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Giro d'Italia Women: Demi Vollering takes sprint ahead of Anna van der Breggen for stage 5 win and first-ever career Giro stage victory

SANTE STEFANO DI CADORE, ITALY - JUNE 03: Demi Vollering of Netherlands and Team FDJ United - SUEZ celebrates at finish line as stage winner during the 37th Giro d'Italia Women 2026, Stage 5 a 146km stage from Longarone to Sante Stefano di Cadore 911m / #UCIWWT / on June 03, 2026 in Sante Stefano di Cadore, Italy. (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images).

Demi Vollering (FDJ United-SUEZ) won stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia Women, easily beating Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime), Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon-SRAM), and Isabella Holmgren (Lidl-Trek) in a sprint of four that had formed on the last climb of the day.

On a hard mountain stage through the Dolomites with the first-category climbs of the Passo Tre Croci and Passo di Sant'Antonio, the remnants of a large breakaway were caught by the group of favourites on the first ascent of the climb to Costa.

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