Giro d’Italia Donne 2021 – Stage 07 [FULL STAGE] (ladies)

July 8, 2021

Giro d’Italia Donne 2021 – Stage 7 – Dunkerque – Iwuy : 197,1 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.

Marianne Vos (Team Jumbo-Visma) has won the 30th Giro d’Italia Donne stage of her career at Puegnago del Garda.

On stage 7, held mainly on a hilly circuit around Puegnago del Garda, Vos followed the acceleration of Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) with one kilometre to go and left the Italian champion behind on the final 200 metres to win.

Maglia rosa Anna van der Breggen (Team SD Worx) finished in third place, defending the overall race lead.

“It is an incredible number, but it is not really something I was thinking of. You know, every day is a new day in the Giro, and every day you have to be ready to focus, to fight and to get there,” Vos said.

“My team is also inspirational, getting me in the right position and focussed to win again. It’s number two this Giro, the total is incredible,” Vos said after the stage.

How it unfolded

The stage was 110 kilometres long, and starting in Soprazzocco di Gavardo, the peloton reached the hilly finishing circuit 12 kilometres into the stage. Crossing the finish line for the first time after 24.2 km, the rider then did five laps around Puegnago del Garda before finishing 500 metres after a steady 1.5-kilometre, 4.8-percent climb.

The first attackers were Matilde Vitillo (BePink) and Riejanne Markus (Team Jumbo-Visma) who held an advantage of up to 1:30 minutes, but the duo was caught on the first full lap of the finishing circuit.

A few kilometres into the second lap, Lucinda Brand (Trek-Segafredo) took off alone, building a gap of 1:30 minutes and keeping this advantage for a long time. On the penultimate lap, 30 kilometres from the finish, Eugénie Duval (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) initiated a chase group of five that also included Sofia Bertizzolo (Liv Racing), Coryn Rivera (Team DSM), Alexis Ryan (Canyon-SRAM), and Leah Thomas (Movistar).

This group bridged up to Brand with 25km to go, but the peloton reeled the new front group in a few minutes later. After a short-lived move by Marta Jaskulska (Liv Racing), SD Worx led the peloton over the climb and into the final lap of 16.8 kilometres at a high pace.

There were many attacks on this final lap, but most of them were neutralised immediately and could not get away from the peloton.

The most promising move came from Marta Bastianelli (Alé BTC Ljubljana), who attacked with just under ten kilometres to go and eked out an 11-second advantage. Jeanne Korevaar (Liv Racing) went on a solo chase but was quickly reeled in again, and Bastianelli herself was also caught inside six kilometres to go.

Trek-Segafredo, Ceratizit-WNT, Team DSM, and Canyon-SRAM, in particular, set up trains at the front of the reduced peloton and led the race into the final climb.

Tiffany Cromwell (Canyon-SRAM) put in a fierce attack with 1.3 kilometres to go, and as Trek-Segafredo’s Ruth Winder had nothing left to respond, Longo Borghini had to chase down Cromwell herself.

This acceleration by the Italian champion was followed by Vos while Rivera was struggling to keep up. When Longo Borghini reached Cromwell just before the 1-kilometre mark, she counterattacked herself, again followed by Vos.

With Vos in her wheel and not taking any turns, Longo Borghini opened up a gap on the last part of the climb before the road flattened out somewhat with 500 metres to go, and finally Vos launched past the Italian champion to win her 30th Giro Donne stage with ease. Longo Borghini finished second just ahead of overall leader Van der Breggen in third place.

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

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