00:00Injury, Caspar Asgreen win once again, wins once again and EF Education first
00:06take win number two at the Giro d'Italia that was nothing short of
00:10sensational by Asgreen the motor behind the breakaway he wins and he wins by a
00:16handsome margin over the chase that was powerless to do anything. Stage 15 the
00:21second longest stage of the entire 108th Giro d'Italia, 219 mountainous
00:27kilometers starting at Fiume Veneto and heading up to a finish in the town of
00:33Asiago. A real test, a four-star stage and a day when the GC race would surely
00:38ignite. A day for the climbers and a day for UAE team Emirates Juan Ayuso and the
00:43race leader Isaac del Toro to consolidate their advantage and for Primoz Roglic
00:47perhaps to make up some of the time lost on a couple of unfortunate days of
00:51racing for him. A test then of the Maglia Rosa's credentials, the young Mexican
00:56leading the race so far immaculately and not putting a foot wrong. A big day for a
01:02breakaway potentially as well and as the flag dropped at kilometre zero the
01:05attacks started and they did not relent for kilometre after kilometre. All the way
01:10in fact to the first intermediate sprint where Maz Pedersen just about held off the
01:14challenge of Jenson Plowright to pick up another 12 points in the Maglia Ciclamino.
01:19Olaf Coy picking up five for third place. Then a four-man breakaway went of Patrick
01:24Conrad, Lorenzo Melesi, Mattia Baiss and Michael Hepburn as they hit the steep slopes
01:30of the Moro di Car del Poggio. It was Nicola Conchi who went over at the top in
01:35first place for Astana but behind him the race had fractured. There were groups all
01:40over the place and it was Antonio Tiberi who was on the back foot having to be
01:45piloted by his teammates back to the front. Marco Frigo then went through the
01:50second and final intermediate sprint of the day in first place as they hit the
01:55lower slopes of Monte Grappa. A big breakaway group had formed at the peloton
02:00keeping them tight because the Colombian climber Aino Rubio was in the breakaway
02:05and a threat in the general classification.
02:08UAE Team Emirates in control of the peloton. Movistar driving on the group at the
02:14front of the race with Lorenzo Fortunato, the king of the mountains.
02:17And it was then that Georg Steinhauser and Lorenzo Fortunato went clear as Ineos
02:24Grenadiers took up the pace for Egan Bernal further behind in the group of
02:28favorites at three minutes further down the mountain.
02:30In the fog then at the top of the Monte Grappa climb it was Lorenzo Fortunato who
02:47went over the top in first place and took 40 points and meanwhile Marco Frigo swept
02:52past Fortunato to hit the long descent in first place on home roads. The
02:57Malia Rosa group then trying to exert their advantage of a Primoz Roglic who
03:01got caught out and was off the back in a group trying to get back on. The
03:06groups came together a little bit on the descent and a fresh breakaway was formed
03:11featuring Carlos Verona who hadn't been in the first breakaway as they headed to
03:15the second climb of the day, the category two ascent of Dodi.
03:19Carlos Verona then did not hesitate to attack a long way out, 15.6 kilometers in fact from
03:31the top of the climb.
03:32But Carlos Verona was marauding off the front holding a 30 second lead through the Red Bull
03:41kilometer ahead of Filippo Zana and Garofoli from Sudar Quickstep. It was then Richard
03:46Carapaz who attacked Isaac del Toro. Del Toro straight onto the wheel of Carapaz taking
03:51a little group off the front with Egon Bernal once again and Roglic struggling and losing
03:56time. Over the top of the last categorized climb it was Verona in the front of the race,
04:01Simon Yates attacking and Isaac del Toro right onto his wheel as Primoz Roglic now found himself
04:08in a group 40 seconds and going out further back down the road.
04:15With only one professional win to his name in his long and glorious career, Carlos Verona,
04:22a winner at the Dauphiné four years ago, comes to Italy in triumph and takes the first big
04:27stage in the Alves. Carlos Verona blasted away early on that final climb and was never seen
04:35again. The day after Giulio Ciccone had to abandon the race upstepped Carlos Verona and took a win.
04:49Filippo Fiorelli out sprinting everybody in the group of favorites finishing as one except for
04:54Primoz Roglic who lost a great deal more time on a damaging day for his GC race stage 15. Verona there
05:00with his family on hand making his way to the podium for the greatest win of the 32 year old's career.
05:08A domestique year in year out riding for Lidltrek though the first win for Verona for his new team
05:15and one that he will never forget. By 22 seconds ahead of Florian Storch in second place.
05:22Isaac del Toro once again fully in command and in control of the Giro d'Italia 15 stages in.
05:31Primoz Roglic dropping down to 10th place and the Maliu Ciclamino, the teammate of Carlos Verona,
05:36extending his lead once again in the points overall standings.
05:41An excellent day for Lorenzo Fortunato in the King of the Mountains competition.
05:45He picked up a further 40 points and has a gigantic lead over Juan Ayuso now.
05:52And of course Isaac del Toro, another day in white with an unchanged advantage over his
05:57nearest rival and teammate, Juan Ayuso.
06:02he's a 1-perman.
