What a battle in the fourth stage in Borgo Val di Taro: the Dutch world champion attacks, the Piedmontese reacts and triumphs in the three-man sprint. In the standings she rises to second place at 49 “from Van Vleuten
The first Italian victory at the Women’s Giro d’Italia arrives, and it is achieved by the champion symbol of our movement, who wears the tricolor on her chest: in Borgo Val di Taro (Parma), the birthplace of Bruno Raschi, one of the great journalists of the Gazzetta of Sport, Elisa Longo Borghini beats the Dutch Annemiek Van Vleuten, world champion and pink jersey, the strongest cyclist ever in the three-man sprint. In second place was the American Veronica Ewers, who overtook the Dutchman in pink in the last few metres. Lorena Wiebes then adjusts the group to 40″, with Silvia Persico seventh. In the standings, Annemiek Van Vleuten (Movistar), 40, leads with 49″ over Longo Borghini, 31, and 53″ over Ewers, 28. Fifth on Tuesday stage, Salassa-Ceres, km 105, with arrival uphill.