Marianne Vos (Team Jumbo-Visma) has won at least one and often several stages in her 12 previous participations since her first Giro d'Italia Donne in 2007, setting an amazing record of 32 stage wins.

This year, however, the 36-year-old Dutchwoman rode through her 13th Giro Donne without once raising her hands in joy.

"I'm a little disappointed," she said. On the other hand, this is part of the sprint and sometimes you have to gamble," Vos said of the final sprint win in Olbia on stage 9.

Vos finished second on stage 3, one bike length behind stage winner Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Works). In the final stage, stage 9, he came close to winning the sprint.

Vos was held at the front by her team on the run-in to Olbia, but had to break away on her own on the 850m finish straight. [With 300m to go, he jumped on the steering wheel of Chiara Consonni (UAE Team ADQ) and sped up.

Then, with 150m to the finish, Vos wanted to set up her own sprint, but was held up by Allie Wollaston (AG Insurance Soudal-Quick Step) and Megan Justlove (Team DSM-Filmenig), again making short work of her.

Vos finally got 100 meters out of Conssonni's slipstream and came close to victory. He said, "It was a hot day and I knew from the start that I had to get through the climb first. After that, I wanted to control as many riders as possible. It worked out well. At the last corner, I had to back off a little bit because I was in the wind for a while," Vos said after the finish in Olbia.

"As a result, I had to come from pretty far back. I'm a little disappointed. On the other hand, this is part of the sprint and sometimes you have to take a gamble. I would have liked to have won another one, but it was a great Giro for the team."

Vos turns his attention to the Tour de France Femme, where last year his Dutch compatriot Annemiek van Hulten (Movistar) wore the yellow jersey for five stages before winning the overall title and two stages and the overall points prize.