Madrid Challenge: Hosking wins stage 2
Brennauer seals overall win over Brand
Report
Chloe Hosking (Alè Cipollini) claimed the stage 2 sprint victory on a rainy finale to the 2019 WNT Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta. The Australian topped Letizia Paternoster (Trek-Segafredo) and Roxane Fournier (Movistar).
The victory was a long-awaited turnaround for a tough season for Hosking.
"I had a really slow, tough start to the season, but I took a step back in May and June and reassessed what I wanted to do. I got some OK results in the back end of the season but to get a win, I'm really proud of myself for my resilience for my determination to get back tow here I know I should be," Hosking said.
"I'm also really grateful for my Ale Cipollini team for not giving up on me. I am really happy and satisfied and it's really nice to give this win back to the team after their constant support throughout the season.
Lisa Brennauer (WNT Rotor) fought of the challenge from Sunweb's Lucinda Brand in the intermediate sprints to seal the overall victory by 10 seconds over Brand with Pernielle Mathiesen (Sunweb) in third.
The seven intermediate sprints and the final bonus seconds proved critical to the overall standings, but motivated by racing in the city of their title sponsor's headquarters, WNT Rotor controlled the race perfectly, with sprinter Kirsten Wild leading out Brennauer for the sprints.
Brennauer took out the first bonus sprint over Brand to extend her lead out from four seconds to seven. In the second, Brennauer padded her lead by one more second.
Brand got the upper hand in the third bonus to claw back one second and then at the mid-point, won the fourth sprint with Brennauer third behind Luxembourg champion Christine Majerus (Boels Dolmans).
Brennauer won the next two sprints with Brand taking third and second, effectively sealing the overall. All she needed now was to get safely across the line in the bunch as the rain soaked the course and led to several crashes.
Ale Cipollini took control of the final lead-out, delivering Hosking to a fine sprint win over Paternoster and Fournier, as Brand missed the time bonuses in fourth and Brennauer cruised in for the overall victory.
"For our team, we didn't have a great time trial yesterday so we really wanted to go in for the stage win," Hosking said. "We knew there would be girls going full gas for all the intermediate seconds throughout the race, so that would make it really hard and fast. You had to stay really aware throughout the race, because as you saw last year, groups can go away.
"Sunweb was super-aggressive all race, but I was really proud of my Alè Cipollini team. We went in with a clear goal and we really executed that.
"I'm not sure you can compare this to the World Championships but for sure it gives me huge confidence."
Stage Results
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini | 2:20:31 |
2 | Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women | |
3 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) Movistar Team Women | |
4 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | |
5 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
6 | Maria Martins (Por) Sopela Women's Team | |
7 | Jolien D'Hoore (Bel) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
8 | Kirsten Wild (Ned) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | |
9 | Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | |
10 | Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
11 | Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | |
12 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | |
13 | Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Ale Cipollini | |
14 | Franziska Koch (Ger) Team Sunweb Women | |
15 | Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women | |
16 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | |
17 | Abigail Van Twisk (GBr) Trek-Segafredo Women | |
18 | Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | |
19 | Aroa Gorostiza Ulloa (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango | |
20 | Diana Carolina Peñuela Martinez (Col) Ale Cipollini | |
21 | Maria Apolonia van 'T Geloof (Ned) Ale Cipollini | |
22 | Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
23 | Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
24 | Julia Soek (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | |
25 | Anastasiia Chursina (Rus) BTC City Ljubljana | |
26 | Urska Pintar (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | |
27 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
28 | Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
29 | Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
30 | Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
31 | Anna Plichta (Pol) Trek-Segafredo Women | |
32 | Jip van den Bos (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
33 | Olga Zabelinskaya (Uzb) Cogeas Mettler Look | |
34 | Pernille Mathiesen (Den) Team Sunweb Women | |
35 | Vita Heine (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | |
36 | Coralie Demay (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
37 | Jessica Allen (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
38 | Eva Buurman (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
39 | Juliette Labous (Fra) Team Sunweb Women | |
40 | Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | |
41 | Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Ale Cipollini | |
42 | Edwige Pitel (Fra) Cogeas Mettler Look | 0:00:07 |
43 | Romy Kasper (Ger) Ale Cipollini | 0:00:10 |
44 | Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | |
45 | Lotta Pauliina Lepistö (Fin) Trek-Segafredo Women | 0:00:18 |
46 | Belen Lopez Morales (Spa) Massi-Tactic Women Team | 0:00:33 |
47 | Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | |
48 | Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | 0:01:31 |
49 | Anna Baidak (Rus) Eneicue Cycling Team | 0:01:37 |
