Pierre Rolland won his first race in two years when he secured victory on stage 17 of the Giro d’Italia, which took place between Tirano and Canazei in Italy, today.
The Frenchman led 3km from the finish and was able hold off the chasing group as he maintained a 20 second gap.
Pierre Rolland won stage 17 of the Giro d’Italia after leading 3km from the finish. Photo: Fabio Ferrari
A mighty effort from the Cannondale-Drapac rider saw him pip Team UAE Emirates’s Rui Costa to the post with Movistar’s Gorka Izagirre rounding off the podium.
“I’m just so happy. I’ve waited for this moment for such a long time,” said Rolland.
“In 2015 I finished second in a Tour de France stage, and last year was just a year to forget for me – I crashed twice in the Tour.
“With 1km to go I knew I’d won, and I’m just so happy, it’s difficult to explain,” he said.
Top results
| Rider | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pierre Rolland - Cannondale-Drapac | 5:42:56 |
| 2. | Rui Costa - Team UAE Emirates | +24" |
| 3. | Gorka Izagirre - Movistar Team | " |
| 4. | Rory Sutherland - Movistar Team | " |
| 5. | Matteo Busato - Wilier Triestina | " |
| 6. | Dries Devenyns - Quick-Step Floors | " |
| 7. | Felix Gro§schartner - CCC Sprandi Polkowice | " |
| 8. | Omar Fraile - Dimension Data | " |
| 9. | Michael Woods - Cannondale-Drapac | " |
| 10. | Julien Bernard - Trek-Segafredo | " |
General classification
| Rider | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tom Dumoulin - Team Sunweb | 4:05:38 |
| 2. | Nairo Quintana - Movistar Team | +31" |
| 3. | Vincenzo Nibali - Bahrain-Merida | +1:12 |
| 4. | Thibaut Pinot - FDJ | +2:38 |
| 5. | Ilnur Zakarin - Katusha-Alpecin | +2:48 |
| 6. | Domenico Pozzovivo- AG2R La Mondiale | +3:05 |
| 7. | Bauke Mollema - Trek-Segafredo | +3:49 |
| 8. | Bob Jungels - Quick-Step Floors | +4:35 |
| 9. | Steven Kruijswijk - Team LottoNl-Jumbo | +6:20 |
| 10. | Jan Polanc - Team UAE Emirates | +6:33 |
Full Stage 17 results
