2015 Giro d'Italia

2015 Giro d'Italia

2015 UCI World Tour, race 15 of 28[1]
Alberto Contador, winner of the 2015 Giro, wearing the pink jersey
Race details
Dates	9 May – 31 May 2015
Stages	21
Distance	3,481.8 km (2,163 mi)
Winning time	88h 22' 25"
Results
Winner  Alberto Contador (ESP) (Tinkoff–Saxo)   Second  Fabio Aru (ITA) (Astana)   Third  Mikel Landa (ESP) (Astana) Points  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) (Trek Factory Racing) Mountains  Giovanni Visconti (ITA) (Movistar Team) Youth  Fabio Aru (ITA) (Astana)   Sprints  Marco Bandiera (ITA) (Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec)   Combativity  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (BMC Racing Team)   Team Astana   Team points Astana
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The 2015 Giro d'Italia (English: Tour of Italy) was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in May 2015. It was the 98th running of the Giro d'Italia and took place principally in Italy, although some stages visited France and Switzerland. The 3,481.8-kilometre (2,163.5 mi) race included 21 stages, beginning in San Lorenzo al Mare on 9 May and concluding in Milan on 31 May. It was the fifteenth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. The Giro was won by Alberto Contador (Tinkoff–Saxo), with Fabio Aru (Astana) second and Aru's teammate Mikel Landa third.

Contador first took the lead after stage 5, the race's first uphill finish. His defence of the pink jersey (given to the leader in the General classification in the Giro d'Italia) was put in doubt when he injured his left shoulder in a crash in the sixth stage. He held his lead through several stages stage but was caught up in another crash in stage 13, which caused him to lose the lead. He took the lead back the following day in the 59.4-kilometre (36.9 mi) Individual time trial, where he gained a lead of several minutes over all his rivals. Despite aggressive riding from Aru and Landa in the final week, Contador was able to defend his lead to the finish of the race. This was his third Giro d'Italia title, after the 2008 race.

As well as finishing second overall, Aru won the white jersey as the best young rider in the week. Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek Factory Racing) won the points competition and Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) won the mountains classification. Astana finished first in both the team ranking by time and the team ranking by points. Contador, Visconti and Nizzolo all won their classifications without winning any stage victories.