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2024 Giro d'Italia Women

The 2024 Giro d'Italia Women was the 35th edition of the Giro d'Italia Women, a women's road cycling stage race in Italy. The race took place from 7 to 14 July and was the 21st event of the 2024 UCI Women's World Tour calendar. The race was organised by RCS Sport, which also organised the men's Giro d'Italia. The race was won by Italian rider Elisa Longo Borghini of Lidl–Trek, the first Italian winner since 2008.[1]

2024 Giro d'Italia Women
2024 UCI Women's World Tour, race 21 of 27
Race details
Dates7–14 July 2024
Stages8
Distance876.7 km (544.8 mi)
Results
Winner  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) (Lidl–Trek)
  Second  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) (Team SD Worx–Protime)
  Third  Neve Bradbury (AUS) (Canyon–SRAM)
Points  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) (Team SD Worx–Protime)
Mountains  Justine Ghekiere (BEL) (AG Insurance–Soudal)
Youth  Neve Bradbury (AUS) (Canyon–SRAM)
  Team Australia Liv AlUla Jayco
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Teams

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Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 2024 Giro d'Italia Women

22 teams are participating in the race.[2]

Each team will start with seven riders. All 15 UCI Women's WorldTeams were automatically invited. They will be joined by five UCI Women's Continental Teams selected by organisers RCS Sport. The two best UCI Women's Continental Teams of the 2023 season also gained automatic invitations.[3] The teams were announced on 7 June 2024.

UCI Women's WorldTeams

UCI Women's Continental Teams

Route

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Main article: 2024 Giro d'Italia Women, Stage 1 to Stage 8

In December 2023, the route was announced by new organisers RCS Sport.[4][5] The race will start in Brescia, Lombardy in northern Italy with an individual time trial, before heading south through the Emilia-Romagna, Marche, Umbria and Abruzzo regions. The final two stages will be in the southern Apennines mountains, with the queen stage on stage 7 with a summit finish at Blockhaus at an elevation of 1,680 metres (5,510 ft).[5] As the highest climb of the race, the first rider to pass Blockhaus will be awarded the "Cima Alfonsina Strada" – a prize named after Italian cyclist Alfonsina Strada, who took part in the men's Giro d’Italia in 1924.[6] The total race distance of 856 km (532 mi) will be the shortest since 2013, with the previous 10 editions of the race averaging over 950 kilometres (590 mi) in length.[5]

Following criticism of previous editions of the race,[7] the 2024 route was considered to be "impressive" and a "positive step", with praise for the last two mountain stages.[8][9] As with the previous editions, the route required a waiver from the Union Cycliste Internationale, as Women's WorldTour races have a maximum race length of six days.[10]

Stage characteristics[11]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 7 July Brescia 15.7 km (9.8 mi)   Individual time trial   Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
2 8 July Sirmione to Volta Mantovana 110 km (68 mi)   Flat stage   Chiara Consonni (ITA)
3 9 July Sabbioneta to Toano 113 km (70 mi)   Hilly stage   Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL)
4 10 July Imola to Urbino 134 km (83 mi)   Hilly stage   Clara Emond (CAN)
5 11 July Frontone to Foligno 108 km (67 mi)   Hilly stage   Lotte Kopecky (BEL)
6 12 July San Benedetto del Tronto to Chieti 159 km (99 mi)   Hilly stage   Liane Lippert (GER)
7 13 July Lanciano to Blockhaus 120 km (75 mi)   Mountain stage   Neve Bradbury (AUS)
8 14 July Pescara to L'Aquila 117 km (73 mi)   Mountain stage   Kimberley Le Court (MRI)
Total 876.7 km (544.8 mi)

Classification leadership table

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Classification leadership by stage
Stage Winner General classification
  		Points classification
  		Mountains classification
  		Young rider classification
  		Team classification
1 Elisa Longo Borghini Elisa Longo Borghini Elisa Longo Borghini[a] not awarded Antonia Niedermaier Lidl–Trek
2 Chiara Consonni Chiara Consonni Ana Vitória Magalhães
3 Niamh Fisher-Black Lotte Kopecky Niamh Fisher-Black
4 Clara Emond Clara Emond Canyon–SRAM
5 Lotte Kopecky
6 Liane Lippert Liv AlUla Jayco
7 Neve Bradbury Justine Ghekiere Neve Bradbury
8 Kimberley Le Court
Final Elisa Longo Borghini Lotte Kopecky Justine Ghekiere Neve Bradbury Liv AlUla Jayco
  1. ^ On stage two, Grace Brown, who was second in the points classification, wore the red jersey, because first placed Elisa Longo Borghini wore the pink jersey as the leader of the general classification.

