Bastianelli claims European Road Race title
Vos, Brennauer out-paced in cat-and-mouse finale
Marta Bastianelli (Italy) won the sprint of a reduced group to win the Women's European Championship ahead of defending champion Marianne Vos (Netherlands) and Lisa Brennauer (Germany).
"It's a very hard race, and this win is for my team, because my teammates stayed with me from start to finish," Bastianelli said.
"The sprint was very hard but I think it was very technical. Yesterday we said we had to be top three in the last corner. It was crazy, because it was very hard and fast. I don't know how many kilometers per hour it was but it was very hard."
The race was marked by numerous break groups, with the last being caught with only 1km to go. The Dutch women dominated much of the day, but in the end they were unable to use their advantage.
Several breakaways formed and were caught before a quintet established itself: Lucinda Brand (Netherlands), Lisa Klein (Germany), Nadia Quagliotto (Italy), Juliette Labous (France) and Sophie Wright (Great Britain). Approaching the finish line to start on the fifth lap, Klein jumped from the group, crossing some 30 seconds behind Wright and 19 seconds ahead of the other three, with the field at 2:14.
With 61km to go, the gap to Wright, now alone, had grown to over a minute, with the field more than 2:30 down. They started giving serious chase, with Spain and the Netherlands leading the way. The gaps stayed roughly the same as the sixth lap started, the peloton having relaxed its efforts.
The big names suddenly became more active, unwilling to let the 19-year-old Briton take the race unchallenged. With 48km to go the gap had dropped to under two minutes, with most of the pressure coming from Germany and the Netherlands. A crash near the end of the lap involved Labous, who appeared to be injured.
The start of the next lap saw the gap down to just under a minute, with constant attacks coming from the field. They soon had Wright in their sights. After she was caught, a new lead group consisting of World Champion Chantal Blaak (Netherlands), Alice Barnes (Great Britain) and Elena Cecchini (Italy) formed. They went into the penultimate lap with 24 seconds over a greatly diminished peloton.
The German women went to the head of the field, and led to the catch with 22.3km to go. The Dutch didn't let up, attacking one after the other. Anna van der Breggen (Netherlands) and Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy) formed a dangerous lead group with 21km left. Great Britain's Dani Rowe moved up on the ascent, the only one able to make a dent in the gap. She made it up to the two leaders just before the end of the lap.
This trio set out on the final lap with a 40-seconds lead. Floortje Mackaij (Netherlands) and Aude Biannic (France) gave chase, and caught up with 11.5km to go. Despite their riders up front, the Dutch continued to lead the chasing group.
With just under 8km to go, Van der Breggen attacked, and only Longo Borghini could go with her. The three chasers soon faded back into the peloton. It looked as though the duo would stay away, but with Van der Breggen refusing to pull and Longo Borghini unable to get rid of the Olympic champion, their cooperation stalled. They were caught at the 1km marker, leaving a group of about 25 to contest the sprint.
Orange jerseys led the way to the finish, but it was Marta Bastianelli (Italy) who jumped for the win, ahead of Marianne Vos (Netherlands) and Lisa Brennauer (Germany).
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Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Marta Bastianelli (Italy) | 3:28:15 |
2 | Marianne Vos (Netherlands) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Lisa Brennauer (Germany) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Elena Cecchini (Italy) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Rasa Leleivyte (Lithuania) | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Christina Malling Siggaard (Denmark) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Kaat Hannes (Belgium) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Anna Van Der Breggen (Netherlands) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Lorena Wiebes (Netherlands) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Danielle Rowe (Great Britain) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Floortje Mackaij (Netherlands) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Christine Majerus (Luxembourg) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Eugenia Bujak (Slovenia) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Giorgia Bronzini (Italy) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Emilia Fahlin (Sweden) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Anastasiia Iakovenko (Russian Federation) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Aude Biannic (France) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Ellen Van Dijk (Netherlands) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Dani Christmas (Great Britain) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Lucinda Brand (Netherlands) | 0:00:06 |
22 | Sofie De Vuyst (Belgium) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Chantal Blaak (Netherlands) | 0:00:08 |
24 | Liane Lippert (Germany) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Italy) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Marta Cavalli (Italy) | 0:00:10 |
27 | Polona Batagelj (Slovenia) | 0:00:14 |
28 | Hanna Nilsson (Sweden) | 0:00:15 |
29 | Soraya Paladin (Italy) | 0:00:37 |
30 | Nadia Quagliotto (Italy) | 0:00:42 |
31 | Eugénie Duval (France) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Alice Barnes (Great Britain) | 0:03:08 |
33 | Olga Shekel (Ukraine) | 0:03:47 |
34 | Anna Henderson (Great Britain) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Alice Sharpe (Ireland) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Daiva Ragazinskiene (Lithuania) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Rikke Lønne (Denmark) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Ellen Van Loy (Belgium) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Nicola Juniper (Great Britain) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Abby-Mae Parkinson (Great Britain) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Yevgeniya Vysotska (Ukraine) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Alba Teruel Ribes (Spain) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Omer Shapira (Israel) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Sara Penton (Sweden) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Olena Sharga (Ukraine) | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Victorie Guilman (France) | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Lisa Klein (Germany) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Clara Koppenburg (Germany) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Nicole Hanselmann (Switzerland) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Sabrina Stultiens (Netherlands) | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Martina Ritter (Austria) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Kathrin Hammes (Germany) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Trixi Worrack (Germany) | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Susanne Andersen (Norway) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Pernille Mathiesen (Denmark) | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Sophie Wright (Great Britain) | 0:04:45 |
57 | Špela Kern (Slovenia) | 0:05:50 |
58 | Annelies Dom (Belgium) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Tereza Medvedova (Slovakia) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Anabelle Dreville (France) | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spain) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Sarah Rijkes (Austria) | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Charlotte Bravard (France) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Ana Maria Covrig (Romania) | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Désirée Ehrler (Switzerland) | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lija Laizane (Latvia) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Emilie Moberg (Norway) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Olena Pavlukhina (Azerbaijan) | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Elizabeth Banks (Great Britain) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rotem Gafinovitz (Israel) | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukraine) | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spain) | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Charlotte Becker (Germany) | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Urša Pintar (Slovenia) | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mieke Kröger (Germany) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Katarzyna Wilkos (Poland) | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Katarzyna Pawlowska (Poland) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Elizaveta Oshurkova (Russian Federation) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stine Borgli (Norway) | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Aurela Nerlo (Poland) | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Audrey Cordon Ragot (France) | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lotta Lepistö (Finland) | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Juliette Labous (France) | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Valerie Demey (Belgium) | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Severine Eraud (France) | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Louise Norman Hansen (Denmark) | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Antonia Gröndahl (Finland) | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lourdes Oyarbide (Spain) | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Melissa Van Neck (Czech Republic) | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spain) | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Elise Maes (Luxembourg) | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Monika Brzezna (Poland) | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Karolina Karasiewicz (Poland) | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Line Marie Gulliksen (Norway) | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Margarita Syradoeva (Russian Federation) | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lucia Gonzalez B. (Spain) | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kathrin Schweinberger (Austria) | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tatiana Jaseková (Slovakia) | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anastasiia Pliaskina (Russian Federation) | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anastasiya Dzedzikava (Belarus) | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sara Mustonen (Sweden) | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sanne Cant (Belgium) | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anna Plichta (Poland) | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Liisa Ehrberg (Estonia) | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Avital Gez (Israel) | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Laura Vainionpää (Finland) | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Chantal Hoffmann (Luxembourg) | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
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