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BBC News
09-07-2025
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- BBC News
Gigante takes Giro stage win as Henderson falls away
Sarah Gigante won stage four of the Women's Giro d'Italia, as former leader Anna Henderson of Great Britain lost more than nine minutes on the rider Gigante launched an attack in the final two kilometres of the climb from Valdobbiadene to Pianezze and won by more than 25 seconds, with 2024 champion Elisa Longo Borghini crossing the line in second and Marlen Reusser now leads the overall standings by 16 seconds from Longo Borghini with four stages bad day means she has fallen to 34th overall. Nicole Cooke, in 2004, is the only British woman to win the Giro."I knew I was in good shape, but winning a stage goes beyond even my wildest dreams," Gigante said."I had surgery on my iliac artery, then dislocated my shoulder and was out for six months."I've been waiting for this moment for a long time. In the final stretch, I kept looking back - it felt too good to be true." Stage four results Sarah Gigante (Aus/AG Insurance-Soudal Team) 3hrs 56mins 22secsElisa Longo Borghini (Ita/UAE Team ADQ) +25sMarlen Reusser (Swi/Movistar Team) same timeAntonia Niedermaier (Ger/Canyon/SRAM Zondacrypto) +34sPauliena Rooijakkers (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) +50sBarbara Malcotti (Ita/Human Powered Health) +56sIsabella Holmgren (Can/Lidl-Trek) +01:01Lore de Schepper (Bel/AG Insurance-Soudal Team) same timeYara Kastelijn (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) +01:03Urska Zigart (Slo/AG Insurance-Soudal Team) +01:12 General classification after stage four Marlen Reusser (Swi/Movistar Team) 9hrs 38mins 06secsElisa Longo Borghini (Ita/UAE Team ADQ) +16sSarah Gigante (Aus/AG Insurance-Soudal Team) +34sAntonia Niedermaier (Ger/Canyon/SRAM Zondacrypto) +01:03Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) +01:48Anna van der Breggen (Ned/Team SD Worx-Protime) +01:53Yara Kastelijn (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) +01:54Isabella Holmgren (Can/Lidl-Trek) +01:57Lore de Schepper (Bel/AG Insurance-Soudal Team) +02:03Katrine Aalerud (Nor/Uno-X Mobility) +02:07
BBC News
07-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
GB's Henderson wins stage two of Women's Giro d'Italia
Great Britain's Anna Henderson won the second stage of the Women's Giro d'Italia and claimed the pink jersey for the overall leader. Olympic time-trial silver medallist Henderson edged past French rider Dilyxine Miermont in an uphill sprint finish after the pair broke away from the peloton with 41.4km to go of the 92km stage through the Alps. Henderson, riding for Lidl-Trek, took the pink jersey from Switzerland's Marlen Reusser who won the opening stage, and currently has a lead of 15 seconds."As a team, we made the plan to be aggressive because we knew it would be a hard final and we have a really good team for attacking," said Henderson."We're here for stages, this is what we came to do, and I'm so thankful for my teammates for supporting me. "I'm just beyond grateful and happy, I can't believe it. It's my first World Tour victory, my first individual Grand Tour victory. I'm in shock." Defending champion Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy finished sixth and is third in the general classification, 31 seconds behind Henderson. The eight-day race continues with a 122km stage through the Alps on Tuesday, between Vezza d'Oglio and Trento. Stage two results 1. Anna Henderson (GBR/Lidl-Trek) 2hrs 24mins 30secs2. Dilyxine Miermont (Fra/Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team) same time3. Soraya Paladin (Ita/Canyon Sram) +26secs4. Eleonora Ciabocco (Ita/Team Picnic PostNL) same time5. Marlen Reusser (Swi/Movistar) same time6. Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita/UAE Team ADQ) same time7. Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (SA/AG Insurance-Soudal) same time8. Juliette Labous (Fra/FDJ-SUEZ) same time9. Yara Kastelijn (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) same time10. Shirin van Anrooij (Ned/Lidl-Trek) same time General classification after stage two 1. Anna Henderson (GBR/Lidl-Trek) 2hrs 42mins 3secs2. Marlen Reusser (Swi/Movistar) +15 secs3. Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita/UAE Team ADQ) +31secs4. Anna van der Breggen (Ned/Team SD Worx-Protime) +35secs5. Monica Trinca Colonel (Ita/Liv AlUla Jayco) +56secs6. Shirin van Anrooij (Ned/Lidl-Trek) same time7. Katrine Aalerud (Nor/Uno-X Mobility) +59secs8. Antonia Niedermaier (Ger/Canyon Sram) +1min 3secs9. Juliette Labous (Fra/FDJ-SUEZ) +1min 6secs10. Dilyxine Miermont (Fra/Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team) +1min 10secs
