The Giro d'Italia 2024 marks the 107th edition of the Italian Grand Tour. Starting on May 4th, 2024, at the Venaria Reale, just outside Turin, the route heads south towards Naples before travelling back north and into the Dolomites. Day 21 and the final stage sees a city circuit around the streets of Rome on May 26th, 2024.
The three-week event is the opener in the trio of Grand Tours, followed by the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España.
The key riders for the Giro were influenced by a series of high profile crashes, with Wout van Aert crashing at Dwars door Vlaanderen, putting him out of contention for the race in May. Read the whole start list here.
Total distance: 3,400.8 kilometres
Average stage distance: 161.9km
Total altitude gain: 44,650 metres
Possible sprint stages: 7
Wales' own Geraint Thomas has set his sights on a Giro/Tour double, and rode the Tour of the Alps in April in preparation. However, he'll have incredibly stiff competition from Slovenian Tadej Pogačar, who announced his intention to ride the Giro in December 2023, and has proven unstoppable so far this year, winning Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Strade Bianche, the latter in an 81 kilometre attack.
This year, Cycling Weekly will be covering the race with daily race reports, reactions following each stage, and analysis as the Italian showdown progresses.
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Giro d'Italia 2024: Overview
Stage-by-stage reports from the Giro d'Italia 2024
Missed a stage of the Giro d'Italia 2024? We've got you covered! Read up on the results of each stage:
- Stage one: Jhonatan Narváez outsprints Maximilian Schachmann and Tadej Pogačar to win the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia
- Stage two: Tadej Pogačar crashes, remounts to win Giro d'Italia stage 2 and take pink jersey
- Stage three: Tim Merlier outsprints Jonathan Milan to win Stage 3 of the Giro d'Italia
- Stage four: Jonathan Milan surges to victory on stage 4 of Giro d’Italia
- Stage five: Benjamin Thomas wins stage 5 of Giro d'Italia as breakaway beats peloton
- Stage six: Pelayo Sánchez wins stage 6 of Giro d'Italia as breakaway makes it again
- Stage seven: Tadej Pogačar extends Giro d’Italia lead with stunning time trial victory on stage 7
- Stage eight: Tadej Pogačar claims back-to-back wins at Giro d'Italia with stage 8 victory atop Prati di Tivo
- Stage nine: Olav Kooij pips Jonathan Milan to the win on stage nine of the Giro d’Italia after a late attack from Jhonatan Narváez
- Stage 10: Valentin Paret-Peintre climbs to victory on stage 10 of Giro d’Italia as Pogačar keeps race lead
- Stage 11: Jonathan Milan doubles up with sprint victory on stage 11 of Giro d'Italia
- Stage 12: Julian Alaphilippe storms to victory on stage 12 of Giro d'Italia as Pogačar keeps overall lead
- Stage 13: Jonathan Milan sprints to Giro d'Italia stage 13 victory after surviving crosswinds
- Stage 14: Filippo Ganna triumphs over Tadej Pogačar to win stage 14's time trial
- Stage 15: Tadej Pogačar doubles Giro d'Italia lead with solo mountaintop victory on stage 15
Giro d'Italia week one overview
Many expected Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) to dominate, but with a lead of 2:40 over second placed Dani Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe) at the end of the opening week was still incredible.
The Slovenian waited until the second day to secure the pink jersey, as Jhonatan Narváez (Ineos Grenadiers) out-sprinted him. Pogačar extending his lead throughout the week with bonus seconds, before blowing his rivals out of the water won stage seven's time trial, putting two minutes into Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers). He took the summit finish the next day for a bonus too, meaning he had won three of the opening nine stages.
The sprints were evenly shared, with wins for Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) across the nine days, with two wins for the breakaway.
Giro d'Italia week two overview
Things continued in much the same vein in week two of the 2024 Giro, with sprint wins for Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) and mountain wins for Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), as the latter continued to tighten his grip on the pink jersey.
The week began with a win for the breakaway, one of just two in the six stages, as Valentin Paret-Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) won stage 10. Stage 11 saw Milan's second win of the Giro, a feat he would repeat on stage 13, which was briefly threatened by crosswinds. In between the pair of Milan victories, Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal Quick-Step) reminded everyone of his swashbuckling best with a stunning ride on stage 12.
General classification action resumed on stage 14, the second individual time trial, which was won by Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers), but Pogačar stretched his lead again. On stage 15, the last before the rest day, the Slovenian stamped his authority on the race, doubling his lead on the queen stage.
Giro d'Italia 2024: The route
The Giro d'Italia 2024 route was unveiled on October 13, 2023.
The race began in Piemonte on 4 May - and will include two time trials, six mountain finishes, and a final week in the Dolomites.
The iconic Passo dello Stelvio will make an appearance, as well as a new climb, and the route also includes gravel sections.
For full details, see our Giro d'Italia 2024 route page.
Giro d'Italia 2024 route: Stage-by-stage
Giro d'Italia 2024: The jerseys
The rider wearing the pink jersey (maglia rosa) at the Giro d'Italia 2024 will be the one leading the general classification. This is the rider who has accumulated the fastest time around the route so far, inclusive of time bonuses collected. On the final day, it is awarded to the overall general classification winner along with the Trofeo Senza Fine.
There are other jerseys up for grabs too. The purple (ciclamino) jersey is awarded to the rider who has accumulated the most points. More points are offered at the end of flatter, punchier stages than on mountain finishes, so this is a jersey for the sprinters. The blue (azzura) jersey goes to the rider who accumulates the most points on classified climbs, and the white (bianca) jersey is like the pink jersey but given to the best young rider under 26.
Read about the Giro d'Italia jerseys here.
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