Setmana Ciclista Valenciana 2022 – Stage 4 [FULL STAGE] (ladies) (spanish)

February 20, 2022

Setmana Ciclista Valenciana 2022 – Stage 4 – Sagunt – Valencia : 118 km

The Setmana Ciclista Valenciana is an annual professional road bicycle race for women in Spain.

Marta Bastianelli (UAE Team ADQ) claimed the sprint victory on the final stage of the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, powering to the stage over world champion Elisa Balsamo (Trek-Segafredo) and Susanne Andersen (Uno-X).

Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team), who opened up a winning lead on Saturday’s mountain stage, finished in the bunch to seal the overall victory.

The Dutch rider dedicated her victory to two people who were in her thoughts and written on her jersey.

“Our soigneur Gary Baños died one year ago today, so that’s why I had Gary on one arm and then #StayStrongAmy on the other one, for Amy Pieters, who is still in hospital. I just wanted to think of both of them and dedicate my jersey to them,” Van Vleuten said.

The win was also confirmation of her form after yet another comeback from injury. She crashed last October in Paris-Roubaix, fracturing her shoulder and pelvis.

“If you realize that it’s only four-and-a-half months ago that I crashed so badly in Roubaix, and only left my crutches behind in mid December – to be able to already do this, it’s so nice to start the season this way,” Van Vleuten said.

“It’s also nice to take the pressure off my shoulders, to show that both myself and the team are back. It’s also a Spanish race, which makes it for a bigger goal for the team.”

The team, she said, were coming together nicely this year.

“I can see that the team is stepping up compared to last year. For some of the riders here, it was the first time defending a GC lead. I can see now that my teammates are getting more and more experienced, having won other similar races like Ardèche, so it’s good to see that the team is more able to defend a jersey and know how to do it.

“It was super helpful to have all the team around me today. It makes easier to keep things under control in days like this one. We never panicked; we started riding immediately when Grace Brown left, kept it under two minutes and it was fine. It was really a team effort today.”

The win was also a confirmation for the newest Women’s WorldTeam, UAE Team ADQ and Bastianelli.

“I’m happy with this victory. It was also deserved by all my teammates who stayed close to me throughout the race and all raced with one goal,” Bastianelli said.

The stage win was her second of the season and she said it proved her new team’s abilities after some external doubts. “Somebody had said that we had won at Valencia a few weeks ago where there was nobody, today we showed that we can win even in the presence of the best teams,” the Italian said after the stage.

“It was a challenging finale. After the climb we remained about thirty in front and for us it was an ideal race situation for the sprint. But then [Lorena] Wiebes came back and I had two strong sprinters to control for the sprint. At the end I decided to sprint on the wheel of Balsamo and and it turned out to be the right choice.”

How it unfolded
The final stage of the “week of cycling” in Valencia got underway under sunny skies with riders facing a circuitous 118km from Sagunt to València with two intermediate sprints in the start town before riders headed out to the day’s main difficulty, the category 2 Alto de l’Oronet, cresting at 30km and heading downhill on to the finish.

Three riders attacked in the early kilometres, with Teuntje Beekhuis (Jumbo-Visma), Emma Langley (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB) and Mieke Kröger (Human Powered Health) making the first breakaway but they were brought back before the first sprint at kilometre 29.

Karlijn Swinkels (Jumbo-Visma) claimed the sprint in Sagunt before a second attack forged ahead. This one was two riders: Lija Laizane (Eneicat-RBH Global) and Danielle Shrosbree (CAMS-Basso), who were joined by Grace Brown (FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine-Futuroscope) to make a more lasting move.

Laizane led the breakaway through the second intermediate sprint but did not overtake Swinkels for the sprint classification. As the road began to tilt up, Shrosbree lost touch with the leaders who started up the Alto de l’Oronet with a minute on the peloton. With Brown setting a relentless pace, Laizane lost contact, too, and was caught by the peloton.

