Giro d’Italia Donne 2021 – Stage 06 [FULL STAGE] (ladies)

July 7, 2021

Giro d’Italia Donne 2021 – Stage 6 – Colico – Colico : 155 km

The cycling community – teams, riders, fans and media – might not recognise the revamped Giro d’Italia Donne held from July 2-11 across northern Italy after new organiser stepped in to give the race a complete makeover with fresh branding and marketing initiatives, and promises of better security and live broadcasting, all in an effort to win back its status on the Women’s WorldTour. The event is known for its more than 30-year history as the toughest race on the women’s calendar and it has been a part of the Women’s WorldTour since the top-tier calendar’s inception in 2016. However, the race was downgraded to the 2.Pro Series for not providing required live television and other organisational concerns last year.

Emma Norsgaard (Movistar Team) has won stage 6 of the Giro d’Italia Donne. The Danish sprinter had been runner-up on stage 5 and moved up one place, winning the mass sprint at the end of a long and fast stage around the Lago di Como.

Coryn Rivera (Team DSM) was second and Marianne Vos (Team Jumbo-Visma) finished second third in Colico.

“This is amazing, it could not have gone any better. I am so proud of my team and myself, they always do a fantastic job, and this is the result of really good teamwork,” said Norsgaard after her sprint victory.

“I am really enjoying it here and love doing the Giro. The goals for the next days are maybe another win or another podium. And we have Aalerud who is a really good climber, I hope for her on stage 9,” Norsgaard finished.

Anna van der Breggen (Team SD Worx) continues to lead the general classification but had to relinquish the cyclamen jersey for the points classification to Vos after the latter’s third place.

How it unfolded

Stage 6 started and finished in Colico but was nevertheless the longest of the race at 157 kilometres, slightly lengthened after a last-minute route change. The stage mainly followed the shores of the Lago di Como, going around the lake counter-clockwise.

Despite being the longest of this year’s Giro Donne, the stage was raced very fast, finishing 23 minutes ahead of the fastest schedule. Due to this speed, nobody was able to break away in the first hour in which the riders covered 43.2 kilometres.

Some minutes later, US champion Lauren Stephens (Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank) attacked and briefly held a 15-second advantage but was quickly reeled in again.

The next to attack was Italian Champion Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo), taking off after 60 kilometres. She was joined by Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (Team SD Worx), and together the two riders built an advantage of 2:25 minutes with 50km to go.

In the peloton, Team DSM and Jumbo-Visma were the main drivers of the chase and continually reduced the gap in the last hour of racing. Eventually, Longo Borghini and Moolman-Pasio were caught with 13km to go.

Nearing Colico, Australian champion Sarah Roy (Team BikeExchange) tried to anticipate a mass sprint by attacking on a short ascent just inside the four-kilometre mark. She was followed by Tiffany Cromwell (Canyon-SRAM), but the two were reeled in two kilometres from the finish.

Team DSM, Ceratizit-WNT, Canyon-SRAM and Trek-Segafredo all set up trains for their sprinters and battled for the front positions while Norsgaard free-lanced and jumped from wheel to wheel.

On the finishing straight, stage 5 winner Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) led out her teammate Rivera, but Norsgaard was on Wiebes’ wheel as well and had the top speed to the line, beating Rivera and Vos to win her first Giro Donne stage.

