Giro Rosa 2019 – Stage 09 [FULL STAGE] (italian)

July 13, 2019

Giro Rosa 2019 – Stage 09 – Gemona-Chiusaforte – Malga Montasio : 125 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.

Anna van der Breggen (Boels Dolmans) has won stage 9 of the Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile, a hard mountaintop finish at Malga Montasio. Race leader Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott) had attacked to drop the road race world champion on the steepest part of the climb, but Van der Breggen came back to Van Vleuten on the final kilometre and passed the maglia rosa to win the stage.

“We came here to win the Giro,” said Van der Breggen after the finish. “Pretty early, it became clear that that wouldn’t work, Annemiek was really strong this week. I felt better and better as the race went on, so the only thing you can do is to try. I tried to win a stage and am really happy that it worked.”

Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (CCC-Liv) and Amanda Spratt finished the stage 1:38 minutes behind the winner, putting Spratt on third place overall. With only one stage to go and a gap of 3:50 minutes to Van der Breggen, Van Vleuten now looks the certain winner of the 2019 Giro Rosa.

How it happened

The 125.5-kilometre stage started with a flat circuit around the starting town of Gemona del Friuli before heading into the Carnic Alps for the mountaintop finish at Malga Montasio on an altitude of 1546 metres. The road started to gently go upwards with 20 km to go, the final 11 km then climbed at an average of eight percent including a 20-percent stretch on the last four kilometres.

The break of the day went away after 20 km. Hannah Barnes (Canyon-SRAM), Nicole Steigenga (BePink), Maaike Boogaard (BTC City Ljubljana), Kelly Van den Steen (Lotto Soudal), Malgorzata Jasinska (Movistar), Kseniia Dobrynina (Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA), and Rachel Neylan (Team Virtu Cycling) had an advantage of 2:12 minutes 50 km into the race, but this had come down to 1:27 minutes with 25 km to go.

CCC-Liv took up the chase, and the breakaway was reeled in 14 km from the finish. On the lower slopes, Team Sunweb controlled what was left of the peloton, then Van Vleuten increased the pace with 10 km to go which fractured the group.

Soon, only four riders were left in front, Van Vleuten being accompanied by Mitchelton-Scott teammate Amanda Spratt, Lucinda Brand (Team Sunweb), and Moolman-Pasio. Van der Breggen had missed initially missed the move but bridged to the front with the help of her teammate Katie Hall who dropped back after that.

Inside 8 km to go, Brand and Moolman-Pasio lost contact, and Spratt also had to let go seven kilometres from the line, leaving only Van Vleuten and Van der Breggen at the front of the race.

With the gaps to the rest of the race increasing, Van Vleuten attacked just before the steepest part of the climb and dropped Van der Breggen. Although Van Vleuten quickly opened a 15-second advantage on Van der Breggen, the world champion rode a steady tempo in low gears and controlled the gap while Van Vleuten looked at her limit grinding a high gear on the steep gradients.

The distance was still ten seconds with 1.5 km to go, but Van der Breggen could accelerate again on the final kilometre, passing a spent Van Vleuten with 400 metres from the line to win the stage. Further behind, Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) held off Soraya Paladin (Alé Cipollini) and Erica Magnaldi (WNT-Rotor) to defend the blue jersey for the best Italian. Juliette Labous (Team Sunweb) also held on to the white jersey for the best U23 rider.

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

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