Giro d’Italia Women: Chiara Consonni outsprints Kopecky to stage 2 victory in dramatic finale

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Chiara Consonni (UAE Team ADQ) won stage 2 of the Giro d’Italia Women, beating Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) and Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) on a slightly uphill finish in Volta Mantovana.

The stage was dominated by a breakaway by Ana Vitória “Tota” Magalhães (BePink-Bongioanni) who went away with Alessia Missiaggia (Top Girls Fassa Bortolo) only seven kilometres into the 110km stage. Magalhães dropped her companion on the first of two ascents to Cavriani on the final circuit and held off the peloton for a long time, only being caught in the penultimate kilometre.