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Giro d'Italia 2024

Latest news from the race.

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Giro d'italia 2024 results.

Stage 21: Tim Merlier conquers sprint in Rome as Tadej Pogačar glides to overall glory / As it happened

Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep) outsprinted Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) to win stage 21 of the Giro d'Italia in the heart of Rome. Milan made his way back into the bunch sprint after a late mechanical with under 10km to go.

UAE Team Emirates set the pace at the front of the peloton on the eighth and final circuit of Rome, which delivered Tadej Pogačar safely across the finish for the overall classification victory. The Slovenian won by a 9:56 margin over second-placed Daniel Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe), and Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) was third, 10:24 off the pace.

Stage 20: Tadej Pogačar cements Giro d’Italia overall victory with stunning solo win / As it happened

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) won a sixth stage at this year's Giro d’Italia on Saturday, climbing to the stage 20 victory and all but securing his maglia rosa with one day to go.

The race leader attacked and rode the final 36km solo for another dominant performance. Valentin Paret-Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) led a group of seven riders 2:07 back for second. Dani Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe) finished third and Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) seventh, both holding on to second and third, respectively, in the GC.

Stage 19: Andrea Vendrame solos to stage 19 victory in Sappada / As it happened

The breakaway won the day on stage 19 to Sappada, with Andrea Vendrame (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) slipping away from the escapees on a wet descent and powering home to his second Giro d'Italia stage win.

There was brief drama in the group of race leader Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) when third-placed Geraint Thomas (Ineos) touched wheels and crashed with 6km to go, but the group sat up to let him rejoin.

Stage 18: Tim Merlier makes late dash for second bunch sprint victory / As it happened

A fraught, messy sprint in the centre of Padova saw leading favourite Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) narrowly miss out to stage 3 winner Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quick Step), with Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) taking third. On a day made for a bunch sprint, the very technical finale seemingly left Milan badly positioned, and instead Alberto Dainese (Tudor) and Groves made the initial accelerations for victory. Milan then burst through the centre and past his Italian and Australian rivals, only for Merlier to foil him at the last moment, and claim his second stage victory of the 2024 race. Overall there was no significant change, as Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) stayed comfortably in the lead with three days racing left. Stage 17: Georg Steinhauser solos to victory on Passo Brocon / As it happened

Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost) soloed to his first professional victory on stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia, attacking away from breakaway companion Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Lidl-Trek). The young German made his move on the first ascent of the Passo Brocon before staying away from the group of favourites to the summit finish also up to Passo Brocon from another side, with Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) taking second and extending his overall lead.

Stage 16: Tadej Pogačar makes it five stage victories on shortened stage 16 after start chaos / As it happened

Tadej Pogačar added another Giro d’Italia stage victory to his collection, once again extending his race lead, as he triumphed on the stage 16 summit finish at Monte Pana. The Slovenian took back-to-back wins after a chaotic day of racing, chasing down Giulio Pellizzari (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) in the final two kilometres after dropping the remaining GC rivals in the peloton. 

Stage 16 was significantly shortened to 188.4km with the cima coppi removed from the route after extreme weather prompted riders to ask for a changed route.

Stage 15: Tadej Pogačar stuns on Mottolino ascent to win Queen stage 15 / A s it happened

Tadej Pogačar stunned on Mottolino ascent to win Queen stage 15 at the Giro d'Italia. Pogačar caught the last of the breakaway riders, Nairo Quintana (Movistar), who finished second, and Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost) rounded out the podium in third.

More importantly, Pogačar increased his lead in the GC standings to 6:41 as Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) and Dani Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe), and the rest of the GC contenders lost time in Livigno.

Stage 14: Filippo Ganna beats Tadej Pogačar to win stage 14 time trial / As it happened

Filippo Ganna  (Ineos Grenadiers) won the stage 14 time trial at the Giro d'Italia with a dominating performance, finishing time 29 seconds clear of anyone else with a winning time of 35:02. Ganna beat  Tadej Pogačar  (UAE Team Emirates) into second place, while Thyman Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers) took third with a time of 36:09.

Stage 13: Jonathan Milan storms to his third victory of race / As it happened

Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) reaffirmed his dominance over the Giro d’Italia sprint field on stage 13 with a third victory at the 2024 race in Cento, strengthening his hold on the maglia ciclamino after a perfect Lidl-Trek lead-out. Stanisław Aniołkowski (Cofidis) saw him take second behind the Italian, with Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Victorious) taking third in Emilia-Romagna.

