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Giro d'Italia stage 17 - Live coverage

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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia.

We're half an hour away from the start of today's stage, another day in the mountains as the riders head east.

A look at the map of today's stage. The riders will head south and east following yesterday's finish in Aprica.

A reminder of what happened on stage 16 as Jan Hirt won from the breakaway

Meanwhile, João Almeida won our rider of the day title yesterday for his dogged ride to limit his losses in the mountains once again.

Here's a reminder of yesterday's results and the GC standings heading into today.

Joe Dombrowski's Giro diary - Nibali has proved this year’s race is only just getting going

We're around 10 minutes from the start of the stage now. Then the riders will go through a 4.4km neutral zone before the flag drops.

Jai Hindley moving to three seconds down on Richard Carapaz was the biggest GC move of yesterday's stage. Read the full story here.

The riders are rolling out in bad weather today. It's raining at the moment and the rain jackets are on from the start.

It's climbing from the start today so at least the riders will be able to warm up a little as they start the stage during the inevitable battle for the breakaway.

The peloton has started the roll-out now, a few minutes behind schedule.

Mark Cavendish didn't look too thrilled at the start today. It's not a stage for him and the rain is only going to make it harder.

These men were active yesterday – Carapaz in the GC battle and Koen Bouwman collecting mountain points in the breakaway.

Meanwhile, they and the rest of the peloton are still rolling through the netural zone.

Our preview of this mountainous final week, with the expected rain hitting the race today.

168km to go

8.7km of climbing up the Passo del Tonale to start the day as the riders hit 1,883 metres of altitude early on.

The gruppetto forms early as the sprinters and non-climbers drop out the back of the peloton.

166km to go

Eolo's Erik Fetter leading the way at the moment.

Hugh Carthy and Thymen Arensman are up front the battle for the break once again now.

More riders drop out the back as the climb continues. It's misty up here as well as wet.

163km to go

Arensman (DSM), Felix Gall (AG2R), Alessandro Covi (UAE) are up there with him.

Of course, more riders are trying to get out front, too...

KOM leader Koen Bouwman (Jumbo) and Giulio Ciccone (Trek) are also on the move.

160km to go

And yet more men try to jump away from the peloton, too.

Names like Van der Poel, Bouwman, Ciccone, Hirt, Valter, Taaramäe, Fortunato, Camargo are in the chase group in between the leaders and the peloton.

No KOM points on offer as the leaders head across the top of the Passo del Tonale.

158km to go

Here are the mostly familiar names that make up the chase group...

Arensman, Carthy, Gall, Covi continue at 25 seconds up on the chase as they head down the descent.

The total descent is almost 65km long here. It's steeper for the first 15km and then it's far more gradual as they head down to the valley floor near Trento.

The front group aren't pushing too hard at the moment and the chase group are closing in to make it a large breakaway out front.

150km to go

Here's the breakaway...

145km to go

The gap is only creeping up as the dowhill kilometres pass by. 

138km to go

De la Cruz now makes it across to add another rider to the large group up front. Diego Rosa also gets in after chasing across.

There's a long way to go until the riders hit the first classified climb of the day.

Three minutes between breakaway and peloton currently.

A look at the breakaway riders attacking on the Tonale earlier on.

Some news from elsewhere as Giro stage winner Biniam Girmay won't race the Tour de France but luckily has no permanent eye damage after his podium cork mishap.

122km to go

Ben Swift leading the peloton ahead of his Ineos Grenadiers teammates.

Many of the riders out in the break are way down on the GC, with Simone Ravanelli the worst off at 3:18:44 down on Carapaz.

112km to go

A look at the breakaway, with Bouwman and Ciccone up front.

Meanwhile, Ineos Grenadiers are controlling the break's advantage at a few seconds either side of three minutes.

105km to go

All the men in the breakaway are still together here. We're just over 10km away from the climb of Giovo, the first categorised hill of the stage.

98km to go

 Ben Swift continues his work leading the peloton.

3:25 for the breakaway now as Ineos let the gap go out a bit more.

92km to go

Just under 4km to go until the break hits the first climb of the day.

18 teams out in the break at the moment.

87km to go

Meanwhile, the break has started the third-category climb of Giovo.

Ineos continue at the head of the peloton.

No splits in the break on this climb yet.

83km to go

4:50 up on the peloton now.

9-4-2-1 points up for grabs on top of the hill.

Bouwman accelerates in the final metres of the climb! Ciccone chases but can't stay with the Dutchman.

Nine points for Bouwman, four for Ciccone.

Leemreize has joined Bouwman up front after the top of the hill.

80km to go

Out front it's Leemreize leading Bouwman, Ciccone, and it looks like Carthy just behind.

Vansevenant and Van der Poel are in the lead split in the break.

Now Leemreize pushes off at the front.

Leemreize, Ooman, Bouwman, Covi, Fortunato, Vansevenant, Pedrero, Carthy, Ciccone, Martin are out in that front split.

5:20 back to the peloton now.

The gap between the halves of the break is down to 15 seconds now.

