June 4/26 16:42 pm - Coles-Lyster 2nd on Stage 6 of Giro d'Italia Women
Posted by joe on 06/4/26
Balsamo makes it four
Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) continued her remarkable run on stage 6. The 2021 World Champion claimed her fourth stage victory in Brescello, further strengthening her lead in the points classification.
The Lidl-Trek rider launched her sprint with 200 metres to go, powering to victory ahead of Maggie Coles-Lyster (Human Powered Health) and Georgia Baker (Liv-AlUla-Jayco). Célia Gery (FDJ United-Suez) and Chiara Consonni (Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto) completed the top five.
The overall standings remain unchanged, with Anna van der Breggen retaining both the Maglia Rosa and the Maglia Azzurra, while Isabella Holmgren continues to lead the Maglia Bianca classification.
| Stage 6: Ala to Brescello, 160 km | |
| 1 Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Lidl-Trek | 3:54:02 |
| 2 Maggie Coles-Lyster (Can) Human Powered Health | |
| 3 Georgia Baker (Aus) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 4 Célia Gery (Fra) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 5 Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 6 Gladys Verhulst-Wild (Fra) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 7 Lara Gillespie (Irl) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 8 Lily Williams (USA) Human Powered Health | |
| 9 Alessia Zambelli (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 10 Alexandra Volstad (Can) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 11 Cristina Tonetti (Ita) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 12 Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 13 Sara Fiorin (Ita) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 14 Charlotte Kool (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech | |
| 15 Lara Crestanello (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | |
| 16 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Lidl-Trek | |
| 17 Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 18 Linda Zanetti (Sui) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 19 Rachele Barbieri (Ita) Team Picnic-PostNL | |
| 20 Tiril Jorgensen (Nor) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 21 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 22 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 23 Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Movistar Team | |
| 24 Irma Siri (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 25 Chantal Pegolo (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | |
| 26 Marina Garau (Esp) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 27 Ilse Pluimers (Ned) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 28 Maike van der Duin (Ned) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 29 Femke de Vries (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 30 Elisa De Vallier (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 31 Monica Trinca (Ita) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 32 Ally Wollaston (NZl) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 33 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 34 Femke Gerritse (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 35 Demi Vollering (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 36 Marlen Reusser (Sui) Movistar Team | |
| 37 Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 38 Marta Pavesi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 39 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Lidl-Trek | |
| 40 Daniek Hengeveld (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 41 Mie Bjorndal Ottestad (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 42 Nora Jencusova (Slo) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 43 Carlotta Cipressi (Ita) Human Powered Health | |
| 44 Alison Jackson (Can) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 45 Antonia Niedermaier (Ger) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 46 Mylène de Zoete (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech | |
| 47 Robyn Clay (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | |
| 48 Eleonora Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 49 Alexis Magner (USA) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 50 Gaia Segato (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 51 Lore De Schepper (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 52 Magdeleine Vallieres (Can) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 53 Debora Silvestri (Ita) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 54 Isabella Holmgren (Can) Lidl-Trek | |
| 55 Valentina Cavallar (Aut) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 56 Mireia Benito (Esp) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 57 Petra Zsanko (Hun) Aromitalia-Vaiano | |
| 58 Giulia Giuliani (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | |
| 59 Chiara Reghini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 60 Sara Luccon (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 61 Thalita de Jong (Ned) Human Powered Health | |
