The 31st women's Giro d'Italia, or Giro Rosa, was held from 11 to 19 September 2020. It is considered the most prestigious stage race of the women's calendar and of the 2020 UCI Women's World Tour. The race was originally scheduled from 26 June to 5 July, but was postponed to mid-September due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy and reduced to 9 stages rather than the originally planned 10.^[1]

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2020 Giro Rosa

2020 UCI Women's World Tour, race 5 of 13
Race details
Dates	11 – 19 September 2020
Stages	9
Distance	975.8 km (606.3 mi)
Winning time	26h 25' 43"
Results
Winner  Anna van der Breggen (NED) (Boels–Dolmans)   Second  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) (Canyon–SRAM)   Third  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) (Trek–Segafredo) Points  Marianne Vos (NED) (CCC Liv) Mountains  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN) (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) Youth  Mikayla Harvey (NZL) (Équipe Paule Ka) Team CCC Liv
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The race consisted of 9 stages totalling 975.8 km (606.3 mi), which began in Grosseto on 11 September with a team time trial and finished in Motta Montecorvino on 19 September.^[2]

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Stage characteristics and winners^[2]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	11 September	Grosseto to Grosseto	16.8 km (10.4 mi)		Team time trial	Trek–Segafredo
2	12 September	Civitella Paganico to Arcidosso	124.8 km (77.5 mi)		Hilly stage	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
3	13 September	Santa Fiora to Assisi	142.2 km (88.4 mi)		Hilly stage	Marianne Vos (NED)
4	14 September	Assisi to Tivoli	170.3 km (105.8 mi)		Hilly stage	Lizzy Banks (GBR)
5	15 September	Terracina to Terracina	110.3 km (68.5 mi)		Hilly stage	Marianne Vos (NED)
6	16 September	Torre del Greco to Nola	97.5 km (60.6 mi)		Flat stage	Marianne Vos (NED)
7	17 September	Nola to Maddaloni	109 km (68 mi)		Hilly stage	Lotte Kopecky (BEL)
8	18 September	Castelnuovo della Daunia to San Marco la Catola	91.5 km (56.9 mi)		Mountain stage	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
9	19 September	Motta Montecorvino to Motta Montecorvino	109.9 km (68.3 mi)		Mountain stage	Évita Muzic (FRA)
Total		975.8 km (606.3 mi)

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All eight UCI Women's WorldTeams, as well as fifteen UCI Women's Continental Teams, participated in the race. Each of the twenty-three teams entered six riders, for a total of 138 riders. Of 85 of these riders finished the race.^[3][4]

UCI Women's WorldTeams

UCI Women's Continental Teams

In the 2020 Giro d'Italia Femminile, five different jerseys were awarded.

The most important was the general classification (GC), which was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages with the exception of the time trials: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints; three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third. The rider with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by a pink jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2020 Giro d'Italia Femminile, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.

Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a cyclamen jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a stage, and unlike in the points classification in the Tour de France, the winners of all stages – with the exception of the team time trial, which awards no points towards the classification – were awarded the same number of points. For winning a stage, a rider earned 15 points, with 12 for second, 10 for third, 8 for fourth, 6 for fifth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 10th place.

There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a green jersey. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either second, or third-category, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs; however on both categories, the top five riders were awarded points. The fourth jersey represents the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible to be ranked in the classification.

The fifth and final jersey represented the classification for Italian riders, marked by a blue jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born in Italy were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a team classification, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time. The daily team leaders wore red dossards in the following stage.

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Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Italian rider classification	Teams classification
1	Trek–Segafredo	Elisa Longo Borghini	not awarded	not awarded	Emma Cecilie Norsgaard	Elisa Longo Borghini	Trek–Segafredo
2	Annemiek van Vleuten	Annemiek van Vleuten	Annemiek van Vleuten	Annemiek van Vleuten	Mikayla Harvey		CCC Liv
3	Marianne Vos			Marianne Vos
4	Lizzy Banks			Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig			Équipe Paule Ka
5	Marianne Vos		Marianne Vos
6	Marianne Vos
7	Lotte Kopecky						CCC Liv
8	Elisa Longo Borghini	Anna van der Breggen
9	Évita Muzic
Final		Anna van der Breggen	Marianne Vos	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig	Mikayla Harvey	Elisa Longo Borghini	CCC Liv

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• On stage 2, Elena Cecchini, who was second in the Italian rider classification, wore the blue jersey, because first placed Elisa Longo Borghini wore the pink jersey as the leader of the general classification.
• On stage 3, Katarzyna Niewiadoma, who was third in the points classification, wore the violet jersey, because first placed Annemiek van Vleuten wore the pink jersey as the leader of the general classification, and second placed Anna van der Breggen wore the Dutch national jersey as the defending Dutch national road race champion. Because these riders were also the first three in the mountains classification, the green jersey was worn by fourth placed Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig.
• On stage 4, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, who was second in the points classification, wore the violet jersey, because first placed Annemiek van Vleuten wore the pink jersey as the leader of the general classification.
• On stage 5, Katarzyna Niewiadoma, who was third in the points classification, wore the violet jersey, because first placed Annemiek van Vleuten wore the pink jersey as the leader of the general classification, and second placed Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig wore the green jersey as the leader of the mountains classification.
• On stage 8, Katarzyna Niewiadoma, who was second in the general classification, wore the pink jersey, because first placed Annemiek van Vleuten abandoned the race after stage 7 due to injuries sustained in a crash.

The prize money for the Giro Rosa 2020 will be divided as follows (all in Euros): ^[36]

There are additional prizes for classification winners.

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	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Teams classification
1	5000	500	1000	1000	1000
2	1000	300	500	not awarded	500
3	1000	250	300	not awarded	500

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• 2020 in women's road cycling