A matter of seconds
The Giro GC is wide open going into the final weekend
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THREE SECONDS. That’s all that separates Elisa Longo Borghini and Lotte Kopecky in the race for the Maglia Rosa. With the final two mountain stages including Blockhaus (tomorrow!) the Giro GC is soooo tight, and not only between the top two but between the whole top-10. Forget that other race over in France, this is where the action is this weekend!
Can Lotte Kopecky climb with the best of them? Will ELB become only the second ever Italian to win the overall? How will the others try to gain time?
Enjoy and see you next week!
Amy x
News 📰
Read 🗞️
Magalhães hangs for 100km in Giro d'Italia Women breakaway - Cyclingnews
Hannah Otto Explores Failure and FKTs in New Film 'Kokopelli Strong' - Velo
Giro d'Italia Women 2024: Leadership at last for Niamh Fisher-Black? - Rouleur
Les Gets World Cup gallery: A different race in France - Escape Collective
Anyone's race: Giro d'Italia Women GC is on a knife-edge ahead of crucial mountain tests - Rouleur
Watch 📺
Watch Vali Höll win her home World Cup in ‘It Is What It Is’.
Listen 🎧
The team over at Wheel Talk have been doing daily episodes during the Giro d’Italia Women.
Results 🏆
Road
2 Districtenpijl - Ekeren-Deurne (1.1)
Daria Pikulik (HPH)
Scarlett Souren (VWT)
Flora Perkins (FED)
Giro d'Italia Women (2.WWT)
Stage 1: Elisa Longo Borghini (LTK)
Stage 2: Chiara Consonni (UAD)
Stage 3: Niamh Fisher-Black (SDW)
Stage 4: Clara Emond (EFC)
Stage 5: Lotte Kopecky (SDW)
Stage 6: Liane Lippert (MOV)
MTB
🇫🇷 UCI MTB World Cup: Les Gets, France XCC+XCO #6 & DH #5
DH Junior 🚫CANCELLED🚫 due to extreme weather (official results taken from qualification): 🥇 Heather Wilson 🇬🇧 🥈 Ella Svegby 🇸🇪 🥉 Eliana Hulsebosch 🇳🇿
DH Elite: 🥇 Eleonora Farina 🇮🇹 🥈 Mille Johnset 🇳🇴 🥉 Tahnée Seagrave 🇬🇧
XCO U23: 🥇 Isabella Holmgren 🇨🇦 🥈 Olivia Onesti 🇫🇷 🥉 Kira Böhm 🇩🇪
XCO Elite: 🥇 Puck Pieterse 🇳🇱 🥈 Candice Lill 🇿🇦 🥉 Alessandra Keller 🇨🇭
Upcoming races 📆
Road
7th - 14th July: Giro d'Italia Women (2.WWT)
How to watch:
17th - 21st July: Baloise Ladies Tour (2.1)
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