Giro Donne

The Giro Donne was first held in 1988 as the Giro d'Italia Femminile.[6] The race has historically been a nine- or ten-day event taking place in Italy in early July each year, generally competing for attention with the more famous men's Tour de France. The race is owned by the Italian Cycling Federation, with organisation of the race outsourced.[7]

With the cancellation of the Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin after 2010, the Giro Donne was the only Grand Tour left in women's cycling, and in December 2012 it was reported that the company Epinike had withdrawn as Giro Donne organiser, making the 2013 edition uncertain.[7]

In April 2013, however, organisers announced rebranded race as the Giro Rosa, taking place over eight days.[8] It returned to its traditional ten-day length the following year. In 2016, the race became part of the new UCI Women's World Tour, organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).[9]

In 2021, the race lost its World Tour status due to the lack of live television coverage during the 2020 edition of the race.[10] The decision to downgrade to a 2.Pro-level stage race was met with criticism.[10] The race used the Giro d'Italia Donne name in 2021, before returning to Giro Donne in 2022. The race returned to World Tour level in 2022, following promises of live television coverage on Eurosport and Rai Sport.[11] The prize money was also increased to €250,000, with €50,000 for the winner of the general classification.[11]

Organisers also stated that they wished to work with the UCI to move the calendar position of the race, so that the race is not overshadowed by the Tour de France.[12]

From 2024, the race will be organised by the men's Giro d'Italia organiser RCS Sport on a four year contract.[13]

The Giro Donne awards a number of jerseys for winners of certain classifications – the current competitions that award a jersey are:

• ( in 2012) Points classification, for the rider with the most points as awarded by finishing positions on stages and the first riders to go through intermediate sprints. Recently, the winner wears the maglia ciclamino (purple jersey).
• Mountains classification, for the rider awarded the most points for crossing designated climbs, generally at the peaks of hills and mountains. The winner wears the maglia verde (green jersey).
• Young rider classification, for the fastest rider under the age of 25 to complete the race. The winner wears the maglia bianca (white jersey).
• Best Italian rider classification, for the fastest Italian rider to complete the race. The winner wears the maglia azzurra (blue jersey).

In 2006, the young riders classification was not run, instead a sprints competition was won by Olga Slyusareva (RUS) and awarded the blue jersey.

Winners by year

Year	Giro		Points		Mountains		Young		Italian		Team	Notes
1988	1		Petra Rossner		Maria Canins			Not awarded				[17]
1989	2		Petra Rossner (2)		Roberta Bonanomi			Not awarded				[17]
1990	3		Catherine Marsal		Catherine Marsal			Not awarded				[17]
1991	Race not held
1992
1993	4		Luzia Zberg		Lenka Ilavská			Not awarded				[17]
1994	5		Imelda Chiappa		Sigrid Corneo			Not awarded				[17]
1995	6		Petra Rossner (3)		Fabiana Luperini			Not awarded				[17]
1996	7		Fabiana Luperini		Fabiana Luperini (2)			Not awarded				[17][18]
1997	8		Diana Žiliūtė		Fabiana Luperini (3)		Edita Pučinskaitė	Not awarded			Sanson Mimosa	[17][19]
1998	9		Anna Wilson		Fabiana Luperini (4)		Cindy Pieters	Not awarded				[17][20]
1999	10		Svetlana Bubnenkova		Daniela Veronesi		Tetyana Styazhkina	Not awarded				[17][21]
2000	11		Svetlana Bubnenkova (2)		Edita Pučinskaitė		Nicole Brändli	Not awarded				[17][22]
2001	12		Nicole Brändli		Mari Holden			Not awarded				[17][23]
2002	13		Zinaida Stahurskaya		Jolanta Polikevičiūtė			Not awarded				[17]
2003	14		Regina Schleicher		Jolanta Polikevičiūtė (2)		Modesta Vžesniauskaitė	Not awarded		Not awarded		[17][24]
2004	15		Oenone Wood		Svetlana Bubnenkova		Nicole Cooke	Not awarded			Safi–Pasta Zara Manhattan	[25]
2005	16		Giorgia Bronzini		Svetlana Bubnenkova (2)		Volha Hayeva	Not awarded		Not awarded		[26]
2006	17		Susanne Ljungskog		Edita Pučinskaitė (2)	Not awarded		Not awarded			Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line	[27]
2007	18		Marianne Vos		Svetlana Bubnenkova (3)		Tatiana Guderzo	Not awarded				[28]
2008	19		Ina-Yoko Teutenberg		Fabiana Luperini (5)		Claudia Häusler	Not awarded				[29]
2009	20		Claudia Häusler		Mara Abbott		Lizzie Armitstead	Not awarded				[30]
2010	21		Marianne Vos (2)		Emma Pooley		Marianne Vos		Tatiana Guderzo			[31]
2011	22		Marianne Vos (3)		Marianne Vos		Elena Berlato		Tatiana Guderzo (2)			[32]
2012	23		Marianne Vos (4)		Emma Pooley (2)		Elisa Longo Borghini		Fabiana Luperini			[33]
2013	24		Marianne Vos (5)		Mara Abbott (2)		Francesca Cauz		Tatiana Guderzo (3)			[34]
2014	25		Marianne Vos (6)		Emma Pooley (3)		Pauline Ferrand-Prévot		Elisa Longo Borghini			[35]
2015	26		Megan Guarnier		Flávia Oliveira		Katarzyna Niewiadoma		Elisa Longo Borghini (2)			[36]
2016	27		Megan Guarnier (2)		Elisa Longo Borghini		Katarzyna Niewiadoma (2)		Tatiana Guderzo (4)			[37]
2017	28		Annemiek van Vleuten		Annemiek van Vleuten		Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig		Elisa Longo Borghini (3)		Boels–Dolmans	[38][39]
2018	29		Annemiek van Vleuten (2)		Amanda Spratt		Sofia Bertizzolo		Elisa Longo Borghini (4)		Team Sunweb	[40]
2019	30		Annemiek van Vleuten (3)		Annemiek van Vleuten (2)		Juliette Labous		Elisa Longo Borghini (5)		WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling
2020	31		Marianne Vos (7)		Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig		Mikayla Harvey		Elisa Longo Borghini (6)		CCC Liv
2021	32		Anna van der Breggen		Lucinda Brand		Niamh Fisher-Black		Marta Cavalli		SD Worx	[41]
2022	33		Annemiek van Vleuten (4)		Kristen Faulkner		Niamh Fisher-Black (2)		Marta Cavalli (2)		FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
2023	34		Annemiek van Vleuten (5)		Annemiek van Vleuten (3)		Gaia Realini		Gaia Realini		Movistar Team
Year	Giro		Points		Mountains		Young		Italian		Team	Notes

Winners by country

Rank	Country	Points	Mountains	Youth	Total
1	Netherlands	13	5	1	19
2	Italy	3	9	6	18
3	Germany	6	0	1	7
	Lithuania	1	4	2	7
5	Russia	2	3	1	6
	United States	2	4	0	6
7	United Kingdom	0	3	2	5
8	France	1	1	2	4
	Switzerland	2	0	1	3
10	Australia	2	1	0	3
	New Zealand	0	0	3	3
12	Belarus	1	0	1	2
	Denmark	0	1	1	2
	Poland	0	0	2	2
15	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Brazil	0	1	0	1
	San Marino	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	1	0	0	1

• Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
• Tour de France Femmes - a stage race in France
• La Vuelta Femenina - a stage race in Spain

• Official website (Italian and English)