2023 Giro d'Italia stage 17 by BikeRaceInfo

Alberto Dainese (on left) wins the sprint. RCS photo

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Weather at the finish city of Caorle at 1:40 PM, local time: 22C (72F), fair, with the wind from the east at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is a 10% chance of rain. There was rain falling on the riders early in the stage.

The race: This flat stage is the penultimate true sprinters stage. All 128 riders who finished stage 16 began stage 17.

Here's the stage 17 report from winner Alberto Dainese's Team DSM:

After nearly abandoning the race on Sunday due to sickness and pushing through to be the last rider to pass the line solo in 43 minutes behind the stage winner, Team DSM’s Alberto Dainese powered to an extra special sprint win on his home stage in Caorle today.

Team DSM rode perfectly throughout the day to help control the early breakaway, then set up finisher Alberto Dainese for the finale who duly delivered with a monstrous sprint to secure the win on stage 17 at the Giro d’Italia.

The peloton heads out from the start city of Pergine Valsugana. RCS photo

From the beginning of the stage Team DSM were ever present at the front of the bunch, controlling the tempo and staying out of trouble on the Italian roads. Coming into the closing 20 kilometres the break was caught and the team worked superbly to stay at the front of the race. Charging under the flamme rouge the boys in black dropped Dainese off expertly, who used his nous to wait a few seconds before launching his sprint, surging past the competition to take Team DSM’s first Grand Tour win of the season.

Speaking after the stage a jubilant Dainese said: “I really appreciated the commitment from the team, they really believed in me. They said to me this morning ‘you can win a stage, it’s a good opportunity.’ Even though I wasn’t feeling 100 percent, they still told me it was possible. It’s more special than the last year for sure. Last year was a bit out of luck, this year it was the end of a process and work with the team and lead out, so it feels much more special. The last week was not easy, for me personally too with some problems, but we still believed in it and each other, and said that today was a good chance to win a stage here.”

Complete results:

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197 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.410 km/hr

1	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	4hr 26min 8sec
2	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
3	Michael Matthews	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
4	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
5	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.
7	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
9	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
10	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
11	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
12	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
13	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
14	Nico Denz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
16	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
17	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
18	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
20	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
21	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
22	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
23	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
24	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
25	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
26	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
27	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
28	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
29	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
30	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
31	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
32	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
33	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
34	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
36	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
37	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
38	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
39	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
40	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
41	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
43	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
44	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
45	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
46	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
47	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
49	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
50	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
51	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
52	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
53	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
54	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
55	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
56	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
57	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
58	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
59	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
60	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
61	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
62	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
63	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
64	Karel Vacek	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
65	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
66	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
67	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
68	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
69	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
70	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
71	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
72	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
73	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
74	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
75	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
76	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
77	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
78	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
79	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
81	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
82	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
83	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
84	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
85	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
86	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
87	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
88	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
90	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
91	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
92	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
93	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
94	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
95	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
96	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Corratec-Selle Italia	@ 28sec
97	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	0:31
98	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
99	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	0:41
100	Veljko Stojnic	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
101	Max Kanter	Movistar	0:44
102	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	0:46
103	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	0:52
104	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	0:54
105	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
106	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
107	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
108	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	1:01
109	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
110	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
111	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
112	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
113	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	1:17
114	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
115	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
116	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:20
117	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	1:40
118	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	1:41
119	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	1:49
120	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	1:51
121	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	2:26
122	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	3:21
123	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
124	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	4:18
125	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	4:34
126	Carlos Verona	Movistar	5:46
127	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
128	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.

GC after stage 17:

GC leader: Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers)
Mountains classification leader: Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost)
Points classification leader: Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious)
Best young rider: Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates)
Teams classification leader: Bahrain Victorious

2,865.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.806 km/hr

1	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	71hr 58min 43sec
2	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	@ 18sec
3	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	0:29
4	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	2:50
5	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	3:03
6	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	3:20
7	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	3:22
8	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	3:30
9	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	4:09
10	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	4:32
11	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	4:50
12	Einer Rubio	Movistar	5:43
13	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	6:48
14	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	7:21
15	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	7:46
16	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	10:02
17	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	10:54
18	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	10:58
19	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	12:28
20	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	19:13
21	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	23:10
22	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	24:08
23	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	26:18
24	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	28:36
25	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	31:00
26	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	31:29
27	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	31:56
28	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	33:44
29	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	36:52
30	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	39:04
31	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	43:16
32	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	44:23
33	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	46:24
34	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	50:36
35	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	52:10
36	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	53:25
37	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	56:30
38	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	58:05
39	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	1:03:54
40	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	1:05:34
41	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	1:05:37
42	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	1:05:49
43	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:07:16
44	William Barta	Movistar	1:10:56
45	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:11:25
46	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	1:13:59
47	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	1:16:33
48	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	1:17:27
49	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	1:18:03
50	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	1:18:59
51	Nico Denz	BORA-hansgrohe	1:19:33
52	François Bidard	Cofidis	1:24:56
53	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	1:28:29
54	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	1:28:55
55	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	1:31:06
56	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:31:29
57	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	1:36:30
58	Carlos Verona	Movistar	1:38:36
59	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:42:18
60	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	1:42:24
61	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	1:44:07
62	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	1:51:03
63	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	1:59:52
64	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	2:01:10
65	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	2:02:07
66	Michael Matthews	Jayco-AlUla	2:05:21
67	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	2:07:29
68	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	2:07:53
69	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	2:08:50
70	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	2:08:53
71	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	2:09:59
72	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	2:10:20
73	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	2:11:53
74	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	2:12:25
75	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:12:54
76	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	2:13:59
77	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	2:19:02
78	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	2:22:23
79	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	2:23:07
80	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	2:24:59
81	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	2:29:32
82	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	2:32:32
83	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	2:36:43
84	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	2:39:21
85	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:42:43
86	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	2:43:11
87	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:43:14
88	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	2:44:47
89	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:47:45
90	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	2:48:08
91	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	2:49:55
92	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:51:09
93	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	2:53:02
94	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	2:55:14
95	Karel Vacek	Corratec-Selle Italia	2:56:19
96	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	2:58:50
97	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:59:57
98	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	2:59:59
99	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	3:02:39
100	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	3:04:23
101	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	3:05:56
102	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	3:07:30
103	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:08:09
104	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	3:08:30
105	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	3:14:57
106	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	3:17:44
107	Veljko Stojnic	Corratec-Selle Italia	3:18:37
108	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:20:35
109	Max Kanter	Movistar	3:24:02
110	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	3:24:48
111	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	3:25:04
112	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	3:29:11
113	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	3:30:32
114	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	3:33:54
115	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:38:13
116	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	3:39:42
117	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:39:43
118	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	3:40:30
119	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	3:40:31
120	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	3:45:19
121	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	3:45:23
122	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:47:25
123	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	3:48:41
124	Albert Torres	Movistar	3:50:17
125	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	3:51:55
126	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	3:52:58
127	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	3:54:05
128	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Corratec-Selle Italia	3:56:04