73km to go

Ben Swift back on the front of the peloton after Salvatore Puccio does a stint. 

Eight seconds between the two breakaway groups now. It'll come back together again soon.

68km to go

6:40 for the breakaway now. Hirt is closing in on Landa's fourth place on the virtual standings.

65km to go

He gets a huge gap almost immediately.

He and the rest of the break are around 18km from the intermediate sprint at Pergine Valsugana. The climb of the Passo del Vetriolo begins shortly afterwards.

Martin, Covi and one of the AG2R men are chasing.

Martin, Covi, Gall make it across to Van der Poel.

The four men are 20 seconds up on the rest of the break.

63km to go

TV shots show some riders dropping away from the rear of the peloton. Simon Yates is among them.

Taaramäe drops back to the peloton.

57km to go

A nice shot of the riders taking on an uphill section mid-stage

Now the gap between the break groups is up to 40 seconds.

Now Bouwman is pushing the pace at the head of the chasing group.

51km to go

Oomen also trying to close the gap.

The sun is out now and the roads look dry, a big contrast from the start of the day.

Despite the work of Jumbo-Visma in the chase, they aren't making any time up on the leaders.

47km to go

11.8km at 7.7% waiting for the riders on the Passo del Vetriolo.

A minute for the lead quartet now.

The leaders pass through the sprint and begin the climb. Martin leads Gall, Covi, and Van der Poel over the sprint.

Diego Rosa and Diego Camargo are back in the peloton now after being dropped from the break.

Seven minutes back to the peloton.

Carthy and Buitrago push on in the chase group. Ciccone and Bouwman follow.

That acceleration has brought the gap under a minute on the climb.

Buitrago, Carthy, Ciccone, Bouwman continue to eat into the gap. 

41km to go

Good climbers like Ciccone, Pedrero, De la Cruz, Fortunato, Arensman, Zana all missing that move.

Just 30 seconds for Martin, Van der Poel, Covi, Gall now.

The riders are around the midway point of the climb now.

Van der Poel at the head of that attack which now leads the race.

Carthy leads the chase.

6:20 back to the peloton still. Ineos Grenadiers have no interest in catching the break and battling over – and possibly losing – bonus seconds at the line. It appears nobody else has been willing to take it up, either.

Van der Poel is controlling the pace at the head of the four leaders on these slopes of 8-10%. Impressive given the climbers with him.

Carthy continues to pull the chase group. Still 30 seconds back.

And now Carthy ups the pace.

Gijs Leemreize has also made it up to that second group.

Carthy, Hirt, Buitrago, Leemreize, Bouwman, Vansevenant chasing.

Swift continues at the head of the peloton, 2km further down the mountain.

38km to go

Covi drops from the lead quartet. Van der Poel still in there with Martin and Gall.

Buitrago back in the chase group. Leemreize trying to make it back. Vansevenant is seemingly gone.

Covi back in the chase group.

Simon Yates (BikeExchange-Jayco) has abandoned the race. Not a surprise given he was dropped so early.

37km to go

Now seven up there in the lead as Van der Poel takes it up on the front.

Bahrain Victorious have taken it up at the front of the peloton now. Six minutes down.

Alejandro Valverde is dropped from the peloton already.

He's in 11th place, 9:04 down, and will likely lose minutes if he's already dropping. What a shame!

Leemreize is working his way back to the leaders again.

35km to go

The eight men in the lead are now closing in on the top of the climb.

Van der Poel doesn't look out of place among this group of climbers at all. What a ride so far.

Simon Yates abandons 2022 Giro d'Italia

5:30 back to the peloton currently.

Bouwman makes his jump and goes for the KOM points at the top.

40 more points for him, 49 for the day. 

A descent of 11km to Levico Terme now. Dry roads on the way down, to start with at least.

Bouwman led Leemreize and Van der Poel over the top.

30km to go

It looks like Leemreize is off the front with him, actually. He's not in the main group.

Bahrain Victorious accelerate into the final 100 metres of the climb. Nothing has happened in the peloton, though, barring Valverde's collapse.

Van der Poel and Leemreize are 17 seconds up on the rest of the group.

Five minutes from Van der Poel and Leemreize back to the peloton.

26km to go

Van der Poel and Leemreize are only gaining time on the way down.

It's not really a surprise given that Carthy and Martin have been leading the chase group on the way down.

22km to go

Some of the riders who missed that split in the break are now dropping back to the peloton.

A minute for Van der Poel and Leemreize now as they race along the valley.

Around 7km in the valley. 

Now 1:10 for the two leaders as they pass through the second intermediate sprint of the day.

Here's a look at this final climb. It's tougher than the mountain they've just descened from.

Of course, the top of the climb isn't the end of the stage. There's another 8km of racing to come afterwards, run on hilly roads to Lavarone.

16km to go

Van der Poel hung in with the likes of Martin, Carthy, Bouwman quite easily on that last climb, though the climbers didn't put in any big accelerations.

15km to go

Leemreize is a few seconds back, still hanging in there.

