2021 Giro d'Italia Stage 17 Results & Recap
Stage 17 of the 2021 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
Martin wins stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia
Daniel Martin (Israel Start-up Nation) took a solo win atop Sega di Ala climb near Lake Garda today on stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia, winning his first Giro stage to add to his Vuelta and Tour victories. Martin held off JoĂŁo Almeida (Deceuninck - Quick-Step) and an aggressive Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange), who finished second and third respectively.
“I came to the Giro to win a stage,” Martin said. “That I joggled my head after the finish proves that I just could not believe that I made it. I knew today would be one of my last chances. As I lost time before, I could try to go for my goal with joining a breakaway. I received the updates from the sports directors about what was happening behind me. From 3.5 kilometers to the finish, I pushed as hard as I could, because I knew from a recon I did that the climb would flatten towards the finish. We had a Giro with ups-and-downs. We lost Krists in the first stage, then had pink with Alessandro and got a few podiums, then lost two guys in one day and now the team is back at an up. We kept fighting and believing, and today it worked out.”
On the final Cat. 1 climb, Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) faltered due to the accelerations Yates dished out and eventually lost 53 seconds to Yates. Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious) is currently second overall at 2'21" and Yates is third at 3'23".
“Today was a tough day for me, the last kilometres were really steep and I tried to follow Yates, but today he was stronger than me and I just tried to arrive at the finish with Caruso who is the closest in the GC, I didn’t want to take any risks," Bernal said. "Yates was impressive and I just did my best. I am happy because I didn’t lose too much time to Yates in today’s stage, today’s stage was perfect for him and then with Caruso who is second in GC I lost just a few metres. A bad day today but I lost nearly no time to second on GC, I have some advantage over Yates so I just need to arrive with some time in Milan and if I win the Giro by one second or two minutes it will be the same."
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