Paternoster wins stage 1 of the Women's Tour Down Under
Roy second, Sierra third in sprint finish to opening stage
Italian Letizia Paternoster gave the new Trek-Segafredo women's team their first victory in the first UCI race of 2019 when she won the opening stage of the Santos Women's Tour Down Under in Birdwood, South Australia, on Thursday.
The riders taking part in the 112.9km stage between Hahndorf and Birdwood remained together throughout what was a mostly flat day before it culminated in the expected bunch sprint, in which 19-year-old Paternoster got the better of Mitchelton-Scott's Sarah Roy, with Arlenis Sierra (Astana) finishing third.
"It's great for me and for the whole team to win here and to show the jersey because this is a new team. It was the new team's first race and we won, so this is an amazing feeling," said a delighted Paternoster, who is half Australian through her father, who lives in Sydney.
"The team stayed together pretty much all day and protected me in the bunch, and at the end they did a perfect lead-out to bring me to the finish line.
"When I went, I thought I was closer to the finish line, and when I saw it was still 250m to go, I wanted to die a little," she said. "I'm so happy to have pulled it off.
Trek-Segafredo General Manager Luca Guercilena is in Adelaide to watch the team's opening race, and for many that would have felt like added pressure, although Paternoster feels it only benefited her and the team.
"It didn't give me more pressure," she said. "On the contrary – it made it easy and relaxed, and we all had the confidence to work together, and I was confident at the end, so I think he's really happy."
Following a comfortable pace in the peloton over the first hour, the first action came as Chloe Hosking (Ale Cipollini) took the points and the time bonus at the first intermediate sprint in Gumeracha after 34.7km, ahead of Mitchelton-Scott pair Gracie Elvin and Sarah Roy.
Less than five kilometres later, the hunt for 'Queen of the Mountain' points began, with Alice Cobb (Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank) snaring top points ahead of Jennifer Pettenon and Justine Barrow of Australian National Road Series team Gusto StepFWD KOM.
The second 'QOM' at the Ngangkiparinga Climb saw Nadia Quagliotto (Ale Cipollini) announce her intentions for the jersey by taking the points ahead of Pettenon and Elena Pirrone (Astana Women's Team). Quagliotto later added the third QOM of the day to take the first Subaru Queen of the Mountains jersey.
It was the same three riders as earlier in the stage sharing the points at the second intermediate sprint, although this time it was Elvin taking top points ahead of Hosking and Roy.
Coming in to the final kilometres, a number teams jostled for position at the head of the peloton, with Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport, Rally UnitedHealthcare, UniSA Australia and the Astana Women's Team all active, although it was Trek-Segafredo in their first race who delivered Paternoster to the front before she unleashed her potent sprint, beating Roy and Sierra to the first ochre leader's jersey.
Paternoster leads the race overall by two seconds from Roy, with Hosking a further three seconds back after they both picked up bonus seconds at the intermediate sprints.
The race returns to Mengler Hill on Friday for the second year in a row with the near 10-per-cent-gradient climb to the finish the first opportunity for the climbers to shine, with temperatures expected to reach nearly 40 degrees.
"I'll talk with my trainer and directeur sportif to see how we'll manage the stage tomorrow," the race's leader, Paternoster, said of her chances for Mengler Hill.
With the race's overall contenders expected to show themselves on the climb, Paternoster and her Trek-Segafredo teammates are likely to have their work cut out trying to keep hold of the race lead.
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women | 3:10:28 |
2 | Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Astana Women's Team | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Alison Jackson (Can) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Rachele Barbieri (Ita) BePink | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) CCC-Liv | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Matilda Raynolds (Aus) Specialized Women's Racing | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Rebecca Wiasak (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Naimh Fisher-Black (NZl) Vantage New Zealand National Team | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Sara Bergen (Can) Rally UHC Cycling | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Georgia Whitehouse (Aus) Sydney University | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Jessica Pratt (Aus) Sydney University | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Lauren Stephens (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Paolo Munoz (Chi) Swapit/Agolico | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Amanda Spratt (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Valerie Demey (Bel) CCC-Liv | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Amanda Jaimeson (NZl) Vantage New Zealand National Team | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Anischa Vekemans (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Bryony Van Velzen (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Andrea Ramirez (Mex) Swapit/Agolico | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Jaime Gunning (Aus) Specialized Women's Racing | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) Ale Cipollini | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Grace Anderson (NZl) Vantage New Zealand National Team | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Deborah Paine (NZl) Vantage New Zealand National Team | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Marie-Soleil Blais (Can) Astana Women's Team | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Abigail Mickey (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Josie Talbot (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Evy Kuijpers (Ned) CCC-Liv | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Kirsty McCallum (NZl) Vantage New Zealand National Team | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Katia Ragusa (Ita) BePink | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Gina Ricardo (Aus) Sydney University | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Tetyana Riabchenko (Ukr) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Taryn Heather (Aus) Specialized Women's Racing | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Riejanne Markus (Ned) CCC-Liv | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Jennifer Pettenon (Aus) Gusto StepFWD KOM | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Shannon Malseed (Aus) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Gracie Elvin (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Emily Watts (Aus) Sydney University | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Alice Cobb (GBr) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Nicole Steigenga (Ned) BePink | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Agnieszka Skalniak (Pol) CCC-Liv | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Victoire Berteau (Fra) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Elena Pirrone (Ita) Astana Women's Team | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Rachel Neylan (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Summer Moak (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Georgia Williams (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) CCC-Liv | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Tereza Medvedova (Slo) BePink | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Heidi Franz (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Elizabeth Stannard (Aus) Gusto StepFWD KOM | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Lucy Kennedy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Maria Jose Vargas (CRc) Swapit/Agolico | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Grace Brown (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Anet Barrera (Mex) Swapit/Agolico | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Jess Mundy (Aus) Gusto StepFWD KOM | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Amy Cure (Aus) Specialized Women's Racing | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Anya Louw (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) BePink | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Daniela Reis (Por) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Eri Yonamine (Jap) Ale