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The '''2015 Giro d'Italia''' ({{Lang-en|Tour of Italy}}) was a three-week [[Grand Tour (cycling)|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 {{Convert|3481.8|km|adj = on}} 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]] ({{Ct|TTS|2015}}), with [[Fabio Aru]] ({{Ct|AST|2015}}) second and Aru's teammate [[Mikel Landa]] third.
The '''2015 Giro d'Italia''' ({{Lang-en|Tour of Italy}}) was a three-week [[Grand Tour (cycling)|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 {{Convert|3481.8|km|adj = on}} 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]] ({{Ct|TTS|2015}}), with [[Fabio Aru]] ({{Ct|AST|2015}}) 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 {{Convert|59.4|km|adj = on}} [[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 Giro d'Italia|2008 race]].
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 {{Convert|59.4|km|adj = on}} [[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 Giro d'Italia|2008 race]].


As well as finishing second overall, Aru won the white jersey as the best young rider in the week. [[Giacomo Nizzolo]] ({{ct|TFR|2015}}) won the points competition and [[Giovanni Visconti (cyclist)|Giovanni Visconti]] ([[Movistar Team (men's team)|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.
As well as finishing second overall, Aru won the white jersey as the best young rider in the week. [[Giacomo Nizzolo]] ({{ct|TFR|2015}}) won the points competition and [[Giovanni Visconti (cyclist)|Giovanni Visconti]] ([[Movistar Team (men's team)|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.

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2015 Giro d'Italia
2015 UCI World Tour, race 15 of 28[1]
Alberto Contador climbing while wearing the pink leader's jersey
Alberto Contador, winner of the 2015 Giro, wearing the pink jersey
Race details
Dates9 May – 31 May 2015
Stages21
Distance3,481.8 km (2,163 mi)
Winning time88h 22' 25"
Results
Winner  Alberto Contador (ESP)

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The 2015 Giro d'Italia (Template:Lang-en) 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 (You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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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 (You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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  • {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.) 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.

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of teams and cyclists in the 2015 Giro d'Italia.

As the Giro d'Italia was a UCI World Tour event, all seventeen UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and obliged to send a squad.[2] Five UCI Professional Continental teams were given wildcard places in the race by RCS Sport, the race organisers. Four of these were Italian-based teams: You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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The team presentation took place in San Remo on the evening before the first stage.[6] As each team sent nine riders to the race, the startlist contained 198 riders.[7] George Bennett (You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Alberto Contador, wearing a pink skinsuit, riding his time trial bike
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  • {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.), two of the most successful active Grand Tour riders, also chose to focus on the Tour and to skip the Giro.[10] Contador, who had won the 2014 Vuelta a España, was attempting to win both the Giro and the Tour in the same season. No rider had achieved this double since Marco Pantani in 1998; Contador described his ambition to do "something that people will remember forever".[14] Contador's last attempt to win both the Giro and the Tour – in the 2011 season – ended in failure. Although he finished first in the Giro, he only managed fifth place in the Tour; both results were subsequently removed because of a ban due to a doping case from 2010.[11]

The rider considered most likely to challenge Contador for the general classification was Richie Porte (Sky). Porte had already achieved nine race victories in 2015, including the overall victories in Paris–Nice, the Volta a Catalunya and the Giro del Trentino. Porte was expected to be particularly strong in the individual time trial, as well as in the mountains. Porte had not shown consistent form in a Grand Tour in recent years, however, and there were doubts about his ability to maintain his form over a three-week race.[11][12][15]

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Other prominent riders to start the race included a large number of prominent sprinters, including André Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) and Michael Matthews (You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Route and stages

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The Dolomites around Madonna di Campiglio, where stage 15 finished

The first announcement of the route for the 2015 Giro came in July 2014, when RCS Sport announced that it would begin with a team time trial from San Lorenzo al Mare along the coast to San Remo. The route would use the Riviera dei Fiori cycle path and would start at the foot of the Cipressa climb made famous by its inclusion in the Milan–San Remo classic. The route used neither the climb of the Cipressa nor that of the Poggio di San Remo; it kept to the coastline and was entirely flat. The stage would end on the Lungomare Italo Calvino in San Remo. The following two stages were announced at the same time. The second stage – the first mass-start stage of the race – would suit the sprinters, while the third stage would take the riders to La Spezia, where the small climb of the Biassa would come towards the end of the stage.[17] A further route announcement was made in mid-September. Mauro Vegni, the race director, announced that the Giro would return to the climb of the Madonna di Campiglio for the first time since 1999. In the 1999 Giro, Marco Pantani won the stage that finished on the climb and was in the race lead; he failed a test for EPO use, however, and was expelled from the race.[18] The full route announcement was made in Milan on 6 October at an event attended by many riders expected to participate in the Giro.[19]

