
Erik Fetter (Eolo-Kometa)
Koen Bouwman, Gijs Leemreize, Sam Oomen (Jumbo-Visma)
Antonio Pedrero, JJ Rojas, Ivàn Sosa (Movistar)
Lawson Craddock (BikeExchange-Jayco)
Thymen Arensman, Nico Denz, Martijn Tusveld (Team DSM)
Giulio Ciccone, Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo)
Rui Costa, Davide Formolo (UAE Team Emirates)
Ok, just noting down the full list of breakaway riders…
2:35 between the large breakaway and peloton now.
Bike changes for Nibali and Carapaz in the peloton. It’s calmed down in the peloton as riders take natural breaks and take on food and drink.
Van der Poel is in there but we don’t have a full list of riders yet.
97km to go
We have a break! After 80km of racing.
Five out front and then around 20-25 just making the catch.
1:15 from the leaders to the peloton.
At the moment the situation is: group of five out front, a larger group of maybe 20-25 riders, then the peloton.
10 seconds between the first groups, then no set timing back to the peloton.
Ah that timing is way off. He’s at the back of the peloton now.
Only 11 seconds between the five leaders and the peloton. Diego Rosa is 1:30 down…
100km to go
We’re around 15km to go until the base of the first climb. The first intermediate sprint is coming up before then, though.
Almost 80km of fighting for the breakaway now…
Now around 15 men off the front of the peloton behind that lead quintet.
Rosa is still out the back of the peloton. He’s riding behind his team car.
Kudus, Craddock and Arensman are joined in the move by Fetter and Rochas.
Seven or eight men try to go from the peloton in response.
Up front, five men have a small gap. Arensman, Kudus, Craddock are in there.
Not sure what the issue is with Rosa there.
Diego Rosa is out the back of the peloton, meanwhile. A mechanical issue?
103km to go
Joe Dombrowski attacks from the peloton, too.
Thymen Arensman also making a move at the front.
Kudus solo out front, just a few seconds ahead of the peloton.
Holmes, Tejada, Mollema, Kudus all towards the front as riders continue to try and break away.
A downhill run and still more riders are trying to jump away. But now there’s something of a stand-off at the front as everybody looks around.
All back together again.
111km to go
Well, the group they attacked from is just part of the peloton again and they’re just a few seconds ahead along with a Bardiani rider.
Ciccone, Vansevenant going off the front of the attack group.
The front group looks to be around 15 or so riders here. Not far ahead of the peloton, though.
Ciccone pushing on at the front. A few small hills here for riders to jump away on.
Carthy, Yates, Rosa, Bouwman, Van der Poel, Ciccone all in this latest attack group.
KOM competitors Koen Bouwman and Diego Rosa are up there, though.
More and more riders make the jump off the front. It’s barely worth working out all the names because nothing seems to be sticking.
Astana, DSM, Lotto make moves.
Now the lead quintet have been brought back. All together once again…
The average speed of the first hour: 51.9kph
Still 13 seconds to the breakaway riders.
The chase group is just a few seconds up on the peloton and it now has around 10 riders in it. Edoardo Affini and Sam Oomen (Jumbo-Visma) are in there, as is Ignatas Konovalovas (Groupama-FDJ).
12 seconds between the lead group and the peloton.
119km to go
Two Jumbo riders were in there.
Almost 60km of fighting for the breakaway now.
Nope, a few more riders move away from the peloton to join the Covi, De Marchi, Ballerini group.
A few riders get across to the chase group but they’re all back in the peloton now.
19 seconds between the leaders and the chasers. 10 seconds back to the peloton from the chasers.
Démare is at the front of the peloton currently.
Now the pace ups again in the peloton and the gap goes down again…
124km to go
12 seconds between the groups, another 16 back to the peloton now.
Is this going to be the end of the moves? Covi, De Marchi and Ballerini making it across would make it eight up front and eight teams represented…
They have 10 seconds now as another group goes. De Marchi, Covi, Ballerini are on the move. Another 10 seconds back to the peloton.
128km to go
It seems like the break will be brought back soon.
The five up front are losing some time now. It’s down to 10 seconds as more attacks fly behind.
Drone Hopper, Astana, Jumbo, EF all have riders at the front of the peloton still trying to attack.
133km to go
Still just 15 seconds for the men out front.
It’s a long way to the foot of the first climb, still around 50km to go.
Oier Lazkano (Movistar) stops with some paper/plastic lodged in his rear derailleur.
The pace is still very high so not a great time to have to stop.
Yesterday the breakaway didn’t go until the 50km mark, and then Bora-Hansgrohe ended up bringing it back 30km later anyway. We’ve already passed the 40km mark today.
15 seconds for the leading quintet.
Diego Camargo (EF) leading more riders on the attack.
137km to go
Five up front but not a big gap back to the peloton. Maybe 10 seconds.
Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe) has made it across now.
Sylvain Moniquet (Lotto), Andrea Vendrame (AG2R), Anthony Perez (Cofidis), Alessandro Tonelli (Bardiani) have a few seconds.
A couple of riders have a few seconds.
Cofidis, Bardiani, AG2R trying now. Almost 40km done and we haven’t really been close to a break going…
Natnael Tesfatsion up there, too.
Hugh Carthy on the move now but still nobody is getting any separation from the peloton.
145km to go
Covi up front once again now.
Alpecin, Movistar, Astana… An endless list of teams attempting to get involved at the front.
Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè making a move now. Jumbo, QuickStep, Bahrain behind.
A shot of the crash earlier on, with Carapaz involved.
150km to go
And we try again. More attacks still coming at the front…
Now it’s all back together again…
152km to go
Ballerini, Magnus Cort, Dario Cataldo, Alessandro De Marchi also up front. More riders coming across, too.
