the dutch Annemiek Van Vleutenfrom the Spanish team Movistarachieved his fourth victory at the Giro d’Italia this Sunday, ending a stage in which the Italian won the sprint Chiara Consonni.
The Movistar cyclist dominated the race almost from the start and he three stages to win they served not only to consolidate his first place, but to send a message to his competitors of the strength and motivation that he needs to finally get the pink jersey that he also won in 2019, 2019 and 2022.
This is the eighth major stage round on Van Vleuten’s record, who also has a Tour de France (2022) and three tour of spain (2021, 2022, 2023). In the upcoming Tour (July 23-30) he will have the chance to repeat the Vuelta-Giro-Tour triplet from last year during his retirement. An Olympic gold and four world titles are other great achievements of his career.
Van Vleuten leads the general classification with a 3:56 minute advantage over the Frenchwoman Juliette Labous and 4:23 compared to Italian Gaia Realini.
The Spanish mavi garcia finished the Giro in seventh place, in 6:25, and his countryman Anne Santesteban it is tenth, at 9:12.
The Dutch woman also won the points and mountain classification; and Movistar was the team winner, with a 46-second advantage over FDJ-Suez.
Source: La Verdad
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