2023 Giro Donne

2023 Giro Donne
2023 UCI Women's World Tour, race 20 of 27
Race details
Dates30 June – 9 July 2023
Stages9
Distance928 km (577 mi)
Winning time24h 26' 25"
Results
Winner  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (Movistar Team)
  Second  Juliette Labous (FRA) (Team dsm–firmenich)
  Third  Gaia Realini (ITA) (Lidl–Trek)
Points  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (Movistar Team)
Mountains  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (Movistar Team)
Young rider  Gaia Realini (ITA) (Lidl–Trek)
Team Spain Movistar Team

The 2023 Giro Donne was the 34th edition of the Giro Donne, a women's road cycling stage race that took place in Italy. The race began on the 30 June and ended on 9 July 2023. It was the 20th race in the 2023 UCI Women's World Tour calendar.

The race was won by Annemiek van Vleuten of Movistar Team for the fourth time, beating Juliette Labous by nearly four minutes. Van Vleuten also won the points and mountains classifications, with Gaia Realini winning the youth classification and the Italian rider classification.[1]

Teams

24 teams participated in the race.[2] Each team had seven riders, one more than the 2022 edition.[3] All 15 UCI Women's WorldTeams were automatically invited. They were joined by 9 UCI Women's Continental Teams selected by organisers PMG Sport/Starlight. The teams were announced on 25 May 2023.[2]

UCI Women's WorldTeams

UCI Women's Continental Teams

Route

In May 2023, the route was announced by organisers PMG Sport/Starlight.[2] The race started in Tuscany with an individual time trial, before heading north-west through the Emilia-Romagna, Piedmont, Liguria regions. After seven stages, the race transferred to Sardinia for the last two stages.[2] The announcement of the route was criticised, taking place around 1 month prior to the event.[4] The route itself was also criticised, with a drop in the total number of stages and stage length compared to previous editions.[4]

As with the previous editions, the route required a waiver from the Union Cycliste Internationale, as Women's WorldTour races have a maximum race length of six days.[5]

Stage characteristics[6]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 30 June Chianciano 4.4 km (2.7 mi) Individual time trial Stage neutralised[a]
2 1 July Bagno a Ripoli to Marradi 102.1 km (63.4 mi) Medium-mountain stage  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
3 2 July Formigine to Modena 118.2 km (73.4 mi) Flat stage  Lorena Wiebes (NED)
4 3 July Fidenza to Borgo Val di Taro 134 km (83 mi) Hilly stage  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
5 4 July Salassa to Ceres 103.3 km (64.2 mi) Mountain stage  Antonia Niedermaier (GER)
6 5 July Canelli to Canelli 104.4 km (64.9 mi) Hilly stage  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
7 6 July Albenga to Alassio 109.1 km (67.8 mi) Hilly stage  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
7 July Transfer to Sardinia
8 8 July Nuoro to Sassari 125.7 km (78.1 mi) Hilly stage  Blanka Vas (HUN)
9 9 July Sassari to Olbia 126.8 km (78.8 mi) Medium-mountain stage  Chiara Consonni (ITA)
Total 928 km (577 mi)

Summary

Prior to the race, three-time winner Annemiek van Vleuten of Movistar Team was considered the favourite for the victory,[8] with media noting that riders such as Gaia Realini and Elisa Longo Borghini of Lidl–Trek, Mavi Garcia of Liv Racing TeqFind and Niamh Fisher-Black of SD Worx would also be contenders.[8][9] Marta Bastianelli of UAE Team ADQ will retire from professional cycling following her home race.[10]

One day prior to the event, an official start list was not available.[11] The organisation of the race was criticised by Lizzie Deignan, noting the financial difficulties of the organiser.[11]

