Italy's Elisa Longo Borghini won the women's Giro d'Italia on Sunday as she held on to the pink jersey in the final stage won by German Liane Lippert on the famous Imola Formula One track. Longo Borghini had snatched the overall lead in the seventh and penultimate stage on Saturday from Swiss rider Marlen Reusser and finished 18 seconds ahead in the final classification.

The Giro d'Italia Women is heading into the final day of racing, but not all riders will finish the race, with a steady steam of abandons throughout the week.While all 153 riders finished the opening individual time trial,

UAE Team ADQ’s Elisa Longo Borghini has won the Giro D’Italia Women for the second year in a row. The 33-year-old Italian finished eighteen seconds ahead of Movistar’s Marlen Reusser after taking the race lead from the Swiss rider in the penultimate stage.