| 62 Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Human Powered Health | |
| 63 Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 64 Justine Ghekiere (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 65 Rosita Reijnhout (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 66 Urska Zigart (Slo) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 67 Lauren Dickson (GBr) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 68 Giulia Bisso (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | |
| 69 Caroline Wreszin (USA) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 70 Ana Vitória Magalhães (Bra) Movistar Team | |
| 71 Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek | |
| 72 Marjolein Van´t Geloof (Ned) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 73 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | |
| 74 Viktória Chladonová (Svk) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 75 Nina Buijsman (Ned) Human Powered Health | |
| 76 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 77 Fariba Hashimi (Afg) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 78 Sofia Arici (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 79 Yuliia Biriukova (Ukr) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 80 Julie Van De Velde (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 81 Justyna Czapla (Ger) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 82 Irene Cagnazzo (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 83 Silvia Persico (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 84 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 85 Francesca Barale (Ita) Movistar Team | |
| 86 Mavi García (Esp) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 87 Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 88 Maya Kingma (Ned) Aromitalia-Vaiano | |
| 89 Marte Berg Edseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 90 Irene Affolati (Ita) Aromitalia-Vaiano | |
| 91 Martina Silvestri (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | |
| 92 Margaux Vigié (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 93 Mirre Knaven (Ned) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 94 Ilaria Marinetto (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | |
| 95 Emilie Morier (Fra) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 96 Nina Berton (Lux) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 97 Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 98 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 99 Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 100 Solène Muller (Fra) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 101 Eleonora La Bella (Ita) Aromitalia-Vaiano | |
| 102 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team | |
| 103 Stina Kagevi (Swe) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 104 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 105 Nadia Gontova (Can) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | all s.t. |
| 106 Silke Smulders (Ned) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | 0:47 |
| 107 Eleonora Deotto (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | 0:47 |
| 108 Sharon Spimi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 0:00 |
| 109 Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Human Powered Health | 0:47 |
| 110 Mareille Meijer (Ned) Movistar Team | 0:47 |
| 111 Naia Amondarain (Esp) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi | 0:00 |
| 112 Marion Bunel (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike | 0:00 |
| 113 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | 0:00 |
| 114 Gaia Masetti (Ita) Team Picnic-PostNL | 0:48 |
| 115 Katelyn Nicholson (Aus) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | 0:47 |
| 116 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Lidl-Trek | 0:00 |
| 117 Fanny Bonini (Ita) Aromitalia-Vaiano | 0:49 |
| 118 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) UAE Team ADQ | 0:49 |
| 119 Eva van Agt (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | 0:00 |
| 120 Amber Kraak (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | 0:00 |
| 121 Matilde Vitillo (Ita) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | 0:00 |
| 122 Marthe Truyen (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech | 1:17 |
| 123 Anastasiya Kolesava (Blr) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | 1:35 |
| 124 Becky Storrie (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | 1:40 |
| 125 Alicia González (Esp) St Michel-Preference Home | 0:00 |
| 126 Evy Kuijpers (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech | 1:50 |
| 127 Kristen Faulkner (USA) EF Education-Oatly | 1:58 |
| 128 Flora Perkins (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech | 2:16 |
| 129 Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Fenix-Premier Tech | 2:16 |
| 130 Josie Nelson (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | 2:17 |
| 131 Millie Couzens (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech | 0:00 |
| 132 Andrea Casagranda (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | 0:00 |
| 133 Valentina Venerucci (Smr) Aromitalia-Vaiano | 2:35 |
