Swinkels sprints to sixth place in final stage of Giro Donne

Swinkels sprints to sixth place in final stage of Giro Donne

Team Jumbo-Visma has finished the Giro d'Italia Donne in a good way. In the tenth and final stage, Karlijn Swinkels sprinted to a solid sixth place.

The Italian stage race ended with a flat stage of over ninety kilometres. Although two riders did everything they could to avoid a bunch sprint, everything came together four kilometres from the finish line. Swinkels was well-positioned by her teammates but fell just short in the last few metres to finish it off.

"I am thrilled with today. The ladies executed the plan to perfection”, race coach Carmen Small said. "We wanted to start the lead-out early, as the last kilometres were quite technical. They started at exactly the right moment and positioned Karlijn well. Becoming sixth today is a great result for Karlijn."

Team Jumbo-Visma can look back on a successful Giro Donne. Marianne Vos gave the team two stage victories earlier this week and the yellow and black brigade also showed its attacking intentions in the mountains. "It was a great week”, Small said. "The riders gave everything and gained a lot of experience. The things we learned over the past few days we can take to the Tour de France, our next goal."

Giro d'Italia Donne

Stage 10

Result
Rankings

Result

1
Chiara Consonni
Valcar - Travel & Service 02:12:04
2
Rachele Barbieri
Liv Racing Xstra +00:00:00
3
Emma Norsgaard
Movistar Team +00:00:00
6
Karlijn Swinkels
Team Jumbo-Visma +00:00:00
40
Romy Kasper
Team Jumbo-Visma +00:00:00
49
Anouska Koster
Team Jumbo-Visma +00:00:00
100
Amber Kraak
Team Jumbo-Visma +00:01:24

Rankings

1
Annemiek van Vleuten
Movistar Team 27:07:26
2
Marta Cavalli
FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope +00:01:52
3
Mavi García
UAE Team ADQ +00:05:56
16
Anouska Koster
Team Jumbo-Visma +00:29:03
37
Romy Kasper
Team Jumbo-Visma +01:14:59
53
Amber Kraak
Team Jumbo-Visma +01:29:41
79
Karlijn Swinkels
Team Jumbo-Visma +01:40:35

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