Giro d’Italia 2023: Brandon McNulty denies Ben Healy to win Stage 15, Bruno Armirail loses time but keeps pink

Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) took a maiden Grand Tour win on Stage 15’s ‘mini Lombardia’ at the Giro d’Italia after edging out Ben Healy (EF Education–EasyPost) and Marco Frigo (Israel-Premier Tech). The American closed down an earlier move from Healy, then clung to him on the last climb as the pair went into the finale together – unaware that their cat-and-mouse tactics were allowing Frigo back into contention.

Ad Frigo roared past the pair and looked good for a sprint win, only for McNulty and Healy to surge back past and finish one-two. Giro d'ItaliaHealy and Rubio have argy-bargy for KOM points as fans rush to get out of way3 HOURS AGO Bruno Armirail (Groupama-FDJ) will take the maglia rosa into the second rest day despite losing time on the final climb, with Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma), Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) and Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) only mounting brief attacks.

Armirail leads Thomas by 1'08" on GC, with Roglic at 1'10" and Almeida at 1'30". More to follow.