Giro d’Italia 2024 Stage Report: Immediately on stage 15 to Livigno (Mottolino), Tadej Pogačar gave a grasp class on win a mountainous Giro stage and (in all probability) a grand Tour. It appeared like Nairo Quintana (Movistar) was on his method again to redemption, when the Slovenian champion determined he wished extra stage glory and extra (quite a bit) of time on his adversaries. Pogačar swept previous the Colombian on the final ramps of the ultimate climb to assert (but) one other stage and practically three minutes on the opposite GC males.
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Tadej Pogačar – What are you able to say?
Tadej Pogac3ar impressively gained the powerful fifteenth stage of the Giro d’Italia. Within the last to Livigno, the pink jersey crossed an enormous hole solo to take the win. Nairo Quintana, who held on for a very long time from the early break, completed second, when he had victory in his sights.
This excessive mountain stage passes and finishes above 2,000m, taking in 5 main climbs. The one time for the riders to catch their breath might be by the Val Camonica. After going over Lodrino, the route takes a primary ever move up the Colle San Zeno, adopted by a prolonged and technical descent. After crossing the Val Camonica from Pisogne to Edolo, the route clears the Mortirolo (coming from Monno) after which descends in direction of the Valtellina. The route continues uphill by the brief Le Motte climb simply exterior Bormio, passing Isolaccia Valdidentro and going over the Passo di Foscagno. A brief descent then results in the ultimate climb of the Passo di Eira. On the summit, the route follows a paved highway that ascends the Mottolino piste.
The ultimate kilometres are uphill. The gradient adjustments dramatically with 2km to go, previous the Passo di Eira, the place the common pitch stays above 10% even when the highway options steep ramps alternating with not so sharp slopes. Alongside the ultimate ramp, previous the flamme rouge, gradients prime out at 19%, then ease out just a little, and finally bounce again all the way in which to the house straight (50m), on 6m extensive tarmac.
The highest two on GC in the beginning: Tadej Pogačar and Geraint Thomas
Early within the stage a big main group received collectively: Davide Ballerini & Simone Velasco (Astana Qazaqstan), Tobias Bayer (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Harrison Wooden (Cofidis), Laurence Pithie, Olivier Le Gac & Lewis Askey (Groupama-FDJ ), Lilian Calmejane (Intermarché-Wanty), Bert van Lerberghe (Soudal Fast-Step), Caleb Ewan (Jayco AlUla), Davide Bais (Polti-Kometa) and Alessandro Tonelli (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè). The twelve rapidly took 4 minutes on the peloton.
Most likely a day the factors chief, Jonathan Milan isn’t trying ahead too
Cofidis had Harrison Wooden within the break, however he was clearly not the precise man for the French group, so that they lifted the pace within the peloton, a lot to the annoyance of Lillian Calmejane, fifth within the KOM classification. Cofidis have been working for mountain jersey wearer Simon Geschke, who counter-attacked on the primary climb of the day, the Lodrino (7.6km at 4.4%). Different climbers adopted, finally creating a big chase group.
Will there be any adjustments within the jersey wearers?
This group of 45 riders included Gijs Leemreize (dsm-firmenich PostNL), Julian Alaphilippe & Mauri Vansevenant (Soudal Fast-Step), Juan Pedro Lopez (Lidl-Trek), Maximilian Schachmann (BORA-hansgrohe), Nairo Quintana (Movistar), Tobias Foss & Jhonatan Narváez (INEOS Grenadiers). The perfect positioned rider was Michael Storer of Tudor, who was twelfth total at 9:11 to Tadej Pogačar.
A rider we’ve not seen a lot of within the Giro, Caleb Ewan (Jayco AlUla) made it into the early break
The 2 entrance teams got here collectively on the Colle San Zeno (13.7km at 6.7%). There have been now 58 riders up entrance, with a lead of 4:30 over the peloton led by UAE Staff Emirates. This case didn’t final lengthy, as a result of six riders broke away on the descent. From the unique early break there have been Bayer, Wooden, Ballerini and Tonelli, from the second group there was Christian Scaroni (Astana Qazastan) and Giulio Pellizzari (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè).
The peloton had Lago di Garda for firm in the beginning
Earlier than the Mortirolo (12.6km at 7.7%) had began, Ballerini and Bayer needed to let go. The 4 remaining had a lead of slightly below 1 minute over the chasing group on the foot of the climb, the place Polti Kometa set the tempo for Davide Piganzoli. The peloton with Pogačar was once more at 4 minutes.
May the break go all the way in which in the present day? They’d practically 5 minutes with a really powerful 150 kilometres to go
A giant chase group shaped between break and peloton
UAE Staff Emirates have been in charge of the peloton
The Giro was within the mountains in the present day
May the break succeed once more in the present day? 3 minutes with 24 kilometres of climbing to go
The followers have been out to see the pink jersey
The group of GC males weren’t getting any nearer…. Aside from Pogačar
Georg Steinhauser (EF Training-EasyPost) gave it his greatest
Tadej Pogačar determined it was time to go…
…and that was the final any of the opposite riders noticed of him
It was shut for Nairo Quintana
Preventing for the rostrum
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Giro d’Italia Stage 15 End result:
1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Staff Emirates in 6:11:43
2. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar at 0:29
3. Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Training-EasyPost in 2:32
4. Romain Bardet (Fra) dsm-firmenich PostNL at 2:47
5. Daniel Felipe Martínez (Col) BORA-hansgrohe at 2:50
6. Geraint Thomas (GB) INEOS Grenadiers
7. Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar at 2:58
8. Ben O’Connor (Aus) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
9. Thymen Arensman (Ned) INEOS Grenadiers at 3:05
10. Jan Hirt (CZ) Soudal Fast-Step at 3:20.
Giro d’Italia General After Stage 15:
1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Staff Emirates in 56:11:46
2. Geraint Thomas (GB) INEOS Grenadiers at 6:41
3. Daniel Felipe Martínez (Col) BORA-hansgrohe at 6:56
4. Ben O’Connor (Aus) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale at 7:43
5. Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious at 9:26
6. Thymen Arensman (Ned) INEOS Grenadiers at 9:45
7. Romain Bardet (Fra) dsm-firmenich PostNL at 10:49
8. Filippo Zana (Ita) Jayco AlUla at 11:11
9. Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar at 12:13
10. Jan Hirt (CZ) Soudal Fast-Step at 13:11.
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