Mara Abbott's Fourth of July comeback - Giro Rosa Stage 5  It
looks like a tradition might be starting: Americans winning Giro
Donne stages on the Four of July! Last year it was the sprinting
fireworks of Shelley Olds on Stage 6 - this year it was a very
different kind of day, with Mara Abbott demonstrating her return
to the European peloton on the huge finishing climb. As the race
entered the mountains, everything about the race changed - but
it's not over yet.  Official 10 minute race video, with Abbott
in English and translations of the Italians at the end:  Giro
Rosa Stage 5 VARAZZE (SV) -- MONTE BEIGUA (SV) (via Giro Rosa)
The hour-long video is in four parts - to watch it all, start
with Part 1 and let the playlist run, or there's Part 2, Part 3
and Part 4, the finale:  RabosportTV clip of the day - with
interviews with Roxane Knetemann, Megan Guarnier in English, and
a very tired Marianne Vos:  This was always going to be the
stage that decided the race. Marianne Vos had been in the maglia
rosa since