2017 Giro d'Italia Stage 17 Results & Recap
Stage 17 of the 2017 Giro d'Italia is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Rolland wins stage 17
Dumoulin holds onto maglia rosa
Pierre Rolland won stage 17 of the Giro d’Italia after spending all day in the breakaway with a variety of different riders. The Frenchman timed a late attack perfectly to take victory 23 seconds ahead of Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates) and Movistar's Gorka Izaguirre, second and third, respectively.
“I'm so happy. I've waited for this moment for such a long time,” Rolland told reporters after the stage. “I had a complicated season last year. I've had to try many times to get the victory I was looking for.
"I was in the first breakaway today but it was a good decision to let it go and wait for the next attack after two climbs.
"At the end it was a question of courage. I caught the right moment. It's a huge relief.”
Unlike recent days at the Giro, the break established itself quickly on leaving Tirano for another long day in the saddle. Rolland, Pavel Brutt (GAZ) and Matej Mohoric (UAD) already had more than four minutes advantage as they cleared the ascent up Aprica.
Up the second climb of the day, an enormous chase group established including: Jan Polanc (UAD), Maxime Monfort (LTS), Rui Costa (UAD), Laurens De Plus (QST), Gorka Izagirre (MOV), Jesper Hansen (AST), Tejay van Garderen (BMC), Peter Stetina (TFS), Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (DDD), Michael Woods (CDT), Michal Schlegel (CCC), Ben Gastauer (ALM), José Mendes (BOH), Julien Bernard (TFS), Matteo Montaguti (ALM), Simon Geschke (SUN), Natnael Berhane (DDD), Valerio Conti (UAD), Salvatore Puccio (SKY), Felix Großschartner (CCC), Jérémy Roy (FDJ), Omar Fraile (DDD), Manuel Senni (BMC), Lukasz Owsian (CCC), Francisco Ventoso (BMC), Quentin Jauregui (ALM), Sergey Firsanov (GAZ), Dries Devenyns (QST), Valerio Agnoli (TBM), Kristian Sbaragli (DDD), Julen Amezqueta (WIL), Branislav Samoilav (CCC), Daniel Teklehaimanot (DDD), Enrico Barbin (BRD), Christopher Juul-Jensen (ORS), Rory Sutherland (MOV), Jan Bárta (BOH), Lorenzo Rota (BRD) and Ilia Koshevoy (WIL).
The trio cleared the first two categorized climbs together with Rolland picking up the GPM points while Team Sunweb sat at the front of the maglia rosa group, quite content to have an “easy” day and extend to more than eight minutes.
Brutt and Mohoric distanced Rolland on the descent, putting more than a minute into the Cannondale-Drapac rider, who opted to wait for the large group, that included his teammate, Woods, to rest his legs for the latter part of the stage.
From there, Brutt cracked hard and sat up to leave Mohoric to go at it alone. However the Slovenian was also collected by the chasers, and the race dynamic reset. \nWhile the peloton shook itself into race mode, the leaders honed in the finish in Canazei. Quickstep-Floors led the chase and brought the break’s advantage from 14 minutes to half that with 5 km to go, which was enough to keep Bob Jungels safe from the threat of Polanc taking the white jersey.
At 7.5 kilometers to go, Rolland picked the perfect time to attack and left the remaining chasers looking at each other while he drew out a max of 30 seconds in the remaining kilometers.
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