May 31/26 21:05 pm - Giro d'Italia Women: Stage 2
Posted by Editoress on 05/31/26
Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) unleashed her sprint, winning the bunch finish of stage 2, a 156-kilometre route between Roncade and Caorle. The Italian, wearing the maglia rosa after Lorena Wiebes' disqualification on the opening day, finished off her team's work and triumphed ahead of Lara Gillespie (UAE-ADQ) and Chiara Consonni (Canyon-Sram).
The second stage featured a route favorable to a bunch sprint, with the Category 4 Muro di Ca' del Poggio the day's main challenge. The climb, 1 kilometre at 12.1%, did not alter the expected outcome, and the stage ended with another sprint in which Balsamo confirmed her excellent start to the race.
The best Canadian was Maggie Coles-Lyster (Human Powered Health) in 7th in the same time as the winner. Alexandra Volstad is the top Canadian in the over all, 11th at 20 seconds back.
| Stage 2: Roncade to Caorle, 156 km | |
| 1 Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Lidl-Trek | 3:57:49 |
| 2 Lara Gillespie (Irl) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 3 Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 4 Charlotte Kool (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech | |
| 5 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 6 Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Movistar Team | |
| 7 Maggie Coles-Lyster (Can) Human Powered Health | |
| 8 Alessia Zambelli (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 9 Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 10 Linda Zanetti (Sui) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 11 Anita Baima (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | |
| 12 Georgia Baker (Aus) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 13 Cristina Tonetti (Ita) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 14 Alexandra Volstad (Can) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 15 Gladys Verhulst-Wild (Fra) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 16 Marina Garau (Esp) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 17 Margaux Vigié (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 18 Andrea Casagranda (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 19 Marjolein Van´t Geloof (Ned) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 20 Ally Wollaston (NZl) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 21 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Lidl-Trek | |
| 22 Alicia González (Esp) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 23 Lily Williams (USA) Human Powered Health | |
| 24 Amber Kraak (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 25 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 26 Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 27 Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 28 Célia Gery (Fra) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 29 Lauren Dickson (GBr) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 30 Silvia Persico (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 31 Antonia Niedermaier (Ger) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 32 Alison Jackson (Can) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 33 Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Human Powered Health | |
| 34 Argiro Milaki (Gre) Aromitalia-Vaiano | |
| 35 Eleonora Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 36 Thalita de Jong (Ned) Human Powered Health | |
| 37 Mavi García (Esp) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 38 Giulia Giuliani (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | |
| 39 Marta Pavesi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 40 Lara Crestanello (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | |
| 41 Demi Vollering (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 42 Irma Siri (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 43 Monica Trinca (Ita) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 44 Femke de Vries (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 45 Ilse Pluimers (Ned) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 46 Tiril Jorgensen (Nor) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 47 Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 48 Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 49 Justyna Czapla (Ger) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 50 Mie Bjorndal Ottestad (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 51 Giulia Bisso (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | |
| 52 Daniek Hengeveld (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 53 Carlotta Cipressi (Ita) Human Powered Health | |
| 54 Isabella Holmgren (Can) Lidl-Trek | |
| 55 Debora Silvestri (Ita) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 56 Viktória Chladonová (Svk) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 57 Mireia Benito (Esp) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 58 Magdeleine Vallieres (Can) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 59 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 60 Chiara Reghini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 61 Rosita Reijnhout (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 62 Gaia Segato (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 63 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | |
| 64 Irene Cagnazzo (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 65 Sara Fiorin (Ita) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 66 Yuliia Biriukova (Ukr) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 67 Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek | |
| 68 Sofia Arici (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 69 Valentina Cavallar (Aut) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 70 Femke Gerritse (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 71 Lore De Schepper (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 72 Clara Emond (Can) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 73 Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 74 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 75 Nora Jencusova (Slo) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 76 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 77 Caroline Wreszin (USA) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 78 Matilde Vitillo (Ita) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 79 Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 80 Rachele Barbieri (Ita) Team Picnic-PostNL | |
| 81 Fariba Hashimi (Afg) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 82 Nina Buijsman (Ned) Human Powered Health | |
| 83 Camilla Bezzone (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | |
| 84 Silke Smulders (Ned) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 85 Mirre Knaven (Ned) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 86 Petra Zsanko (Hun) Aromitalia-Vaiano | |
| 87 Eva van Agt (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 88 Francesca Barale (Ita) Movistar Team | |
| 89 Irene Affolati (Ita) Aromitalia-Vaiano | |
