It was held over ten stages from 1 to 10 July 2012, starting in Rome and finishing with an individual time trial in San Francesco al Campo near Turin.

[1] There were five different jerseys awarded in the 2011 Giro Donne.

This classification was calculated by adding the combined finishing times of the riders from each stage, and the overall winner of this classification is considered the winner of the Giro.

[2] The other jerseys differ in colour from those of the men's Giro: Source:[4] In November 2013 a book named Strijd in het vrouwenpeloton: de Giro door de ogen van Marianne Vos en Ellen van Dijk was published.

The book is about the experiences of Ellen van Dijk and Marianne Vos of this Giro d'Italia Femminile edition.