Results :
1 Emma Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team Women 3:41:39
2 Coryn Rivera (USA) Team DSM
3 Marianne Vos (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
4 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
5 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
6 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
7 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
8 Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Liv Racing
9 Maria Vittoria Sperotto (Ita) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team
10 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx
11 Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon-SRAM Racing
12 Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
13 Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
14 Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
15 Silvia Zanardi (Ita) BePink
16 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM
17 Léa Curinier (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
18 Elise Chabbey (Swi) Canyon-SRAM Racing
19 Silke Smulders (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies
20 Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Liv Racing
21 Michaela Drummond (NZl) BePink
22 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
23 Letizia Borghesi (Ita) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano
24 Alice Gasparini (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria
25 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Liv Racing
26 Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
27 Lone Meertens (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
28 Sarah Roy (Aus) Team BikeExchange
29 Giorgia Vettorello (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
30 Greta Richioud (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
31 Marta Cavalli (Ita) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
32 Lauren Stephens (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
33 Elizabeth Deignan (GBr) Trek-Segafredo
34 Debora Silvestri (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
35 Juliette Labous (Fra) Team DSM
36 Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
37 Mavi Garcia (Spa) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
38 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing
39 Gaia Realini (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria
40 Demi Vollering (Ned) Team SD Worx
41 Leah Thomas (USA) Movistar Team Women
42 Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
43 Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
44 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
45 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Team SD Worx
46 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
47 Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Rally Cycling
48 Hanna Nilsson (Swe) Lotto Soudal Ladies
49 Eider Merino Cortazar (Spa) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team
50 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Team BikeExchange
51 Laura Tomasi (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
52 Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
53 Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Movistar Team Women
54 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Team SD Worx
55 Camilla Alessio (Ita) BePink
56 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
57 Federica Piergiovanni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
58 Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
59 Riejanne Markus (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
60 Anouska Koster (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
61 Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (Ned) Team SD Worx
62 Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
63 Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Team SD Worx
64 Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing
65 Kristen Faulkner (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
66 Greta Marturano (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
67 Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) BePink
68 Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) Team BikeExchange
69 Marta Lach (Pol) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
70 Brodie Chapman (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
71 Heidi Franz (USA) Rally Cycling
72 Inga Cesuliene (Ltu) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano
73 Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Liv Racing
74 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano
75 Pauline Allin (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
76 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team DSM
77 Anna Potokina (Rus) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA
78 Grace Brown (Aus) Team BikeExchange
79 Janneke Ensing (Ned) Team BikeExchange
80 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
81 Nancy van der Berg (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
82 Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) Liv Racing 0:00:22
83 Georgia Williams (NZl) Team BikeExchange
84 Liane Lippert (Ger) Team DSM
85 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women
86 Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Movistar Team Women
87 Julie Van De Velde (Bel) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
88 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) BePink
89 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:00:32
90 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
91 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:36
92 Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo
93 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team DSM 0:00:41
94 Noemi Lucrezia Eremita (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria 0:01:33
95 Katie Clouse (USA) Rally Cycling 0:02:15
96 Emily Newsom (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:14:38
97 Amandine Fouquenet (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
98 Lucie Jounier (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
99 Matilde Vitillo (Ita) BePink
100 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano
101 Alice Palazzi (Ita) Born to Win G20 Ambedo
102 Francesca Pisciali (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria
103 Lara Krähemann (Swi) Born to Win G20 Ambedo
104 Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
105 Francesca Baroni (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria
106 Mariia Novolodskaia (Rus) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team
107 Sara Casasola (Ita) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA
108 Lina Svarinska (Lat) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA
109 Asia Zontone (Ita) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA
110 Giorgia Bariani (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
111 Sara Poidevin (Can) Rally Cycling
112 Elisa Dalla Valle (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
113 Clara Honsinger (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
114 Anastasia Carbonari (Ita) Born to Win G20 Ambedo
115 Natalia Studenikina (Rus) Born to Win G20 Ambedo
116 Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Liv Racing
117 Gemma Sernissi (Ita) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano 0:24:52
118 Diana Carolina Peñuela Martinez (Col) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
119 Carlotta Borello (Ita) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA
120 Nadja Heigl (Aut) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA
121 Leah Dixon (GBr) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
122 Typhaine Laurance (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
DNF Andrea Ramírez Fregoso (Mex) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team
DNF Emilie Fortin (Can) Bizkaia-Durango
DNF Danique Braam (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies

General Classification after Stage 6 :
1 Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Team SD Worx 14:11:47
2 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Team SD Worx 0:02:51
3 Demi Vollering (Ned) Team SD Worx 0:03:03
4 Elizabeth Deignan (GBr) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:53
5 Elise Chabbey (Swi) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:06:12
6 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:06:35
7 Mavi Garcia (Spa) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:06:57
8 Juliette Labous (Fra) Team DSM 0:07:01
9 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Team SD Worx 0:07:22
10 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:07:24
11 Marta Cavalli (Ita) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:07:48
12 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:07:56
13 Gaia Realini (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria 0:08:04
14 Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:08:53
15 Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Movistar Team Women 0:09:12
16 Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Liv Racing 0:09:30
17 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:10:05
18 Eider Merino Cortazar (Spa) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:10:10
19 Liane Lippert (Ger) Team DSM 0:10:18
20 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Liv Racing 0:11:42
21 Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Rally Cycling 0:12:00
22 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:12:06
23 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:12:19
24 Leah Thomas (USA) Movistar Team Women 0:12:43
25 Kristen Faulkner (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:13:07
26 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:13:39
27 Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:14:25
28 Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:14:46
29 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team DSM 0:15:14
30 Greta Marturano (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:15:33
31 Marta Lach (Pol) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:15:55
32 Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) Liv Racing 0:16:38
33 Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:16:41
34 Hanna Nilsson (Swe) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:17:07
35 Lauren Stephens (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:17:48
36 Marianne Vos (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:17:59
37 Grace Brown (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:18:49
38 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:19:36
39 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:20:04
40 Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:20:17
41 Coryn Rivera (USA) Team DSM 0:20:45
42 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:21:03
43 Riejanne Markus (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:21:15
44 Camilla Alessio (Ita) BePink 0:21:21
45 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:21:33
46 Silke Smulders (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:21:34
47 Léa Curinier (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:21:57
48 Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) BePink 0:22:34
49 Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:22:59
50 Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) Team BikeExchange 0:23:04
51 Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:23:57
52 Anouska Koster (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:24:09
53 Debora Silvestri (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:24:14
54 Emma Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team Women 0:24:30
55 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:24:34
56 Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (Ned) Team SD Worx 0:24:47
57 Janneke Ensing (Ned) Team BikeExchange 0:25:15
58 Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Liv Racing 0:25:23
59 Sarah Roy (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:25:47
60 Inga Cesuliene (Ltu) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano 0:25:53
61 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano 0:26:05
62 Letizia Borghesi (Ita) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano 0:26:07
63 Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:26:13
64 Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:26:34
65 Nancy van der Berg (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:27:12
66 Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Liv Racing 0:27:17
67 Mariia Novolodskaia (Rus) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:27:21
68 Brodie Chapman (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:27:54
69 Heidi Franz (USA) Rally Cycling 0:27:55
70 Federica Piergiovanni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:28:00
71 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx 0:28:47
72 Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:29:20
73 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) BePink 0:29:32
74 Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:30:01
75 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team DSM 0:30:06
76 Julie Van De Velde (Bel) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:30:08
77 Georgia Williams (NZl) Team BikeExchange 0:30:51
78 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM 0:31:10
79 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:31:49
80 Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:32:29
81 Pauline Allin (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:33:04
82 Anna Potokina (Rus) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA 0:33:20
83 Giorgia Vettorello (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:33:40
84 Laura Tomasi (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:33:55
85 Greta Richioud (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:35:52
86 Clara Honsinger (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:36:25
87 Lone Meertens (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:36:34
88 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:36:48
89 Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:37:40
90 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women 0:38:48
91 Noemi Lucrezia Eremita (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria 0:39:22
92 Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 0:39:48
93 Alice Gasparini (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria 0:40:39
94 Silvia Zanardi (Ita) BePink 0:40:59
95 Giorgia Bariani (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:42:05
96 Michaela Drummond (NZl) BePink 0:43:37
97 Maria Vittoria Sperotto (Ita) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:44:16
98 Francesca Baroni (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria 0:48:34
99 Katie Clouse (USA) Rally Cycling 0:48:57
100 Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Liv Racing 0:49:02
101 Sara Casasola (Ita) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA 0:50:32
102 Natalia Studenikina (Rus) Born to Win G20 Ambedo 0:52:01
103 Anastasia Carbonari (Ita) Born to Win G20 Ambedo 0:52:25
104 Sara Poidevin (Can) Rally Cycling 0:54:22
105 Emily Newsom (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:54:46
106 Francesca Pisciali (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria 0:54:59
107 Alice Palazzi (Ita) Born to Win G20 Ambedo 0:55:39
108 Lucie Jounier (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:55:51
109 Matilde Vitillo (Ita) BePink 0:56:45
110 Elisa Dalla Valle (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:57:10
111 Diana Carolina Peñuela Martinez (Col) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:57:42
112 Asia Zontone (Ita) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA 0:57:49
113 Lina Svarinska (Lat) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA 0:59:28
114 Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 1:01:44
115 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano 1:02:56
116 Nadja Heigl (Aut) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA 1:04:32
117 Leah Dixon (GBr) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 1:06:15
118 Carlotta Borello (Ita) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA 1:07:55
119 Amandine Fouquenet (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 1:10:37
120 Gemma Sernissi (Ita) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano 1:10:59
121 Typhaine Laurance (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 1:22:28
122 Lara Krähemann (Swi) Born to Win G20 Ambedo 1:27:49