Italian cycling race
Cycling race
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]
Teams
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
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]
Classification leadership table
- ^ 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
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
Young rider classification
References
- ^ "Women's Giro d'Italia: Elisa Longo Borghini holds on to win Maglia Rosa". BBC Sport. 2024-07-14. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ Weislo, Laura (4 July 2024). "Giro d'Italia Women 2024 start list". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Giro d'Italia Women: one month to the start". RCS Sports and Events. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Giro d'Italia Women 2024: the route has been announced". www.giroditaliawomen.it. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Giro d'Italia Women 2024: the route has been announced". www.giroditaliawomen.it. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ 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.
External links
By year | |
---|
Classifications ("jerseys") | | Points (maglia ciclamino) | Mountains (maglia verde) | Young rider (maglia bianca) |
|
|
---|
Lists | |
---|
|
---|
Races | |
---|
- 2024 UCI Women's Teams and riders
|