The Giro d'Italia Women 2024, the 35th edition of the Italian stage race, has been through yet another re-branding. The race started in 1988 as Giro d'Italia Femminile before changing its name to Giro Rosa in 2013 and then taking the name Giro Donne from 2021 to 2023.
It has dropped up and down the ranks, having and losing UCI women's WorldTour status, before regaining this accolade in 2022, alongside increases in prize money and promises of improved television coverage.
The latest rebranding comes complete with new management. RCS Sports, who also organise the men's event, made a four-year commitment to now put on both races.
Annemiek van Vleuten won both the 2022 and 2023 editions of the race, taking her total wins up to four. It's been eight years since a rider other than Annemiek van Vleuten or Anna van der Breggen has won the race, but with both riders now retired, 2024 will see a new Maglia Rosa champion.
For 2024, the race has been reduced to just eight stages, consisting of an opening time trial, two sprint stages, two intermediate stages and three mountain stages, including am iconic summit to Blockhaus.
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Giro d'Italia Women 2024: Key details
Giro d'Italia Women 2024: The route
The 2024 Giro d'Italia takes place July 7 -14 July. Even with the reduced number of stages this year, the Giro d'Italia Women is still the longest women's WorldTour race on the calendar.
The route opens with an individual time trial in Brescia. The route is fairly flat and will suit the pure tie trialists best.
Stage 2 includes two category 4 climbs but also a flat-finishing boding well for the sprinters.
Stage 3 is a flat run-in to an uphill finish. At 10 kilometers long, this will be the first opportunity for climbers to test their legs.
Stage 4 features another fairly flat warm-up before the fire works go off in the bumpy final 50k. As the peloton heads east toward the Adriatic cost, it has to contest with a category 2 and 3 climb before another uphill finish in Urbino.
Stage 5 is undulating and one that will likely be contested by the sprinters.
Stage 6 will be a sure test for the legs as the bumpy course packs in 10 climbs in the 155-kilometer route, which is also the longest stage of the race.
Stage 7 and 8 are both mountain stages. Stage 7 will be the Queen Stage with a summit finish up the1,680m-high Blockhaus. This will likely be the GC-decider though a shake-up could be possible on Stage 8 if the GC classification is tight.
The race concludes with a final stage from Pescara on the coast to L'Aquila with two climbs, Forca di Penne and Castel del Monte, a category 2 and 1, respectively, along the way.
Giro d'Italia Women 2024: Stage-by-stage
Giro d'Italia Women 2024: The jerseys
The rider leading the race will be sporting the iconic pink jersey —called the 'maglia rosa'. This is the rider with the lowest cumulative time across all stages.
The rider who accumulates the least amount of time after the final stage is completed, including any time bonuses that may have been earned, will be crowned as the overall general classification winner. She will get to take home the maglia jersey as well as the Trofeo Senza Fine and a monetary price.
Not to be mistaken with the pink jersey, the purple jersey (ciclamino) is awarded to the rider who accumulates the most points. Flatter, punchier stages award the most point, so this jersey is also called the sprinters; jersey.
The blue (azzura) jersey is also called the the climber's jersey or Queen of the Mountains jersey. Point are awarded to the first riders who reach the summit of designated climbs. She who accumulates the most summit points takes home this award.
And the white (bianca) jersey is like the pink jersey but given to the best rider under the age of 26.
Read about the Giro d'Italia jerseys here.
