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

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Wednesday, 22 May 2024 at 17:53
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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.

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.

Giro d'Italia 2024 stage 17 GC Update:

1POGACAR TadejUAE Team Emirates63:31:18
2MARTINEZ DanielBORA-hansgrohe+ 07:42
3THOMAS GeraintINEOS Grenadiers+ 08:04
4O'CONNOR BenDecathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team+ 09:47
5TIBERI AntonioBahrain Victorious+ 10:29
6ARENSMAN ThymenINEOS Grenadiers+ 11:10
7BARDET RomainTeam dsm-firmenich PostNL+ 12:42
8RUBIO EinerMovistar Team+ 13:33
9ZANA FilippoTeam Jayco-AlUla+ 13:52
10HIRT JanSoudal Quick-Step+ 14:44
11FORTUNATO LorenzoAstana Qazaqstan Team+ 16:37
12STORER MichaelTudor Pro Cycling Team+ 18:27
13PIGANZOLI DavideTeam Polti Kometa+ 22:38
14GESCHKE SimonCofidis+ 27:55
15COVILI LucaVF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè+ 31:56
16MAJKA RafalUAE Team Emirates+ 33:16
17PARET-PEINTRE ValentinDecathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team+ 41:12
18QUINTANA NairoMovistar Team+ 44:52
19CARUSO DamianoBahrain Victorious+ 44:55
20POZZOVIVO DomenicoVF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè+ 46:25
21CONCI NicolaAlpecin-Deceuninck+ 47:30
22BAUDIN AlexDecathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team+ 50:43
23VALTER AttilaTeam Visma | Lease a Bike+ 54:06
24ALEOTTI GiovanniBORA-hansgrohe+ 57:53
25PARET-PEINTRE AurélienDecathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team+ 57:54
26RIES MichelARKEA-B&B HOTELS+ 01:00:54
27SCARONI CristianAstana Qazaqstan Team+ 01:03:50
28NARVAEZ JhonnatanINEOS Grenadiers+ 01:05:58
29VERMAERKE KevinTeam dsm-firmenich PostNL+ 01:06:00
30ZAMBANINI EdoardoBahrain Victorious+ 01:12:49
31VANSEVENANT MauriSoudal Quick-Step+ 01:13:19
32LOPEZ Juan PedroLidl-Trek+ 01:18:53
33GROSSSCHARTNER FelixUAE Team Emirates+ 01:31:42
34STEINHAUSER GeorgEF Education-EasyPost+ 01:32:12
35HAMILTON ChrisTeam dsm-firmenich PostNL+ 01:38:23
36CALMEJANE LilianIntermarché-Wanty+ 01:40:15
37WARBASSE LawrenceDecathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team+ 01:45:05
38VELASCO SimoneAstana Qazaqstan Team+ 01:54:14
39LEEMREIZE GijsTeam dsm-firmenich PostNL+ 01:54:20
40TONELLI AlessandroVF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè+ 01:55:08
41FRIGO MarcoIsrael-Premier Tech+ 01:56:34
42VALGREN MichaelEF Education-EasyPost+ 01:59:36
43MULUBRHAN HenokAstana Qazaqstan Team+ 02:09:12
44SANCHEZ PelayoMovistar Team+ 02:10:43
45GHEBREIGZABHIER AmanuelLidl-Trek+ 02:14:48
46BARTA WilliamMovistar Team+ 02:15:19
47DE MARCHI AlessandroTeam Jayco-AlUla+ 02:16:15
48HERMANS QuintenAlpecin-Deceuninck+ 02:19:55
49FERNANDEZ RubenCofidis+ 02:21:54
50VENDRAME AndreaDecathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team+ 02:22:00
51MAESTRI MircoTeam Polti Kometa+ 02:23:18
52SWIFT BenINEOS Grenadiers+ 02:23:33
53PLAPP LucasTeam Jayco-AlUla+ 02:25:42
54PALENI EnzoGroupama-FDJ+ 02:26:20
55CHAMPION ThomasCofidis+ 02:26:58
56SÜTTERLIN JashaBahrain Victorious+ 02:31:53
57PELLIZZARI GiulioVF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè+ 02:33:57
58HONORE MikkelEF Education-EasyPost+ 02:43:15
59TORRES AlbertMovistar Team+ 02:50:06
60WOOD HarrisonCofidis+ 02:50:22
61SERRY PieterSoudal Quick-Step+ 03:01:47
62CEPEDA AlexanderEF Education-EasyPost+ 03:04:48
63BAIS DavideTeam Polti Kometa+ 03:10:41
64FOSS TobiasINEOS Grenadiers+ 03:15:55
65LAENGEN Vegard StakeUAE Team Emirates+ 03:21:12
66PASQUALON AndreaBahrain Victorious+ 03:21:51
67GROVES KadenAlpecin-Deceuninck+ 03:23:12
68PLANCKAERT EdwardAlpecin-Deceuninck+ 03:29:29
69BAYER TobiasAlpecin-Deceuninck+ 03:38:32
70CLARKE SimonIsrael-Premier Tech+ 03:39:37
71JANSSENS JimmyAlpecin-Deceuninck+ 03:39:51
72MILESI LorenzoMovistar Team+ 03:42:55
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