Giro d’Italia 2024 Stage Report: Valentin Paret-Peintre carried on the winning streak of the rejuvenated Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale team on stage 10 to the summit finish on the Bocca della Selva. Jan Tratnik (Visma | Lease A Bike) looked to be on his way to the win, but was passed by Paret-Peintre and Romain Bardet (dsm-firmenich PostNL) within kilometres of the finish. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) came in with the peloton to hold his overall lead.
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Valentin Paret-Peintre’s first pro win
Stage 10 was special for Valentin Paret-Peintre. The Frenchman of Decathlon took his first professional victory today in the Giro d’Italia. The 23-year-old was part of a large leading group and managed to pass the previously solo Jan Tratnik (Visma | Lease A Bike) on the final climb for the win. Romain Bardet (dsm-firmenich PostNL) was second and Tratnik finished third.
Stage 10 profile
In the first part, in the Vesuvian area, the stage has a flat profile but an intricate course. Upon merging onto the Via Appia, the route gently starts to go up, reaching Montesarchio, and then takes in a few uncategorised climbs. After cresting the 2nd cat. Camposauro, the route passes Solopaca and Guardia Sanframondi. The roads are relatively wide and have a lot of bends, and the surface is worn out at points. The lengthy closing climb (18km at 5.6%, with no major peaks) begins after Cerreto Sannita, past a welllit tunnel that leads to the Valle del Titerno. The climb snakes in sweeping curves and short straight stretches along the barren slope. The last kilometres rise steadily at 7%, occasionally peaking out past the ‘flamme rouge’. The home straight (150m) is on 5m wide tarmac.
The jersey leaders before the start of stage 10 in the Amphitheatre di Pompeii – Daniel Felipe Martinez (BORA-hansgrohe), Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Max Kanter, Ethan Vernon, Marius Mayrhofer and Olav Kooij were all reported to be sick and couldn’t start stage 10. For the Visma | Lease a Bike team, as Kooij was their third rider to abandon. Robert Gesink and Christophe Laporte left earlier in the Giro, leaving 158 remaining riders. The first attack came from Alpecin-Deceuninck. Quinten Hermans was joined by the Australian Simon Clarke (IPT) and held off the peloton for a while. Behind in the peloton there were a lot of attacks, INEOS Grenadiers were very active.
Pompeii
The peloton leaves Pompeii as the Giro heads north
The first break of the day – Quinten Hermans (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
A chase group were soon on their heels – Davide Ballerini (Astana Qazaqstan) and Chris Hamilton (dsm-firmenich-PostNL) on the front
Nice wine round here
Jan Tratnik (Visma | Lease A Bike) went solo, but he had two chase groups and the peloton behind him
Romain Bardet (dsm-firmenich PostNL) was amongst the chasers
UAE Team Emirates were in control of the peloton as the gap to Tratnik went over 5 minutes
Could Tratnik hold on to the finish?
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Giro d’Italia Stage 10 Result:
1. Valentin Paret-Peintre (Fra) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale at 3:43:50
2. Romain Bardet (Fra) dsm-firmenich PostNL at 0:30
3. Jan Tratnik (Slo) Visma | Lease a Bike at 1:00
4. Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Lidl-Trek at 1:17
5. Aurélien Paret-Peintre (Fra) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 1:24
6. Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis
7. Filippo Zana (Ita) Jayco AlUla
8. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè
9. Nicola Conci (Ita) Alpecin-Deceuninck at 1:41
10. Esteban Chaves (Col) EF Education-EasyPost at 1:56.
Giro d’Italia Overall After Stage 10:
1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates in 36:48:08
2. Daniel Felipe Martínez (Col) BORA-hansgrohe at 2:40
3. Geraint Thomas (GB) INEOS Grenadiers at 2:58
4. Ben O’Connor (Aus) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale at 3:39
5. Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Visma | Lease a Bike at 4:15
6. Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious at 4:27
7. Romain Bardet (Fra) dsm-firmenich PostNL at 4:57
8. Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan at 5:19
9. Filippo Zana (Ita) Jayco AlUla at 5:23
10. Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar at 5:28.
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