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage
Stage Winner General classification
 Points classification
 Mountains classification
 Young rider classification
 Italian rider classification
 Team classification
1 Stage neutralised
2 Annemiek van Vleuten Annemiek van Vleuten Annemiek van Vleuten Annemiek van Vleuten Gaia Realini Elisa Longo Borghini FDJ–Suez
3 Lorena Wiebes Marta Cavalli
4 Elisa Longo Borghini
5 Antonia Niedermaier Annemiek van Vleuten Antonia Niedermaier Gaia Realini Lidl–Trek
6 Annemiek van Vleuten Gaia Realini
7 Annemiek van Vleuten Movistar Team
8 Blanka Vas
9 Chiara Consonni
Final Annemiek van Vleuten Annemiek van Vleuten Annemiek van Vleuten Gaia Realini Gaia Realini Movistar Team

Classification standings

Legend
Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
Denotes the winner of the points classification Denotes the winner of the young rider classification
Denotes the winner of the Italian rider classification Denotes the winner of the team classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)[12][13]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Movistar Team 24h 26' 25"
2  Juliette Labous (FRA) Team dsm–firmenich + 3' 56"
3  Gaia Realini (ITA) Lidl–Trek + 4' 23"
4  Veronica Ewers (USA) EF Education–Tibco–SVB + 5' 34"
5  Erica Magnaldi (ITA) UAE Team ADQ + 5' 34"
6  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN) FDJ–Suez + 6' 16"
7  Mavi García (ESP) Liv Racing TeqFind + 6' 25"
8  Silvia Persico (ITA) UAE Team ADQ + 6' 59"
9  Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL) SD Worx + 7' 28"
10  Ane Santesteban (ESP) Team Jayco–AlUla + 9' 12"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)[12][13]
Rank Rider Team Points
1  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Movistar Team 67
2  Chloé Dygert (USA) Canyon//SRAM 35
3  Marianne Vos (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma 31
4  Juliette Labous (FRA) Team dsm–firmenich 30
5  Liane Lippert (GER) Movistar Team 28
6  Silvia Persico (ITA) UAE Team ADQ 24
7  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN) FDJ–Suez 23
8  Veronica Ewers (USA) EF Education–Tibco–SVB 20
9  Chiara Consonni (ITA) UAE Team ADQ 18
10  Mavi García (ESP) Liv Racing TeqFind 18

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)[12][13]
Rank Rider Team Points
1  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Movistar Team 71
2  Gaia Realini (ITA) Lidl–Trek 35
3  Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL) SD Worx 34
4  Fem van Empel (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma 24
5  Marta Cavalli (ITA) FDJ–Suez 23
6  Veronica Ewers (USA) EF Education–Tibco–SVB 18
7  Anouska Koster (NED) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 15
8  Liane Lippert (GER) Movistar Team 15
9  Juliette Labous (FRA) Team dsm–firmenich 13
10  Ane Santesteban (ESP) Team Jayco–AlUla 11

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)[12][13]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Gaia Realini (ITA) Lidl–Trek 24h 30' 48"
2  Fem van Empel (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 6' 21"
3  Anna Shackley (GBR) SD Worx + 8' 15"
4  Petra Stiasny (SUI) Fenix–Deceuninck + 25' 48"
5  Shirin van Anrooij (NED) Lidl–Trek + 29' 13"
6  Francesca Barale (ITA) Team dsm–firmenich + 31' 37"
7  Noemi Rüegg (SUI) Team Jumbo–Visma + 37' 27"
8  Blanka Vas (HUN) SD Worx + 45' 32"
9  Gaia Masetti (ITA) AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step + 49' 45"
10  Ally Wollaston (NZL) AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step + 50' 30"

Italian rider classification

Italian rider classification after stage 8 (1–10)[14][15]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Gaia Realini (ITA) Lidl–Trek 21h 11' 15"
2  Erica Magnaldi (ITA) UAE Team ADQ + 1' 11"
3  Silvia Persico (ITA) UAE Team ADQ + 2' 38"
4  Marta Cavalli (ITA) FDJ–Suez + 12' 28"
5  Barbara Malcotti (ITA) Human Powered Health + 19' 45"
6  Greta Marturano (ITA) Fenix–Deceuninck + 19' 59"
7  Soraya Paladin (ITA) Canyon//SRAM + 28' 38"
8  Francesca Barale (ITA) Team dsm–firmenich + 31' 04"
9  Alessia Viglia (ITA) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 35' 33"
10  Francesca Tommasi (ITA) Team Mendelspeck + 38' 06"

