The GC standings at the Giro d'Italia

Tadej Pogačar wears the pink jersey after 14 stages, 3:41 ahead of Geraint Thomas and 3:56 up on Dani Martínez

Updated 23 hours ago. Published 11:16, Tuesday 7th May 2024

Matilda Price

Racing News Editor

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Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) currently wears the Giro d'Italia pink leader's jersey

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) is currently leading the general classification at the Giro d’Italia with an advantage of 3:41 after 14 stages in Italy, including the stage 7 time trial and stage 14 TT where he put big margins into his GC rivals.

The Slovenian and pre-race favourite took the pink leader’s jersey on stage 2 with a commanding win on the summit finish to Oropa, dropping all of his rivals to seize his first maglia rosa. He then extended his lead with a stage-winning performance in the stage 7 TT, putting over a minute and a half into most of his rivals. The following day, on stage 8, he won again, this time sprinting to victory at the summit finish of Prati di Tivo. He then extended his lead in the stage 14 time trial, where he finished second.

Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) sits in second overall, 3:41 down on Pogačar, while Dani Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe) is on the third spot on the podium, 3:56 behind the maglia rosa, after him and Thomas swapped places on the podium after the stage 14 TT.

After some big GC action in the first week, save for the gravel stage which didn't to be as decisive as it could have been, week 2 was a quieter affair until the TT, with the summit finish on stage 10 not offering up many big changes, and the biggest shuffle coming from Cian Uijtdebroeks' (Visma-Lease a Bike) abandon whilst he was in fifth overall.

The second time trial of the race, however, did have a big impact: Pogačar added just over a minute to his advantage while Thomas erased his deficit to Martínez and gained another 15 seconds over his Colombian rival to leapfrog him into third. Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers) moved four places up to sixth overall, while the likes of Romain Bardet (dsm-firmenich PostNL) lost time and slipped down the top 10.

Ahead of stage 15, the queen stage, Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) leads the young rider classification, three-time stage winner Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) tops the sprint points standings, and Pogačar is leading the mountains classification, though the jersey will be on the shoulders of Simon Geschke (Cofidis). Ineos Grenadiers' strong time trial performance on stage 14 saw them reclaim the team classification from Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale.

Giro d’Italia overall standings after stage 14:

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) 50:00:09
Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) +3:41
Dani Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe) +3:56
Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) +4:35
Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain-Victorious) +5:17
Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers) 6:30
Filippo Zana (Jayco AlUla) +7:26
Romain Bardet (dsm-firmenich PostNL) +7:52
Lorenzo Fortunato (Astana Qazaqstan) +8:40
Alex Baudin (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) +8:56
Einer Rubio (Movistar) +9:05
Michael Storer (Tudor Pro Cycling) +9:11
Jan Hirt (Soudal Quick-Step) +9:41
Domenico Pozzovivo (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) +12:11
Esteban Chaves (EF Education-Easypost) +14:04
Davide Piganzoli (Polti-Kometa) +14:11
Simon Geshcke (Cofidis) +17:35
Aurélien Paret-Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) +18:15
Giovanni Aleotti (Bora-Hansgrohe) +19:07
Juan Pedro López (Lidl-Trek) +20:01

Find the full Giro d’Italia GC standings here.

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