| 134 Camilla Bezzone (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | 2:51 |
| 135 Giorgia Serena (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | 2:51 |
| 136 Valeria Curnis (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | 3:47 |
| GC | |
| 1 Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime | 19:49:15 |
| 2 Demi Vollering (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | 1:00 |
| 3 Antonia Niedermaier (Ger) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | 1:24 |
| 4 Isabella Holmgren (Can) Lidl-Trek | 2:01 |
| 5 Marlen Reusser (Sui) Movistar Team | 2:03 |
| 6 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | 2:12 |
| 7 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Lidl-Trek | 2:33 |
| 8 Femke de Vries (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | 2:38 |
| 9 Monica Trinca (Ita) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | 3:21 |
| 10 Urska Zigart (Slo) AG Insurance-Soudal | 3:26 |
| 11 Lore De Schepper (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal | 3:32 |
| 12 Valentina Cavallar (Aut) Team SD Worx-Protime | 4:25 |
| 13 Magdeleine Vallieres (Can) EF Education-Oatly | 5:25 |
| 14 Lauren Dickson (GBr) FDJ United-Suez | 7:20 |
| 15 Nadia Gontova (Can) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | 7:52 |
| 16 Mireia Benito (Esp) AG Insurance-Soudal | 8:30 |
| 17 Mie Bjorndal Ottestad (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 9:58 |
| 18 Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 10:06 |
| 19 Maya Kingma (Ned) Aromitalia-Vaiano | 11:28 |
| 20 Emilie Morier (Fra) St Michel-Preference Home | 11:50 |
| 21 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | 11:52 |
| 22 Marion Bunel (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike | 12:12 |
| 23 Viktória Chladonová (Svk) Visma-Lease a Bike | 12:46 |
| 24 Mavi García (Esp) UAE Team ADQ | 12:51 |
| 25 Nina Buijsman (Ned) Human Powered Health | 13:04 |
| 26 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | 14:42 |
| 27 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Lidl-Trek | 14:59 |
| 28 Eleonora Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | 15:15 |
| 29 Tiril Jorgensen (Nor) Laboral Kutxa | 17:11 |
| 30 Rosita Reijnhout (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | 17:15 |
| 31 Chiara Reghini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 20:24 |
| 32 Sofia Arici (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | 22:31 |
| 33 Célia Gery (Fra) FDJ United-Suez | 22:36 |
| 34 Silvia Persico (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | 22:46 |
| 35 Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Human Powered Health | 23:01 |
| 36 Debora Silvestri (Ita) Laboral Kutxa | 23:28 |
| 37 Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | 23:41 |
| 38 Gaia Segato (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | 23:51 |
| 39 Ana Vitória Magalhães (Bra) Movistar Team | 23:56 |
| 40 Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | 24:55 |
| 41 Thalita de Jong (Ned) Human Powered Health | 26:07 |
| 42 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Lidl-Trek | 27:41 |
| 43 Kristen Faulkner (USA) EF Education-Oatly | 29:26 |
| 44 Femke Gerritse (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime | 29:44 |
| 45 Amber Kraak (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | 30:21 |
| 46 Yuliia Biriukova (Ukr) Laboral Kutxa | 31:45 |
| 47 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) UAE Team ADQ | 33:01 |
| 48 Carlotta Cipressi (Ita) Human Powered Health | 33:49 |
| 49 Margaux Vigié (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike | 33:57 |
| 50 Stina Kagevi (Swe) EF Education-Oatly | 34:32 |
| 51 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Uno-X Mobility | 35:25 |
| 52 Lily Williams (USA) Human Powered Health | 35:49 |
| 53 Silke Smulders (Ned) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | 35:59 |
| 54 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | 36:06 |
| 55 Daniek Hengeveld (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | 36:22 |
| 56 Lara Gillespie (Irl) UAE Team ADQ | 36:25 |
| 57 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team | 36:34 |
| 58 Solène Muller (Fra) St Michel-Preference Home | 37:03 |
| 59 Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Lidl-Trek | 37:09 |
| 60 Justine Ghekiere (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal | 37:27 |
| 61 Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | 37:38 |
| 62 Irene Cagnazzo (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | 37:55 |
| 63 Marte Berg Edseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 38:10 |
| 64 Justyna Czapla (Ger) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | 38:18 |
| 65 Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek | 38:19 |
| 66 Francesca Barale (Ita) Movistar Team | 38:35 |
| 67 Giulia Giuliani (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | 39:06 |
| 68 Giulia Bisso (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | 39:29 |
| 69 Julie Van De Velde (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal | 40:07 |
