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2024 Giro d'Italia

106th edition: May 4 - 26, 2024
Stage 17: May 22

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Wednesday, May 22: Stage 17, Selva di Val Gardena - Passo del Brocon, 159 km

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Georg Steinhauser takes a solo win on the Passo del Brocon. RCS photo

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Weather at Pieve Tesino, on the route, 12 kms from the finish, at 1:50 PM, local time: 14C (57F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the east-southeast at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 16% chance of rain. Early in the stage the peloton was hit by rain.

The stage: This is an intense climbing stage with brutal amount of elevation gain despite its short distance. The route climbs from the start on the Passo Sella, followed by a flat section in the Fassa and Fiemme Valleys all the way to Predazzo. The peloton will then tackle the 19km Passo Rolle, then the shorter, third category Passo Gobbera. The 13.3km Brocon Pass comes for the first time (eastern side) with around 50km of the stage remaining, and the riders will pass it for a second time (south-western side) to finish the stage.

Last kilometers:
The last kilometers are uphill. The steep part of the last KOM, with gradients of up to 10%, ends at 2 km to go, where the road flattens out to slightly over 5%. The last 500 meters are slightly uphill. The final straight is 100 m long and 6 m wide.

It's time to go race in the mountains. RCS photo

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage 17 summary:

Georg Steinhauser (EF Education – EasyPost) has won Stage 17 of the 107th Giro d’Italia, the 159 km long Selva di Val Gardena/Wolkenstein in Gröden-Passo Brocon. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) finished second and third respectively.

We're in the big stuff. Here the peloton climbs the Passo Sella early in the stage. RCS photo

Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner Georg Steinhauser said: “This is something unbelievable. Already on stage 8, I realised I had good legs and I thought I might be able to win a stage. The queen stage to Livigno was an incredible day. My third place already made my Giro successful. And today, already when I rode to the sign on, I said to myself maybe I’ll win today. I went from the beginning in the breakaway. It was strange because we got caught. Then I decided to try again. I did and it worked out. The roads were wet and slippery. I was nervous on the last climb. I knew I had to push all the way to the finish. I heard that Pogačar was attacking but I was already with 2km to go. Let’s hope this is the beginning of a big career”.
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) retains the Maglia Rosa.

The peloton descends Passo Rolle. RCS photo

Here's the report from Geraint Thomas' Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Geraint Thomas climbed to fourth place on stage 17 of the Giro, with Thymen Arensman close behind in eighth after another hectic day of racing at the Giro.

The stage started rapidly, with the relocated Cima Coppi proving a great incentive to launch attacks up the road from the gun. Over the first climb and the GC group was small, but with the Grenadiers well represented.

Moves from other teams ensured a break never got much of an advantage, before Georg Steinhauser (EF Education - EasyPost) launched a solo move some 34 kilometres out.

Tadej Pogacar descends the Passo Brocon before the ascent to the finish. RCS photo

Into the foot of the final climb and Ben Swift would lead the bunch in, after a huge ride at the head of the peloton for much of the day. He would then leave the pace making to Jhonatan Narvaez, before Thymen Arensman would rip the group to shreds.

Geraint would then follow an attack from Dani Martínez (BOH) and they would go to the line together. In spite of the huge effort, Arensman would come home eighth, just behind the lead group.

He's gone. Georg Steinhauser climbs to the finish for a brilliant solo win.

Complete results:

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159 kilometers raced at an average speed of 35.482 km/hr

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

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GC after stage 17:

GC leader: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
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: Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale

2,673.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.083 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	63hr 31min 18sec
2	Daniel Martinez	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 7min 42sec
3	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	8:04
4	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	9:47
5	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	10:29
6	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	11:10
7	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	12:42
8	Einer Rubio	Movistar	13:33
9	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	13:52
10	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	14:44
11	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	16:37
12	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	18:27
13	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	22:38
14	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	27:55
15	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	31:56
16	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	33:16
17	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	41:12
18	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	44:52
19	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	44:55
20	Domenico Pozzovivo	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	46:25
21	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	47:30
22	Alex Baudin	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	50:43
23	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	54:06
24	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	57:53
25	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	57:54
26	Michel Ries	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:00:54
27	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	1:03:50
28	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:05:58
29	Kevin Vermaerke	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:06:00
30	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	1:12:49
31	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	1:13:19
32	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	1:18:53
33	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	1:23:45
34	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	1:31:42
35	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	1:32:12
36	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:38:23
37	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	1:40:15
38	Max Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	1:42:24
39	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:45:05
40	Jan Tratnik	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:51:48
41	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	1:54:14
42	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:54:20
43	Alessandro Tonelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	1:55:08
44	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	1:56:34
45	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	1:58:24
46	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	1:59:36
47	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	2:09:12
48	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar	2:10:43
49	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	2:14:48
50	William Barta	Movistar	2:15:19
51	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	2:16:15
52	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	2:19:01
53	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:19:55
54	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	2:21:29
55	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	2:21:54
56	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:22:00
57	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti Kometa	2:23:18
58	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	2:23:33
59	Lucas Plapp	Jayco-AlUla	2:25:42
60	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	2:26:20
61	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	2:26:58
62	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	2:31:53
63	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	2:33:57
64	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	2:40:35
65	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	2:40:37
66	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	2:43:15
67	Albert Torres	Movistar	2:50:06
68	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	2:50:22
69	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	2:51:28
70	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:56:05
71	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:58:48
72	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	3:01:19
73	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	3:01:47
74	Davide Ballerini	Astana Qazaqstan	3:03:31
75	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	3:04:48
76	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	3:07:23
77	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:09:09
78	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	3:09:59
79	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	3:10:17
80	Davide Bais	Team Polti Kometa	3:10:41
81	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	3:13:38
82	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	3:15:55
83	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	3:19:44
84	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	3:21:12
85	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	3:21:51
86	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:23:12
87	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	3:24:22
88	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	3:24:31
89	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	3:25:37
90	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	3:25:55
91	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:29:29
92	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	3:30:28
93	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	3:31:27
94	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	3:32:30
95	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	3:33:17
96	Martin Marcellusi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	3:34:38
97	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	3:35:57
98	Andrea Piccolo	EF Education-EasyPost	3:38:15
99	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:38:32
100	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	3:39:37
101	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:39:51
102	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	3:42:01
103	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	3:42:11
104	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	3:42:55
105	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	3:43:49
106	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:48:50
107	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:51:28
108	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:54:52
109	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	3:55:40
110	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti Kometa	4:02:03
111	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	4:02:09
112	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	4:04:01
113	Tim Van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4:05:47
114	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	4:06:41
115	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	4:10:44
116	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	4:11:29
117	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	4:13:11
118	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:15:31
119	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	4:17:26
120	Jonathan Milan	Lidl-Trek	4:20:12
121	Luke Lamperti	Soudal Quick-Step	4:20:45
122	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	4:20:49
123	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	4:21:12
124	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	4:22:03
125	Simone Consonni	Lidl-Trek	4:25:39
126	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	4:26:03
127	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	4:27:37
128	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti Kometa	4:28:25
129	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4:31:04
130	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	4:31:46
131	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	4:31:52
132	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	4:33:10
133	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti Kometa	4:34:52
134	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	4:34:52
135	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	4:35:18
136	Max Walscheid	Jayco-AlUla	4:38:05
137	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	4:41:31
138	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	4:42:00
139	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:43:15
140	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	4:45:05
141	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	4:47:35
142	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	4:48:19
143	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	4:50:28
144	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	4:50:36
145	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	5:01:23