Giro Rosa 2020 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE – Team Time Trial]

September 11, 2020

Giro Rosa 2020 – Stage 1 TTT – Grosseto – Grosseto : 16 KM km

The Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile, more well known as the Giro Rosa, is one of only two stage races remaining on the Women’s WorldTour’s revised late-season calendar created after racing was halted due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic this spring. It is one of the most important events on the calendar as the only women’s Grand Tour, now held from September 11-19. The long-running event traditionally offers a challenging route that utilises some of the most iconic mountain passes throughout Italy – the Stelvio, Mortirolo and Gavia [that was cancelled from last year’s race due to landslides – ed.] – along with punchy stages and sprint finishes that all cater to the most riveting bike racing. Defending champion and reigning world champion, Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott), will return with a powerful team that includes co-leader Amanda Spratt in what she said is expected to be a tough edition, but not the toughest.

Trek-Segafredo have won the opening stage of the Giro Rosa, a team time trial in Grosseto. Elisa Longo Borghini led the squad across the line to take the overall race lead, the first Italian to do so since 2008.

They set a time of 20:05.99 over the 16.8km course to beat out Boels Dolmans by three seconds, while Mitchelton-Scott finished third, just under five seconds back.

“It is the first time I have the pink jersey, and it’s just nice”, said Longo Borghini after the finish. “It was a team victory; I think every one of these girls deserves a maglia rosa because it has been such a good and smooth ride. Thank you very much to the team.”

Like in the previous three years, the Giro Rosa started with a team time trial, this time hosted by the Tuscan city of Grosseto.

The first team to set a benchmark in the September sun was Italian outfit BePink, finishing in 21:28.66 minutes. This time stood for fifteen minutes until being broken by Movistar Team who stopped the clock at 21:27.37 minutes.

But the Spanish team’s time in the hotseat was short-lived as Équipe Paule Ka improved on their time by over a minute, reaching the finish in only 20:15.08 minutes.

Most of the teams that followed could not reach this benchmark; only Mitchelton-Scott with defending champion Annemiek van Vleuten, the fourth-last team on the road, set a new best time of 20:10.45 minutes.

This was further improved upon by Trek-Segafredo, and when the final team on the course, Boels Dolmans, stopped the clock at 20:08.75, the winners were found.

Results :
1 Trek-Segafredo Women 0:20:05
2 Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:20:08
3 Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:20:10
4 Equipe Paule Ka 0:20:15
5 Team Sunweb Women 0:20:19
6 Canyon-Sram Racing 0:20:21
7 CCC-Liv 0:20:47
8 Ceratizit-WNT Pro 0:20:48
9 Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:20:54
10 Valcar-Travel & Service 0:20:56
11 FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:21:25
12 Movistar Team Women 0:21:27
13 Bepink 0:21:28
14 Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:21:43
15 Cogeas Mettler Look Pro 0:22:01
16 Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:22:18
17 Astana Women’s Team
18 Chronos-Casa Dorada 0:22:25
19 Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano 0:22:37
20 Bizkaia-Durango 0:22:55
21 Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria 0:22:56
22 LVIV 0:23:05
23 Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA 0:23:10

