Bronzini wins third stage at Euskal Emakumeen XXIX Bira
Johannson keeps overall lead heading into Sunday's final stage
Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle High5) won stage 3 at Euskal Emakumeen XXIX Bira on Saturday by outsprinting Carmen Small (Cervelo Bigla) at the finish in Berriatua after 109.4km of racing. Cylance Pro Cycling's Rossella Ratto was third.
Bronzini's Wiggle High5 teammate Emma Johansson held onto her overall lead heading into Sunday's 75.8km final stage in Portugalete. Johansson leads Megan Guarnier (Boels Dolmans) by 25 seconds and Small by 28.
“It was a really, really amazing job from all the girls,” Bronzini said. “They did everything, and I was so, so happy because there was so much work on the day and then we had a win. I’m really proud.
Small said she was happy to bounce back today after losing the race lead she had taken during stage 1.
“I wanted to win badly today but it’s not like Bronzini is a bad sprinter so I have to be happy with the result,” Small said at the end of the stage. “Yesterday I had a bad day on the bike, it was good to feel good today again," she said. "It wasn’t terribly hard because Wiggle just neutralised it. I went for the KOM today and was pretty active.”
Lotta Lepistö, who led the race briefly after winning the prologue time trial, was unable to take to the start on saturday after falling ill and losing her voice. She wrote in a text message to her team, “I feel pretty disappointed but continuing racing would be more of a risk. It was great to support the team today and seeing them doing well again.”
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | 2:46:10 |
2 | Carmen Small (USA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Rossella Ratto (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Malgorzta Jasinska (Pol) AlÈ Cipollini | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Lara Vieceli (Ita) INPA - Bianchi | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Ganna Solovei (Ukr) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Emma Johansson (Swe) Wiggle High5 | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Daniela Reis (Por) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Jip Van Den Bos (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Amanda Spratt (Aus) AUS | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Christina Perchtold (Aut) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) AlÈ Cipollini | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Emilia Fahlin (Swe) AlÈ Cipollini | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Joelle Numainville (Can) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Dani King (GBr) Wiggle High5 | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Laura Camila Lozano Ramirez (Col) S.C. Michela Fanini | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Eva Buurman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Jermaine Post (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Evelyn Stevens (USA) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Sofie De Vuyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Lex Albrecht (Can) Bepink | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Claire Rose (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Jennifer George (GBr) Drops Cycling Team | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Irene Bitto (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Eider Merino Kortazar (Spa) Lointek | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) INPA - Bianchi | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Elise Maes (Lux) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) AUS | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Margarita Victoria Garcia (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Doris Schweizer (Swi) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Laura Massey (GBr) Drops Cycling Team | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Asja Paladin (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Demi De Jong (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Jenelle Crooks (Aus) AUS | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Sharon Laws (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | 0:00:16 |
41 | Sara Headley (USA) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | 0:00:19 |
42 | Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 0:00:30 |
43 | Nicole Dal Santo (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 0:00:35 |
44 | Edwige Pitel (Fra) S.C. Michela Fanini | 0:01:20 |
45 | Audrey Cordon (Fra) Wiggle High5 | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Marta Lach (Pol) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) INPA - Bianchi | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Wiggle High5 | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Michela Pavin (Ita) INPA - Bianchi | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Hannah Payton (GBr) Drops Cycling Team | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Alison Tetrick (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Sophie Coleman (GBr) Drops Cycling Team | 0:01:33 |
55 | Sari Saarelainen (Fin) S.C. Michela Fanini | 0:02:14 |
56 | Monika Kiraly (Hun) S.C. Michela Fanini | 0:03:19 |
