Greig Leach

The title seemed to capture both Katarzyna Niewiadoma’s (Canyon-SRAM) expression and the gravel roads of Tuscany. She used the steepest section of the final gravel section, Le Tolfe, to attack the peloton. She got a small gap, but then it was Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) that got back to the Polish woman’s wheel. In turn hiding behind Vollering was her teammate Lotte Kopecky with the Italian Champion Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) struggling to stay within reach of the other three. With just twelve kilometers to race and no more gravel roads, any group that got away now, may be the one that went to contest the finale in Sienna. Racing on the roads of Italy, the Italian Champion wasn’t about to let anyone get away from her on home soil.