Highlights and best moments: Stage 21, Giro d’Italia 2024

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🔟💗 Top 10 - Overall ranking

This is the final overall classification for the Giro d'Italia 2024:

🔟🏁 Top 10 - Stage 21

This is the top 10 of stage 21:

Awards Ceremony

💗🏆💗 Tadej Pogacar is the champion!

Now he can celebrate: TADEJ POGACAR IS CHAMPION OF THE GIRO D'ITALIA 2024! The UAE Team Emirates rider adds another title to his young age.

🥇 Tim Merlier wins!

Tim Merlier repeats! The Belgian rider of Soudal Quick - Step takes his third victory in this last stage of the Giro d'Italia. Jonathan Milan crosses in second place.

🏁 Last kilometer

Last kilometer. A great finish is coming with everyone looking for the victory.

🏁 2 km to go

Tadej Pogacar now leads the peloton. Jonathan Milan has already joined his Lidl-Trek teammates to condition the finish.

🏁 3 km to go

We reached the time protection zone. Everything is ready for the finish line and in the peloton, Tadej Pogacar is commanding the intentions of UAE Team Emirates.

🏁 4,5 km to go

Jonathan Milan has arrived! The Italian rider has made a tremendous effort. Now his task is to position himself well to fight for the victory.

🏁 5 km to go

Jonathan Milan is pedaling hard. He is already 20 seconds behind the peloton.

🏁 9 km to go

Bad luck for Jonathan Milan! Just when the peloton is launched, the rider suffered a mechanical problem. It will be very difficult for him to come back.

🏁 9,3 km to go

The last lap begins. The Giro d'Italia 2024 is leaving us...

🏁 13 km to go

The breakaway is over. Now the whole peloton has regrouped.

🏁 14 km to go

Fall in the peloton. Two riders have gone to the ground. Just when the pace increases and the breakaway is about to finish.

🏁 16 km to go

The breakaway continues. It remains 15 seconds behind the peloton at this point. There is just over a lap to go.

🏁 19 km to go

The Soudal Quick - Step team went to the front of the peloton and lowered the pace of the group again. New air for the escapees; 16 seconds of difference.

🏁 23 km to go

The gap between the breakaway and the peloton is closing. The big group has set a high pace in the last meters and will neutralize the escapees.

🏁 26 km to go

The gap between the escapees and the peloton remains between 19 and 22 seconds.

🏁 31 km to go

We are still at a completely calm pace. The peloton has not yet pressed the accelerator to neutralize the breakaway.

🏁 37,5 km to go

The gap is now 16 seconds. The pace of the race is increasing.

🏁 41 km to go

In the peloton, the Soudal Quick-Step riders are leading the group. The gap has not yet dropped much.

🏁 46 km to go

The gap is now up to 33 seconds. It's very quiet in the peloton now.

🏁 50 km to go

There is still not much movement in the peloton to try to catch the escapees. The gap remains at 25 seconds.

🏁 57 km to go

The second lap of the circuit, which is set as the first intermediate sprint of the day, is completed. Martin Marcellusi passed first.

🏁 58 km to go

There is one kilometer left for the breakaway riders to go through the first intermediate sprint. The peloton is taking it easy.

🏁 60 km to go

There is still a 20-second gap between the escapees and the bunch. There are 3 km to go before the first intermediate sprint.

🏁 65 km to go

The four riders in the breakaway are 20 seconds apart at the moment.

🏁 69 km to go

Ewen Costiou (Arkea - B&B Hotels), Alex Baudin (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), Mikkel Honoré (EF Education - EasyPost) and Martin Marcellusi (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) have made up the leak so far.

🏁 72 km to go

Movements begin in the peloton. A rider from EF Education - EasyPost and another from Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale are looking for a breakaway.

Domenico Pozzovivo closes a chapter in his career

The Italian rider is riding his last Giro d'Italia. At the entrance to the circuit, the peloton gave him license to go solo and have his moment to greet the public. An important rider of a great generation of Italian cyclists.

🏁 80 km to go

The riders are entering the urban area of the Italian capital. In a few kilometers, the eight-lap circuit that will conclude this Giro d'Italia 2024 will begin.

Geraint Thomas jokes with UAE Team Emirates

UAE Team Emirates was starting to pick up the pace to go faster and the British rider from INEOS Grenadiers went to tell them to take it easy on the day 😅

Antonio Tiberi, the best young man

Bahrain Victorious does not go unnoticed. Antonio Tiberi, has been the best young rider in the Giro d'Italia 2024. An Italian had not won the best young rider jersey since 2015, when Fabio Aru did it.

El Lidl-Trek celebrates the cyclamen jersey de Jonathan Milan

Jonathan Milan takes, for the second time, the maglia ciclamino of the Giro d'Italia. So far and thanks to his three victories, he has 327 points in this classification, well ahead of Kaden Groves (200) and Tim Merlier (143).

