Stage 14 of the Giro d’Italia introduced the second and final time trial of the race, a flat 31.2km check ending on the shores of the picturesque Lake Garda in Lombardy.
On a course completely suited to Italian TT champion Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) the specialist duly took the win, although not earlier than being pressured to sweat by race chief Tadej Pogačar (UAE Crew Emirates).
The Slovenian put 4 seconds into Ganna on the first checkpoint however could not sustain the tempo on the rest of the run to Desenzano del Garda, ultimately ending up second on the day at 29 seconds down.
He nonetheless gained time on all his GC rivals, nevertheless, including 1:01 to his lead over second place, a spot now occupied by Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers), who moved up one spot within the rankings.
Thomas overhauled Dani Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe) to take second place, placing 31 seconds into the Colombian to go 15 seconds clear. In fourth place, Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) holds agency, gaining 4 seconds on third place at 4:35 behind Pogačar.
Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) was one other rider to place in a powerful trip, holding fifth total and gaining six seconds on O’Connor. He is now 5:17 down.
The massive winner of the day among the many high 10 is the previous 10-placed man Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers) who stormed to 3rd place on the day, 1:07 down on Ganna. He jumps as much as sixth total, now 6:30 down on the race lead.
Behind him, Filippo Zana (Jayco-AlUla) additionally skips up a spot, whereas Romain Bardet (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) and Lorenzo Fortunato (Astana Qazaqstan) every drop two locations to eighth and ninth total.
Rounding out the highest 10 is a brand new face in O’Connor’s teammate Alex Baudin. The Frenchman jumped up three locations within the time trial and now lies 8:56 off the lead and 9 seconds up on the brand new Eleventh-place man Einer Rubio (Movistar), who drops from ninth place.
The GC battle will resume on Sunday with stage 15, the 222km queen stage of the Giro. The riders head again to the mountains to tackle 5 categorised climbs within the Alps, together with the first-category assessments of the Passo del Mortirolo, the Passo di Foscagno and the ultimate summit end at Livigno.
Giro d’Italia GC standings
Outcomes powered by FirstCycling
Giro d’Italia classifications
These are the jersey classification on the 2024 Giro d’Italia:
Click on right here for a extra complete rundown of all of the classifications and prize cash, together with the intermediate sprints prize and the preventing spirit prize.
Maglia rosa – The pink jersey is worn by the general race chief on the overall classification who has accomplished the levels within the lowest accrued time.
Maglia ciclamino – The cyclamen jersey signifies the factors classification chief. Riders accrue factors every stage on the two intermediate sprints and at stage finishes. The rider with probably the most factors leads the rating and wears the cyclamen jersey.
Maglia azzurra – The blue jersey is for the mountain classification. Factors are handed out to the primary riders over particular categorised hills and mountain climbs in the course of the Giro. The best and steepest mountains award probably the most factors. The rider with probably the most factors leads the rating and wears the blue jersey.
Maglia bianca – The white jersey is for the chief of the perfect younger rider classification. It’s calculated b[primarily based on the time races, just like the maglia rosa, however solely riders aged 25 or underneath are eligible to win it and put on it.
