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The biggest stage race in women’s cycling got underway on Friday in the town of Grosetto, Italy. The 2020 Giro Rosa comprises nine stages and the first of those was a 16.8 km team time trial, won by Trek-Segafredo. Photgrapher David Powell is at the race for CyclingTips to capture all the action. Here’s what …

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2020 Giro Rosa, Elisa Longo Borghini, Features, Race reports, Racing, Trek-Segafredo -

Trek-Segafredo took home the chocolates at stage one of the Giro Rosa, a team time trial in Grossetto, Italy. They finished just ahead of Boels Dolmans in second and Mitchelton Scott in third. Seconds separated these three teams, after the 16.8km circuit, with Boels Dolmans three seconds behind and Mitchelton Scott under five seconds back. …

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2020 Giro Rosa, Features, Previews, Racing, women's cycling -

There is only one stage race on the Women’s WorldTour calendar that is longer than seven days* and that is the Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile, or the Giro Rosa. There used to be two “Grand Tours” for women, but the other multi-day race, the Tour de l’Aude Cycliste Féminin in France, was cancelled in 2010 …

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2020 Giro Rosa, Amanda Spratt, Features, Interviews, Racing, women's cycling -

Amanda Spratt is aiming high. “The dream is to win more races, to be world champion and Olympic champion,” she tells me. “The dream is to win with my team because I feel my best years are still to come.” Now 32 years young, the Australian champion is ready to start the most important part …

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2020 Giro Rosa, Elisa Longo Borghini, Features, Interviews, Racing -

When Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) wins a race, it’s always spectacular. The cold and rainy Trofeo Binda when she was only 21 years young, the long solo in the 2015 Tour of Flanders, Strade Bianchi in 2017 on Audrey Cordon-Ragot’s bike after an early crash … There was another long solo when she became Italian …

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