Giro d’Italia Women penalties, fines and yellow cards

After the first stage of the Giro d’Italia Women ended with the shocking revelation that stage winner Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) had been disqualified from the entire race after her bike was weighed and found to be under the UCI’s limit of 6.8 kilograms, the first maglia rosa and stage honours were transferred to Italian Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) as a result.

The controversy dwarfed stage 2, which Balsamo won in a bunch sprint.