The women's Giro d'Italia opened on Sunday with a technically demanding course through Bergamo: Over 14.2 kilometres, the route led from the Chorus Life community centre to the historic old town of Bergamo. With only 100 metres of elevation gain, the course was designed primarily for the time trial specialists.

In the end, Marlen Reusser (Movistar Team) came out on top by a clear margin, relegating Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx - Protime) to second place, twelve seconds behind, and Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE - ADQ) to third place, 16 seconds behind. Reusser thus also took the first pink jersey of the tour.

Antonia Niedermaier with a mixed start

Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx - Protime) finished fourth, 2o seconds behind. The Austrian Christina Schweinberger (Fenix - Deceuninck) finished in seventh place, 30 seconds behind.

The newly crowned German individual time trial champion, Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon - SRAM - zondarcrypto), was already 48 seconds behind in 14th place and therefore did not get off to the desired start. Nevertheless, she took the lead in the junior classification. Last year, Niedermaier finished sixth in the Giro. The time gaps were correspondingly large after the first stage. Franziska Brauße (Ceratizit, +52 seconds) finished in 19th place.

The results of the 1st stage of the Giro d'Italia Women 2025

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How the 1st stage of the Giro d'Italia Women 2025 went

153 riders tackled the opening time trial. Australian Amber Pate (Liv AlUla Jayco) was the first rider to set off at 11.35am. Liane Lippert (Movistar Team) was the twelfth rider to roll off the start ramp, finishing in second place with a time of 18:40 minutes. Lippert ended up in 50th place in the final classification, with the best time at this point being set by the Norwegian Kamilla Aasebø (Uno-X Mobility), who was one second faster than Lippert with a time of 18:39 minutes. Shortly afterwards, Ruth Edwards (Human Powered Health) took the lead with a time of 18:13 minutes.

Anna Henderson (Lidl - Trek), silver medallist in the time trial at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, then showed what was possible on the course in Bergamo: the Brit crossed the finish line in 17:49 minutes, which was significantly faster than her previous times. Henderson held the fastest time for a long time before Lieke Nooijen (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) beat the Brit's time by three seconds with a strong final sprint. At the measuring point after 8.5 kilometres, Nooijen was still six seconds behind Henderson.

Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx - Protime) and Marlen Reusser (Movistar Team) then lowered their times significantly once again. First van der Breggen crossed the finish line with a time of 17:42 minutes, Reusser then pulverised this time with 17:22 minutes. No rider came close to the Swiss athlete's best time. Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx - Protime) was one of the last riders on the course and had to settle for second place (+12 seconds).