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June 7, 2026
37th Giro d’Italia Women 2026 🇮🇹 (2.WWT) WE – Stage 9 – Saluzzo – Saluzzo : 145 km
Giro d’Italia Women is a UCI Women’s WorldTour classification that stands as one of the most prestigious and demanding stage races in women’s cycling,
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June 7, 2026
37th Giro d’Italia Women 2026 🇮🇹 (2.WWT) WE – Stage 9 – Saluzzo – Saluzzo : 145 km
Giro d’Italia Women is a UCI Women’s WorldTour classification that stands as one of the most prestigious and demanding stage races in women’s cycling, traversing the diverse and breathtaking landscapes of Italy. The course is a masterful blend of high-altitude mountain passes, rolling hills, and fast, technical descents, with each stage designed to test a different facet of a rider’s ability. The mountainous stages are the race’s centerpiece, featuring legendary climbs with gradients often exceeding 10% on narrow, winding roads that snake through the Alps and Dolomites. These ascents are long and grueling, with irregular pitches, exposed sections, and thin air at higher altitudes amplifying the effort required to maintain pace. The descents are equally challenging, with tight hairpins and uneven surfaces demanding precision and courage. The race dynamics are shaped by these relentless climbs, where attacks often launch on the steepest sections, thinning the peloton to a select group of elite climbers. The flatter stages, while less decisive, are far from straightforward, with crosswinds and technical run-ins through historic towns or along coastal roads adding layers of complexity. The final kilometers of key stages often feature a decisive climb or a fast, technical finish, where a reduced group of riders contests the line in a sprint or a solo escapee holds off the chasers by a narrow margin. The Giro d’Italia Women is a race that rewards climbing prowess, tactical intelligence, and resilience, embodying the grandeur and challenge of Italy’s most iconic roads.
Demi Vollering (FDJ United-SUEZ) won the Giro d’Italia Women, attacking on the last climb of the race, dropping Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) and bridging to a front group consisting of Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon-SRAM), Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) and Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek).
Niedermaier had attacked with 80km to go, with Longo Borghini and Fisher-Black bridging to her soon after. The German climber held the virtual maglia rosa until Vollering attacked on the Colletta di Brondello, leaving Van der Breggen behind and reaching the front group 28km from the finish.
Van der Breggen was over a minute behind at that point, now putting Vollering into the virtual GC lead, and the FDJ United-SUEZ rider did most of the work on the run-in to the finish in Saluzzo to confirm her GC victory.
“It feels so surreal. We made a plan yesterday evening, and the girls were on fire from the start. They tried to be in the breakaway, that didn’t happen, but then they put a pace on the long first climb. Lauren [Dickson] was amazing today, she kept going. We made it over the top with a small group,” Vollering said after the stage, describing how her team set up the winning attack.
“Today was all about daring to lose. I let Antonia go away, and I told Anna, ‘I’m fine, second or third doesn’t matter to me, it’s up to you now’. And then I had to try to drop her somewhere, and I really went all-in on that last climb. It was still so long to the finish, but I did it, and I still can’t believe it.”
She quickly gained the necessary 50 seconds on Van der Breggen to move into the virtual lead, but Vollering was on her last legs across the ninth day of racing.
“I only dared to dream of [the maglia rosa] when I had two minutes. I also had cramps everywhere in my legs, so with 20km to go, I was like ‘I hope I make it to the finish line’. The group I was in was working really well together, and it was quite a fast terrain, and then I was flying. As soon as I had the gap on Anna, I was like, ‘now I really need to give it everything I have’,” said Vollering.
With her GC win, Vollering becomes only the second women after Annemiek van Vleuten to win all three Grand Tours – the Tour de France Femmes, Vuelta Femenina, and Giro d’Italia Women.
Vollering did not contest the sprint where Fisher-Black went long but was passed by Longo Borghini who took the stage victory in the Italian champion’s jersey.
“I’ve been very sick the past three months and I worked very hard to come back, I’m not still 100% but I didn’t want to leave this Giro without leaving a mark, and today in the bus I felt this anger coming inside me, and I was like, ‘I have nothing to lose’,” Longo Borghini said at the finish.
