The women had barely 200 metres of climbing to contend with on the 120-kilometre route from Mirano to Monselice, and the wind didn't play a role either. And yet there were massive changes at the top of the overall standings. Although Marlen Reusser (Movistar Team) defended the pink jersey ahead of Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ), both Antonia Niedermaier (CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto) and Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance - Soudal Team) saw their podium ambitions dampened. When the peloton was split up by SD Worx and UAE in a technical section of the course a good 50 kilometres before the finish, the two of them missed the jump into the first group, as did the Fenix-Deceuninck duo Pauliena Rooijakkers and Yara Kastelijn.

Reusser and Longo Borghini were joined there by Anna van der Breggen (Team SD Worx - Protime) and Katrine Aalerud (Uno-X Mobility). The gap grew to 1:42 minutes by the finish, which pushed the Dutchwoman and the Norwegian past Niedermaier and Gigante into third and fourth place in the overall standings. Reusser now leads Longo Borghini by 16 seconds and van der Breggen by 1:53 minutes. Niedermaier is now sixth at 2:45 minutes, but still in the white jersey.

Lippert and Brauße in the top 10

As Wiebes and Vos were also among the group of around 20 women favourites, places one and two were basically taken at the finish. Only the order had to be decided, with Wiebes leaving the former champion no chance with a lead of one bike length. In the battle for third place, Reusser's helper Lippert had the best legs. A second German, Franziska Brauße (CERATIZIT Pro Cycling Team), finished eighth in the top 10, having been part of the day's breakaway group from the start of the stage.

With her second stage win, Wiebes has now also taken the lead in the points classification. "I'm happy that I was able to finish the day like this today," said the 26-year-old sprint queen in her second winner's interview of the tour. "We controlled the lead group well after we picked up the pace together with UAE and broke up the peloton. It was also important for us that Anna was there." The stage win, it seems, was then only a formality.

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The flat stage between Mirano and Monselice, whose only elevation was a small wave that had to be ridden twice on a final lap, picked up speed immediately after the start. Together with the four Italians Katia Ragusa (Human Powered Health), Asia Zontone (Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria) and Alice Bulegato as well as Sara Luccon (both Top Girls Fassa Bortolo), Franziska Brauße (CERATIZIT Pro Cycling Team) was in the breakaway group of the day. A counter attack by Christina Schweinberger (Fenix-Deceuninck) and Loes Adegeest (FDJ - Suez) was unable to catch up. Their maximum lead was a good three minutes.

Little happened on the way. Brauße won the intermediate sprint in Mira after 37 kilometres. The next conspicuous event was another crash in the peloton 64 kilometres before the finish, in which Voss and the previous day's winner and mountain jersey holder Gigante were involved. However, they were all able to continue. But the peloton had not yet fully regrouped after the crash when SD Worx - Protime and UAE ADQ went on the offensive.

Combination of bends tears the field apart

In a sharp combination of bends on narrow roads, the two teams at the front pulled on the pace and the field completely split up. 15 riders, including Borghini, Reusser, Lippert, Wiebes, van der Breggen, Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx - Protime) and also Vos. Niedermaier was missing, as was Gigante, who was initially not even in the second part of the peloton.

With 45 kilometres to go, the group around Rosa Brauße, who had previously broken away from the Italians, had caught up. Niedermaier in the peloton was 30 seconds behind at this point. 15 kilometres later, the gap had doubled. When the bell rang for the final 13-kilometre lap, it was a minute and a half because the stars themselves were also in the lead.

At this point at the latest, it was clear that the day's victory would also be decided in the group. Wiebes and Vos secured first and second place without much competition, behind them Lippert overtook Wiebes' rider Kopecky to take third place. The peloton around Niedermaier and Gigante lost further valuable seconds and only crossed the finish line 1:43 minutes after the winner.