Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta 2019 [FULL RACE]

September 15, 2019

Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta 2019 – Stage 2 – Madrid – Madrid : 98,6 km

The Women’s WorldTour heads to Spain for the two-day Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta on September 14 and 15 in Madrid. The race is held in conjunction with the finish of the men’s Vuelta España and includes an individual time trial and a circuit race. The women will compete in a new individual time trial, which replaces the previous year’s team time trial won by Team Sunweb. This year’s version of the race against the clock is 9.3km that starts and finishes in Boadilla del Monte. The circuit is on the technical side, with roughly eight corners and roundabouts, but it is mainly flat and will suit the most powerful time triallists. The second and final stage is once again a 100km circuit race in downtown Madrid. The 5.8km T-shaped circuit starts at the Paseo del Prado/Plaza de Cibeles and travels along the Calle Alcala, Grand Via, through Plaza Callao se Sigue, and back onto the Calle Alcala for the final straightaway toward the Paseo del Prado.

Chloe Hosking (Alè Cipollini) claimed the stage 2 sprint victory on a rainy finale to the 2019 WNT Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta. The Australian topped Letizia Paternoster (Trek-Segafredo) and Roxane Fournier (Movistar).

The victory was a long-awaited turnaround for a tough season for Hosking.

“I had a really slow, tough start to the season, but I took a step back in May and June and reassessed what I wanted to do. I got some OK results in the back end of the season but to get a win, I’m really proud of myself for my resilience for my determination to get back tow here I know I should be,” Hosking said.

“I’m also really grateful for my Ale Cipollini team for not giving up on me. I am really happy and satisfied and it’s really nice to give this win back to the team after their constant support throughout the season.

Lisa Brennauer (WNT Rotor) fought of the challenge from Sunweb’s Lucinda Brand in the intermediate sprints to seal the overall victory by 10 seconds over Brand with Pernielle Mathiesen (Sunweb) in third.

The seven intermediate sprints and the final bonus seconds proved critical to the overall standings, but motivated by racing in the city of their title sponsor’s headquarters, WNT Rotor controlled the race perfectly, with sprinter Kirsten Wild leading out Brennauer for the sprints.

Brennauer took out the first bonus sprint over Brand to extend her lead out from four seconds to seven. In the second, Brennauer padded her lead by one more second.

Brand got the upper hand in the third bonus to claw back one second and then at the mid-point, won the fourth sprint with Brennauer third behind Luxembourg champion Christine Majerus (Boels Dolmans).

Brennauer won the next two sprints with Brand taking third and second, effectively sealing the overall. All she needed now was to get safely across the line in the bunch as the rain soaked the course and led to several crashes.

Ale Cipollini took control of the final lead-out, delivering Hosking to a fine sprint win over Paternoster and Fournier, as Brand missed the time bonuses in fourth and Brennauer cruised in for the overall victory.

“For our team, we didn’t have a great time trial yesterday so we really wanted to go in for the stage win,” Hosking said. “We knew there would be girls going full gas for all the intermediate seconds throughout the race, so that would make it really hard and fast. You had to stay really aware throughout the race, because as you saw last year, groups can go away.

“Sunweb was super-aggressive all race, but I was really proud of my Alè Cipollini team. We went in with a clear goal and we really executed that.

“I’m not sure you can compare this to the World Championships but for sure it gives me huge confidence.”

