Luc Claessen/Getty ImagesJune 6, 2026 10:57 am EDT Updated Demi Vollering won the penultimate stage of the Giro d’Italia on Saturday on the Colle delle Finestre after an attack to pass race leader Anna van der Breggen.The 29-year-old’s second win of the week, her team FDJ Suez’s third, was not enough to unseat her SD-Worx rival’s overall lead, but brings her second and just one minute off the top spot with one stage to go.The race’s eighth and queen stage was shortened due to an avalanche warning at the top of the final climb at 2,178meters, meaning the riders crossed the line just under 30km early in what was supposed to be a 105km day.
Canadian Isabella Holmgren (Lidl Trek) kept her young rider’s classification white jersey after an impressive day climbing with the top group rewarded with a second-place finish on the day.On the final climb, Vollering stepped up the pace of the front group within the final 10km, leaving only a group of four with Van der Breggen, Holmgren and Antonia Niedermaier. Unable to drop the rest of the final four, the FDJ Suez rider ceded her position at the front of the group to Van der Breggen before overtaking the maglia rosa-wearer after the final hairpin.Movistar’s Marlen Reusser recovered from being dropped by the top riders to finish sixth, while UAE Team ADQ’s Elisa Longo Borghini also fell off the back to finish eighth and now seventh overall.Sunday’s final stage will take the riders 145km around Saluzzo in northern Italy, with a toughest climb of 9km at 9.4 per cent but a downhill into the finish.Jun 6, 2026Connections: Sports EditionSpot the pattern. Connect the termsFind the hidden link between sports terms
