Spratt wins Emakumeen Bira stage 2
Uphill finish brings Mitchelton-Scott rider into race lead
Amanda Spratt (Mitchelton-Scott) won stage 2 of the Emakumeen Bira. The rolling stage ended with a one-kilometre uphill, and Spratt was strongest up the climb, narrowly beating Soraya Paladin (Alé Cipollini). Margarita Victoria Garcia (Movistar Team) came back from a mechanical with six kilometres to go to finish in third place. With the stage win, Spratt also takes over the overall lead.
"The team was absolutely amazing today," said the happy winner after the finish. "We came to the Basque Country early and looked at the stages, and the girls said they wanted to back me here. They did an amazing job, there's no way I couldn't win after the work they did."
The 111-kilometre stage from Aduna to Amasa consisted of a big loop with two classified climbs followed by four laps of a rolling 15.5-km circuit that hosted two points sprint and two sprints for bonus seconds. The finish was at the top of a one-kilometre climb.
Sophie Wright (Bigla) won the first mountain sprint ahead of Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) who was then first over the line atop the second climb and thus defended her mountain jersey. The 4.4-kilometre climb caused splits in the peloton, but things came back together before the first points sprint that was won by Elena Cecchini (Canyon-SRAM).
Malgorzata Jasinska (Movistar Team) went solo and built an advantage of up to 50 seconds in the rain. She stayed in front for one lap of the circuit and won the first bonus sprint with 48 km to go, but she had only a small gap left at that point. An elite group including Amy Pieters (Boels-Dolmans), Ane Santesteban (WNT-Rotor), Longo Borghini, Spratt, and Paladin bridged to the Polish champion, but the peloton reeled them all in quickly.
Next to attack was Alena Amialiusik (Canyon-SRAM). Her advantage never exceeded 25 seconds, and although the Belarusian champion won the second points sprint, she was brought back on the climb that followed. Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Trek-Segafredo) put in an attack over the top of the climb but did not get away, and there was a bit of a calm before the storm as teams and riders regrouped.
Tayler Wiles (Trek-Segafredo) made a move 19 km from the finish that was brought back by Lucy Kennedy (Mitchelton-Scott). Kennedy's teammate Annemiek van Vleuten won the second bonus sprint ahead of Garcia and Longo Borghini, and the climb split the peloton. A group of ten riders that included the three Movistar riders Sheyla Gutierrez, Eider Merino, and Garcia held a small advantage for a while; as a chasing group of about 20 riders closed the gap, Gutierrez launched an attack off the front that was reeled in by Van Vleuten with 10 km to go.
Cordon-Ragot made another move in the final and stayed in front for a while, but was eventually caught six kilometres from the finish, again due to the work of Van Vleuten. On the finishing climb, Spratt profited from the work of her teammates and took the lead, holding off Paladin and a resurgent Garcia to the line.
Spratt leads not only the overall classification, but also the points classification; since Spratt will be in the white leader's jersey, stage 1 winner D'hoore will wear the orange points jersey on stage 3. Tanja Erath (Canyon-SRAM) defended the blue intermediate sprint jersey, Sofia Bertizzolo (Team Virtu Cycling) still leads the U23 ranking, and Santesteban continues to wear the green jersey as best Basque rider. The Emakumeen Bira continues Friday with a hard stage including a first-category climb and a steep mountaintop finish.
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Amanda Spratt (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women | 2:59:24 |
2 | Soraya Paladin (Ita) Ale Cipollini | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Margarita Victo Garcia Cañellas (Spa) Movistar Team Women | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:00:03 |
5 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women | 0:00:08 |
6 | Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Rachel Neylan (Aus) Team Virtu Cycling | 0:00:10 |
8 | Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Team Virtu Cycling | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Cristina Martinez Bonafe (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango | 0:00:17 |
10 | Shara Gillow (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team Women | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo Women | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Eider Merino Cortazar (Spa) Movistar Team Women | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 0:00:20 |
15 | Clara Koppenburg (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 0:00:22 |
16 | Ursa Pintar (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | 0:00:26 |
17 | Na Ahreum (Kor) Ale Cipollini | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Biehler Pro Cycling | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Team Virtu Cycling | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Natalie Grinczer (GBr) Bizkaia-Durango | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Sophie Wright (GBr) Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Lucy Kennedy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Elise Chabbey (Swi) Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) BePink | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Hanna Nilsson (Swe) BTC City Ljubljana | 0:00:31 |
27 | Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women | 0:00:36 |
28 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-SRAM | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-SRAM | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon-SRAM | 0:01:12 |
33 | Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Canyon-SRAM | 0:01:20 |
34 | Omer Shapira (Isr) Canyon-SRAM | 0:01:25 |
35 | Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Ale Cipollini | 0:01:34 |
36 | Victorie Guilman (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 0:02:40 |
37 | Katia Ragusa (Ita) BePink | 0:03:47 |
38 | Spela Kern (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | 0:03:48 |
39 | Nicole D'Agostin (Ita) Bizkaia-Durango | 0:03:56 |
40 | Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | 0:04:00 |
41 | Charlotte Becker (Ger) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Eva Buurman (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Movistar Team Women | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) Ale Cipollini | 0:04:04 |
45 | Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango | 0:04:08 |
46 | Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale Cipollini | 0:04:14 |
47 | Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | 0:04:28 |
48 | Aroa Gorostiza Ulloa (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango | 0:06:16 |
49 | Lara Vieceli (Ita) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 0:09:29 |
50 | Lorena Llamas Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team Women | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:09:39 |
53 | Leah Thomas (USA) Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Nikola Noskova (Cze) Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Jelena Eric (Srb) Ale Cipollini | 0:10:32 |
57 | Alexandra Manly (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Anna Potokina (Rus) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA | 0:11:54 |
59 | Marissa Baks (Ned) Biehler Pro Cycling | 0:12:16 |
60 | Roos Hoogeboom (Ned) Biehler Pro Cycling | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Louise Norman Hansen (Den) Team Virtu Cycling | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Sara Penton (Swe) Team Virtu Cycling | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Urska Zigart (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Julia Casas Codina (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Gréta Richioud (Fra) Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Jade Wiel (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Nicole Steigenga (Ned) BePink | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Mireia Trias Jordan (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Aafke Soet (Ned) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Anna Plichta (Pol) Trek-Segafredo Women | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Vania Canvelli (Ita) BePink | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Jolien D'Hoore (Bel) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Sandra Alonso Dominguez (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Jessica Allen (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Gracie Elvin (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women | 0:12:47 |
77 | Paula Andrea Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women | 0:16:23 |
78 | Asja Paladin (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | 0:16:30 |
79 | Mónika Király (Hun) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Quinty Ton (Ned) Biehler Pro Cycling | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Henrietta Colborne (GBr) Biehler Pro Cycling | 0:16:34 |
82 | Francesca Pattaro (Ita) BePink | 0:16:43 |
83 | Tanja Erath (Ger) Canyon-SRAM | 0:16:52 |
84 | Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek-Segafredo Women | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi-Tactic Women Team | 0:16:54 |
86 | Martina Alzini (Ita) Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:18:35 |
87 | Iurani Blanco Calbet (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | 0:18:40 |
88 | Sandra Moral Ventosinos (Spa) Massi-Tactic Women Team | 0:18:53 |
DNF | Abigail Van Twisk (GBr) Trek-Segafredo Women | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Emilie Moberg (Nor) Team Virtu Cycling | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anna Badegruber (Aut) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sofia Barriguete Rodriguez (Spa) Massi-Tactic Women Team | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Elisabet Escursell Valero (Spa) Massi-Tactic Women Team | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marina Isan Berga (Spa) Massi-Tactic Women Team | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nienke Wasmus (Ned) Biehler Pro Cycling | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kseniia Dobrynina (Rus) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Maaike Boogaard (Ned) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ariadna Trias Jordan (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexandra Moreno Roca (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andere Basterra Aspe (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Amanda Spratt (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women | 5:32:26 |
