Sarah Gigante ends 2025 season in hospital after training ride crash

Sarah Gigante’s season has come to a premature end after a heavy training crash left her with a broken femur. The 24-year-old AG Insurance - Soudal rider had been one of the standouts of 2025, with two stage wins at the Giro d’Italia, third overall, and the mountains classification. She also came within touching distance of the Tour de France Femmes podium, before slipping to sixth overall after a brutal final stage in the mountains. The injury means she will miss the upcoming World Championships in Rwanda and the Italian autumn classics.

On Instagram, the Australian wrote, "I'm incredibly disappointed that I broke my femur during training on Thursday (ouch!), but the surgery went very well, and I'm already counting down the days until I can finally ride my bike again. I was really looking forward to hopefully representing Australia at the hilly World Championships in Rwanda and to finishing my season in Italy. Fortunately, the four races I did ride this year were successful..."

At the Tour, Gigante had started the final stage in second overall, but her podium hopes disappeared on the descent of the Col de Joux Plane. Reflecting after the finish, she said, “I got dropped quickly in the technical, long downhill sections,” the Australian climber admitted honestly in her post-stage interview after the finish, managing a tired smile despite the clear disappointment. “I didn’t feel strong all day — it became a super hard, lonely stage.”

The setback has cut short a season that promised much, but her words make clear she is already counting down the days until she can return to racing after an overall very impressive 2025.