June 1/26 19:29 pm - Balsamo Extends Her Lead after Stage 3 of Giro d'Italia Women
Posted by Editoress on 06/1/26
FDJ-SUEZ and SD Worx-Protime set a blistering pace on the Montenars climb to put Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) under pressure. Despite these odds, Elisa Balsamo once again proved strongest on the stage, claiming her second consecutive victory while wearing the Maglia Rosa and strengthening her lead in the general classification.
The Lidl-Trek rider timed her sprint to perfection, overtaking Lily Williams inside the final 100 metres to secure her fifth career stage win at the Giro d'Italia Women.
The best Canadian was Magdeleine Vallieres (EF Education-Oatly) in 20th in the same time as the winner. Vallieres is also the top Canadian in the over all, 19th at 30 seconds back.
| Stage 3: Bibione to Buja, 156 km | |
| 1 Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Lidl-Trek | 3:43:43 |
| 2 Lily Williams (USA) Human Powered Health | |
| 3 Femke Gerritse (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 4 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 5 Silvia Persico (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 6 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | |
| 7 Marlen Reusser (Sui) Movistar Team | |
| 8 Célia Gery (Fra) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 9 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 10 Emilie Morier (Fra) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 11 Margaux Vigié (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 12 Monica Trinca (Ita) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 13 Debora Silvestri (Ita) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 14 Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 15 Femke de Vries (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 16 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Lidl-Trek | |
| 17 Demi Vollering (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 18 Mie Bjorndal Ottestad (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 19 Gaia Segato (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 20 Magdeleine Vallieres (Can) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 21 Tiril Jorgensen (Nor) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 22 Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 23 Lauren Dickson (GBr) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 24 Yuliia Biriukova (Ukr) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 25 Mireia Benito (Esp) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 26 Antonia Niedermaier (Ger) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 27 Urska Zigart (Slo) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 28 Kristen Faulkner (USA) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 29 Rosita Reijnhout (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 30 Lore De Schepper (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 31 Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 32 Ana Vitória Magalhães (Bra) Movistar Team | |
| 33 Isabella Holmgren (Can) Lidl-Trek | |
| 34 Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Human Powered Health | |
| 35 Viktória Chladonová (Svk) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 36 Mavi García (Esp) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 37 Maya Kingma (Ned) Aromitalia-Vaiano | |
| 38 Valentina Cavallar (Aut) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 39 Nadia Gontova (Can) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 40 Millie Couzens (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech | all s.t. |
| 41 Marion Bunel (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike | 0:10 |
| 42 Nina Buijsman (Ned) Human Powered Health | s.t. |
| 43 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team | 0:16 |
| 44 Carlotta Cipressi (Ita) Human Powered Health | 0:17 |
| 45 Amber Kraak (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | 0:19 |
| 46 Eleonora Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 47 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | both s.t. |
| 48 Giulia Bisso (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | 1:17 |
| 49 Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | 1:19 |
| 50 Chiara Reghini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 51 Giulia Giuliani (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | |
| 52 Clara Emond (Can) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 53 Gladys Verhulst-Wild (Fra) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 54 Linda Zanetti (Sui) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 55 Sharon Spimi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 56 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 57 Mirre Knaven (Ned) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 58 Silke Smulders (Ned) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 59 Nina Berton (Lux) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 60 Stina Kagevi (Swe) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 61 Irene Cagnazzo (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 62 Sofia Arici (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 63 Lara Gillespie (Irl) UAE Team ADQ | all s.t. |
