Giro d'Italia Women 2016 - Prologue

Gaiarine > Gaiarine, 2.0km

01.07-10.07

The Giro d’Italia Women is one of the most historic and prestigious stage races in women’s cycling. First held in 1988, it has long stood as the sport’s premier Grand Tour. Following recent rebranding and renewed investment, the race returns in 2025 as a key fixture on the UCI Women’s WorldTour. With the iconic maglia rosa at stake, the Giro d’Italia Women remains one of the most respected races in the sport.

Results

Stage

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Leah Kirchmann Team Liv - Plantur 0:02:23
2 Thalita de Jong Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team + 00.01
3 Anna van der Breggen Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team + 00.01
4 Megan Guarnier Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team + 00.03
5 Roxane Knetemann Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team + 00.03
6 Tiffany Cromwell Canyon - SRAM Racing + 00.04
7 Katarzyna Niewiadoma Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team + 00.05
8 Amalie Dideriksen Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team + 00.05
9 Barbara Guarischi Canyon - SRAM Racing + 00.05
10 Evelyn Stevens Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team + 00.06
11 Lizzie Deignan Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team + 00.06
12 Elisa Longo Borghini Wiggle - High5 + 00.06
13 Alena Amialiusik Canyon - SRAM Racing + 00.06
14 Christine Majerus Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team + 00.06
15 Aude Biannic Poitou - Charentes.Futuroscope.86 + 00.07
16 Lucinda Brand Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team + 00.07
17 Riejanne Markus Team Liv - Plantur + 00.07
18 Chloe Hosking Wiggle - High5 + 00.07
19 Eugenia Bujak BTC City Ljubljana + 00.07
20 Molly Weaver Team Liv - Plantur + 00.08
21 Ingrid Drexel Clouthier Astana Women's Team + 00.08
22 Marta Bastianelli Alé Cipollini + 00.08
23 Shara Marche Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team + 00.08
24 Silvia Valsecchi Bepink + 00.08
25 Alexis Magner Canyon - SRAM Racing + 00.09
26 Sofia Bertizzolo Astana Women's Team + 00.09
27 Ting Ying Huang Servetto - Footon + 00.09
28 Rozanne Slik Team Liv - Plantur + 00.09
29 Beatrice Bartelloni Aromitalia - Vaiano + 00.09
30 Charlotte Becker Hitec Products + 00.09
31 Lauren Kitchen Hitec Products + 00.10
32 Maria Giulia Confalonieri Lensworld - Zannata + 00.10
33 Rossella Ratto Cylance Pro Cycling + 00.10
34 Valentina Scandolara Cylance Pro Cycling + 00.10
35 Amélie Rivat-Mas Poitou - Charentes.Futuroscope.86 + 00.10
36 Ilaria Sanguineti Bepink + 00.10
37 Elena Cecchini Canyon - SRAM Racing + 00.10
38 Marta Tagliaferro Alé Cipollini + 00.11
39 Karol-Ann Canuel Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team + 00.11
40 Nina Kessler Lensworld - Zannata + 00.11
41 Emma Pooley Lotto - Soudal Ladies + 00.11
42 Roxane Fournier Poitou - Charentes.Futuroscope.86 + 00.11
43 Arianna Fidanza Astana Women's Team + 00.11
44 Trixi Worrack Canyon - SRAM Racing + 00.11
45 Carlee Taylor Team Liv - Plantur + 00.11
46 Daiva Tuslaite Inpa - Bianchi + 00.12
47 Nadia Quagliotto Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.12
48 Claudia Lichtenberg Lotto - Soudal Ladies + 00.12
49 Martina Ritter BTC City Ljubljana + 00.12
50 Sheyla Gutierrez Cylance Pro Cycling + 00.12
51 Lara Vieceli Inpa - Bianchi + 00.12
52 Julia Soek Team Liv - Plantur + 00.12
53 Audrey Cordon-Ragot Wiggle - High5 + 00.12
54 Simona Frapporti Hitec Products + 00.12
55 Mia Radotic BTC City Ljubljana + 00.12
56 Tatiana Guderzo Hitec Products + 00.12
57 Anna Zita Maria Stricker Inpa - Bianchi + 00.12
58 Amber Neben Bepink + 00.12
59 Malgorzata Jasinska Alé Cipollini + 00.12
60 Irene Bitto Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.13
