2024 Giro d'Italia stage 14 by BikeRaceInfo

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Weather at the finish city of Desenzano del Garda at 1:35 PM, local time: 23C (73F), fair, with the wind from the east at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.

The stage: The second time trial test is predominantly flat with several undulations within it and an elevation gain of roughly 250 meters. The riders cross a few villages and a series of minor ups and downs. The road is almost constantly slightly downhill heading towards the shore of Lake Garda.

Last kilometers:
The last kilometers are mostly straight with a couple of left-right bends about 300 m from the finish. The final straight is 200 m on asphalt, width 6 m.

Alan Riou (Arkea-B&B Hotels) is the first rider off. RCS photo

The race: Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) & Luka Mezgec (Jayco-AlUla) did not start.

First rider to start was Alan Riou (Arkea-B&B Hotels) at 1:40 PM.

Here's the race organzier's report:

Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) won the fourteenth stage of the Giro d'Italia 107, the 31.2 km Castiglione delle Stiviere-Desenzano del Garda Tudor ITT. Second and third place went to Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers) respectively.

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) remains in the Maglia Rosa as leader of the general classification.

The stage winner Filippo Ganna, immediately after the finish, declared: “I suffered a lot today. Winning in a time trial is not like winning in a sprint, you have to wait up to two hours and it increases stress. I was very excited after arriving, we are in Italy and for me it is special to race in my country, also considering the proximity to the Montichiari Velodrome which is a second home for me. Six time trial wins at the Giro are a great result, just as the team's result is excellent, with Thomas and Arensman gaining in the general classification. Tomorrow will be an intense day, before a week in which we will have to fight a lot."

Tadej Pogacar was second in the stage and retained his GC lead. RCS photo

Here's the report from stage winner Filippo Ganna's Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Filippo Ganna flew to victory in stage 14’s 31 kilometer time trial, with five Grenadiers in the top 12 to cap off a remarkable day in Italy.

Ganna hit the course early and looked strong throughout, setting the fastest times at both the first and second time checks, before beating fellow Grenadier Tobias Foss into second place on the line.

It would be a long wait for the Italian before the stage win was confirmed, with many strong riders going well, but not challenging the Italian’s time. Magnus Sheffield was the close to challenging Pippo on the day, but an unfortunate crash saw him out of the running. He would remount and still place 12th overall.

The duo of GC riders, Geraint Thomas and Thymen Arensman, would both set impressive times to finish fourth and third on the day respectively, with G retaking second overall, and Thymen moving up to sixth place on GC.

The stage win would be confirmed when Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) came home in second place, 29 seconds back on ‘Top Ganna’.

The Grenadiers would finish the day with five riders in the top 12, with Ganna taking the win, Thymen and G in third and fourth respectively. Tobias Foss would place eighth, with Magnus in 12th.

Complete results:

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31.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 53.435 km/hr

1	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	35min 2sec
2	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	@ 29sec
3	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	1:07
4	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	1:14
5	Lucas Plapp	Jayco-AlUla	1:18
6	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	1:19
7	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:25
8	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	1:26
9	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	1:28
10	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:30
11	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	1:32
12	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	1:35
13	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	1:39
14	Daniel Martinez	BORA-hansgrohe	1:45
15	Max Walscheid	Jayco-AlUla	1:48
16	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	1:56
17	Jan Tratnik	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	2:00
18	Tim Van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	2:04
19	Max Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	2:05
20	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	2:06
21	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	2:07
22	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:09
23	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	2:17
24	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	2:32
25	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:33
26	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
27	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	2:34
28	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	2:36
29	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	2:41
30	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:45
31	Alex Baudin	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:47
32	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	2:51
33	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	2:52
34	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	2:57
35	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
36	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	3:03
37	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	3:10
38	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:15
39	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	3:18
40	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	3:24
41	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	3:28
42	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	3:44
43	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	3:46
44	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	3:50
45	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	4:00
46	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	4:05
47	Einer Rubio	Movistar	4:06
48	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
49	Alessandro Tonelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	4:08
50	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	4:13
51	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
52	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	4:15
53	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:16
54	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:17
55	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4:19
56	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	4:20
57	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	4:23
58	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	4:27
59	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	4:27
60	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	4:28
61	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	4:33
63	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	4:38
64	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	4:42
65	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	4:46
66	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:51
67	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
68	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	4:53
69	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	4:54
70	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti Kometa	4:55
71	Andrea Piccolo	EF Education-EasyPost	4:58
72	Michel Ries	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	5:01
73	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	5:02
74	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
75	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	5:05
76	Domenico Pozzovivo	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	5:06
77	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	5:07
78	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
79	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	5:08
80	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	5:09
81	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:10
82	Davide Ballerini	Astana Qazaqstan	5:12
83	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	5:13
84	William Barta	Movistar	5:14
85	Simone Consonni	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
86	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	5:15
87	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	5:16
88	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	5:18
89	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
90	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	5:21
91	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
92	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	5:24
93	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	5:26
94	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
95	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	5:29
96	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	5:30
97	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar	5:31
98	Jonathan Milan	Lidl-Trek	5:32
99	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
100	Kevin Vermaerke	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	5:36
101	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti Kometa	5:37
102	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	5:39
103	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	5:44
104	Albert Torres	Movistar	5:45
105	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	5:48
106	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	5:49
107	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	5:50
108	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	5:51
109	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	5:53
110	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
111	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	5:54
112	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	5:57
113	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
114	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	5:58
115	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	6:00
116	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	6:03
117	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	6:05
118	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	6:06
119	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	6:07
120	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	6:09
121	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
122	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	6:10
123	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
124	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	6:13
125	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	6:14
126	Davide Bais	Team Polti Kometa	6:15
127	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	6:17
128	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti Kometa	6:19
129	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	6:22
130	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
131	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	6:24
132	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	6:27
133	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
134	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	6:28
135	Martin Marcellusi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	6:30
136	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	6:31
137	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	6:34
138	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	6:38
139	Julius Van Den Berg	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
140	Luke Lamperti	Soudal Quick-Step	6:43
141	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	6:44
142	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:45
143	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	6:50
144	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	6:54
145	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	6:58
146	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	7:02
147	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	7:15
148	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:31
149	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	7:39
150	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
151	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	7:43
152	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	8:26