57 | Soraya Paladin (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 0:03:55 |
58 | Ilona Hoeksma (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 0:05:06 |
59 | Anisha Vekemans (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Francesca Pattaro (Ita) Bepink | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Bethany Hayward (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | 0:05:55 |
63 | Nicole Moerig (Aus) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Anna Zita Maria Stricker (Ita) INPA - Bianchi | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Simona Bortolotti (Ita) Bepink | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Amy Gornall (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Federica Nicolai (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Paulina Brzezna (Pol) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Dorleta Eskamendi Gil (Spa) ESP | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Lucja Pietrzak (Pol) | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Louisa Lobigs (Aus) AUS | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Monika Brzezna (Pol) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Katarzyna Wilkos (Pol) | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Shannon Malseed (Aus) AUS | 0:10:29 |
78 | Amber Neben (USA) Bepink | 0:12:48 |
79 | Dalia Muccioli (Ita) AlÈ Cipollini | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Heidi Dalton (RSA) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Ellen Skerritt (Aus) AlÈ Cipollini | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Bethany Ann Allen (USA) INPA - Bianchi | 0:13:07 |
84 | Lorena Llamas (Spa) ESP | 0:15:40 |
85 | Ainara El Busto Arteaga (Spa) ESP | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Astrid Chazal (Fra) | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Rocio Del Alba Garcia Martinez (Spa) Lointek | 0:16:12 |
88 | Astrid Gassner (Aut) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ | 0:20:31 |
89 | Jessica Allen (Aus) AUS | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Irene Usabiaga Balerdi (Spa) ESP | 0:20:45 |
OTL | Michela Balducci (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini | 0:28:18 |
OTL | Cristina Martinez (Spa) Lointek | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Ziortza Isasi (Spa) | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Sophie Almeida (Fra) | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Iurani Blanco Calbet (Spa) ESP | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Paula Sanmartin Rodriguez (Spa) | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Lointek | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Ilaria Bonomi (Ita) Bepink | 0:28:24 |
OTL | Anna Trevisi (Ita) AlÈ Cipollini | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Anna Badegruber (Aut) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ | 0:36:03 |
OTL | Lorena Ordinana (Spa) | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Elena Leonardi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 0:36:27 |
OTL | Nathalie Birli (Aut) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ | 0:36:30 |
OTL | Ilda Carina Pinheiro Da Silva Pereira (Por) | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Julia Rodríguez (Spa) | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Desiree Duarte Castro (Spa) | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Olatz Agorria Etxebarria (Spa) | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Ana Usabiaga Balerdi (Spa) ESP | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Esther Muñoz (Spa) | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
OTL | Mireia Orengo (Spa) | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Laura Méndez (Spa) | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lotta Lepistö (Fin) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stephanie Pohl (Ger) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jessie Daams (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | An-Li Kachelhoffer (RSA) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Catiuscia Grillo (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rebecca Durrell (GBr) Drops Cycling Team | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rose Osborne (GBr) Drops Cycling Team | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Steffi Jamoneau (Fra) | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kseniya Tuhai (Blr) Bepink | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Emma Johansson (Swe) Wiggle High5 | 7:40:30 |
2 | Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 0:00:25 |
3 | Carmen Small (USA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:28 |
4 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | 0:00:29 |
5 | Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:31 |
6 | Evelyn Stevens (USA) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 0:00:45 |
7 | Ganna Solovei (Ukr) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 0:00:47 |
8 | Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:00:50 |
9 | Malgorzta Jasinska (Pol) AlÈ Cipollini | 0:00:58 |
10 | Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) AlÈ Cipollini | 0:01:03 |
