Time trial stage generally flat with various undulations within it. You cross a few inhabited centers in a series of slight ups and downs, all slightly descending towards the shore of Lake Garda. The last mainly straight km are characterized by a pair of right-left bends approximately 300 m from the finish. Final straight line of 200 m on asphalt 6 m wide.
Castiglione delle Stiviere, a city immersed in the green scenery of the Morainic Hills, is the beating heart of a highly fascinating area where nature, history, past and modernity intertwine in vital harmony. Homeland of San Luigi Gonzaga and the Red Cross, it awaits you just a few minutes from Lake Garda.
Tour of Italy
Giro d’Italia 2024, Stage 14 – Altimetry
If the first time trial of this Giro, from Foligno to Perugia, had an almost completely flat route but an uphill finish, the one that starts from Castiglione delle Stiviere to reach Desenzano del Garda is absolutely for time trial specialists, completely flat and with the possibility of develop great speed. There were two intermediate surveys, the first of which was located in Solferino after 7.8 km. The second detection, that of Torre di San Martino, is placed at 23.2 km, i.e. -8 from the arrival. At this point in the race we will now have precise indications on who will be able to win the stage and on who, among the men in the ranking, will be able to gain precious seconds in view of the Alpine stages of the following days.
THE GENERAL CLASSIFICATION (Pink Jersey)
- 1) POGACAR Tadej (UAE Team Emirates) 49h24’38”
- 2) MARTÍNEZ Daniel (BORA-Hansgrohe) +2’40”
- 3) THOMAS Geraint (Ineos Grenadiers) +2’56”
- 4) O’CONNOR Ben (Decathlon AG2R La Difesa Team) +3’39”
- 5) TIBERI Antonio (Bahrain Victorious) +4’27”
- 6) BARDET Romain (Team dsm-firmenich Post) +4’57”
- 7) LUCKY Lorenzo (Astana Team) +5’19”
- 8) ZANA Filippo (Team Jayco AlUla) +5’23
- 9) RUBIO Einer (Movistar Team) +5’28”
- 10) ARENSMAN Thymen (Ineos Grenadiers) +5’52”