50 | Clara Copponi (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 0:03:04 |
51 | Lara Vieceli (Ita) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 0:03:16 |
52 | Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi-Tactic Women Team | 0:03:26 |
53 | Teresa Ripoll Sabate (Spa) Massi-Tactic Women Team | |
54 | Sofia Rodriguez Revert (Spa) Sopela Women's Team |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 5 |
2 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 4 |
3 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 3 |
4 | Anna Plichta (Pol) Trek-Segafredo Women | 2 |
5 | Anastasiia Chursina (Rus) BTC City Ljubljana | 1 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | 5 |
2 | Pernille Mathiesen (Den) Team Sunweb Women | 4 |
3 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 3 |
4 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 2 |
5 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 1 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 5 |
2 | Charlotte Becker (Ger) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 4 |
3 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 3 |
4 | Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | 2 |
5 | Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 1 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 5 |
2 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 4 |
3 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 3 |
4 | Coralie Demay (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 2 |
5 | Kirsten Wild (Ned) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 1 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Franziska Koch (Ger) Team Sunweb | 5 |
2 | Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Movistar Team Women | 4 |
3 | Edwige Pitel (Fra) Cogeas Mettler Look | 3 |
4 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | 2 |
5 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 1 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 5 |
2 | Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | 4 |
3 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 3 |
4 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 2 |
5 | Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 1 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 5 |
2 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 4 |
3 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 3 |
4 | Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | 2 |
5 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | 1 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini | 10 |
2 | Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women | 8 |
3 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) Movistar Team Women | 6 |
4 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 4 |
5 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 2 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women | 2:20:31 |
2 | Maria Martins (Por) Sopela Women's Team | |
3 | Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | |
4 | Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | |
5 | Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Ale Cipollini | |
6 | Franziska Koch (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
7 | Abigail Van Twisk (GBr) Trek-Segafredo Women | |
8 | Aroa Gorostiza Ulloa (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango | |
9 | Maria Apolonia van 'T Geloof (Ned) Ale Cipollini | |
10 | Anastasiia Chursina (Rus) BTC City Ljubljana | |
11 | Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
12 | Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
13 | Jip van den Bos (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
14 | Pernille Mathiesen (Den) Team Sunweb Women | |
15 | Eva Buurman (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
16 | Juliette Labous (Fra) Team Sunweb Women | |
17 | Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | |
18 | Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | |
19 | Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | 0:01:31 |
20 | Anna Baidak (Rus) Eneicue Cycling Team | 0:01:37 |
21 | Clara Copponi (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 0:03:04 |
22 | Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi-Tactic Women Team | 0:03:26 |
23 | Teresa Ripoll Sabate (Spa) Massi-Tactic Women Team | |
24 | Sofia Rodriguez Revert (Spa) Sopela Women's Team |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Team Sunweb Women | 7:01:33 |
2 | Ale Cipollini | |
3 | Trek-Segafredo Women | |
4 | Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
5 | WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | |
6 | FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
7 | BTC City Ljubljana | |
8 | Valcar-Cylance Cycling | |
9 | Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
10 | Sopela Women's Team | 0:04:57 |
11 | Massi-Tactic Women Team | 0:07:25 |
Final Standings
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 2:33:06 |
2 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 0:00:10 |
3 | Pernille Mathiesen (Den) Team Sunweb Women | 0:00:28 |
4 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:00:35 |
5 | Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | 0:00:36 |
6 | Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
7 | Anna Plichta (Pol) Trek-Segafredo Women | 0:00:37 |
8 | Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women | 0:00:38 |
9 | Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 0:00:39 |
10 | Franziska Koch (Ger) Team Sunweb | 0:00:41 |
11 | Olga Zabelinskaya (Uzb) Cogeas Mettler Look | 0:00:42 |
12 | Vita Heine (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | 0:00:44 |
13 | Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women | 0:00:45 |
14 | Coralie Demay (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 0:00:48 |
15 | Jip van den Bos (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
16 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | 0:00:53 |
