2024 Giro d'Italia Women
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| 2024 UCI Women's World Tour, race 21 of 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 7–14 July 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 876.7 km (544.8 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
22 teams participated in the race.[2] 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.[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 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 1,680 metres (5,510 ft).[5] 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.[6] The total race distance of 856 km (532 mi) was 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 | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 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) | |||||
