Marlen Reusser set to return to racing at Giro d'Italia

After crashing out of the Tour of Flanders, Marlen Reusser is set to make her comeback at the Giro d'Italia on Saturday. The ITT world champion sustained a vertebra fracture in her lumbar spine in the Flanders crash that kept her out of racing, but Movistar announced her return along with the rest of their Giro roster on Tuesday. Reusser finished second in the 2025 Giro behind Elisa Longo Borghini. The Swiss rider won the opening time trial and wore the pink jersey through stage 7 where Longo Borghini took the lead. Her 2026 season has been interrupted by crashes twice, first at the UAE Tour and again at the Tour of Flanders. Stage 4 of this year's Giro is a 12.7 km individual time trial, although the route includes roughly 5 km of climbing. Reusser's shape is unknown, but she is no stranger to setbacks.