The 91st Giro d’Italia’s hardest stage – 154 kilometres and five major mountain passes – Italy’s Emanuele Sella bolted clear of his escape companions to win atop the Passo Fedaia, 24 hours after topping the Alpe di Pampeago for victory. Second was Sella’s CSF Group team-mate Domenico Pozzovivo.

Results

1 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 4.53.24 (31.492 km/h)
2 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 2.05
3 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.11
4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 2.20
5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-2.27
6 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana
7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.34
8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.18
9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 3.22
10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 3.27
11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
12 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 3.49
13 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 5.07
14 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 5.10
15 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana
16 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto 6.13
17 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 6.52
18 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7.26
19 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 7.27
20 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 7.47
21 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 8.34
22 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 8.48
23 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 9.06
24 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
25 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) CSF Group Navigare

General classification after stage 15

1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 68.06.43
2 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.33
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 0.55
4 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 1.18
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.20
6 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 1.26
7 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.27
8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.50
9 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 4.04
10 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 4.41
11 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 4.44
12 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 5.58
13 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 6.26
14 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 8.35
15 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 8.53
16 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 9.07
17 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes 9.17
18 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes 12.16
19 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 12.25
20 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre