Jayco Herald Sun Tour 2020 – Stage 1 [FULL RACE] (ladies)

February 5, 2020

Women’s Jayco Herald Sun Tour 2020 – Stage 1 – Shepparton – Shepparton : 100 km

The 2020 Jayco Herald Sun Tour makes a return to the real mountains, featuring the iconic Victorian climbs of Mount Buller and Falls Creek – both of which have featured in Australia’s oldest stage race before, but which will this week feature together in the same edition for the first time in the event’s 68-year history.

Cuban road race champion Arlenis Sierra (Astana Women’s Team) won the opening stage of the two-day Women’s Herald Sun Tour in Shepparton, Victoria, on Wednesday, beating Anna Trevisi (Ale BTC Ljubljana) and Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Pro Racing Sunshine Coast) from a reduced-bunch sprint, which included defending champion Lucy Kennedy (Mitchelton-Scott).

US team Tibco-SVB had split the Australian race apart in the crosswinds with 40 kilometres left to race of the 94km stage, but it was Mitchelton-Scott who continued the work to ensure that the front group of 25 riders stayed clear of a similarly sized group, with Tibco’s Sarah Gigante and Roxsolt Attaquer’s Justine Barrow among those losing 49 seconds to the front group, which may prove insurmountable on Thursday’s final stage with its summit finish at the Falls Creek ski resort.

“I’m thrilled with the win,” said Sierra after receiving her leader’s jersey. “My team supported me well, despite the strength of the Mitchelton-Scott team today in the front group, but, by working well together, we came out on top.

“Tomorrow’s stage is going to be very hard, but we have the leader’s jersey, so we’ll do our best to defend it. We’ll just try to work as a team once again, and we’ll see what happens, as it’s a very long climb, so I’ll just have to see how my legs respond,” she said.

How it unfolded

The Roxsolt Attaquer team attacked relentlessly during the opening quarter of the stage, which started and finished in Shepparton, following the finish of stage 1 of the men’s event in the town earlier in the day.

The Australian team’s attempts to forge clear were consistently thwarted by the other squads, but it was eventually Tibco-SVB that forced the race’s first significant split when, with 40km left to race, they put the hammer down on a stretch of road buffeted by crosswinds, and immediately put a number of riders into trouble at the back of the bunch.

Mitchelton-Scott took over to ensure that a group of 25 riders moved clear, and with their leader, Lucy Kennedy, having made the front group, they continued to push the pace, attempting to effectively eliminate as many overall contenders as possible.

Also making that front group were Jaime Gunning (Specialized Women’s Racing) and Roxsolt Attaquer’s Emily Herfoss, although Herfoss’ teammate Justine Barrow was left on the wrong side of the split, as was Tibco’s Sarah Gigante, who started the race as one of the big favourites to challenge Kennedy for the overall title.

In the end, the second group would lose 49 seconds on the stage, despite closing to almost within touching distance ahead of the day’s second intermediate sprint with 19km to go, which was won by Roxsolt’s Peta Mullens, and served to take the front group clear once more.

The four-strong Mitchelton squad continued to drive the head of the race, but it was eventual stage winner Arlenis Sierra’s Astana squad that came to the front for the final kilometre, succeeding in setting up their sprinter for victory, while Anna Trevisi (Ale BTC Ljubljana) and Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Pro Racing Sunshine Coast) filled the minor placings.

