Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile 2018
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Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile - Overview
Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott) showed that she was a level above the rest by winning her third stage of this Giro Rosa. The maglia rosa soloed to the finish of stage 10 after attacking in the last kilometre of the category 1 climb with 10 kilometres to go. Lucinda Brand (Team Sunweb) beat Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) in a group sprint for second place.
Van Vleuten won the overall classification with a four-minute advantage to runner-up Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (Cervélo-Bigla). Amanda Spratt (also Mitchelton-Scott) rounded off the podium in third place.
Giro Rosa stage 10 - Brief Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton Scott Women | 3:00:24 |
2 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 0:00:27 |
3 | Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM Racing | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Margarita Victoria Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team Women | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Amanda Spratt (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Ane Santesteban (Spa) Ale Cipollini | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Juliette Labous (Fra) Team Sunweb Women | 0:01:14 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton Scott Women | 25:50:22 |
2 | Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:04:12 |
3 | Amanda Spratt (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women | 0:06:30 |
4 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 0:07:36 |
5 | Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:09:20 |
6 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:10:38 |
7 | Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM Racing | 0:10:46 |
8 | Eider Merino (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 0:12:37 |
9 | Ane Santesteban (Spa) Ale Cipollini | 0:13:12 |
10 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | 0:13:47 |
Overview
The 2018 Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile, also known as the the Giro Rosa, marks the 14th round of the Women's WorldTour and will take place from July 6-15. The 10-day race is widely considered the only 'grand tour' on the women's circuit.
The race is one of the most challenging, too, because of its length but also because it typically includes unpredictable, mountainous terrain.
This year, the race returns to the iconic Monte Zoncolan, on the penultimate stage 9, which hasn't been used in the women's race in over 20 years. The daunting 11.9-kilometre ascent, with slopes as steep as 22 per cent, could decide the overall winner.
Last year, Anna van der Breggen (Boels-Dolmans) won her second overall title ahead of Elisa Longo Borghini (Wiggle High5) and Annemiek van Vleuten (Orica Scott).
Past overall winners of the Giro Rosa are Anna van der Breggen (twice), Megan Guarnier, Mara Abbott (twice), Marianne Vos (three times) and Fabiana Luperini (five times).
2017 Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile - Final overall classification
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | Anna Van Der Breggen (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 25:39:43 |
2 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High | 0:01:03 |
3 | Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Orica Scott Women | 0:01:39 |
4 | Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:02:57 |
5 | Amanda Spratt (Aus) Orica Scott Women | 0:03:26 |
6 | Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) WM3 Pro Cycling | 0:03:58 |
7 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 0:04:12 |
8 | Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:05:26 |
9 | Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Wiggle High | 0:06:09 |
10 | Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Astana Women's Team | 0:06:19 |
2018 Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile - Route
Stage 1: Friday, July 6 - Verbania to Verbania, 115.5km
Stage 2: Saturday, July 7 - Ovada to Ovada, 120.3km
Stage 3: Sunday, July 8 - Corbetta to Corbetta, 132km
Stage 4: Monday, July 9 - Piacenza to Piacenza, 109km
Stage 5: Tuesday, July 10 - Omenga to Omenga, 117.7km
Stage 6: Wednesday, July 11 - Sovico to Gerola Alto, 114.1km
Stage 7: Thursday, July 12 - Lanzada to Diga di Campo Moro, 15km
Stage 8: Friday, July 13 - San Giorgio di Perlena (Fara Vicentino) to Breganze, 121.6km
Stage 9: Saturday, July 14 - Tricesimo to Monte Zoncolan, 104.7km
Stage 10: Sunday, July 15 - Cividale del Friuli to Cividale del Friuli, 120.3km
Races
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Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile 20186 July 2018 - 15 July 2018 | Italy | Women's WorldTour
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