11 | Doris Schweizer (Swi) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Dani King (GBr) Wiggle High5 | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Amanda Spratt (Aus) AUS | 0:01:09 |
14 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | 0:01:11 |
15 | Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 0:01:49 |
16 | Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) INPA - Bianchi | 0:01:55 |
17 | Laura Camila Lozano Ramirez (Col) S.C. Michela Fanini | 0:01:59 |
18 | Jenelle Crooks (Aus) AUS | 0:02:02 |
19 | Edwige Pitel (Fra) S.C. Michela Fanini | 0:02:11 |
20 | Eider Merino Kortazar (Spa) Lointek | 0:02:27 |
21 | Lara Vieceli (Ita) INPA - Bianchi | 0:02:31 |
22 | Claire Rose (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | 0:02:35 |
23 | Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 0:02:38 |
24 | Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:03:10 |
25 | Jermaine Post (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 0:03:30 |
26 | Margarita Victoria Garcia (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:03:38 |
27 | Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Wiggle High5 | 0:03:55 |
28 | Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) INPA - Bianchi | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Jennifer George (GBr) Drops Cycling Team | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) AUS | 0:03:59 |
31 | Daniela Reis (Por) | 0:04:02 |
32 | Elise Maes (Lux) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ | 0:04:05 |
33 | Asja Paladin (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Eva Buurman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 0:04:07 |
35 | Jip Van Den Bos (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 0:04:10 |
36 | Laura Massey (GBr) Drops Cycling Team | 0:04:15 |
37 | Lex Albrecht (Can) Bepink | 0:04:21 |
38 | Sofie De Vuyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:04:30 |
39 | Christina Perchtold (Aut) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Emilia Fahlin (Swe) AlÈ Cipollini | 0:04:31 |
41 | Demi De Jong (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 0:04:41 |
42 | Sharon Laws (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | 0:04:50 |
43 | Irene Bitto (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 0:04:56 |
44 | Rossella Ratto (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling | 0:05:45 |
45 | Audrey Cordon (Fra) Wiggle High5 | 0:05:49 |
46 | Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling | 0:06:08 |
47 | Hannah Payton (GBr) Drops Cycling Team | 0:06:18 |
48 | Sophie Coleman (GBr) Drops Cycling Team | 0:06:19 |
49 | Sari Saarelainen (Fin) S.C. Michela Fanini | 0:06:40 |
50 | Monika Kiraly (Hun) S.C. Michela Fanini | 0:07:08 |
51 | Alison Tetrick (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling | 0:07:24 |
52 | Sara Headley (USA) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | 0:07:49 |
53 | Paulina Brzezna (Pol) | 0:07:59 |
54 | Marta Lach (Pol) | 0:08:56 |
55 | Anisha Vekemans (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:09:33 |
56 | Soraya Paladin (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 0:09:54 |
57 | Joelle Numainville (Can) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:09:55 |
58 | Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Cylance Pro Cycling | 0:10:24 |
59 | Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek | 0:10:52 |
61 | Nicole Moerig (Aus) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | 0:10:57 |
62 | Anna Zita Maria Stricker (Ita) INPA - Bianchi | 0:12:04 |
63 | Nicole Dal Santo (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 0:12:20 |
64 | Ilona Hoeksma (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 0:12:40 |
65 | Monika Brzezna (Pol) | 0:12:54 |
66 | Michela Pavin (Ita) INPA - Bianchi | 0:13:25 |
67 | Simona Bortolotti (Ita) Bepink | 0:14:01 |
68 | Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 0:14:47 |
69 | Amber Neben (USA) Bepink | 0:15:40 |
70 | Louisa Lobigs (Aus) AUS | 0:16:26 |
71 | Heidi Dalton (RSA) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:17:36 |
72 | Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:17:38 |
73 | Federica Nicolai (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini | 0:17:39 |
74 | Francesca Pattaro (Ita) Bepink | 0:17:51 |
75 | Dorleta Eskamendi Gil (Spa) ESP | 0:18:08 |
76 | Shannon Malseed (Aus) AUS | 0:18:10 |
77 | Dalia Muccioli (Ita) AlÈ Cipollini | 0:18:16 |
78 | Lorena Llamas (Spa) ESP | 0:18:26 |
79 | Katarzyna Wilkos (Pol) | 0:19:13 |
80 | Amy Gornall (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | 0:19:48 |
81 | Bethany Hayward (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | 0:19:51 |
82 | Ainara El Busto Arteaga (Spa) ESP | 0:20:47 |
83 | Lucja Pietrzak (Pol) | 0:20:58 |
84 | Rocio Del Alba Garcia Martinez (Spa) Lointek | 0:21:12 |
85 | Ellen Skerritt (Aus) AlÈ Cipollini | 0:26:20 |
86 | Bethany Ann Allen United States INPA - Bianchi | 0:26:48 |
87 | Astrid Chazal (Fra) | 0:27:39 |
88 | Jessica Allen (Aus) AUS | 0:35:13 |
89 | Astrid Gassner (Aut) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ | 0:35:51 |
90 | Irene Usabiaga Balerdi (Spa) ESP | 0:38:36 |
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