Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta 2018: Stage 1 Results

Image 1 of 27

Ellen van Dijk leads Sunweb to victory(Image credit: Luc Claessen/Getty Images)

Team Sunweb won the stage 1 team time trial at the Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta. The World TTT champions lived up to their pedigree and covered the 12.6 km course in 17:40 minutes, winning ahead of Wiggle High5 and Mitchelton-Scott. Leah Kirchmann is the race leader ahead of Sunday's 100.3 km criterium in Madrid.

Despite starting short-handed with only five riders, BTC City Ljubljana could beat this time, finishing in 18:32 minutes. Wiggle High5 went even better, breaking the 18-minute barrier in 17:58 minutes and taking the lead. Only Team Sunweb could beat this, finishing in 17:40 minutes to take first place. Mitchelton-Scott were the last team on the course, their 18:26 minutes were good for third place.

Swipe to scroll horizontally

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Team Sunweb	0:17:40
2	Wiggle High5	0:00:18
3	Mitchelton Scott	0:00:46
4	BTC City Ljubljana	0:00:52
5	Cogeas - Mettler Pro Cycling Team	0:01:10
6	Valcar PBM	0:01:14
7	Movistar Team Women	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	FDJ Nouvelle - Aquitaine Futuroscope	0:01:22
9	Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:01:24
10	Ale Cipollini	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Cylance Pro Cycling	0:01:27
12	Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport Uci Women Cycling	0:01:39
13	WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team	0:01:43
14	Hitec Products - Birk Sport	0:01:47
15	Lotto Soudal Ladies	0:01:54
16	Bizkaia Durango - Euskadi Murias	0:02:22
17	Sopela Women's Team	0:02:34
18	Spain	0:02:43
19	Bepink	0:02:59

