September 16/18 17:46 pm - Madrid Challenge: Stage 2 and Final GC, KIrchmann 4th
Posted by Editoress on 09/16/18
Bronzini enjoys a perfect farewell, Van Dijk wins overall
Giorgia Bronzini (Cylance Pro Cycling) announced the WNT Madrid Challenge would be her last World Tour race… and she made the most of it with a win, as stage 2 offered a thrilling show in the streets of Madrid. The 35 year-old Italian champion won ahead of Sarah Roy (Mitchelton-Scott) after a successful breakaway. Ellen Van Dijk (Team Sunweb) wins the overall classification after her team dominated the opening time trial on Saturday.
The Sun was shining and high for the start of the second stage of the WNT Madrid Challenge and witnessed intense action in the streets of the Spanish capital with 17 laps on a 5.9km circuit through the Paseo de la Castellana, Paseo de Recoletos and Paseo del Prado featuring iconic venues such as Plaza de Cibeles and the Neptune fountain.
The Spanish rider Iurani Blanco (Sopela Women’s Team) was the first attacker of the day. Many other attempts would follow but the bunch controlled the first ones to challenge the intermediate sprints. Coryn Rivera (Team Sunweb) won the first one to move into the virtual overall leadership after her team won the time trial on Saturday, with Leah Kirchmann wearing the lilac jersey. The American sprinter was second on the second intermediate sprint, behind Emiliah Fahlin (Wiggle High5).
Rozanne Slik (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) took the third intermediate sprint from the breakaway. She was caught with her companions after an attack from Elisa Longo Borghini (Wiggle High5) with 8 laps to go. A group of 19 attackers featuring Ellen Van Dijk (Team Sunweb) then jumped ahead of the bunch. They enjoyed a 50s lead with 27km to go.
The gap stabilised and Malgorzata Jasinska (Movistar Team) and Coralie Demay (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) accelerated with 16km to go. The gap increased to 1m before Ale Cipollini reacted at the front of the bunch. 10km away from the finish, the gap was down to 20s.
The attackers got back together with 7km to go and the pack was only trailing by 12s for the last lap. It was still holding with 2km to go. The attackers resisted until the end and Giorgia Bronzini (Cylance Pro Cycling) edged Sarah Roy (Mitchelton-Scott) on the line. Ellen Van Dijk (Team Sunweb) stayed at the front to claim the overall win ahead of her teammate Coryn Rivera and Wiggle High5’s Audrey Cordon Ragot.
Leah Kirchmann (Team Sunweb) finished 24th on teh stage at 13s back and 4th overall in the Final GC at 18s back.
Results
| Stage 2: Madrid circuit, 100.3 km | |
| 1 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling | 2:17:28 |
| 2 Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton Scott | |
| 3 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Hitec Products - Birk Sport | |
| 4 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar PBM | |
| 5 Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Wiggle High5 | |
| 6 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 7 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 8 Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Movistar Team Women | |
| 9 Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Ale Cipollini | |
| 10 Polona Batagelj (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | |
| 11 Danielle Christmas (GBr) Bizkaia Durango - Euskadi Murias | |
| 12 Natalie Van Gogh (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 13 Olga Zabelinskaya (Uzb) Cogeas - Mettler Pro Cycling Team | |
| 14 Sara Martin Martin (Esp) Sopela Women's Team | |
| 15 Coralie Demay (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle - Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
| 16 Winanda Spoor (Ned) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 17 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | 0:13 |
| 18 Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb | |
| 19 Jolien D'hoore (Bel) Mitchelton Scott | |
| 20 Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | |
| 21 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport UCI Women Cycling | |
| 22 Roxane Fournier (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle - Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
