Silvia Persico (UAE Team ADQ) won Giro dell’Appennino Donne from a six-rider breakaway group on Sunday for her first victory of the season.
Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek) grabbed second just ahead of Sarah Van Dam (Visma-Lease a Bike) on the flat streets of Genova on the Ligurian coast.
Célia Gery (FDJ United-SUEZ), Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek) and Viktória Chladoňová (Visma-Lease a Bike) rolled across the line in fourth to sixth from the breakaway group.
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On a final rise before the 20km, Persico accelerated with Gery to move away from the group. Giving chase were Trinca Colonel, Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Urška Žigart (AG Insurance-Soudal), Laura Dickson (FDJ United-SUEZ) and a trio from Visma-Lease a Bike – Femke De Vries, Maud Oudeman, and Sarah Van Dam.
Close behind was a second group of Marion Bunel and Viktória Chladoňová from Visma-Lease a Bike, Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal) and Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek).
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