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:20:05
2 Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women
3 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo Women
4 Elizabeth Deignan (GBr) Trek-Segafredo Women
5 Chantal Van den Broek-Blaak (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:20:08
6 Amy Pieters (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
7 Jolien D’Hoore (Bel) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
8 Anna Van der Breggen (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
9 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
10 Eva Buurman (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
11 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:20:10
12 Grace Brown (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women
13 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women
14 Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women
15 Elizabeth Banks (GBr) Equipe Paule Ka 0:20:15
16 Marlen Reusser (Swi) Equipe Paule Ka
17 Emma Cecilie Norsgaard Jørgensen (Den) Equipe Paule Ka
18 Elise Chabbey (Swi) Equipe Paule Ka
19 Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Equipe Paule Ka
20 Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:20:18
21 Juliette Labous (Fra) Team Sunweb Women 0:20:19
22 Alison Jackson (Can) Team Sunweb Women
23 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb Women
24 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb Women
25 Liane Lippert (Ger) Team Sunweb Women
26 Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb Women
27 Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-Sram Racing 0:20:21
28 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-Sram Racing
29 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-Sram Racing
30 Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-Sram Racing
31 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon-Sram Racing
32 Omer Shapira (Isr) Canyon-Sram Racing
33 Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) CCC-Liv 0:20:47
34 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) CCC-Liv
35 Marianne Vos (Ned) CCC-Liv
36 Soraya Paladin (Ita) CCC-Liv
37 Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) CCC-Liv
38 Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) CCC-Liv 0:20:48
39 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro
40 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro
41 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Ceratizit-WNT Pro
42 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro
43 Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) Ceratizit-WNT Pro
44 Eugenia Bujak (Slo) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:20:54
45 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
46 Maaike Boogaard (Ned) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
47 Margarita Victoria Garcia Cañellas (Spa) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
48 Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:20:56
49 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
50 Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
51 Elena Pirrone (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
52 Teniel Campbell (Tto) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:20:58
53 Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
54 Lucy Kennedy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:21:12
55 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:21:25
56 Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
57 Brodie Chapman (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
58 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
59 Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
60 Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Movistar Team Women 0:21:27
61 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women
62 Paula Andrea Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women
63 Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team Women
64 Giorgia Catarzi (Ita) Bepink 0:21:28
65 Silvia Zanardi (Ita) Bepink
66 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Bepink
67 Simona Frapporti (Ita) Bepink
68 Abby-Mae Parkinson (GBr) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:21:43
69 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Lotto Soudal Ladies
70 Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
71 Julie Van de Velde (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
72 Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:21:54
73 Markéta Hájková (Cze) Bepink 0:22:00
74 Aigul Gareeva (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro 0:22:01
75 Olga Zabelinskaya (Uzb) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro
76 Diana Klimova (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro
77 Maria Novolodskaya (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro
78 Greta Marturano (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:22:18
79 Laura Tomasi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
80 Giorgia Bariani (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
81 Debora Silvestri (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
82 Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Astana Women’s Team
83 Katia Ragusa (Ita) Astana Women’s Team
84 Francesca Pattaro (Ita) Astana Women’s Team
85 Olga Shekel (Ukr) Astana Women’s Team
86 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women 0:22:24
87 Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
88 Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Cronos-Casa Dorada 0:22:25
89 Sandra Alonso Dominquez (Spa) Cronos-Casa Dorada
90 Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) Cronos-Casa Dorada
91 Asja Paladin (Ita) Cronos-Casa Dorada
92 Rachel Neylan (Aus) Cronos-Casa Dorada
93 Jelena Eric (Srb) Movistar Team Women 0:22:35
94 Sofia Collinelli (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano 0:22:37
95 Carmela Cipriani (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano
96 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano
97 Letizia Borghesi (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano
98 Gemma Sernissi (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano
99 Giulia Marchesini (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano
100 Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) Bizkaia-Durango 0:22:55
101 Elizabeth Holden (GBr) Bizkaia-Durango
102 Carla Oberholzer (RSA) Bizkaia-Durango
103 Nadine Michaela Gill (GBR) Bizkaia-Durango
104 Martina Fidanza (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria 0:22:56
105 Francesca Pisciali (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria
106 Alice Gasparini (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria
107 Elena Franchi (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria
108 Beatrice Rossato (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria
109 Arianna Sessi (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria
110 Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro 0:23:00
111 Spela Kern (Slo) LVIV 0:23:05
112 Olena Sharga (Ukr) LVIV
113 Julia Biryukova (Ukr) LVIV
114 Evgenia Vysotska (Ukr) LVIV
115 Olivija Baleisyte (Ltu) Astana Women’s Team 0:23:06
116 Anna Potokina (Rus) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA 0:23:10
117 Francesca Baroni (Ita) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA
118 Sara Casasola (Ita) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA
119 Nicole Fede (Ita) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA
120 Kseniia Dobrynina (Rus) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA
121 Elis Simeoni (Ita) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA 0:23:12
122 Naomi De Roeck (Bel) LVIV 0:23:31
123 Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo Women
124 Vania Canvelli (Ita) Bepink 0:23:37
125 Urska Zigart (Slo) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:23:47
126 Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:23:52
127 Lone Meertens (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
128 Elisa Dalla Valle (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:23:55
129 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Equipe Paule Ka 0:24:05
130 Ainara Elbusto Arteaga (Spa) Cronos-Casa Dorada 0:24:09
131 Stine Borgli (Nor) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:24:11
132 Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 0:24:45
133 Mia Radotic (Cro) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro 0:25:32
134 Fiona Turnbull (GBr) LVIV 0:25:33
135 Blanca Liliana Moreno Canchon (Col) Astana Women’s Team 0:25:46
136 Michela Balducci (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:26:04
137 Ariana Gilabert Vilaplana (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 0:26:34