Stage 12: Giro d'Italia: Julian Alaphilippe wins stage 12 thriller from masterclass breakaway / As it happened

After 12 stages of trying,  Julian Alaphilippe  (Soudal-QuickStep) proved that he was truly back to his best in 2024 and found the Giro d’Italia stage win he was so eagerly searching for on debut with a stunning performance in the breakaway to win solo in Fano.

Ever the embodiment of panache, the two-time World Champion launched the first of many attacks some 138km from the finish before getting into a two-man move ten kilometres later. It seemed too early at the time, but he and break companion Mirco Maestri (Polti-Kometa) would outlast all the chasers until Alaphilippe went solo 11.5km from the line with an attack on the final climb.

Stage 11: Giro d'Italia: Jonathan Milan powers to stage 11 sprint victory ahead of relegated Tim Merlier / As it happened

Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) became the first sprinter to double up on wins at the 2024 Giro d'Italia after powering to the line in Francavilla al Mare with a display of sheer strength ahead of Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep). The Belgian was relegated for his move in the finale which forced Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates) to stop his effort. This moved Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) up to second and Giovanni Lonardi (Polti-Kometa) to third.

The messy, headwind finish on a long 3km straight saw all sprint and GC teams involved in the final after a very easy day, but race leader Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) managed to navigate the finale safely despite two 90-degree corners coming in the final 4km.

Stage 10: Giro d'Italia: Valentin Paret-Peintre follows in his brother's footsteps with stage 10 victory / As it happened

Valentin Paret-Peintre  gave Decathlon-AG2R another victory and emulated his other brother Aurélien by winning stage 10 to the summit finish of Bocca della Selva in the southern Apennines. 

Race leader  Tadej Pogačar  and his UAE Team Emirates squad finally let a breakaway stay away and Paret-Peintre emerged from a 27-rider group to win alone. He dropped Romain Bardet  (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) and then caught and passed Jan Tratnik (Visma-Lease a Bike) in the final kilometres of the climb to take his first professional victory.

Stage 9: Olav Kooij powers to stage 9 sprint victory as Narváez attack fades at last gap / As it happened

Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) claimed stage 9 in a hectic sprint in Naples, pipping Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) at the line. The stage came alive in the final 40km with numerous attacks including a solo flyer by Jhonatan Narváez (Ineos Grenadiers) who was caught by a charging field inside of 200 metres to go. Even maglia rosa Tadej Pogačar got into the final chase to bring the Ecuadorian back, and to leadout his UAE teammate Juan Sebastian Molano who took third.

Stage 8: Cannibal Tadej Pogačar storms to victory on stage 8 at Prati di Tivo / As it happened

Tadej Pogačar took back-to-back wins and continued his dominance of the Giro d'Italia on stage 8, ensuring with his team that no breakaway or late attacker could prevent him from taking a third stage win before powering to the line in the uphill sprint. He narrowly extended his hold on the maglia rosa thanks to gaining bonus seconds with the win ahead of Dani Martinez (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Ben O'Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale).

Stage 7: Tadej Pogačar ousts Filippo Ganna to win stage 7 time trial / As it happened

Filippo Ganna looked sure to win the stage 7 individual time trial, having blasted through the 40.6km course at 46.8kph to set the fastest time. However, his victory was snatched at the last by race leader Tadej Pogačar, who went 17 seconds faster and extended his lead in the overall standings to 2:36 on Dani Martinez (Bora-Hansgrohe). Geraint Thomas (Ineos) lost 11 seconds to the Colombian to drop to third in the GC.

Stage 6: Pelayo Sánchez shuts down Alaphilippe and Plapp for victory / As it happened

Pelayo Sanchez (Movistar) won the biggest race of his career on stage 6's Strade Bianche-style race at the Giro d'Italia. He out-sprinted Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep) from a three-rider breakaway. Luke Plapp (Jayco-AlUla) finished one second back in third. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) maintained his lead in the overall classification.

Stage 5 - Giro d'Italia: Benjamin Thomas wins dramatic stage 5 as breakaway holds off charging field in Lucca / As it happened

Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) claimed his first Grand Tour stage on what should have been a bunch sprint in Lucca. The Frenchman and his three breakaway companions managed to hold off the sprint trains thanks to some local knowledge and a stiff tailwind, and Thomas out-paced Michael Valgren (EF Education-EasyPost) for the victory. The overall contenders sat out the sprint, led home by points leader Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) for fifth place.

