Durango – Durango Emakumeen Saria 2021 [FULL RACE] (ladies) (spanish)

May 18, 2021

Durango – Durango Emakumeen Saria 2021 WE – Durango – Durango : 115,7 km

Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria is a women’s bicycle race held in Spain. The race has been organised as a 1.2 event since 2001 and is around 113 km long

Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx) won the Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria one-day race, beating Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team) in an uphill sprint after a hard and rain-soaked race.

The two Dutch stars passed solo attacker Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) on the final climb and stayed together on the run-in to the finish, with Uttrup Ludwig in hot pursuit.

As the two Dutchwomen were waiting for each other to jump on the final kilometre, the Uttrup Ludwig managed to close the gap, but had nothing left when Van der Breggen and Van Vleuten started the sprint.

Before they were able to contest the victory, Van der Breggen and Van Vleuten had to get back to the front after having been caught behind a split in the peloton.

“Some of my teammates were in the first group and let themselves drop back, and then there were the Canyon-SRAM girls, who worked really hard, and we finally came back. It was really close,” said Van der Breggen.

“Unfortunately, Demi [Vollering] crashed in that last steep climb, that changed the plan a bit for us. Niamh [Fisher-Black] did a really good final. I think we raced really well after we came back, and I am happy to win the sprint against Annemiek,” the world champion finished.

How it unfolded

In the 115.7-kilometre race, 158 riders from 29 teams had to do five laps of a circuit with the gradual climb to Miota, followed by two different ascents of the challenging Goiuria Gaina climb, a fast descent to Durango, and a last uphill kick on the final kilometre.

The peloton stayed together for most of the opening laps as no attack got far before being reeled in. On the fourth lap, Team BikeExchange duo Grace Brown and Ane Santesteban finally got away on a short, twisty downhill right after the feed zone. Although the two riders were caught a few kilometres later, the peloton had also split further back, with Van der Breggen, Van Vleuten, Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) and others caught in the second group.

With 40 km to go, the gap between the two groups was over 40 seconds, and after a short breakaway from Marlen Reusser (Alé BTC Ljubljana) and Brown, the two groups settled into a fast chase. Team BikeExchange, FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope, Liv Racing, and Trek-Segafredo drove the first peloton while SD Worx and Canyon-SRAM, in particular, led the chase in the second peloton as the rain started to pour down.

On the first ascent of the Goiuria Gaina climb, Uttrup Ludwig, Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo), Amanda Spratt (Team BikeExchange), and Pauliena Rooijakkers (Liv Racing) emerged as the strongest from the first peloton. Further behind, Niewiadoma, Erica Magnaldi (Ceratizit-WNT), Vollering, Fisher-Black, Van der Breggen, Van Vleuten made their way through the race, passing riders dropped from the first peloton.

Uttrup Ludwig attacked to go solo just before the crest of the climb, extending her gap on the descent. She started the final ascent of Goiuria Gaina with 23 seconds ahead of a group of about 20 riders which Van der Breggen & co. had just bridged to.

On the first steep part, Uttrup Ludwig was struggling while the chasers came closer, and after a short downhill Van Vleuten and Van der Breggen had caught her just at the beginning of another steep pitch of more than ten per cent. Uttrup Ludwig had to leave a gap and let the two Dutchwomen go, as Rooijakkers came up to her from behind.

Van Vleuten and Van der Breggen, however, did not push their advantage, and when Uttrup Ludwig accelerated again to drop Rooijakkers over the top of the climb, the gap was only ten seconds. The Danish climber threw herself into the descent, getting closer and closer as the two frontrunners raced guardedly, neither wanting to make the first move.

Inside 300 metres from the finish, on the final uphill kick, Uttrup Ludwig got back on Van der Breggen’s wheel just before the last corner, but she had nothing left for the sprint. Van der Breggen proved fastest and came around Van Vleuten to take the win.

