Giro d'Italia

Stage 17: Selva Di Val Gardena - Passo Brocon

IT Italy Wednesday 22 May 2024 159 km

Giro d’Italia: Hirt racks up another solid result

Giro d’Italia: Hirt racks up another solid result

Passo Brocon (11.8km, 6.6%) made its return at the Italian race for the first time since 1967, when it featured on the penultimate stage of the event. Now, the peloton tackled it twice just four days before Rome, on a 159km rain-marred stage 17 comprising five classified ascents – including this year’s Ciuma Coppi – and 4000 climbing meters through the stunning Dolomites.

Minutes after receiving the most combative rider trophy for the third time – a first for a rider at this 107th edition – Julian Alaphilippe attacked again, booking a place in a ten-man breakaway that fought tooth and nail for every inch of the road in a determined attempt to build a consistent gap on the slopes of Passo Sella. Julian was in superb form there for the whole 60 kilometers that the move spent off the front, pressing on the climbs and showing there’s a reason why this Giro d’Italia will be remembered also thanks to his presence and exploits on the road.

After the group was neutralized by the peloton, Alaphilippe remained prominent and pulled for teammate Jan Hirt, Soudal Quick-Step’s best placed rider in the general classification. Mauri Vansevenant took over once Julian peeled off the front and whittled down the favourites’ group thanks to some hard pace-setting.

On the second ascent of Passo Brocon, Hirt was among the best and even accelerated inside the final kilometer – behind lone leader Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost), who took the victory at the end of the day – managing to increase his buffer over the riders trailing him in the overall standings, which allowed the Czech to cement his tenth place with just four stages remaining. Ninth on the line, Jan sealed his third top ten here and will now aim to maintain his position on Saturday, when the climbers will face the last hurdle of this edition.

 

Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / getty Images

Race details

1 Georg Steinhauser
EF Education - EasyPost
4:28:51
2 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
1:24
3 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
1:42
4 Geraint Thomas
INEOS Grenadiers
1:42
5 Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
BORA - hansgrohe
1:42
6 Einer Rubio Reyes
Movistar Team
1:42
7 Romain Bardet
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
1:42
8 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
1:55
9 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
1:55
10 Rafał Majka
UAE Team Emirates
1:55
35 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
10:52
63 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
25:44
73 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
31:45
124 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
44:24
134 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
44:24
135 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
44:24
142 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
46:04
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
63:31:18
2 Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
BORA - hansgrohe
7:42
3 Geraint Thomas
INEOS Grenadiers
8:04
4 Ben O'Connor
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
9:47
5 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
10:29
6 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
11:10
7 Romain Bardet
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
12:42
8 Einer Rubio Reyes
Movistar Team
13:33
9 Filippo Zana
Team Jayco AlUla
13:52
10 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
14:44
31 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
1:13:19
45 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
1:58:23
73 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
3:01:47
121 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
4:20:45
137 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
4:41:31
141 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
4:47:35
143 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
4:50:28
1 Jonathan Milan
Lidl - Trek
284 pt
2 Kaden Groves
Alpecin - Deceuninck
175 pt
3 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
113 pt
4 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
111 pt
5 Filippo Fiorelli
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
98 pt
6 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
93 pt
7 Andrea Pietrobon
Team Polti Kometa
91 pt
8 Jhonatan Narváez Prado
INEOS Grenadiers
66 pt
9 Davide Ballerini
Astana Qazaqstan Team
63 pt
10 Mirco Maestri
Team Polti Kometa
58 pt
66 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
10 pt
67 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
9 pt
93 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
2 pt
991 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
-34 pt
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
230 pt
2 Giulio Pellizzari
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
148 pt
3 Georg Steinhauser
EF Education - EasyPost
130 pt
4 Nairo Quintana Rojas
Movistar Team
114 pt
5 Christian Scaroni
Astana Qazaqstan Team
92 pt
6 Simon Geschke
Cofidis
78 pt
7 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
77 pt
8 Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
BORA - hansgrohe
72 pt
9 Valentin Paret-Peintre
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
55 pt
10 Romain Bardet
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
47 pt
56 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
1 pt
991 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
-2 pt
1 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
63:41:47
2 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
0:41
3 Filippo Zana
Team Jayco AlUla
3:23
4 Davide Piganzoli
Team Polti Kometa
12:09
5 Valentin Paret-Peintre
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
30:43
6 Alex Baudin
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
40:14
7 Giovanni Aleotti
BORA - hansgrohe
47:24
8 Kevin Vermaerke
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
55:31
9 Edoardo Zambanini
Bahrain - Victorious
1:02:20
10 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
1:02:50
42 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
4:10:16
1 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 191:23:01
2 INEOS Grenadiers 16:46
3 UAE Team Emirates 34:11
4 Bahrain - Victorious 1:00:28
5 Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 1:16:22
6 Astana Qazaqstan Team 1:17:07
7 Movistar Team 1:33:36
8 BORA - hansgrohe 1:42:41
9 VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè 1:55:52
10 Soudal Quick-Step 2:02:07

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