Stage 4 - Jonathan Milan powers to victory as sprinters catch late-race attacker Filippo Ganna / As it happened

Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) produced a leg-breaking long sprint into Andora and won stage 4 of the Giro d'Italia, holding off a charging Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) who rounded out the top three. Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) attacked late over the Capo Mele before he was chased down in the final kilometre by his Italian track teammates Simone Consonni and Milan for Lidl-Trek. Milan launched as Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) started to come around him and the Italian lasted all the way until the line, holding off the whole bunch sprint for 300 metres.

Stage 3 - Tim Merlier claims first sprint stage as Pogačar's late attack fails / As it happened

Tadej Pogačar followed a late attack on what was supposed to be a stage for the sprinters and very nearly upset the script. The race leader followed a move on a small climb inside 3km to go and then pressed on, with Geraint Thomas scrambling onto his wheel. The pair dropped Mikkel Honoré, who had initiated the attack, and stayed away until 400m to go. Tim Merlier won the sprint.

Stage 2 - Tadej Pogačar crashes but then cracks rivals with solo attack to win stage 2 to Oropa / As it happened

Tadej Pogačar recovered from a puncture and crash at the bottom of the Santuario di Oropa ascent and won stage 2 of the Giro d’Italia. He remained calm during the bike change and used the massive effort of his UAE Team Emirates teammates to rejoin the main group and launch his solo attack with 4.5km to go, earning the maglia rosa with the win. Dani Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe) finished second and Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) third, both now 45 seconds back in the GC standings, Thomas second in the overall.

Stage 1 - Jhonatan Narváez holds off Tadej Pogačar in lighting-fast Turin finish / As it happened

Jhonatan Narváez (Ineos Grenadiers) won the opening stage of the 2024 Giro d'Italia by holding off race favourite Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) in a three-rider sprint in Turin. The trio rode together the flat final kilometre after the climb of San Vito, Narváez sprinting for the victory between his companions. 

A chase group that included Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers), finished 10 seconds behind. Narváez donned the first maglia rosa of the Grand Tour, with three seconds over Schachmann and six seconds over Pogačar. The Slovenian champion took four bonus seconds for his third place and so has already gained 14 seconds on his main rivals.

2024 Giro d'Italia overview

The 2024 Giro d'Italia, celebrates its 107th edition this year, with the Corsa Rosa starting in Turin on Saturday, May 4 and ending in Rome with a circuit stage around the Colosseum on Sunday, May 26.

The route will cover 3,400 kilometres and 44,650 metres in vertical elevation across the 21 days of racing. 

RCS Sport, organisers of the race, have designed a balanced race route that includes two time trials (of 40.6km and 31.2km), along with a Strade Bianche-style gravel stage in Tuscany on stage 6 and six mountain top finishes.

Primož Roglič was the overall winner of the 2023 Giro d'Italia but he will not defend his victory. Instead, he will focus fully on the Tour de France.

The balanced 2024 route has attracted a number of top names to contend for the big prizes including Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), Geraint Thomas and Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers), Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal Quick-Step), Biniam Girmay (Intermarché - Wanty), Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), Romain Bardet (Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL), and Caleb Ewan (Jayco-AlUla).

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2024 Giro d'Italia Route

The 2024 Giro d'Italia is the 107th edition of the Italian Grand Tour, taking place from May 4-26. 

The  2024 Giro d'Italia route  will see the peloton tackle six summit finishes in the daunting stages through the Alps, Apennines and Dolomites , culminating in the final double ascent and descent of the Monte Grappa before a transfer to the capital Rome for a final stage. 

The route also includes a number of high mountains and decisive summit finishes, which you can read about in-depth at our analysis of the defining climbs of the 2024 Giro d'Italia . 

The Stelvio Pass at 2,758 metres, positioned early on the route on stage 16 was to awad the Cima Coppi prize as the highest climb of the 2024 race. However a risk of avalanches caused race organiser RCS sport to change the stage, cut out the Stelvio and travel towards Val Gardena via the Umbrail Pass.

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Giro d'Italia Contenders

Two-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) headlines the list of Giro d'Italia GC contenders on the 176-rider strong start list as he makes his Giro debut as the hot favourite to take home the maglia rosa .

Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) was a runner-up here last year after losing the lead on the penultimate stage time trial. The Welshman looks to be the main contender for Pogačar this May.

Elsewhere, look out for riders including Ben O'Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), Romain Bardet (DSM-Firmenich PostNL), Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma-Lease A Bike), Dani Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe), and Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious) to be in the battle for a podium placing.

