Giro d'Italia
The latest news and race results from Italy's Grand Tour, covering everything from the start lists to the race winners.
The Giro d'Italia 2024 marks the 107th edition of the Italian Grand Tour. Starting on May 4th, 2024, at the Venaria Reale, just outside Turin, the route heads south towards Naples before travelling back north and into the Dolomites. Day 21 and the final stage sees a city circuit around the streets of Rome on May 26th, 2024.
The three-week event is the opener in the trio of Grand Tours, followed by the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España.
The key riders for the Giro were influenced by a series of high profile crashes, with Wout van Aert crashing at Dwars door Vlaanderen, putting him out of contention for the race in May. Read the whole start list here.
Total distance: 3,400.8 kilometres
Average stage distance: 161.9km
Total altitude gain: 44,650 metres
Possible sprint stages: 7
Wales' own Geraint Thomas has set his sights on a Giro/Tour double, and rode the Tour of the Alps in April in preparation. However, he'll have incredibly stiff competition from Slovenian Tadej Pogačar, who announced his intention to ride the Giro in December 2023, and has proven unstoppable so far this year, winning Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Strade Bianche, the latter in an 81 kilometre attack.
This year, Cycling Weekly will be covering the race with daily race reports, reactions following each stage, and analysis as the Italian showdown progresses.
Essential Giro d'Italia stories
- Who is leading the Giro d’Italia 2024 after stage 5?
- Giro d'Italia 2024 route: Stelvio, gravel sectors and a new climb confirmed as race presented
- Giro d'Italia 2024 start list: Tadej Pogačar's UAE Team Emirates squad confirmed
Giro d'Italia 2024: Overview
Date | 4 May 2024 - 26 May 2024 | Row 0 - Cell 2 |
Total distance | 3,321.2 kilometres (2063.7 miles) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
Number of stages | 21 | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
Start location | Torino, Italy | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
Finish location | Rome, Italy | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
UCI ranking | WorldTour | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
Edition | 107th | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
Total climbing / elevation gain | 42,900 metres | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
Leader's jersey colour | Pink (Maglia Rosa) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
Last winner | Primož Roglič (Slovenia) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
TV coverage (UK) | Eurosport | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
TV coverage (US) | TBC | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
Stage-by-stage reports from the Giro d'Italia 2024
Missed a stage of the Giro d'Italia 2024? We've got you covered! Read up on the results of each stage:
- Stage one: Jhonatan Narváez outsprints Maximilian Schachmann and Tadej Pogačar to win the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia
- Stage two: Tadej Pogačar crashes, remounts to win Giro d'Italia stage 2 and take pink jersey
- Stage three: Tim Merlier outsprints Jonathan Milan to win Stage 3 of the Giro d'Italia
- Stage four: Jonathan Milan surges to victory on stage 4 of Giro d’Italia
- Stage five: Benjamin Thomas wins stage 5 of Giro d'Italia as breakaway beats peloton
- Stage six: Pelayo Sánchez wins stage 6 of Giro d'Italia as breakaway makes it again
- Stage seven: Tadej Pogačar extends Giro d’Italia lead with stunning time trial victory on stage 7
- Stage eight: Tadej Pogačar claims back-to-back wins at Giro d'Italia with stage 8 victory atop Prati di Tivo
- Stage nine: Olav Kooij pips Jonathan Milan to the win on stage nine of the Giro d’Italia after a late attack from Jhonatan Narváez
Giro d'Italia week one overview
Many expected Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) to dominate, but with a lead of 2:40 over second placed Dani Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe) at the end of the opening week was still incredible.
The Slovenian waited until the second day to secure the pink jersey, as Jhonatan Narváez (Ineos Grenadiers) out-sprinted him. Pogačar extending his lead throughout the week with bonus seconds, before blowing his rivals out of the water won stage seven's time trial, putting two minutes into Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers). He took the summit finish the next day for a bonus too, meaning he had won three of the opening nine stages.
The sprints were evenly shared, with wins for Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious), Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) across the nine days, with two wins for the breakaway.
Giro d'Italia 2024: The route
The Giro d'Italia 2024 route was unveiled on October 13, 2023.