“I don’t care about the GC, I just want to go and want to do it for my team mates that are simply amazing and I just wanted to win.”
Results :
Final General Classification :
 WE - Stage 9 </strong> - Saluzzo - Saluzzo : 145 km
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Giro d’Italia Women is a UCI Women’s WorldTour classification that stands as one of the most prestigious and demanding stage races in women’s cycling, traversing the diverse and breathtaking landscapes of Italy. The course is a masterful blend of high-altitude mountain passes, rolling hills, and fast, technical descents, with each stage designed to test a different facet of a rider’s ability. The mountainous stages are the race’s centerpiece, featuring legendary climbs with gradients often exceeding 10% on narrow, winding roads that snake through the Alps and Dolomites. These ascents are long and grueling, with irregular pitches, exposed sections, and thin air at higher altitudes amplifying the effort required to maintain pace. The descents are equally challenging, with tight hairpins and uneven surfaces demanding precision and courage. The race dynamics are shaped by these relentless climbs, where attacks often launch on the steepest sections, thinning the peloton to a select group of elite climbers. The flatter stages, while less decisive, are far from straightforward, with crosswinds and technical run-ins through historic towns or along coastal roads adding layers of complexity. The final kilometers of key stages often feature a decisive climb or a fast, technical finish, where a reduced group of riders contests the line in a sprint or a solo escapee holds off the chasers by a narrow margin. The Giro d’Italia Women is a race that rewards climbing prowess, tactical intelligence, and resilience, embodying the grandeur and challenge of Italy’s most iconic roads.
Demi Vollering (FDJ United-SUEZ) won the Giro d'Italia Women, attacking on the last climb of the race, dropping Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) and bridging to a front group consisting of Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon-SRAM), Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) and Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek).
Niedermaier had attacked with 80km to go, with Longo Borghini and Fisher-Black bridging to her soon after. The German climber held the virtual maglia rosa until Vollering attacked on the Colletta di Brondello, leaving Van der Breggen behind and reaching the front group 28km from the finish.
Van der Breggen was over a minute behind at that point, now putting Vollering into the virtual GC lead, and the FDJ United-SUEZ rider did most of the work on the run-in to the finish in Saluzzo to confirm her GC victory.
“It feels so surreal. We made a plan yesterday evening, and the girls were on fire from the start. They tried to be in the breakaway, that didn’t happen, but then they put a pace on the long first climb. Lauren [Dickson] was amazing today, she kept going. We made it over the top with a small group,” Vollering said after the stage, describing how her team set up the winning attack.
“Today was all about daring to lose. I let Antonia go away, and I told Anna, ‘I’m fine, second or third doesn’t matter to me, it’s up to you now’. And then I had to try to drop her somewhere, and I really went all-in on that last climb. It was still so long to the finish, but I did it, and I still can’t believe it."
She quickly gained the necessary 50 seconds on Van der Breggen to move into the virtual lead, but Vollering was on her last legs across the ninth day of racing.
“I only dared to dream of [the maglia rosa] when I had two minutes. I also had cramps everywhere in my legs, so with 20km to go, I was like ‘I hope I make it to the finish line’. The group I was in was working really well together, and it was quite a fast terrain, and then I was flying. As soon as I had the gap on Anna, I was like, ‘now I really need to give it everything I have’,” said Vollering.
With her GC win, Vollering becomes only the second women after Annemiek van Vleuten to win all three Grand Tours - the Tour de France Femmes, Vuelta Femenina, and Giro d’Italia Women.
Vollering did not contest the sprint where Fisher-Black went long but was passed by Longo Borghini who took the stage victory in the Italian champion's jersey.
"I’ve been very sick the past three months and I worked very hard to come back, I’m not still 100% but I didn’t want to leave this Giro without leaving a mark, and today in the bus I felt this anger coming inside me, and I was like, ‘I have nothing to lose’," Longo Borghini said at the finish.
"I don’t care about the GC, I just want to go and want to do it for my team mates that are simply amazing and I just wanted to win."
<strong>Results : </strong>
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<strong>Final General Classification : </strong>
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