Ceratizit Festival Elsy Jacobs 2021 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE] (ladies)

May 1, 2021

Ceratizit Festival Elsy Jacobs 2021 – Stage 1 – Steinfort – Steinfort : 125,1 km

The Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs formerly known as the Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs is an international women’s road bicycle race held in Garnich, Luxembourg. Since 2008 this event is on the UCI women’s elite cycle racing calendar. Between 2009 and 2011 it was rated as an UCI 1.1 category race and since 2012 the race is a 2.1 category stage race. The race is named after Elsy Jacobs the first winner of the UCI Road World Championships – Women’s Road Race

Emma Norsgaard (Movistar) took her first victory of the season at stage 1 of the Festival Elsy Jacobs in Steinfort. Norsgaard won the bunch sprint ahead of Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ceratizit-WNT) and Leah Kirchmann (Team DSM) in third.

Norsgaard has moved into the overall race lead ahead of the finale stage 2 on Sunday.

After a short prologue the previous day, stage 1 offered the peloton a 125.1-kilometre race that started and finished in Steinfort on Saturday.

The peloton raced a 44.7-kilometre loop followed by four laps of a 20.1-kilometre circuit that included a climb each lap and a rise to the finish line. There were also four GPM ascents for points along the route toward the mountain classification.

Two breakaway riders emerged over the second mountain pass – Thalita de Jong (Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire) and Kathrin Hammes (Ceratizit-WNT) – they initially built a lead up to one minute but that grew to nearly three minutes with 60 km to go.

The gap dropped but the duo still held 1:30 gap with 27km to go, approaching the final lap.

Jumbo-Visma led the chase from the main field along with teams Parkhotel-Valkenburg and Liv Racing, and the pair were reeled back into the main field on the last lap.

Trek-Segafredo’s Tayler Wiles pushed the pace at the front of the field to set up her teammates for a sprint, but last-minute attacks caused some disruption among the front of the peloton.

Movistar, Jumbo-Visma, Valcar Travel & Service were all organised through the penultimate corner with with 900 metres to go, but Movistar proved strongest and led through the final bend and into the last few hundred metres.

Norsgaard started her sprint early and put a huge distance between herself and runner-up Confalonieri and Kirchmann to take her first win of the season.