Other names such as Domenico Pozzovivo (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizané), Juan Pedro López (Lidl-Trek), Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech), Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers), Mauri Vansevenant (Soudal-QuickStep), Einer Rubio and Nairo Quintana (Movistar), Florian Lipowitz (Bora-Hansgrohe), Luke Plapp and Eddie Dunbar (Jayco-AlUla) should all be in the mix towards the top of the GC standings.

You can check out our detailed rundown of the top Giro d'Italia 2024 contenders here.

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Giro d'italia records.

Most overall wins: Fausto Coppi, Alfredo Binda, Eddy Merckx (five); Giovanni Brunero, Gino Bartali, Fiorenzo Magni, Felice Gimondi, Bernard Hinault (three).

Most stage wins: Mario Cipollini (42), Alfredo Binda (41), Learco Guerra (31), Constance Girardengo (30), Eddy Merckx (25) ... Mark Cavendish (16)

Most mountain classification wins: Gino Bartali (seven); José Manuel Fuentes (four); Fausto Coppi, Franco Bitossi, Claudio Bortolotto, Claudio Chiappucci (three)

Most points classification wins: Francesco Moser, Giuseppe Saronni (four); Roger De Vlaeminck, Johan van der Velde, Mario Cipollini (three)

Most starts: Wladimir Panizza (18); Pierino Gavazzi, Domenico Pozzovivo (17)

Youngest winner: Fausto Coppi, 1940 (20 years and 268 days)

Oldest winner: Fiorenzo Magni, 1955 (34 years and 180 days)

Smallest margin of victory: 11 seconds (Fiorenzo Magni, 1948)

Largest margin of victory: 1:57:26 (Alfonso Calzolari, 1914)

Fastest edition: 2013 (40.113kph)

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Roma - Roma

Sunday 26  May 2024 125km Altitude Gain 300m

Total time: 2:51:50 Withdrawn: 0

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SOUDAL QUICK - STEP

MILAN Jonathan

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GROVES Kaden

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The final stage is divided into two parts: the first is the peloton’s outing to Lido di Castel Fusano on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It’s 16 kilometres one way and another 16 kilometres back before the stage enters its second and final part, the finishing circuit (8 laps) of 9.5 kilometres, which very much resembles last year’s lap through the eternal city. The circuit runs entirely along city streets (wide and sometimes with some traffic dividers) and alternates between short undulations and long straights linked by sometimes challenging bends. The road surface is mainly asphalt with a few short, cobbled sections (so-called sanpietrini ). Last kilometres The last kilometres feature some bends and a short climb. The final 350m straight is made of cobblestones and is 9m wide.

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The Giro d'Italia 2024 marks the 107th edition of the Italian Grand Tour. Starting on May 4th, 2024, at the Venaria Reale, just outside Turin, the route heads south towards Naples before travelling back north and into the Dolomites. Day 21 and the final stage sees a city circuit around the streets of Rome on May 26th, 2024.

The three-week event is the opener in the trio of Grand Tours, followed by the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España .

The key riders for the Giro were influenced by a series of high profile crashes, with Wout van Aert crashing at Dwars door Vlaanderen , putting him out of contention for the race in May. Read the whole start list here .

Total distance : 3,400.8 kilometres Average stage distance:  161.9km Total altitude gain : 44,650 metres Possible sprint stages : 7

Wales' own Geraint Thomas has set his sights on a Giro/Tour double , and rode the Tour of the Alps in April in preparation. However, he'll have incredibly stiff competition from Slovenian Tadej Pogačar, who announced his intention to ride the Giro in December 2023 , and has proven unstoppable so far this year, winning Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Strade Bianche , the latter in an 81 kilometre attack.

This year, Cycling Weekly will be covering the race with daily race reports, reactions following each stage, and analysis as the Italian showdown progresses.  

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Giro d'Italia 2024: Overview

Stage-by-stage reports from the giro d'italia 2024.

