Giro d'Italia 2024 stage 19 GC Update: Geraint Thomas keeps hold of 3rd place despite late crash

On the penultimate mountain stage of the Giro d'Italia 2024, some change was expected when it came to the fight for the overall classification. It turned out to be a day for the breakaway however, with the GC riders much more relaxed than they might have been.

In fact, there was nothing of note in the final kilometres, except for an attempt by Einer Rubio and Romain Bardet to accelerate. Although they weren't able to gain time, the rise in stress did see INEOS Grenadiers leader Geraint Thomas hit the deck. At first, it seemed that the Welshman had hurt himself but thankfully, he was able to quickly get back into the bunch and not lose time to Daniel Martinez who is his main rival in the fight for second place in the general classification.

Geraint Thomas hits the deck on stage 19 of 2024 Giro d'Italia

Behind, as we say, nothing remarkable. Ben O'Connor is still 4th, Antonio Tiberi is 5th and keeps the leader's jersey of the young riders' classification, Thymen Arensman is 6th, Romain Bardet is 7th, Einer Rubio 8th, Filippo Zana keeps 9th place and Jan Hirt closes the Top 10.

That said, everything will be decided on Saturday in the final mountain chapter of the Giro d'Italia 2024. What happens on the double ascent of Monte Grappa will be the final result (a priori, assuming nothing happens on the final stage of the Corsa Rosa) before the finish in Rome, where the sprinters will have their last chance for victory.

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Giro d'Italia 2024 stage 19 GC Update:

1	POGACAR Tadej	UAE Team Emirates	71:24:03
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	+ 33:44
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	+ 49:58
22	BAUDIN Alex	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 50:43
23	NARVAEZ Jhonnatan	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 52:27
24	VALTER Attila	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 54:39
25	ALEOTTI Giovanni	BORA-hansgrohe	+ 57:53
26	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 57:54
27	RIES Michel	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 01:00:54
28	VERMAERKE Kevin	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 01:08:40
29	ZAMBANINI Edoardo	Bahrain Victorious	+ 01:13:59
30	VANSEVENANT Mauri	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 01:19:16
31	STEINHAUSER Georg	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 01:20:25
32	LOPEZ Juan Pedro	Lidl-Trek	+ 01:26:52
33	CHAVES Esteban	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 01:27:44
34	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	UAE Team Emirates	+ 01:33:10
35	TRATNIK Jan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 01:38:50
36	VELASCO Simone	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 01:40:48
37	HAMILTON Chris	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 01:41:26
38	CALMEJANE Lilian	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 01:42:15
39	WARBASSE Lawrence	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 01:45:52
40	VALGREN Michael	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 01:46:09
41	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 01:46:25
42	SCHACHMANN Max	BORA-hansgrohe	+ 01:49:08
43	SANCHEZ Pelayo	Movistar Team	+ 01:55:33
44	TONELLI Alessandro	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	+ 01:58:39
45	LEEMREIZE Gijs	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 01:59:57
46	FRIGO Marco	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 02:03:08
47	VENDRAME Andrea	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 02:05:53
48	HERMANS Quinten	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 02:09:04
49	MULUBRHAN Henok	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 02:10:22
50	PLAPP Lucas	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 02:12:13
51	DE MARCHI Alessandro	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 02:14:09
52	BARTA William	Movistar Team	+ 02:17:59
53	PALENI Enzo	Groupama-FDJ	+ 02:20:01
54	SWIFT Ben	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 02:24:00
55	SHEFFIELD Magnus	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 02:24:09
56	FERNANDEZ Ruben	Cofidis	+ 02:25:25
57	CHAMPION Thomas	Cofidis	+ 02:27:25
58	MAESTRI Mirco	Team Polti Kometa	+ 02:28:09
59	BAIS Mattia	Team Polti Kometa	+ 02:29:50
60	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Bahrain Victorious	+ 02:36:46
61	HONORE Mikkel	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 02:36:54
62	PELLIZZARI Giulio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	+ 02:39:18
63	BAGIOLI Andrea	Lidl-Trek	+ 02:47:54
64	TORRES Albert	Movistar Team	+ 02:53:37
65	WOOD Harrison	Cofidis	+ 02:53:50
66	KEPPLINGER Rainer	Bahrain Victorious	+ 02:54:47
67	TOUZÉ Damien	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 03:05:57
68	STORK Florian	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+ 03:07:29
69	BALLERINI Davide	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 03:09:57
70	CEPEDA Alexander	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 03:10:32
71	NOVAK Domen	UAE Team Emirates	+ 03:11:28
72	BAIS Davide	Team Polti Kometa	+ 03:15:34
73	FIORELLI Filippo	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	+ 03:16:17
74	DE BOD Stefan	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 03:17:36
75	BARTHE Cyril	Groupama-FDJ	+ 03:22:24
76	FOSS Tobias	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 03:25:17
77	PASQUALON Andrea	Bahrain Victorious	+ 03:26:44
78	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE Team Emirates	+ 03:29:12
79	SWIFT Connor	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 03:33:15
80	GAMPER Patrick	BORA-hansgrohe	+ 03:33:59
81	SMITH Dion	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 03:35:06
82	TRONCHON Bastien	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 03:36:01
83	STUYVEN Jasper	Lidl-Trek	+ 03:36:06
84	FABBRO Matteo	Team Polti Kometa	+ 03:41:18
85	BAYER Tobias	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 03:43:26
86	JANSSENS Jimmy	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 03:44:57
87	CLARKE Simon	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 03:45:14
88	MARCELLUSI Martin	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	+ 03:45:21
89	MILESI Lorenzo	Movistar Team	+ 03:45:35
90	KOCH Jonas	BORA-hansgrohe	+ 03:47:04
91	DE POOTER Dries	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 03:53:37
92	TAROZZI Manuele	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	+ 03:55:25
93	VAN DIJKE Tim	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 03:59:28
94	VAN SINTMAARTENSDIJK Roel	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 04:05:48
95	PIETROBON Andrea	Team Polti Kometa	+ 04:08:53
96	BJERG Mikkel	UAE Team Emirates	+ 04:16:25
97	MIHKELS Madis	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 04:16:30
98	DEBEAUMARCHÉ Nicolas	Cofidis	+ 04:26:56
99	THEUNS Edward	Lidl-Trek	+ 04:27:20
100	LAMPERTI Luke	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 04:31:05