An additional stage in Liguria was included in the route. This was the new third stage, with the stage to La Spezia now stage 4.[20] The additional stage was hilly but had a long flat section towards the finish.[21] The first summit finish of the race came on the second-category climb of the Abetone at the end of stage 5.[22] There was then one flat stage, which was followed by the hilly stage 7, which was the longest stage in any Giro d'Italia since 2000 at 263 kilometres (163 mi).[23][24] These took the riders south along the Tyrrhenian coast and into Campania and then inland towards the southern Apennines.[20] The race then entered the mountains for stages 8 and 9. Stage 8 had a summit finish on the Campitello Matese; stage 9 included mountains and hills throughout.[23] This was followed by the race's first rest day.[20]

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The individual time trial took the riders through the vineyards around Valdobbiadene.

The rest day included a transfer to Civitanova Marche on the Adriatic coast. The subsequent stages took the riders along the coast and then into the Dolomites.[20] Immediately after the rest day, there were four relatively flat stages, although two of them included hills towards the end.[23] These were followed by the race's only individual time trial. This was 59.2 kilometres (36.8 mi) in length and was one of the longest time trials in the Giro in recent years.[20] It began with 30 kilometres (19 mi) of flat roads, which were followed by rolling roads towards the finish line in Valdobbiadene.[25] After the time trial came the stage to Madonna di Campiglio, which included several other difficult climbs.[26] This was followed by the second rest day.[20]

The final week of the race began with a stage that crossed the very difficult Passo di Mortirolo on the way to a finish on a third-category climb in Aprica. Cycling Weekly described this as "this year's blockbuster stage".[27] This was followed by one of the flattest stages of the race, which took the Giro out of Italy for the first time in 2015 as it crossed into Switzerland for a finish in Lugano.[28] There were then three consecutive days with high mountains. The eighteenth stage of the race started in Melide, Switzerland in Switzerland and took the riders across the difficult Monte Ologno before a difficult descent to the finish.[29] There were then two consecutive summit finishes on the Cervinia and on Sestriere. The final stage was a largely ceremonial flat stage towards a finish in Milan.[23]

The highest climb of the 2015 Giro – known as the Cima Coppi – was the Colle delle Finestre on the penultimate stage. This was 2,178 metres (7,146 ft) above sea level. In general, the climbs were lower than in previous years, following controversy in the 2014 Giro over the crossing of the Passo dello Stelvio. The race organisers also tried to make the transfers between stages shorter.[20]

List of stages[30][31]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 9 May San Lorenzo al Mare to Sanremo 17.6 km (11 mi) Team time trial You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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2 10 May Albenga to Genoa 177 km (110 mi) Flat stage  Elia Viviani (ITA)
3 11 May Rapallo to Sestri Levante 136 km (85 mi) Medium-mountain stage  Michael Matthews (AUS)
4 12 May Chiavari to La Spezia 150 km (93 mi) Medium-mountain stage  Davide Formolo (ITA)
5 13 May La Spezia to Abetone 152 km (94 mi) Medium-mountain stage  Jan Polanc (SLO)
6 14 May Montecatini Terme to Castiglione della Pescaia 183 km (114 mi) Flat stage  André Greipel (GER)
7 15 May Grosseto to Fiuggi 264 km (164 mi) Flat stage  Diego Ulissi (ITA)
8 16 May Fiuggi to Campitello Matese 186 km (116 mi) Mountain stage[32]  Beñat Intxausti (ESP)
9 17 May Benevento to San Giorgio del Sannio 224 km (139 mi) Medium-mountain stage  Paolo Tiralongo (ITA)
18 May Rest day (Civitanova Marche)
10 19 May Civitanova Marche to Forlì 200 km (124 mi) Flat stage  Nicola Boem (ITA)
11 20 May Forlì to Imola (Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari) 153 km (95 mi) Medium-mountain stage  Ilnur Zakarin (RUS)
12 21 May Imola to Vicenza (Monte Berico) 190 km (118 mi) Medium-mountain stage  Philippe Gilbert (BEL)
13 22 May Montecchio Maggiore to Jesolo 147 km (91 mi) Flat stage  Sacha Modolo (ITA)
14 23 May Treviso to Valdobbiadene 59.4 km (37 mi) Individual time trial  Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)
15 24 May Marostica to Madonna di Campiglio 165 km (103 mi) Mountain stage  Mikel Landa (ESP)
25 May Rest day (Madonna di Campiglio)
16 26 May Pinzolo to Aprica 174 km (108 mi) Mountain stage  Mikel Landa (ESP)
17 27 May Tirano to Lugano (Switzerland) 134 km (83 mi) Flat stage  Sacha Modolo (ITA)
18 28 May Melide (Switzerland) to Verbania 170 km (106 mi) Medium-mountain stage  Philippe Gilbert (BEL)
19 29 May Gravellona Toce to Cervinia 236 km (147 mi) Mountain stage  Fabio Aru (ITA)
20 30 May Saint-Vincent to Sestriere 196 km (122 mi) Mountain stage  Fabio Aru (ITA)
21 31 May Turin to Milan 185 km (115 mi) Flat stage  Iljo Keisse (BEL)

