Giro d'Italia

Stage 15: Manerba Del Garda - Livigno (Mottolino)

IT Italy Sunday 19 May 2024 220 km

Giro d’Italia: Hirt enjoys surge up the rankings

Giro d’Italia: Hirt enjoys surge up the rankings

Five classified climbs including the gruelling Mortirolo, an elevation gain of more than 5000 meters, over six hours in the saddle, low temperatures and a stage finish at 2345 meters – none of these could stop Jan Hirt from finishing tenth on the draining queen stage of the Corsa Rosa and moving up three places in the general classification ahead of the last race day.

An amazing fighter, Jan Hirt produced what was arguably his most impressive ride at this edition, showcasing his strength and determination on the stinting double-digit ramps of Passo di Foscagno and Mottolino, the last two of the day’s five ascents, where the GC action was ignited by an attack of the maglia rosa, with 14 kilometers to go. Just like on the previous summit finishes of the Giro, Soudal Quick-Step’s Czech remained calm and maintained a solid tempo which allowed him to finish top ten in Livigno, at the end of this highly selective stage.

The 222km relentless trek through Lombardia was animated by a huge breakaway group, where both Julian Alaphilippe and Mauri Vansevenant were present from the beginning of the day. The Frenchman – victorious in Fano and arguably the most combative rider of the race so far – and his younger teammate remained there until the final 30 kilometers, when the significant effort they put in up until that point began taking their toll on them. The duo was eventually caught and passed by the group of Hirt, from where the 33-year-old – runner-up in Oman three months ago – climbed to tenth place in the standings.

 

Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images

Race details

1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
6:11:43
2 Nairo Quintana Rojas
Movistar Team
0:29
3 Georg Steinhauser
EF Education - EasyPost
2:32
4 Romain Bardet
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
2:47
5 Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
BORA - hansgrohe
2:50
6 Geraint Thomas
INEOS Grenadiers
2:50
7 Einer Rubio Reyes
Movistar Team
2:58
8 Ben O'Connor
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
2:58
9 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
3:05
10 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
3:20
40 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
17:35
48 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
26:56
57 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
29:01
122 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
46:25
125 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
46:29
129 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
46:44
144 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
47:20
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
56:11:42
2 Geraint Thomas
INEOS Grenadiers
6:41
3 Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
BORA - hansgrohe
6:56
4 Ben O'Connor
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
7:43
5 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
9:26
6 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
9:45
7 Romain Bardet
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
10:49
8 Filippo Zana
Team Jayco AlUla
11:11
9 Einer Rubio Reyes
Movistar Team
12:13
10 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
13:11
36 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
1:01:47
44 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
1:23:57
79 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
2:22:22
129 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
3:17:40
140 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
3:30:22
144 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
3:36:26
145 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
3:36:31
1 Jonathan Milan
Lidl - Trek
284 pt
2 Kaden Groves
Alpecin - Deceuninck
175 pt
3 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
93 pt
4 Filippo Fiorelli
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
88 pt
5 Andrea Pietrobon
Team Polti Kometa
86 pt
6 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
84 pt
7 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
82 pt
8 Jhonatan Narváez Prado
INEOS Grenadiers
63 pt
9 Benjamin Thomas
Cofidis
57 pt
10 Juan Sebastián Molano Benavides
UAE Team Emirates
54 pt
68 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
10 pt
90 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
2 pt
92 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
2 pt
991 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
-34 pt
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
172 pt
2 Simon Geschke
Cofidis
78 pt
3 Nairo Quintana Rojas
Movistar Team
65 pt
4 Christian Scaroni
Astana Qazaqstan Team
64 pt
5 Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
BORA - hansgrohe
58 pt
6 Valentin Paret-Peintre
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
55 pt
7 Romain Bardet
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
45 pt
8 Georg Steinhauser
EF Education - EasyPost
42 pt
9 Lilian Calmejane
Intermarché - Wanty
36 pt
10 Giulio Pellizzari
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
32 pt
18 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
13 pt
991 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
-2 pt
1 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
56:21:08
2 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
0:19
3 Filippo Zana
Team Jayco AlUla
1:45
4 Davide Piganzoli
Team Polti Kometa
9:03
5 Alex Baudin
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
14:29
6 Giovanni Aleotti
BORA - hansgrohe
16:52
7 Valentin Paret-Peintre
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
28:20
8 Kevin Vermaerke
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
49:46
9 Edoardo Zambanini
Bahrain - Victorious
51:38
10 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
52:21
44 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
3:08:14
1 INEOS Grenadiers 169:15:59
2 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 0:14
3 UAE Team Emirates 27:40
4 BORA - hansgrohe 34:15
5 Astana Qazaqstan Team 43:29
6 Bahrain - Victorious 49:50
7 Movistar Team 1:02:49
8 Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 1:05:37
9 VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè 1:06:42
10 EF Education - EasyPost 1:16:02

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