Classification standings

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Legend
  Denotes the leader of the general classification   Denotes the leader of the mountains classification
  Denotes the leader of the points classification   Denotes the leader of the young rider classification

General classification

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Final general classification (1–10)[12]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)   Lidl–Trek 24h 02' 16"
2   Lotte Kopecky (BEL)   Team SD Worx–Protime + 21"
3   Neve Bradbury (AUS)   Canyon–SRAM + 1' 16"
4   Pauliena Rooijakkers (NED) Fenix–Deceuninck + 2' 05"
5   Juliette Labous (FRA) Team dsm–firmenich PostNL + 2' 15"
6   Antonia Niedermaier (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 2' 41"
7   Gaia Realini (ITA) Lidl–Trek + 3' 41"
8   Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN) FDJ–Suez + 4' 31"
9   Mavi García (ESP) Liv AlUla Jayco + 5' 17"
10   Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL) Team SD Worx–Protime + 5' 55"

Points classification

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Final points classification (1–10)[12]
Rank Rider Team Points
1   Lotte Kopecky (BEL)   Team SD Worx–Protime 154
2   Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)   Lidl–Trek 68
3   Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL) Team SD Worx–Protime 59
4   Arlenis Sierra (CUB) Movistar Team 55
5   Silvia Zanardi (ITA) Human Powered Health 51
6   Kimberley Le Court (MRI) AG Insurance–Soudal 47
7   Soraya Paladin (ITA) Canyon–SRAM 40
8   Juliette Labous (FRA) Team dsm–firmenich PostNL 39
9   Neve Bradbury (AUS)   Canyon–SRAM 35
10   Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN) FDJ–Suez 35

Mountains classification

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Final mountains classification (1–10)[12]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Justine Ghekiere (BEL)   AG Insurance–Soudal 68
2   Lotte Kopecky (BEL)   Team SD Worx–Protime 35
3   Neve Bradbury (AUS)   Canyon–SRAM 30
4   Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)   Lidl–Trek 25
5   Pauliena Rooijakkers (NED) Fenix–Deceuninck 22
6   Antonia Niedermaier (GER) Canyon–SRAM 22
7   Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL) Team SD Worx–Protime 20
8   Lucinda Brand (NED) Lidl–Trek 16
9   Ana Vitória Magalhães (BRA) Bepink–Bongioanni 13
10   Gaia Realini (ITA) Lidl–Trek 11

Young rider classification

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Final young rider classification (1–10)[12]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Neve Bradbury (AUS)   Canyon–SRAM 24h 03' 32"
2   Antonia Niedermaier (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 1' 25"
3   Solbjørk Minke Anderson (DEN) Uno-X Mobility + 18' 02"
4   Elisa Valtulini (ITA) Bepink–Bongioanni + 44' 27"
5   Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (ITA) UAE Team ADQ + 58' 46"
6   Gaia Segato (ITA) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 1h 03' 52"
7   Ella Wyllie (NZL) Liv AlUla Jayco + 1h 06' 07"
8   Nienke Vinke (NED) Team dsm–firmenich PostNL + 1h 11' 20"
9   Lore De Schepper (BEL) AG Insurance–Soudal + 1h 19' 13"
10   Francesca Barale (ITA) Team dsm–firmenich PostNL + 1h 21' 13"

Team classification

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Final team classification (1–10)[12]
Rank Team Time
1   Liv AlUla Jayco 72h 31' 43"
2   Lidl–Trek + 9' 23"
3   Canyon–SRAM + 38' 19"
4   Team SD Worx–Protime + 40' 37"
5   Laboral Kutxa–Fundación Euskadi + 51' 14"
6   FDJ–Suez + 1h 09' 04"
7   UAE Team ADQ + 1h 09' 31"
8   Movistar Team + 1h 13' 04"
9   Uno-X Mobility + 1h 15' 41"
10   AG Insurance–Soudal + 1h 33' 02"

References

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  1. ^ "Women's Giro d'Italia: Elisa Longo Borghini holds on to win Maglia Rosa". BBC Sport. 2024-07-14. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  2. ^ Weislo, Laura (4 July 2024). "Giro d'Italia Women 2024 start list". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Giro d'Italia Women: one month to the start". RCS Sports and Events. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Giro d'Italia Women 2024: the route has been announced". www.giroditaliawomen.it. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  5. ^ a b c Farrand, Stephen (2023-12-12). "Giro d'Italia Women 2024 route: Blockhaus mountain finish to decide eight-day race". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  6. ^ "Giro d'Italia Women 2024: the route has been announced". www.giroditaliawomen.it. Retrieved 2024-01-31. Blockhaus is the 'Cima Alfonsina Strada', the highest peak of the race, established in memory of the cyclist who took part in the men's Giro d'Italia in 1924.
  7. ^ O'Shea, Sadhbh (2023-05-30). "Opinion: Outgoing Giro d'Italia Donne organizer disrespecting riders, fans by doing bare minimum in 2023". Velo. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  8. ^ Jary, Rachel (13 December 2023). "Eight stages, Blockhaus and a broader route - How RCS is stepping up the Giro d'Italia Women". Rouleur. Retrieved 2024-01-31. Overall, the Giro d'Italia Women route is impressive.
  9. ^ Jones, Amy (2023-12-13). "Late mountain doubleheader offers GC suspense - Analysing the Giro d'Italia Women 2024 route". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2024-01-31. a positive sign of new management under RCS
  10. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (2021-10-16). "A closer look reveals the inequity at Tour de France Femmes". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2022-02-28. Regarding, the number of days of competition during a stage race, the UCI sets the elite women's stage races at six days, unless an exemption is made by its Management Committee.
  11. ^ "Giro d'Italia Women 2024: the route has been announced". www.giroditaliawomen.it. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  12. ^ a b c d e Knöfler, Lukas (14 July 2024). "Giro d'Italia Women: Elisa Longo Borghini confirms overall victory as Le Court wins stage 8 from breakaway". CyclingNews. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
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