Results :
1 Arlenis Sierra Canadilla (Cub) Astana Women’s Team 2:15:56
2 Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
3 Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast – Women
4 Nina Kessler (Ned) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
5 Jessica Roberts (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott Women
6 Jaime Gunning (Aus) Specialized Womens Racing
7 Denisse Aracely Ahumada Riquelme (Chi) Agolico
8 Josie Talbot (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team
9 Peta Mullens (Aus) Roxsolt Attaquer
10 Matilda Raynolds (Aus) Specialized Womens Racing
11 Andrea Ramírez Fregoso (Mex) Agolico
12 Lauren Stephens (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
13 Jessica Pratt (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team
14 Anastasiia Chursina (Rus) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
15 Taryn Heather (Aus) Specialized Womens Racing
16 Lucy Kennedy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women
17 Katia Ragusa (Ita) Astana Women’s Team
18 Emily Herfoss (Aus) Roxsolt Attaquer
19 Maaike Boogaard (Ned) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
20 Jenna Merrick (NZl) New Zealand National Team
21 Francesca Pattaro (Ita) Astana Women’s Team 0:00:04
22 Georgie Whitehouse (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team
23 Gracie Elvin (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:00:08
24 Maryna Ivaniuk (Ukr) Astana Women’s Team 0:00:16
25 Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:00:31
26 Ally Wollaston (NZl) Velo Project Women’s Cycling Team 0:00:49
27 Gina Ricardo (Aus) Sydney Uni-Staminade
28 Ella Harris (NZl) New Zealand National Team
29 Grace Brunto-Makeham (Aus) Veris Racing Women’s Team
30 Marcela Elizabeth Prieto Castañeda (Mex) Agolico
31 Kirsty McCallum (NZl) Velo Project Women’s Cycling Team
32 Ariadna Gutierrez Arzaluz (Mex) Agolico
33 Bree Wilson (Aus) Roxsolt Attaquer
34 Sophie Edwards (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast – Women
35 Jorja Swain (NZl) New Zealand National Team
36 Samara Sheppard (NZl) New Zealand National Team
37 Sarah Gigante (Aus) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
38 Hannah Bartram (NZl) New Zealand National Team
39 Justine Barrow (Aus) Roxsolt Attaquer
40 Anet Barrera Esparza (Mex) Agolico
41 Jennifer Darmody (Aus) Sydney Uni-Staminade
42 Georgia Danford (NZl) Velo Project Women’s Cycling Team
43 Julia Atkins (Aus) Stepfwd It Suzuki
44 Kirsty Deacon (Aus) Veris Racing Women’s Team
45 Jennifer Morales Milanes (CRc) Agolico
46 Stella Nightingale (NZl) New Zealand National Team
47 Holly Harris (Aus) Specialized Womens Racing
48 Erica Clevenger (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
49 Elyse Fraser (NZl) Velo Project Women’s Cycling Team
50 Alexandra Martin-Wallace (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast – Women
51 Lucie Fityus (Aus) Veris Racing Women’s Team 0:04:20
52 Georgia Miansarow (Aus) Sydney Uni-Staminade 0:04:23
53 Madeline Wright (Aus) Roxsolt Attaquer
54 Anya Louw (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast – Women
55 Amalia Langham (Aus) Stepfwd It Suzuki
56 Kate Perry (Aus) Specialized Womens Racing
57 Chloe Moran (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team
58 Catelyn Turner (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team
59 Rylee McMullen (NZl) Velo Project Women’s Cycling Team
60 Sharlotte Lucas (NZl) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
61 Alana Forster (Aus) Stepfwd It Suzuki 0:07:12
62 Kathryn Woolston (Aus) Veris Racing Women’s Team 0:07:26
63 Emma Pratt (Aus) Sydney Uni-Staminade
64 Pia Smith (Aus) Stepfwd It Suzuki
65 Bre Vine (Aus) Stepfwd It Suzuki
66 Amy Vesty (Aus) Sydney Uni-Staminade
67 Annamarie Lipp (NZl) Velo Project Women’s Cycling Team
68 Francesca Sewell (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team 0:07:31
DNF Jutatip Maneephan (Tha) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
DNF Jenelle Crooks (NZl) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
DNF Nicole Mitsigeorgis (Aus) Veris Racing Women’s Team
OTL Emma Chilton (Aus) Roxsolt Attaquer
OTL Sharni Morley (Aus) Stepfwd It Suzuki
OTL Deborah Hennesey (Aus) Veris Racing Women’s Team
DSQ Ella Bloor (Aus) Specialized Womens Racing

