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

We look back at the main talking points from nine days of racing at the second women's Grand Tour of the season

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'I tried everything I could' - Former best young rider Antonia Niedermaier finally lands on the Giro d'Italia Women podium

Canyon-SRAM rider uses 'poker face' and bold move on stage 9 mountain descent to earn GC podium spot

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'I had to dare to lose it all' – How Demi Vollering snatched the pink jersey at last gasp on an epic Giro d'Italia Women finale

FDJ United-SUEZ rider puts team to work early on 145km stage 9 before dropping former teammate Van der Breggen in race for maglia rosa

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'It’s sad to lose it, but I fought with what I could' – Another Grand Tour slips away for Anna van der Breggen on final stage as she's unable to match Vollering at Giro d'Italia Women

'It is how it is, I tried, and I kept the pace in it, but it was not enough' says Dutch rider after falling to third overall on last day

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Demi Vollering overhauls Anna van der Breggen to win the 2026 Giro d'Italia Women as Longo Borghini sprints to stage 9 victory

Vollering broke Van der Breggen's resistance on the final climb before Italian champion unleashed a strong sprint to take the stage

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Giro d'Italia Women: Demi Vollering overtakes Anna van der Breggen on final day for overall title as Elisa Longo Borghini wins stage 9 sprint

FDJ United-SUEZ rider stamps authority with attack on final climb to seal the overall

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'It really changed the plans we had' – Demi Vollering 'disappointed' after queen stage win at Giro d'Italia Women as she fails to distance GC rivals on shortened mountain day

Dutchwoman concedes 'That's cycling, we have to deal with nature, we have to deal with the circumstances' after abbreviated Colle dell Finestere finish

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Anna van der Breggen admits shortened stage on Finestre required a mental change 'to suffering more on this climb' as she defended Giro d’Italia Women lead

'Only the fueling plan changed' Maglia rosa says about organisers confirming new finish line with 7km to go due to threat of falling ice

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Demi Vollering wins atop Colle delle Finestre on shortened Giro d’Italia Women queen stage

Anna van der Breggen retains a sizable lead on GC to keep the pink jersey

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Giro d'Italia Women: Demi Vollering powers across gravel sector of Colle delle Finestre to win compressed stage 8 and second stage of race

Isabella Holmgren and Antonia Niedermaier complete podium with race leader Anna van der Breggen fourth from breakaway group

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'You always have to fight' - Downhill attack sees Elisa Longo Borghini move closer to maglia rosa before penultimate queen stage

Italian national champion gains a few seconds before the decisive Colle delle Finenestre

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Giro d'Italia Women leader Anna van der Breggen among multiple fallers in a mass crash on stage 7

Dutchwoman unharmed in mass crash, which also saw Marlen Reusser and Monica Trinca Colonel fall

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'We aimed to surprise everyone ' - Crosswind action livens up Giro d'Italia Women stage 6, but the sprinters still succeed

Peloton briefly split into three groups, but no GC changes in the end

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Giro d'Italia Women: Fourth victory for Elisa Balsamo on stage 6 after 'best lead-out in the world'

Maggie Coles-Lyster tries to go early but overtaken by points leader as Van der Breggen continues in race lead

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'It was a good day, but also a hard day' – Anna Van der Breggen defends Giro Women GC lead on Dolomites mountain stage

Valentina Cavallar provided important support in the final after being in the breakaway

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Demi Vollering gets her stage win but she has a problem – Analysing the Giro d'Italia Women GC picture after shock time trial and thrilling mountain stage

Who's grimacing, who's barely breathing, and who's looking rock solid? Here's how it's shaking out ahead of the pivotal Colle delle Finestre

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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

Antonia Niedermaier goes third ahead of Isabella Holmgren on climbing day in the Dolomites

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'You never have to give up, you always have to fight, fight' - Elisa Longo Borghini limits losses in Dolomite stage of Giro d'Italia Women

Defending champion hopes for a top five overall after an illness-disrupted spring

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'We raced with everything we had – it was a real battle out there': Demi Vollering outsprints GC rivals to claim her first-ever Giro d'Italia Women stage

Anna van der Breggen was second and retains the overall lead

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'The road to victory is not always immediate' – Anna van der Breggen turns back the years in race against the clock at Giro d'Italia Women mountain time trial

Short-handed Team SD Worx-Protime ready to defend maglia rosa

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'I missed the moment to go really deep' – Marlen Reusser refuses to blame bike choice for heavy Giro d'Italia Women mountain time trial loss

'A minute that Anna is faster is a lot – chapeau' says world time trial champion after taking second in Nevegal

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'I hope I'm an example that you need to keep fighting and in the end it will come again': Anna van der Breggen obliterates opposition in brutal Giro d’Italia time trial on stage 4, moves into pink

The Dutch rider put over a minute between herself and second-placed Marlen Reusser

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Giro d'Italia Women: Anna van der Breggen crushes opposition with stunning uphill time trial victory on stage 4, moves into pink jersey

Former four-time winner puts more than a minute into Reusser, Vollering and Longo Borghini over 12.7km course

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Giro d'Italia Women: Elisa Balsamo powers to hat-trick victory on stage 3 with searing uphill sprint

Lily Williams second, Femke Gerritse third in Buja after late attacker caught in final 500m

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The Giro d'Italia Women should be Demi Vollering's to lose, but Grand Tour domination has rarely come naturally to her – Analysis

The Dutch rider does not fit into the mould of dominant stage racer, and has many things to try and prove at this Giro

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