Giro d’Italia Donne 2021 – Stage 08 [FULL STAGE] (ladies)

July 9, 2021

Giro d’Italia Donne 2021 – Stage 8 – San Vendemiano – Mortegliano : 129,4 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.

Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) has won stage 8 of the Giro d’Italia Donne. The stage came down to a mass sprint after a breakaway of three riders was reeled in with just over six kilometres to go, and after a lead-out by teammate Coryn Rivera, Wiebes was faster than everyone else. Emma Norsgaard (Movistar Team) finished second, Maria Vittoria Sperotto (A.R. Monex) rounded out the podium.

“It was a really fast stage today and a messy sprint. But Coryn came at the perfect moment to bring me up to speed, and I could go all-out to the finish,” Wiebes recounted the final.

Wiebes now has two stage victories from her first participation in the Giro Donne, with a final opportunity for a sprint coming up on stage 10. Asked about replicating Vos’ 30 stage wins, Wiebes laughed and remained noncommittal.

“What Marianne did is amazing. I hope I can also go for the 30, but it is a really long way. We will see,” the stage winner finished.

Anna van der Breggen (Team SD Worx) continues to lead the race ahead of her teammates Ashleigh Moolman Pasio and Demi Vollering ahead of Saturday’s mountain stage 9 finishing on the Monte Matajur.

How it unfolded

It was a diminished peloton that started the 130-kilometre stage in San Vendemiano as Bizkaia-Durango and Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank withdrew from the race after Covid-19 positives.

Having crashed on the stage 1 TTT, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) also opted not to start stage 8 and instead get more recovery days in before the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

There were many attacks in the first third of the stage, but the peloton did not let any of them go. Only after the intermediate sprint in San Vito al Tagliamento 52 kilometres into the stage did Anastasia Carbonara (Born To Win G20 Ambedo) get away, and a few minutes later her teammate Natalya Studenikina and Giorgia Vettorello (Top Girls Fassa Bortolo) went after Carbonara.

When the three riders joined up, they worked well together and built an advantage that maxed out at 3:15 minutes with 50 kilometres to go. In the peloton, Team DSM and Movistar Team shared the work and gradually brought the gap down to 1:33 minutes when the peloton crossed the finish line in Mortegliano with 21.8 km to go.

Team Jumbo-Visma of Thursday’s stage winner Marianne Vos and Valcar-Travel & Service of Ilaria Sanguineti also helped the chase on this final lap, and the three escapees were caught 6km from the finish.

Movistar’s Leah Thomas did a long turn at the front of the peloton in the final kilometres, but when she swung off just before the flamme rouge, the team’s train drifted backwards again before Aude Biannic took over with 800 metres to go.

Wiebes and Rivera were positioned on Norsgaard’s wheel, and Rivera accelerated out of the final turn with 500 metres to go with Wiebes tucked in behind her, leading out the Dutch sprinter for another Giro Donne stage victory.

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

General Classification after Stage 8 :
1 Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Team SD Worx 20:10:15
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 Gaia Realini (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria 0:08:27
13 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:08:43
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 0:10:14
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 Leah Thomas (USA) Movistar Team Women 0:12:47
24 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:13:58
25 Greta Marturano (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:16:01
26 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team DSM 0:16:34
27 Marta Lach (Pol) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:16:35
28 Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:17:18
29 Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:17:20
30 Marianne Vos (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:17:53
31 Hanna Nilsson (Swe) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:18:00
32 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:19:40
33 Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:20:08
34 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:20:36
35 Coryn Rivera (USA) Team DSM 0:21:02
36 Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:21:37
37 Silke Smulders (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:21:51
38 Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) Liv Racing 0:22:05
39 Léa Curinier (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:22:37
40 Riejanne Markus (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:22:53
41 Grace Brown (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:23:24
42 Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) BePink 0:23:30
43 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:23:36
44 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:24:09
45 Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) Team BikeExchange 0:24:27
46 Debora Silvestri (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:24:41
47 Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:24:50
48 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:25:54
49 Emma Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team Women 0:26:11
50 Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Liv Racing 0:26:14
51 Sarah Roy (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:26:32
52 Camilla Alessio (Ita) BePink 0:26:48
53 Letizia Borghesi (Ita) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano 0:27:17
54 Nancy van der Berg (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:27:27
55 Mariia Novolodskaia (Rus) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:28:01
56 Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:28:26
57 Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:28:29
58 Anouska Koster (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:29:36
59 Inga Cesuliene (Ltu) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano 0:31:20
60 Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (Ned) Team SD Worx 0:31:59
61 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM 0:32:05
62 Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Liv Racing 0:32:44
63 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano 0:33:17
64 Brodie Chapman (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:33:21
65 Federica Piergiovanni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:33:27
66 Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:33:46
67 Janneke Ensing (Ned) Team BikeExchange 0:33:49
68 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team DSM 0:35:33
69 Heidi Franz (USA) Rally Cycling 0:35:56
70 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx 0:35:59
71 Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:37:10
72 Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:37:13
73 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:37:16
74 Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:37:55
75 Pauline Allin (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:38:47
76 Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:39:00
77 Anna Potokina (Rus) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA 0:39:03
78 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:39:08
79 Giorgia Vettorello (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:39:20
80 Laura Tomasi (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:39:22
81 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) BePink 0:39:48
82 Georgia Williams (NZl) Team BikeExchange 0:42:31
83 Greta Richioud (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:44:17
84 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women 0:44:20
85 Lone Meertens (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:45:57
86 Alice Gasparini (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria 0:48:07
87 Silvia Zanardi (Ita) BePink 0:48:11
88 Noemi Lucrezia Eremita (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria 0:49:12
89 Giorgia Bariani (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:49:17
90 Michaela Drummond (NZl) BePink 0:50:47
91 Maria Vittoria Sperotto (Ita) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:51:24
92 Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Liv Racing 0:56:54
93 Katie Clouse (USA) Rally Cycling 0:58:10
94 Anastasia Carbonari (Ita) Born to Win G20 Ambedo 0:58:31
95 Sara Poidevin (Can) Rally Cycling 1:02:23
96 Lucie Jounier (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 1:03:03
97 Alice Palazzi (Ita) Born to Win G20 Ambedo 1:04:46
98 Elisa Dalla Valle (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 1:05:18
99 Matilde Vitillo (Ita) BePink 1:06:16
100 Asia Zontone (Ita) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA 1:07:24
101 Francesca Pisciali (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria 1:09:31
102 Natalia Studenikina (Rus) Born to Win G20 Ambedo 1:10:39
103 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano 1:10:48
104 Nadja Heigl (Aut) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA 1:17:37
105 Amandine Fouquenet (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 1:17:49
106 Carlotta Borello (Ita) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA 1:20:41
107 Gemma Sernissi (Ita) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano 1:20:49
108 Lina Svarinska (Lat) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA 1:26:13
109 Lara Krähemann (Swi) Born to Win G20 Ambedo 1:36:23
110 Typhaine Laurance (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 1:46:21