| 64 Josie Nelson (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | 1:23 |
| 65 Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 66 Justine Ghekiere (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal | both s.t. |
| 67 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Lidl-Trek | 1:28 |
| 68 Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek | |
| 69 Flora Perkins (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech | both s.t. |
| 70 Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Fenix-Premier Tech | 1:30 |
| 71 Charlotte Kool (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech | |
| 72 Marthe Truyen (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech | |
| 73 Daniek Hengeveld (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | all s.t. |
| 74 Julie Van De Velde (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal | 3:00 |
| 75 Fariba Hashimi (Afg) Vini Fantini-BePink | 4:36 |
| 76 Alexis Magner (USA) EF Education-Oatly | 4:39 |
| 77 Solène Muller (Fra) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 78 Justyna Czapla (Ger) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 79 Elisa De Vallier (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 80 Alessia Zambelli (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 81 Andrea Casagranda (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | all s.t. |
| 82 Valentina Venerucci (Smr) Aromitalia-Vaiano | 6:15 |
| 83 Marina Garau (Esp) Vini Fantini-BePink | 6:17 |
| 84 Caroline Wreszin (USA) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 85 Maggie Coles-Lyster (Can) Human Powered Health | both s.t. |
| 86 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) UAE Team ADQ | 6:18 |
| 87 Naia Amondarain (Esp) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi | |
| 88 Anastasiya Kolesava (Blr) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 89 Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Movistar Team | |
| 90 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 91 Ilse Pluimers (Ned) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 92 Rachele Barbieri (Ita) Team Picnic-PostNL | |
| 93 Francesca Barale (Ita) Movistar Team | |
| 94 Alicia González (Esp) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 95 Sara Fiorin (Ita) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 96 Sara Luccon (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 97 Matilde Vitillo (Ita) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 98 Georgia Baker (Aus) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 99 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Team SD Worx-Protime | all s.t. |
| 100 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Lidl-Trek | 6:34 |
| 101 Alison Jackson (Can) St Michel-Preference Home | 9:07 |
| 102 Marta Pavesi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 103 Robyn Clay (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | both s.t. |
| 104 Marte Berg Edseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 12:06 |
| 105 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 106 Giorgia Serena (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | |
| 107 Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 108 Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 109 Camilla Bezzone (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | |
| 110 Eleonora La Bella (Ita) Aromitalia-Vaiano | |
| 111 Nora Jencusova (Slo) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 112 Martina Silvestri (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | |
| 113 Sara Segala (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | |
| 114 Katelyn Nicholson (Aus) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | |
| 115 Irma Siri (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 116 Ally Wollaston (NZl) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 117 Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 118 Petra Zsanko (Hun) Aromitalia-Vaiano | |
| 119 Anita Baima (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | |
| 120 Eva van Agt (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 121 Lara Crestanello (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | |
| 122 Chantal Pegolo (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | |
| 123 Valentina Zanzi (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | |
| 124 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 125 Cristina Tonetti (Ita) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 126 Maike van der Duin (Ned) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 127 Marjolein Van´t Geloof (Ned) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 128 Argiro Milaki (Gre) Aromitalia-Vaiano | |
| 129 Ilaria Marinetto (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | |
| 130 Irene Affolati (Ita) Aromitalia-Vaiano | |
| 131 Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Lidl-Trek | |
| 132 Eleonora Deotto (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | |
| 133 Mareille Meijer (Ned) Movistar Team | |
| 134 Valeria Curnis (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | |
| 135 Fanny Bonini (Ita) Aromitalia-Vaiano | |
| 136 Thalita de Jong (Ned) Human Powered Health | |
| 137 Mara Roldan (Can) Team Picnic-PostNL | |
