Giro Rosa 2019 – Stage 07 [FULL STAGE] (italian)

July 11, 2019

Giro Rosa 2019 – Stage 07 – Cornedo Vicentino – Fara Vicentina/San Giorgio di Perlena : 128 km

Just when you thought it wasn’t possible for the Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile (Giro Rosa) to get any harder, organisers went ahead an upped the ante of the 10-day Women’s WorldTour race held from July 5-14. Mountains, mountains, and more mountains will be the name of the game this year and, with the inclusion of a summit finish on Passo Gavia, it will be the most challenging edition in the event’s 30-year history. There will be 144 athletes of the 24 of the best teams in the world on the start line for the opening team time trial held in Cassano Spinola, many in pursuit of the event’s first coveted maglia rosa. The real race for the overall title will begin a few stages later when the favourites will challenge one another in the mountains of northern Italy.

Marianne Vos (CCC-Liv) won her third stage of this Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile – and her 24th overall. The Dutch veteran was fastest on the uphill finish of stage 7 in Fara Vicentino after a nervous hilly stage with lots of attacks. Anna van der Breggen (Boels Dolmans) finished second ahead of Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo).

“I had to really dig deep today,” said Vos after the stage. “It was a beautiful stage, hard from the beginning, with constant attacks in the final. I tried to cruise with some of them, and then on the last climb, I just tried to do the right things. I made the right move, and actually couldn’t believe I had it.”

Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott) continues to wear the maglia rosa but lost a few seconds to Van der Breggen who is now 4:08 minutes behind, with Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) in third place at 4:23 minutes.

How it happened

The stage from Cornedo Vicentino to Fara Vicentino was a very hilly affair. The 128.3 kilometres offered three classified climbs interspersed with numerous other hills. Riders got a first taste of the finish with 56 km to go when they rode up the 3.6-kilometre, 4.6-percent finishing climb to San Giorgio di Perlena. After this, the riders did two laps of the Circuito della Rosina with a 1.6-kilometre, ten-percent climb, and on the way back they faced the short, cobbled Muro della Tisa before the finishing climb to Fara.

There were many attacks throughout the stage, but it took a long time before anyone really got away. Attrition had whittled the peloton down to about 40 riders at the start of the Rosina circuit with 45 km to go.

Leah Kirchmann (Team Sunweb) attacked on the first, unclassified ascent of the Rosina climb and built an advantage of up to 55 seconds. Tayler Wiles (Trek-Segafredo) and Leah Thomas (Bigla) went after Kirchmann the second time up La Rosina, but they never made it to the front and were caught again by the peloton.

Within the final 20 kilometres, it was Riejanne Markus (CCC-Liv) who tried to bridge to Kirchmann, but she couldn’t reach the Canadian either and was reeled in again. A move by Lucinda Brand (Team Sunweb) on a climb before the Muro della Tisa broke up the peloton, and a group of 12 riders caught Kirchmann.

Brand tried another attack before leading the group into the steep, cobbled Tisa climb where the group fell apart, with only seven riders staying together over the top. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM), Amanda Spratt (Mitchelton-Scott), Van Vleuten, Van der Breggen, Longo Borghini, Brand, and Vos went into the downhill together.

After a short acceleration by Brand, Spratt made her move with 6.8 km to go as riders came back from behind, but Longo Borghini closed the gap to the Australian. Soraya Paladin (Alé Cipollini) and Vos then got away, and Erica Magnaldi (WNT-Rotor) as well as Brand bridged to them while the rest of the group could not get a chase organised.

Another group came up from behind at the foot of the finishing climb, and the four at the front were caught with 2.5 km to go. An acceleration by Eider Merino (Movistar Team) was followed by Vos, but Demi Vollering (Parkhotel Valkenburg) closed the gap. As Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (CCC-Liv) took control of the group, it was Team Sunweb’s Floortje Mackaij who sped past the group after a solo chase and opened up a gap of seven seconds.