Brown continued on, leading over the summit with more than a minute on Erica Magnaldi and Sofia Bertizzolo (UAE Team ADQ) who crested the climb ahead of race leader Van Vleuten, sealing the mountains classification for Magnaldi.

The fractured peloton came mostly back together on the long descent and began their pursuit of Brown in earnest.

With 10km to go, Brown had only a dozen seconds left of her once generous advantage and two kilometres later the Australian was swept up by the peloton led by Alice Maria Arzuffi (Valcar).

Canyon-Sram, Trek-Segafredo and Valcar led the compact peloton into the final kilometres, with Arzuffi, Shirin van Anrooij and Pauliena Rooijakkers setting the pace for their sprinters.

Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) hit out early for her teammate Balsamo, but Bastianelli powered past to the victory. Van Vleuten came across in the bunch to win the overall.

Results :
1 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) UAE Team ADQ 2:56:23
2 Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women
3 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Women
4 Georgia Baker (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco Women
5 Sarah Roy (Aus) Canyon-Sram Racing
6 Silvia Zanardi (Ita) BePink
7 Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women
8 Valentine Fortin (Fra) Cofidis Women Team
9 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM Women
10 Martina Alzini (Ita) Cofidis Women Team
11 Sandra Alonso Dominguez (Spa) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
12 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women
13 Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Liv Racing Xstra
14 Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco Women
15 Elise Chabbey (Swi) Canyon-Sram Racing
16 Kaia Schmid (USA) Human Powered Health Women
17 Tamara Dronova (Rus) Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad
18 Silke Smulders (Ned) Liv Racing Xstra
19 Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
20 Aurela Nerlo (Pol) Massi Tactic Women’s Team
21 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Canyon-Sram Racing
22 Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-Sram Racing
23 Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo Women
24 Marie Le Net (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
25 Cecilie Ludwig (Den) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
26 Juliette Labous (Fra) Team DSM Women 0:00:05
27 Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) BePink
28 Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) UAE Team ADQ
29 Eugenia Bujak (Slo) UAE Team ADQ
30 Sandra Levenez (Fra) Cofidis Women Team
31 Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) BikeExchange-Jayco Women
32 Anouska Koster (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women
33 Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Cofidis Women Team
34 Spela Kern (Slo) Massi Tactic Women’s Team
35 Wilma Olausson (Swe) Uno-X Pro Cycling Women
36 Idoia Eraso Lasa (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi
37 Eukene Larrarte Arteaga (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
38 Emily Newsom (USA) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
39 Marta Romeu Solaz (Spa) Team Farto-BTC
40 Anne Dorthe Ysland (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Women
41 Camilla Alessio (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
42 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team DSM Women
43 Veronica Ewers (USA) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
44 Mireia Trias Jordan (Spa) Massi Tactic Women’s Team
45 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team DSM Women
46 Brodie Chapman (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
47 Franziska Koch (Ger) Team DSM Women
48 Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi Tactic Women’s Team
49 Grace Brown (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
50 Matilde Vitillo (Ita) BePink
51 Amber Kraak (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women
52 Paula Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women
53 Sara Poidevin (Can) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
54 Alexandra Manly (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco Women
55 Nathalie Eklund (Swe) Massi Tactic Women’s Team
56 Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Movistar Team Women
57 Maria Novoloddskaia (Rus) UAE Team ADQ
58 Marta Cavalli (Ita) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
59 Mavi Garcia (Spa) UAE Team ADQ
60 Hanna Nilsson (Swe) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
61 Nadine Gill (Ger) Sopela Women’s Team
62 Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Movistar Team Women
63 Victorie Guilman (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
64 Noemi Rüegg (Swi) Jumbo-Visma Women
65 Omer Shapira (Isr) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
66 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
67 Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
68 Federica Piergiovanni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
69 Claire Steels (GBr) Sopela Women’s Team
70 Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Liv Racing Xstra
71 Olga Zabelinskaya (Uzb) Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad
72 Andrea Ramírez Fregoso (Mex) Massi Tactic Women’s Team
73 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ 0:00:36
74 Teniel Campbell (TTo) BikeExchange-Jayco Women
75 Alice Coutinho (Fra) Sopela Women’s Team
76 Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:01:20
77 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-Sram Racing
78 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Uno-X Pro Cycling Women
79 Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Canyon-Sram Racing 0:01:23
80 Nina Kessler (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco Women
81 Elynor Backstedt (GBr) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:01:40
82 Usoa Ostolaza Zabala (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi 0:01:43
83 Prisca Savi (Ita) BePink
84 Olha Kulynych (Ukr) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire-Van Eyck Sport
85 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB 0:01:55
86 Ariana Gilabert Vilaplana (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi 0:03:00
87 Lija Laizane (Lat) Eneicat-RBH Global 0:03:26
88 Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Human Powered Health Women 0:03:59
89 Linda Riedmann (Ger) Jumbo-Visma Women 0:04:41
90 Corinna Lechner (Ger) Massi Tactic Women’s Team
91 Hannah Buch (Ger) Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad
92 Sandra Gutierrez (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi
93 Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women
94 Cedrine Kerbaol (Fra) Cofidis Women Team
95 Danique Braam (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire-Van Eyck Sport
96 Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) Cofidis Women Team
97 Karolina Kumiega (Pol) Valcar-Travel & Service
98 Marketa Hájková (Cze) BePink
99 Megan Barker (GBr) CAMS-Basso
100 Aileen Schweikart (Ger) Bizkaia-Durango
101 Becky Storrie (GBr) CAMS-Basso
102 Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
103 Elizabeth Stannard (Aus) Valcar-Travel & Service
104 Ariadna Gutierrez Arzaluz (Mex) Team Farto-BTC
105 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women
106 Marie Blais (Can) Team Farto-BTC
107 Sofia Rodriguez Revert (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
108 Tereza Neumanová (Cze) Liv Racing Xstra
109 Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Human Powered Health Women
110 Mieke Kröger (Ger) Human Powered Health Women
111 Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
112 Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women
113 Laura Asencio (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
114 Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women
115 Emma Langley (USA) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
116 Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-Sram Racing
117 Danielle Shrosbree (GBr) CAMS-Basso 0:11:19
118 Madelaine Leech (GBr) CAMS-Basso
119 Lara Crestanello (Ita) BePink
120 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women
121 Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team Women
122 Sara Martin (Spa) Movistar Team Women
DNS Lily Williams (USA) Human Powered Health Women

