Giro Rosa 2020 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE]

September 13, 2020

Giro Rosa 2020 – Stage 3 – Santa Fiora – Assisi : 142,2 km

The Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile, more well known as the Giro Rosa, is one of only two stage races remaining on the Women’s WorldTour’s revised late-season calendar created after racing was halted due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic this spring. It is one of the most important events on the calendar as the only women’s Grand Tour, now held from September 11-19. The long-running event traditionally offers a challenging route that utilises some of the most iconic mountain passes throughout Italy – the Stelvio, Mortirolo and Gavia [that was cancelled from last year’s race due to landslides – ed.] – along with punchy stages and sprint finishes that all cater to the most riveting bike racing. Defending champion and reigning world champion, Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott), will return with a powerful team that includes co-leader Amanda Spratt in what she said is expected to be a tough edition, but not the toughest.

Marianne Vos (CCC-Liv) has won stage 3 of the Giro Rosa that finished with a short but punishingly steep climb into Assisi. After the peloton entered the final kilometre together, a group of six riders dropped the rest on the 15 per cent slopes.

In the end, Vos was the strongest, beating Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) and Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) to the line and taking her 26th Giro Rosa stage win.

Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott) did not follow the punchier riders’ moves but paced herself on the climb. She lost only a few seconds of her lead to finish in fifth place, defending the pink jersey of the overall leader.

“When I saw this finish, I knew it was one for Marianne Vos,” Van Vleuten said after the stage. “For me, it was about not losing time. I was a little bit out of position [at the start of the climb], so I had to close some gaps, but I was not here for the win. I had a good day on the bike with my team, always in control. It was hot, but the heat is good for me. Everything that makes a race hard is good, no problem, just drink more.”

How it unfolded

Starting in Tuscany and finishing in Umbria, the hilly first half of the 139.9km stage was followed by a flatter section to Assisi where a steep 700-metre wall awaited the peloton on the final kilometre.

Originally, the stage was to have included a third-category mountain sprint as well as an intermediate sprint in Perugia and a different finishing climb in Assisi, but the sprints were removed due to road issues, and the finish moved.

There was no early breakaway. Malgorzata Jasinska (Cronos-Casa Dorada) made a move with 80km to go, but the Polish rider only stayed ahead for a few kilometres before being caught again.

After that, the peloton stayed together for a long time until Jasinska’s teammate Rachel Neylan attacked 38km from the finish. Neylan held a gap of up to 20 seconds but was reeled in by Van Vleuten herself before the 20km mark.

With a high pace and no further attacks on the fast run-in to Assisi, the stage came down to the punishing final climb. Longo Borghini attacked hard on the lower slopes, with only Vos, Uttrup Ludwig, Liane Lippert (Team Sunweb), Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) and Lotte Kopecky (Lotto Soudal) able to follow.

There was a short lull in the action before Longo Borghini made another move 100m from the finish, but Vos and Uttrup Ludwig soon passed the Italian to take first and second place. Behind these three, Kopecky and Niewiadoma faltered and were passed by Van Vleuten and Anna van der Breggen (Boels Dolmans) on the final metres.

