Astana take overall victory at Giro d'Italia Virtual as Trek-Segafredo claim women's Pink Race

UCI Road World Championships elite men's individual time trial
Filippo Ganna (Team Ineos) won the final stage (Image credit: Getty Images)

Astana Pro Team have won the Giro d’Italia Virtual after taking 4th place in the final stage, which was won by the Italian national team duo of Filippo Ganna and Jonathan Milan. In the women’s event, the Pink Race, Astana won the final stage, but overall victory fell to Trek-Segafredo.

Saturday’s seventh and final stage saw participants take to the their turbo trainers to tackle a simulated version of the final leg of the real Giro, a 15.7km time trial from Cernusco sul Naviglio to Milan’s Piazza del Duomo.

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