The 30th women's Giro d'Italia, or Giro Rosa, was held from 5 to 14 July 2019. Raced over ten stages, it was considered the most prestigious stage race of the women's calendar. The defending champion, Annemiek van Vleuten, won the race. Teams Twenty-four teams of up to six riders each took part in the race: UCI Women's WorldTeams Route The race consisted of 10 stages totalling , beginning in Cassano Spinola on 5 July with a team time trial and finishing in Udine on 14 July. Though originally in length, landslides forced the route of stage 5 to be rerouted. Stages Stage 1 5 July 2019 — Cassano Spinola to Castellania, , team time trial (TTT) Stage 2 6 July 2019 — Viù to Viù, Stage 3 7 July 2019 — Sagliano Micca to Piedicavallo, After unsuccessful solo breakaway attempts by Eugenia Bujak and Tayler Wiles, Lucy Kennedy launched an attack at to go. She quickly opened up a gap and managed to keep it up the steep drag to the finish line. At 200 meter to go, the bunch was closing in and Marianne Vos launched her attack. Unaware of this, and with only a few meters left to the finish line, Kennedy thought she had won and started raising her arm in celebration. In extremis, Vos sped passed her to the stage victory, leaving Kennedy with second place. Stage 4 8 July 2019 — Lissone to Carate Brianza, A three rider strong breakaway, consisting of Letizia Borghesi, Chiara Perini and Anouska Koster rode away from the peloton after . Koster was dropped, while Nadia Quagliotto attacked from the peloton to join the two other Italians at the front. Quagliotto unsuccessfully tried to drop her fellow breakaway companions on the only categorised climb of the day. With the race coming down to a sprint for the three riders in the breakaway, Quagliotto was the first to launch her sprint. Thinking she'd won, she started celebrating, only to be pipped on the line by Borghesi. Stage 5 9 July 2019 — Ponte in Valtellina to Valfurva (Passo Gavia) Lago di Cancano, Originally, stage 5 was planned to finish on the Passo di Gavia. However, due to landslides, the stage had to be rerouted. The organisers replaced the Gavia with the finish to Lago Cancano in Valdidentro, a finish previously used in the 2011 edition. Stage 6 10 July 2019 —