Giro d'Italia 2024 stage 19 GC Update: Geraint Thomas keeps hold of 3rd place despite late crash
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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.
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 |
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- More to the point, it isn't his remaining goal.Renz08-11-2026
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- I know, their headlines can be so misleading. Pidcock had a great season with 5 wins. and some solid 2nds. no reason to take away from that with a fake headline.mij08-11-2026
- You can clearly see the the posture change from slightly sitting to again out of the saddle while changing of gears in the video of the sprintabstractengineer08-11-2026
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- Just looked again at the photo. Yeah I stand by that. If MS had fallen over in Brands direction I don’t even think she would have hit her. You must be a UCI race commissioner. I’ll be sure to check my sock height should I ever see you on a ride. Looks like everyone else on here sees what I see.mij08-11-2026
- I said looking at the photo it doesn’t appear she deviated. Chill out, not stating my word is the final judgement. Just commenting that based on the photo I don’t see it. And BTW the Dutch coach even said she didn’t impede her.mij08-11-2026
- Blah Blah Blah !frieders308-11-2026
- MS said she was changing gears so that caused her slight deviation. Nothing was intentional.frieders308-11-2026
- How can you use a photo post incident to judge the incident itself (which is not hard to find if you’re prepared to invest the same amount of time in searching as writing that comment? It’s harsh but technically right even though this or worse is not always sanctioned in every race. The two things that went against MS (who unfortunately for her would still have won without making her mistake) are that it was not a bunch sprint where there could have been an overlooked incident or mitigating circumstances explaining a deviation. Everything was focused on just those 2, Schreiber was riding beautifully balanced which made her sudden deviation look unnatural stroke as if it could have been in some part intentional whilst she was slowly drifting ever closer towards the barrier to a point that would have reached obstruction level. In her defence, it might have been the realisation she was heading towards that that made her react suddenly and caused the deviation involuntarily. In any case, congratulations to her for the ride of her life, in people’s minds she will be credited for it.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
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A touch of wheels and GERAINT THOMAS IS DOWN 😲💥 Huge class from Tadej Pogacar and the GC contenders, who slow down and wait for Thomas to re-join the group 👏
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