22/05/2024 11:00
On Wednesday 22 May, Italy's most famous pink race chooses the Sella, Rolle, Gobbera and Brocon passes for the 154 km 17th stage, full of climbs, which will be decisive for the general classification
The 107th edition of the Giro d'Italia returns to Val di Fassa with one of the most exciting mountain stages. It was 2022 when the Belluno-Passo Fedaia-Marmolada stage took place. Two years later, on Wednesday 22 May stage number 17 will start from Selva di Val Gardena for 154 kilometres full of climbs. Sella, Rolle, Gobbera and, twice, the Passo Brocon will make a big difference, causing the riders to play their cards close to the vest, to attack hairpin bend after hairpin bend to recover positions in the classification. The distance is short, but the altitude difference is great.
Once started, the 22 teams (18 World Tour teams, 4 professional teams, three of which invited via wild card and one based on the 2023 ranking) will tackle the Sella Pass, in the presence of the Sassolungo, and then cross the entire Val di Fassa downhill, from Canazei to Moena. The only "quiet" section of the stage before climbing the Rolle, Gobbera and Brocon Passes in sequence. Descent over Castello Tesino and ascent of the toughest and unprecedented slope of the Val Malene (Pieve Tesino - Valsugana), between tight and close hairpin bends and gradients up to 14%, to cross the finish line again at Brocon.
The route of the Giro d'Italia, scheduled from 4 to 26 May, will start from Venaria Reale, in Piedmont, and finish in Rome. There will be 21 stages, including five mountain stages, two individual time trials, six sprinters' stages and eight medium stages, for a total of 3,321 km and 42,900 metres of altitude difference. Who will be Primoz Roglic's successor? From 7 to 14 July, the Giro d'Italia Women, organised by RCS Sport, will get underway. Since 1988 it has progressively become the most important and longest-running international event for women.
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