14km to go

Carthy, Hirt, and Buitrago have detached from the rest of the chase group as Gall, Vansevenant, and Bouwman drop.

Still 1:32 to Carthy's group. 1:55 back to Bouwman and co...

Ineos back in control of the peloton.

Leemreize still hangs at a few seconds behind Van der Poel.

13km to go

Carthy, Hirt and Buitrago continue pushing on but they are making no time at all on Van der Poel on this 10% climb...

Meanwhile, Bahrain Victorious are back on the front of the peloton.

Covi is back in the peloton and helping Almeida at the rear of the group.

12km to go

Carthy still leads the chase. Now Buitrago attacks!

He gets a few seconds on Carthy and Hirt straight away.

Van der Poel is around 4km from the top. Pretty much midway up the climb now.

Poels is still there at the head of the peloton, but he's the only Bahrain man left. Porte and Sivakov behind working for Carapaz.

Buitrago is solo now. 1:10 down and Carthy and Hirt are dropped.

Leemreize gets back up to Van der Poel.

Van der Poel takes the wheel and stays with him.

11km to go

Richie Porte pushes the pace in the peloton! Carapaz, Hindley, Landa are there.

And now Van der Poel is in trouble as Leemreize pushes on.

Buitrago now 50 seconds off the front. 

No time gap from Leemreize to Van der Poel yet.

No idea what's happening in the GC group as the directors show us a few minutes of helicopter shots of not much at all..

Porte, Carapaz, Hindley, Landa, Poels are the only men left there now.

10km to go

Porte continues to pull the GC group.

2km left of this climb.

Buitrago closing in on Leemreize now, 35 seconds down.

Landa attacks as Porte peels off from the GC group. Carapaz, Hindley and Poels stay there.

Landa still leads but he's already a minute down and needs some way more than that ahead of the final time trial.

9km to go

It's just Landa, Carapaz, and Hindley together now. This looks guaranteed to be the final podium of the Giro. 

Buitrago reportedly 24 seconds behind Leemreize.

Leemreize heads into the final kilometre of the climb.

Buitrago very close to Leemreize now.

Buitrago catches Leemreize before the top.

Back in the GC group, Poels pulls off once again and Landa attacks again.

8km to go

The Colombian is away right at the top of the climb.

A bit of up and down left to run but nothing like what we've seen before the finish.

Carapaz, Hindley, and Landa are still together as they reach the top.

They're 3:35 down on Buitrago.

Landa is moving onto the virtual podium here but he's still some way behind Carapaz and Hindley on time.

Poels works his way back once again.

6km to go

Poels pushes the pace at the front again. Nobody in real trouble behind.

Dutch riders have been the stars of the day today – Bouwman grabbing KOM points, Poels working for Landa, Van der Poel's phenomenal mountain effort, Leemreize's great ride.

5km to go

12 seconds between him and Leemreize.

We haven't had any time gaps from the big three to the likes of Almeida, Nibali, Pozzovivo, Buchmann, Valverde.

4km to go

Buitrago 25 seconds up on Leemreize now. 

Now Bouwman is caught by the GC men.

3km to go

The real suspense left now is to find out the GC damage, which will become apparent minutes after the stage ends.

2km to go

1km to go

And here he goes onto that final rise.

Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious) wins stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia!

Just under four-and-a-half hours of racing.

The 22-year-old celebrates his first Grand Tour stage win at his second career Grand Tour.

Fellow 22-year-old Leemreize crosses in second at around 38 seconds down.

Hindley, Carapaz, Landa and co wind their way towards the final kilometre.

Hirt and Carthy in third and fourth at 2:30 down.

Carapaz and Hindley strike out in the final metres!

The GC men pass Van der Poel in the closing few hundred metres and they have a gap on Landa!

Almeida coming in now.

Landa lost six seconds to Carapaz and Hindley there. Not great given that these mountain stages are his only path to victory.

Almeida lost over a minute. Nibali came in over two minutes down on Carapaz and Hindley.

Here's a shot of Buitrago celebrating his victory today.

Valverde and Pozzovivo finished 11:35 down, almost nine minutes behind Carapaz and Hindley.

Here's what Richard Carapaz said after the stage, which saw him successfully defend the maglia rosa once again...

Here's our brief report for stage 17

Carapaz continues in the lead of the Giro three seconds up on Hindley ahead of tomorrow's sprint stage.

A look at the final kilometre of the day as Buitrago soloed to the win.

Buitrago celebrates his stage win on the podium.

It's another day in pink for Richard Carapaz.

Koen Bouwman has only added to his blue jersey mountain classification lead and looks set to take it all the way to Verona.

João Almeida is still solid in white as the best young rider.

Finally, Arnaud Démare retains the maglia ciclamino points classification lead.

We'll have news and reaction from Almeida, Landa, Carapaz and more coming through the evening so stay tuned for that...

Mathieu van der Poel takes our rider of the day title for stage 17 after a ride which saw him attack multiple times and show off his climbing ability in the high mountains

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