Giro 2024: Pogacar cements lead KOM competition

Riders aiming to become the Giro's King of the Mountain should be wide awake in the 15th stage. The route includes five climbs for KOM points, adding up to a total of 159 points for a rider who would summit all KOMs in first position.

Giro 2024 – KOM standings stage 15
1. Tadej Pogacar 172
2. Simon Geschke 78
3. Christian Scaroni 64
4. Nairo Quintana 64
5. Daniel Felipe Martínez 58
6. Valentin Paret-Peintre 55
7. Romain Bardet 45
8. Georg Steinhauser 42
9. Lilian Calmejane 36
10. Giulio Pellizzari 32

Lodrino
– 7.3 kilometres at 4.5%
– at kilometre 37.7
– category 3

1. Laurence Pithie 9
2. Lilian Calmejane 4
3. Harrison Wood 2
4. Tobias Bayer 1

Colle di San Zeno
– 13.9 kilometres at 6.6%
– at kilometre 64.7
– category 2

1. Christian Scaroni 18
2. Simon Geschke 8
3. Giulio Pellizzari 6
4. Tobias Bayer 4
5. Davide Ballerini 2
6. Alessandro Tonelli 1

Passo del Mortirolo
– 12.6 kilometres at 7.6%
– at kilometre 155.4
– category 1

1. Christian Scaroni 40
2. Giulio Pellizzari 18
3. Nicola Conci 12
4. Simon Geschke 9
5. Michael Storer 6
6. Davide Piganzoli 4
7. Georg Steinhauser 2
8. Pelayo Sánchez 1

Passo di Foscagno
– 15 kilometres at 6.4%
– at kilometre 213.3
– category 1

1. Nairo Quintana 40
2. Tadej Pogacar 18
3. Georg Steinhauser 12
4. Nicola Conci 9
5. Attila Valter 6
6. Romain Bardet 4
7. Sion Geschke 2
8. Davide Piganzoli 1

Mottolino
– 4.7 kilometres at 7.6%
– finish
– category 1

1. Tadej Pogacar 50
2. Nairo Quintana 24
3. Georg Steinhauser 16
4. Romain Bardet 9
5. Daniel Felipe Martínez 6
6. Geraint Thomas 4
7. Einer Rubio 2
8. Ben O’Connor 1

Another interesting read: points classification stage 15.