Setmana Ciclista Valenciana 2021 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE] (ladies) (spanish)

May 6, 2021

Setmana Ciclista Valenciana 2021 – Stage 1 – Barxeta – Gandia : 125 km

Setmana Ciclista Valenciana’s move from February to May will undoubtedly have some impact on its overall position and importance on the early-season calendar. It is no longer held in conjunction with pre-season training camps nor can it be used as preparation or a test ahead of bigger Spring Classics. There are some benefits to its move to May, however, and its position after the Spring Classics is when stage racing season normally begins. Setmana Ciclista Valenciana now offers some much needed racing days in May and it kicks off 12 days of racing in Spain.

Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) secured a solo victory in the opening stage at Setmana Ciclista Valenciana on Thursday. The European Champion attacked over the final climb, a despite crashing on the descent, she crossed the finish line alone to take the stage win and the first leader’s jersey in the four-day event.

She crossed the line 2:06 ahead of chaser Mavi Garcia (Ale BTC Ljublana) and 2:21 ahead of the next group sprint won by her Movistar teammate Katrine Aalerud.

“We wanted to play it really open at this race, because I didn’t want to put myself on too much pressure. It was all about the team, not going with me to chase the leader’s jersey from day one – and it won’t be our priority to defend it,” Van Vleuten said in a statement following the race”

“It’s more about putting on a great show and playing for stages with other girls. Obviously, the rest is not so close now, we’ve got some gap to play with and Katrine has also shown great form with that third place, so I think we can play that game with other teammates.”

How it unfolded

The opening stage offered a 125km race between Barxeta and Gandia. There were four categorised climbs at Alto Barxeta (10.8km), Alto Serra Grossa (65km), Alto Barxeta (98.6km) and then Alto Barx (111km), followed by a descent and then a flat 3km to the finish line in Gandia.

A two-rider breakaway cleared the field over the Alto Barxeta with Omer Shapira (Canyon-SRAM) and Heidi Franz (Rally Cycling) that built a lead out to 1:30 on the main peloton. Their gap increased to 2:40 minutes after the first hour of racing, while Team BikeExchange and Movistar set a quick pace behind them.

Shapira rode away from Franz over the Alto Serra Grossa at the 65km mark, and built a solo lead out to 2:30 ahead of the field.

Eight chasers emerged behind that initially included Lisa Klein (Canyon-SRAM), Urska Žigart (Team Bike Exchange), Alicia Gonzalez (Movistar) and Krista Doebel-Hickok (Rally Cycling), later joined by Rasa Leleivytė (Aromitalia-Basso-Viano), Anastasiia Chursina (Ale BTC Ljubljana) and Giorgia Vettorello (Top Girls Fassa Bortolo).

Shapira kept her lead over the Alto Barxeta with 26km to go, but she was soon caught and passed by late-race attackers Van Vleuten and Mavi Garcia (Ale BTC Ljublana).

“Paula Patiño set up a super good attack – she actually ended up setting my own attack, because I wanted to work for Katrine, and I picked the pace for that, but I was a little bit too fast and she didn’t tell me to slow down. We need to work a little bit on the communications side of things, since our plan was to set Katrine up for her to go. In the end, I went, I continued with Mavi, and with 1km to go I went on my own,” Van Vleuten explained the team tactics.

Van Vleuten made her solo bid for victory, and with 15km to go, held a sizable lead on what was left of the peloton over the top of the final ascent of the stage – Alto Barx.

Although Van Vleuten crashed on the final descent, after a quick bike change, she was back up and racing, and crossed the line with a solo victory and the overall race lead. However, she maintains that the race is still wide open and the team objective is to give opportunities to her teammates.

“Our goal here remains giving everyone an opportunity, that’s the objective. Even on the sprint stages – I’m really keen to do the leadout for our fast riders. I don’t want the stress to defend the jersey, the objective is to play the game for the team, defending here would need a lot of energy.”

