European Championships 2018 [FULL RACE](woman)

August 5, 2018

European Championships 2018 – Women Road Race – Glasgow – Glasgow : 130 km

The 2018 European Road Cycling Championships was the 24th running of the European Road Cycling Championships, and took place from 12 to 15 July 2018 in Brno, Czech Republic for the under-23 and junior events, and from 5 to 9 August 2018 in Glasgow, United Kingdom for the elite events. The event consisted of a total of 6 road races and 6 time trials, regulated by the Union Européenne de Cyclisme (UEC).

The elite portion of the Championships in Glasgow formed a portion of both a first unified UEC European Cycling Championships, and the first multi-sport European Championships.

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).

Results :
1 Marta Bastianelli (Italy) 3:28:15
2 Marianne Vos (Netherlands)
3 Lisa Brennauer (Germany)
4 Elena Cecchini (Italy)
5 Rasa Leleivyte (Lithuania)
6 Christina Malling Siggaard (Denmark)
7 Kaat Hannes (Belgium)
8 Anna Van Der Breggen (Netherlands)
9 Lorena Wiebes (Netherlands)
10 Danielle Rowe (Great Britain)
11 Floortje Mackaij (Netherlands)
12 Christine Majerus (Luxembourg)
13 Eugenia Bujak (Slovenia)
14 Giorgia Bronzini (Italy)
15 Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy)
16 Emilia Fahlin (Sweden)
17 Anastasiia Iakovenko (Russian Federation)
18 Aude Biannic (France)
19 Ellen Van Dijk (Netherlands)
20 Dani Christmas (Great Britain)
21 Lucinda Brand (Netherlands) 0:00:06
22 Sofie De Vuyst (Belgium)
23 Chantal Blaak (Netherlands) 0:00:08
24 Liane Lippert (Germany)
25 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Italy)
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)
32 Alice Barnes (Great Britain) 0:03:08
33 Olga Shekel (Ukraine) 0:03:47
34 Anna Henderson (Great Britain)
35 Alice Sharpe (Ireland)
36 Daiva Ragazinskiene (Lithuania)
37 Rikke Lønne (Denmark)
38 Ellen Van Loy (Belgium)
39 Nicola Juniper (Great Britain)
40 Abby-Mae Parkinson (Great Britain)
41 Yevgeniya Vysotska (Ukraine)
42 Alba Teruel Ribes (Spain)
43 Omer Shapira (Israel)
44 Sara Penton (Sweden)
45 Olena Sharga (Ukraine)
46 Victorie Guilman (France)
47 Lisa Klein (Germany)
48 Clara Koppenburg (Germany)
49 Nicole Hanselmann (Switzerland)
50 Sabrina Stultiens (Netherlands)
51 Martina Ritter (Austria)
52 Kathrin Hammes (Germany)
53 Trixi Worrack (Germany)
54 Susanne Andersen (Norway)
55 Pernille Mathiesen (Denmark)
56 Sophie Wright (Great Britain) 0:04:45
57 Špela Kern (Slovenia) 0:05:50
58 Annelies Dom (Belgium)
59 Tereza Medvedova (Slovakia)
60 Anabelle Dreville (France)
61 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spain)
62 Sarah Rijkes (Austria)
63 Charlotte Bravard (France)
64 Ana Maria Covrig (Romania)
DNF Désirée Ehrler (Switzerland)
DNF Lija Laizane (Latvia)
DNF Emilie Moberg (Norway)
DNF Olena Pavlukhina (Azerbaijan)
DNF Elizabeth Banks (Great Britain)
DNF Rotem Gafinovitz (Israel)
DNF Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukraine)
DNF Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spain)
DNF Charlotte Becker (Germany)
DNF Urša Pintar (Slovenia)
DNF Mieke Kröger (Germany)
DNF Katarzyna Wilkos (Poland)
DNF Katarzyna Pawlowska (Poland)
DNF Elizaveta Oshurkova (Russian Federation)
DNF Stine Borgli (Norway)
DNF Aurela Nerlo (Poland)
DNF Audrey Cordon Ragot (France)
DNF Lotta Lepistö (Finland)
DNF Juliette Labous (France)
DNF Valerie Demey (Belgium)
DNF Severine Eraud (France)
DNF Louise Norman Hansen (Denmark)
DNF Antonia Gröndahl (Finland)
DNF Lourdes Oyarbide (Spain)
DNF Melissa Van Neck (Czech Republic)
DNF Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spain)
DNF Elise Maes (Luxembourg)
DNF Monika Brzezna (Poland)
DNF Karolina Karasiewicz (Poland)
DNF Line Marie Gulliksen (Norway)
DNF Margarita Syradoeva (Russian Federation)
DNF Lucia Gonzalez B. (Spain)
DNF Kathrin Schweinberger (Austria)
DNF Tatiana Jaseková (Slovakia)
DNF Anastasiia Pliaskina (Russian Federation)
DNF Anastasiya Dzedzikava (Belarus)
DNF Sara Mustonen (Sweden)
DNF Sanne Cant (Belgium)
DNF Anna Plichta (Poland)
DNF Liisa Ehrberg (Estonia)
DNF Avital Gez (Israel)
DNF Laura Vainionpää (Finland)
DNS Chantal Hoffmann (Luxembourg)