Giro d'Italia 2024 stage 16 GC Update | Tadej Pogacar increases lead even further as Daniel Martinez rises to 2nd at Geraint Thomas' expense

After all the controversy and drama that proceeded the racing getting underway on stage 16 of the 2024 Giro d'Italia, the reduced stage didn't see any lessening in the drama as Tadej Pogacar emphatically made it five Giro stage wins and increased his Maglia Rosa advantage even further.

The UAE Team Emirates star didn't need to do it, but seeing that the race situation was getting very good for him to add that fifth victory, he was ruthless. In truth, Pogacar didn't even have to attack from the peloton. The Slovenian simply kept up the pace when his teammate Rafal Majka pulled away, and soloed across the finish line, passing the remainder of the breakaway one by one with consummate ease.

In addition to the victory, Tadej Pogacar further distances himself from his rivals in the general classification. Behind him though, the rest of the GC hopefuls had differing days. Daniel Martinez is the new 2nd position after beating Geraint Thomas on the final climb, who drops down 3rd after some significant time loss. Both are now more than 7 minutes behind Pogacar however, so there is no fight for overall victory remaining. As far as the rest of the positions are concerned, there are no changes in the Top 10.

The highlight was the performance of Romain Bardet. The Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL rider was left behind when Pelayo Sánchez started an attack in the peloton and Movistar Team began to put pressure on him. However, the Frenchman managed to bravely claw his way back to the peloton in the final kilometres and save his 7th place for the moment.

Elsewhere, Ben O'Connor remains 4th, Antonio Tiberi is 5th, Thymen Arensman is 6th, Filippo Zana is 8th, Einer Rubio remains 9th despite having his team work throughout the day and Jan Hirt closes in 10th.

Giro d'Italia 2024 stage 16 GC Update:

