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2021 Giro d'Italia

104th edition: May 8 - 30, 2021
Stage 17: May 26, 2021

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Wednesday, May 26: Stage 17, Canazei - Sega di Ala, 193 km.

Stage 17 map & profile | Stage 17 photos

Dan Martin

Dan Martin takes a brilliant solo win.

Weather at the finish city of Sega di Ala at 1:45 PM, local time: 12C (54F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: 151 riders began stage 17 at 12:14 PM. There was one non-starter, Victor Campenaerts (Qhubeka-Assos).

Stage 17 start

The riders roll out of Canazei for a tough day in the mountains.

The first hour was raced at 52.2 km/hr. About two-thirds into the stage Rémi Rochas (Cofidis) abandoned.

Here's the stage 17 report from Simon Yates' Team BikeExchange:

Briton Simon Yates showed great strength on today’s stage 17 of the Giro d’Italia, profiting from yesterday’s rest day to launch a damaging attack four kilometres from the summit finish, distancing all of his general classification rivals, and catapulting himself back up the standings into third position.

After missing the day’s breakaway, Team BikeExchange sent Chris Juul-Jensen, Cameron Meyer and Michael Hepburn to the head of the peloton to work to reduce the distance, and setup Yates ahead of a tough final nine-kilometre ascent.

The gap to the breakaway was constantly reducing with Callum Scotson, Mikel Nieve and Tanel Kangert then taking over the workload on the penultimate climb of the day however, an untimely crash took down two Team BikeExchange riders, hindering the chase and allowing the gap to the escapees to increase back out once again.

Ahead, Dan Martin went in solo pursuit of the stage victory while the group with the GC contenders exploded, with riders spread out across the climb and both Hugh Carthy and Aleksandr Vlasov losing time.

At the four kilometre to go mark, Yates accelerated from the reduced GC group and quickly the Maglia Rosa began to suffer. Yates continued to increase the gap, crossing the line in third place on the stage, 53 seconds ahead of Bernal, moving back up to third position on the general classification.

Simon Yates – 3rd place overall:
“I attacked and I didn’t realise Egan was dropped until a bit later, I was already going full so it wasn’t like then I could accelerate any more to try and increase the gap.

We missed the breakaway and I wanted to have a go for the stage today, by the time the breakaway had gone there was only 60km or so before the first climb of the day, it wasn’t a huge job for us, it wasn’t like we had to ride 200km on the front and burn all the team. They did a great job, so chapeaux to them and now we will see what I can do the next days.

I hope the weather stays like this, everyday it has rained I have not had a good day, so hopefully the weather stays the same and I can see what I can do in these final days."

Matt White – Head Sport Director:
“It was a very important day and we took some very valuable time from our rivals. Simon did very good ride, he felt very good coming out of the rest day and when people feel good, it is always a good time to test others.

"Obviously, we would have liked to win the stage, Dan Martin had a great ride, but our other plan today was to take time on our rivals, and we did that with a lot of success today.

“After the crazy first 60km to 70km settled, Simon said he felt good and then the guys did an incredible job controlling the vast majority of the stage. The race is not over until it’s over. We have a very long day tomorrow then we go into two very challenging mountain stages on Friday and Saturday before Milan."

Complete results:

