Tadej Pogačar won the 2024 Giro d’Italia on May 26, by a margin not seen for decades, with the best comparison to his 9:56 winning margin being an 11-minute win in 1956 by the climbing legend Charly Gaul.
Behind him, as is traditional, the procession to Rome made no difference to the overall standings across the race.
Having seen his gap to Pogačar swell on stage 20 on the Monte Grappa, Dani Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe) finished a distant second at a margin of 9:56, but can be content that in any normal year he may well have donned the maglia rosa ahead of Grand Tour winner Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers).
Thomas finished 28 seconds behind Martínez at a gap of 10:24 to the overall top spot - a margin that might normally separate the entire top 10 of a Grand Tour.
Ben O'Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) missed the podium having fought illness through the final week, and was 1:43 behind the Welshman on the podium, and 12:07 down on the Slovenian race winner.
Behind him, Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) and Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers) came in fifth and sixth position, down 12:49 and 14:31 to Pogačar, respectively.
Einer Rubio (Movistar) finished seventh at a gap of 15:52, and Jan Hirt (Soudal Quick-Step) enjoyed a major GC boost after his fifth-place finish on stage 20, bumping him to eighth position and 18:05 down in the standings.
Romain Bardet (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) suffered on the slopes of the Monte Grappa on tage 20, slipping from seventh to ninth, and finished the race a jarring 20:32 off the pink jersey.
In 10th place, Tudor Pro Cycling will be celebrating a monumental Grand Tour placing in their first year as a UCI ProTeam as Michael Storer rounded of the top 10 at a gap of 21:11, despite a fight back to the peloton after a last-minute crash on the streets of Rome.
We’ve rarely seen such a spread of time across the top 10 in a Grand Tour, but far from a lack of strength-in-depth that gap speaks to the once-in-a-generation dominance seen at the Giro from Tadej Pogačar. This will certainly be an edition of the Italian epic that goes down in history.
Giro d'Italia GC standings
Results powered by FirstCycling
Giro d'Italia classifications
These are the jersey classification at the 2024 Giro d'Italia:
Click here for a more comprehensive rundown of all the classifications and prize money, including the intermediate sprints prize and the fighting spirit prize.
Maglia rosa – The pink jersey is worn by the overall race leader on the general classification who has completed the stages in the lowest accumulated time.
Maglia ciclamino – The cyclamen jersey indicates the points classification leader. Riders accrue points each stage at the two intermediate sprints and at stage finishes. The rider with the most points leads the ranking and wears the cyclamen jersey.
Maglia azzurra – The blue jersey is for the mountain classification. Points are handed out to the first riders over specific categorised hills and mountain climbs during the Giro. The highest and steepest mountains award the most points. The rider with the most points leads the ranking and wears the blue jersey.
Maglia bianca – The white jersey is for the leader of the best young rider classification. It is calculated b[based on the time races, like the maglia rosa, but only riders aged 25 or under are eligible to win it and wear it.