Cipollini | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Nicola MacDonald (Aus) Gusto StepFWD KOM | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Francesca Pattaro (Ita) BePink | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Emily Roper (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Elyse Fraser (NZl) Vantage New Zealand National Team | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Romy Kasper (Ger) Ale Cipollini | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Maria Van 'T Geloof (Ned) Ale Cipollini | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Yareli Salazar (Mex) Astana Women's Team | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Brenda Andrea Santoyo (Mex) Swapit/Agolico | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Lauretta Hanson (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Gillian Ellsay (Can) Rally UHC Cycling | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Ashlee Ankudinoff (Aus) Specialized Women's Racing | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Carolina Rodriguez (Mex) Astana Women's Team | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Jeidy Pradera (Cub) Astana Women's Team | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Ella Bloor (Aus) Specialized Women's Racing | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Veronica Lebedev (Aus) Gusto StepFWD KOM | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Sharlotte Lucas (NZl) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | 0:00:11 |
84 | Jessica Raimondi (Ita) Ale Cipollini | 0:00:19 |
85 | Anna Booth (Aus) Sydney University | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Jannie Milena Salcedo (Col) Swapit/Agolico | 0:09:06 |
DNF | Justine Barrow (Aus) Gusto StepFWD KOM | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jade Colligan (Aus) Sydney University | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Lotta Pauliina Lepistö (Fin) Trek-Segafredo Women | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
General classification after stage 1
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women | 3:10:18 |
2 | Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 0:00:02 |
3 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini | 0:00:05 |
4 | Gracie Elvin (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Astana Women's Team | 0:00:06 |
6 | Alison Jackson (Can) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | 0:00:10 |
7 | Rachele Barbieri (Ita) BePink | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) CCC-Liv | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Matilda Raynolds (Aus) Specialized Women's Racing | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Rebecca Wiasak (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Naimh Fisher-Black (NZl) Vantage New Zealand National Team | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Sara Bergen (Can) Rally UHC Cycling | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Georgia Whitehouse (Aus) Sydney University | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Jessica Pratt (Aus) Sydney University | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Lauren Stephens (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Paolo Munoz (Chi) Swapit/Agolico | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Amanda Spratt (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Valerie Demey (Bel) CCC-Liv | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Amanda Jaimeson (NZl) Vantage New Zealand National Team | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Anischa Vekemans (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Bryony Van Velzen (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Andrea Ramirez (Mex) Swapit/Agolico | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Jaime Gunning (Aus) Specialized Women's Racing | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) Ale Cipollini | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Grace Anderson (NZl) Vantage New Zealand National Team | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Deborah Paine (NZl) Vantage New Zealand National Team | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Marie-Soleil Blais (Can) Astana Women's Team | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Abigail Mickey (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Josie Talbot (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Evy Kuijpers (Ned) CCC-Liv | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Kirsty McCallum (NZl) Vantage New Zealand National Team | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Katia Ragusa (Ita) BePink | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Gina Ricardo (Aus) Sydney University | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Tetyana Riabchenko (Ukr) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Taryn Heather (Aus) Specialized Women's Racing | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Riejanne Markus (Ned) CCC-Liv | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Jennifer Pettenon (Aus) Gusto StepFWD KOM | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Shannon Malseed (Aus) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Emily Watts (Aus) Sydney University | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Alice Cobb (GBr) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Nicole Steigenga (Ned) BePink | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Agnieszka Skalniak (Pol) CCC-Liv | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Victoire Berteau (Fra) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Elena Pirrone (Ita) Astana Women's Team | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Rachel Neylan (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Summer Moak (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Georgia Williams (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) CCC-Liv | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Tereza Medvedova (Slo) BePink | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Heidi Franz (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Elizabeth Stannard (Aus) Gusto StepFWD KOM | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Lucy Kennedy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Maria Jose Vargas (CRc) Swapit/Agolico | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Grace Brown (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Anet Barrera (Mex) Swapit/Agolico | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Jess Mundy (Aus) Gusto StepFWD KOM | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Amy Cure (Aus) Specialized Women's Racing | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Anya Louw (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) BePink | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Daniela Reis (Por) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Eri Yonamine (Jap) Ale Cipollini | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Nicola MacDonald (Aus) Gusto StepFWD KOM | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Francesca Pattaro (Ita) BePink | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Emily Roper (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Elyse Fraser (NZl) Vantage New Zealand National Team | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Romy Kasper (Ger) Ale Cipollini | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Maria Van 'T Geloof (Ned) Ale Cipollini | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Yareli Salazar (Mex) Astana Women's Team | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Brenda Andrea Santoyo (Mex) Swapit/Agolico | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Lauretta Hanson (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Gillian Ellsay (Can) Rally UHC Cycling | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Ashlee Ankudinoff (Aus) Specialized Women's Racing | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Carolina Rodriguez (Mex) Astana Women's Team | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Jeidy Pradera (Cub) Astana Women's Team | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Ella Bloor (Aus) Specialized Women's Racing | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Veronica Lebedev (Aus) Gusto StepFWD KOM | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Anna Booth (Aus) Sydney University | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Sharlotte Lucas (NZl) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | 0:00:21 |
85 | Jessica Raimondi (Ita) Ale Cipollini | 0:00:29 |
86 | Jannie Milena Salcedo (Col) Swapit/Agolico | 0:09:16 |
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