Giro Rosa 2020 – Stage 6 [FULL STAGE]

September 16, 2020

Giro Rosa 2020 – Stage 6 – Torre del Greco – Nola : 87,8 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.

In the streets of Nola, Marianne Vos (CCC-Liv) sprinted to her 28th Giro Rosa stage win and her third stage of the 2020 edition, beating Hannah Barnes (Canyon-SRAM) and Lotte Kopecky (Lotto Soudal). The Dutch star’s team had worked hard on the day’s climbs to split the peloton and tire out the less mountain-savvy sprinters.

In the final, the orange-clad team chased a solo attack by Maria Novolodskaya (Cogeas Mettler Look). The 21-year-old Russian still had a sizable advantage with 3km to go but crashed on the run-in to the finish, putting an end to her hopes of victory.

Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott) continues to lead the race overall by 1:52 ahead of Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) and 2:03 to Anna van der Breggen (Boels Dolmans).

“I was happy that CCC-Liv was driving it on the climbs to drop some of the sprinters, which means that for me it’s easier and less hectic in the final,” Van Vleuten said. “For us the goal was to get myself safe to the finish and it’s nice if some sprinters are dropped because it’s less hectic.”

How it unfolded

The route of stage 6 had to be changed due to a bridge collapse, slightly lengthening the distance and adding more altitude metres to the stage. This made it even harder for the pure sprinters to contest the finish.

Several riders tried to get away in the first hour, including Teniel Campbell (Valcar-Travel & Service) and Ceratizit-WNT’s Lisa Brennauer and Kirsten Wild. None of them were let go by the peloton, and the high speed meant that this was the fastest hour of racing so far in the 2020 Giro Rosa.

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) won the mountain sprint after 30km, adding to her tally and defending the green mountain jersey. A few kilometres later, Vos was first over the intermediate sprint, putting more points under her belt for the cyclamen points jersey.

On the unclassified climbs in the second half of the stage, CCC-Liv set a punishing pace, trying the same tactic that had worked so well the day before when the team split the peloton, dropping many of the sprinters.

Again, the pace on the climbs led to three groups forming, and although the second peloton came back before the finish, some 50 riders were out of contention for the stage win. On the last ascent Pauliena Rooijakkers (CCC-Liv) pushed on even further, going off the front of the race with Nadine Gill (Bizkaia Durango).

The two riders were reeled in again on the descent towards Nola, and after the 10km mark, Novolodskaya made her own bid for glory. She gained a 30-second advantage on the wide downhill road to the finish but crashed within 3km to go.

On the finishing straight, Barnes started her sprint early, but Vos came around her just before the finish to take the win.

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

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