Giro d'Italia 2024 stage 17 GC Update: Tadej Pogacar gains time again as Einer Rubio moves up to 8th

Wednesday, 22 May 2024 at 17:53

Stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia 2024 once again promised a lot of excitement when it came to the fight for the general classification. Whilst Georg Steinhauser held on for the stage win from the breakaway, Tadej Pogacar put yet more time into his rivals with a late attack.

In truth, the climb could have affected the general classification much more than it did, as there wasn't much movement in the group of favourites until almost the last two kilometres. Daniel Martinez tried an attack from the peloton with the aim of putting more time on Geraint Thomas, who is his main rival in the fight for second place. That attack was immediately followed by Pogacar as the Slovenian continues to demonstrate that he has no rival in this Giro d'Italia. Without even breaking sweat he left the rest of his so-called rivals behind and went for the second position of the day, gaining more time and getting closer to a buffer of 10 minutes, which seems to be the only goal that the Slovenian could set at this point. Right now, Tadej Pogacar is 7 minutes and 42 seconds ahead of Daniel Martinez, and 8 minutes and 4 seconds ahead of Geraint Thomas.

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In the group of the rest of the podium hopefuls, Antonio Tiberi, Einer Rubio, Geraint Thomas and Daniel Martinez all got the same time. Rubio was the big beneficiary of the day, rising a position to 8th in the general classification. The Movistar Team rider was the only rider to start tomorrow's stage 18 in a different position in the classification to the one he held at the start of Wednesday's stage.

Elsewhere, Ben O'Connor maintains his 4th position, despite losing time. Thymen Arensman will remain 6th, Romain Bardet 7th, despite having his team working hard on the front of the bunch throughout the day and Filippo Zana 9th with Jan Hirt 10th, complete the top-10.

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Giro d'Italia 2024 stage 17 GC Update:

1	POGACAR Tadej	UAE Team Emirates	63:31:18
2	MARTINEZ Daniel	BORA-hansgrohe	+ 07:42
3	THOMAS Geraint	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 08:04
4	O'CONNOR Ben	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 09:47
5	TIBERI Antonio	Bahrain Victorious	+ 10:29
6	ARENSMAN Thymen	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 11:10
7	BARDET Romain	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 12:42
8	RUBIO Einer	Movistar Team	+ 13:33
9	ZANA Filippo	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 13:52
10	HIRT Jan	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 14:44
11	FORTUNATO Lorenzo	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 16:37
12	STORER Michael	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+ 18:27
13	PIGANZOLI Davide	Team Polti Kometa	+ 22:38
14	GESCHKE Simon	Cofidis	+ 27:55
15	COVILI Luca	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	+ 31:56
16	MAJKA Rafal	UAE Team Emirates	+ 33:16
17	PARET-PEINTRE Valentin	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 41:12
18	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar Team	+ 44:52
19	CARUSO Damiano	Bahrain Victorious	+ 44:55
20	POZZOVIVO Domenico	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	+ 46:25
21	CONCI Nicola	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 47:30
22	BAUDIN Alex	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 50:43
23	VALTER Attila	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 54:06
24	ALEOTTI Giovanni	BORA-hansgrohe	+ 57:53
25	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 57:54
26	RIES Michel	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 01:00:54
27	SCARONI Cristian	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 01:03:50
28	NARVAEZ Jhonnatan	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 01:05:58
29	VERMAERKE Kevin	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 01:06:00
30	ZAMBANINI Edoardo	Bahrain Victorious	+ 01:12:49
31	VANSEVENANT Mauri	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 01:13:19
32	LOPEZ Juan Pedro	Lidl-Trek	+ 01:18:53
33	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	UAE Team Emirates	+ 01:31:42
34	STEINHAUSER Georg	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 01:32:12
35	HAMILTON Chris	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 01:38:23
36	CALMEJANE Lilian	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 01:40:15
37	WARBASSE Lawrence	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 01:45:05
38	VELASCO Simone	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 01:54:14
39	LEEMREIZE Gijs	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 01:54:20
40	TONELLI Alessandro	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	+ 01:55:08
41	FRIGO Marco	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 01:56:34
42	VALGREN Michael	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 01:59:36
43	MULUBRHAN Henok	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 02:09:12
44	SANCHEZ Pelayo	Movistar Team	+ 02:10:43
45	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Lidl-Trek	+ 02:14:48
46	BARTA William	Movistar Team	+ 02:15:19
47	DE MARCHI Alessandro	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 02:16:15
48	HERMANS Quinten	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 02:19:55
49	FERNANDEZ Ruben	Cofidis	+ 02:21:54
50	VENDRAME Andrea	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 02:22:00
51	MAESTRI Mirco	Team Polti Kometa	+ 02:23:18
52	SWIFT Ben	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 02:23:33
53	PLAPP Lucas	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 02:25:42
54	PALENI Enzo	Groupama-FDJ	+ 02:26:20
55	CHAMPION Thomas	Cofidis	+ 02:26:58
56	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Bahrain Victorious	+ 02:31:53
57	PELLIZZARI Giulio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	+ 02:33:57
58	HONORE Mikkel	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 02:43:15
59	TORRES Albert	Movistar Team	+ 02:50:06
60	WOOD Harrison	Cofidis	+ 02:50:22
61	SERRY Pieter	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 03:01:47
62	CEPEDA Alexander	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 03:04:48
63	BAIS Davide	Team Polti Kometa	+ 03:10:41
64	FOSS Tobias	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 03:15:55
65	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE Team Emirates	+ 03:21:12
66	PASQUALON Andrea	Bahrain Victorious	+ 03:21:51
67	GROVES Kaden	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 03:23:12
68	PLANCKAERT Edward	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 03:29:29
69	BAYER Tobias	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 03:38:32
70	CLARKE Simon	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 03:39:37
71	JANSSENS Jimmy	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 03:39:51
72	MILESI Lorenzo	Movistar Team	+ 03:42:55

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