Giro d’Italia 2024 Stage Report: Valentin Paret-Peintre carried on the winning streak of the rejuvenated Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale team on stage 10 to the summit finish on the Bocca della Selva. Jan Tratnik (Visma | Lease A Bike) looked to be on his way to the win, but was passed by Paret-Peintre and Romain Bardet (dsm-firmenich PostNL) within kilometres of the finish. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) came in with the peloton to hold his overall lead.
Giro’24 stage 10 last kilometre
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Valentin Paret-Peintre’s first pro win
Stage 10 was special for Valentin Paret-Peintre. The Frenchman of Decathlon took his first professional victory today in the Giro d’Italia. The 23-year-old was part of a large leading group and managed to pass the previously solo Jan Tratnik (Visma | Lease A Bike) on the final climb for the win. Romain Bardet (dsm-firmenich PostNL) was second and Tratnik finished third.
Stage 10 profile
In the first part, in the Vesuvian area, the stage has a flat profile but an intricate course. Upon merging onto the Via Appia, the route gently starts to go up, reaching Montesarchio, and then takes in a few uncategorised climbs. After cresting the 2nd cat. Camposauro, the route passes Solopaca and Guardia Sanframondi. The roads are relatively wide and have a lot of bends, and the surface is worn out at points. The lengthy closing climb (18km at 5.6%, with no major peaks) begins after Cerreto Sannita, past a welllit tunnel that leads to the Valle del Titerno. The climb snakes in sweeping curves and short straight stretches along the barren slope. The last kilometres rise steadily at 7%, occasionally peaking out past the ‘flamme rouge’. The home straight (150m) is on 5m wide tarmac.
The jersey leaders before the start of stage 10 in the Amphitheatre di Pompeii – Daniel Felipe Martinez (BORA-hansgrohe), Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Max Kanter, Ethan Vernon, Marius Mayrhofer and Olav Kooij were all reported to be sick and couldn’t start stage 10. For the Visma | Lease a Bike team, as Kooij was their third rider to abandon. Robert Gesink and Christophe Laporte left earlier in the Giro, leaving 158 remaining riders. The first attack came from Alpecin-Deceuninck. Quinten Hermans was joined by the Australian Simon Clarke (IPT) and held off the peloton for a while. Behind in the peloton there were a lot of attacks, INEOS Grenadiers were very active.
Pompeii
It was Alessandro De Marchi who was first to cross to the two leaders after about 20 kilometres, but that was just the start. More riders attempted to jump across. Attila Valter, Jhonatan Narváez, Giulio Pellizzari and Filippo Ganna were all in the action, but the peloton didn’t stop chasing. At the front; De Marchi, Clarke and Hermans were working well and were building up a lead. At the intermediate sprint in Arpaia, after 52 kilometres, the difference was 1 minute. De Marchi decided to make a move, climbing through the small village, this was too much for Hermans who had to drop back to the peloton. Kaden Groves took third in the intermediate sprint.
The peloton leaves Pompeii as the Giro heads north
The peloton slowed down and De Marchi took more time in the run-up to the uncategorised climb to Bivio Taburno (3.1km at 8.3%). On the climb, there was more attacks. Among them Valentin Paret-Peintre, Romain Bardet, Juan Pedro López and Esteban Chaves. Luke Plapp was in trouble and had to let go of the peloton. There were quite a few splits in the main bunch because UAE Team Emirates decided to slow down the pace. Twenty-five counter-attacker crossed to De Marchi and Clarke.
The first break of the day – Quinten Hermans (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
A chase group were soon on their heels – Davide Ballerini (Astana Qazaqstan) and Chris Hamilton (dsm-firmenich-PostNL) on the front
Nice wine round here
The leaders were now: Tobias Foss (INEOS Grenadiers), Nicola Conci (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Simone Velasco (Astana Qazaqstan), Maximilian Schachmann (BORA-hansgrohe), Simon Geschke (Cofidis), Aurélien Paret-Peintre & Valentin Paret-Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), Esteban Chaves (EF Education-EasyPost), Enzo Paleni (Groupama-FDJ), Marco Frigo (Israel-Premier Tech) Andrea Bagioli & Juan Pedro Lopez (Lidl-Trek), Will Barta (Movistar), Julian Alaphilippe & Mauri Vansevenant (Soudal Quick-Step), Romain Bardet, Chris Hamilton & Kevin Vermaerke (dsm-firmenich PostNL), Alessandro De Marchi & Filippo Zana (Jayco-AlUla), Mattia Bais (Polti Kometa), Jan Tratnik (Visma | Lease a Bike), Damiano Caruso (Bahrain-Victorious) and Filippo Fiorelli, Domenico Pozzovivo & Luca Covili (VF Group Bardiani-CSF Faizanè).
