The Giro Donne has been won three times by a racer who led the general classification on the first stage and held the lead all the way to finish.
Catherine Marsal was the first to accomplish this achievement in the 1990 Giro, with Fabiana Luperini and Nicole Brändli doing the same in 1996 and 2005 respectively.
Roberta Bonanomi in 1989 is the only rider to have won the Giro Donne with only one pink jerseys in their career.
The three active Giro Donne winners Marianne Vos, Megan Guarnier and Anna van der Breggen rank, as of 2017, 2nd, joint 8th, and 16th with thirty three, eleven each, and eight days in pink respectively.
17 riders have won 5 stages or more (including half-stages, excluding Team Time Trials).