May 16/19 18:54 pm - Women's Tour of California: Stage 1 results
Posted by Editoress on 05/16/19
The Tour of California Women's Race began today with the punchy and windy 60-mile (96.5 km) course beginning and ending in Ventura.The wind and challenging climbs saw the peloton shatter and reform many times over, including on the final ascent to the finish. Just as the teams were organizing to launch their sprinters to the line, World Champion Anna van der Breggen (Boels Dolmans Cycling Team) attacked and rode away to a solo victory despite a wicked headwind. Van der Breggen is a returning race champion, having won the event in 2017.
"There was a beautiful climb 5k’s from the finish so it was a good moment to go and try to see if I could go solo to the finish line," said van der Breggen. “It was up to us on that final climb to try something… I'm really happy for the team and for myself to take the stage win and to have a good start on this stage race."
Olga Zabelinskaya (Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team), the former Russian National Time Trial Champion and three-time Olympic medalist, attacked at Casitas Pass and grew her lead to a minute and a half, but was caught shortly before the finish where attacks then began flying. Valcar Cylance Cycling’s Elisa Balsamo (ITA) came in second (+18s), with Arlenis Sierra (Astana) in third (+18s) for the day.
Earlier on the stage, Lindsay Goldman (Hagens Berman | Supermint Pro Cycling) made a solo break that held for nearly an hour, earning her the Breakaway from Heart DiseaseTM Most Courageous Rider Jersey.
Top Canadian was Leah Kirchmann (Team Sunweb) finishing 4th at 18s back.
Results from the first stage in California, USA
| Stage 1: Ventura to Ventura, 96.5 km | |
| 1 Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 2:36:17 |
| 2 Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Valcar Cylance Cycling | at 0:18 |
| 3 Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Astana Women's Team | |
| 4 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb | |
| 5 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (Rsa) CCC - Liv | |
| 6 Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon // SRAM Racing | |
| 7 Emma White (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | |
| 8 Elizabeth Deignan (GBr) Trek - Segafredo | all s.t. |
| 9 Brodie Chapman (Aus) Team TIBCO - Silicon Valley Bank | 0:20 |
| 10 Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar Cylance Cycling | |
| 11 Clara Koppenburg (Ger) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 12 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 13 Katharine Hall (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
| 14 Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | |
| 15 Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) CCC - Liv | |
| 16 Olga Zabelinskaya (Uzb) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team | |
| 17 Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek - Segafredo | all s.t. |
| 18 Marie Soleil Blais (Can) Astana Women's Team | 0:32 |
| 19 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team | |
| 20 Juliette Labous (Fra) Team Sunweb | |
| 21 Chloe Dygert-Owen (USA) Sho - Air Twenty20 | all s.t. |
| 22 Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb | 0:38 |
| 23 Alison Jackson (Can) Team TIBCO - Silicon Valley Bank | 0:39 |
| 24 Blanca Liliana Moreno Canchon (Col) Astana Women's Team | 0:41 |
| 25 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 26 Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon // SRAM Racing | |
| 27 Andrea Ramírez Fregoso (Mex) Swapit Agolico | |
| 28 Emma Grant (GBr) Sho - Air Twenty20 | |
| 29 Amber Leone Neben (USA) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 30 Leigh ann Ganzar (USA) Hagens Berman / Supermint | 0:56 |
| 31 Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar Cylance Cycling | |
| 32 Elizabeth Holden (GBr) Drops | |
| 33 Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) Valcar Cylance Cycling | |
| 34 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon // SRAM Racing | |
| 35 Elinor Barker (GBr) Drops | |
| 36 Sara Bergen (Can) Rally UHC Cycling | |
| 37 Deborah Paine (NZl) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team | |
| 38 Omer Shapira (Isr) Canyon // SRAM Racing | |
| 39 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) BePink | |
| 40 Whitney Allison (USA) Hagens Berman / Supermint | |
| 41 Anet Barrera Esparza (Mex) Swapit Agolico | |
| 42 Lily Williams (USA) Hagens Berman / Supermint | all s.t. |
| 43 Erica Clevenger (USA) Sho - Air Twenty20 | 1:38 |
| 44 Lizbeth Yareli Salazar Vazquez (Mex) Astana Women's Team | 1:46 |
| 45 Heidi Franz (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | |
| 46 Marta Lach (Pol) CCC - Liv | 1:48 |
| 47 Emily Newsom (USA) Team TIBCO - Silicon Valley Bank | |
| 48 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Valcar Cylance Cycling | |
| 49 Alice Cobb (GBr) Team TIBCO - Silicon Valley Bank | |
| 50 Ruth Winder (USA) Trek - Segafredo | |
| 51 Evy Kuijpers (Ned) CCC - Liv | |
| 52 Jessica Cerra (USA) Hagens Berman / Supermint | |
| 53 Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Valcar Cylance Cycling | all s.t. |
| 54 Chiara Perini (Ita) BePink | 1:58 |
| 55 Pernille Mathiesen (Den) Team Sunweb | 2:22 |
| 56 Lauren Stephens (USA) Team TIBCO - Silicon Valley Bank | 2:46 |
| 57 Anna Christian (GBr) Drops | 3:27 |
| 58 Allie Dragoo (USA) Sho - Air Twenty20 | 4:26 |
| 59 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 60 Jasmin Duehring (Can) Sho - Air Twenty20 | |
| 61 Jennifer Luebke (USA) Sho - Air Twenty20 | |
| 62 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
| 63 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
| 64 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Trek - Segafredo | all s.t. |
| 65 Brenda Andrea Santoyo Perez (Mex) Swapit Agolico | 6:39 |
| 66 Jannie Milena Salcedo Zambrano (Col) Swapit Agolico | |
| 67 Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon // SRAM Racing | both s.t. |
| 68 Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek - Segafredo | 7:17 |
| 69 Julia Soek (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 70 Laura Asencio (Fra) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | 7:46 |
| 71 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon // SRAM Racing | 8:04 |
| 72 Ariadna Gutierrez Arzaluz (Mex) Swapit Agolico | 8:33 |
| 73 Kendall Ryan (USA) Team TIBCO - Silicon Valley Bank | 9:20 |
| 74 Megan Barker (GBr) Drops | |
| 75 Liza Rachetto (USA) Hagens Berman / Supermint | both s.t. |
| 76 Lindsay Goldman (USA) Hagens Berman / Supermint | 9:57 |
| 77 Simona Frapporti (Ita) BePink | |
| 78 Carolina Rodriguez Gutierrez (Mex) Astana Women's Team | |
| 79 Abigail Mickey (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | |
| 80 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) BePink | |
| 81 Ana Cristina Sanabria Sanchez (Col) Swapit Agolico | |
| 82 Gillian Ellsay (Can) Rally UHC Cycling | all s.t. |
| 83 Joscelin Lowden (GBr) Drops | 11:48 |
| 84 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| DNF Skylar Schneider (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
| DNF Lotta Pauliina Lepistö (Fin) Trek - Segafredo | |
| DNF Inge Van Der Heijden (Ned) CCC - Liv | |
| DNF Rachele Barbieri (Ita) BePink | |
| DNF Silvia Zanardi (Ita) BePink | |
| DNF Virginie Perizzolo Pointet (Sui) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team | |
| DNF Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team | |
| DNF Abby-Mae Parkinson (GBr) Drops |
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