Jan Tratnik (Visma | Lease A Bike) went solo, but he had two chase groups and the peloton behind him
This could possibly be the winning break as there was no one too dangerous in the overall. The best-placed rider in the leading group, Filippo Zana, was 7:12 behind Pogačar before the stage. The men of UAE Team Emirates let the lead increased to over 4 minutes. With Bardet, Chaves, Domenico Pozzovivo, the brothers Aurélien and Valentin Paret-Peintre, Damiano Caruso, Maximilian Schachmann and Mauri Vansevenant, there were many strong climbers in the front group. Tratnik attacked on a flatter section before the final climb. The Slovenian of Visma | Lease a Bike had chosen a good moment to get away on his own.
Romain Bardet (dsm-firmenich PostNL) was amongst the chasers
Marco Frigo, Andrea Bagioli, Romain Bardet, Valentin Paret-Peintre and Filippo Fiorelli saw the danger and started to chase. Tratnik continued to push on and managed to extend his lead. At the foot of the Bocca della Selva (17.9km at 5.6%), the difference to the first pursuers had increased to 30 seconds. At that moment, the Zana/Caruso group was already at 1:30. It was looking good for the Slovenian, but Bardet and Paret-Peintre were not too far behind and are better climbers. Tratnik was riding very well and took more time on the first kilometres of the climb. Bardet decided he had to make an effort, he had Paret-Peintre in his wheel. This caused the chasing group to split. It was too fast for Frigo and Bagioli.
Paret-Peintre was climbing well
UAE Team Emirates were in control of the peloton as the gap to Tratnik went over 5 minutes
Bardet and Paret-Peintre started to pull in Tratnik, who was losing ground on the two pursuers. At the start of the final 10 kilometres, the difference was down to 45 seconds. The stage win would be fought between these three because the next pursuers were at 1:30, despite attempts by Pozzovivo and Zana. Bardet and Paret-Peintre slowly getting closer to Tratnik on the steeper final kilometres, but the Slovenian still looked to be in control. With three kilometres to go, Tratnik must have been thinking of the victory. Paret-Peintre jumped away from Bardet and powered towards Tratnik.
Could Tratnik hold on to the finish?
Bardet was dropped by Paret-Peintre, but passed Tratnik
Paret-Peintre caught and passed the weary Tratnik and held off Bardet in the final kilometre. The 23-year-old Decathlon AG2R rider had plenty of time at the finish to celebrate his first victory as a professional cyclist. Bardet finished second at 30 seconds, Tratnik struggled to the line for third at 1 minute. Bagioli and Aurélien Paret-Peintre, filled the top-5. Antonio Tiberi was the first GC man to make a move, but the Italian couldn’t get away. The other top riders were not interested and so there was no gaps. Ben O’Connor started the sprint of the favourite riders, with Martínez, Pogačar, Thomas and Einer Rubio on his wheel. Cian Uijtdebroeks and Thymen Arensman lost some seconds.
The biggest win of his career so far – Valentin Paret-Peintre
Stage winner, Valentin Paret-Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale): “To be honest, I can’t describe what I feel now. It’s amazing. I was in the breakaway to get a good result in a stage and why not a win. To have a Giro d’Italia stage as my first win is exceptional. I grew up watching Romain Bardet racing for the podium at the Tour de France. He made me dream about being a professional cyclist. To beat him today is incredible. Having looked at the race profile, I knew I had to attack in the last 4km because it was the hardest part so I did. Doing it one year after my brother is special. Last year when he won his stage, my name was written by mistake on the bottle of Champagne. This time, I’m really the winner.”
A special day for Valentin
Maglia Rosa and KOM, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates): “Everybody is happy that the breakaway worked out today. We rode easier and Bahrain had to pull. They set a hard tempo on the climb, so we weren’t in control anymore. In my opinion, it was better this way for me. Some people say that we have to share a piece of pie but sometimes you can’t. We can’t always win. We also have to think about the next days, the time trial and the queen stage at the end of the week.”
Pogačar dreaming of that trophy?
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Giro d’Italia Stage 10 Result:
1. Valentin Paret-Peintre (Fra) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale at 3:43:50
2. Romain Bardet (Fra) dsm-firmenich PostNL at 0:30
3. Jan Tratnik (Slo) Visma | Lease a Bike at 1:00
4. Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Lidl-Trek at 1:17
5. Aurélien Paret-Peintre (Fra) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 1:24
6. Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis
7. Filippo Zana (Ita) Jayco AlUla
8. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè
9. Nicola Conci (Ita) Alpecin-Deceuninck at 1:41
10. Esteban Chaves (Col) EF Education-EasyPost at 1:56.
Giro d’Italia Overall After Stage 10:
1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates in 36:48:08
2. Daniel Felipe Martínez (Col) BORA-hansgrohe at 2:40
3. Geraint Thomas (GB) INEOS Grenadiers at 2:58
4. Ben O’Connor (Aus) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale at 3:39
5. Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Visma | Lease a Bike at 4:15
6. Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious at 4:27
7. Romain Bardet (Fra) dsm-firmenich PostNL at 4:57
8. Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan at 5:19
9. Filippo Zana (Ita) Jayco AlUla at 5:23
10. Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar at 5:28.
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