Bummer news for Australia’s Sarah Gigante of AG Insurance–Soudal. Sounds like she still isn’t quite ready for racing, including the upcoming Giro d’Italia Women.
After an incredible ride at last year’s edition, her year went south after suffering a fractured femur in a training accident. She was forced to take off the remainder of the year of racing.
The 24-year-old Australian had her sights set on some big goals for the rest of the year, like the world championships and the Italian autumn classics. In 2025 she finished third overall at the Giro d’Italia and sixth at the Tour de France Femmes.
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Her team posted the seven-woman roster for the Giro, which starts Saturday, and included the news about Gigante.
“Sarah Gigante impressed at last year’s Giro Women with a strong performance, finishing 3rd overall in the general classification, winning the QOM jersey, taking the team classification together with her teammates and climbing to two stage wins,” the statement read. “She will unfortunately miss this year’s edition as she continues her recovery from a femur fracture, which still requires time and rehabilitation before a return to competition is possible.”
Hopefully she is back racing soon, as her aggressive style was a joy to watch for us cycling fans.
The Canucks, though
There will still be quite a bit of representation from another little Commonwealth country, good old Canada. There are eight Canadian women lining up Saturday, many of whom have big shots at stage wins and the overall.
World champ Magdeleine Vallières Mill and Alexandra Volstad (EF Education-Oatly), Maggie Coles-Lyster (Human Powered Health), Isabella Holmgren (Lidl–Trek), Nadia Gontova (Liv AlUla Jayco), Alison Jackson and Clara Emond (St Michel–Preference Home–Auber93), and Mara Roldan (Team Picnic PostNL) are all set to race the Giro.
Stage 1 is flat, and the next few days after that are also lump-free. But then the sky goes up with a brutal hill climb TT, and after that it just gets tougher, including a nasty Stage 8 that has a summit finish.
Canadian Cycling Magazine will have reports on each stage, and you can watch the action daily on Flobikes.com.
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