Annamiek van Vleuten escapes to her second Giro Rosa win

Combative Annamiek van Vleuten wins again whilst Rabo-Liv team-mate Marianne Vos sits pretty in pink

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By Owen Rogers

Not content with winning Friday’s Giro Rosa prologue, Annemiek van Vleuten (Rabo-Liv) won yesterday’s mountain-top finish at San Donato Val do Comino. Race leader and team mate, Marianne Vos lead a large group over the line 21 seconds down, ensuring she retained the lead of the 10-stage race.

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Owen Rogers is an experienced journalist, covering professional cycling and specialising in women's road racing. He has followed races such as the Women's Tour and Giro d'Italia Donne, live-tweeting from Women's WorldTour events as well as providing race reports, interviews, analysis and news stories. He has also worked for race teams, to provide post race reports and communications.