2024 Giro d'Italia Women

2024 Giro d'Italia Women
2024 UCI Women's World Tour, race 21 of 27
Race details
Dates	7–14 July 2024
Stages	8
Distance	876.7 km (544.8 mi)
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Mountains
	Youth
	Team
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Last updated August 18, 2024

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 2024 and was the 21st race in 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]

Stage characteristics^[11]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		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)

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage
Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1	Elisa Longo Borghini	Elisa Longo Borghini	Elisa Longo Borghini ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	not awarded	Antonia Niedermaier	Lidl–Trek
2	Chiara Consonni		Chiara Consonni	Ana Vitória Magalhães
3	Niamh Fisher-Black		Lotte Kopecky	Niamh Fisher-Black
4	Clara Emond			Clara Emond		Canyon–SRAM
5	Lotte Kopecky					Canyon–SRAM
6	Liane Lippert					Liv AlUla Jayco
7	Neve Bradbury			Justine Ghekiere	Neve Bradbury
8	Kimberley Le Court			Justine Ghekiere	Neve Bradbury
Final		Elisa Longo Borghini	Lotte Kopecky	Justine Ghekiere	Neve Bradbury	Liv AlUla Jayco

↑ 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

Final general classification (1–10)^[12]
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)^[12]
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)^[12]
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)^[12]
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)^[12]
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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