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2024 Giro d'Italia Women

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.

01Teams

22 teams participated in the race. Each team started with seven riders. All 15 UCI Women's WorldTeams were automatically invited. They were 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. The teams were announced on 7 June 2024.

UCI Women's WorldTeams

UCI Women's Continental Teams

02Route

In December 2023, the route was announced by new organisers RCS Sport. The race started 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 were 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). As the highest climb of the race, the first rider to pass Blockhaus was 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. The total race distance of 856 km (532 mi) was the shortest since 2013, with the previous 10 editions of the race averaging over 950 kilometres (590 mi) in length.

Following criticism of previous editions of the race, the 2024 route was considered to be "impressive" and a "positive step", with praise for the last two mountain stages. 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.

Stage characteristics
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 7 July Brescia 15.7 km (9.8 mi) Individual time trial  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
2 8 July Sirmione to Volta Mantovana 110 km (68 mi) Flat stage  Chiara Consonni (ITA)
3 9 July Sabbioneta to Toano 113 km (70 mi) Hilly stage  Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL)
4 10 July Imola to Urbino 134 km (83 mi) Hilly stage  Clara Emond (CAN)
5 11 July Frontone to Foligno 108 km (67 mi) Hilly stage  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)
6 12 July San Benedetto del Tronto to Chieti 159 km (99 mi) Hilly stage  Liane Lippert (GER)
7 13 July Lanciano to Blockhaus 120 km (75 mi) Mountain stage  Neve Bradbury (AUS)
8 14 July Pescara to L'Aquila 117 km (73 mi) Mountain stage  Kimberley Le Court (MRI)
Total 876.7 km (544.8 mi)

03Classification leadership table

04Classification 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

Final general classification (1-10)
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Lidl-Trek 24h 02' 16"
2  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) Team SD Worx-Protime + 21"
3  Neve Bradbury (AUS) Canyon//SRAM + 1' 16"
4  Pauliena Rooijakkers (NED) Fenix-Deceuninck + 2' 05"
5  Juliette Labous (FRA) Team dsm-firmenich PostNL + 2' 15"
6  Antonia Niedermaier (GER) Canyon//SRAM + 2' 41"
7  Gaia Realini (ITA) Lidl-Trek + 3' 41"
8  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN) FDJ-Suez + 4' 31"
9  Mavi García (ESP) Liv AlUla Jayco + 5' 17"
10  Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL) Team SD Worx-Protime + 5' 55"

Points classification

Final points classification (1-10)
Rank Rider Team Points
1  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) Team SD Worx-Protime 154
2  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Lidl-Trek 68
3  Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL) Team SD Worx-Protime 59
4  Arlenis Sierra (CUB) Movistar Team 55
5  Silvia Zanardi (ITA) Human Powered Health 51
6  Kimberley Le Court (MRI) AG Insurance-Soudal 47
7  Soraya Paladin (ITA) Canyon//SRAM 40
8  Juliette Labous (FRA) Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 39
9  Neve Bradbury (AUS) Canyon//SRAM 35
10  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN) FDJ-Suez 35

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1-10)
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Justine Ghekiere (BEL) AG Insurance-Soudal 68
2  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) Team SD Worx-Protime 35
3  Neve Bradbury (AUS) Canyon//SRAM 30
4  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Lidl-Trek 25
5  Pauliena Rooijakkers (NED) Fenix-Deceuninck 22
6  Antonia Niedermaier (GER) Canyon//SRAM 22
7  Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL) Team SD Worx-Protime 20
8  Lucinda Brand (NED) Lidl-Trek 16
9  Ana Vitória Magalhães (BRA) Bepink-Bongioanni 13
10  Gaia Realini (ITA) Lidl-Trek 11

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1-10)
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Neve Bradbury (AUS) Canyon//SRAM 24h 03' 32"
2  Antonia Niedermaier (GER) Canyon//SRAM + 1' 25"
3  Solbjørk Minke Anderson (DEN) Uno-X Mobility + 18' 02"
4  Elisa Valtulini (ITA) Bepink-Bongioanni + 44' 27"
5  Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (ITA) UAE Team ADQ + 58' 46"
6  Gaia Segato (ITA) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 1h 03' 52"
7  Ella Wyllie (NZL) Liv AlUla Jayco + 1h 06' 07"
8  Nienke Vinke (NED) Team dsm-firmenich PostNL + 1h 11' 20"
9  Lore De Schepper (BEL) AG Insurance-Soudal + 1h 19' 13"
10  Francesca Barale (ITA) Team dsm-firmenich PostNL + 1h 21' 13"

Team classification

Final team classification (1-10)
Rank Team Time
1 Liv AlUla Jayco 72h 31' 43"
2 Lidl-Trek + 9' 23"
3 Canyon//SRAM + 38' 19"
4 Team SD Worx-Protime + 40' 37"
5 Laboral Kutxa-Fundación Euskadi + 51' 14"
6 FDJ-Suez + 1h 09' 04"
7 UAE Team ADQ + 1h 09' 31"
8 Movistar Team + 1h 13' 04"
9 Uno-X Mobility + 1h 15' 41"
10 AG Insurance-Soudal + 1h 33' 02"
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