Courageous Koster attacks again in queen stage Giro Donne
In the penultimate stage of the Giro d'Italia, Donne Anouska Koster has again shown her attacking spirit. The rider of Team Jumbo-Visma escaped halfway through the race but could no longer maintain her lead on the last, steep climb of the Passo Daone.
The queen stage, which included three challenging climbs, started with fireworks. Several riders, including those of Team Jumbo-Visma, wanted to be in the day's breakaway. Halfway through the stage, Koster attempted to reach the breakaway with several other riders, but she did not succeed. Koster couldn’t keep up on the last climb, even though she managed to stay with the group of favourites for a while.
"We did what we could today."
Race coach Carmen Small had seen a strong and aggressive Koster. "I think Anouska has ridden a good stage today again. She tried to gain some time for the steep climbs, to get as far as possible. On the last climb, she gave everything, but the real climbers and classification riders were stronger. We did what we could today. Hopefully, we'll finish this Giro tomorrow with a good last stage."
The Giro d'Italia Donne ends on Sunday with a mostly flat stage to Padova.
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Giro d'Italia Donne
Stage 9
Result
1
Kristen Faulkner
Team BikeExchange - Jayco
03:36:36
2
Marta Cavalli
FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
+00:00:59
3
Elisa Longo Borghini
Trek - Segafredo
+00:01:14
17
Anouska Koster
Team Jumbo-Visma
+00:08:35
49
Romy Kasper
Team Jumbo-Visma
+00:33:06
52
Amber Kraak
Team Jumbo-Visma
+00:33:06
60
Karlijn Swinkels
Team Jumbo-Visma
+00:33:06
Rankings
1
Annemiek van Vleuten
Movistar Team
24:55:08
2
Marta Cavalli
FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
+00:01:52
3
Mavi García
UAE Team ADQ
+00:06:10
16
Anouska Koster
Team Jumbo-Visma
+00:29:17
37
Romy Kasper
Team Jumbo-Visma
+01:15:13
54
Amber Kraak
Team Jumbo-Visma
+01:28:31
82
Karlijn Swinkels
Team Jumbo-Visma
+01:40:49