Katie Hall (Boels Dolmans) took up the chase, and Mackaij was caught with 700 metres to go. Van Vleuten went to the front 500 metres from the line to set the pace for her teammate Spratt. Van der Breggen came around the Mitchelton-Scott riders to start the sprint, but Vos squeezed past her with 100 metres to go to win her third stage of this Giro Rosa.

Results :
1 Marianne Vos (Ned) CCC-Liv 3:19:33
2 Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
3 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:00:03
4 Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women
5 Demi Vollering (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:00:09
6 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Ale Cipollini
7 Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM
8 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) CCC-Liv
9 Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling
10 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:00:12
11 Paula Andrea Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women
12 Sofie De Vuyst (Bel) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:00:15
13 Julie Van de Velde (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
14 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women
15 Katharine Hall (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
16 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling
17 Juliette Labous (Fra) Team Sunweb Women 0:00:22
18 Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
19 Elena Franchi (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria 0:00:25
20 Eider Merino Cortazar (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:00:28
21 Janneke Ensing (Ned) Team Sunweb Women 0:00:33
22 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) BePink 0:00:34
23 Nikola Noskova (Cze) Bigla Pro Cycling Team 0:00:55
24 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) Bigla Pro Cycling Team
25 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb Women
26 Katia Ragusa (Ita) BePink 0:01:22
27 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-SRAM 0:01:42
28 Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling 0:01:44
29 Leah Thomas (USA) Bigla Pro Cycling Team
30 Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Bigla Pro Cycling Team
31 Elena Pirrone (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling 0:01:46
32 Omer Shapira (Isr) Canyon-SRAM 0:01:48
33 Elise Chabbey (Swi) Bigla Pro Cycling Team 0:01:49
34 Lucy Kennedy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women
35 Hanna Nilsson (Swe) BTC City Ljubljana
36 Rachel Neylan (Aus) Team Virtu Cycling 0:01:52
37 Jelena Eric (Srb) Ale Cipollini 0:02:06
38 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon-SRAM 0:02:19
39 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM 0:03:09
40 Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
41 Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Movistar Team Women 0:03:50
42 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women
43 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
44 Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) CCC-Liv
45 Enara Lopez Gallastegi (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 0:04:18
46 Maaike Boogaard (Ned) BTC City Ljubljana
47 Carmela Cipriani (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano
48 Ahreum Na (Kor) Ale Cipollini
49 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb Women
50 Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Team Virtu Cycling
51 Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana
52 Cristina Martinez Bonafe (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
53 Marta Lach (Pol) CCC-Liv
54 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria
55 Deborah Paine (NZl) Cogeas Mettler Look
56 Urska Zigart (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana
57 Nina Buijsman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
58 Urska Pintar (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana
59 Asja Paladin (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling
60 Romy Kasper (Ger) Ale Cipollini
61 Anouska Koster (Ned) Team Virtu Cycling
62 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling
63 Victorie Guilman (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
64 Natalie Grinczer (GBr) Bizkaia-Durango
65 Anna Potokina (Rus) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA
66 Lisa Morzenti (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria
67 Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) Ale Cipollini
68 Letizia Borghesi (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano
69 Sophie de Boer (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
70 Amy Pieters (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
71 Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Ale Cipollini
72 Riejanne Markus (Ned) CCC-Liv
73 Antri Christoforou (Cyp) Cogeas Mettler Look
74 Charlotte Becker (Ger) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
75 Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women
76 Eva Buurman (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
77 Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon-SRAM
78 Shara Gillow (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
79 Kelly Van Den Steen (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
80 Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:04:36
81 Elizabeth Banks (GBr) Bigla Pro Cycling Team
82 Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:04:54
83 Paulien Rooijakkers (Ned) CCC-Liv 0:05:24
84 Kirsten Wild (Ned) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling 0:05:44
85 Lara Vieceli (Ita) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling 0:07:12
86 Julia Soek (Ned) Team Sunweb Women
87 Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
88 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano 0:07:38
89 Rossella Ratto (Ita) BTC City Ljubljana
90 Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:09:13
91 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) BePink
92 Grace Brown (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women
93 Annelies Dom (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
94 Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Team Virtu Cycling 0:09:36
95 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling 0:10:00
96 Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women
97 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:10:13
98 Anna Plichta (Pol) Trek-Segafredo Women
99 Markéta Hájková (Cze) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA 0:15:51
100 Nicole D’Agostin (Ita) Bizkaia-Durango
101 Simona Bortolotti (Ita) Conceria Zabri-Fanini
102 Birgitte Andersen (Den) Team Virtu Cycling
103 Alice Gasparini (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria
104 Elisa Dalla Valle (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
105 Michela Balducci (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano
106 Basei Marzia Salton (Ita) Conceria Zabri-Fanini
107 Leonora Geppi (Ita) Conceria Zabri-Fanini 0:15:59
108 Nicole Steigenga (Ned) BePink
109 Danielle Christmas (GBr) Lotto Soudal Ladies
110 Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo Women
111 Maja Perinovic (Cro) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
112 Danique Braam (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies
113 Kseniia Dobrynina (Rus) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA
114 Lisa De Ranieri (Ita) Conceria Zabri-Fanini
115 Charlotte Bravard (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
116 Esther van Veen (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
117 Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
118 Chiara Perini (Ita) BePink
119 Sofia Beggin (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano
120 Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling
121 Greta Richioud (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
122 Sandra Alonso Dominguez (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
123 Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria
124 Olga Deyko (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look 0:26:34
125 Yevgeniya Vysotska (Ukr) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA 0:26:39
126 Greta Marturano (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:26:48
127 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling

General Classification after Stage 7 :
1 Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women 15:01:51
2 Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:04:08
3 Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM 0:04:23
4 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women 0:05:26
5 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:05:30
6 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:05:43
7 Katharine Hall (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:06:20
8 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) CCC-Liv 0:06:39
9 Juliette Labous (Fra) Team Sunweb Women
10 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling 0:06:46
11 Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling 0:08:05
12 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) Bigla Pro Cycling Team 0:08:20
13 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Ale Cipollini 0:08:33
14 Demi Vollering (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:08:37
15 Julie Van de Velde (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:09:38
16 Eider Merino Cortazar (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:09:46
17 Marianne Vos (Ned) CCC-Liv 0:10:23
18 Sofie De Vuyst (Bel) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:10:31
19 Omer Shapira (Isr) Canyon-SRAM 0:10:59
20 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-SRAM 0:11:30
21 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) BePink 0:11:35
22 Janneke Ensing (Ned) Team Sunweb Women 0:11:47
23 Elena Franchi (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria 0:12:08
24 Paula Andrea Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women 0:13:26
25 Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling 0:14:14
26 Elise Chabbey (Swi) Bigla Pro Cycling Team 0:14:21
27 Leah Thomas (USA) Bigla Pro Cycling Team 0:15:21
28 Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:15:31
29 Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:16:08
30 Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:16:42
31 Katia Ragusa (Ita) BePink 0:17:48
32 Hanna Nilsson (Swe) BTC City Ljubljana 0:19:12
33 Shara Gillow (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:19:26
34 Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Bigla Pro Cycling Team 0:20:18
35 Lucy Kennedy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:20:50
36 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM 0:20:52
37 Elena Pirrone (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling 0:23:26
38 Nikola Noskova (Cze) Bigla Pro Cycling Team 0:24:36
39 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:24:46
40 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb Women 0:25:02
41 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb Women 0:26:57
42 Rachel Neylan (Aus) Team Virtu Cycling 0:27:20
43 Asja Paladin (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling 0:27:36
44 Urska Pintar (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana 0:27:42
45 Cristina Martinez Bonafe (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 0:29:15
46 Marta Lach (Pol) CCC-Liv 0:29:33
47 Nina Buijsman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:30:56
48 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling 0:33:37
49 Kelly Van Den Steen (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
50 Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Movistar Team Women 0:33:47
51 Riejanne Markus (Ned) CCC-Liv 0:33:51
52 Carmela Cipriani (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano 0:35:13
53 Anouska Koster (Ned) Team Virtu Cycling 0:35:51
54 Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) Ale Cipollini 0:36:01
55 Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Team Virtu Cycling 0:36:12
56 Romy Kasper (Ger) Ale Cipollini 0:36:51
57 Urska Zigart (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana 0:38:54
58 Anna Potokina (Rus) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA 0:40:54
59 Lisa Morzenti (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria 0:41:21
60 Amy Pieters (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:41:52
61 Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) CCC-Liv 0:42:03
62 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon-SRAM 0:42:51
63 Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana 0:43:45
64 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women 0:43:55