UAE Team Emirates wears pink

UAE Team Emirates celebrates Tadej Pogacar winning the Giro d'Italia. The Slovenian rider took the pink jersey on the second day and never let it go again. He has won six victories so far in this edition.

Carreer status

There are 100 kilometers left in the day. The peloton is riding very smoothly, with UAE Team Emirates leading the way through the different locations heading towards the city of Rome.

Welcome back

We're back! We begin our coverage of stage 21 of the Giro d'Italia 2024, which takes place between Alpago and the Bassano del Grappa. We invite you to stay with us to follow the transmission and all the incidents of this day.

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What time is Stage 21 of the Giro d'Italia 2024?

This is the start time for Stage 21 of the 2024 Giro d'Italia on May 26th, 2024 in several countries:

Argentina: 11:30 AM on DSports, DGO and GCN
Bolivia: 10:30 AM on DSports, DGO and GCN
Brazil: 11:30 AM on DSports, DGO and GCN
Chile: 11:30 AM on DSports, DGO and GCN
Colombia: 9:30 AM on Caracol TV, RCN TV, DSports, DGO and GCN
Ecuador: 9:30 AM on DSports, DGO and GCN
USA (ET): 10:30 AM on beIN Sports and Max USA
Spain: 4:30 PM on Eurosport, EITB and GCN
Mexico: 8:30 AM on GCN
Paraguay: 10:30 AM on DSports, DGO and GCN
Peru: 9:30 AM on DSports, DGO and GCN
Uruguay: 11:30 AM on DSports, DGO and GCN
Venezuela: 10:30 AM on DSports, DGO and GCN

👕 Jersey wearers

💗 Leader of the general classification: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)

💜 Leader of the points classification: Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)

💙 Leader of the mountain classification: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) - Jersey worn by: Giulio Pellizzari (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè)

🤍 Leader of the youth classification: Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious)

Roma

It is said that a city can be described through a single panorama, a color, a scent, an object or even an idea: and it is precisely those nuances, imperceptible and evanescent, that sometimes become indelible memories. Over the centuries, the magic of Rome has been captured in the words of poets and writers and in the works of great artists. Eternal and mysterious, the Capital envelops whoever arrives in a pleasant "Rome-sickness" that never leaves you, and it is no coincidence that millions of tourists rush to throw a coin into the Trevi Fountain in the hope of visiting it again: because in Rome, as Goethe said, everything is as you imagined and everything is new. If you don't know it yet, or if you want to dive back into its magic, let's try to tell you briefly about its profile, its soul, its colors.

In Rome, the vine has always been a beloved plant: until the Unification of Italy, the city was dotted with an unimaginable number of rows of vines that coexisted with the urban structures, a sign of the city's unique and extraordinary history. But the wine of Rome, fresh and appetizing, was par excellence other, as another popular saying reminds us: "A glass of Frascati is worth more than all the water of the Tiber". In fact, the Castelli Romani have always been an ideal area for the cultivation of vines, both for the composition of the soil and the mild climate.

Frascati is the origin of the two DOCG wines of the province of Rome: Frascati Superiore and the sweet and fragrant Cannellino - so called because it was served directly from the small barrel in which it was stored by means of a small cinnamon barrel - to be enjoyed with maritozzi, ciambelline al vino or pecorino cheese.

Stage 21, the road to victory

Final stage divided into two parts: approach, from the start in Rome-EUR, to the first passage through the finish line to reach the coast and then Ostia, then back to the starting area, followed by the final circuit (8 laps) inside the capital. The 9.5 km circuit runs entirely along the city streets (wide and sometimes with some traffic separators). It alternates short undulations and long straights linked by sometimes difficult curves. The road surface is mainly asphalt, with some short stretches of cobblestones ("sanpietrini").

The last km are planimetrically articulated with some curves and a short climb. Final straight of 350 m on cobblestones 9 m wide.

🔟💗 Top 10 - Overall ranking

This is the general classification:

🔟🏁 Top 10 - Stage 20

This is the top 10 of stage 20:

Tadej Pogacar, six-time winner and virtual champion

Tadej Pogacar pulled off a true feat in the penultimate stage of the Giro d'Italia 2024, taking his sixth victory and proving his superiority once again to become virtually the champion.

The day was expected to be eventful. 11 riders gave life to the breakaway of the day, although it was unsuccessful, because the Slovenian rider of UAE Team Emirates launched his attack 36 kilometers from the finish line, in which he gave a lesson again to his rivals.

In the end, after the two ascents of Monte Grappa, Pogacar raised his arms at the finish line and thus managed to put a new victory in his palmares. Daniel Martinez (BORA - Hansgrohe) and Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) will join him on the podium.

Hello, everyone

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