| 70 Millie Couzens (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech | 40:21 |
| 71 Matilde Vitillo (Ita) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | 40:26 |
| 72 Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Movistar Team | 41:08 |
| 73 Gladys Verhulst-Wild (Fra) AG Insurance-Soudal | 41:15 |
| 74 Linda Zanetti (Sui) Uno-X Mobility | 41:32 |
| 75 Ilse Pluimers (Ned) AG Insurance-Soudal | 41:35 |
| 76 Mirre Knaven (Ned) EF Education-Oatly | 42:14 |
| 77 Caroline Wreszin (USA) St Michel-Preference Home | 42:21 |
| 78 Becky Storrie (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | 42:59 |
| 79 Nina Berton (Lux) EF Education-Oatly | 43:10 |
| 80 Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Human Powered Health | 43:33 |
| 81 Anastasiya Kolesava (Blr) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | 44:18 |
| 82 Charlotte Kool (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech | 44:34 |
| 83 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx-Protime | 44:37 |
| 84 Georgia Baker (Aus) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | 45:08 |
| 85 Fariba Hashimi (Afg) Vini Fantini-BePink | 45:13 |
| 86 Marthe Truyen (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech | 45:28 |
| 87 Flora Perkins (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech | 45:59 |
| 88 Naia Amondarain (Esp) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi | 46:09 |
| 89 Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Fenix-Premier Tech | 46:36 |
| 90 Eva van Agt (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | 46:46 |
| 91 Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) FDJ United-Suez | 46:54 |
| 92 Alessia Zambelli (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 46:59 |
| 93 Sharon Spimi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 47:00 |
| 94 Alicia González (Esp) St Michel-Preference Home | 47:19 |
| 95 Andrea Casagranda (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | 47:25 |
| 96 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | 47:30 |
| 97 Sara Luccon (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 47:42 |
| 98 Maggie Coles-Lyster (Can) Human Powered Health | 47:44 |
| 99 Alexis Magner (USA) EF Education-Oatly | 47:47 |
| 100 Elisa De Vallier (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 47:49 |
| 101 Marina Garau (Esp) Vini Fantini-BePink | 47:57 |
| 102 Ally Wollaston (NZl) FDJ United-Suez | 48:11 |
| 103 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Team SD Worx-Protime | 48:15 |
| 104 Mareille Meijer (Ned) Movistar Team | 48:23 |
| 105 Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Uno-X Mobility | 48:24 |
| 106 Rachele Barbieri (Ita) Team Picnic-PostNL | 48:32 |
| 107 Valentina Venerucci (Smr) Aromitalia-Vaiano | 48:59 |
| 108 Alexandra Volstad (Can) EF Education-Oatly | 49:26 |
| 109 Josie Nelson (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | 50:34 |
| 110 Alison Jackson (Can) St Michel-Preference Home | 52:15 |
| 111 Marta Pavesi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 52:52 |
| 112 Cristina Tonetti (Ita) Laboral Kutxa | 53:57 |
| 113 Irene Affolati (Ita) Aromitalia-Vaiano | 54:03 |
| 114 Eleonora La Bella (Ita) Aromitalia-Vaiano | 54:18 |
| 115 Lara Crestanello (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | 54:41 |
| 116 Petra Zsanko (Hun) Aromitalia-Vaiano | 55:09 |
| 117 Maike van der Duin (Ned) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | 55:28 |
| 118 Gaia Masetti (Ita) Team Picnic-PostNL | 55:43 |
| 119 Sara Fiorin (Ita) Laboral Kutxa | 57:26 |
| 120 Mylène de Zoete (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech | 57:38 |
| 121 Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | 57:58 |
| 122 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 58:08 |
| 123 Robyn Clay (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | 58:28 |
| 124 Chantal Pegolo (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | 58:50 |
| 125 Fanny Bonini (Ita) Aromitalia-Vaiano | 59:32 |
| 126 Irma Siri (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 59:45 |
| 127 Martina Silvestri (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | 1:00:22 |
| 128 Evy Kuijpers (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech | 1:00:39 |
| 129 Nora Jencusova (Slo) Vini Fantini-BePink | 1:04:29 |
| 130 Valeria Curnis (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | 1:06:32 |
| 131 Eleonora Deotto (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | 1:07:19 |
| 132 Marjolein Van´t Geloof (Ned) Laboral Kutxa | 1:07:25 |
| 133 Katelyn Nicholson (Aus) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | 1:07:59 |
| 134 Giorgia Serena (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | 1:08:24 |
| 135 Camilla Bezzone (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | 1:08:27 |
| 136 Ilaria Marinetto (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | 1:17:13 |
Giro d'Italia Women: Stage 1
Giro d'Italia Women: Stage 2
Balsamo Extends Her Lead after Stage 3 of Giro d'Italia Women
New Leader at Giro d'Italia Women after Stage 4 ITT
Holmgren 4th Overall after Stage 5 of Giro d'Italia
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