SD Worx-Protime entered this year's edition of the Giro d'Italia Women with two potential cards to play in the overall classification with World Champion Lotte Kopecky and four-time winner Anna van der Breggen, but both riders have hemorrhaged valuable time in the GC standings due to unexpected circumstances.
Stage 4 marked the second of three summit finishes at this year's event, and Kopecky let the GC favourites go on almost from the start of the finishing climb to Pianezze.
