Giro d'Italia Donne 2023: Lorena Wiebes sprints to Stage 3 win as Annemiek van Vleuten keeps pink

Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx) underlined her status as the world's best sprinter with a dominant victory ahead of Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) on Stage 3 at the 2023 Giro d'Italia Donne. Wiebes was delivered round the final corner by lead-out extraordinaire Barbara Guarischi (SD Worx) and Vos was unable to come out of her slipstream. Chloe Dygert (Canyon-SRAM Racing), who was nursing a bruised sacrum after crashing on Friday's time trial washout, took another impressive third place in the American national champions jersey.

Ad However, the finish was overshadowed by a big crash for Letizia Paternoster (Jayco-AlUla) after a touching of wheels in the final sprint. Jayco-AlUla later tweeted that she was largely unscathed save for some road rash on her left arm. Giro d'Italia Donne'The century!' – Van Vleuten wins Stage 2 at Giro d'Italia DonneYESTERDAY AT 14:40 Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) finished in the bunch to keep the pink jersey after a chaotic and incredibly fast run into the finish in Modena.

The times for the general classification were taken 1km from the finish line after the CPA and organisers decided it was too complicated and dangerous. SD Worx have been the dominant team in women's cycling this season and would have been delighted to bounce back with a victory after a poor display on Saturday in which their young GC hope, Niamh Fisher-Black, only finished 22nd and 2'49" down on stage winner Van Vleuten. The Dutch super-team have 47 victories this season, more than four times as many as any other Women's World Tour team.