The Giro d'Italia Donne’s opening individual time trial was plagued by torrential rain and hail that eventually caused the stage to be cancelled. Ahead of the stage, many teams chose for their leaders to head down the ramp early before the worst of the rain was forecast.
One of the pre-race favourites, Canyon-SRAM’s newly-crowned double US national champion, Chloé Dygert, was 20th off the start ramp and was well on her way to posting an impressively fast time. However, as she traversed the 4.4km route, the team pursuit champion fell victim to the slippery conditions and crashed, losing time.