| 90 Marte Berg Edseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 91 Nadia Gontova (Can) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 92 Marion Bunel (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 93 Julie Van De Velde (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 94 Maya Kingma (Ned) Aromitalia-Vaiano | |
| 95 Urska Zigart (Slo) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 96 Justine Ghekiere (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 97 Solène Muller (Fra) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 98 Marlen Reusser (Sui) Movistar Team | |
| 99 Giorgia Serena (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | |
| 100 Sharon Spimi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 101 Ana Vitória Magalhães (Bra) Movistar Team | |
| 102 Anastasiya Kolesava (Blr) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 103 Valentina Zanzi (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | |
| 104 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 105 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 106 Mareille Meijer (Ned) Movistar Team | |
| 107 Emilie Morier (Fra) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 108 Kristen Faulkner (USA) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 109 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 110 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Lidl-Trek | |
| 111 Maike van der Duin (Ned) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 112 Chantal Pegolo (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | |
| 113 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team | |
| 114 Elisa De Vallier (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 0:27 |
| 115 Gaia Masetti (Ita) Team Picnic-PostNL | s.t. |
| 116 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 0:34 |
| 117 Nina Berton (Lux) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 118 Alexis Magner (USA) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 119 Stina Kagevi (Swe) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 120 Marthe Truyen (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech | |
| 121 Flora Perkins (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech | |
| 122 Evy Kuijpers (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech | |
| 123 Naia Amondarain (Esp) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi | |
| 124 Fanny Bonini (Ita) Aromitalia-Vaiano | |
| 125 Millie Couzens (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech | all s.t. |
| 126 Mylène de Zoete (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech | 0:45 |
| 127 Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Uno-X Mobility | 0:49 |
| 128 Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Lidl-Trek | |
| 129 Martina Silvestri (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | |
| 130 Eleonora Deotto (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | |
| 131 Sara Luccon (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 132 Valeria Curnis (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | |
| 133 Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Fenix-Premier Tech | all s.t. |
| 134 Valentina Venerucci (Smr) Aromitalia-Vaiano | 1:06 |
| 135 Katelyn Nicholson (Aus) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | 1:29 |
| 136 Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Human Powered Health | 1:34 |
| 137 Eleonora La Bella (Ita) Aromitalia-Vaiano | 1:38 |
| 138 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Lidl-Trek | 2:39 |
| 139 Robyn Clay (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | 3:07 |
| 140 Josie Nelson (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | 3:26 |
| 141 Mara Roldan (Can) Team Picnic-PostNL | |
| 142 Becky Storrie (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | both s.t. |
| 143 Sara Segala (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | 7:18 |
| 144 Ilaria Marinetto (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | s.t. |
| DNF Karolina Kumiega (Pol) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| GC | |
| 1 Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Lidl-Trek | 7:15:51 |
| 2 Lara Gillespie (Irl) UAE Team ADQ | at 0:08 |
| 3 Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | 0:12 |
| 4 Charlotte Kool (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech | 0:20 |
| 5 Linda Zanetti (Sui) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 6 Georgia Baker (Aus) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 7 Alessia Zambelli (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 8 Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Movistar Team | |
| 9 Gladys Verhulst-Wild (Fra) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 10 Cristina Tonetti (Ita) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 11 Alexandra Volstad (Can) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 12 Margaux Vigié (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 13 Lily Williams (USA) Human Powered Health | |
| 14 Marina Garau (Esp) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 15 Célia Gery (Fra) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 16 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 17 Alison Jackson (Can) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 18 Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 19 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Lidl-Trek | |
| 20 Maggie Coles-Lyster (Can) Human Powered Health | |
| 21 Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Human Powered Health | |
| 22 Thalita de Jong (Ned) Human Powered Health | |
| 23 Mavi García (Esp) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 24 Irma Siri (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 25 Lauren Dickson (GBr) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 26 Antonia Niedermaier (Ger) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 27 Demi Vollering (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 28 Silvia Persico (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 29 Alicia González (Esp) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 30 Eleonora Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 31 Femke de Vries (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 32 Carlotta Cipressi (Ita) Human Powered Health | |
| 33 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 34 Mie Bjorndal Ottestad (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 35 Debora Silvestri (Ita) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 36 Monica Trinca (Ita) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 37 Viktória Chladonová (Svk) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 38 Magdeleine Vallieres (Can) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 39 Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 40 Daniek Hengeveld (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 41 Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek | |
| 42 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | |
| 43 Isabella Holmgren (Can) Lidl-Trek | |
