And finally, she could do it! The Dutch champion is the new Giro Rosa winner, one year after her team colleague Marianne Vos. Anna Van der Breggen has been great to defend herself by the great attacks of Mara Abbott on the hard ramps to San Domenico di Varzo, winning a magnificient Giro which has been decided in the last two stages in Piedmont. The celebrations at the finish line have been big, with the almost complete Team Rabo-Liv (Just Roxane Knetemann was absent due to a crash today, while she was 10th in the general classification) hugging the Captain. Her teammates were very emotional and they could not hide some tears of happiness: emotions that were demonstrated as well by the technical staff guided by Koos Moerenhout. Rabo-Liv has won also four stages (two with Lucinda Brand, one with Pauline Ferrand-Prevot and one with Anna Van der Breggen) and the White Jersey with the very talented Polish rider Katarzyna Niewadoma. There are celebrations for the other Jersey winners: Flavia Oliveira (Green Jersey and third in San Domenico today), Megan Guarnier (Ciclamino Jersey and third place in the general Classification) and Elisa Longo Borghini (Blue Jersey).
Results Stage 9 (Verbania - San Domenico di Varzo, 91.2 km):
1. Mara Abbott (Wiggle Honda) 2h34'16''
2. Anna Van der Breggen (Rabo-Liv) +55''
3. Flavia Oliveira (Alè-Cipollini) +1'13''
4. Megan Guarnier (Boels Dolmans) +1'46''
5. Ashleigh Moolman (Bigla Cycling Team) +1'46''
6. Francesca Cauz (Alè - Cipollini) +1'55''
7. Katarzyna Niewadoma (Rabo-Liv) +2'14''
8. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Rabo-Liv) +2'14''
9. Tatyana Riabchenko (Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi) +3'12''
10. Claudia Lichtenberg (Liv Plantur) +4'35''
Final Classification:
1. Anna Van der Breggen (Rabo-Liv) 24h15'08''
2. Mara Abbott (Wiggle Honda) +1'30''
3. Megan Guarnier (Boels Dolmans) +1'43''
4. Ashleigh Moolman (Bigla Cycling Team) +2'12''
5. Katarzyna Niewadoma (Rabo-Liv) +3'11''
6. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Rabo-Liv) +6'57''
7. Flavia Oliveira (Alè - Cipollini) +7'35''
8. Elisa Longo Borghini (Wiggle Honda) +8'17''
9. Evelyn Stevens (Boels Dolmans) +9'08''
10. Shara Gillow (Rabo-Liv) +10'07''
The Jerseys of the 26th Giro Rosa:
Pink Jersey: Anna Van der Breggen (Rabo-Liv)
Ciclamino Jersey: Megan Guarnier (Boels - Dolmans)
Green Jersey: Flavia Oliveira (Alè-Cipollini)
White Jersey: Katarzyna Niewadoma (Rabo-Liv)
Blue Jersey: Elisa Longo Borghini (Wiggle Honda)
Photogallery (c) Flaviano Ossola
