Dutch rider Demi Vollering wins her first Giro d'Italia after usurping race leader Anna van der Breggen during a thrilling final stage on Sunday.
The 29-year-old was aiming to become just the second female rider to complete the Grand Tour trilogy and launched several attacks on the 145km route around Saluzzo at the foot of the Alps.
Antonia Niedermaier became the virtual leader, attacking with 80km to go, with Elisa Longo Borghini and Niamh Fisher-Black joining her to form a breakaway group. But Vollering then dropped Van der Breggen with 39km remaining on the Colletta di Brondello, the final climb of the race, and reached the lead group 28km from the finish.
The FDJ-Suez rider did not challenge for the stage win in the sprint finish having already secured the maglia rosa so Longo Borghini, who won the past two Giros, edged out New Zealand's Fisher-Black for the Italian's first stage win of this year's race. Vollering finished 30 seconds ahead of Niedermaier in the overall standings, with Van der Breggen a further minute behind, to add the Giro to her La Vuelta Femenina wins of 2024 and 2025, and her Tour de France triumph in 2023.
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