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Arlenis Sierra Canadilla (Cub) Astana Women’s Team 2:15:46
2 Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:00:04
3 Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast – Women 0:00:06
4 Lauren Stephens (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
5 Peta Mullens (Aus) Roxsolt Attaquer 0:00:07
6 Matilda Raynolds (Aus) Specialized Womens Racing 0:00:09
7 Anastasiia Chursina (Rus) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
8 Nina Kessler (Ned) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:00:10
9 Jessica Roberts (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott Women
10 Jaime Gunning (Aus) Specialized Womens Racing
11 Denisse Aracely Ahumada Riquelme (Chi) Agolico
12 Josie Talbot (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team
13 Andrea Ramírez Fregoso (Mex) Agolico
14 Jessica Pratt (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team
15 Taryn Heather (Aus) Specialized Womens Racing
16 Lucy Kennedy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women
17 Katia Ragusa (Ita) Astana Women’s Team
18 Emily Herfoss (Aus) Roxsolt Attaquer
19 Maaike Boogaard (Ned) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
20 Jenna Merrick (NZl) New Zealand National Team
21 Francesca Pattaro (Ita) Astana Women’s Team 0:00:14
22 Georgie Whitehouse (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team
23 Gracie Elvin (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:00:18
24 Maryna Ivaniuk (Ukr) Astana Women’s Team 0:00:26
25 Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:00:41
26 Alexandra Martin-Wallace (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast – Women 0:00:56
27 Ally Wollaston (NZl) Velo Project Women’s Cycling Team 0:00:59
28 Gina Ricardo (Aus) Sydney Uni-Staminade
29 Ella Harris (NZl) New Zealand National Team
30 Grace Brunto-Makeham (Aus) Veris Racing Women’s Team
31 Marcela Elizabeth Prieto Castañeda (Mex) Agolico
32 Kirsty McCallum (NZl) Velo Project Women’s Cycling Team
33 Ariadna Gutierrez Arzaluz (Mex) Agolico
34 Bree Wilson (Aus) Roxsolt Attaquer
35 Sophie Edwards (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast – Women
36 Jorja Swain (NZl) New Zealand National Team
37 Samara Sheppard (NZl) New Zealand National Team
38 Sarah Gigante (Aus) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
39 Hannah Bartram (NZl) New Zealand National Team
40 Justine Barrow (Aus) Roxsolt Attaquer
41 Anet Barrera Esparza (Mex) Agolico
42 Jennifer Darmody (Aus) Sydney Uni-Staminade
43 Georgia Danford (NZl) Velo Project Women’s Cycling Team
44 Julia Atkins (Aus) Stepfwd It Suzuki
45 Kirsty Deacon (Aus) Veris Racing Women’s Team
46 Jennifer Morales Milanes (CRc) Agolico
47 Stella Nightingale (NZl) New Zealand National Team
48 Holly Harris (Aus) Specialized Womens Racing
49 Erica Clevenger (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
50 Elyse Fraser (NZl) Velo Project Women’s Cycling Team
51 Lucie Fityus (Aus) Veris Racing Women’s Team 0:04:30
52 Georgia Miansarow (Aus) Sydney Uni-Staminade 0:04:33
53 Madeline Wright (Aus) Roxsolt Attaquer
54 Anya Louw (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast – Women
55 Amalia Langham (Aus) Stepfwd It Suzuki
56 Kate Perry (Aus) Specialized Womens Racing
57 Chloe Moran (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team
58 Catelyn Turner (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team
59 Rylee McMullen (NZl) Velo Project Women’s Cycling Team
60 Sharlotte Lucas (NZl) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
61 Alana Forster (Aus) Stepfwd It Suzuki 0:07:22
62 Kathryn Woolston (Aus) Veris Racing Women’s Team 0:07:36
63 Emma Pratt (Aus) Sydney Uni-Staminade
64 Pia Smith (Aus) Stepfwd It Suzuki
65 Bre Vine (Aus) Stepfwd It Suzuki
66 Amy Vesty (Aus) Sydney Uni-Staminade
67 Annamarie Lipp (NZl) Velo Project Women’s Cycling Team
68 Francesca Sewell (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team 0:07:41