Race overview

Main articles: 2015 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11 and 2015 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21
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Stage 1, the team time trial, was won by You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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  • {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.. Simon Gerrans was the first rider to cross the line, so he became the first leader of the race. Tinkoff-Saxo were second, seven seconds slower, which made Contador the best-placed rider among the general classification favourites. He gained six seconds on Aru and twenty seconds on Porte.[33] Elia Viviani won the sprint on stage 2; he therefore took the lead in the points classification. Michael Matthews finished seventh on the stage and moved into the pink jersey.[34] Matthews extended his lead by winning stage 3 in a sprint from a reduced group.[35] There was particular concern during the stage after Domenico Pozzovivo (You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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  • {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.) from an early breakaway. Astana raced aggressively in the second part of the stage and put significant pressure on the other general classification riders; Rigoberto Urán lost more than 40 seconds, while Tinkoff-Saxo appeared weak in support of Contador. Matthews lost around 20 minutes; Simon Clarke took over the lead of the race. Clarke was the third Australian rider for the You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Mikel Landa, wearing the blue Astana jersey, riding ahead of Fabio Aru, who is wearing the white jersey of the best young rider
Mikel Landa (left) leading Fabio Aru (both Astana) during stage 16

Contador continued to be troubled by his injury during stage 8, which finished on the climb of the Campitello Matese. The stage was won by Beñat Intxausti (Movistar), who was in the day's early breakaway and attacked on the final climb. Astana again rode hard to put pressure on the other riders; eventually a group formed of Contador, Aru, Porte and Landa. Landa then attacked and finished second on the stage, 15 seconds ahead of the other three riders. He therefore moved up into fifth place overall, while Contador increased his lead over Aru by winning bonus seconds at an intermediate sprint.[41] Stage 9 was also won by a rider from a breakaway: Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) took a solo victory. Aru, Contador, Porte and Landa were again alone in a group towards the end of the stage; although they came to the finish together, Aru took a second out of the others in the sprint. This moved him to three seconds behind Contador. The following day was the first rest day of the race.[42]

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  • {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.) sprinted to the victory from a small group. A large group – including Contador, Aru and Landa – finished together. Porte, however, suffered a mechanical problem in the final 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) and he was unable to regain contact with the main group, despite assistance from his teammates and from Michael Matthews, Porte's fellow Australian. Porte lost over 40 seconds to the other general classification favourites.[43] After the stage, it was revealed that Porte had been given assistance by another Australian You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Stage 11 was won by Ilnur Zakarin, who attacked from an all-day breakaway 23 kilometres (14 mi) from the finish line and rode solo to the finish. The general classification favourites all finished together.[45] Stage 12 finished with a short, steep climb. It was won by Philippe Gilbert (BMC). Contador finished second to win six bonus seconds; his lead was further extended as Aru and Landa both lost several seconds on the climb.[46] Contador lost the lead the following day, however. The stage was won in a bunch sprint by Sacha Modolo (You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Stage 14 was the individual time trial, which was won by Vasil Kiryienka (Sky). Contador finished third on the stage, nearly three minutes ahead of Aru. Contador therefore moved back into the race lead. Contador passed Landa on the road, despite starting three minutes after him; Landa lost over four minutes and fell to seventh place overall. Movistar's Andrey Amador moved up into third.[48] Stage 15 was the final stage of the second week and was the climb to Madonna di Campiglio. Landa won the stage after Astana rode hard on the final climb; he finished five seconds ahead of Contador and moved back up to fourth place. Contador finished a second ahead of Aru and extended his lead further due to bonus seconds for his third-place finish.[49] Porte, who had lost over 30 minutes during the weekend following the crash in stage 13, withdrew from the race after the stage.[50]