Results :
1 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini 2:20:31
2 Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women
3 Roxane Fournier (Fra) Movistar Team Women
4 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women
5 Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
6 Maria Martins (Por) Sopela Women’s Team
7 Jolien D’Hoore (Bel) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
8 Kirsten Wild (Ned) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling
9 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb Women
10 Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
11 Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling
12 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling
13 Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Ale Cipollini
14 Franziska Koch (Ger) Team Sunweb Women
15 Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women
16 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling
17 Abigail Van Twisk (GBr) Trek-Segafredo Women
18 Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana
19 Aroa Gorostiza Ulloa (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
20 Diana Carolina Peñuela Martinez (Col) Ale Cipollini
21 Maria Apolonia van ‘T Geloof (Ned) Ale Cipollini
22 Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women
23 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
24 Julia Soek (Ned) Team Sunweb Women
25 Anastasiia Chursina (Rus) BTC City Ljubljana
26 Urska Pintar (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana
27 Lauren Kitchen (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
28 Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women
29 Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
30 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women
31 Anna Plichta (Pol) Trek-Segafredo Women
32 Jip van den Bos (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
33 Olga Zabelinskaya (Uzb) Cogeas Mettler Look
34 Pernille Mathiesen (Den) Team Sunweb Women
35 Vita Heine (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport
36 Coralie Demay (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
37 Jessica Allen (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women
38 Eva Buurman (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
39 Juliette Labous (Fra) Team Sunweb Women
40 Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling
41 Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Ale Cipollini
42 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Cogeas Mettler Look 0:00:07
43 Romy Kasper (Ger) Ale Cipollini 0:00:10
44 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Hitec Products-Birk Sport
45 Lotta Pauliina Lepistö (Fin) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:00:18
46 Belen Lopez Morales (Spa) Massi-Tactic Women Team 0:00:33
47 Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling
48 Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Sopela Women’s Team 0:01:31
49 Anna Baidak (Rus) Eneicue Cycling Team 0:01:37
50 Clara Copponi (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:03:04
51 Lara Vieceli (Ita) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling 0:03:16
52 Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi-Tactic Women Team 0:03:26
53 Teresa Ripoll Sabate (Spa) Massi-Tactic Women Team
54 Sofia Rodriguez Revert (Spa) Sopela Women’s Team

Final General Classification :
1 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling 2:33:06
2 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women 0:00:10
3 Pernille Mathiesen (Den) Team Sunweb Women 0:00:28
4 Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:00:35
5 Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana 0:00:36
6 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
7 Anna Plichta (Pol) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:00:37
8 Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:00:38
9 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb Women 0:00:39
10 Franziska Koch (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:00:41
11 Olga Zabelinskaya (Uzb) Cogeas Mettler Look 0:00:42
12 Vita Heine (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport 0:00:44
13 Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:00:45
14 Coralie Demay (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:00:48
15 Jip van den Bos (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
16 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling 0:00:53
17 Anastasiia Chursina (Rus) BTC City Ljubljana
18 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:00:58
19 Juliette Labous (Fra) Team Sunweb Women 0:00:59
20 Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:01:02
21 Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Ale Cipollini 0:01:03
22 Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:01:06
23 Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling 0:01:08
24 Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Ale Cipollini 0:01:09
25 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini 0:01:10
26 Julia Soek (Ned) Team Sunweb Women 0:01:13
27 Urska Pintar (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana
28 Kirsten Wild (Ned) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling 0:01:15
29 Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:01:16
30 Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:01:17
31 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Cogeas Mettler Look 0:01:28
32 Maria Apolonia van ‘T Geloof (Ned) Ale Cipollini 0:01:29
33 Lauren Kitchen (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:01:30
34 Diana Carolina Peñuela Martinez (Col) Ale Cipollini 0:01:34
35 Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling 0:01:35
36 Maria Martins (Por) Sopela Women’s Team 0:01:36
37 Lotta Pauliina Lepistö (Fin) Trek-Segafredo Women
38 Abigail Van Twisk (GBr) Trek-Segafredo Women
39 Eva Buurman (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:01:37
40 Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling
41 Jessica Allen (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:01:38
42 Roxane Fournier (Fra) Movistar Team Women 0:01:43
43 Jolien D’Hoore (Bel) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:01:52
44 Romy Kasper (Ger) Ale Cipollini 0:02:10
45 Aroa Gorostiza Ulloa (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 0:02:12
46 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Hitec Products-Birk Sport 0:02:28
47 Belen Lopez Morales (Spa) Massi-Tactic Women Team 0:02:40
48 Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Sopela Women’s Team 0:03:01
49 Anna Baidak (Rus) Eneicue Cycling Team 0:03:54
50 Clara Copponi (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:04:26
51 Lara Vieceli (Ita) WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling 0:04:28
52 Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi-Tactic Women Team 0:05:17