July 01, 2012 (Castiglione dei Pepoli, Italy) – Specialized-lululemon’s Evelyn Stevens has won the third Stage of the Giro Donne soloing to the line at the end of a tough mountain stage in Castiglione dei Pepoli. She now wears the Maglia Rosa going into stage four.

Going over the top of the 14km Category One climb of Paso della Futa, a breakaway group of four formed that included Stevens, Emma Pooley, five time Giro Donne winner Fabiana Luperini and defending champion Marianne vos.

Stevens attacked the small group with only 2.5km to go and was able to hold them off to take the win of the stage and move into the overall race lead.

“I’m so excited,” said Stevens. “I wanted to come here to the Giro and give it everything and today was the first stage that I thought I could do something. It was fun racing and worked out really well for us in the end.

“This is only stage three so we have six to go and some hard racing again but we’re looking forward to giving it everything until the end.”

Stage four is a 98km stage starting and finishing in Montecatini with a ten kilometer climb up the Goraiolo in the latter part of the day.

Results
1. Evelyn Stevens (USA) Team Specialized-lululemon 3:34:25
2. Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Faren Honda Team 00:20
3. Emma Pooley (Gbr) AA Drink-Leontien.nl Cycling Team
4. Marianne Vos (Ned) Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team 00:31
5. Claudia Hausler (Ger) Orica-AIS 02:02
6. Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Hitec Products-Mistral Home Cycling Team 02:21
7. Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) MCipollini Giambenini
8. Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) Lotto Belisol Ladies 02:22
9. Judith Arndt (Ger) Orica-AIS 02:30
10. Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team 05:17
11. Emma Johansson (Swe) Hitec Products-Mistral Home Cycling Team
12. Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Vaiano Tepso
13. Rossella Ratto (Ita) Verinlegno-Fabiani
14. Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Be Pink
15. Shara Gillow (Aus) Orica-AIS 05:20
16. Noemi Cantele (Ita) Be Pink 05:26
17. Clara Hughes (Can) Team Specialized-lululemon 06:07
18. Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Orica-AIS
19. Amanda Spratt (Aus) Orica-AIS
20. Katarzyna Sosna (Ltu) Vaiano Tepso
21. Sharon Laws (Gbr) AA Drink-Leontien.nl Cycling Team
22. Linda Villumsen (Nzl) Orica-AIS
23. Viviana Gatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo-Servetto
24. Joanna Van De Winkel (RSA) Lotto Belisol Ladies
25. Lise Olivier (RSA) Lotto Belisol Ladies
26. Francesca Cauz (Ita) Fassa Bortolo-Servetto
27. Olga Zabelinskaya (Rus) RusVelo 06:50
28. Alexsandra Burchenkova (Rus) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox 07:47
29. Valentina Carretta (Ita) MCipollini Giambenini 09:09
30. Patricia Schwager (Sui) Forno d’Asolo Colavita
31. Shelley Olds (USA) AA Drink-Leontien.nl Cycling Team 10:56
32. Veronica Leal Balderas (Mex) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox 12:04
33. Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team 12:38
34. Lucinda Brand (Ned) AA Drink-Leontien.nl Cycling Team 13:05
35. Hanka Kupferagel (Ger) RusVelo 14:12
36. Romy Kasper (Ger) RusVelo
37. Christel Ferrier Bruneau (Fra) Hitec Products-Mistral Home Cycling Team
38. Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Be Pink
39. Giuseppina Grassi (Mex) Faren Honda Team
40. Sylwia Kapusta (Pol) Hitec Products-Mistral Home Cycling Team
41. Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) MCipollini Giambenini
42. Anna Van Der Breggen (Ned) Netherlands
43. Martina Ruzickova (Cze) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox
44. Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Diadora-Pasta Zara
45. Robyn De Groot (RSA) Lotto Belisol Ladies
46. Tetyana Riabchenko (Ukr) Forno d’Asolo Colavita 19:08
47. Jennifer Hohl (Sui) Faren Honda Team 19:36
48. Susanna Zorzi (Ita) MCipollini Giambenini 20:21
49. Petra Zrimsek (Slo) Be Pink
50. Monia Baccaille (Ita) MCipollini Giambenini
51. Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Team Specialized-lululemon