| 23 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Esp) Movistar Team Women | |
| 24 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb | |
| 25 Maria Martins (Por) Sopela Women's Team | |
| 26 Annelies Dom (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | |
| 27 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini | |
| 28 Alba Teruel Ribes (Esp) Movistar Team Women | |
| 29 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Valcar PBM | |
| 30 Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) FDJ Nouvelle - Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
| 31 Sofia Rodriguez Revert (Esp) Sopela Women's Team | |
| 32 Ana Usabiaga Balerdi (Esp) Spain | |
| 33 Sarah Inghelbrecht (Bel) Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport UCI Women Cycling | |
| 34 Rozanne Slik (Ned) FDJ Nouvelle - Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
| 35 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Wiggle High5 | |
| 36 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women | |
| 37 Maria Novolodskaya (Rus) Cogeas - Mettler Pro Cycling Team | |
| 38 Antri Christoforou (Cyp) Cogeas - Mettler Pro Cycling Team | |
| 39 Kelly Markus (Ned) Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport UCI Women Cycling | |
| 40 Sandra Alonso (Esp) Bizkaia Durango - Euskadi Murias | |
| 41 Nina Kessler (Ned) Hitec Products - Birk Sport | |
| 42 Henrietta Colborne (GBr) Bizkaia Durango - Euskadi Murias | |
| 43 Lauren Kitchen (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle - Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
| 44 Marjolein Van 'T Geloof (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | |
| 45 Anastasiia Iakovenko (Rus) BTC City Ljubljana | |
| 46 Elizaveta Oshurkova (Rus) Cogeas - Mettler Pro Cycling Team | |
| 47 Liane Lippert (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 48 Meike Uiterwijk Winkel (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 49 Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 50 Maaike Boogaard (Ned) BTC City Ljubljana | |
| 51 Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Hitec Products - Birk Sport | |
| 52 Eukene Larrarte Artega (Esp) Spain | |
| 53 Simona Frapporti (Ita) Hitec Products - Birk Sport | |
| 54 Corinna Lechner (Ger) BTC City Ljubljana | |
| 55 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Esp) Movistar Team Women | |
| 56 Ilona Hoeksma (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 57 Lisa Morzenti (Ita) BePink | |
| 58 Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Esp) Bizkaia Durango - Euskadi Murias | |
| 59 Aafke Soet (Ned) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 60 Nicole Steigenga (Ned) BePink | |
| 61 Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 62 Annette Edmondson (Aus) Wiggle High5 | |
| 63 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Wiggle High5 | |
| 64 Julie Solvang (Nor) Hitec Products - Birk Sport | |
| 65 Gulnaz Badykova (Rus) Cogeas - Mettler Pro Cycling Team | |
| 66 Daniela Reis (Por) Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport UCI Women Cycling | |
| 67 Alana Castrique (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | |
| 68 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | |
| 69 Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 70 Francesca Pattaro (Ita) BePink | |
| 71 Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 72 Georgia Williams (Nzl) Mitchelton Scott | all s.t. |
| 73 Bryony Van Velzen (Ned) Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport UCI Women Cycling | 0:28 |
| 74 Anna Badegruber (Aut) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | 0:37 |
| 75 Pernille Mathiesen (Den) Team Sunweb | 0:39 |
| 76 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling | |
| 77 Jessica Allen (Aus) Mitchelton Scott | |
| 78 Rossella Ratto (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling | all s.t. |
| 79 Gracie Elvin (Aus) Mitchelton Scott | 0:50 |
| 80 Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar PBM | 0:58 |
| 81 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Ale Cipollini | s.t. |
| 82 Irene Usabiaga Balerdi (Esp) Spain | 1:00 |
| 83 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Valcar PBM | 1:40 |
