2024 Giro d'Italia Women
Italian cycling race
Cycling race
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| Dates | 7–14 July 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 876.7 km (544.8 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Giro d'Italia Women was the 35th edition of the Giro d'Italia Women, a women's road cycling stage race in Italy. The race took place from 7 to 14 July and was the 21st event of the 2024 UCI Women's World Tour calendar. The race was organised by RCS Sport, which also organised the men's Giro d'Italia. The race was won by Italian rider Elisa Longo Borghini of Lidl–Trek, the first Italian winner since 2008.[1]
Teams
22 teams are participating in the race.[2]
Each team will start with seven riders. All 15 UCI Women's WorldTeams were automatically invited. They will be joined by five UCI Women's Continental Teams selected by organisers RCS Sport. The two best UCI Women's Continental Teams of the 2023 season also gained automatic invitations.[3] The teams were announced on 7 June 2024.
UCI Women's WorldTeams
- AG Insurance–Soudal
- Canyon–SRAM
- Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling
- FDJ–Suez
- Fenix–Deceuninck
- Human Powered Health
- Roland Cycling
- Lidl–Trek
- Liv AlUla Jayco
- Movistar Team
- Team dsm–firmenich PostNL
- Team SD Worx–Protime
- UAE Team ADQ
- Uno-X Mobility
- Visma–Lease a Bike
UCI Women's Continental Teams
Route
In December 2023, the route was announced by new organisers RCS Sport.[4][5] The race will start in Brescia, Lombardy in northern Italy with an individual time trial, before heading south through the Emilia-Romagna, Marche, Umbria and Abruzzo regions. The final two stages will be in the southern Apennines mountains, with the queen stage on stage 7 with a summit finish at Blockhaus at an elevation of 1,680 metres (5,510 ft).[5] As the highest climb of the race, the first rider to pass Blockhaus will be awarded the "Cima Alfonsina Strada" – a prize named after Italian cyclist Alfonsina Strada, who took part in the men's Giro d’Italia in 1924.[6] The total race distance of 856 km (532 mi) will be the shortest since 2013, with the previous 10 editions of the race averaging over 950 kilometres (590 mi) in length.[5]
Following criticism of previous editions of the race,[7] the 2024 route was considered to be "impressive" and a "positive step", with praise for the last two mountain stages.[8][9] As with the previous editions, the route required a waiver from the Union Cycliste Internationale, as Women's WorldTour races have a maximum race length of six days.[10]
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 July | Brescia | 15.7 km (9.8 mi) |  | Individual time trial |  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) |
| 2 | 8 July | Sirmione to Volta Mantovana | 110 km (68 mi) |  | Flat stage | Chiara Consonni (ITA) |
| 3 | 9 July | Sabbioneta to Toano | 113 km (70 mi) |  | Hilly stage |  Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL) |
| 4 | 10 July | Imola to Urbino | 134 km (83 mi) | | Hilly stage |  Clara Emond (CAN) |
| 5 | 11 July | Frontone to Foligno | 108 km (67 mi) | | Hilly stage |  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) |
| 6 | 12 July | San Benedetto del Tronto to Chieti | 159 km (99 mi) | | Hilly stage |  Liane Lippert (GER) |
| 7 | 13 July | Lanciano to Blockhaus | 120 km (75 mi) |  | Mountain stage |  Neve Bradbury (AUS) |
| 8 | 14 July | Pescara to L'Aquila | 117 km (73 mi) | | Mountain stage |  Kimberley Le Court (MRI) |
| Total | 876.7 km (544.8 mi) | |||||
Classification leadership table
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Team classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elisa Longo Borghini | Elisa Longo Borghini | Elisa Longo Borghini[a] | not awarded | Antonia Niedermaier | Lidl–Trek |
| 2 | Chiara Consonni | Chiara Consonni | Ana Vitória Magalhães | |||
| 3 | Niamh Fisher-Black | Lotte Kopecky | Niamh Fisher-Black | |||
| 4 | Clara Emond | Clara Emond | Canyon–SRAM | |||
| 5 | Lotte Kopecky | |||||
| 6 | Liane Lippert | Liv AlUla Jayco | ||||
| 7 | Neve Bradbury | Justine Ghekiere | Neve Bradbury | |||
| 8 | Kimberley Le Court | |||||
| Final | Elisa Longo Borghini | Lotte Kopecky | Justine Ghekiere | Neve Bradbury | Liv AlUla Jayco | |
- ^ On stage two, Grace Brown, who was second in the points classification, wore the red jersey, because first placed Elisa Longo Borghini wore the pink jersey as the leader of the general classification.
