Giro d'Italia

Stage 20: Alpago - Bassano Del Grappa

IT Italy Saturday 25 May 2024 183 km

Jan Hirt on the verge of a great result at the Giro d’Italia

Jan Hirt on the verge of a great result at the Giro d’Italia

Jan Hirt is just one day away from another top ten overall finish at the first Grand Tour of the season after three weeks of solid racing. The Czech, who came at the start in the Piedmont with a runner-up place achieved in the Tour of Oman – his first race of the season – was one of the most consistent riders of this edition, always there on the big climbs, driving his own tempo when the going got tough and making sure of not shipping too much time.

The last major test of the Giro d’Italia was the double ascent of the never-ending Monte Grappa, an 18.1km climb averaging 8.1% which came on the penultimate stage of the race, pouring led in the already fatigued legs of the riders. Just like he did on the previous days in the mountains, Hirt kept his composure when the GC men launched their moves, splitting the group, and driving a steady tempo which allowed him to crest the summit with a deficit of 40 seconds. More importantly, Hirt put time into some of the other riders vying for a top ten place in the overall standings, which gave him hopes of moving up in the ranking on the roads of Veneto.

On the long descent that followed, the 33-year-old was part of a strong chasing group that finished only a couple of minutes behind stage winner Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), and was handsomely rewarded for his effort with an impressive two-place jump in the GC, which made Jan one of the main beneficiaries of this final stage in the mountains.

“I felt very good today on an incredibly hard day. Monta Grappa was a tough ascent, you could really feel those steep gradients biting, especially as they came after three weeks, but I believed in myself and in keeping my place in the general classification. It wasn’t easy at all, but I am content with how things went for me and with this ride that vaulted me two positions in the standings. It’s a great result”, a smiling Jan said after the stage that sealed his second top 10 result in a Grand Tour.

 

Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images

Race details

1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
4:58:23
2 Valentin Paret-Peintre
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
2:07
3 Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
BORA - hansgrohe
2:07
4 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
2:07
5 Einer Rubio Reyes
Movistar Team
2:07
6 Giulio Pellizzari
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
2:07
7 Geraint Thomas
INEOS Grenadiers
2:07
8 Ben O'Connor
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
2:07
9 Michael Storer
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
2:31
10 Rafał Majka
UAE Team Emirates
3:08
13 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
3:08
32 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
21:59
81 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
40:33
110 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
43:48
119 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
43:48
120 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
43:48
121 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
43:48
122 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
43:48
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
76:22:13
2 Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
BORA - hansgrohe
9:56
3 Geraint Thomas
INEOS Grenadiers
10:24
4 Ben O'Connor
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
12:07
5 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
12:49
6 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
14:31
7 Einer Rubio Reyes
Movistar Team
15:52
8 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
18:05
9 Romain Bardet
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
20:32
10 Michael Storer
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
21:11
30 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
1:41:28
46 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
2:30:25
75 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
3:55:20
118 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
5:15:06
135 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
5:40:20
139 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
5:46:14
141 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
5:52:23
1 Jonathan Milan
Lidl - Trek
327 pt
2 Kaden Groves
Alpecin - Deceuninck
200 pt
3 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
143 pt
4 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
132 pt
5 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
126 pt
6 Andrea Pietrobon
Team Polti Kometa
117 pt
7 Filippo Fiorelli
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
116 pt
8 Davide Ballerini
Astana Qazaqstan Team
82 pt
9 Jhonatan Narváez Prado
INEOS Grenadiers
80 pt
10 Mirco Maestri
Team Polti Kometa
72 pt
67 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
10 pt
69 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
9 pt
100 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
2 pt
991 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
-34 pt
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
270 pt
2 Giulio Pellizzari
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
206 pt
3 Georg Steinhauser
EF Education - EasyPost
153 pt
4 Nairo Quintana Rojas
Movistar Team
114 pt
5 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
101 pt
6 Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
BORA - hansgrohe
81 pt
7 Simon Geschke
Cofidis
78 pt
8 Valentin Paret-Peintre
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
59 pt
9 Romain Bardet
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
47 pt
10 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier Egerzeigzaarhka
Lidl - Trek
42 pt
63 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
1 pt
991 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
-2 pt
1 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
76:35:02
2 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
1:42
3 Filippo Zana
Team Jayco AlUla
11:10
4 Davide Piganzoli
Team Polti Kometa
19:34
5 Valentin Paret-Peintre
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
30:37
6 Alex Baudin
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
48:01
7 Giovanni Aleotti
BORA - hansgrohe
1:00:14
8 Edoardo Zambanini
Bahrain - Victorious
1:13:07
9 Kevin Vermaerke
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
1:20:52
10 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
1:28:39
40 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
5:02:17
1 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 229:54:37
2 INEOS Grenadiers 44:23
3 UAE Team Emirates 1:01:50
4 Bahrain - Victorious 1:20:25
5 Movistar Team 1:51:00
6 Astana Qazaqstan Team 1:58:31
7 VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè 2:16:59
8 Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 2:18:50
9 BORA - hansgrohe 2:45:37
10 Soudal Quick-Step 2:59:42

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