Results :
1 Marianne Vos (Ned) CCC-Liv 3:53:24
2 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:00:06
3 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:00:11
4 Liane Lippert (Ger) Team Sunweb Women 0:00:18
5 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:00:22
6 Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:00:23
7 Anna Van der Breggen (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:00:26
8 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) CCC-Liv
9 Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-Sram Racing
10 Margarita Victoria Garcia Cañellas (Spa) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:00:29
11 Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) Ceratizit-WNT Pro 0:00:31
12 Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Equipe Paule Ka 0:00:36
13 Katia Ragusa (Ita) Astana Women’s Team 0:00:38
14 Paula Andrea Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women
15 Elena Franchi (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria 0:00:44
16 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro 0:00:47
17 Maria Novolodskaya (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro
18 Elise Chabbey (Swi) Equipe Paule Ka
19 Letizia Borghesi (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano
20 Aigul Gareeva (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro 0:00:51
21 Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Movistar Team Women 0:00:53
22 Rachel Neylan (Aus) Cronos-Casa Dorada
23 Nadine Michaela Gill (GBR) Bizkaia-Durango
24 Stine Borgli (Nor) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:00:57
25 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano
26 Debora Silvestri (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
27 Sara Casasola (Ita) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA
28 Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:01:01
29 Spela Kern (Slo) LVIV
30 Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
31 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Equipe Paule Ka 0:01:03
32 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:01:08
33 Soraya Paladin (Ita) CCC-Liv 0:01:11
34 Chantal Van den Broek-Blaak (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
35 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro
36 Elizabeth Banks (GBr) Equipe Paule Ka
37 Emma Cecilie Norsgaard Jørgensen (Den) Equipe Paule Ka 0:01:15
38 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb Women
39 Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Astana Women’s Team 0:01:17
40 Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) Cronos-Casa Dorada
41 Silvia Zanardi (Ita) Bepink
42 Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:01:19
43 Giorgia Catarzi (Ita) Bepink
44 Omer Shapira (Isr) Canyon-Sram Racing 0:01:23
45 Carmela Cipriani (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano 0:01:26
46 Julia Biryukova (Ukr) LVIV 0:01:28
47 Brodie Chapman (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:01:32
48 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon-Sram Racing
49 Vania Canvelli (Ita) Bepink
50 Amy Pieters (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
51 Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) Bizkaia-Durango 0:01:37
52 Markéta Hájková (Cze) Bepink 0:01:40
53 Evgenia Vysotska (Ukr) LVIV
54 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:01:43
55 Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:01:46
56 Diana Klimova (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro 0:01:48
57 Juliette Labous (Fra) Team Sunweb Women 0:01:50
58 Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) CCC-Liv 0:01:52
59 Laura Tomasi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:01:55
60 Beatrice Rossato (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria 0:01:58
61 Abby-Mae Parkinson (GBr) Lotto Soudal Ladies
62 Giorgia Bariani (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:02:00
63 Olga Zabelinskaya (Uzb) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro 0:02:02
64 Francesca Baroni (Ita) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA 0:02:08
65 Giulia Marchesini (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano 0:02:10
66 Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
67 Marlen Reusser (Swi) Equipe Paule Ka 0:02:13
68 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Bepink 0:02:15
69 Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb Women 0:02:19
70 Elizabeth Deignan (GBr) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:02:21
71 Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro
72 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:02:22
73 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:02:27
74 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb Women
75 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro
76 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-Sram Racing 0:02:29
77 Grace Brown (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:02:30
78 Simona Frapporti (Ita) Bepink 0:02:32
79 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-Sram Racing 0:02:37
80 Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) CCC-Liv 0:02:38
81 Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:02:40
82 Elizabeth Holden (GBr) Bizkaia-Durango
83 Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:02:49
84 Maaike Boogaard (Ned) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:03:00
85 Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:03:07
86 Urska Zigart (Slo) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:03:11
87 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Ceratizit-WNT Pro 0:03:14
88 Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:03:20
89 Elena Pirrone (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:03:23
90 Jolien D’Hoore (Bel) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
91 Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
92 Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women
93 Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-Sram Racing 0:03:27
94 Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) CCC-Liv 0:03:29
95 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women 0:03:37
96 Sandra Alonso Dominquez (Spa) Cronos-Casa Dorada 0:03:45
97 Ainara Elbusto Arteaga (Spa) Cronos-Casa Dorada
98 Olena Sharga (Ukr) LVIV 0:04:08
99 Julie Van de Velde (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:04:10
100 Anna Potokina (Rus) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA 0:04:24
101 Jelena Eric (Srb) Movistar Team Women 0:04:27
102 Teniel Campbell (Tto) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:04:30
103 Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:04:37
104 Eva Buurman (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:04:39
105 Alison Jackson (Can) Team Sunweb Women 0:04:44
106 Francesca Pisciali (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria
107 Arianna Sessi (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria 0:15:23
108 Lone Meertens (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:15:31