The race began in Piemonte on 4 May - and will include two time trials, six mountain finishes, and a final week in the Dolomites.
The iconic Passo dello Stelvio will make an appearance, as well as a new climb, and the route also includes gravel sections.
For full details, see our Giro d'Italia 2024 route page.
Giro d'Italia 2024 route: Stage-by-stage
Stage | Date | Start | Finish | Distance | Terrain |
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One | 4 May | Venaria Reale | Torino | 136km | Hilly |
Two | 5 May | San Francesco al Campo | Santuario di Oropa | 150km | Hilly |
Three | 6 May | Novara | Fossano | 165km | Flat |
Four | 7 May | Acqui Terme | Andora | 187km | Flat |
Five | 8 May | Genoa | Lucca | 176km | Hilly/Flat |
Six | 9 May | Viareggio | Rapolano Terme | 177km | Hilly |
Seven | 10 May | Foligno | Perugia | 41km | ITT |
Eight | 11 May | Spoleto | Prati di Tivo | 153km | Mountains |
Nine | 12 May | Avezzano | Napoli | 206km | Hilly/Flat |
Ten | 14 May | Pompei | Cusano Mutri | 141km | Flat |
11 | 15 May | Foiano di Val Fortore | Francavilla Al Mare | 203km | Flat |
12 | 16 May | Martinsicuro | Fano | 183km | Hilly/Flat |
13 | 17 May | Riccione | Cento | 179km | Flat |
14 | 18 May | Castiglione Della Stiviere | Desenzano Del Garda | 31km | ITT |
15 | 19 May | Manerba Del Garda | Livigno (Mottolino) | 220km | Mountains |
16 | 21 May | Livigno | Monte Pana | 202km | Mountains |
17 | 22 May | Selva di Val Gardena | Passo Brocon | 154km | Mountains |
18 | 23 May | Fiera di Primiero | Padova | 166km | Flat |
19 | 24 May | Mortegliano | Sappada | 154km | Hilly/Flat |
20 | 25 May | Alpago | Bassano Del Grappa | 175km | Mountains |
21 | 26 May | Rome | Rome | 126km | Flat |
Giro d'Italia 2024: The jerseys
The rider wearing the pink jersey (maglia rosa) at the Giro d'Italia 2024 will be the one leading the general classification. This is the rider who has accumulated the fastest time around the route so far, inclusive of time bonuses collected. On the final day, it is awarded to the overall general classification winner along with the Trofeo Senza Fine.
There are other jerseys up for grabs too. The purple (ciclamino) jersey is awarded to the rider who has accumulated the most points. More points are offered at the end of flatter, punchier stages than on mountain finishes, so this is a jersey for the sprinters. The blue (azzura) jersey goes to the rider who accumulates the most points on classified climbs, and the white (bianca) jersey is like the pink jersey but given to the best young rider under 26.
Read about the Giro d'Italia jerseys here.
More about the Giro d'Italia 2024
- Giro d'Italia 2024 route
- Giro d'Italia jerseys
- How much prize money does the winner of the Giro d'Italia get?
- How to watch the Giro d'Italia
- Giro d'Italia 2024 start list
Giro d'Italia: Past winners
Year | Winner | Country | Team |
2023 | Primož Roglič | Slovenia | Team Jumbo-Visma |
2022 | Jai Hindley | Australia | Bora-Hansgrohe |
2021 | Egan Bernal | Colombia | Ineos Grenadiers |
2020 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | UK | Ineos Grenadiers |
2019 | Richard Carapaz | Ecuador | Movistar |
2018 | Chris Froome | UK | Team Sky |
2017 | Tom Dumoulin | Netherlands | Sunweb |
2016 | Vincenzo Nibali | Italy | Astana |
2015 | Alberto Contador | Spain | Tinkoff-Saxo |
2014 | Nairo Quintana | Colombia | Movistar |
2013 | Vincenzo Nibali | Italy | Astana |
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Olav Kooij pips Jonathan Milan to the win on stage nine of the Giro d’Italia after a late attack from Jhonatan Narváez
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