After the rest day, Landa won a second consecutive stage. Contador had suffered a puncture at the foot of the penultimate climb – the Mortirolo – and at one point was nearly a minute behind Landa and Aru. Contador caught Landa and Aru, however, then attacked them. Although Landa was able to follow Contador's attack, Aru was not. On the final climb to Aprica, Landa attacked and won the stage, 38 seconds ahead of Contador. Aru, meanwhile, lost nearly three minutes to Landa. Landa moved up into second place, although he was still over four minutes behind Contador, with Aru now third.[51] Sacha Modolo won his second stage the following day, in a sprint finish, with Giacomo Nizzolo (You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Stage 19 was the first of two consecutive summit finishes. The stage was won by Aru, who attacked early in the final climb. Contador was content to let the other riders dictate the pace in the chasing group, which finished over a minute behind Aru. Landa finished in the same group; Aru therefore moved back ahead of him into second place overall.[54] Aru won again on stage 20, the final difficult stage of the Giro. Contador was isolated from his teammates early in the first of the day's two climbs. The roads towards the top of the climb – the Colle delle Finestre – were gravel. Landa attacked around this point and Contador was unable to follow. With Contador struggling, the other riders in the group attacked. Contador was a minute behind them at the summit, with Landa further ahead.[55] At the foot of the final climb, Landa was ordered by his team to wait for Aru with the hope that, by working together, the two riders could put enough time into Contador to win the Giro.[56] Aru attacked in the final kilometres of the final climb to Sestriere and won the stage. Landa was 24 seconds behind. Despite losing over two minutes, Contador retained his race lead.[55]

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Classification leadership

Beñat Intxausti riding uphill in the blue jersey of the leader of the mountains classification
Beñat Intxausti (Movistar) wearing the blue jersey as leader of the mountains classification during stage 16. The classification was won by his teammate Giovanni Visconti.

In the 2015 Giro d'Italia, four different jerseys were awarded. The first and most important is the general classification, calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. Riders received time bonuses for finishing in the first three places on each stage (excluding the team time trial and individual time trial). The rider with the lowest cumulative time was awarded the pink jersey (the maglia rosa) and was considered the winner of the Giro d'Italia.[59][60]

Additionally, there was a points classification. Riders won points for finishing in the top 15 on each stage. Flat stages award more points that mountainous stages, meaning that this classification tends to favour sprinters. In addition, points can be won in intermediate sprints. The winner of the points classification won the red jersey.[59][60]

There was also a mountains classification. Points were awarded for reaching the top of a climb towards the front of the race. Each climb will be categorized as either first, second, third, or fourth-category, with more points available for the higher-categorized climbs. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awards more points than the other first-category climbs. At 2,178 metres (7,146 ft), the Cima Coppi for the 2015 Giro d'Italia was the unpaved Colle delle Finestre.[59][60][61]

The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1990 were eligible. The winner of the classification was awarded a white jersey.[59]

There were also two classifications for teams. In the Trofeo Fast Team classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added up; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time. The Trofeo Super Team was a team points classification, with the top 20 placed riders on each stage earning points (20 for first place, 19 for second place and so on, down to a single point for 20th) for their team.[59]

Classification leadership by stage
Stage Winner General classification
A pink jersey 		Points classification
A red jersey 		Mountains classification
A blue jersey 		Young rider classification
A white jersey 		Trofeo Fast Team Trofeo Super Team
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Notes
  • In stage 3, Esteban Chaves, who was second in the young riders classification, wore the white jersey, because Michael Matthews (in first place) wore the pink jersey as leader of the general classification during that stage.
  • In stage 14, Davide Formolo, who was second in the young riders classification, wore the white jersey, because Fabio Aru (in first place) wore the pink jersey as leader of the general classification during that stage.

Final standings

Legend
  A pink jersey   Denotes the leader of the General classification   A blue jersey   Denotes the leader of the Mountains classification
  A red jersey   Denotes the leader of the Points classification   A white jersey   Denotes the leader of the Young rider classification
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