65 Natalie Grinczer (GBr) Bizkaia-Durango 0:44:43
66 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria 0:45:19
67 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano 0:45:20
68 Elizabeth Banks (GBr) Bigla Pro Cycling Team 0:45:45
69 Enara Lopez Gallastegi (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 0:46:12
70 Paulien Rooijakkers (Ned) CCC-Liv 0:46:16
71 Letizia Borghesi (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano
72 Lara Vieceli (Ita) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling 0:48:01
73 Ahreum Na (Kor) Ale Cipollini 0:49:52
74 Birgitte Andersen (Den) Team Virtu Cycling 0:50:15
75 Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Team Virtu Cycling 0:50:27
76 Eva Buurman (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:51:11
77 Charlotte Becker (Ger) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:52:03
78 Alice Gasparini (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria 0:52:35
79 Jelena Eric (Srb) Ale Cipollini 0:52:59
80 Deborah Paine (NZl) Cogeas Mettler Look 0:53:18
81 Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Ale Cipollini 0:53:40
82 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) BePink 0:53:43
83 Rossella Ratto (Ita) BTC City Ljubljana 0:53:49
84 Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:55:16
85 Antri Christoforou (Cyp) Cogeas Mettler Look 0:55:29
86 Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon-SRAM 0:55:52
87 Maaike Boogaard (Ned) BTC City Ljubljana 0:56:25
88 Sophie de Boer (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:56:30
89 Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:56:45
90 Yevgeniya Vysotska (Ukr) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA 0:56:55
91 Victorie Guilman (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:57:35
92 Nicole D’Agostin (Ita) Bizkaia-Durango 0:58:15
93 Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 0:58:32
94 Danielle Christmas (GBr) Lotto Soudal Ladies 1:00:00
95 Grace Brown (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 1:00:54
96 Julia Soek (Ned) Team Sunweb Women 1:01:26
97 Sofia Beggin (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano 1:01:44
98 Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo Women 1:03:15
99 Kirsten Wild (Ned) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling 1:03:17
100 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling 1:03:46
101 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Trek-Segafredo Women 1:05:00
102 Michela Balducci (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano 1:05:10
103 Annelies Dom (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies 1:05:34
104 Kseniia Dobrynina (Rus) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA 1:05:38
105 Anna Plichta (Pol) Trek-Segafredo Women 1:05:42
106 Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 1:06:46
107 Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling 1:07:35
108 Greta Richioud (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 1:11:38
109 Sandra Alonso Dominguez (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 1:15:28
110 Chiara Perini (Ita) BePink 1:15:34
111 Greta Marturano (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 1:15:45
112 Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 1:15:53
113 Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria 1:16:14
114 Nicole Steigenga (Ned) BePink 1:19:37
115 Esther van Veen (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 1:22:41
116 Charlotte Bravard (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 1:22:57
117 Elisa Dalla Valle (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 1:23:05
118 Danique Braam (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies 1:25:53
119 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling 1:26:41
120 Maja Perinovic (Cro) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 1:26:45
121 Leonora Geppi (Ita) Conceria Zabri-Fanini 1:28:31
122 Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team Women 1:37:03
123 Lisa De Ranieri (Ita) Conceria Zabri-Fanini 1:38:08
124 Simona Bortolotti (Ita) Conceria Zabri-Fanini 1:47:54
125 Markéta Hájková (Cze) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA 1:48:50
126 Basei Marzia Salton (Ita) Conceria Zabri-Fanini 1:53:40
127 Olga Deyko (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look 2:04:28