Results :
1 Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Movistar Team Women 3:21:02
2 Mavi Garcia (Spa) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:02:06
3 Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Movistar Team Women 0:02:21
4 Letizia Borghesi (Ita) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano
5 Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing
6 Spela Kern (Slo) Massi Tactic Women Team
7 Noemi Rüegg (Swi) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling
8 Debora Silvestri (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
9 Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing
10 Greta Marturano (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
11 Janneke Ensing (Ned) Team BikeExchange
12 Omer Shapira (Isr) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:02:24
13 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:03:01
14 Tereza Neumanová (Cze) Women Cycling Sport
15 Sandra Alonso Dominguez (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
16 Severine Eraud (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling 0:03:03
17 Paula Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women
18 Olha Kulynych (Ukr) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team
19 Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA) Rally Cycling
20 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:03:04
21 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano
22 Nadine Michaela Gill (Ger) Bizkaia-Durango
23 Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
24 Idoia Eraso Lasa (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi
25 Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team
26 Ines Cantera Carrasco (Spa) Sopela Women’s Team
27 Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Women Cycling Sport
28 Inga Cesuliene (Ltu) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano
29 Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) Team BikeExchange
30 Georgia Williams (NZl) Team BikeExchange
31 Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
32 Anna Christian (GBr) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur
33 Yuliia Biriukova (Ukr) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
34 Vita Heine (Nor) Massi Tactic Women Team
35 Giorgia Bariani (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:03:12
36 Amber Aernouts (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team 0:05:17
37 Maaike Coljé (Ned) Massi Tactic Women Team
38 Amelia Sharpe (GBr) NXTG Racing
39 Julia Borgström (Swe) NXTG Racing
40 Emma Grant (GBr) Massi Tactic Women Team
41 Fie Osterby (Den) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
42 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Team BikeExchange
43 Katie Clouse (USA) Rally Cycling
44 Susana Perez Conejero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte 0:06:25
45 Alice Towers (GBr) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur
46 Sophie Wright (GBr) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
47 Gaia Masetti (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
48 Giorgia Vettorello (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
49 Sara Penton (Swe) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur
50 Anastasiia Chursina (Rus) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
51 Anna Baidak (Rus) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa 0:06:26
52 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Women Cycling Sport 0:06:32
53 Laura Tomasi (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
54 Agnieta Francke (Ned) Team Farto-BTC 0:07:16
55 Sofia Rodriguez Revert (Spa) Sopela Women’s Team
56 Nicole Steigenga (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team
57 Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team
58 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women
59 Olivia Baril (Can) Massi Tactic Women Team
60 Teniel Campbell (TTo) Team BikeExchange
61 Marta Romeu Solaz (Spa) VIB Sports
62 Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing
63 Usoa Ostolaza Zabala (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi 0:09:06
64 Olivia Ray (NZl) Rally Cycling 0:09:39
65 Elise Marie Olsen (Nor) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur
66 Michelle Andres (Swi) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
67 Emilie Fortin (Can) Bizkaia-Durango
68 Claire Steels (GBr) Sopela Women’s Team
69 Elisabet Escursell Valero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
70 Holly Breck (USA) Rally Cycling
71 Maeva Squiban (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling
72 Giulia Marchesini (Ita) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano
73 Sara Poidevin (Can) Rally Cycling
74 Leigh Ann Ganzar (USA) Rally Cycling
75 Urska Zigart (Slo) Team BikeExchange
76 Annabel Fisher (GBr) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling 0:11:17
77 Sandra Moral Ventosinos (Spa) Team Farto-BTC
78 Nicole D’Agostin (Ita) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
79 Heidi Franz (USA) Rally Cycling 0:11:46
80 Georgia Danford (NZl) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
81 Alessia Bulleri (Ita) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
82 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano
83 Fabienne Buri (Swi) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
84 Jessica Allen (Aus) Team BikeExchange
85 Michela Balducci (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
86 Lija Laizane (Lat) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
87 Elisa Dalla Valle (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
88 Kathrin Schweinberger (Aut) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team