Team classification

Team classification after stage 8 (1–10)[14][15]
Rank Team Time
1 Spain Movistar Team 63h 56' 12"
2 France FDJ–Suez + 46"
3 United States Lidl–Trek + 10' 45"
4 Netherlands Team dsm–firmenich + 21' 34"
5 Germany Canyon//SRAM + 25' 35"
6 United Arab Emirates UAE Team ADQ + 27' 42"
7 Netherlands SD Worx + 31' 27"
8 Australia Team Jayco–AlUla + 37' 28"
9 Belgium Fenix–Deceuninck + 44' 12"
10 United States EF Education–Tibco–SVB + 48' 09"

Broadcasting

Prior to the race, organisers PMG Sport/Starlight stated that they could not afford the €730,000 cost of TV coverage, which is required for the UCI Women's World Tour. Media reports suggested that without TV coverage, the race could be cancelled.[16] Subsequently, agreement was made between the Italian Cycling Federation and Italian national broadcaster RAI to broadcast the race.[17] CyclingNews reported that each stage would have "roughly one hour" of live coverage on RAI, Eurosport and Global Cycling Network.[11]

Notes

  1. ↑ Stage 1 was neutralised due to a thunderstorm and flooded roads[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Dominant Van Vleuten wins fourth Giro d'Italia Donne". BBC Sport. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Frattini, Kirsten (2023-05-25). "Organisers reveal limited route details for 2023 Giro d'Italia Donne". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  3. ↑ Frattini, Kirsten (6 January 2023). "Women's WorldTour – The definitive guide for 2023". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  4. 1 2 O'Shea, Sadhbh (2023-05-30). "Opinion: Outgoing Giro d'Italia Donne organizer disrespecting riders, fans by doing bare minimum in 2023". Velo. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  5. ↑ Frattini, Kirsten (2021-10-16). "A closer look reveals the inequity at Tour de France Femmes". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2022-02-28. Regarding, the number of days of competition during a stage race, the UCI sets the elite women's stage races at six days, unless an exemption is made by its Management Committee.
  6. ↑ Frattini, Kirsten (2023-05-25). "Giro d'Italia Donne 2023 route". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  7. ↑ Knöfler, Lukas (2023-06-30). "Giro d'Italia Donne: Stage 1 time trial cancelled due to bad weather". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
  8. 1 2 Frattini, Kirsten (2023-06-29). "Giro d'Italia Donne 2023 - Analysing the contenders". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  9. ↑ Rogers, Owen (2023-06-27). "The biggest talking points ahead of the Giro d'Italia Donne - Preview". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  10. ↑ Frattini, Kirsten (2023-06-24). "'I'm ready to take this step' – Bastianelli to retire after Giro d'Italia Donne". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  11. 1 2 3 Frattini, Kirsten (2023-06-29). "'It's not good enough' - Lizzie Deignan critical of Giro d'Italia Donne organisation". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  12. 1 2 3 4 Knöfler, Lukas (9 July 2023). "Annemiek van Vleuten wins fourth overall title at the Giro d'Italia Donne". CyclingNews. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  13. 1 2 3 4 "Results - 9th Stage". 2023 Giro d'Italia Donne. PMG Sport. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  14. 1 2 Knöfler, Lukas (8 July 2023). "Giro Donne: Blanka Vas wins uphill sprint on stage 8". CyclingNews. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  15. 1 2 "Results - 8th Stage". 2023 Giro d'Italia Donne. PMG Sport. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  16. ↑ "Giro Donne: 730 mila euro fanno tremare il palazzo della FCI". CiclismoWeb (in Italian). 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  17. ↑ "FCI: una notte magica e la delibera presidenziale che salva il Giro Donne". CiclismoWeb (in Italian). 2023-06-23. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
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