(ANSA) - Rome, May 21 - Simon Yates extended his lead over
Tom Dumoulin to two minutes 11 seconds by winning stage 15 of
the Giro d'Italia Sunday ahead of a tine trial where the Dutch
reigning champion is favoured on Tuesday.
"It's a good gap but he (Dumoulin) can take two minutes out
of me in a time trial," said the Briton after winning his third
stage this year at Sappada in the Dolomites.
Fellow Briton Chris Froome looks out of its after losing back
one and a half minutes to Yates in the mountains.
How they finished Sunday:
1. Simon Yates (Gbr) in 4h37'56" (+10" bonus)
(av. speed 37.995 km/h)
2. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) at 00'41" (+06" bonus)
3. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) s.t. (+04" bonus)
4. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) s.t.
5. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) s.t.
6. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) s.t.
7. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) at 01'20"
8. Davide Formolo (Ita) s.t.
9. Pello Bilbao (Spa) s.t.
10. Sam Oomen (Ned) s.t.
11. Sebastien Reichenbach (Svi) s.t.
12. Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) s.t.
13. Patrick Konrad (Aut) s.t.
17. Chris Froome (Gbr) at 01'32"
69. Fabio Aru (Ita) at 19'31".
General classification:
1. Simon Yates (Gbr) in 65h57'37"
(km 2,678.7, av.speed 40.603 km/h)
2. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) at 02'11"
3. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) at 02'28"
4. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) at 02'37"
5. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) at 04'27"
6. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) at 04'47"
7. Chris Froome (Gbr) at 04'52"
8. George Bennett (Nzl) at 05'34"
9. Pello Bilbao (Spa) at 05'59"
10. Patrick Konrad (Aut) at 06'13"
11. Rohan Dennis (Aus) at 06'41"
12. Ben O'Connor (Aus) at 07'12"
13. Sam Oomen (Ned) at 07'27"
18. Davide Formolo (Ita) at 09'56"
22. Fabio Aru (Ita) at 25'14".
Yates extends lead ahead of time trial (2)
Dumoulin 2 mins behind