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12-07-2025
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Gigante wins stage as Longo Borghini takes overall Giro lead
Sarah Gigante won her second stage of the 2025 Women's Giro D'Italia [Getty Images] Australia's Sarah Gigante won the penultimate stage of the Women's Giro d'Italia while Elisa Longo Borghini claimed the pink jersey as the overall leader. Gigante broke away from the chasing pack on the final climb of the 150km route from Fermignano to Monte Nerone to catch stage leader Longo Borghini with three kilometres to go. Advertisement The 24-year-old then powered away to win stage seven by 45 seconds from Italy's Longo Borghini, who finished second and gained enough time to take over the race lead from Marlen Reusser. "I'm very grateful to my team - we stuck to the plan," said Gigante, whose second stage win of the 2025 Giro saw her move up to third place in the general classification. "We really wanted to try something, and winning this stage is fantastic. "I had studied the final climb and decided to attack on the steep section. I wanted to show that stage four-win wasn't just a one-off, but that I came to Italy to achieve great results," said Gigante, who trails Longo Borghini by one minute 11 seconds overall. Advertisement "I'm still a bit far back in the general classification, but I'll give it a go tomorrow," she added. Defending champion Longo Borghini leads Swiss rider Marlen Reusser, who finished fourth on the stage, by 22 seconds. Sunday's final stage is a 130km route between Forlì and Imola. Stage seven results Sarah Gigante (Aus/AG Insurance-Soudal Team) 4hrs 44mins 14secs Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita/UAE Team ADQ) +45secs Isabella Holmgren (Can/Lidl-Trek) +1min 14secs Marlen Reusser (Swi/Movistar Team) +1min 17secs Antonia Niedermaier (Ger/Canyon/SRAM Zondacrypto) Same time Barbara Malcotti (Ita/Human Powered Health) 1min 21secs Urska Zigart (Svn/AG Insurance-Soudal Team) 1min 37secs Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) 1min 48secs Évita Muzic (Fra/FDJ–Suez) 2mins 17secs Anna van der Breggen (Ned/Team SD Worx-Protime) 2mins 48secs General classification after stage seven


BBC News
12-07-2025
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Gigante wins stage as Longo Borghini takes overall Giro lead
Australia's Sarah Gigante won the penultimate stage of the Women's Giro d'Italia while Elisa Longo Borghini claimed the pink jersey as the overall broke away from the chasing pack on the final climb of the 150km route from Fermignano to Monte Nerone to catch stage leader Longo Borghini with three kilometres to 24-year-old then powered away to win stage seven by 45 seconds from Italy's Longo Borghini, who finished second and gained enough time to take over the race lead from Marlen Reusser."I'm very grateful to my team - we stuck to the plan," said Gigante, whose second stage win of the 2025 Giro saw her move up to third place in the general classification."We really wanted to try something, and winning this stage is fantastic."I had studied the final climb and decided to attack on the steep section. I wanted to show that stage four-win wasn't just a one-off, but that I came to Italy to achieve great results," said Gigante, who trails Longo Borghini by one minute 11 seconds overall."I'm still a bit far back in the general classification, but I'll give it a go tomorrow," she champion Longo Borghini leads Swiss rider Marlen Reusser, who finished fourth on the stage, by 22 final stage is a 130km route between Forlì and Imola. Stage seven results Sarah Gigante (Aus/AG Insurance-Soudal Team) 4hrs 44mins 14secs Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita/UAE Team ADQ) +45secs Isabella Holmgren (Can/Lidl-Trek) +1min 14secs Marlen Reusser (Swi/Movistar Team) +1min 17secs Antonia Niedermaier (Ger/Canyon/SRAM Zondacrypto) Same time Barbara Malcotti (Ita/Human Powered Health) 1min 21secs Urska Zigart (Svn/AG Insurance-Soudal Team) 1min 37secs Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) 1min 48secs Évita Muzic (Fra/FDJ–Suez) 2mins 17secs Anna van der Breggen (Ned/Team SD Worx-Protime) 2mins 48secs General classification after stage seven Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita/UAE Team ADQ) 20hrs 56mins 48secsMarlen Reusser (Swi/Movistar Team) +22secsSarah Gigante (Aus/AG Insurance-Soudal Team) +1min 11secsPauliena Rooijakkers (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) +2min 55secsAntonia Niedermaier (Ger/Canyon/SRAM Zondacrypto) +3mins 7 secsAnna van der Breggen (Ned/Team SD Worx-Protime) +3min 46secsIsabella Holmgren (Can/Lidl-Trek) +3mins 54secsUrska Zigart (Svn/AG Insurance-Soudal Team) +4mins 32secsBarbara Malcotti (Ita/Human Powered Health) 4min 44secsKatrine Aalerud (Nor/Uno-X Mobility) +5mins 1 secs

ABC News
12-07-2025
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Sarah Gigante wins stage seven of Giro d'Italia Donne
Australian Sarah Gigante has won her second stage of this year's Giro d'Italia Donne, winning the seventh queen stage from Fermignano to the summit finish of Monte Nerone. It is the first time an Australian has won two stages at the Giro since 1998, when Anna Millward won three stages. "Two stage wins is a big result," Gigante said at the finish. "I felt good today, I had studied the final climb and decided to attack on the steepest section. "At the same time, I wanted to prove that Stage 4 wasn't a one-off, that I came to Italy to show my strength." The 24-year-old, who also soloed to victory on stage four, once again burst away on the final climb of the 150km-long stage that featured 3,850 metres of climbing. She attacked with 6km to go on the stage, catching defending champion Elisa Longo Borghini before soloing to another impressive victory. Gigante led Longo Borghini home by 45 seconds, however the Italian had enough of a lead over race leader Marlen Reusser, to overtake the Swiss rider in the overall race for the Maglia Rosa. However, had Gigante not lost one-minute and 42 seconds in cross winds on the sixth stage, she would be in the race lead. Instead, she is third, 1:11 in arrears, with Reusser in second, 22 seconds behind Longo Borghini. Sunday's final stage is a hilly 138km from Forlì to the Autodromo Enzo and Dino Ferrari in Imola and, although it would take a small miracle to make up the 71 seconds required to take victory, the "I'm really grateful to my team, we stayed close together all day," Gigante said. "I'm still a bit behind in the GC, but I'll give it everything again tomorrow".