Giro d’Italia 2024 Stage Report: On a shortened stage 16, due to snow and rain, Tadej Pogačar waited until the last kilometres before he started his climbing turbo, dropped what was left of the bunch and swept past the riders in front of him for his fifth Giro’24 stage win. The UAE Team Emirates rider also took more time on the other GC men. Daniel Felipe Martínez (BORA-hansgrohe) finished third on the stage and moved back into second overall above Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers).
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Stage 16 final kilometre
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Stage win No.5 for Tadej Pogačar
Tadej Pogacar once again showed his supremacy in the sixteenth stage of the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday. The pink jersey rode away from the peloton on the final climb of Monte Pana to take his fifth stage victory.
Stage 16 map & profile
What should have been stage 16: This is a high mountain stage passing through the Adige and Eisack Valley; the route puts together a mountain section featuring Foscagno and Giogo di Santa Maria (Cima Coppi), a flat drag from Giorenza to just past Bolzano, and another mountain section featuring Passo Pinei and the finish in the Val Gardena, past Santa Cristina. Barring a short descent that leads from Santa Cristina to the bridge (2km, the foot of the closing climb), the last 3km point uphill. The average gradient is around 12%, with peaks reaching 16% in the first part with tight hairpins. The home straight (100m) is on 6m wide tarmac.
Pink umbrella for the pink jersey
But: In the event of extreme weather conditions, the stage will be neutralised up to a place where the safety conditions are met. At 9 a.m. the Commission met and at 10 a.m., given the conditions at that time, decided to implement Option 2 with the opposition of the athletes. A few minutes before the start, the weather conditions deteriorated further and so the Commission decided to fall back on Option 3. The stage will have its typical start and procedures in Livigno. From there, a parade will start towards the Tunnel Munt Raschera. The riders will stop and change before the Swiss border. The actual start will be in Prati allo Stelvio as per the time trial.
It wasn’t looking good up the road
Time for a car trip
Living the dream
The actual start
Marco Frigo made the first move
Julian Alaphilippe wanted to be in on the action again
Davide Ballerini with a warm fan
A wet Pogačar was staying close to the front of the peloton
Alaphilippe went solo, but could he say away to the finish?
Movistar had a plan, but it didn’t work out
Alaphilippe was caught, but maybe Ewen Costiou had a chance?
Behind; Tadej Pogačar had been released by his UAE Team Emirates
Pogačar was on his way to his fifth Giro stage win
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Giro d’Italia Stage 16 Result:
1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates in 2:49:37
2. Giulio Pellizzari (Ita) VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè at 0:16
3. Daniel Felipe Martínez (Col) BORA-hansgrohe
4. Christian Scaroni (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan at 0:31
5. Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious at 0:33
6. Thymen Arensman (Ned) INEOS Grenadiers at 0:38
7. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious at 0:39
8. Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor at 0:42
9. Ewen Costiou (Fra) Arkéa-B&B Hotels
10. Valentin Paret-Peintre (Fra) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale at 0:45.
Giro d’Italia Overall After Stage 16:
1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates in 59:01:09
2. Daniel Felipe Martínez (Col) BORA-hansgrohe at 7:18
3. Geraint Thomas (GB) INEOS Grenadiers at 7:40
4. Ben O’Connor (Aus) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale at 8:42
5. Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious at 10:09
6. Thymen Arensman (Ned) INEOS Grenadiers at 10:33
7. Romain Bardet (Fra) dsm-firmenich PostNL at 12:18
8. Filippo Zana (Ita) Jayco AlUla at 12:43
9. Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar at 13:09
10. Jan Hirt (CZ) Soudal Quick-Step at 14:07.
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