November 8/20 15:41 pm - Kirchmann 5th overall at Madrid Challenge
Posted by Editoress on 11/8/20
Elisa Balsamo )Valcar Travel & Service) won the final stage of the CERATIZIT Challenge held on the Madrid circuit ahead of Lorena Wiebes (Team Sunweb) and Marta Bastianelli (Alé BTC Ljubljana). Lisa Brennauer (Ceratizit WNT) defended the leader’s red jersey and won the overall ahead of Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek Segafredo) and Lorena Wiebes.
The riders where full gas with many attacks from the start in the Spanish capital city. Alessia Vigilia (CRONOS Casa Dorada) had to abandon after an unfortunate crash in the first laps. Meanwhile, Lisa Brennauer and Lorena Wiebes were battling for the overall in the intermediate sprints.
After many breakaway attempts, Elisa Longo Borghini attacked on her own with about 50km to go. She opened a 30s gap and held off the peloton until many teams upped the ante and reeled in the Italian star with 13km to the finish.
The pack remained bunched until the final lap. In the sprint, Balsamo made the most of her pure speed to take the win ahead of Wiebes and Bastianelli. Brennauer took the 7th place and her consistent placings in the intermediate sprint earned her both the overall victory and the points classification. “It was a tough fight today, but I found that the harder the race became, the best was for me”, Brennauer said, highlighting the “awesome job” of her teammates to repeat her success from 2019 as the overall winner of the CERATIZIT Challenge.
Leah Kirchmann (Team Sunweb) finished 20th on the stage and finished 5th in the overall.
| Stage 3: Madrid to Madrid, 98.6 km | |
| 1 Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | 2:16:49 |
| 2 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | |
| 3 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
| 4 Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
| 5 Silvia Zanardi (Ita) Bepink | |
| 6 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women | |
| 7 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | |
| 8 Sandra Alonso Dominguez (Esp) Cronos-Casa Dorada | |
| 9 Jelena Eric (Srb) Movistar Team Women | |
| 10 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women | |
| 11 Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-Sram Racing | |
| 12 Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
| 13 Lucy Van der Haar (GBr) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | |
| 14 Minke Bakker (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | |
| 15 Elizabeth Holden (GBr) Bizkaia-Durango | |
| 16 Eugenia Bujak (Slo) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
| 17 Urska Pintar (Slo) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
| 18 Maaike Boogaard (Ned) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
| 19 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo Women | |
| 20 Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | |
| 21 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb Women | |
| 22 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
| 23 Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo Women | all s.t. |
| 24 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | 0:08 |
| 25 Giorgia Catarzi (Ita) Bepink | |
| 26 Georgia Williams (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
| 27 Vita Heine (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | |
| 28 Emilie Fortin (Can) Bizkaia-Durango | |
| 29 Julie Leth (Den) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | |
| 30 Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Movistar Team Women | |
| 31 Rachel Neylan (Aus) Cronos-Casa Dorada | |
| 32 Simona Frapporti (Ita) Bepink | |
| 33 Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Canyon-Sram Racing | |
| 34 Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
| 35 Janneke Ensing (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
| 36 Jessica Roberts (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
| 37 Mieke Kröger (Ger) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | |
| 38 Marieke de Groot (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | |
| 39 Claire Steels (GBr) Sopela Women's Team | |
| 40 Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
| 41 Carolina Esteban Fernandez (Esp) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | |
| 42 Sara Martin Martin (Esp) Sopela Women's Team | |
| 43 Mireia Trias Jordan (Esp) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
| 44 Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Canyon-Sram Racing | |
| 45 Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
| 46 Laura Asencio (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | |
| 47 Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | |
| 48 Sarah Rijkes (Aut) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | |
| 49 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
| 50 Paula Diaz Lopez (Esp) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | |
| 51 Mireia Benito Pellicer (Esp) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
| 52 Nicole Hanselmann (Sui) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | |
| 53 Belen Lopez Morales (Esp) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
| 54 Liane Lippert (Ger) Team Sunweb Women | |
| 55 Wilma Olausson (Swe) Team Sunweb Women | |
| 56 Julia Soek (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | |
| 57 Vania Canvelli (Ita) Bepink | |
| 58 Camilla Alessio (Ita) Bepink | |
| 59 Christa Riffel (Ger) Canyon-Sram Racing | |
| 60 Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Cronos-Casa Dorada | |
| 61 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Esp) Movistar Team Women | |
| 62 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Bepink | all s.t. |
| 63 Alba Teruel Ribes (Esp) Movistar Team Women | 0:24 |
| 64 Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | 0:36 |
| 65 Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | 0:47 |