Classification standings
| Legend | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | Denotes the leader of the general classification |  | Denotes the leader of the mountains classification |
 | Denotes the leader of the points classification |  | Denotes the leader of the young rider classification |
General classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) | Lidl–Trek | 24h 02' 16" |
| 2 | Lotte Kopecky (BEL) | Team SD Worx–Protime | + 21" |
| 3 | Neve Bradbury (AUS) | Canyon–SRAM | + 1' 16" |
| 4 |  Pauliena Rooijakkers (NED) | Fenix–Deceuninck | + 2' 05" |
| 5 |  Juliette Labous (FRA) | Team dsm–firmenich PostNL | + 2' 15" |
| 6 | Antonia Niedermaier (GER) | Canyon–SRAM | + 2' 41" |
| 7 | Gaia Realini (ITA) | Lidl–Trek | + 3' 41" |
| 8 |  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN) | FDJ–Suez | + 4' 31" |
| 9 |  Mavi García (ESP) | Liv AlUla Jayco | + 5' 17" |
| 10 | Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL) | Team SD Worx–Protime | + 5' 55" |
Points classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lotte Kopecky (BEL) | Team SD Worx–Protime | 154 |
| 2 | Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) | Lidl–Trek | 68 |
| 3 | Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL) | Team SD Worx–Protime | 59 |
| 4 |  Arlenis Sierra (CUB) | Movistar Team | 55 |
| 5 | Silvia Zanardi (ITA) | Human Powered Health | 51 |
| 6 | Kimberley Le Court (MRI) | AG Insurance–Soudal | 47 |
| 7 | Soraya Paladin (ITA) | Canyon–SRAM | 40 |
| 8 | Juliette Labous (FRA) | Team dsm–firmenich PostNL | 39 |
| 9 | Neve Bradbury (AUS) | Canyon–SRAM | 35 |
| 10 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN) | FDJ–Suez | 35 |
Mountains classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justine Ghekiere (BEL) | AG Insurance–Soudal | 68 |
| 2 | Lotte Kopecky (BEL) | Team SD Worx–Protime | 35 |
| 3 | Neve Bradbury (AUS) | Canyon–SRAM | 30 |
| 4 | Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) | Lidl–Trek | 25 |
| 5 | Pauliena Rooijakkers (NED) | Fenix–Deceuninck | 22 |
| 6 | Antonia Niedermaier (GER) | Canyon–SRAM | 22 |
| 7 | Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL) | Team SD Worx–Protime | 20 |
| 8 | Lucinda Brand (NED) | Lidl–Trek | 16 |
| 9 |  Ana Vitória Magalhães (BRA) | Bepink–Bongioanni | 13 |
| 10 | Gaia Realini (ITA) | Lidl–Trek | 11 |
Young rider classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neve Bradbury (AUS) | Canyon–SRAM | 24h 03' 32" |
| 2 | Antonia Niedermaier (GER) | Canyon–SRAM | + 1' 25" |
| 3 | Solbjørk Minke Anderson (DEN) | Uno-X Mobility | + 18' 02" |
| 4 | Elisa Valtulini (ITA) | Bepink–Bongioanni | + 44' 27" |
| 5 | Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (ITA) | UAE Team ADQ | + 58' 46" |
| 6 | Gaia Segato (ITA) | Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | + 1h 03' 52" |
| 7 | Ella Wyllie (NZL) | Liv AlUla Jayco | + 1h 06' 07" |
| 8 | Nienke Vinke (NED) | Team dsm–firmenich PostNL | + 1h 11' 20" |
| 9 | Lore De Schepper (BEL) | AG Insurance–Soudal | + 1h 19' 13" |
| 10 | Francesca Barale (ITA) | Team dsm–firmenich PostNL | + 1h 21' 13" |
Team classification
| Rank | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liv AlUla Jayco | 72h 31' 43" |
| 2 |  Lidl–Trek | + 9' 23" |
| 3 | Canyon–SRAM | + 38' 19" |
| 4 | Team SD Worx–Protime | + 40' 37" |
| 5 | Laboral Kutxa–Fundación Euskadi | + 51' 14" |
| 6 | FDJ–Suez | + 1h 09' 04" |
| 7 |  UAE Team ADQ | + 1h 09' 31" |
| 8 | Movistar Team | + 1h 13' 04" |
| 9 |  Uno-X Mobility | + 1h 15' 41" |
| 10 | AG Insurance–Soudal | + 1h 33' 02" |
References
- ^ "Women's Giro d'Italia: Elisa Longo Borghini holds on to win Maglia Rosa". BBC Sport. 2024-07-14. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ Weislo, Laura (4 July 2024). "Giro d'Italia Women 2024 start list". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Giro d'Italia Women: one month to the start". RCS Sports and Events. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Giro d'Italia Women 2024: the route has been announced". www.giroditaliawomen.it. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ a b c Farrand, Stephen (2023-12-12). "Giro d'Italia Women 2024 route: Blockhaus mountain finish to decide eight-day race". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ "Giro d'Italia Women 2024: the route has been announced". www.giroditaliawomen.it. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
Blockhaus is the 'Cima Alfonsina Strada', the highest peak of the race, established in memory of the cyclist who took part in the men's Giro d'Italia in 1924.
- ^ O'Shea, Sadhbh (2023-05-30). "Opinion: Outgoing Giro d'Italia Donne organizer disrespecting riders, fans by doing bare minimum in 2023". Velo. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
- ^ Jary, Rachel (13 December 2023). "Eight stages, Blockhaus and a broader route - How RCS is stepping up the Giro d'Italia Women". Rouleur. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
Overall, the Giro d'Italia Women route is impressive.
- ^ Jones, Amy (2023-12-13). "Late mountain doubleheader offers GC suspense - Analysing the Giro d'Italia Women 2024 route". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
a positive sign of new management under RCS
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (2021-10-16). "A closer look reveals the inequity at Tour de France Femmes". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
Regarding, the number of days of competition during a stage race, the UCI sets the elite women's stage races at six days, unless an exemption is made by its Management Committee.
- ^ "Giro d'Italia Women 2024: the route has been announced". www.giroditaliawomen.it. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ a b c d e Knöfler, Lukas (14 July 2024). "Giro d'Italia Women: Elisa Longo Borghini confirms overall victory as Le Court wins stage 8 from breakaway". CyclingNews. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
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