The 29th running of the women's Giro d'Italia, or Giro Rosa, was held from 6 to 15 July 2018.[1] Raced over ten stages, it is considered the most prestigious stage race of the women's calendar.[2] It was the 14th event of the 2018 UCI Women's World Tour.[3] Two-time winner Anna van der Breggen was the defending champion.[4] However she elected not to defend her title, choosing instead to focus on preparing for a bid to win her first title at the Road World Championships.[5]
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| Dates | 6–15 July 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 975.2 km (606.0 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 25h 50' 22" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams
editThe 24 UCI Women's Team competing and associated dossard numbers.[6]
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Route
edit| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 1 | 6 July | Verbania to Verbania | 15.5 km (9.6 mi) | Team time trial | Team Sunweb | |
| 2 | 7 July | Ovada to Ovada | 120.4 km (74.8 mi) | Hilly stage | Kirsten Wild (NED) | |
| 3 | 8 July | Corbetta to Corbetta | 132 km (82.0 mi) | Flat stage | Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) | |
| 4 | 9 July | Piacenza to Piacenza | 109 km (67.7 mi) | Flat stage | Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) | |
| 5 | 10 July | Omegna to Omegna | 122.6 km (76.2 mi) | Hilly stage | Ruth Winder (USA) | |
| 6 | 11 July | Sovico to Gerola Alta | 114.1 km (70.9 mi) | Mountain stage | Amanda Spratt (AUS) | |
| 7 | 12 July | Lanzada to Lanzada | 15 km (9.3 mi) | Individual time trial | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | |
| 8 | 13 July | San Giorgio to Breganze | 121.6 km (75.6 mi) | Plain stage | Marianne Vos (NED) | |
| 9 | 14 July | Tricesimo to Monte Zoncolan | 104.7 km (65.1 mi) | Mountain stage | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | |
| 10 | 15 July | Cividale del Friuli to Cividale del Friuli | 120.3 km (74.8 mi) | Hilly stage | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | |
UCI World Tour
editAttributed points
edit| Position[7] | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16-30th | 31-40th | |||
| General classification | 200 | 150 | 125 | 100 | 85 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Stages | 25 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Leader's jersey | 5 |
Stages
editStage 1
edit- 6 July 2018 — Verbania to Verbania, 15.5 km (9.6 mi), team time trial (TTT)[2]
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Stage 2
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Stage 3
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Stage 4
editStage 5
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Stage 6
edit- 11 July 2018 — Sovico to Gerola Alta, 114.1 km (70.9 mi)[2]
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Stage 7
edit- 12 July 2018 — Lanzada to Lanzada, 15 km (9.3 mi), Individual Time Trial[2]
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Stage 8
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Stage 9
edit- 14 July 2018 — Tricesimo to Monte Zoncolan, 104.7 km (65.1 mi)[2]
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Stage 10
edit- 15 July 2018 — Cividale del Friuli to Cividale del Friuli, 120.3 km (74.8 mi)[2]
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Classification leadership table
editIn the 2018 Giro d'Italia Femminile, five different jerseys were awarded. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages with the exception of the time trials: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively.[19] Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints; three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third.[19] The rider with the least accumulated time is the race leader, identified by a pink jersey.[19] This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Giro d'Italia Femminile, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.
Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a cyclamen jersey.[19] In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a stage, and unlike in the points classification in the Tour de France, the winners of all stages – with the exception of the team time trial, which awarded no points towards the classification – were awarded the same number of points. For winning a stage, a rider earned 15 points, with 12 for second, 10 for third, 8 for fourth, 6 for fifth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 10th place.[19]
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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| Points for Category 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Points for Category 3 | 5 | 4 |
There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a green jersey.[19] In the mountains classification, points towards the classification were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either second, or third-category, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs; however on both categories, the top five riders were awarded points.[19] The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born on or after 1 January 1995 were eligible to be ranked in the classification.
The fifth and final jersey represented the classification for Italian riders, marked by a blue jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born in Italy were eligible to be ranked in the classification.[19] There was also a team classification, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.[19] The daily team leaders wore red dossards in the following stage.[19]
| Stage | Winner | General classification |
Points classification |
Mountains classification |
Young rider classification |
Italian rider classification |
Teams classification |
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| 1[20] | Team Sunweb | Ellen van Dijk | Not awarded[a] | Not awarded[a] | Liane Lippert | Elena Cecchini | Team Sunweb |
| 2[10] | Kirsten Wild | Lucinda Brand | Kirsten Wild | Sheyla Gutiérrez | Juliette Labous | ||
| 3[21] | Jolien D'Hoore | Leah Kirchmann | |||||
| 4[22] | Jolien D'Hoore | Elisa Longo Borghini | Elisa Longo Borghini | ||||
| 5[23] | Ruth Winder | Ruth Winder | Sofia Bertizzolo | ||||
| 6[24] | Amanda Spratt | Amanda Spratt | Amanda Spratt | ||||
| 7[15] | Annemiek van Vleuten | Annemiek van Vleuten | Nadia Quagliotto | ||||
| 8[16] | Marianne Vos | Marianne Vos | |||||
| 9[25] | Annemiek van Vleuten | Annemiek van Vleuten | Sofia Bertizzolo | ||||
| 10[18] | Annemiek van Vleuten | ||||||
| Final | Annemiek van Vleuten | Annemiek van Vleuten | Amanda Spratt | Sofia Bertizzolo | Elisa Longo Borghini | Team Sunweb | |
See also
editNotes
editExternal links
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References
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- ^ "Van der Breggen wins second Giro Rosa title". VeloNews. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ Pender, Kieran (29 September 2018). "Anna van der Breggen wins road world championships with astonishing ride". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Ordine di Partenza (Cronometra a Squadre)" (PDF) (in Italian). Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ^ "Règlement UCI du sport cycliste - Titre II, épreuves sur route - Chapitre X, classement UCI - Article 2.10.017, Barème des points Femmes Elite, dispositions générales - version au 1er janvier 2018" (PDF). uci.ch (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ a b Knöfler, Lukas (6 July 2018). "Giro Rosa: Team Sunweb win opening team time trial". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ^ "Giro Rosa: Wild wins stage 2 in Ovada". Cyclingnews.com. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
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- ^ a b "Giro Rosa: D'hoore wins stage 3 in Corbetta". Cyclingnews.com. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Giro Rosa: D'Hoore doubles up in Piacenza". Cyclingnews.com. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Giro Rosa: Winder wins stage 5, takes pink jersey". Cyclingnews.com. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Giro Rosa: Spratt wins stage 6 atop Gerola Alta, takes overall lead". Cyclingnews.com. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ a b c "Giro Rosa: Van Vleuten wins stage 7 mountain time trial". Cyclingnews.com. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ a b c "Giro Rosa: Vos wins stage 8 in Breganze". Cyclingnews.com. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Giro Rosa: Van Vleuten dominates to win on Monte Zoncolan". Cyclingnews.com. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ a b c "STAGE AND FINAL VICTORY FOR AN IMPRESSIVE ANNEMIEK VAN VLEUTEN". Giro d'Italia Femminile. WordPress. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Rules Giro Rosa 2017" (PDF). Giro d'Italia Femminile. WordPress. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "SUNWEB WON FOR ONE SECOND THE TEAM TRIAL STAGE "VERBANIA-VERBANIA"". Giro d'Italia Femminile. WordPress. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ^ "Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile 2018 Stage 3 results".
- ^ "Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile 2018 Stage 4 results".
- ^ "Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile 2018 Stage 5 results".
- ^ "Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile 2018 Stage 6 results".
- ^ "Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile 2018 Stage 9 results".