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women 8:07:06
2 Anna Van der Breggen (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:01:22
3 Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-Sram Racing 0:01:37
4 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:02:38
5 Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Equipe Paule Ka 0:03:40
6 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) CCC-Liv 0:03:58
7 Margarita Victoria Garcia Cañellas (Spa) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:04:08
8 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:04:16
9 Elise Chabbey (Swi) Equipe Paule Ka 0:04:40
10 Marianne Vos (Ned) CCC-Liv 0:04:53
11 Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) Ceratizit-WNT Pro 0:05:08
12 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro
13 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:05:11
14 Chantal Van den Broek-Blaak (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:05:19
15 Soraya Paladin (Ita) CCC-Liv 0:05:28
16 Elizabeth Banks (GBr) Equipe Paule Ka 0:07:14
17 Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:07:49
18 Paula Andrea Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women 0:07:53
19 Juliette Labous (Fra) Team Sunweb Women 0:08:01
20 Liane Lippert (Ger) Team Sunweb Women 0:08:31
21 Eugenia Bujak (Slo) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:08:46
22 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:09:07
23 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb Women 0:09:28
24 Omer Shapira (Isr) Canyon-Sram Racing 0:09:34
25 Nadine Michaela Gill (GBR) Bizkaia-Durango 0:09:36
26 Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Movistar Team Women 0:10:14
27 Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:10:20
28 Katia Ragusa (Ita) Astana Women’s Team 0:10:50
29 Brodie Chapman (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:10:51
30 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-Sram Racing 0:10:52
31 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:11:20
32 Elena Franchi (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria 0:11:22
33 Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) CCC-Liv 0:11:27
34 Maria Novolodskaya (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro 0:11:43
35 Aigul Gareeva (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro 0:11:46
36 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb Women 0:11:53
37 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-Sram Racing 0:11:57
38 Spela Kern (Slo) LVIV 0:12:08
39 Emma Cecilie Norsgaard Jørgensen (Den) Equipe Paule Ka
40 Amy Pieters (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:12:22
41 Rachel Neylan (Aus) Cronos-Casa Dorada 0:12:25
42 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:12:33
43 Elizabeth Deignan (GBr) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:13:08
44 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Equipe Paule Ka 0:13:12
45 Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:13:40
46 Evgenia Vysotska (Ukr) LVIV 0:13:47
47 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:14:05
48 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Bepink 0:14:25
49 Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:14:30
50 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro 0:14:47
51 Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb Women 0:15:02
52 Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) CCC-Liv 0:15:03
53 Silvia Zanardi (Ita) Bepink 0:15:09
54 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon-Sram Racing 0:15:13
55 Debora Silvestri (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:15:39
56 Grace Brown (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:16:02
57 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro 0:16:03
58 Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:16:06
59 Jolien D’Hoore (Bel) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:16:53
60 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano 0:16:56
61 Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-Sram Racing 0:17:08
62 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:17:09
63 Alison Jackson (Can) Team Sunweb Women 0:17:27
64 Sara Casasola (Ita) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA 0:17:29
65 Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:17:35
66 Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:17:41
67 Stine Borgli (Nor) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:18:30
68 Lucy Kennedy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women
69 Beatrice Rossato (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria 0:18:48
70 Teniel Campbell (Tto) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:18:50
71 Urska Zigart (Slo) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:19:22
72 Maaike Boogaard (Ned) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:19:52
73 Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:20:11
74 Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:20:44
75 Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:20:47
76 Markéta Hájková (Cze) Bepink 0:20:52
77 Julie Van de Velde (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:23:10
78 Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) CCC-Liv 0:23:55
79 Greta Marturano (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:28:30
80 Giorgia Catarzi (Ita) Bepink 0:28:33
81 Abby-Mae Parkinson (GBr) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:28:36
82 Simona Frapporti (Ita) Bepink 0:28:46
83 Letizia Borghesi (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano 0:29:10
84 Marlen Reusser (Swi) Equipe Paule Ka 0:29:34
85 Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team Women
86 Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) Cronos-Casa Dorada 0:29:46
87 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women 0:29:50
88 Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) Bizkaia-Durango 0:29:54
89 Lone Meertens (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:30:00
90 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Ceratizit-WNT Pro 0:30:02
91 Vania Canvelli (Ita) Bepink 0:30:04
92 Elena Pirrone (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:30:05
93 Diana Klimova (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro 0:30:16
94 Elizabeth Holden (GBr) Bizkaia-Durango 0:30:30
95 Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Cronos-Casa Dorada 0:30:43
96 Francesca Baroni (Ita) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA 0:31:04
97 Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro 0:31:21
98 Jelena Eric (Srb) Movistar Team Women 0:31:49
99 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women 0:31:57
100 Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Astana Women’s Team 0:32:04
101 Carmela Cipriani (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano 0:32:32
102 Olga Zabelinskaya (Uzb) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro
103 Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:32:37
104 Laura Tomasi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:32:42
105 Giorgia Bariani (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:32:47
106 Anna Potokina (Rus) Servetto-Piumate-Beltrami TSA 0:32:54
107 Julia Biryukova (Ukr) LVIV 0:32:57
108 Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:33:01
109 Giulia Marchesini (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano 0:33:16
110 Eva Buurman (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
111 Ainara Elbusto Arteaga (Spa) Cronos-Casa Dorada 0:33:43
112 Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:34:26
113 Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 0:35:41
114 Olena Sharga (Ukr) LVIV 0:35:42
115 Francesca Pisciali (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria 0:36:38
116 Sandra Alonso Dominquez (Spa) Cronos-Casa Dorada 0:39:27
117 Blanca Liliana Moreno Canchon (Col) Astana Women’s Team 0:43:18
118 Arianna Sessi (Ita) Eurotarget-Bianchi-Vittoria 0:47:17
119 Olga Shekel (Ukr) Astana Women’s Team 0:54:31
120 Ariana Gilabert Vilaplana (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 1:03:18
121 Michela Balducci (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 1:03:35