the italian champion Elisa Longo has been the winner of this Monday’s stage in the women’s Giro d’Italia, where she has prevailed in the sprint over the Dutch Movistar, Annemiek van Vleuten, which extends her lead in the general.
The Movistar rider has once again been the protagonist of a stage with a profile more adapted to her conditions; because the 134-kilometer route, between Fidenza and Borgo Val di Taro, without being high mountain if it ended after two mountain passes, of the third category, propitious for her.
the dutch attacked on the last uphill ramps to go to the finish line, although two runners “hit” him, one of them another favorite, the Italian Elisa Longo, from Lidl Trek, and the American Verónica Ewers, from Education.
The three opened a “hole” over the peloton and went straight to the finish line. Longo, one of the best arrivals in the world, knew when to attack and took the victory, with the North American second and the overall leader third, after three hours and 33 minutes of racing; a part of the peloton, with 30 runners, reached 40 seconds, including Ane Santesteban and Mavi García; the rest of the group arrived “shelled” for more than a minute.
the general
In the general Van Vleuten keeps the pink jersey, with 49 second lead over Longo and 53 over Ewers, while Mavi García (Teqfind) remains sixth at 1.39, just ahead of Ane Santesteban (Jayco) who has the same disadvantage.
On Tuesday the Italian test faces the great acid test for Movistar, in the defense of the leadership, since the stage between Salassa and Ceres is the most mountainous of the race, with three climbs in its 103 kilometers, one in the first category and two in the third, the second less than ten kilometers from the finish line.
stage classification
1-. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa (Trek) 3:33:08
2-. EWERS Veronica (EF Education) mt
3-. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek (Movistar) mt
4-. WIEBES Lorraine (SD Worx) + 0:40
5-. YOU Marianne (Jumbo) mt
6-. DYGERT Chloe (Canyon) mt
7-. PERSIAN Silvia (UAE) mt
8-. ROSEMAN-GANNON Ruby (Jayco) mt
9-. VAN EMPEL Fem (Jumbo) mt
10-. KOSTER Anouska (One-X) mt
Source: Eitb
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