page_title: 2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21
section_title: Stage 14
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21 / Stage 14
caption_attribution_description: Vuelta a España 2015 &#x7c; 8ª Etapa Puebla de Don Fadrique - Murcia-27
context_page_description: The 2015 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling race that took place principally in Spain between 22 August and 13 September 2015; two stages also took place partly or wholly in Andorra. The final ten stages took the race from the mountains of Andorra to the conclusion of the Vuelta in Madrid. After the first eleven stages, Fabio Aru held the race lead, around half a minute ahead of Joaquim Rodríguez and Tom Dumoulin.
  Stage 12 was a flat stage, won by Danny van Poppel. Stage 13 was won by Nelson Oliveira from the breakaway; it was followed by a series of three consecutive summit finishes. The first of these was won by Alessandro De Marchi, as Aru and Rodríguez gained time on Dumoulin. Rodríguez won stage 15, putting him just one second behind Aru, while Dumoulin again lost significant time. Stage 16 was the final summit finish of the race and the final stage of the second week. It was won by Fränk Schleck, again from the breakaway. Rodríguez gained further time on Aru and took over the race lead, though only by a single second, while Dumoulin again lost time. The following day was a rest day.
  The final week of the race began with an individual time trial on stage 17.
context_section_description: 5 September 2015 — Vitoria-Gasteiz to Alto Campoo, Fuente del Chivo, 215 km (134 mi)
  The fourteenth stage was the first of three consecutive summit finishes. It began in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the Basque Country, and took the riders 215 kilometres (134 mi) to Alto Campoo. The stage included three categorised climbs, all of which came in the second half of the stage. The first 105 kilometres (65 mi) of the stage took the riders west, before the riders reached the first categorised climb. This was the third-category Puerto Estacas de Trueba (11 kilometres (6.8 mi) at 2.9%). After the descent, the riders immediately climbed the first-category Puerto del Escudo (11.5 kilometres (7.1 mi) at 6.4%). There was then a flat section of around 40 kilometres (25 mi) that took the riders to the foot of the final climb. This was the Alto Campoo (18 kilometres (11 mi) at 5.5%). The climb was fairly regular and, though long, was not particularly steep and was not expected to result in large gaps between the general classification riders.
  There was again aggressive racing for the first hour to get into the breakaway. Alessandro De Marchi (BMC) attacked three times during this period. The third attack came after 50 kilometres (31 mi) and ended up forming the day's main breakaway. De Marchi was joined by Salvatore Puccio (Sky), José Joaquín Rojas (Movistar), Mikaël Cherel (AG2R La Mondiale) and Carlos Quintero (Colombia). Cherel was the best-placed rider on the general classification; he was, however, over an hour down, so there was no urgent need for the peloton to chase. At the top of the first climb, the five riders had a lead of over eight minutes. This extended to nearly ten minutes following the descent and was still over nine minutes at the base of the day's final climb. Cherel was the first to attack and Puccio was the first of the riders to be dropped, though he quickly came back to the group. De Marchi pulled the other three riders back to Cherel, whereupon attacks came from Puccio and Rojas. De Marchi dropped Cherel and Quintero, then caught Rojas. With 900 metres (3,000 ft) remaining, he passed Puccio and went on to take the stage victory. Puccio finished 21 seconds further back in second place, with Rojas another 11 seconds behind in third.
  Astana, meanwhile, led the peloton in support of Aru. Luis León Sánchez and Mikel Landa were the first to apply pressure on the climb; Tom Dumoulin (Team Giant–Alpecin) was isolated from most of his teammates as the group was reduced to around 40 riders. Dario Cataldo took over and, when he tired, Aru attacked and only Quintana was able to follow for long. Rodríguez and Chaves were eventually able to catch Aru and Quintana. Quintana attacked on the steepest portion of the climb; he crossed the finish line 3' 32" behind De Marchi in sixth place on the stage. Rodríguez was six seconds behind, with Chaves and Aru a further second back. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Dumoulin finished together, 19 seconds behind Aru. Dumoulin was therefore now 49 seconds behind Aru overall.
caption: Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team), photographed during stage 8, finished sixth and took back several seconds on his general classification rivals.
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