Megan Guarnier claims Giro Rosa title

Guarnier (Boels Dolmans) became the second American to win the women's Giro d'Italia, after 2010 and 2013 victor Mara Abbott.

The 31-year-old won by 34 seconds from team-mate Evelyn Stevens. Anna van der Breggen (Rabo-Liv) was 1min 53secs behind in third.

Thalita De Jong (Rabo-Liv) won Sunday's 104.8 kilometres ninth stage which started and finished in Verbania Pallanza, with Guarnier ninth, 1:57 behind.

Guarnier first took the leader's pink jersey on stage one, but relinquished it before reclaiming it on Thursday's mountainous stage to Madonna della Guardia.

Guarnier won Strade Bianche in 2015, finished third in the Giro and third in the Road World Championships behind Briton Lizzie Armitstead, her Boels Dolmans team-mate who abandoned the Giro on Friday.

Like Armitstead, the American's next goal is the Olympic Games road race in Rio on August 7.