89 Gemma Sernissi (Ita) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano
90 Maria Martins (Por) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur
91 Nofar Maoz (Isr) Women Cycling Sport 0:13:03
92 Nerea Nuño Iglesias (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
93 Britt Knaven (Bel) NXTG Racing 0:14:40
94 Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:16:12
95 Emma Ortiz Bonilla (Spa) Sopela Women’s Team 0:16:56
96 April Tacey (GBr) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur 0:17:10
97 Kim Baptista (GBr) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa 0:17:13
98 Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:17:15
99 Mireia Trias Jordan (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team
100 Noemie Abgrall (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling
101 Varvara Fasoi (Gre) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
102 Liliana Jesus (Por) Team Farto-BTC 0:19:59
103 Finja Smekal (Ger) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur
104 Paula Soler Llacer (Spa) Sopela Women’s Team
105 Ariana Gilabert Vilaplana (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
106 Maria del Pilar Jimenez Martinez (Spa) Team Farto-BTC
107 Irantzu Beloki Arcelus (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi
108 Lena Mettraux (Swi) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
109 Isabel Martin Martin (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte 0:20:07
110 Elodie Le Bail (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling 0:21:57
111 Esthefania Hurtado Campuzano (Spa) VIB Sports
112 Maryoly Sosa (Ven) VIB Sports
113 Catalina Anais Soto Campos (Chi) NXTG Racing 0:21:59
114 Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing
115 Luciana Roland (Arg) Women Cycling Sport
116 Sara Bonillo Talens (Spa) Team Farto-BTC
117 Minke Bakker (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team
118 Teresa Ripoll Sabate (Spa) Team Farto-BTC
119 Stella Nightingale (NZl) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
120 Emily Wadsworth (GBr) NXTG Racing
121 Mylene de Zoete (Ned) NXTG Racing
122 Enara Lopez Gallastegi (Spa) Team Farto-BTC 0:22:01
123 Rylee McMullen (NZl) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:22:45
124 Ainhize Barrainkua Agirre (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi 0:22:54
125 Natalia Saiz Sanchez (Spa) Sopela Women’s Team 0:23:16
126 Maria Banlles Santamaria (Spa) Sopela Women’s Team
127 Nicole Hanselmann (Swi) Women Cycling Sport 0:27:48
OTL Elena Cuenca Salazar (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi 0:31:04
OTL Lydia Iglesias Bares (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
DNF Carolina Esteban Fernandez (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
DNF Ania Horcajada Henche (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
DNF Garazi Estevez Guede (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi
DNF Dolores Gomez Ramos (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi
DNF Melisa Gomiz Perez (Spa) VIB Sports
DNF Georgia Bullard (GBr) VIB Sports
DNF Mae Lang (Est) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Movistar Team Women 3:20:52
2 Mavi Garcia (Spa) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:02:10
3 Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Movistar Team Women 0:02:27
4 Letizia Borghesi (Ita) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano 0:02:31
5 Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing
6 Spela Kern (Slo) Massi Tactic Women Team
7 Noemi Rüegg (Swi) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling
8 Debora Silvestri (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
9 Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing
10 Greta Marturano (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
11 Janneke Ensing (Ned) Team BikeExchange
12 Omer Shapira (Isr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
13 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:03:11
14 Tereza Neumanová (Cze) Women Cycling Sport
15 Sandra Alonso Dominguez (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
16 Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA) Rally Cycling 0:03:12
17 Severine Eraud (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling 0:03:13
18 Paula Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women
19 Olha Kulynych (Ukr) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team
20 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:03:14
21 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano
22 Nadine Michaela Gill (Ger) Bizkaia-Durango
23 Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
24 Idoia Eraso Lasa (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi
25 Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team
26 Ines Cantera Carrasco (Spa) Sopela Women’s Team
27 Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Women Cycling Sport
28 Inga Cesuliene (Ltu) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano
29 Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) Team BikeExchange
30 Georgia Williams (NZl) Team BikeExchange
31 Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
32 Anna Christian (GBr) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur
33 Yuliia Biriukova (Ukr) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
34 Vita Heine (Nor) Massi Tactic Women Team
35 Giorgia Bariani (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:03:22
36 Amber Aernouts (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team 0:05:27
37 Maaike Coljé (Ned) Massi Tactic Women Team
38 Amelia Sharpe (GBr) NXTG Racing
39 Julia Borgström (Swe) NXTG Racing