Swipe to scroll horizontally

General classification after stage 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb Women	0:17:40
2	Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb Women	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Team Sunweb Women	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Liane Lippert (Ger) Team Sunweb Women	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Wiggle High5	0:00:18
6	Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Wiggle High5	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Wiggle High5	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Kirsten Wild (Ned) Wiggle High5	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Gracie Elvin (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women	0:00:46
11	Jolien D'Hoore (Bel) Mitchelton Scott Women	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Alexandra Manly (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Annette Edmondson (Aus) Wiggle High5	0:00:52
15	Polona Batagelj (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Maaike Boogaard (Ned) BTC City Ljubljana	Row 16 - Cell 2
18	Anastasiia Iakovenko (Rus) BTC City Ljubljana	Row 17 - Cell 2
19	Corinna Lechner (Ger) BTC City Ljubljana	Row 18 - Cell 2
20	Olga Zabelinskaya (Rus) Cogeas	0:01:10
21	Maria Novolodskaya (Rus) Cogeas	Row 20 - Cell 2
22	Antri Christoforou (Cyp) Cogeas	Row 21 - Cell 2
23	Gulnaz Badykova (Rus) Cogeas	Row 22 - Cell 2
24	Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Valcar PBM	0:01:14
25	Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Valcar PBM	Row 24 - Cell 2
26	Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar PBM	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Valcar PBM	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women	Row 27 - Cell 2
29	Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Movistar Team Women	Row 28 - Cell 2
30	Gloria Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team Women	Row 29 - Cell 2
31	Lourdes Oyarbide (Spa) Movistar Team Women	Row 30 - Cell 2
32	Coralie Demay (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	0:01:22
33	Rozanne Slik (Ned) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	Row 32 - Cell 2
34	Lauren Kitchen (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	Row 33 - Cell 2
35	Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	Row 34 - Cell 2
36	Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:01:24
37	Natalie Van Gogh (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	Row 36 - Cell 2
38	Ilona Hoeksma (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	Row 37 - Cell 2
39	Meike Uiterwijk Winkel (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	Row 38 - Cell 2
40	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Ale Cipollini	Row 39 - Cell 2
41	Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale Cipollini	Row 40 - Cell 2
42	Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini	Row 41 - Cell 2
43	Soraya Paladin (Ita) Ale Cipollini	Row 42 - Cell 2
44	Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:01:26
45	Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	Row 44 - Cell 2
46	Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:01:27
47	Jelena Eric (Srb) Cylance Pro Cycling	Row 46 - Cell 2
48	Rossella Ratto (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling	Row 47 - Cell 2
49	Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling	Row 48 - Cell 2
50	Sarah Inghelbrecht (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport	0:01:39
51	Pascale Jeuland (Fra) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport	Row 50 - Cell 2
52	Daniela Reis (Por) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport	Row 51 - Cell 2
53	Kelly Markus (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport	Row 52 - Cell 2
54	Bryony van Velzen (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport	0:01:41
55	Winanda Spoor (Ned) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team	0:01:43
56	Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team	Row 55 - Cell 2
57	Anna Badegruber (Aut) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team	Row 56 - Cell 2
58	Aafke Soet (Ned) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team	Row 57 - Cell 2
59	Roxane Fournier (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	0:01:44
60	Charlotte Becker (Ger) Hitec Products-Birk Sport	0:01:47
61	Simona Frapporti (Ita) Hitec Products-Birk Sport	Row 60 - Cell 2
62	Julie Solvang (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport	Row 61 - Cell 2
63	Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport	Row 62 - Cell 2
64	Annelies Dom (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies	0:01:54
65	Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies	Row 64 - Cell 2
66	Marjolein van 'T Geloof (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies	Row 65 - Cell 2
67	Alana Castrique (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies	Row 66 - Cell 2
68	Georgia Williams (NZl) Mitchelton Scott Women	0:02:02
69	Danielle Christmas (GBr) Bizkaia Durango-Euskadi Murias	0:02:22
70	Lucia Gonzalez (Spa) Bizkaia Durango-Euskadi Murias	Row 69 - Cell 2
71	Henrietta Colborne (GBr) Bizkaia Durango-Euskadi Murias	Row 70 - Cell 2
72	Sandra Alonso (Spa) Bizkaia Durango-Euskadi Murias	Row 71 - Cell 2
73	Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Ale Cipollini	0:02:32
74	Sara Martin (Spa) Sopela Women's Team	0:02:34
75	Isabel Ferreres Navarro (Spa) Sopela Women's Team	Row 74 - Cell 2
76	Iurani Blanco Calbet (Spa) Sopela Women's Team	Row 75 - Cell 2
77	Sofia Rodriguez (Spa) Sopela Women's Team	Row 76 - Cell 2
78	Ariadna Trias (Spa) Sopela Women's Team	Row 77 - Cell 2
79	Paula Diaz Lopez (Spa) Spain	0:02:43
80	Eukene Larrarte Artega (Spa) Spain	Row 79 - Cell 2
81	Ana Usabiaga Balerdi (Spa) Spain	Row 80 - Cell 2
82	Paula Sanmartin (Spa) Servetto-Stradalli Cycle-Alurecycling	Row 81 - Cell 2
83	Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women	0:02:52
84	Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar PBM	0:02:54
85	Jessica Allen (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women	0:02:58
86	Nicole Steigenga (Ned) BePink	0:02:59
87	Francesca Pattaro (Ita) BePink	Row 86 - Cell 2
88	Lisa Morzenti (Ita) BePink	Row 87 - Cell 2
89	Eyerusalem Kelil (Eth) BePink	Row 88 - Cell 2
90	Alicia Gonzalez (Spa) Movistar Team Women	0:03:00
91	Pernille Mathiesen (Den) Team Sunweb Women	0:03:22
92	Ainara Elbusto Arteaga (Spa) Bizkaia Durango	Row 91 - Cell 2
93	Isabel Martin Martin (Spa) Spain	0:03:25
94	Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar PBM	0:03:29
95	Nina Kessler (Ned) Hitec Products-Birk Sport	0:03:30
96	Saartje Vandenbroucke (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport	0:03:42
97	Chantal Hoffmann (Lux) Lotto Soudal Ladies	0:03:46
98	Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team	0:04:05
99	Alba Teruel (Spa) Movistar Team Women	0:04:11
100	Miriam Gardachal (Spa) Bizkaia Durango-Euskadi Murias	0:04:13
101	Maria Martins (Por) Sopela Women's Team	0:04:30
102	Evgenia Augustinas (Rus) Cogeas	0:05:19
103	Elizaveta Oshurkova (Rus) Cogeas	Row 102 - Cell 2
104	Irene Usabiaga Balerdi (Spa) Spain	0:05:51

Lukas Knöfler started working in cycling communications in 2013 and has seen the inside of the scene from many angles. Having worked as press officer for teams and races and written for several online and print publications, he has been Cyclingnews’ Women’s WorldTour correspondent since 2018.