Dries De Bondt (Alpecin-Fenix) among the attackers.
57kph speeds as the riders keep attacking at the front. It’s a hard start to the day after yesterday’s stage.
A few riders have clipped off the front now, just a few seconds up ahead.
Trek and Bora are also trying.
EF and Israel also active up front.
KOM leader Diego Rosa still up there trying to make the break.
Still no separation between the riders trying to attack and the peloton.
Davide Ballerini up front in the peloton along with a couple of Jumbo riders.
Now it’s over for the leading trio.
161km to go
The lead trio are almost caught back.
Trek, QuickStep, Eolo, Alpecin, Jumbo all sending men up front to attack.
Now it’s just 12 seconds to Covi, Davy, and Vanhoucke.
A large mix of riders from different teams now trying to push on from the peloton.
166km to go
23 seconds up to the attackers as Carapaz and co get back in.
Three Ineos men dropped back to help Carapaz. The group is just about to rejoin the peloton.
David de la Cruz and Diego Rosa among those attacking now.
It shouldn’t be any problem for Carapaz and the rest to get back on. Just a bit of energy wasted early on, though.
Trek-Segafredo lead more attacks from the peloton.
20 seconds from them to the peloton. Another 40 seconds back to the small group with Carapaz who were held up in the crash.
170km to go
Vanhoucke, Covi, and Davy are still pushing out front.
It doesn’t look like anybody is seriously hurt after that. Riders all back up and running pretty quickly.
Carapaz falls onto the grass at the side of the road. Maybe 7 or 8 more went down and more were held up. Guillaume Martin, Simon Yates, and Fernando Gaviria were also involved.
A crash in the peloton! Maglia rosa Carapaz is involved.
They’re around 10 seconds up on the peloton as riders still try to get away behind.
Vanhoucke and Covi are joined by Groupama-FDJ man Clement Davy.
174km to go
Harm Vanhoucke (Lotto Soudal) on the attack now. Alessandro Covi (UAE Team Emirates) with him.
Maglia azzurra Diego Rosa is also among those fighting up front, unsurprisingly.
More riders try to make it out front. Arnaud Démare is up there!
177km to go
The flag drops and the attacks start! Matt Holmes (Lotto Soudal) on the move straight away.
We’re just waiting for the riders to get through to km0 and then see the battle for today’s breakaway.
And here we go! The riders have rolled out to start the neutral zone.
Moments away from the start now…
A good reception for Carapaz as he leaves the bus and heads to the start of the stage this morning.
Ready to race 👊We’ve got a Maglia Rosa to defend 💗@RichardCarapazM #Giro pic.twitter.com/tE9GQz8JK9May 22, 2022
Of course, we have a new race leader today in Richard Carapaz. “The last week will be very competitive and pretty complicated,” he said after stage 14.
Carapaz in leader’s maglia rosa starts a new Giro d’Italia for Ineos Grenadiers
Under 10 minutes to the start of the roll out now. The riders will roll through a 4.6km neutral zone before the flag drops and the stage gets underway.
Before we begin stage 15 – there’s around 15 minutes to go before the riders roll out – why not check out our rider of the day from stage 14?
Wilco Kelderman took the title for his long stint on the front of the GC group, and as a representative of Bora-Hansgrohe’s work in shaping the stage.
Giro d’Italia rider of the day: Kelderman helps Bora-Hansgrohe blow stage 14 apart
Here’s what they’re all fighting for (well, not all of them at this point)…
“On the day when anything could happen, almost everything did. For two weeks, the favourites for this Giro had been measured in their approach, carefully meting out their efforts and limiting their exposure. Then, in the space of 147 dizzying kilometres in the hills around Turin, the previous logic of the Giro seemed to collapse upon itself.”
Those were Barry Ryan’s words on yesterday’s tumultuous stage 14. He spoke to Domenico Pozzovivo, Pello Bilbao, Simon Yates, and Guillaume Martin about the stage and today’s mountain test.
The first-category climbs of Pila and Verrogne offer up 40-18-12-9-6-4-2-1 points while the second-category summit finish at Cogne offers 18-8-6-4-2-1 points.
A maximum of 98 KOM points on offer today, then.
Diego Rosa (Eolo-Kometa) remains in blue after taking nine points yesterday. He’s on 92 points to Koen Bouwman (Jumbo-Visma) on 69.
GC men Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) are next on 62 and 56 points, while the Bora-Hansgrohe duo of Lennard Kämna and Wilco Kelderman, and Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) are next on 43, 36, and 30 points.
Who will make it out front to battle for the massive number of points on offer today?
The riders will take on 90km of mostly flat roads (though heading slightly uphill all the time) before they hit any of the big mountains though.
We should see a big fight for the breakaway with plenty of riders hoping to battle it out for the maglia azzurra KOM jersey during that long run to the first climb of Pila.
Here’s a look at the climbs on the menu today. Click here for a zoomed-in view
The action was non-stop yesterday, with a 50km battle for a breakaway which lasted around 30km before Bora-Hansgrohe blew the race apart, then a long GC fight over hilly circuit on the final 70km.
Today the riders have to head to the Alps and take on three mountains, including two hard first-category climbs. Depending on how teams approach today it could be carnage once again…
If you needed a reminder of what went on yesterday, here’s our stage 14 report…
Giro d’Italia: Simon Yates captures solo win on stage 14 in Turin
45 minutes to the start in Rivarolo Canavese and the remaining 159 riders are signing in for stage 15 this morning.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia as the race heads into the Alps. Have you recovered from the non-stop action of yesterday’s race to Turin yet?
