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Anna Henderson has won stage two of the Giro d'Italia Women, outsprinting Dilyxine Miermont at the summit finish in Aprica on Monday, July 7, 2025. The 26-year-old Lidl-Trek rider takes the pink jersey as overall leader, Cycling Weekly reports, and it is her first win at WorldTour level.
Henderson and Miermont broke clear with about 40km to go on the stage from Clusone, and the pair held off the peloton on the long drag up to the ski town. Her win and time bonus moved her 15 seconds ahead of Swiss time trial winner Marlen Reusser, according to the race standings. She also leads the points and mountains classifications.
"As a team we made a plan to be aggressive this morning because we knew it would be a hard final and we knew we had a really good team for attacking."
"We're here for stages and this is what we came to do and I'm so thankful to my teammates for supporting me in the breakaway. I took the opportunity when I saw it and I can't believe it came off!"
And when she found out she was in the lead: "Pink is my favourite colour!"
Henderson went vegan after describing herself as "one of the biggest meat eaters out there". "I made that connection and then I couldn't eat meat anymore or any animal products," she told Rouleur, as Yahoo Sport reported. She says it has made her quicker: "I feel no difference, I feel better. I'm faster, I'm a bit leaner and I love it." Her only regret is that more of the peloton haven't joined her.
This is another big result for one of Britain's most consistent riders. She won Commonwealth Games time trial silver in 2022 and won Team GB's first medal of Paris 2024. In May, fellow vegan Emily Ehrlich beat Olympic champion Kristen Faulkner to the US time trial title.
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