| 44 Justyna Czapla (Ger) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 45 Rosita Reijnhout (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 46 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 47 Matilde Vitillo (Ita) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 48 Lore De Schepper (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 49 Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 50 Ilse Pluimers (Ned) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 51 Mireia Benito (Esp) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 52 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 53 Chiara Reghini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 54 Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 55 Valentina Cavallar (Aut) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 56 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 57 Clara Emond (Can) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 58 Silke Smulders (Ned) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 59 Marlen Reusser (Sui) Movistar Team | |
| 60 Urska Zigart (Slo) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 61 Nadia Gontova (Can) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 62 Solène Muller (Fra) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 63 Marte Berg Edseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 64 Eva van Agt (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 65 Emilie Morier (Fra) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 66 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 67 Anastasiya Kolesava (Blr) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 68 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Lidl-Trek | |
| 69 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 70 Maike van der Duin (Ned) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | all s.t. |
| 71 Elisa De Vallier (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 0:43 |
| 72 Julie Van De Velde (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal | 0:46 |
| 73 Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) FDJ United-Suez | 0:52 |
| 74 Femke Gerritse (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 75 Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 76 Nina Buijsman (Ned) Human Powered Health | |
| 77 Francesca Barale (Ita) Movistar Team | |
| 78 Maya Kingma (Ned) Aromitalia-Vaiano | |
| 79 Ana Vitória Magalhães (Bra) Movistar Team | all s.t. |
| 80 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 0:54 |
| 81 Millie Couzens (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech | |
| 82 Flora Perkins (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech | both s.t. |
| 83 Rachele Barbieri (Ita) Team Picnic-PostNL | 1:06 |
| 84 Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Uno-X Mobility | 1:09 |
| 85 Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 86 Amber Kraak (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | 1:24 |
| 87 Irene Cagnazzo (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 88 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team | both s.t. |
| 89 Mylène de Zoete (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech | 1:31 |
| 90 Lara Crestanello (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | 1:39 |
| 91 Alexis Magner (USA) EF Education-Oatly | 1:58 |
| 92 Marthe Truyen (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 93 Sofia Arici (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | 2:02 |
| 94 Andrea Casagranda (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | 2:08 |
| 95 Ally Wollaston (NZl) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 96 Giulia Giuliani (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | |
| 97 Marta Pavesi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 98 Tiril Jorgensen (Nor) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 99 Yuliia Biriukova (Ukr) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 100 Caroline Wreszin (USA) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 101 Marion Bunel (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 102 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx-Protime | all s.t. |
| 103 Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Fenix-Premier Tech | 2:13 |
| 104 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Lidl-Trek | 3:31 |
| 105 Sara Fiorin (Ita) Laboral Kutxa | 3:32 |
| 106 Anita Baima (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | 3:40 |
| 107 Giulia Bisso (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | |
| 108 Camilla Bezzone (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | |
| 109 Kristen Faulkner (USA) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 110 Valentina Zanzi (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | |
| 111 Mareille Meijer (Ned) Movistar Team | all s.t. |
| 112 Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Human Powered Health | 3:42 |
| 113 Gaia Masetti (Ita) Team Picnic-PostNL | 4:07 |
| 114 Stina Kagevi (Swe) EF Education-Oatly | 4:14 |
| 115 Evy Kuijpers (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech | |
| 116 Fanny Bonini (Ita) Aromitalia-Vaiano | |
| 117 Naia Amondarain (Esp) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi | all s.t. |
| 118 Sara Luccon (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 4:23 |
| 119 Eleonora Deotto (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | 4:29 |
| 120 Mara Roldan (Can) Team Picnic-PostNL | 4:32 |
| 121 Eleonora La Bella (Ita) Aromitalia-Vaiano | 5:16 |
| 122 Josie Nelson (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | 5:26 |
| 123 Marjolein Van´t Geloof (Ned) Laboral Kutxa | 5:48 |
| 124 Argiro Milaki (Gre) Aromitalia-Vaiano | s.t. |
| 125 Sharon Spimi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 6:20 |
| 126 Nina Berton (Lux) EF Education-Oatly | 6:22 |
| 127 Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | 6:24 |
| 128 Gaia Segato (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 129 Fariba Hashimi (Afg) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 130 Nora Jencusova (Slo) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 131 Mirre Knaven (Ned) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 132 Petra Zsanko (Hun) Aromitalia-Vaiano | |
| 133 Giorgia Serena (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | |
| 134 Justine Ghekiere (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 135 Irene Affolati (Ita) Aromitalia-Vaiano | |
| 136 Chantal Pegolo (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | all s.t. |
| 137 Becky Storrie (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | 7:06 |
| 138 Valeria Curnis (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | 7:11 |
| 139 Martina Silvestri (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | 7:13 |
| 140 Valentina Venerucci (Smr) Aromitalia-Vaiano | 7:30 |
| 141 Katelyn Nicholson (Aus) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | 7:53 |
| 142 Robyn Clay (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | 8:55 |
| 143 Sara Segala (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | 13:42 |
| 144 Ilaria Marinetto (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | 13:57 |
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