52. Chloe Hosking (Aus) Team Specialized-lululemon
53. Charlotte Becker (Ger) Team Specialized-lululemon
54. Lorena Foresi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox 21:57
55. Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) MCipollini Giambenini
56. Doris Schweizer (Sui) Fassa Bortolo-Servetto 23:14
57. Yulia Blindyuk (Rus) Faren Honda Team 27:34
58. Irina Molicheva (Rus) RusVelo
59. Aleksandra Sosenko (Ltu) Vaiano Tepso
60. Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Faren Honda Team
61. Julia Martisova (Rus) Be Pink
62. Cherise Taylor (RSA) Lotto Belisol Ladies
63. Ally Stacher (USA) Team Specialized-lululemon
64. Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) RusVelo
65. Edita Janeliunaite (Ltu) Diadora-Pasta Zara
66. Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Be Pink
67. Anastasiya Chulkova (Rus) Forno d’Asolo Colavita
68. Nicole Cooke (Gbr) Faren Honda Team
69. Uenia Fernandes Da Souza (Bra) Forno d’Asolo Colavita
70. Katie Colclough (Gbr) Team Specialized-lululemon
71. Amber Pierce (USA) Diadora-Pasta Zara
72. Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Team Specialized-lululemon
73. Lise Nøstvold (Nor) Hitec Products-Mistral Home Cycling Team
74. Alessandra d’Ettorre (Ita) Diadora-Pasta Zara
75. Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team
76. Liesbet De Vocht (Bel) Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team
77. Alessandra Borchi (Ita) MCipollini Giambenini
78. Gracie Elvin (Aus) Faren Honda Team
79. Adrie Visser (Ned) Netherlands
80. Iris Slappendel (Ned) Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team
81. Svetlana Pauliukaite (Ltu) Forno d’Asolo Colavita
82. Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) AA Drink-Leontien.nl Cycling Team
83. Sara Grifi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox
84. Sara Mustonen (Swe) Hitec Products-Mistral Home Cycling Team
85. Sophie Ann Duyck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies
86. Giada Borgato (Ita) Diadora-Pasta Zara
87. Jennifer Fiori (Ita) Fassa Bortolo-Servetto
88. Valentina Scandolara (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox
89. Eleonora Spaliviero (Ita) Vaiano Tepso
90. Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team
91. Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Orica-AIS
92. Jessie MacLean (Aus) Orica-AIS
93. Martine Bras (Ned) Netherlands
94. Lucy Martin (Gbr) AA Drink-Leontien.nl Cycling Team
95. Elena Berlato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo-Servetto
96. Marta Bastianelli (Ita) MCipollini Giambenini
97. Elizabeth Armitstead (Gbr) AA Drink-Leontien.nl Cycling Team
98. Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team
99. Liza Rachetto (USA) Forno d’Asolo Colavita
100. Odette Bertolin (Ita) Verinlegno-Fabiani
101. Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies
102. Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Be Pink
103. Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Diadora-Pasta Zara
104. Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo-Servetto
105. Francesca Stefani (Ita) Diadora-Pasta Zara
106. Simona Frapporti (Ita) Be Pink
107. Jessie Daams (Bel) AA Drink-Leontien.nl Cycling Team
108. Whitney Gaggioli (USA) Forno d’Asolo Colavita
109. Alona Andruk (Ukr) Vaiano Tepso
110. Julia Soek (Ned) Netherlands
111. Anna Trevisi (Ita) Vaiano Tepso 28:19
112. Birgit Lavrijssen (Ned) Netherlands 41:49
113. Charlotte Lenting (Ned) Netherlands
114. Dorota Gregorowicz (Pol) Verinlegno-Fabiani
115. Kim De Baat (Ned) Netherlands
116. Lara Vieceli (Ita) Verinlegno-Fabiani
117. Barbara Venerito (Ita) Verinlegno-Fabiani
118. Erika Cecchel (Ita) Fassa Bortolo-Servetto
119. Alessia Martini (Ita) Vaiano Tepso
120. Federica Primavera (Ita) Forno d’Asolo Colavita
121. Valentina Bastianelli (Ita) Vaiano Tepso
122. Agne Silinyte (Ltu) Diadora-Pasta Zara
DNF Evgeniya Romanyuta (Rus) RusVelo
DNF Alina Bondarenko (Rus) RusVelo
DNF Frøydis Wærsted (Nor) Hitec Products-Mistral Home Cycling Team
DNF Myfanwy Galloway (Aus) Faren Honda Team
DNF Ella Michal (Isr) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox

GC after Stage 3

1. Evelyn Stevens (USA) Team Specialized-lululemon 7:31:53
2. Marianne Vos (Ned) Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team 00:12
3. Emma Pooley (Gbr) AA Drink-Leontien.nl Cycling Team 00:31
4. Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Faren Honda Team 01:01
5. Judith Arndt (Ger) Orica-AIS 02:35
6. Claudia Hausler (Ger) Orica-AIS 02:39
7. Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) MCipollini Giambenini 02:41
8. Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Hitec Products-Mistral Home Cycling Team 02:51
9. Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) Lotto Belisol Ladies
10. Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team 05:30
11. Emma Johansson (Swe) Hitec Products-Mistral Home Cycling Team 05:34
12. Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Be Pink 05:38
13. Shara Gillow (Aus) Orica-AIS 05:40
14. Rossella Ratto (Ita) Verinlegno-Fabiani 05:53
15. Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Vaiano Tepso 06:02
16. Noemi Cantele (Ita) Be Pink
17. Clara Hughes (Can) Team Specialized-lululemon 06:05
18. Linda Villumsen (Nzl) Orica-AIS 06:15
19. Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Orica-AIS 06:31
20. Katarzyna Sosna (Ltu) Vaiano Tepso 06:46
21. Amanda Spratt (Aus) Orica-AIS 06:50
22. Sharon Laws (Gbr) AA Drink-Leontien.nl Cycling Team 06:53
23. Olga Zabelinskaya (Rus) RusVelo 07:02
24. Joanna Van De Winkel (RSA) Lotto Belisol Ladies 07:15
25. Francesca Cauz (Ita) Fassa Bortolo-Servetto 07:24
26. Lise Olivier (RSA) Lotto Belisol Ladies 07:42
27. Viviana Gatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo-Servetto 07:50
28. Alexsandra Burchenkova (Rus) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox 08:24
29. Valentina Carretta (Ita) MCipollini Giambenini 10:00
30. Patricia Schwager (Sui) Forno d’Asolo Colavita 10:43
31. Shelley Olds (USA) AA Drink-Leontien.nl Cycling Team 10:55
32. Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team 13:06
33. Veronica Leal Balderas (Mex) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox 13:19
34. Lucinda Brand (Ned) AA Drink-Leontien.nl Cycling Team 13:33
35. Hanka Kupferagel (Ger) RusVelo 14:33
36. Anna Van Der Breggen (Ned) Netherlands 14:36
37. Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Diadora-Pasta Zara 14:53
38. Christel Ferrier Bruneau (Fra) Hitec Products-Mistral Home Cycling Team 15:00
39. Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) MCipollini Giambenini 15:01
40. Romy Kasper (Ger) RusVelo 15:08
41. Martina Ruzickova (Cze) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox 15:10
42. Giuseppina Grassi (Mex) Faren Honda Team 15:18
43. Robyn De Groot (RSA) Lotto Belisol Ladies 15:20
44. Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Be Pink 15:24
45. Sylwia Kapusta (Pol) Hitec Products-Mistral Home Cycling Team 15:55
46. Tetyana Riabchenko (Ukr) Forno d’Asolo Colavita 20:10
47. Charlotte Becker (Ger) Team Specialized-lululemon 20:44
48. Jennifer Hohl (Sui) Faren Honda Team 20:55
49. Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Team Specialized-lululemon 21:00
50. Chloe Hosking (Aus) Team Specialized-lululemon 21:07
51. Monia Baccaille (Ita) MCipollini Giambenini 21:25
52. Susanna Zorzi (Ita) MCipollini Giambenini 21:30
53. Petra Zrimsek (Slo) Be Pink 22:03
54. Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) MCipollini Giambenini 23:02
55. Lorena Foresi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox
56. Doris Schweizer (Sui) Fassa Bortolo-Servetto 24:33
57. Elizabeth Armitstead (Gbr) AA Drink-Leontien.nl Cycling Team 27:58
58. Irina Molicheva (Rus) RusVelo 28:00
59. Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Be Pink 28:01
60. Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Team Specialized-lululemon 28:05
61. Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Orica-AIS 28:09
62. Iris Slappendel (Ned) Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team 28:11
63. Katie Colclough (Gbr) Team Specialized-lululemon
64. Jessie MacLean (Aus) Orica-AIS 28:16
65. Giada Borgato (Ita) Diadora-Pasta Zara 28:17
66. Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Diadora-Pasta Zara
67. Adrie Visser (Ned) Netherlands
68. Lise Nøstvold (Nor) Hitec Products-Mistral Home Cycling Team 28:18
69. Jessie Daams (Bel) AA Drink-Leontien.nl Cycling Team 28:20
70. Sophie Ann Duyck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies 28:22
71. Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) RusVelo 28:24
72. Svetlana Pauliukaite (Ltu) Forno d’Asolo Colavita
73. Cherise Taylor (RSA) Lotto Belisol Ladies 28:26
74. Alessandra d’Ettorre (Ita) Diadora-Pasta Zara 28:27
75. Valentina Scandolara (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox 28:30
76. Anastasiya Chulkova (Rus) Forno d’Asolo Colavita 28:32
77. Marta Bastianelli (Ita) MCipollini Giambenini
78. Martine Bras (Ned) Netherlands 28:34
79. Simona Frapporti (Ita) Be Pink
80. Gracie Elvin (Aus) Faren Honda Team 28:35
81. Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team 28:37
82. Alona Andruk (Ukr) Vaiano Tepso 28:39
83. Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo-Servetto 28:42
84. Liesbet De Vocht (Bel) Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team
85. Julia Soek (Ned) Netherlands
86. Julia Martisova (Rus) Be Pink 28:44
87. Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies 28:45
88. Sara Grifi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox 28:46
89. Edita Janeliunaite (Ltu) Diadora-Pasta Zara 28:49
90. Alessandra Borchi (Ita) MCipollini Giambenini 28:51
91. Francesca Stefani (Ita) Diadora-Pasta Zara 28:53
92. Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Faren Honda Team
93. Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team 28:54
94. Nicole Cooke (Gbr) Faren Honda Team 28:55
95. Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) AA Drink-Leontien.nl Cycling Team 28:58
96. Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Be Pink
97. Ally Stacher (USA) Team Specialized-lululemon 28:59
98. Lucy Martin (Gbr) AA Drink-Leontien.nl Cycling Team 29:00
99. Aleksandra Sosenko (Ltu) Vaiano Tepso 29:02
100. Sara Mustonen (Swe) Hitec Products-Mistral Home Cycling Team
101. Odette Bertolin (Ita) Verinlegno-Fabiani 29:04
102. Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team 29:08
103. Yulia Blindyuk (Rus) Faren Honda Team 29:09
104. Uenia Fernandes Da Souza (Bra) Forno d’Asolo Colavita 29:10
105. Liza Rachetto (USA) Forno d’Asolo Colavita 29:16
106. Whitney Gaggioli (USA) Forno d’Asolo Colavita 29:17
107. Jennifer Fiori (Ita) Fassa Bortolo-Servetto
108. Eleonora Spaliviero (Ita) Vaiano Tepso 29:18
109. Elena Berlato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo-Servetto 29:35
110. Amber Pierce (USA) Diadora-Pasta Zara 29:36
111. Anna Trevisi (Ita) Vaiano Tepso 29:48
112. Birgit Lavrijssen (Ned) Netherlands 42:58
113. Agne Silinyte (Ltu) Diadora-Pasta Zara 42:59
114. Kim De Baat (Ned) Netherlands 43:03
115. Erika Cecchel (Ita) Fassa Bortolo-Servetto 43:39
116. Dorota Gregorowicz (Pol) Verinlegno-Fabiani 43:49
117. Alessia Martini (Ita) Vaiano Tepso 44:12
118. Valentina Bastianelli (Ita) Vaiano Tepso 45:09
119. Charlotte Lenting (Ned) Netherlands 45:49
120. Barbara Venerito (Ita) Verinlegno-Fabiani 46:14
121. Lara Vieceli (Ita) Verinlegno-Fabiani 47:30
122. Federica Primavera (Ita) Forno d’Asolo Colavita 48:45