61 Polona Batagelj BTC City Ljubljana + 00.13
62 Krista Doebel-Hickok Cylance Pro Cycling + 00.13
63 Anisha Vekemans Lotto - Soudal Ladies + 00.13
64 Olena Pavlukhina BTC City Ljubljana + 00.13
65 Annelies Dom Lensworld - Zannata + 00.13
66 Oxana Kozonchuk Lensworld - Zannata + 00.13
67 Anna Trevisi Alé Cipollini + 00.13
68 Mavi Garcia Bizkaia - Durango + 00.13
69 Rasa Leleivyte Aromitalia - Vaiano + 00.14
70 Tereza Medvedova Bepink + 00.14
71 Doris Schweizer Cylance Pro Cycling + 00.14
72 Susanna Zorzi Lotto - Soudal Ladies + 00.14
73 Michela Pavin Inpa - Bianchi + 00.14
74 Sofie De Vuyst Lotto - Soudal Ladies + 00.14
75 An-li Kachelhoffer Lotto - Soudal Ladies + 00.14
76 Séverine Eraud Poitou - Charentes.Futuroscope.86 + 00.15
77 Gloria Rodriguez Lointek + 00.15
78 Anabelle Dreville Poitou - Charentes.Futuroscope.86 + 00.15
79 Tetiana Riabchenko Inpa - Bianchi + 00.15
80 Giorgia Bronzini Wiggle - High5 + 00.15
81 Mayuko Hagiwara Wiggle - High5 + 00.15
82 Ane Santesteban Alé Cipollini + 00.15
83 Katia Ragusa Servetto - Footon + 00.15
84 Elizabeth Lechuga Hagens Berman - Supermint Pro Cycling + 00.16
85 Nicole Dal Santo Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.16
86 Ana Paula Polegatch Servetto - Footon + 00.16
87 Soraya Paladin Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.16
88 Roos Hoogeboom Bizkaia - Durango + 00.16
89 Lex Albrecht Bepink + 00.16
90 Alice Maria Arzuffi Lensworld - Zannata + 00.17
91 Kim de Baat Lensworld - Zannata + 00.17
92 Mónika Király S.C. Michela Fanini + 00.17
93 Abby-Mae Parkinson Servetto - Footon + 00.17
94 Thea Thorsen Hitec Products + 00.18
95 Alessia Bulleri Aromitalia - Vaiano + 00.18
96 Charlotte Bravard Poitou - Charentes.Futuroscope.86 + 00.18
97 Eider Merino Lointek + 00.18
98 Eri Yonamine Hagens Berman - Supermint Pro Cycling + 00.18
99 Yevgeniya Vysotska Hagens Berman - Supermint Pro Cycling + 00.19
100 Ursa Pintar BTC City Ljubljana + 00.19
101 Lourdes Oyarbide Bizkaia - Durango + 00.19
102 Nina Gulino S.C. Michela Fanini + 00.19
103 Paola Muñoz Xirayas de San Luis + 00.19
104 Lise Olivier Bizkaia - Durango + 00.19
105 Anna Potokina Servetto - Footon + 00.19
106 Federica Nicolai S.C. Michela Fanini + 00.20
107 Estefania Pilz Xirayas de San Luis + 00.20
108 Natalya Saifutdinova Astana Women's Team + 00.20
109 Carolina Rodriguez Gutierrez Astana Women's Team + 00.21
110 Ingrid Lorvik Hitec Products + 00.21
111 Alessia Martini Aromitalia - Vaiano + 00.21
112 Maria Carla Alvarez Xirayas de San Luis + 00.21
113 Sofia Beggin Astana Women's Team + 00.22
114 Dalia Muccioli Alé Cipollini + 00.22
115 Elena Leonardi Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.22
116 Valeria Pintos Xirayas de San Luis + 00.22
117 Kim Le Court Bizkaia - Durango + 00.22
118 Laura Camila Lozano Ramirez S.C. Michela Fanini + 00.23
119 Alicia Gonzalez Lointek + 00.23
120 Carmela Cipriani Hagens Berman - Supermint Pro Cycling + 00.23
121 Anna Ceoloni Servetto - Footon + 00.24
122 Asja Paladin Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.24
123 Jessica Uebelhart Hagens Berman - Supermint Pro Cycling + 00.24
124 Michela Balducci S.C. Michela Fanini + 00.24
125 Kseniya Tuhai Bepink + 00.25
126 Mara Abbott Wiggle - High5 + 00.25
127 Elena Franchi Aromitalia - Vaiano + 00.27
128 Liza Rachetto Hagens Berman - Supermint Pro Cycling + 00.27
129 Francesca Balducci S.C. Michela Fanini + 00.28
130 Rocio Garcia Lointek + 00.28
131 Antonella Leonardi Xirayas de San Luis + 00.29
132 Lucia Gonzalez Blanco Lointek + 00.30
133 Anna Ramirez Bauxel Lointek + 00.30
134 Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste Bizkaia - Durango + 00.30
135 Ana Maria Covrig Inpa - Bianchi + 00.31
136 Alicia Claudia Reynoso Pueyo Xirayas de San Luis + 00.40
137 Nicole Nesti Aromitalia - Vaiano + 00.42

