Giro d'Italia 34th Giro d’Italia Donne, June 30th - July 9th, 2023

[Samu Cuenca]

An interesting attack from Ewers here. Nice to see a bigger name try something. Movistar don't have to worry too much, but the other GC teams shouldn't hand her free time here.

 

[Didinho]

Persico is Pidcock'ing the technical descent, passing a motorbike.

 

[EddyMazzoleni]

Persico attacking in a descent, her style has a bit of Nibali.

Btw, i can't decide which shade of green is uglier, the one of the TdF point jersey or the one Cavalli has

 

[Didinho]

Wiebes still there, Vas reeling in Persico.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Btw, i can't decide which shade of green is uglier, the one of the TdF point jersey or the one Cavalli has

I don't know why they've changed it. It was much prettier last year.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It looked like García was about to close the gap, but then AVV just accelerated like a moto and Mavi cracked.

 

[EddyMazzoleni]

ELB looked really strong in the last km of the climb

 

[Didinho]

Fem van Empel with her best road stage yet, good to see her in this group. Wanna see her sprint against Wiebes, but Vos also there so she's working.

 

[Izzyeviel]

what a fantastic ride from Ewers.

 

[Izzyeviel]

'So Elisa, whats your plan for tomorrow?'
'Well I should ride a stage of the Giro d'italia...'

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I had hoped Ewers was able to take advantage of the mind games between ELB and AVV, but is she more to give, she left it too late in the sprint. But it's also a nice win for ELB, who's of course also improved her sprinting in recent years.

 

[EddyMazzoleni]

I had hoped Ewers was able to take advantage of the mind games between ELB and AVV, but is she more to give, she left it too late in the sprint. But it's also a nice win for ELB, who's of course also improved her sprinting in recent years.

Legend has it, she improved hes sprinting by racing her boyfriend Jacopo Mosca to road signs.

 

[yaco]

Longo-Borghini has usually suffered one average day in the Giro, but she could not get a better parcours to suit her characteristics.

 

[JosefK]

Nice rides from ELB, Ewers, and Vleuty. Annemiek gave that elbow another scrape in her mini-crash earlier.

 

[awavey]

Legend has it, she improved hes sprinting by racing her boyfriend Jacopo Mosca to road signs.

It's what she said last year when she won a sprint in the Women's Tour

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Legend has it, she improved hes sprinting by racing her boyfriend Jacopo Mosca to road signs.

To be fair she was at a level where the only thing she could legitimately do would be improve it. She was Pozzovivo-esque at one point.

 

[awavey]

I don't know why they've changed it. It was much prettier last year

but its the same as last year isnt it ?

 

[Izzyeviel]

its a lot brighter green this year, I thought it looked great.

 

[awavey]

but confusingly FDJs pictures make it look like alot more like last years colour

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[Libertine Seguros]

Persico attacking in a descent, her style has a bit of Nibali.

Btw, i can't decide which shade of green is uglier, the one of the TdF point jersey or the one Cavalli has

Persico would be just the coolest if Gaia Realini wasn't already even cooler.

 

[JR1012]

Peloton exploded on the first climb. After descending AVV, Realini, ELB and NFB 1,26 min ahead with 56,6 km to go.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Niedermaier, Cavalli, Persico, Magnaldi and Labous close to making the junction.

Rest of the doms and secondary contenders now two and a half minutes back. The dream that Cille's season was turning around may have died. Interestingly Patiño appears to be the only Movistar rider in that group so Annemiek will still be somewhat isolated but the likes of García and Santestebán, pretty strong climbers, are there too, along with some youngsters like Vas and Fem van Empel.

Gaia Realini remains epically cool.

Edit: junction made between groups 1 and 2. Labous attacking.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Niedermaier, Cavalli, Persico, Magnaldi and Labous close to making the junction.

Rest of the doms and secondary contenders now two and a half minutes back. The dream that Cille's season was turning around may have died. Interestingly Patiño appears to be the only Movistar rider in that group so Annemiek will still be somewhat isolated but the likes of García and Santestebán, pretty strong climbers, are there too, along with some youngsters like Vas and Fem van Empel.

Gaia Realini remains epically cool.

Last year the plan was that Marta would lead the Giro and Cille the Tour, so if that's also the case this year, she might purposely be a bit off her best. That said, Marta could very well be their best shot in the Tour as well, just like she might have been last year without the crash

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

This is entertaining stuff, attacks left and right.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Strong attack by Niedermaier here, but she'll probably need a good deal of time to be able hold on over Sant'Ignazio.