1 POGACAR Tadej UAE Team Emirates 59:01:09
2 MARTINEZ Daniel BORA-hansgrohe + 07:18
3 THOMAS Geraint INEOS Grenadiers + 07:40
4 O'CONNOR Ben Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 08:42
5 TIBERI Antonio Bahrain Victorious + 10:09
6 ARENSMAN Thymen INEOS Grenadiers + 10:33
7 BARDET Romain Team dsm-firmenich PostNL + 12:18
8 ZANA Filippo Team Jayco-AlUla + 12:43
9 RUBIO Einer Movistar Team + 13:09
10 HIRT Jan Soudal Quick-Step + 14:07
11 FORTUNATO Lorenzo Astana Qazaqstan Team + 15:33
12 STORER Michael Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 17:20
13 PIGANZOLI Davide Team Polti Kometa + 19:55
14 POZZOVIVO Domenico VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè + 21:59
15 GESCHKE Simon Cofidis + 25:12
16 BAUDIN Alex Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 26:17
17 COVILI Luca VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè + 28:28
18 MAJKA Rafal UAE Team Emirates + 32:39
19 ALEOTTI Giovanni BORA-hansgrohe + 33:27
20 PARET-PEINTRE Valentin Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 38:41
21 CARUSO Damiano Bahrain Victorious + 39:44
22 QUINTANA Nairo Movistar Team + 43:43
23 CONCI Nicola Alpecin-Deceuninck + 44:29
24 VALTER Attila Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 48:55
25 CHAVES Esteban EF Education-EasyPost + 52:47
26 LOPEZ Juan Pedro Lidl-Trek + 54:53
27 NARVAEZ Jhonnatan INEOS Grenadiers + 55:53
28 SCARONI Cristian Astana Qazaqstan Team + 56:04
29 PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 56:23
30 RIES Michel ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 57:44
31 VERMAERKE Kevin Team dsm-firmenich PostNL + 01:03:29
32 VANSEVENANT Mauri Soudal Quick-Step + 01:03:45
33 ZAMBANINI Edoardo Bahrain Victorious + 01:07:38
34 SCHACHMANN Max BORA-hansgrohe + 01:11:26
35 HAMILTON Chris Team dsm-firmenich PostNL + 01:13:57
36 CALMEJANE Lilian Intermarché-Wanty + 01:15:49
37 WARBASSE Lawrence Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 01:20:39
38 TRATNIK Jan Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 01:20:50
39 GROSSSCHARTNER Felix UAE Team Emirates + 01:27:46
40 ALAPHILIPPE Julian Soudal Quick-Step + 01:27:57
41 VELASCO Simone Astana Qazaqstan Team + 01:29:48
42 TONELLI Alessandro VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè + 01:30:42
43 STEINHAUSER Georg EF Education-EasyPost + 01:33:46
44 VALGREN Michael EF Education-EasyPost + 01:35:10
45 MULUBRHAN Henok Astana Qazaqstan Team + 01:44:46
46 SANCHEZ Pelayo Movistar Team + 01:46:43
47 LEEMREIZE Gijs Team dsm-firmenich PostNL + 01:46:58
48 SCHULTZ Nick Israel-Premier Tech + 01:48:03
49 FRIGO Marco Israel-Premier Tech + 01:48:49
50 BARTA William Movistar Team + 01:49:11
51 SHEFFIELD Magnus INEOS Grenadiers + 01:50:31
52 HERMANS Quinten Alpecin-Deceuninck + 01:54:41
53 MAESTRI Mirco Team Polti Kometa + 01:56:46
54 FERNANDEZ Ruben Cofidis + 01:57:28
55 PALENI Enzo Groupama-FDJ + 02:01:54
56 CHAMPION Thomas Cofidis + 02:02:32
57 VENDRAME Andrea Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 02:06:29
58 SÜTTERLIN Jasha Bahrain Victorious + 02:07:27
59 DE MARCHI Alessandro Team Jayco-AlUla + 02:08:29
60 GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel Lidl-Trek + 02:09:15
61 BAGIOLI Andrea Lidl-Trek + 02:09:37
62 BAIS Mattia Team Polti Kometa + 02:09:39
63 PELLIZZARI Giulio VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè + 02:09:57
64 STORK Florian Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 02:12:59
65 SWIFT Ben INEOS Grenadiers + 02:13:28
66 HONORE Mikkel EF Education-EasyPost + 02:18:49
67 KEPPLINGER Rainer Bahrain Victorious + 02:20:30
68 NOVAK Domen UAE Team Emirates + 02:21:01
69 PLAPP Lucas Team Jayco-AlUla + 02:21:46
70 TORRES Albert Movistar Team + 02:25:40
71 TOUZÉ Damien Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 02:27:17
72 BALLERINI Davide Astana Qazaqstan Team + 02:33:04
73 FIORELLI Filippo VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè + 02:33:09
74 VERRE Alessandro ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 02:35:45
75 BARTHE Cyril Groupama-FDJ + 02:36:38
76 SERRY Pieter Soudal Quick-Step + 02:37:21
77 TRENTIN Matteo Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 02:38:42
78 DE BOD Stefan EF Education-EasyPost + 02:39:19
79 CEPEDA Alexander EF Education-EasyPost + 02:40:22
80 COSTIOU Ewen ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 02:41:09
81 ASKEY Lewis Groupama-FDJ + 02:42:31
82 COLLEONI Kevin Intermarché-Wanty + 02:43:28
83 WOOD Harrison Cofidis + 02:45:05
84 SWIFT Connor INEOS Grenadiers + 02:46:19
85 GAMPER Patrick BORA-hansgrohe + 02:47:22
86 SMITH Dion Intermarché-Wanty + 02:48:21
87 FOSS Tobias INEOS Grenadiers + 02:49:47
88 GERMANI Lorenzo Groupama-FDJ + 02:53:33
89 GANNA Filippo INEOS Grenadiers + 02:53:41
90 BAIS Davide Team Polti Kometa + 02:55:05
91 PICCOLO Andrea EF Education-EasyPost + 02:55:09
92 LAENGEN Vegard Stake UAE Team Emirates + 02:56:46
93 PASQUALON Andrea Bahrain Victorious + 02:57:25
94 GROVES Kaden Alpecin-Deceuninck + 02:57:45
95 STUYVEN Jasper Lidl-Trek + 02:58:55
96 TRONCHON Bastien Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 03:00:00
97 MARCELLUSI Martin VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè + 03:00:24
98 PITHIE Laurence Groupama-FDJ + 03:00:43
99 PLANCKAERT Edward Alpecin-Deceuninck + 03:04:02
100 FABBRO Matteo Team Polti Kometa + 03:04:59

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