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Leah Kirchmann Team Liv - Plantur 0:02:23
2 Thalita de Jong Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team + 00.01
3 Anna van der Breggen Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team + 00.01
4 Megan Guarnier Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team + 00.03
5 Roxane Knetemann Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team + 00.03
6 Tiffany Cromwell Canyon - SRAM Racing + 00.04
7 Katarzyna Niewiadoma Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team + 00.05
8 Amalie Dideriksen Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team + 00.05
9 Barbara Guarischi Canyon - SRAM Racing + 00.05
10 Evelyn Stevens Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team + 00.06
11 Lizzie Deignan Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team + 00.06
12 Elisa Longo Borghini Wiggle - High5 + 00.06
13 Alena Amialiusik Canyon - SRAM Racing + 00.06
14 Christine Majerus Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team + 00.06
15 Aude Biannic Poitou - Charentes.Futuroscope.86 + 00.07
16 Lucinda Brand Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team + 00.07
17 Riejanne Markus Team Liv - Plantur + 00.07
18 Chloe Hosking Wiggle - High5 + 00.07
19 Eugenia Bujak BTC City Ljubljana + 00.07
20 Molly Weaver Team Liv - Plantur + 00.08
21 Ingrid Drexel Clouthier Astana Women's Team + 00.08
22 Marta Bastianelli Alé Cipollini + 00.08
23 Shara Marche Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team + 00.08
24 Silvia Valsecchi Bepink + 00.08
25 Alexis Magner Canyon - SRAM Racing + 00.09
26 Sofia Bertizzolo Astana Women's Team + 00.09
27 Ting Ying Huang Servetto - Footon + 00.09
28 Rozanne Slik Team Liv - Plantur + 00.09
29 Beatrice Bartelloni Aromitalia - Vaiano + 00.09
30 Charlotte Becker Hitec Products + 00.09
31 Lauren Kitchen Hitec Products + 00.10
32 Maria Giulia Confalonieri Lensworld - Zannata + 00.10
33 Rossella Ratto Cylance Pro Cycling + 00.10
34 Valentina Scandolara Cylance Pro Cycling + 00.10
35 Amélie Rivat-Mas Poitou - Charentes.Futuroscope.86 + 00.10
36 Ilaria Sanguineti Bepink + 00.10
37 Elena Cecchini Canyon - SRAM Racing + 00.10
38 Marta Tagliaferro Alé Cipollini + 00.11
39 Karol-Ann Canuel Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team + 00.11
40 Nina Kessler Lensworld - Zannata + 00.11
41 Emma Pooley Lotto - Soudal Ladies + 00.11
42 Roxane Fournier Poitou - Charentes.Futuroscope.86 + 00.11
43 Arianna Fidanza Astana Women's Team + 00.11
44 Trixi Worrack Canyon - SRAM Racing + 00.11
45 Carlee Taylor Team Liv - Plantur + 00.11
46 Daiva Tuslaite Inpa - Bianchi + 00.12
47 Nadia Quagliotto Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.12
48 Claudia Lichtenberg Lotto - Soudal Ladies + 00.12
49 Martina Ritter BTC City Ljubljana + 00.12
50 Sheyla Gutierrez Cylance Pro Cycling + 00.12
51 Lara Vieceli Inpa - Bianchi + 00.12
52 Julia Soek Team Liv - Plantur + 00.12
53 Audrey Cordon-Ragot Wiggle - High5 + 00.12
54 Simona Frapporti Hitec Products + 00.12
55 Mia Radotic BTC City Ljubljana + 00.12
56 Tatiana Guderzo Hitec Products + 00.12
57 Anna Zita Maria Stricker Inpa - Bianchi + 00.12
58 Amber Neben Bepink + 00.12
59 Malgorzata Jasinska Alé Cipollini + 00.12
60 Irene Bitto Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.13
61 Polona Batagelj BTC City Ljubljana + 00.13
62 Krista Doebel-Hickok Cylance Pro Cycling + 00.13
63 Anisha Vekemans Lotto - Soudal Ladies + 00.13
64 Olena Pavlukhina BTC City Ljubljana + 00.13
65 Annelies Dom Lensworld - Zannata + 00.13
66 Oxana Kozonchuk Lensworld - Zannata + 00.13
67 Anna Trevisi Alé Cipollini + 00.13