| 66 Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Esp) Movistar Team Women | 1:12 |
| 67 Laura Tenorio ((Esp) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | 1:15 |
| DNF Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women | |
| DNF Jessica Allen (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
| DNF Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-Sram Racing | |
| DNF Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon-Sram Racing | |
| DNF Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
| DNF Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Cronos-Casa Dorada | |
| DNF Lydia Iglesias Bares (Esp) Cronos-Casa Dorada | |
| DNF Ariana Gilabert Vilaplana (Esp) Bizkaia-Durango | |
| DNF Emma Ortiz Bonilla (Esp) Sopela Women's Team | |
| DNF Martina Moreno (Esp) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
| DNF Patricia Ortega Ruiz (Esp) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
| DNF Susana Perez Conejero (Esp) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | |
| Final GC | |
| 1 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | 4:29:21 |
| 2 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women | at 0:12 |
| 3 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 0:13 |
| 4 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo Women | 0:31 |
| 5 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb Women | 0:42 |
| 6 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women | 0:44 |
| 7 Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women | 0:46 |
| 8 Maaike Boogaard (Ned) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | 0:52 |
| 9 Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-Sram Racing | s.t. |
| 10 Mieke Kröger (Ger) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | 0:57 |
| 11 Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | 0:59 |
| 12 Eugenia Bujak (Slo) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | 1:04 |
| 13 Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Canyon-Sram Racing | s.t. |
| 14 Vita Heine (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | 1:07 |
| 15 Jessica Roberts (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott Women | 1:08 |
| 16 Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | 1:09 |
| 17 Georgia Williams (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott Women | s.t. |
| 18 Liane Lippert (Ger) Team Sunweb Women | 1:11 |
| 19 Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo Women | 1:12 |
| 20 Jelena Eric (Srb) Movistar Team Women | 1:19 |
| 21 Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | 1:23 |
| 22 Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Movistar Team Women | 1:27 |
| 23 Janneke Ensing (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women | 1:31 |
| 24 Julia Soek (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 1:32 |
| 25 Julie Leth (Den) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | 1:35 |
| 26 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Bepink | 1:37 |
| 27 Wilma Olausson (Swe) Team Sunweb Women | 1:38 |
| 28 Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Canyon-Sram Racing | 1:39 |
| 29 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | s.t. |
| 30 Camilla Alessio (Ita) Bepink | 1:42 |
| 31 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | 1:43 |
| 32 Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | 1:44 |
| 33 Christa Riffel (Ger) Canyon-Sram Racing | s.t. |
| 34 Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | 1:47 |
| 35 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women | 1:49 |
| 36 Silvia Zanardi (Ita) Bepink | 1:50 |
| 37 Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | 1:54 |
| 38 Urska Pintar (Slo) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | 1:57 |
| 39 Simona Frapporti (Ita) Bepink | 2:00 |
| 40 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | 2:08 |
| 41 Laura Asencio (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | 2:09 |
| 42 Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | 2:13 |
| 43 Mireia Trias Jordan (Esp) Massi Tactic Women Team | 2:15 |
| 44 Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Cronos-Casa Dorada | 2:18 |
| 45 Elizabeth Holden (GBr) Bizkaia-Durango | 2:22 |
| 46 Sandra Alonso Dominguez (Esp) Cronos-Casa Dorada | s.t. |
| 47 Sara Martin Martin (Esp) Sopela Women's Team | 2:23 |
| 48 Giorgia Catarzi (Ita) Bepink | s.t. |
| 49 Nicole Hanselmann (Sui) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | 2:25 |
| 50 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Esp) Movistar Team Women | 2:26 |
| 51 Sarah Rijkes (Aut) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | 2:27 |
| 52 Rachel Neylan (Aus) Cronos-Casa Dorada | 2:33 |
| 53 Belen Lopez Morales (Esp) Massi Tactic Women Team | 2:36 |
| 54 Marieke de Groot (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | 2:51 |
| 55 Lucy Van der Haar (GBr) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | 2:52 |
| 56 Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Esp) Movistar Team Women | 2:57 |
| 57 Emilie Fortin (Can) Bizkaia-Durango | 2:58 |
| 58 Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | 3:03 |
| 59 Alba Teruel Ribes (Esp) Movistar Team Women | 3:09 |
| 60 Minke Bakker (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | 3:21 |
| 61 Paula Diaz Lopez (Esp) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | 6:13 |
| 62 Claire Steels (GBr) Sopela Women's Team | 8:02 |
| 63 Mireia Benito Pellicer (Esp) Massi Tactic Women Team | 8:21 |
| 64 Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) Massi Tactic Women Team | 8:33 |
| 65 Vania Canvelli (Ita) Bepink | 9:13 |
| 66 Carolina Esteban Fernandez (Esp) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | 9:19 |
| 67 Laura Tenorio ((Esp) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | 13:37 |
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