Vos doubles up in Arcisate

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The 2010 Giro Donne has been the domain of two women: Ina Teutenberg, who dominated the flat first four stages, and now Marianne Vos, who claimed her second stage in a row over Teutenberg's teammate Judith Arndt and Safi Pasta's Olga Zabelinskaya.

The three riders powered away from the field, led home by world champion Tatiana Guderzo.

Vos may look solid to keep her maglia rosa until the finish on Sunday, but she was cautious in assessing her chances after her second win. "I am very happy for the victory today, although I think the next stages of the Giro will certainly be decisive. There are still a lot of riders in contention, and it is a very open Giro."

The early escape consisted of Australian Lauren Kitchen, who also won the sprint to Albizzate, and Italian Silvia Valsecchi (Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Ghezzi) and Alessandra Borchi (Gauss RDZ Ormu).

The trio pulled out a two and a half minute lead in the first 28km, but as the road tilted upward their gap began to shrink. At the first climb, the Brinzio, they had just 23 seconds and the race was all back together on the day's only categorized climb, the Cunardo.

In a preview of things to come, Cervelo's Emma Pooley demonstrated once more that she is the sport's dominant climber, taking the maximum points over Zabelinskaya at the top.

The peloton was split in two heading into the finale, and on the uphill finish, Arndt hit out with 300m to go, but was overtaken by Vos at the line.

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