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.
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
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Final general classification after stage 10
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Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
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.
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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).