GC after stage 14:

GC leader: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emriates)
Mountains classification leader: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
Points classification leader: Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)
Best young rider: Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious)
Teams classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers

2,173.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.474 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	50hr 0min 9sec
2	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 3min 41sec
3	Daniel Martinez	BORA-hansgrohe	3:56
4	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	4:35
5	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	5:17
6	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	6:30
7	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	7:26
8	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	7:52
9	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	8:40
10	Alex Baudin	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	8:56
11	Einer Rubio	Movistar	9:05
12	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	9:11
13	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	9:41
14	Domenico Pozzovivo	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	12:11
15	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	14:04
16	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	14:11
17	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	17:35
18	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	18:15
19	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	19:07
20	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	20:01
21	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	20:06
22	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	26:18
23	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	26:34
24	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	31:36
25	Max Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	32:43
26	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	33:27
27	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	34:21
28	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	35:19
29	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	37:35
30	Michel Ries	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	38:17
31	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	39:16
32	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	40:57
33	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	42:15
34	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	43:37
35	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	44:02
36	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	46:18
37	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	46:19
38	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	47:06
39	Kevin Vermaerke	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	48:15
40	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	50:08
41	Jan Tratnik	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	52:31
42	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	55:13
43	Alessandro Tonelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	55:30
44	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	56:53
45	William Barta	Movistar	57:13
46	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	1:01:58
47	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti Kometa	1:05:07
48	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	1:05:22
49	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	1:05:28
50	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	1:06:35
51	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	1:09:06
52	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:09:11
53	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	1:12:36
54	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	1:13:24
55	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar	1:13:28
56	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	1:16:43
57	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	1:19:15
58	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:20:14
59	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	1:22:00
60	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	1:22:25
61	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	1:23:55
62	Lucas Plapp	Jayco-AlUla	1:24:06
63	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:25:56
64	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:28:58
65	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:29:00
66	Albert Torres	Movistar	1:29:34
67	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	1:30:12
68	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:31:23
69	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:32:00
70	Andrea Piccolo	EF Education-EasyPost	1:33:05
71	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:34:46
72	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	1:35:53
73	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	1:37:38
74	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	1:38:10
75	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	1:39:20
76	Davide Ballerini	Astana Qazaqstan	1:40:00
77	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	1:41:03
78	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	1:42:36
79	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	1:42:46
80	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	1:44:30
81	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	1:45:45
82	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	1:47:22
83	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	1:51:03
84	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	1:52:15
85	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	1:53:11
86	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	1:53:37
87	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	1:54:47
88	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	1:55:39
89	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	1:55:44
90	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	1:56:50
91	Davide Bais	Team Polti Kometa	1:58:02
92	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:58:17
93	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:58:30
94	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	1:59:16
95	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	1:59:38
96	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	1:59:48
97	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	2:00:30
98	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	2:03:13
99	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	2:03:53
100	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	2:04:04
101	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:04:34
102	Martin Marcellusi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	2:05:37
103	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:06:01
104	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	2:06:51
105	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	2:10:41
106	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	2:12:51
107	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	2:13:43
108	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:14:02
109	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	2:15:49
110	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:17:13
111	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:17:18
112	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
113	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	2:18:20
114	Tim Van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	2:18:55
115	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:21:09
116	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	2:22:04
117	Jonathan Milan	Lidl-Trek	2:22:50
118	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	2:23:23
119	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	2:23:29
120	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:24:55
121	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	2:25:11
122	Simone Consonni	Lidl-Trek	2:25:55
123	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	2:26:23
124	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	2:26:26
125	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	2:27:01
126	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	2:27:23
127	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti Kometa	2:30:25
128	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	2:30:40
129	Luke Lamperti	Soudal Quick-Step	2:31:05
130	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	2:32:08
131	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	2:32:20
132	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	2:33:01
133	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	2:35:26
134	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	2:35:32
135	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	2:35:55
136	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	2:37:33
137	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti Kometa	2:37:34
138	Max Walscheid	Jayco-AlUla	2:38:55
139	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti Kometa	2:39:28
140	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	2:42:54
141	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	2:43:43
142	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	2:43:44
143	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:44:04
144	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	2:44:47
145	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	2:45:21
146	Julius Van Den Berg	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2:47:36
147	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	2:49:01
148	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2:49:28
149	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	2:49:32
150	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	2:51:05
151	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	2:54:20
152	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	2:54:58