Vuelta a España stage 15 Live – Major GC day closes the second week of racing

General Classification after week two

1. Ben O’Connor (DAT) 60:19’22”
2. Primož Roglič (RBH) +43″
3. Enric Mas (MOV) +2’23”
4. Richard Carapaz (EFE) +2’44”
5. Mikel Landa (SOQ) +3’05”
6. Florian Lipowitz (RBH) +4’33”
7. David Gaudu (GFC) +4’39”
8. Carlos Rodríguez (IGD) +4’40”
9. Mattias Skjelmose (LTK) +4’51”
10. Pavel Sivakov (UAD) +5’12”

Stage 15 top 10

1. Pablos Castrillo (EKP) 3:45’51”
2. Aleksandr Vlasov (RBH) +12″
3. Pavel Sivakov (UAD) +31″
4. Enric Mas (MOV) +1’04”
5. Primož Roglič (RBH) S.T.
6. Mattias Skjelmose (LTK) +1’09”
7. Richard Carapaz (EFE) +1’13”
8. Sepp Kuss (TVL) +1’22”
9. Mikel Landa (SOQ) +1’27”
10. David Gaudu (GFC) +1’37”

Ben O’Connor (DAT) holds onto red for another day and a very well deserved rest day. 

Primož Roglič (RBH) catches Enric Mas (MOV) on the line with Matthias Skjelmose (LTK) just behind. 

Pablo Castrillo WINS stage 15 of La Vuelta a España 2024! The Kern Pharma rider takes a magnificent victory. What an amazing ride. 

Mas (MOV) drops Roglič (RBH) and Castrillo (EKP) drops Vlasov (RBH)! Incredible racing. 

Attack

Pablo Castrillo (EKP) launches yet again! Aleksandr Vlasov (RBH) can follow but can he hold off the Russian rider. 

Enric Mas (MOV) is gapping Primož Roglič (RBH)! This isn’t going as well as the Slovenian perhaps though. 

Castrillo (EKP) finds something and manages a brief acceleration out of the saddle but they have done the steepest point and Vlasov (RBH) is on him. 

Both riders in a world of pain. The steepest gradients come now! 24% gradient for these two gladiators. This is an incredible effort by both of these riders with 800 metres to go. 

Flamme Rouge!

Vlasov (RBH) catches Castrillo (EKP)!

O’Connor (DAT) is refinding himself and is only 20″ back on Primož Roglič (RBH) and Enric Mas (MOV).

Attack in chase

Aleksandr Vlasov (RBH)

Further back, Enric Mas (MOV) catches Primož Roglič (RBH)! 

Sivakov (UAD) and Vlasov (RBH) reappear through the fog as they start closing back in on Castrillo (EKP). 

The fog has descended on the mountain and Castrillo (EKP) has 16″ gap on Sivakov (UAD) and…