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.
Teams
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
Route
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 . 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 was the shortest since 2013, with the previous 10 editions of the race averaging over 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 characteristicsStageDateCourseDistanceType Winner 1 7 July Brescia Individual time trial 2 8 July Sirmione to Volta Mantovana Flat stage 3 9 July Sabbioneta to Toano Hilly stage 4 10 July Imola to Urbino Hilly stage 5 11 July Frontone to Foligno Hilly stage 6 12 July San Benedetto del Tronto to Chieti Hilly stage 7 13 July Lanciano to Blockhaus Mountain stage 8 14 July Pescara to L'Aquila Mountain stage Total
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 not awarded Antonia Niedermaier 2 Chiara Consonni Chiara Consonni Ana Vitória Magalhães 3 Niamh Fisher-Black Lotte Kopecky Niamh Fisher-Black 4 Clara Emond Clara Emond 5 Lotte Kopecky 6 Liane Lippert 7 Neve Bradbury Justine Ghekiere Neve Bradbury 8 Kimberley Le Court Final Neve Bradbury
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) Rank Rider Team Time 1 24h 02' 16" 2 + 21" 3 + 1' 16" 4 + 2' 05" 5 + 2' 15" 6 + 2' 41" 7 + 3' 41" 8 + 4' 31" 9 + 5' 17" 10 + 5' 55"
Points classification + Final points classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 154 2 68 3 59 4 55 5 51 6 47 7 40 8 39 9 35 10 35
Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 68 2 35 3 30 4 25 5 22 6 22 7 20 8 16 9 13 10 11
Young rider classification + Final young rider classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 24h 03' 32" 2 + 1' 25" 3 + 18' 02" 4 + 44' 27" 5 + 58' 46" 6 + 1h 03' 52" 7 + 1h 06' 07" 8 + 1h 11' 20" 9 + 1h 19' 13" 10 + 1h 21' 13"
Team classification + Final team classification (1–10) Rank Team Time 1 72h 31' 43" 2 + 9' 23" 3 + 38' 19" 4 + 40' 37" 5 + 51' 14" 6 + 1h 09' 04" 7 + 1h 09' 31" 8 + 1h 13' 04" 9 + 1h 15' 41" 10 + 1h 33' 02"
References
External links
Official website