Niamh Fisher-Black (SD Worx-Protime) won stage 3 of the Giro d’Italia Women, finishing atop a 12.5km climb to Toano. The New Zealander bridged to Mavi García (Liv-AlUla-Jayco) with 1.7km to go and then left the Spaniard behind on the steep final kilometre to win the stage.
Six seconds later, her teammate Lotte Kopecky finished second ahead of Juliette Labous (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) and Maglia Rosa Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) who defended the overall lead. She is now 13 seconds ahead of Kopecky and 25 seconds ahead of Labous.
“Unbelievable. It’s been a rough couple of weeks, but I had a good feeling coming into the Giro. Something about this stage spoke to me,” said Fisher-Black, overjoyed with her victory.