Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) won stage 3 of the Giro d’Italia Women, taking another sprint victory in the maglia rosa ahead of Lily Williams (Human Powered Health) and Femke Gerritse (SD Worx-Protime) in an uphill sprint in Buja.
After the GC favourites split the race on the Montenars climb, a reduced peloton came back together on the run-in to the finish.
“My big goal today was to try to keep the pink jersey, and I was fighting, I gave it all. The climb was so hard for me, but I knew that it was a long way until the finish. I really tried to fight to stay with a group, then we came back, and everything was perfect,” she said.
Results
|
Position |
Rider (Country) Team |
Time Gap |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Lidl-Trek |
3:43:43 |
|
2 |
Lily Williams (USA) Human Powered Health |
0:00:00 |
|
3 |
Femke Gerritse (Ned) SD Worx-Protime |
0:00:00 |
|
4 |
Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ |
0:00:00 |
|
5 |
Silvia Persico (Ita) UAE Team ADQ |
0:00:00 |
|
6 |
Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Picnic PostNL |
0:00:00 |
|
7 |
Millie Couzens (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech |
0:00:00 |
|
8 |
Marlen Reusser (Swi) Movistar Team |
0:00:00 |
|
9 |
Célia Gery (Fra) FDJ United-SUEZ |
0:00:00 |
|
10 |
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) Canyon-SRAM |
0:00:00 |
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