Stage 17 photos

193 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.303 km/hr

1	Daniel Martin	Israel Start-Up Nation	4hr 54min 38sec
2	Joao Almeida	Deceuninck-Quick Step	@ 13sec
3	Simon Yates	Team BikeExchange	0:30
4	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	1:20
5	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
6	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:23
7	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	1:38
9	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	1:43
10	George Bennett	Jumbo-Visma	2:21
11	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
12	Lorenzo Fortunato	Eolo-Kometa	2:47
13	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	2:49
14	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	2:52
15	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Michael Storer	Team DSM	3:05
17	Aleksandr Vlasov	Astana-Premier Tech	3:08
18	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	3:10
19	Edward Ravasi	Eolo-Kometa	3:18
20	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-Nippo	3:52
21	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
22	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	5:16
23	Giovanni Carboni	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	5:53
24	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana-Premier Tech	6:17
25	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
26	Louis Vervaeke	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
27	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	7:58
28	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
29	Tanel Kangert	Team BikeExchange	9:16
30	Simone Ravanelli	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	10:44
31	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	11:18
32	Fabio Felline	Astana-Premier Tech	12:58
33	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	15:24
34	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
35	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
36	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	15:37
37	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	16:30
38	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
39	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
40	Luis Sanchez	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
41	Nicolas Roche	Team DSM	s.t.
42	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	16:51
43	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	17:04
44	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
45	Mark Christian	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
46	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	17:21
47	Filippo Tagliani	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
48	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	17:51
49	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	17:55
50	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	18:49
51	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	19:09
52	Francesco Gavazzi	Eolo-Kometa	19:24
53	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
54	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
55	Andrii Ponomar	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
56	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
57	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	19:54
58	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	20:12
59	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
60	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	20:52
61	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
62	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	22:29
63	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
64	Paul Martens	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
65	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	23:06
66	Marton Dina	Eolo-Kometa	24:01
67	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	24:38
68	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	24:45
69	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
70	Vincenzo Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
71	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
72	Alexander Cepeda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
73	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
74	Nick Schultz	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
75	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	27:16
76	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
77	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
78	Harold Tejada	Astana-Premier Tech	28:29
79	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
80	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
81	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
82	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
83	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
84	Guy Niv	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
85	Davide Villella	Movistar	s.t.
86	Eduardo Sepulveda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
87	Giovanni Visconti	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	29:59
88	Umberto Marengo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
89	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	30:39
90	Filippo Zana	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	30:45
91	Simon Pellaud	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	31:25
92	Dries de Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
93	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-Citroën	31:27
94	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
95	Koen de Kort	Trek-Segafredo	31:30
96	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	s.t.
97	Natnael Tesfazion	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
98	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
99	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
100	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
101	Nicola Venchiarutti	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
102	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
103	Matthias Brandle	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
104	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
105	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
106	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	32:11
107	Simon Carr	EF Education-Nippo	32:41
108	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
109	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
110	Simon Guglielmi	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
111	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	33:32
112	Nico Denz	Team DSM	34:01
113	Wesley Kreder	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
114	Felix Grossschartner	Bora-hansgrohe	35:34
115	Max Kanter	Team DSM	s.t.
116	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
117	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	35:51
118	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	35:59
119	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	36:28
120	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
121	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
122	Davide Cimolai	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
123	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
124	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
125	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
126	Lukasz Wisniowski	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
127	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
128	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
129	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
130	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
131	Riccardo Minali	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
132	Remco Evenepoel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
133	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
134	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
135	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
136	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
137	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
138	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
139	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
140	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
141	Vincenzo Albanese	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
142	Samuele Rivi	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
143	Cameron Meyer	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
144	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
145	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
146	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
147	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
148	Michael Hepburn	Team BikeExchange	37:14
149	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-Assos	37:43
150	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	38:10

GC after stage 17

GC leader: Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers)
Mountains classification leader: Geoffrey Bouchard (Ag2r-Citroën)
Points classification leader: Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe)
Best young rider: Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers)
Team classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers

2,826.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.507 km/hr

1	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	71hr 32min 5sec
2	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	@ 2min 21sec
3	Simon Yates	Team BikeExchange	3:23
4	Aleksandr Vlasov	Astana-Premier Tech	6:03
5	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	6:09
6	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	6:31
7	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	7:17
8	Joao Almeida	Deceuninck-Quick Step	8:45
9	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	9:18
10	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	11:06
11	Daniel Martin	Israel Start-Up Nation	13:37
12	George Bennett	Jumbo-Visma	19:08
13	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	27:30
14	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	27:43
15	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	29:17
16	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	35:12
17	Lorenzo Fortunato	Eolo-Kometa	38:31
18	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	38:37
19	Louis Vervaeke	Alpecin-Fenix	41:41
20	Vincenzo Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	45:12
21	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	45:29
22	Tanel Kangert	Team BikeExchange	46:45
23	Nick Schultz	Team BikeExchange	50:34
24	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	57:34
25	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	59:07
26	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	1:02:04
27	Remco Evenepoel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:03:12
28	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	1:05:58
29	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	1:07:39
30	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	1:14:51
31	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:21:04
32	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	1:22:35
33	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-Nippo	1:22:40
34	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:26:08
35	Francesco Gavazzi	Eolo-Kometa	1:26:22
36	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	1:28:09
37	Luis Sanchez	Astana-Premier Tech	1:31:21
38	Giovanni Carboni	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	1:34:17
39	Michael Storer	Team DSM	1:36:47
40	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	1:39:39
41	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	1:40:41
42	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	1:40:43
43	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:43:22
44	Einer Rubio	Movistar	1:43:37
45	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	1:44:04
46	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	1:46:33
47	Harold Tejada	Astana-Premier Tech	1:46:57
48	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r-Citroën	1:51:07
49	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana-Premier Tech	1:52:49
50	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	1:53:48
51	Edward Ravasi	Eolo-Kometa	1:54:05
52	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:54:15
53	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:54:27
54	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:57:31
55	Davide Villella	Movistar	2:01:15
56	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	2:02:22
57	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:02:46
58	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	2:03:04
59	Felix Grossschartner	Bora-hansgrohe	2:03:51
60	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	2:05:42
61	Nicolas Roche	Team DSM	2:07:39
62	Eduardo Sepulveda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:08:20
63	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:08:55
64	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	2:10:33
65	Fabio Felline	Astana-Premier Tech	2:12:57
66	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	2:13:36
67	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	2:19:06
68	Simon Carr	EF Education-Nippo	2:26:05
69	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	2:29:01
70	Simone Ravanelli	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:29:04
71	Alexander Cepeda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:31:54
72	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	2:34:49
73	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	2:40:34
74	Andrii Ponomar	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:40:58
75	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:42:15
76	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:44:38
77	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	2:45:05
78	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	2:46:07
79	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	2:47:58
80	Guy Niv	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
81	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	2:48:30
82	Vincenzo Albanese	Eolo-Kometa	2:48:41
83	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	2:49:05
84	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	2:52:47
85	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	2:53:10
86	Mark Christian	Eolo-Kometa	2:53:50
87	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	2:54:17
88	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	2:55:18
89	Simon Pellaud	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:56:17
90	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-Nippo	2:57:39
91	Filippo Zana	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	2:58:58
92	Dries de Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	3:02:02
93	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	3:06:26
94	Giovanni Visconti	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	3:07:41
95	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	3:08:28
96	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	3:10:34
97	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	3:11:33
98	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	3:12:02
99	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	3:13:30
100	Marton Dina	Eolo-Kometa	3:13:59
101	Simon Guglielmi	Groupama-FDJ	3:14:37
102	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	3:15:55
103	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	3:20:24
104	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	3:24:23
105	Natnael Tesfazion	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	3:25:04
106	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	3:25:23
107	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	3:28:00
108	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	3:28:10
109	Paul Martens	Jumbo-Visma	3:29:31
110	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	3:32:18
111	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	3:33:16
112	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	3:33:34
113	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	3:34:03
114	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	3:36:26
115	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	3:37:32
116	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	3:39:05
117	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	3:39:59
118	Nico Denz	Team DSM	3:40:19
119	Cameron Meyer	Team BikeExchange	3:41:36
120	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	3:43:19
121	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	3:45:31
122	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	3:45:39
123	Michael Hepburn	Team BikeExchange	3:47:26
124	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	3:49:30
125	Max Kanter	Team DSM	3:50:00
126	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-Citroën	3:50:08
127	Davide Cimolai	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:53:15
128	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	3:53:22
129	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-Assos	3:54:17
130	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	3:54:21
131	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:54:41
132	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	3:56:50
133	Matthias Brandle	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:58:00
134	Nicola Venchiarutti	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	3:58:05
135	Filippo Tagliani	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	3:58:59
136	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	4:00:09
137	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	4:04:39
138	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	4:05:36
139	Lukasz Wisniowski	Qhubeka-Assos	4:05:40
140	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	4:09:23
141	Albert Torres	Movistar	4:09:42
142	Koen de Kort	Trek-Segafredo	4:11:09
143	Wesley Kreder	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	4:11:33
144	Umberto Marengo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	4:14:11
145	Samuele Rivi	Eolo-Kometa	4:15:02
146	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	4:17:06
147	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	4:24:33
148	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	4:24:42
149	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	4:25:03
150	Riccardo Minali	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	4:30:34