Belgian Jasper Philipsen won the Vuelta a Espana's 15th stage as Slovenian Primoz Roglic retained the overall lead on Thursday. Philipsen claimed his first Grand Tour stage success by pipping Pascal Ackermann at the line, with Jannick Steimle in third on the longest day of the final three-week race of the season. Defending champion Roglic kept hold of the red jersey ahead of Richard Carapaz after a rain-sodden 230.8km in north-western Spain. iwd/lp