Giro d'Italia - Stage 10: Paret-Peintre celebrates breakaway coup - Geschke collects mountain points
Thomas Goldmann
· 14.05.2024
After the rest day, it was time for the breakaways at the Giro d'Italia. After 142 kilometres between Pompei and Cusano Mutri (Bocca della Selva), Valentin Paret-Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) won the mountain finish. The 23-year-old climbing specialist was part of an originally very large leading group, which also included Simon Geschke (Cofidis) and Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe). However, the two German pro cyclists missed the decisive post breakaway, when a group of four around the eventual winner Paret-Peintre set off in pursuit of Jan Tratnik (Visma | Lease a Bike).
Giro d'Italia 2024: Valentin Paret-Peintre outpaces everyone on the mountain
Paret-Peintre pulled away from everyone on the final climb and even caught up with the leader Tratnik. Valentin thus equalled his brother Aurelien Paret-Peintre, five years his senior, who had already won a stage of the Giro d'Italia in 2023.
I wanted to get a good result on a stage. And now I have a stage win, my first ever professional victory. That's fantastic - Valentin Paret-Peintre in the official winner's interview
In the overall standings, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) had no problems defending the pink jersey. Romain Bardet and Filippo Zana (Team Jayco-AlUla) made it into the top 10 with their breakaway attempt.
Giro d'Italia 2024 - Results: the top 10 of stage 10
- Valentin Paret-Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) 3:43:50
- Romain Bardet (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) +0:29
- Jan Tratnik (Visma | Lease a Bike) +1:01
- Andrea Bagioli (Lidl-Trek) +1:18
- Aurelien Paret-Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) +1:25
- Simon Geschke (Cofidis) +1:25
- Filippo Zana (Team Jayco-AlUla) +1:25
- Domenico Pozzovivo (VF Group-Bardiani CSF - Faizane) +1:25
- Nicola Conci (Alpecin-Deceuninck) +1:41
- Esteban Chaves (EF Education EasyPost) +1:56
The current standings in the overall standings
- Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) 36:48:08
- Daniel Felipe Martinez (Bora-Hansgrohe) +2:40
- Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) +2:58
- Ben O'Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) +3:39
- Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma | Lease a Bike) +4:15
- Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain-Victorious) +4:27
- Romain Bardet (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) +4:57
- Lorenzo Fortunato (Astana Qazaqstan) +5:19
- Filippo Zana (Team Jayco-AlUla) +5:23
- One Rubio (Movistar) +5:28
How the 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia 2024 went
After the rest day, there were four withdrawals, including two German pros, Max Kanter (Astana Qazaqstan Team) and Marius Mayrhofer (Tudor Pro Cycling Team). For Kanter it was a respiratory infection with fever, for Mayrhofer gastrointestinal problems. In addition, Ethan Vernon (Israel-Premier Tech) and Olav Kooij (Visma | Lease a Bike) had to withdraw from the race on Sunday. 9th stage had won.
Simon Geschke collects mountain points
The opening phase of stage 10 was wild. There were attacks right from the start. On the first flat 45 kilometres, many riders wanted to join the breakaway group. Alessandro De Marchi (Team Jayco-AlUla) and Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech) rode ahead of the peloton for a long time. But they didn't really get away. It was only on the climb to Camposauro (2nd category mountain classification) that a breakaway group of almost 30 riders formed, which included two Germans, Simon Geschke (Cofidis) and Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe). Geschke secured 18 points in the fight for the mountain classification on Camposauro, with sixth place on the stage the 38-year-old later increased his tally to 58 points and is now in second place in the special classification, 46 points behind Tadej Pogacar.
Pogacar's UAE team let the breakaway group go. However, there was no unity there due to the size of the group. In the end, it flew apart after the Intergiro sprint, which Filippo Fiorelli (VF Group-Bardiani CSF - Faizane) won. Jan Tratnik (Visma | Lease a Bike) took the lead, followed by four chasers: Romain Bardet (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL), Valentin Paret-Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), Andrea Bagioli (Lidl-Trek) and Marco Frigo (Israel-Premier Tech). Fiorelli was ordered back to help his team-mate Domenico Pozzovivo in the group behind. But the original members of the breakaway group around Schachmann, Geschke and Juan Pedro Lopez (Lidl-Trek) would no longer play a role in the battle for the stage win.
Valentin Paret-Peintre launches a decisive attack
Tratnik tackled the final climb with a lead of around 40 seconds on the chasing quartet and extended this to around a minute. Behind them, Frigo was the first to run into problems and was unable to keep up the pace, followed later by Bagioli. Bardet and Paret-Peintre initially made common cause in the pursuit of the Slovenian, before Paret-Peintre left Bardet and, a little later, Tratnik behind a good three kilometres before the finish and reached the finish ahead of the two.
Not much happened in the group of favourites. Only Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain-Victorious) made tentative attempts to attack. However, he was unable to seriously trouble Tadej Pogacar or the rest of the competition. Only Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma | Lease a Bike) weakened a little and lost a few seconds. There are two new names in the top 10: Bardet and Filippo Zana (Team Jayco-AlUla). Both benefited from their breakaway attempt.
The Giro d'Italia continues on Wednesday with the 11th stage. The 207 kilometres between Voiano di Val Fortore and Francavilla al Mare could be a spoil for the sprinters. More in our preview of the 11th stage.
