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Sprint revenge for three-times Giro winner Vos
Marianne Vos in 2019

AFTER a rest day allowing the caravan to travel from Sardinia to the mainland, cycling’s Giro Donne, the women’s tour of Italy, resumes today in Emilia-Romagna with Italy’s road-race world champion Elisa Balsamo in the leader’s pink jersey, the maglia rosa.

Saturday’s podium was a rerun of Friday’s, albeit in a different order. In successive bunch sprints, three-times Giro winner Marianne Vos went long; on Friday in Tortoli, with the help of teammate Elisa Longo Borghini, Balsamo was able to overhaul the Dutchwoman on the line, with Charlotte Kool taking third spot.

But on Saturday in Olbia, Vos left her rivals in her wake to grab a record 31st stage win in the race over the years. This time, fellow Dutch rider Kool was second and Balsamo third, though the Italian had the compensation of retaining pink. 

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