40 Emma Grant (GBr) Massi Tactic Women Team
41 Fie Osterby (Den) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
42 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Team BikeExchange
43 Katie Clouse (USA) Rally Cycling
44 Giorgia Vettorello (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:06:33
45 Susana Perez Conejero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte 0:06:35
46 Alice Towers (GBr) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur
47 Sophie Wright (GBr) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
48 Gaia Masetti (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
49 Sara Penton (Swe) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur
50 Anastasiia Chursina (Rus) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
51 Anna Baidak (Rus) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa 0:06:36
52 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Women Cycling Sport 0:06:42
53 Laura Tomasi (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
54 Agnieta Francke (Ned) Team Farto-BTC 0:07:26
55 Sofia Rodriguez Revert (Spa) Sopela Women’s Team
56 Nicole Steigenga (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team
57 Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team
58 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women
59 Olivia Baril (Can) Massi Tactic Women Team
60 Teniel Campbell (TTo) Team BikeExchange
61 Marta Romeu Solaz (Spa) VIB Sports
62 Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing
63 Usoa Ostolaza Zabala (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi 0:09:16
64 Olivia Ray (NZl) Rally Cycling 0:09:49
65 Elise Marie Olsen (Nor) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur
66 Michelle Andres (Swi) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
67 Emilie Fortin (Can) Bizkaia-Durango
68 Claire Steels (GBr) Sopela Women’s Team
69 Elisabet Escursell Valero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
70 Holly Breck (USA) Rally Cycling
71 Maeva Squiban (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling
72 Giulia Marchesini (Ita) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano
73 Sara Poidevin (Can) Rally Cycling
74 Leigh Ann Ganzar (USA) Rally Cycling
75 Urska Zigart (Slo) Team BikeExchange
76 Annabel Fisher (GBr) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling 0:11:27
77 Sandra Moral Ventosinos (Spa) Team Farto-BTC
78 Nicole D’Agostin (Ita) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
79 Heidi Franz (USA) Rally Cycling 0:11:56
80 Georgia Danford (NZl) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
81 Alessia Bulleri (Ita) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
82 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano
83 Fabienne Buri (Swi) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
84 Jessica Allen (Aus) Team BikeExchange
85 Michela Balducci (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
86 Lija Laizane (Lat) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
87 Elisa Dalla Valle (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
88 Kathrin Schweinberger (Aut) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team
89 Gemma Sernissi (Ita) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano
90 Maria Martins (Por) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur
91 Nofar Maoz (Isr) Women Cycling Sport 0:13:13
92 Nerea Nuño Iglesias (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
93 Britt Knaven (Bel) NXTG Racing 0:14:50
94 Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:16:22
95 Emma Ortiz Bonilla (Spa) Sopela Women’s Team 0:17:06
96 April Tacey (GBr) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur 0:17:20
97 Kim Baptista (GBr) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa 0:17:23
98 Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:17:25
99 Mireia Trias Jordan (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team
100 Noemie Abgrall (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling
101 Varvara Fasoi (Gre) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
102 Liliana Jesus (Por) Team Farto-BTC 0:20:09
103 Finja Smekal (Ger) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur
104 Paula Soler Llacer (Spa) Sopela Women’s Team
105 Ariana Gilabert Vilaplana (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
106 Maria del Pilar Jimenez Martinez (Spa) Team Farto-BTC
107 Irantzu Beloki Arcelus (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi
108 Lena Mettraux (Swi) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
109 Isabel Martin Martin (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte 0:20:17
110 Elodie Le Bail (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling 0:22:07
111 Esthefania Hurtado Campuzano (Spa) VIB Sports
112 Maryoly Sosa (Ven) VIB Sports
113 Catalina Anais Soto Campos (Chi) NXTG Racing 0:22:09
114 Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing
115 Luciana Roland (Arg) Women Cycling Sport
116 Sara Bonillo Talens (Spa) Team Farto-BTC
117 Minke Bakker (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team
118 Teresa Ripoll Sabate (Spa) Team Farto-BTC
119 Stella Nightingale (NZl) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
120 Emily Wadsworth (GBr) NXTG Racing
121 Mylene de Zoete (Ned) NXTG Racing
122 Enara Lopez Gallastegi (Spa) Team Farto-BTC 0:22:11
123 Rylee McMullen (NZl) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:22:55
124 Ainhize Barrainkua Agirre (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi 0:23:04
125 Natalia Saiz Sanchez (Spa) Sopela Women’s Team 0:23:26
126 Maria Banlles Santamaria (Spa) Sopela Women’s Team
127 Nicole Hanselmann (Swi) Women Cycling Sport 0:27:58