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Van Vleuten defends maglia rosa after avoiding crash on Giro Donne stage 6

Van Vleuten defends maglia rosa after avoiding crash on Giro Donne stage 6


After winning stage 4 of the 2022 Giro d’Italia Donne and taking the overall lead, putting five minutes or more into all but two of her competitors, Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team) was adamant that she would not get ahead of herself and take the race “day by day”.

Van Vleuten learned this lesson the hard way in 2015 when her thoughts already were on the next day’s time trial during stage 4. She lost two minutes in the crosswinds and eventually finished the race in third place, only 1:39 minutes down.

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