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Amy Jones

Antonia Niedermaier, Urska Zigart abandon Giro Donne after stage 6 crash

Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon-SRAM) at the Giro Donne

The race for the maglia rosa at the 2023 Giro Donne on stage 5 saw Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team) and Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) crash, with Longo Borghini losing her second place overall and eventually making the decision not to start stage 6 on Wednesday.

Amidst the chaos that day, 20-year-old German Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon-SRAM) emerged victorious to take the stage 5 win and move herself into second overall going into the 120.7km stage 6 that started and finished in Canelli.

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