Anna van der Breggen trails by eight seconds in Giro d'Italia Donne stage 1 standings

Anna Van Der Breggen rides with Team SD Worx teammate Niamh Fisher-Black in the TTT
Anna Van Der Breggen rides with Team SD Worx teammate Niamh Fisher-Black in the TTT (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Defending champion Anna van der Breggen (Team SD Worx) is just eight seconds down on the Giro d’Italia Donne maglia rosa of Ruth Winder (Trek-Segafredo) after the 26.7km team time trial from Fossano to Cuneo, and as the race heads into its first of two mountaintop finishes at Prato Nevoso on Saturday.

"We finished second to Trek at eight seconds down. It wasn't our smoothest run today,  and we've had smother runs in training, so with that respect we were disappointed because we feel that we could have done better today. Considering everything, we are satisfied with second place," said Ashleigh Moolman Pasio.

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