GIRO’24 Final Stage 21: Merlier the Sprint – Pogačar the Pink!

Giro d’Italia 2024 Stage Report: UAE Workforce Emirates’ Slovenian champion has gained the 2024 Giro d’Italia. The pink jersey even took half throughout the lead-out work throughout the closing stage set in Rome, however it was Soudal Quick-Step’s Tim Merlier who gained the ultimate battle. The Belgian out-sprinted the components chief, Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), who had an unlimited chase once more to the peloton after a puncture at 9 kilometres out. Pogačar crossed the highway collectively along with his pink arms throughout the air.

The ultimate kilometre

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Tim Merlier took his third Giro’24 stage win

Tim Merlier crossed the highway as winner throughout the twenty first and shutting stage of the 2024 Giro d’Italia. The Belgian of Soudal Quick-Step triumphed after a really hectic sprint in Rome. Jonathan Milan, who suffered a flat tyre throughout the finale, was second. Tadej Pogačar is the final winner of the 107th Tour of Italy.

Stage 21 map and profile

The last word stage choices an technique from the start in RomaEUR to the first cross over the top line, reaching the coast in Ostia, and going once more to the start area, adopted by a closing circuit contained in the Capital. The riders will race 8 loops of a 9.5km circuit on the streets of Rome (large, with some web site guests dividers). Temporary undulations are interspersed with prolonged straight sections, associated by usually tough bends. The road ground is often tarmac, with some fast stretches over avenue pavers (“sanpietrini”). Inside the closing kilometres, the route takes in some bends and a short climb. The home straight (350m), on avenue pavers, is 9m large.

UAE Workforce Emirates go pink for the final word stage 21

That’s the Giro throughout the bag for Pogačar – Subsequent the Tour?

After 20 phases, 3,300 kilometres, 44,550 metres of climbing, six summit finishes, six sprint phases, two time trials and 42 categorised climbs, in the mean time was the final word stage of the 2024 Giro d’Italia. The ultimate stage was for the sprinters with the finale on the bumpy roads of the Italian capital metropolis of Rome.

The leaders initially

Capable of go for the ultimate time on this 12 months’s Giro d’Italia

In any case the identical outdated glasses of Prosecco and film pictures, it was time for the a bike race. The first hours have been run at a leisurely tempo. UAE Workforce Emirates, Pogacar’s group, initially took it easy, nonetheless they lastly decided to increase the tempo. They might want to have wished to get to Rome for the celebrations.

All roads end in Rome

The victorious UAE Workforce Emirates

As quickly because the peloton reached the circuit in Rome, Domenico Pozzovivo was allowed to be the first to begin out lap 1. The 41-year-old Italian of VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè has acknowledged this might be his ultimate Giro stage in the mean time. Pozzovivo rode the Giro for the first time in 2005 and in the mean time completed his 18th Italian Grand Tour.

The Piazza Venezia

The Colosseum

The stage could then really start and there was an assault by 4 riders. Ewen Costiou (Arkéa-B&B Lodging), Alex Baudin (Decathlon AG2R), Mikkel Honoré (EF Education-EasyPost) and Martin Marcellusi (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) managed to get away. The lead purchased to about 30 seconds, nonetheless this was going to be the best they could hope for.

The break had no probability

The sprinter’s teams weren’t going to lose the ultimate probability for a stage win and so the race acquired right here together with 13 kilometres to go. The nervousness throughout the peloton and this induced a crash along with Hugo Hofstetter and a extremely aggravated Dries De Pooter. Every have been able to proceed lastly.

The followers have been out in Rome

Firstly of the ultimate lap, Jonathan Milan, the winner of the purple components jersey and considered one of many favourites for the stage victory in Rome, punctured and wanted to attend a really very long time for a model new bike, The large Italian now appeared out of luck for the win, nonetheless with quite a few laborious work and some help from the group cars, he managed to return to the bunch. He was shortly once more in an excellent place for the top due to his teammates.

The peloton thundered down the Roman streets to the the top

The Lidl-Trek group nonetheless managed to rearrange a great lead-out for the Italian. After a bit effort from Stuyven, Milan appeared boxed in and Lidl-Trek didn’t regain administration. Tim Merlier took full advantage of the chaos. The Belgian positioned himself fully amongst the sprint craziness. He was the first to leap, merely sooner than the cobbles in course of the top line. With a protracted sprint he managed to hold off Milan, who might want to have been on the end of his strengths after his chase. Kaden Groves took third place as soon as extra, Fernando Gaviria and Tim van Dijke have been fourth and fifth.

Pogačar took to some lead-out work

Tadej Pogačar crossed the highway not far behind the sprinters. The Slovenian had been throughout the sprint to lead-out his teammate, Juan Sebastian Molano, nonetheless the Colombian didn’t have the legs. The UAE Workforce Emirates and Pogačar could be celebrating this night time as they acquired right here to Italy and conquered the Giro… You’ll say; dominated the Giro.

The stage went to Tim Merlier

Stage winner, Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step): “It wasn’t a great win. I’ve to precise remorse to the blokes. I had the best legs nonetheless we carried out “on line on line casino” on the end. We have now been collectively until 2km to go. Nevertheless I misplaced the wheel of my lead out man. I instructed Bert [Van Lerberghe] I wanted to enter the cobbled half in fifth or sixth wheel after which go together with my velocity like I did usually in Nokere moreover on the cobblestones in Belgium. For the people, this could be a very giant win. For myself, it feels uncommon because of all people was already partying on the plane yesterday. Nevertheless for a sprinter it’s superb to win proper right here.”

A yellow bike subsequent?

Final normal winner and KOM of the 2024 Giro d’Italia, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Workforce Emirates): “I’m speechless about this second in Rome. It’s crazy. We wished to be in entrance throughout the finale of in the mean time’s stage. It was pretty technical and bumpy. We did great successfully with the boys. It’s unlucky Molano didn’t have glorious legs nonetheless we did the rest of the job so successfully. So we’re happy. I’ve quite a few fond reminiscences of this Giro. Shortly I’ll realise which one was the best second. Mainly it was a ravishing Giro. The Maglia Rosa is admittedly specific. It’s been a crazy experience to have it for twenty days. The entire followers have been extraordinarily good.”

One different for the Pogačar assortment

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Giro d’Italia Stage 21 Final result:
1. Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step in 2:51:50
2. Jonathan Milan (Ita) Lidl-Trek
3. Kaden Groves (Aus) Alpecin-Deceuninck
4. Fernando Gaviria (Col) Movistar
5. Tim van Dijke (Ned) Visma | Lease a Bike
6. Stanisław Aniołkowski (Pol) Cofidis
7. Alberto Dainese (Ita) Tudor
8. Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Polti Kometa
9. Caleb Ewan (Aus) Jayco AlUla
10. Donavan Grondin (Fra) Arkéa-B&B Lodging.

Giro d’Italia Final Basic Final result:
1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Workforce Emirates in 79:14:03
2. Daniel Felipe Martínez (Col) BORA-hansgrohe at 9:56
3. Geraint Thomas (GB) INEOS Grenadiers at 10:24
4. Ben O’Connor (Aus) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale at 12:07
5. Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious at 12:49
6. Thymen Arensman (Ned) INEOS Grenadiers at 14:31
7. Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar at 15:52
8. Jan Hirt (CZ) Soudal Quick-Step at 18:05
9. Romain Bardet (Fra) dsm-firmenich PostNL at 20:32
10. Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor at 21:11.