
Four-time winner Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) did not reach the top spot of this year's Giro d'Italia Women, but says the race was "the incentive [she] needed" ahead of her next big goal, the Tour de France Femmes.
The Dutchwoman ended up finishing sixth overall, after never really being part of what ended up more or less a two-horse race between Marlen Reusser (Movistar) and Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ), with the latter coming out victorious in the end.