68 Mavi Garcia Bizkaia - Durango + 00.13
69 Rasa Leleivyte Aromitalia - Vaiano + 00.14
70 Tereza Medvedova Bepink + 00.14
71 Doris Schweizer Cylance Pro Cycling + 00.14
72 Susanna Zorzi Lotto - Soudal Ladies + 00.14
73 Michela Pavin Inpa - Bianchi + 00.14
74 Sofie De Vuyst Lotto - Soudal Ladies + 00.14
75 An-li Kachelhoffer Lotto - Soudal Ladies + 00.14
76 Séverine Eraud Poitou - Charentes.Futuroscope.86 + 00.15
77 Gloria Rodriguez Lointek + 00.15
78 Anabelle Dreville Poitou - Charentes.Futuroscope.86 + 00.15
79 Tetiana Riabchenko Inpa - Bianchi + 00.15
80 Giorgia Bronzini Wiggle - High5 + 00.15
81 Mayuko Hagiwara Wiggle - High5 + 00.15
82 Ane Santesteban Alé Cipollini + 00.15
83 Katia Ragusa Servetto - Footon + 00.15
84 Elizabeth Lechuga Hagens Berman - Supermint Pro Cycling + 00.16
85 Nicole Dal Santo Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.16
86 Ana Paula Polegatch Servetto - Footon + 00.16
87 Soraya Paladin Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.16
88 Roos Hoogeboom Bizkaia - Durango + 00.16
89 Lex Albrecht Bepink + 00.16
90 Alice Maria Arzuffi Lensworld - Zannata + 00.17
91 Kim de Baat Lensworld - Zannata + 00.17
92 Mónika Király S.C. Michela Fanini + 00.17
93 Abby-Mae Parkinson Servetto - Footon + 00.17
94 Thea Thorsen Hitec Products + 00.18
95 Alessia Bulleri Aromitalia - Vaiano + 00.18
96 Charlotte Bravard Poitou - Charentes.Futuroscope.86 + 00.18
97 Eider Merino Lointek + 00.18
98 Eri Yonamine Hagens Berman - Supermint Pro Cycling + 00.18
99 Yevgeniya Vysotska Hagens Berman - Supermint Pro Cycling + 00.19
100 Ursa Pintar BTC City Ljubljana + 00.19
101 Lourdes Oyarbide Bizkaia - Durango + 00.19
102 Nina Gulino S.C. Michela Fanini + 00.19
103 Paola Muñoz Xirayas de San Luis + 00.19
104 Lise Olivier Bizkaia - Durango + 00.19
105 Anna Potokina Servetto - Footon + 00.19
106 Federica Nicolai S.C. Michela Fanini + 00.20
107 Estefania Pilz Xirayas de San Luis + 00.20
108 Natalya Saifutdinova Astana Women's Team + 00.20
109 Carolina Rodriguez Gutierrez Astana Women's Team + 00.21
110 Ingrid Lorvik Hitec Products + 00.21
111 Alessia Martini Aromitalia - Vaiano + 00.21
112 Maria Carla Alvarez Xirayas de San Luis + 00.21
113 Sofia Beggin Astana Women's Team + 00.22
114 Dalia Muccioli Alé Cipollini + 00.22
115 Elena Leonardi Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.22
116 Valeria Pintos Xirayas de San Luis + 00.22
117 Kim Le Court Bizkaia - Durango + 00.22
118 Laura Camila Lozano Ramirez S.C. Michela Fanini + 00.23
119 Alicia Gonzalez Lointek + 00.23
120 Carmela Cipriani Hagens Berman - Supermint Pro Cycling + 00.23
121 Anna Ceoloni Servetto - Footon + 00.24
122 Asja Paladin Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.24
123 Jessica Uebelhart Hagens Berman - Supermint Pro Cycling + 00.24
124 Michela Balducci S.C. Michela Fanini + 00.24
125 Kseniya Tuhai Bepink + 00.25
126 Mara Abbott Wiggle - High5 + 00.25
127 Elena Franchi Aromitalia - Vaiano + 00.27
128 Liza Rachetto Hagens Berman - Supermint Pro Cycling + 00.27
129 Francesca Balducci S.C. Michela Fanini + 00.28
130 Rocio Garcia Lointek + 00.28
131 Antonella Leonardi Xirayas de San Luis + 00.29
132 Lucia Gonzalez Blanco Lointek + 00.30
133 Anna Ramirez Bauxel Lointek + 00.30
134 Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste Bizkaia - Durango + 00.30
135 Ana Maria Covrig Inpa - Bianchi + 00.31
136 Alicia Claudia Reynoso Pueyo Xirayas de San Luis + 00.40
137 Nicole Nesti Aromitalia - Vaiano + 00.42

Race profile

Race
Giro d'Italia Women
Start date
01.07.2016
End date
10.07.2016
Total distance
2.0 km
Gen
Women
Cat
2.WWT
Country
Italy
Discipline
Road

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