Start list
Movistar Team
Sara Martín (ESP)
Paula Patiño (COL)
Jelena Erić (SER)
Mareille Meijering (NED)
Liane Lippert (GER)
Claire Steels (GBR)
Arlenis Sierra (CUB)
Lidl-Trek
Brodie Champman (AUS)
Lauretta Hanson (AUS)
Elisa Balsamo (ITA)
Gaia Realini (ITA)
Lucinda Brand (NED)
Lizzie Deignan (GBR)
Elisa Longo Borgini (ITA)
UAE Team ADQ
Elizabeth Holden (GBR)
Alena Amialiusik (BLR)
Silvia Persico (ITA)
Chaira Consonni (ITA)
Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (ITA)
Erica Magnaldi (ITA)
Dominika Wlodarczyk (POL)
Team SD Worx - Protime
Lotte Kopecky (BEL)
Blanka Vas (HUN)
Elena Cecchini (ITA)
Niamh Fisher-Black (AUS)
Femke Gerritse (NED)
Marlen Reusser (CHE)
Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (NED)
Uno-X Mobility
Anouska Koster (NED)
Katrine Aalerud (NOR)
Solbjørk Minke Anderson (DEN)
Marte Berg Edseth (NOW)
Rebecca Koerner (DEN)
Joscelin Lowden (GBR)
Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (NOR)
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
Fem van Empel (NED)
Carlijn Achtereekte (NED)
Femke de Vries (NED)
Miijntje Geurts (NED)
Lieke Nooijen (NED)
Maud Oudeman (NED)
Rosita Reijnhour (NED)
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
Eleonora Ciabocco (ITA)
Nienke Vinke (NED)
Becky Storrie (GBR)
Josie Nelson (GBR)
Juliette Labous (FRA)
Franziska Koch (GER)
Francesca Barale (ITA)
Liv AlUla Jayco
Maví Garcia (ESP)
Ella Wyllie (AUS)
Silke Smulders (NED)
Ruby Roseman-Gannon (AUS)
Amber Pate (AUS)
Ingvild Gåskjenn (NOR)
Urška Žigart (SLO)
Roland
Thị Thật Nguyen (VNM)
Sofia Collinelli (ITA)
Antri Christoforou (CYP)
Georgia Vettorello (ITA)
Nathalie Eklund (SWE)
Elena Hartmann (CHE)
Elena Pirrone (ITA)
Fenix-Deceuninck
Pauliena Rooijakkers (NED)
Aniek van Alphen (NED)
Ceyylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED)
Sanne Cant (BEL)
Millie Couzens (GBR)
Evy Kuijpers (NED)
Greta Marturano (ITA)
FDJ-SUEZ
Cecile Utrup Ludwig (DEN)
Loes Adegeest (NED)
Grace Brown (AUS)
Nina Buijsman (NED)
Vittoria Guazzini (ITA)
Alessia Vigilia (ITA)
Jade Wiel (NED)
Canyon-SRAM Racing
Neve Bradbury (AUS)
Maike van der Duin (NED)
Alice Towers (GBR)
Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka (POL)
Soroya Paladin (ITA)
Antonia Niedermaier (GER)
Elise Chabbey (CHE)
AG Insurance - Soudal
Kimberly Pienaar (MUS)
Julia Borgström (SWE)
Lore de Schepper (BEL)
Justine Ghekiere (BEL)
Marthe Goossens (BEL)
Gaia Masetti (ITA)
Maud Rijnbeek (NED)
Ceratizit-WNT Pro cycling
Cédrine Kerbaol (FRA)
Alice Maria Arzuffi (ITA)
Laura Asencio (FRA)
Mylène de Zoete (NED)
Arianna Fidanza (ITA)
Marta Jaskulska (POL)
Kathrn Schweinberger (GER)
Human Powered Health
Giada Borghesi (ITA)
Ruth Edwards (USA)
Romy Kasper (GER)
Barbara Malcotti (ITA)
Katia Ragusa (ITA)
Silvia Zanardi (ITA)
Linda Zanetti (CHE)
Cofidis Ladies Team
Sarah Roy (AUS)
Nikola Nosková (CZE)
Hannah Ludwig (GER)
Séverine Eraud (FRA)
Morgane Coston (FRA)
JUlie Bego (FRA)
Martina Alzini (ITA)
EF Education - Cannondale
Clara Emond (CAN)