| 138 Alexandra Volstad (Can) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 139 Becky Storrie (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | |
| 140 Gaia Masetti (Ita) Team Picnic-PostNL | |
| 141 Evy Kuijpers (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech | |
| 142 Mylène de Zoete (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech | all s.t. |
| 143 Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Team SD Worx-Protime | 12:24 |
| 144 Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Human Powered Health | s.t. |
| GC | |
| 1 Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Lidl-Trek | 10:59:24 |
| 2 Lily Williams (USA) Human Powered Health | at 0:24 |
| 3 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | 0:30 |
| 4 Margaux Vigié (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 5 Célia Gery (Fra) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 6 Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 7 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Lidl-Trek | |
| 8 Silvia Persico (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 9 Demi Vollering (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 10 Lauren Dickson (GBr) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 11 Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Human Powered Health | |
| 12 Femke de Vries (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 13 Antonia Niedermaier (Ger) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 14 Mavi García (Esp) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 15 Mie Bjorndal Ottestad (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 16 Debora Silvestri (Ita) Laboral Kutxa | |
| 17 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | |
| 18 Monica Trinca (Ita) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 19 Magdeleine Vallieres (Can) EF Education-Oatly | |
| 20 Viktória Chladonová (Svk) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 21 Rosita Reijnhout (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 22 Isabella Holmgren (Can) Lidl-Trek | |
| 23 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 24 Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 25 Lore De Schepper (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 26 Mireia Benito (Esp) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 27 Marlen Reusser (Sui) Movistar Team | |
| 28 Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 29 Valentina Cavallar (Aut) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 30 Emilie Morier (Fra) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 31 Urska Zigart (Slo) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 32 Nadia Gontova (Can) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | all s.t. |
| 33 Carlotta Cipressi (Ita) Human Powered Health | 0:47 |
| 34 Eleonora Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | 0:49 |
| 35 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ | s.t. |
| 36 Femke Gerritse (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime | 0:58 |
| 37 Ana Vitória Magalhães (Bra) Movistar Team | 1:02 |
| 38 Maya Kingma (Ned) Aromitalia-Vaiano | s.t. |
| 39 Millie Couzens (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech | 1:04 |
| 40 Nina Buijsman (Ned) Human Powered Health | 1:12 |
| 41 Lara Gillespie (Irl) UAE Team ADQ | 1:37 |
| 42 Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | 1:45 |
| 43 Linda Zanetti (Sui) Uno-X Mobility | 1:49 |
| 44 Gladys Verhulst-Wild (Fra) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 45 Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 46 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 47 Chiara Reghini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 48 Clara Emond (Can) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 49 Silke Smulders (Ned) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | all s.t. |
| 50 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team | 1:50 |
| 51 Amber Kraak (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | 1:53 |
| 52 Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek | 1:58 |
| 53 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 54 Charlotte Kool (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech | 2:00 |
| 55 Daniek Hengeveld (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 56 Tiril Jorgensen (Nor) Laboral Kutxa | 2:18 |
| 57 Yuliia Biriukova (Ukr) Laboral Kutxa | s.t. |
| 58 Marion Bunel (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike | 2:28 |
| 59 Flora Perkins (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech | 2:32 |
| 60 Irene Cagnazzo (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | 2:53 |
| 61 Sofia Arici (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | 3:31 |
| 62 Giulia Giuliani (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | 3:37 |
| 63 Marthe Truyen (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech | 3:38 |
| 64 Kristen Faulkner (USA) EF Education-Oatly | 3:50 |
| 65 Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Fenix-Premier Tech | 3:53 |
| 66 Julie Van De Velde (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal | 3:56 |
| 67 Giulia Bisso (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | 5:07 |
| 68 Alessia Zambelli (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 5:09 |