17 | Anastasiia Chursina (Rus) BTC City Ljubljana | |
18 | Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 0:00:58 |
19 | Juliette Labous (Fra) Team Sunweb Women | 0:00:59 |
20 | Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women | 0:01:02 |
21 | Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Ale Cipollini | 0:01:03 |
22 | Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 0:01:06 |
23 | Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | 0:01:08 |
24 | Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Ale Cipollini | 0:01:09 |
25 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini | 0:01:10 |
26 | Julia Soek (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 0:01:13 |
27 | Urska Pintar (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | |
28 | Kirsten Wild (Ned) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 0:01:15 |
29 | Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women | 0:01:16 |
30 | Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 0:01:17 |
31 | Edwige Pitel (Fra) Cogeas Mettler Look | 0:01:28 |
32 | Maria Apolonia van 'T Geloof (Ned) Ale Cipollini | 0:01:29 |
33 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 0:01:30 |
34 | Diana Carolina Peñuela Martinez (Col) Ale Cipollini | 0:01:34 |
35 | Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 0:01:35 |
36 | Maria Martins (Por) Sopela Women's Team | 0:01:36 |
37 | Lotta Pauliina Lepistö (Fin) Trek-Segafredo Women | |
38 | Abigail Van Twisk (GBr) Trek-Segafredo Women | |
39 | Eva Buurman (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:01:37 |
40 | Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | |
41 | Jessica Allen (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women | 0:01:38 |
42 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) Movistar Team Women | 0:01:43 |
43 | Jolien D'Hoore (Bel) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:01:52 |
44 | Romy Kasper (Ger) Ale Cipollini | 0:02:10 |
45 | Aroa Gorostiza Ulloa (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango | 0:02:12 |
46 | Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | 0:02:28 |
47 | Belen Lopez Morales (Spa) Massi-Tactic Women Team | 0:02:40 |
48 | Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | 0:03:01 |
49 | Anna Baidak (Rus) Eneicue Cycling Team | 0:03:54 |
50 | Clara Copponi (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 0:04:26 |
51 | Lara Vieceli (Ita) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 0:04:28 |
52 | Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi-Tactic Women Team | 0:05:17 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 25 |
2 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 22 |
3 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 15 |
4 | Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | 13 |
5 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini | 10 |
6 | Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women | 8 |
7 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) Movistar Team Women | 6 |
8 | Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 5 |
9 | Franziska Koch (Ger) Team Sunweb | 5 |
10 | Pernille Mathiesen (Den) Team Sunweb Women | 4 |
11 | Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Movistar Team Women | 4 |
12 | Charlotte Becker (Ger) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 4 |
13 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | 3 |
14 | Edwige Pitel (Fra) Cogeas Mettler Look | 3 |
15 | Anna Plichta (Pol) Trek-Segafredo Women | 2 |
16 | Coralie Demay (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 2 |
17 | Anastasiia Chursina (Rus) BTC City Ljubljana | 1 |
18 | Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 1 |
19 | Kirsten Wild (Ned) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 1 |
20 | Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 1 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Pernille Mathiesen (Den) Team Sunweb Women | 2:33:34 |
2 | Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women | 0:00:10 |
3 | Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 0:00:11 |
4 | Franziska Koch (Ger) Team Sunweb | 0:00:13 |
5 | Jip van den Bos (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:00:20 |
6 | Anastasiia Chursina (Rus) BTC City Ljubljana | 0:00:25 |
7 | Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 0:00:30 |
8 | Juliette Labous (Fra) Team Sunweb Women | 0:00:31 |
9 | Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Ale Cipollini | 0:00:35 |
10 | Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 0:00:38 |
11 | Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | 0:00:40 |
12 | Maria Apolonia van 'T Geloof (Ned) Ale Cipollini | 0:01:01 |
13 | Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 0:01:07 |
14 | Maria Martins (Por) Sopela Women's Team | 0:01:08 |
15 | Abigail Van Twisk (GBr) Trek-Segafredo Women | |
16 | Eva Buurman (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:01:09 |
17 | Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | |
18 | Aroa Gorostiza Ulloa (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango | 0:01:44 |
19 | Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | 0:02:33 |
20 | Anna Baidak (Rus) Eneicue Cycling Team | 0:03:26 |
21 | Clara Copponi (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 0:03:58 |
22 | Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi-Tactic Women Team | 0:04:49 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Team Sunweb Women | 7:40:53 |
2 | Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:00:28 |
3 | Trek-Segafredo Women | 0:00:32 |
4 | WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling | 0:01:00 |
5 | BTC City Ljubljana | 0:01:04 |
6 | FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 0:01:27 |
7 | Valcar-Cylance Cycling | 0:01:29 |
8 | Mitchelton-Scott Women | 0:01:39 |
9 | Ale Cipollini | 0:02:02 |
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