Le Court-Pienaar wins Giro dell'Emilia Donne
Though many of the sport's top European athletes are in France this weekend for the European Championship road races, there has been no shortage of talent on the startlists for the Giri dell'Emilia and its attritional laps of the steep San Luca climb.
The Giro dell'Emilia Donne was hotly contested, newly minted world champion Magdeleine Vallieres one of the many to get in on the action in the closing laps, but Mauritian national champion Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal) emerged victorious after a dominant final climb.
Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek) raced to second place, just as she did in Kigali, with Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) claiming the last step of the podium and denying Isabella Holmgren a Lidl-Trek two-three.
Brief results
- Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal)
- Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek) +0:24
- Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) +0:33
- Isabella Holmgren (Lidl-Trek) +0:34
- Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team ADQ) "
