Spain’s Sheyla Gutierrez sprinted to victory from a breakaway group at the seventh stage of the women’s Giro d’Italia in Baronissi.

Finland’s Lotta Lepistö claimed victory in a sprint finish at the women’s Giro d’Italia on a tough day of racing in Roseto degli Abruzzi.

So close was the sprint that closed the 118 kilometres fourth stage of the women’s Giro d’Italia in Occhiobello that Jolien d’Hoore, the Belgian national champion riding for Wiggle-High 5, congratulated her former team-mate Chloe Hosking, an Australian riding for Ale Ciollini, on her victory before the photo-finish equipment testified that it was d’Hoore who had earned the win.

British rider Hannah Barnes earned her first International Cycling Union WorldTour victory as she sprinted clear in the third stage of the women’s Giro d’Italia in San Venemiano.

The superior sprinting power of Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten, riding for Orica-Scott, earned her victory in the second stage of the women's Giro d’Italia as she made a late surge.

The Boels-Dolmans team, who dominated last year’s Giro d’Italia women's race, picked up where it left off today as it won the opening stage team time trial in Aquileia.

United States' Mara Abbott has moved into the overall lead at the Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile after dominating the 77.5 kilometres route from Grosio to Tirano.