Results :
1 Emma Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team Women 3:14:06
2 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
3 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team DSM 0:00:02
4 Elise Chabbey (Swi) Canyon-SRAM Racing
5 Juliette Labous (Fra) Team DSM
6 Christine Majerus (Lux) Team SD Worx
7 Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
8 Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo
9 Riejanne Markus (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
10 Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Liv Racing
11 Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing
12 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
13 Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
14 Coryn Rivera (USA) Team DSM
15 Leah Thomas (USA) Movistar Team Women
16 Mischa Bredewold (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
17 Valerie Demey (Bel) Liv Racing
18 Anastasiia Chursina (Rus) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
19 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx
20 Lonneke Uneken (Ned) Team SD Worx
21 Anouska Koster (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
22 Julie Leth (Den) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
23 Laura Asencio (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
24 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Team SD Worx
25 Thalita De Jong (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire
26 Clara Copponi (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
27 Noemi Rüegg (Swi) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling
28 Anna Shackley (GBr) Team SD Worx
29 Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing
30 Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
31 Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Liv Racing
32 Spela Kern (Slo) Massi Tactic Women Team
33 Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Liv Racing
34 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
35 Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:00:13
36 Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
37 Femke Gerritse (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
38 Olivia Baril (Can) Massi Tactic Women Team
39 Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Liv Racing
40 Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing
41 Marie Le Net (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
42 Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Segafredo
43 Julia van Bokhoven (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
44 Amber van der Hulst (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:00:23
45 Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:00:25
46 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women 0:00:37
47 Omer Shapira (Isr) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:00:52
48 Romy Kasper (Ger) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
49 Jade Wiel (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:01:08
50 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
51 Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:01:31
52 Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
53 Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
54 Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
55 Silvia Pollicini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
56 Vita Heine (Nor) Massi Tactic Women Team 0:04:34
57 Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (Nor) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:04:41
58 Nancy van der Berg (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:04:44
59 Elizabeth Bennett (GBr) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur
60 Manon Souyris (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling
61 Rylee McMullen (NZl) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
62 Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
63 Georgia Danford (NZl) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
64 Mae Lang (Est) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
65 Kelly Van Den Steen (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire
66 Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team
67 Justine Ghekiere (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire
68 Maaike Coljé (Ned) Massi Tactic Women Team
69 Natalie van Gogh (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire
70 Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
71 Laura Tomasi (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
72 Evy Kuijpers (Ned) Liv Racing
73 Alessia Patuelli (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:04:56
74 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:05:06
75 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women
76 Elynor Backstedt (GBr) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:23
77 Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
78 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM
79 Esmée Peperkamp (Ned) Team DSM
80 Marjolein Van’T Geloof (Ned) Drops – Le Col s/b TEMPUR. 0:06:54
81 Belle de Gast (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
82 Anastasiya Kolesava (Blr) WCC Team
83 Dani Christmas (BGr) Drops – Le Col s/b TEMPUR
84 Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) Massi Tactic Women Team
85 Nina Berton (Lux) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
86 Anna Christian (GBr) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur
87 Sandra Weiss (Swi) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
88 Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Movistar Team Women
89 Julie Van De Velde (Bel) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:11:04
90 Finja Smekal (Ger) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur
DNF Sofie van Rooijen (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
DNF Coralie Demay (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling
DNF Ayan Khankishiyeva (Aze) WCC Team
DNF Akvil_ Gedraityte (Lit) WCC Team
DNF Séverine Eraud (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling
DNF Magdeleine Vallieres-Mill (Can) WCC Team
DNF Demi De Jong (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire
DNF Emilie Moberg (Nor) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur
DNF Lauren Kitchen (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
DNF Nikola Noskova (Cze) Team SD Worx
DNF Elodie Le Bail (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling
DNF Tereza Medvedova (Svk) WCC Team
DNF Wilma Olausson (Swe) Team DSM
DNF Fatima Zahra El Hayani (Mar) WCC Team
DNF Celia Le Mouel (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling
DNF Claudia Jongerius (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Emma Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team Women 3:17:15
2 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team DSM 0:00:04
3 Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:00:08
4 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:00:10
5 Thalita De Jong (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire
6 Lonneke Uneken (Ned) Team SD Worx
7 Anouska Koster (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
8 Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:11
9 Christine Majerus (Lux) Team SD Worx
10 Riejanne Markus (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:00:12
11 Clara Copponi (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:00:13
12 Juliette Labous (Fra) Team DSM
13 Elise Chabbey (Swi) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:00:14
14 Coryn Rivera (USA) Team DSM 0:00:15
15 Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Liv Racing
16 Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
17 Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:00:16
18 Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Liv Racing
19 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx 0:00:17
20 Leah Thomas (USA) Movistar Team Women 0:00:19
21 Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Liv Racing 0:00:20
22 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:00:22
23 Noemi Rüegg (Swi) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling
24 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Team SD Worx 0:00:23
25 Marie Le Net (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:00:24
26 Julie Leth (Den) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
27 Anastasiia Chursina (Rus) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:00:25
28 Mischa Bredewold (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
29 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
30 Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:00:26
31 Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing
32 Laura Asencio (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:00:27
33 Valerie Demey (Bel) Liv Racing
34 Anna Shackley (GBr) Team SD Worx
35 Femke Gerritse (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:00:29
36 Spela Kern (Slo) Massi Tactic Women Team 0:00:32
37 Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
38 Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:00:33
39 Amber van der Hulst (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:00:35
40 Julia van Bokhoven (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:00:36
41 Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Liv Racing
42 Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:37
43 Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
44 Olivia Baril (Can) Massi Tactic Women Team
45 Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:00:41
46 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women 0:01:00
47 Romy Kasper (Ger) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:01:09
48 Omer Shapira (Isr) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:01:21
49 Jade Wiel (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:01:27
50 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:01:31
51 Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:01:49
52 Silvia Pollicini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:01:50
53 Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
54 Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:01:52
55 Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:02:01
56 Vita Heine (Nor) Massi Tactic Women Team 0:04:58
57 Nancy van der Berg (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:05:00
58 Laura Tomasi (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:05:04
59 Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:05:05
60 Kelly Van Den Steen (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire 0:05:08
61 Elizabeth Bennett (GBr) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur
62 Natalie van Gogh (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire
63 Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team 0:05:10
64 Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
65 Manon Souyris (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling 0:05:11
66 Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (Nor) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:05:12
67 Evy Kuijpers (Ned) Liv Racing 0:05:13
68 Rylee McMullen (NZl) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
69 Georgia Danford (NZl) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:05:14
70 Justine Ghekiere (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire 0:05:15
71 Maaike Coljé (Ned) Massi Tactic Women Team 0:05:16
72 Mae Lang (Est) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:05:17
73 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women
74 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:05:20
75 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM 0:05:26
76 Alessia Patuelli (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:05:28
77 Esmée Peperkamp (Ned) Team DSM 0:05:37
78 Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:41
79 Elynor Backstedt (GBr) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:44
80 Marjolein Van’T Geloof (Ned) Drops – Le Col s/b TEMPUR. 0:07:09
81 Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:07:13
82 Belle de Gast (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:07:15
83 Dani Christmas (BGr) Drops – Le Col s/b TEMPUR 0:07:19
84 Anna Christian (GBr) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur 0:07:20
85 Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) Massi Tactic Women Team 0:07:22
86 Nina Berton (Lux) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:07:25
87 Sandra Weiss (Swi) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:07:26
88 Anastasiya Kolesava (Blr) WCC Team 0:07:28
89 Julie Van De Velde (Bel) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:11:20
90 Finja Smekal (Ger) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur 0:11:32