The 31st women's Giro d'Italia, or Giro Rosa, was held from 11 to 19 September 2020. It is considered the most prestigious stage race of the women's calendar and of the 2020 UCI Women's World Tour. The race was originally scheduled from 26 June to 5 July, but was postponed to mid-September due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy and reduced to 9 stages rather than the originally planned 10. Route The race consisted of 9 stages totalling , which began in Grosseto on 11 September with a team time trial and finished in Motta Montecorvino on 19 September. Teams All eight UCI Women's WorldTeams, as well as fifteen UCI Women's Continental Teams, participated in the race. Each of the twenty-three teams entered six riders, for a total of 138 riders. Of 85 of these riders finished the race. UCI Women's WorldTeams UCI Women's Continental Teams Stages Stage 1 11 September 2020 — Grosseto to Grosseto, , team time trial (TTT) Stage 2 12 September 2020 — Civitella Paganico to Arcidosso, Stage 3 13 September 2020 — Santa Fiora to Assisi, Stage 4 14 September 2020 — Assisi to Tivoli, Stage 5 15 September 2020 — Terracina to Terracina, Stage 6 16 September 2020 — Torre del Greco to Nola, Stage 7 17 September 2020 — Nola to Maddaloni, Stage 8 18 September 2020 — Castelnuovo della Daunia to San Marco la Catola, Race leader Annemiek van Vleuten and points classification leader Marianne Vos were among those involved in a crash with under three kilometers to go on stage 7. As a result of injuries sustained in that crash, van Vleuten, along with teammate Amanda Spratt, were forced to abandon the race, while Vos escaped with only abrasions. Due to van Vleuten's withdrawal, second placed Katarzyna Niewiadoma wore the pink jersey on stage 8. Van Vleuten subsequently started the World Championships after surgery on her wrist. Amanda Spratt withdrew from the World Championships. Stage 9 19 September 2020 — Motta Montecorvino to Motta Montecorvino, Classification leadership table In the 2020 Giro d'Italia Femminile, five different jerseys were awarded. The most important was the general classification (GC), which was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages with the exception of the time trials: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for