2 | Soraya Paladin (Ita) Ale Cipollini | 0:00:12 |
3 | Margarita Victo Garcia Cañellas (Spa) Movistar Team Women | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:00:21 |
5 | Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women | 0:00:25 |
7 | Rachel Neylan (Aus) Team Virtu Cycling | 0:00:28 |
8 | Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Team Virtu Cycling | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 0:00:35 |
10 | Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo Women | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Eider Merino Cortazar (Spa) Movistar Team Women | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Shara Gillow (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Cristina Martinez Bonafe (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Team Virtu Cycling | 0:00:36 |
16 | Clara Koppenburg (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 0:00:40 |
17 | Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) BePink | 0:00:44 |
18 | Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Biehler Pro Cycling | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Ursa Pintar (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Elise Chabbey (Swi) Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Na Ahreum (Kor) Ale Cipollini | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Sophie Wright (GBr) Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Natalie Grinczer (GBr) Bizkaia-Durango | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Lucy Kennedy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Hanna Nilsson (Swe) BTC City Ljubljana | 0:00:49 |
27 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:00:54 |
28 | Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-SRAM | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon-SRAM | 0:01:30 |
32 | Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Canyon-SRAM | 0:01:38 |
33 | Omer Shapira (Isr) Canyon-SRAM | 0:01:43 |
34 | Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Ale Cipollini | 0:01:52 |
35 | Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-SRAM | 0:01:54 |
36 | Victorie Guilman (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 0:02:58 |
37 | Katia Ragusa (Ita) BePink | 0:04:05 |
38 | Spela Kern (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | 0:04:06 |
39 | Nicole D'Agostin (Ita) Bizkaia-Durango | 0:04:14 |
40 | Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Movistar Team Women | 0:04:15 |
41 | Charlotte Becker (Ger) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 0:04:18 |
42 | Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Eva Buurman (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) Ale Cipollini | 0:04:22 |
45 | Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango | 0:04:26 |
46 | Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale Cipollini | 0:04:32 |
47 | Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | 0:04:46 |
48 | Aroa Gorostiza Ulloa (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango | 0:07:34 |
49 | Lara Vieceli (Ita) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 0:09:47 |
50 | Lorena Llamas Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team Women | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Leah Thomas (USA) Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:09:57 |
52 | Nikola Noskova (Cze) Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Alexandra Manly (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women | 0:10:50 |
57 | Jelena Eric (Srb) Ale Cipollini | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Anna Potokina (Rus) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA | 0:12:12 |
59 | Jolien D'Hoore (Bel) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:12:24 |
60 | Marissa Baks (Ned) Biehler Pro Cycling | 0:12:34 |
61 | Gréta Richioud (Fra) Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Sandra Alonso Dominguez (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Jade Wiel (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Aafke Soet (Ned) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Jessica Allen (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Nicole Steigenga (Ned) BePink | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Mireia Trias Jordan (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Urska Zigart (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Vania Canvelli (Ita) BePink | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Gracie Elvin (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women | 0:13:01 |
72 | Roos Hoogeboom (Ned) Biehler Pro Cycling | 0:13:31 |
73 | Sara Penton (Swe) Team Virtu Cycling | 0:13:34 |
74 | Julia Casas Codina (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Louise Norman Hansen (Den) Team Virtu Cycling | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Paula Andrea Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women | 0:16:41 |
77 | Asja Paladin (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | 0:16:48 |
78 | Quinty Ton (Ned) Biehler Pro Cycling | 0:17:45 |
79 | Henrietta Colborne (GBr) Biehler Pro Cycling | 0:17:52 |
80 | Francesca Pattaro (Ita) BePink | 0:17:58 |
81 | Tanja Erath (Ger) Canyon-SRAM | 0:18:07 |
82 | Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek-Segafredo Women | 0:18:10 |
83 | Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi-Tactic Women Team | 0:18:12 |
84 | Martina Alzini (Ita) Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:19:50 |
85 | Iurani Blanco Calbet (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | 0:19:58 |
86 | Sandra Moral Ventosinos (Spa) Massi-Tactic Women Team | 0:20:11 |
87 | Anna Plichta (Pol) Trek-Segafredo Women | 0:26:54 |
88 | Mónika Király (Hun) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA | 0:28:19 |
Get The Leadout Newsletter
The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!
Latest on Cyclingnews
-
Another blow-up at Lotto Dstny - Maxim Van Gils reportedly tries to break his contract
Talented Belgian wants to rip up his contract, but team confirms talks for potential departure are 'ongoing' -
TotalEnergies manager insists promotion to the WorldTour 'absolutely not' a team goal
Jean-René Bernadeau says Anthony Turgis' victory in the Tour de France 'worth all the UCI points you could wish for' -
The new Mondraker Arid Carbon is the brand's first non e-gravel bike
Dropped seatstays, 50mm tyre clearance and in-frame storage for the Spanish brand’s first gravel bike -
Tadej Pogačar preparing to start 'serious training' after winning fifth top Slovenian cyclist trophy
Worlds will be 'the most difficult race to defend', Pogačar says, ahead of December training camp