Chiara Consonni wins stage 2 of the Giro d’Italia Women(Image credit: Getty Images)
Consonni beats Kopecky at the line to win stage 2(Image credit: Getty Images)
Marta Jaskulska launches a solo move in pursuit of the breakaway(Image credit: Getty Images)
Chiara Consonni (UAE Team ADQ) won stage 2 of the Giro d’Italia Women, beating Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) and Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) on a slightly uphill finish in Volta Mantovana.
The stage was dominated by a breakaway by Ana Vitória “Tota” Magalhães (BePink-Bongioanni) who went away with Alessia Missiaggia (Top Girls Fassa Bortolo) only seven kilometres into the 110km stage. Magalhães dropped her companion on the first of two ascents to Cavriani on the final circuit and held off the peloton for a long time, only being caught in the penultimate kilometre.
A last-minute attack by Anouska Koster (Uno-X Mobility) was reeled in with 500 metres to go. Kopecky launched her sprint off the wheel of Mylène de Zoete (Ceratizit-WNT) and quickly took the lead, but Consonni jumped from the World Champion’s wheel and came around on the last metres to win.
Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) keeps the maglia rosa for the overall leader after finishig the second stage safely in the bunch.
