Tao Geoghegan Hart took his first Grand Tour stage victory and moved up to fourth on the GC at the Giro d’italia, with a superb display on Stage 15.

The INEOS Grenadiers rider secured the team’s fifth win of this year’s race, as he saw off the Team Sunweb duo of Wilco Kelderman and Jai Hindley in a sprint for the line on the summit finish at Piancavallo.

The trio had dropped Maglia Rosa João Almeida (Deceuninck - Quick-Step) on the final climb of the day, but the Portuguese rider put in a gritty ride and showed incredible determination to hold onto the pink jersey, as he limited his losses. Kelderman, who finished second, reduced Almeida’s lead to 15 seconds heading into the second rest day, as Hindley moved onto the provisional podium at 2min 56sec down following his ride.

Geoghegan Hart sits just one second behind Hindley now as a Giro podium becomes the objective, in a big day of shake ups as Pello Bilbao (Bahrain McLaren) dropped from third to fifth. Vincenzo Nibali (Trek Segafredo) fell from fifth to seventh as he lost 59 seconds in the GC.

Rohan Dennis (INEOS Grenadiers) had been in a 12-man break that went early in the day and the Australian attacked off the front of that and had a one-minute lead going into the final climb, before the select GC group caught him and battled it out on the slopes to Piancavallo.

Monday brings a rest day and the chance for the riders to recover and strategise heading into the final week of the race.

Here are the standout efforts of the day from our live rider data system: