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Lukas Knöfler

Teamwork key to the maglia rosa, GC breakthroughs, and sprint domination – Five conclusions from the Giro d'Italia Women

Demi Vollering Antonia Niedermaier GC Van der Breggen Elisa Balsamo Giro Anna van der Breggen Lauren Dickson Lorena Wiebes Célia Gery
FDJ SUEZ Dutch rider Demi Vollering (C) wearing the overall leader's pink jersey and winner of the Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Tour of Italy cycling race poses on podium with second placed Canyon SRAM German rider Antonia Niedermaier (L) and third placed SD Worx Dutch rider Anna Van Der Breggen after the 9th stage of the Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Tour of Italy Women cycling race between Saluzzo and Saluzzo, Italy, on June 7, 2026. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP).

After nine days of exciting racing, culminating in a thrilling final stage which decided the overall winner, the 2026 Giro d’Italia Women is over.

The second women's Grand Tour of the year saw a host of storylines fill the 1,151km between Cesenatico and Saluzzo, from the early sprint stages to the breakaway days and the GC-focussed mountain tests.

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