Results :
1 Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Team SD Worx 2:51:23
2 Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Movistar Team Women
3 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:00:04
4 Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:00:11
5 Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Liv Racing 0:00:27
6 Arlenis Sierra Canadilla (Cub) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:00:49
7 Elise Chabbey (Swi) Canyon-SRAM Racing
8 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
9 Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) Team BikeExchange
10 Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) Liv Racing 0:00:51
11 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Team SD Worx
12 Demi Vollering (Ned) Team SD Worx
13 Eider Merino Cortazar (Spa) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:01:10
14 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Team BikeExchange
15 Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:01:42
16 Marlen Reusser (Swi) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:02:19
17 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Liv Racing
18 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
19 Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:23
20 Debora Silvestri (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
21 Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Liv Racing 0:02:27
22 Gladys Verhulst (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:02:28
23 Léa Curinier (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:02:35
24 Sandra Levenez (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
25 Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
26 Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Rally Cycling 0:02:40
27 Grace Brown (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:03:05
28 Jelena Eric (Srb) Movistar Team Women 0:03:06
29 Federica Piergiovanni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:03:08
30 Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team 0:04:15
31 Tamara Dronova-Balabolina (Rus) Cogeas-Mettler Pro Cycling Team 0:04:17
32 Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA) Rally Cycling
33 Catalina Anais Soto Campos (Chi) NXTG Racing
34 Aranza Valentina Villalon (Chi)
35 Urska Zigart (Slo) Team BikeExchange
36 Brodie Chapman (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:04:28
37 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:45
38 Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Segafredo
39 Matilde Vitillo (Ita) BePink 0:05:11
40 Michaela Drummond (NZl) BePink
41 Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 0:05:17
42 Nathalie Eklund (Swe) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling 0:05:32
43 Sophie Wright (GBr) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:05:33
44 Andrea Ramírez Fregoso (Mex) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team
46 Elizabeth Holden (GBr) Bizkaia-Durango 0:05:35
47 Nicole Steigenga (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team 0:05:39
48 Paula Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women 0:05:41
49 Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Liv Racing 0:05:44
50 Elena Pirrone (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
51 Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
52 India Grangier (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling 0:06:52
53 Idoia Eraso Lasa (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi
54 Manon Souyris (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling 0:06:59
55 Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Instafund Racing 0:07:00
56 Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) BePink
57 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
58 Silvia Zanardi (Ita) BePink 0:07:09
59 Marta Lach (Pol) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:07:13
60 Usoa Ostolaza Zabala (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi 0:07:15
61 Marissa Baks (Ned) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling
62 Anastasiia Chursina (Rus) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
63 Noemi Rüegg (Swi) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling
64 Olha Kulynych (Ukr) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team
65 Victorie Guilman (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:07:19
66 Amandine Fouquenet (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
67 Pauline Allin (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:07:29
68 Janneke Ensing (Ned) Team BikeExchange 0:07:33
69 Ariadna Gutierrez Arzaluz (Mex) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:07:43
70 Vera Looser (Nam) InstaFund La Prima 0:08:01
71 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:08:08
72 Agnieta Francke (Ned) Team Farto-BTC 0:08:47
73 Balladyne Tritsch (Fra) Macogep Tornatech Girondins de Bordeaux 0:08:57
74 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
75 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Team SD Worx
76 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx
77 Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Movistar Team Women
78 Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Women Cycling Sport
79 Giorgia Bariani (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
80 Laura Tomasi (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
81 Antri Christoforou (Cyp) Women Cycling Sport 0:09:15
82 Claire Steels (GBr) Sopela Women’s Team 0:09:44
83 Aigul Gareeva (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team 0:10:00
84 Elisabet Escursell Valero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte 0:10:01
85 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Team BikeExchange 0:10:10
86 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Women Cycling Sport 0:10:19
87 Amber Aernouts (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team 0:11:03
88 Ariana Gilabert Vilaplana (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
89 Amaia Lartitegi Ormazabal (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 0:11:20
DNF Sandra Moral Ventosinos (Spa) Team Farto-BTC
DNF Mariia Miliaeva (Rus) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team
DNF Rachel Langdon (GBr) Instafund Racing
DNF Fie Osterby (Den) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
DNF Paula Constanza Villalon Sanchez (Chi)
DNF Elynor Backstedt (GBr) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Minke Bakker (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team
DNF Kerry Jonker (RSA) Macogep Tornatech Girondins de Bordeaux
DNF Severine Eraud (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling
DNF Margaux Vigie (Fra) Valcar-Travel & Service
DNF Laura Asencio (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
DNF Clara Lundmark (Swe) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling
DNF Carla Pruñonosa Sanabdon (Spa) Sopela Women’s Team
DNF Michela Balducci (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
DNF Greta Richioud (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
DNF Isabella Bertold (Can) Instafund Racing
DNF Susana Perez Conejero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
DNF Daniela Guajardo (Chi)
DNF Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
DNF Ziortza Isasi Cristobal (Spa) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
DNF Callie Swan (Can) Macogep Tornatech Girondins de Bordeaux
DNF Enara Lopez Gallastegi (Spa) Team Farto-BTC
DNF Luciana Roland (Arg) Women Cycling Sport
DNF Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
DNF Henrietta Colborne (GBr) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling
DNF Emma Ortiz Bonilla (Spa) Sopela Women’s Team
DNF Giorgia Vettorello (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
DNF Vania Canvelli (Ita) BePink
DNF Irantzu Beloki Arcelus (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi
DNF Eva Anguela Yaguez (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
DNF Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
DNF Anna Baidak (Rus) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
DNF Lucie Liboreau (Fra) Macogep Tornatech Girondins de Bordeaux
DNF Carla Fernandez Torres (Spa) Team Farto-BTC
DNF Sara Cueto (Spa) Women Cycling Team
DNF Caroline Baur (Swi) Instafund Racing
DNF Gulnaz Khatuntseva (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team
DNF Inez Beijer (Ned) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling
DNF Maria Gomez Ijalba (Spa) Sopela Women’s Team
DNF Greta Marturano (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
DNF Nora Jencusová (Svk) BePink
DNF Elena Cuenca Salazar (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi
DNF Aida Nuno (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
DNF Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing
DNF Varvara Fasoi (Gre) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
DNF Sara Poidevin (Can) Rally Cycling
DNF Liliana Jesus (Por) Team Farto-BTC
DNF Paola Andrea Munoz (Chi)
DNF Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team Women
DNF Olga Zabelinskaya (Uzb) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team
DNF Nienke Wasmus (Ned) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling
DNF Annabel Fisher (GBr) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling
DNF Gaia Masetti (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
DNF Lydia Iglesias Bares (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
DNF Ainhize Barrainkua Agirre (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi
DNF Alba Leonardo Sanchez (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
DNF Melissa Maia (Por) Team Farto-BTC
DNF Omer Shapira (Isr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
DNF Marie Le Net (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
DNF Heidi Franz (USA) Rally Cycling
DNF Karla Vallajos (Chi)
DNF Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women
DNF Petra Stiasny (Swi) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team
DNF Luce Bourbeau (Can) Macogep Tornatech Girondins de Bordeaux
DNF Melanie Maurer (Swi) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling
DNF Silvia Magri (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
DNF Mercedes Carmona Ramos (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
DNF Garazi Estevez Guede (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi
DNF Naia Amondarain Gaztañaga (Spa) Sopela Women’s Team