Missed a stage of the Giro d'Italia 2024? We've got you covered! Read up on the results of each stage: 

• Stage one: Jhonatan Narváez outsprints Maximilian Schachmann and Tadej Pogačar to win the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia
• Stage two: Tadej Pogačar crashes, remounts to win Giro d'Italia stage 2 and take pink jersey
• Stage three: Tim Merlier outsprints Jonathan Milan to win Stage 3 of the Giro d'Italia
• Stage four: Jonathan Milan surges to victory on stage 4 of Giro d’Italia
• Stage five: Benjamin Thomas wins stage 5 of Giro d'Italia as breakaway beats peloton
• Stage six: Pelayo Sánchez wins stage 6 of Giro d'Italia as breakaway makes it again
• Stage seven: Tadej Pogačar extends Giro d’Italia lead with stunning time trial victory on stage 7
• Stage eight: Tadej Pogačar claims back-to-back wins at Giro d'Italia with stage 8 victory atop Prati di Tivo
• Stage nine: Olav Kooij pips Jonathan Milan to the win on stage nine of the Giro d’Italia after a late attack from Jhonatan Narváez
• Stage 10: Valentin Paret-Peintre climbs to victory on stage 10 of Giro d’Italia as Pogačar keeps race lead
• Stage 11: Jonathan Milan doubles up with sprint victory on stage 11 of Giro d'Italia
• Stage 12: Julian Alaphilippe storms to victory on stage 12 of Giro d'Italia as Pogačar keeps overall lead
• Stage 13: Jonathan Milan sprints to Giro d'Italia stage 13 victory after surviving crosswinds
• Stage 14: Filippo Ganna triumphs over Tadej Pogačar to win stage 14's time trial
• Stage 15: Tadej Pogačar doubles Giro d'Italia lead with solo mountaintop victory on stage 15

Giro d'Italia week one overview

Many expected Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) to dominate, but with a lead of 2:40 over second placed Dani Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe) at the end of the opening week was still incredible.

The Slovenian waited until the second day to secure the pink jersey, as Jhonatan Narváez (Ineos Grenadiers) out-sprinted him. Pogačar extending his lead throughout the week with bonus seconds, before blowing his rivals out of the water won stage seven's time trial, putting two minutes into Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers). He took the summit finish the next day for a bonus too, meaning he had won three of the opening nine stages.

The sprints were evenly shared, with wins for Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) across the nine days, with two wins for the breakaway.

Giro d'Italia week two overview

Things continued in much the same vein in week two of the 2024 Giro, with sprint wins for Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) and mountain wins for Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), as the latter continued to tighten his grip on the pink jersey.

The week began with a win for the breakaway, one of just two in the six stages, as Valentin Paret-Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) won stage 10. Stage 11 saw Milan's second win of the Giro, a feat he would repeat on stage 13, which was briefly threatened by crosswinds. In between the pair of Milan victories, Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal Quick-Step) reminded everyone of his swashbuckling best with a stunning ride on stage 12.

General classification action resumed on stage 14, the second individual time trial, which was won by Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers), but Pogačar stretched his lead again. On stage 15, the last before the rest day, the Slovenian stamped his authority on the race, doubling his lead on the queen stage.

Giro d'Italia 2024: The route 

The Giro d'Italia 2024 route was unveiled on October 13, 2023. 

The race began in Piemonte on 4 May - and will include two time trials, six mountain finishes, and a final week in the Dolomites.

The iconic  Passo dello Stelvio will make an appearance, as well as a new climb, and the route also includes gravel sections. 

For full details, see our Giro d'Italia 2024 route page. 

Giro d'Italia 2024 route: Stage-by-stage

Giro d'italia 2024: the jerseys.

The rider wearing the pink jersey (maglia rosa) at the Giro d'Italia 2024 will be the one leading the general classification. This is the rider who has accumulated the fastest time around the route so far, inclusive of time bonuses collected. On the final day, it is awarded to the overall general classification winner along with the Trofeo Senza Fine.

There are other jerseys up for grabs too. The purple (ciclamino) jersey is awarded to the rider who has accumulated the most points. More points are offered at the end of flatter, punchier stages than on mountain finishes, so this is a jersey for the sprinters. The blue (azzura) jersey goes to the rider who accumulates the most points on classified climbs, and the white (bianca) jersey is like the pink jersey but given to the best young rider under 26.

Read about the Giro d'Italia jerseys here.