| 84 Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar PBM | s.t. |
| 85 Chantal Hoffmann (Lux) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 2:06 |
| 86 Jelena Eric (Srb) Cylance Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 87 Ainara Elbusto Arteaga (Esp) Bizkaia Durango - Euskadi Murias | 2:44 |
| 88 Saartje Vandenbroucke (Bel) Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport UCI Women Cycling | 3:21 |
| 89 Isabel Ferreres Navarro (Esp) Sopela Women's Team | 3:44 |
| 90 Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Esp) Movistar Team Women | 4:15 |
| 91 Isabel Martin Martin (Esp) Spain | 4:15 |
| 92 Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 4:24 |
| 93 Iurani Blanco Calbet (Esp) Sopela Women's Team | s.t. |
| 94 Eyerusalem Kelil (Eth) BePink | 6:28 |
| 95 Miriam Gardachal Bozal (Esp) Bizkaia Durango - Euskadi Murias | s.t. |
| 96 Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Valcar PBM | 10:13 |
| DNF Alexandra Manly (Aus) Mitchelton Scott | |
| DNF Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Ale Cipollini | |
| DNF Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale Cipollini | |
| DNF Evgenia Augustinas (Rus) Cogeas - Mettler Pro Cycling Team | |
| DNF Ariadna Trias Jordan (Esp) Sopela Women's Team | |
| DNF Paula Diaz Lopez (Esp) | |
| DNF Paula Sanmartin Rodriguez (Esp) Servetto - Stradalli Cycle - Alurecycling | |
| DSQ Kirsten Wild (Ned) Wiggle High5 | |
| Final GC | |
| 1 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Team Sunweb | 2:35:03 |
| 2 Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb | at 0:11 |
| 3 Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Wiggle High5 | 0:15 |
| 4 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb | 0:18 |
| 5 Liane Lippert (Ger) Team Sunweb | 0:18 |
| 6 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Wiggle High5 | 0:29 |
| 7 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Wiggle High5 | 0:36 |
| 8 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | s.t. |
| 9 Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton Scott | 0:41 |
| 10 Polona Batagelj (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | 0:57 |
| 11 Jolien D'hoore (Bel) Mitchelton Scott | 1:04 |
| 12 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar PBM | 1:08 |
| 13 Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | 1:09 |
| 14 Anastasiia Iakovenko (Rus) BTC City Ljubljana | 1:10 |
| 15 Maaike Boogaard (Ned) BTC City Ljubljana | |
| 16 Corinna Lechner (Ger) BTC City Ljubljana | |
| 17 Annette Edmondson (Aus) Wiggle High5 | all s.t. |
| 18 Olga Zabelinskaya (Uzb) Cogeas - Mettler Pro Cycling Team | 1:15 |
| 19 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling | 1:17 |
| 20 Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Movistar Team Women | 1:19 |
| 21 Coralie Demay (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle - Aquitaine Futuroscope | 1:27 |
| 22 Maria Novolodskaya (Rus) Cogeas - Mettler Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 23 Antri Christoforou (Cyp) Cogeas - Mettler Pro Cycling Team | 1:28 |
| 24 Gulnaz Badykova (Rus) Cogeas - Mettler Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 25 Natalie Van Gogh (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | 1:29 |
| 26 Rozanne Slik (Ned) FDJ Nouvelle - Aquitaine Futuroscope | 1:30 |
| 27 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Valcar PBM | 1:32 |
| 28 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women | |
| 29 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Esp) Movistar Team Women | |
| 30 Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Valcar PBM | all s.t. |
| 31 Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) FDJ Nouvelle - Aquitaine Futuroscope | 1:40 |
| 32 Lauren Kitchen (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle - Aquitaine Futuroscope | s.t. |
| 33 Gracie Elvin (Aus) Mitchelton Scott | 1:41 |
| 34 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | 1:42 |
| 35 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini | |
| 36 Meike Uiterwijk Winkel (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 37 Ilona Hoeksma (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | LL s.t. |
| 38 Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | 1:44 |