| 69 Justyna Czapla (Ger) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 70 Solène Muller (Fra) St Michel-Preference Home | both s.t. |
| 71 Elisa De Vallier (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 5:32 |
| 72 Stina Kagevi (Swe) EF Education-Oatly | 5:43 |
| 73 Gaia Segato (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | 6:34 |
| 74 Marina Garau (Esp) Vini Fantini-BePink | 6:47 |
| 75 Maggie Coles-Lyster (Can) Human Powered Health | |
| 76 Alexis Magner (USA) EF Education-Oatly | both s.t. |
| 77 Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Movistar Team | 6:48 |
| 78 Georgia Baker (Aus) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 79 Alicia González (Esp) St Michel-Preference Home | |
| 80 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Team SD Worx-Protime | |
| 81 Matilde Vitillo (Ita) Liv-AlUla-Jayco | |
| 82 Ilse Pluimers (Ned) AG Insurance-Soudal | |
| 83 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) UAE Team ADQ | |
| 84 Anastasiya Kolesava (Blr) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | all s.t. |
| 85 Andrea Casagranda (Ita) Vini Fantini-BePink | 6:57 |
| 86 Josie Nelson (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | 6:59 |
| 87 Francesca Barale (Ita) Movistar Team | 7:20 |
| 88 Rachele Barbieri (Ita) Team Picnic-PostNL | 7:34 |
| 89 Sharon Spimi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 7:49 |
| 90 Nina Berton (Lux) EF Education-Oatly | 7:51 |
| 91 Mirre Knaven (Ned) EF Education-Oatly | 7:53 |
| 92 Justine Ghekiere (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal | 7:57 |
| 93 Caroline Wreszin (USA) St Michel-Preference Home | 8:35 |
| 94 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx-Protime | 8:36 |
| 95 Alison Jackson (Can) St Michel-Preference Home | 9:35 |
| 96 Sara Fiorin (Ita) Laboral Kutxa | 10:00 |
| 97 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Lidl-Trek | 10:15 |
| 98 Naia Amondarain (Esp) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi | 10:42 |
| 99 Sara Luccon (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 10:51 |
| 100 Fariba Hashimi (Afg) Vini Fantini-BePink | 11:10 |
| 101 Marta Pavesi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 11:21 |
| 102 Cristina Tonetti (Ita) Laboral Kutxa | 12:30 |
| 103 Alexandra Volstad (Can) EF Education-Oatly | 12:36 |
| 104 Irma Siri (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
| 105 Thalita de Jong (Ned) Human Powered Health | |
| 106 Marte Berg Edseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 107 Eva van Agt (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | |
| 108 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | |
| 109 Maike van der Duin (Ned) Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto | all s.t. |
| 110 Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) FDJ United-Suez | 13:08 |
| 111 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 13:10 |
| 112 Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Uno-X Mobility | 13:25 |
| 113 Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 114 Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Team SD Worx-Protime | 13:26 |
| 115 Mylène de Zoete (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech | 13:47 |
| 116 Lara Crestanello (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | 13:55 |
| 117 Valentina Venerucci (Smr) Aromitalia-Vaiano | s.t. |
| 118 Ally Wollaston (NZl) FDJ United-Suez | 14:24 |
| 119 Anita Baima (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | 15:56 |
| 120 Camilla Bezzone (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | |
| 121 Valentina Zanzi (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | |
| 122 Mareille Meijer (Ned) Movistar Team | all s.t. |
| 123 Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Human Powered Health | 16:16 |
| 124 Gaia Masetti (Ita) Team Picnic-PostNL | 16:23 |
| 125 Fanny Bonini (Ita) Aromitalia-Vaiano | 16:30 |
| 126 Evy Kuijpers (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 127 Eleonora Deotto (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | 16:45 |
| 128 Mara Roldan (Can) Team Picnic-PostNL | 16:48 |
| 129 Eleonora La Bella (Ita) Aromitalia-Vaiano | 17:32 |
| 130 Marjolein Van´t Geloof (Ned) Laboral Kutxa | 18:04 |
| 131 Argiro Milaki (Gre) Aromitalia-Vaiano | s.t. |
| 132 Robyn Clay (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | 18:12 |
| 133 Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | 18:40 |
| 134 Nora Jencusova (Slo) Vini Fantini-BePink | |
| 135 Giorgia Serena (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | |
| 136 Petra Zsanko (Hun) Aromitalia-Vaiano | |
| 137 Irene Affolati (Ita) Aromitalia-Vaiano | |
| 138 Chantal Pegolo (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | all s.t. |
| 139 Becky Storrie (GBr) Team Picnic-PostNL | 19:22 |
| 140 Valeria Curnis (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | 19:27 |
| 141 Martina Silvestri (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria | 19:29 |
| 142 Katelyn Nicholson (Aus) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | 20:09 |
| 143 Sara Segala (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | 25:58 |
| 144 Ilaria Marinetto (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work | 26:13 |
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