2026 Giro d'Italia Women Stage 7 Results & Recap
Stage 7 of the 2026 Giro d'Italia Women is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Célia Gery Wins Stage 7
Célia Gery delivered the biggest win of her young career on Stage 7 of the Giro d'Italia Women, outsprinting a select group of late attackers after a dramatic day between Sorbolo Mezzani and Salice Terme. The 20-year-old French rider from FDJ United-Suez capped off an aggressive performance by her team to take a surprise victory ahead of Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek). Chantal Pegolo (Isolmant–Premac–Vittoria) claimed third.
The stage began with a five-rider breakaway featuring Alison Jackson (St Michel–Preference Home–Auber93), Marjolein van 't Geloof (Laboral Kutxa–Fundación Euskadi), Chantal Pegolo (Isolmant–Premac–Vittoria), Sara Luccon (Top Girls Fassa Bortolo) and Gaia Segato (Vini Fantini–Bepink). With none of the escapees posing a threat to the general classification, the peloton allowed the group to build an advantage of more than eight minutes during the first half of the race.
As the race approached the day's only significant climb, Pietragavina, the peloton finally began to react. Lidl-Trek, Uno-X Mobility, UAE Team ADQ and Human Powered Health all contributed to the chase as the gap rapidly shrank. A crash inside the final 50 kilometres briefly caused concern, with race leader Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) among those delayed before rejoining the bunch.
The climb shattered the original breakaway and set the stage for a new race at the front. Gery and Silvia Persico (UAE Team ADQ) bridged across before Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) joined the move. Lucinda Brand and the surviving members of the breakaway also remained in contention as the leaders crested the summit with only a handful of riders still clear.
Behind them, Uno-X Mobility worked tirelessly to bring the attackers back, receiving assistance from CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto and Human Powered Health. The gap steadily fell from 35 seconds with 12 kilometres remaining to just 15 seconds inside the final two kilometres, setting up a tense finish.
Van der Breggen safely finished with the main contenders and retained the Maglia Rosa heading into Stage 8.
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