Magdeline Vallieres (CAN)
Clara Koppenburg (GER)
Nina Kessler (NED)
Kim Cadzow (AUS)
Letizia Borghesi (ITA)
Megan Armitage (ITA)
Tashkent City Women Professional Cycling Team
Mohinabonu Elmurodova (UZB)
Madina Kakhorova (UZB)
Nafosat Kozieva (UZB)
Olga Zabelinskaya (UZB)
Margarita Misyurina (UZB)
Anna Kuskova (UZB)
Yanina Kuskova (UZB)
Laboral Kutxa - Fundacion Euskadi
Cristina Tonetti (ITA)
Laura Tomasi (ITA)
Debora Silvestri (ITA)
Aileen Schweikart (GER)
Ane Santesteban (ESP)
Nadia Quagliotto (ITA)
Usoa Ostolaza (ESP)
BePink - Bongioanni
Monica Trinca Colonel (ITA)
Andrea Casagranda (ITA)
Selene Colombi (ITA)
Ana Vitória Magalhães (BRA)
Prisca Savi (ITA)
Elisa Valtulini (ITA)
Nora Jenčušová (SLO)
Isomant - Premac - Vittoria
Beatrice Rossato (ITA)
Valeria Curnis (ITA)
Sara Mazzorana (ITA)
Sara Pepoli (ITA)
Sona Rossetti (ITA)
Emanuela Zanetti (ITA)
Asia Zontone (ITA)
Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
Giorgia Bariani (ITA)
Virginia Bortoli (ITA)
Alessia Missiaggia (ITA)
Iris Monticolo (ITA)
Alice Palazzi (ITA)
Chaira Erghibi (ITA)
Gaia Segato (ITA)
Giro d'Italia Women: Past winners
- 2023: Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned)
- 2022: Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned)
- 2021: Anna van der Breggen (Ned)
- 2020: Anna van der Breggen (Ned)
- 2019: Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned)
- 2018: Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned)
- 2017: Anna van der Breggen (Ned)
- 2016: Megan Guarnier (USA)
- 2015: Anna van der Breggen (Ned)
- 2014: Marianne Vos (Ned)
- 2013: Mara Abbott (USA)
- 2012: Marianne Vos (Ned)
- 2011: Marianne Vos (Ned)
- 2010: Mara Abbott (USA)
- 2009: Claudia Häusler (Ger)
- 2008: Fabiana Luperini (Ita)
- 2007: Edita Pučinskaitė (Ltu)
- 2006: Edita Pučinskaitė (Ltu)
- 2005: Nicole Brändli (Sui)
- 2004: Nicole Cooke (Gbr)
- 2003: Nicole Brändli (Sui)
- 2002: Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus)
- 2001: Nicole Brändli (Sui)
- 2000: Joane Somarriba (Esp)
Where to Watch
The 2024 Giro d’Italia will be broadcasted live on Eurosport, RAI Sport, FloBikes and MAX.
For the latest news updates, fans can also follow along on X with the hashtag #GirodItaliaWomen
Stage 1 - Sunday, July 7: First rider starts at 11:35 a.m. CEST, broadcast starts at 12:50 p.m. CEST.
Stage 2, - Monday, July 8: Race starts at 11:35 a.m. CEST, broadcast starts at 12:50 p.m. CEST.
Stage 3 - Tuesday, July 9: Race starts at 11:15 a.m. CEST, broadcast starts at 12:50 p.m. CEST.
Stage 4 - Wednesday, July 10: Race starts at 10:25 a.m. CEST, broadcast starts at 12:50 p.m. CEST.
Stage 5 - Thursday, July 11: Race starts at 11:30 a.m. CEST, broadcast starts at 12:50 p.m. CEST.
Stage 6 - Friday, July 12: Race starts at 09:40 a.m. CEST, broadcast starts at 12:50 p.m. CEST.
Stage 7 -Saturday, July 13: Race starts at 10:20 a.m. CEST, broadcast starts at 12:50 p.m. CEST.
Stage 8 - Sunday, July 14: Race starts at 12:40 p.m. CEST, broadcast starts at 12:50 p.m. CEST.