| 39 Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | s.t. |
| 40 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Hitec Products - Birk Sport | 1:47 |
| 41 Winanda Spoor (Ned) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | 1:48 |
| 42 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport UCI Women Cycling | 1:57 |
| 43 Sarah Inghelbrecht (Bel) Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport UCI Women Cycling | |
| 44 Kelly Markus (Ned) Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport UCI Women Cycling | |
| 45 Daniela Reis (Por) Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport UCI Women Cycling | ALL s.t. |
| 46 Aafke Soet (Ned) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | 2:00 |
| 47 Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | 2:01 |
| 48 Roxane Fournier (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle - Aquitaine Futuroscope | 2:02 |
| 49 Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Hitec Products - Birk Sport | 2:05 |
| 50 Simona Frapporti (Ita) Hitec Products - Birk Sport | |
| 51 Julie Solvang (Nor) Hitec Products - Birk Sport | BOTH s.t. |
| 52 Annelies Dom (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 2:10 |
| 53 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling | 2:11 |
| 54 Rossella Ratto (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 55 Marjolein Van 'T Geloof (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 2:12 |
| 56 Alana Castrique (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | s.t. |
| 57 Bryony Van Velzen (Ned) Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport UCI Women Cycling | 2:14 |
| 58 Georgia Williams (Nzl) Mitchelton Scott | 2:20 |
| 59 Anna Badegruber (Aut) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | 2:25 |
| 60 Danielle Christmas (GBr) Bizkaia Durango - Euskadi Murias | 2:27 |
| 61 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Ale Cipollini | s.t. |
| 62 Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Ale Cipollini | 2:37 |
| 63 Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Esp) Bizkaia Durango - Euskadi Murias | s.t. |
| 64 Sara Martin Martin (Esp) Sopela Women's Team | 2:39 |
| 65 Sandra Alonso (Esp) Bizkaia Durango - Euskadi Murias | 2:40 |
| 66 Henrietta Colborne (GBr) Bizkaia Durango - Euskadi Murias | s.t. |
| 67 Sofia Rodriguez Revert (Esp) Sopela Women's Team | 2:52 |
| 68 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb | 2:57 |
| 69 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Valcar PBM | 2:59 |
| 70 Ana Usabiaga Balerdi (Esp) Spain | 3:01 |
| 71 Eukene Larrarte Artega (Esp) Spain | s.t. |
| 72 Lisa Morzenti (Ita) BePink | 3:17 |
| 73 Nicole Steigenga (Ned) BePink | |
| 74 Francesca Pattaro (Ita) BePink | BOTH s.t. |
| 75 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Esp) Movistar Team Women | 3:18 |
| 76 Jelena Eric (Srb) Cylance Pro Cycling | 3:38 |
| 77 Jessica Allen (Aus) Mitchelton Scott | 3:42 |
| 78 Nina Kessler (Ned) Hitec Products - Birk Sport | 3:48 |
| 79 Pernille Mathiesen (Den) Team Sunweb | 4:06 |
| 80 Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | 4:23 |
| 81 Alba Teruel Ribes (Esp) Movistar Team Women | 4:29 |
| 82 Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar PBM | 4:32 |
| 83 Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar PBM | 4:39 |
| 84 Maria Martins (Por) Sopela Women's Team | 4:48 |
| 85 Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Esp) Movistar Team Women | 5:34 |
| 86 Elizaveta Oshurkova (Rus) Cogeas - Mettler Pro Cycling Team | 5:37 |
| 87 Chantal Hoffmann (Lux) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 5:57 |
| 88 Ainara Elbusto Arteaga (Esp) Bizkaia Durango - Euskadi Murias | 6:11 |
| 89 Isabel Ferreres Navarro (Esp) Sopela Women's Team | 6:23 |
| 90 Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | s.t. |
| 91 Irene Usabiaga Balerdi (Esp) Spain | 6:56 |
| 92 Iurani Blanco Calbet (Esp) Sopela Women's Team | 7:03 |
| 93 Saartje Vandenbroucke (Bel) Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport UCI Women Cycling | 7:08 |
| 94 Isabel Martin Martin (Esp) Spain | 7:45 |
| 95 Eyerusalem Kelil (Eth) BePink | 9:32 |
| 96 Miriam Gardachal Bozal (Esp) Bizkaia Durango - Euskadi Murias | 10:46 |
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