More about the Giro d'Italia 2024

• Giro d'Italia 2024 route
• Giro d'Italia jerseys
• How much prize money does the winner of the Giro d'Italia get?
• How to watch the Giro d'Italia 
• Giro d'Italia 2024 start list

Giro d'Italia: Past winners

Tadej Pogačar says blistering Sormano attack was 'planned' after cruising to fourth Il Lombardia title

World Champion ends his season on a high in Italy with 25th victory of the year secured at Italian Monument

How Tadej Pogačar created history and claimed cycling's Triple Crown of the Giro-Tour-Worlds

A journey that was supposedly fraught with risk and uncertainty was anything but for Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and World Championships victor Tadej Pogačar

By Chris Marshall-Bell Published 30 September 24

How to watch the Vuelta a España live stream 2024

All the information you need in order to tune into the Spanish men's Grand Tour

By Tom Thewlis Published 16 August 24

Coppi, Pantani, Van Vleuten, Pogačar: A look at the Giro-Tour double winners club

Tadej Pogačar has now officially joined the club, becoming the eighth man to achieve one of professional cycling’s most sought after accolades

By Tom Thewlis Published 22 July 24

Tweets of the week: Grandpa Geraint Thomas, a fox at the Giro d'Italia, and the greatest camera shot ever

As the dust settles on the Giro d'Italia, it's the Tour of Norway that grabs our attention

By Tom Davidson Published 31 May 24

Miguel Ángel López receives four-year doping ban

Lengthy ban relates to findings from 2022 Giro d’Italia

By Tom Thewlis Published 29 May 24

Who won each classification at the Giro d'Italia 2024?

Who won the maglia rosa, maglia ciclamino, maglia azzurra and maglia bianca after the final stage?

By Joseph Lycett Published 26 May 24

Tim Merlier wins the final stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome as Tadej Pogačar is crowned the overall winner

The Belgian rider takes his third stage win of the race in the sprint ahead of Jonathan Milan

Giro d’Italia stage 21 as it happened: The race heads to Rome for a sprint on the final stage

Tadej Pogačar set to be crowned the overall winner in the Italian capital

By Joseph Lycett Last updated 26 May 24

Tadej Pogačar seals the overall victory with an emphatic win on stage 20 of the Giro d’Italia

The Slovenian puts the cherry on the cake at the Giro d’Italia with the win on the penultimate stage after a decisive attack on the Monte Grappa

By Joseph Lycett Published 25 May 24

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Primož Roglič Wins the 2023 Giro d’Italia

The Slovenian captured his fourth career grand tour victory with a legendary time trial on the Tour of Italy’s penultimate stage.

Primož Roglič won the 2023 Giro d’Italia behind a brilliant ride on the race’s penultimate stage. The Slovenian riding for Jumbo-Visma snatched the pink leader’s jersey from Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) on a Stage 19 time trial to win his fourth career grand tour—his first at the Giro d’Italia.

Roglič exorcised his mountain time trial demons from the 2020 Tour de France on Saturday, overcoming a mechanical issue up the climb, to win the stage and gain 40 seconds on Thomas. That was more than enough time to give Roglič the maglia rosa as the leader of the Giro. Roglič maintained his lead on the mostly ceremonial 20th and final stage to claim the overall win. Mark Cavendish (Astana) won that final stage sprint.

It was a Giro that was defined in the first two weeks by miserable weather conditions and an outbreak of COVID-19 in the peloton. Remco Evenepoel, who held the maglia rosa after the race’s first week, was forced to withdraw after a positive COVID test.

Despite a rough first two weeks, fans were treated to a terrific last week of bike racing. It was a brutal week in the mountains , culminating with the time trial that included over 1K of climbing that pushed riders to the limit on the final “GC” day of the race.

Evenepoel abandoned the Giro after Stage 9, leaving the pink jersey to Thomas. The 37-year-old Welshmen held the top GC spot until Stage 14 when Bruno Armirail (Groupama-FDJ) briefly held the jersey for a few days before Thomas took it back. Thomas managed to fend off Roglič and João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) until the Stage 19 time trial when Roglič captured the maglia rosa for the first time in the race.

Here’s a look at the final standings for each jersey classification at the 2023 Giro d’Italia.

Giro d’Italia General Classification Results (Maglia Rosa)

• Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma)
• Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers)
• João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates)
• Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious)
• Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ)

Giro d’Italia Points Classification Results (Maglia Ciclamino)

• Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious)
• Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech)
• Pascal Ackermann (UAE Team Emirates)
• Michael Matthews (Team Jayco Alula
• Toms Skujins (Trek-Segafredo)

Giro d’Italia Mountains Classification Results (Maglia Azzurra)

• Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Davide Bais (Eolo-Kometa)
• Einer Rubio (Movistar Team)

Giro d’Italia Young Rider Classification Results (Maglia Bianca)

• Thymen Arensmen (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM)
• Ilan Van Wilder (Soudal-Quick Step)

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