Final General Classification :
1 Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Movistar Team Women 13:25:30
2 Cecilie Ludwig (Den) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:01:00
3 Marta Cavalli (Ita) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:01:57
4 Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:02:29
5 Grace Brown (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
6 Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-Sram Racing 0:02:35
7 Elise Chabbey (Swi) Canyon-Sram Racing 0:02:36
8 Silvia Zanardi (Ita) BePink 0:02:38
9 Mavi Garcia (Spa) UAE Team ADQ
10 Juliette Labous (Fra) Team DSM Women 0:02:46
11 Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) BikeExchange-Jayco Women 0:02:47
12 Veronica Ewers (USA) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB 0:02:49
13 Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Movistar Team Women 0:02:53
14 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:02:55
15 Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Cofidis Women Team
16 Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) BePink 0:02:58
17 Brodie Chapman (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:02:59
18 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Canyon-Sram Racing 0:04:44
19 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team DSM Women 0:04:56
20 Alexandra Manly (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco Women 0:04:58
21 Camilla Alessio (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:05:06
22 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ 0:05:43
23 Victorie Guilman (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:05:55
24 Eugenia Bujak (Slo) UAE Team ADQ 0:06:18
25 Hanna Nilsson (Swe) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:06:24
26 Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:06:27
27 Omer Shapira (Isr) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB 0:07:46
28 Spela Kern (Slo) Massi Tactic Women’s Team 0:08:30
29 Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:11:10
30 Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco Women 0:11:24
31 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) UAE Team ADQ 0:12:47
32 Marie Le Net (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:14:45
33 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-Sram Racing 0:16:20
34 Sandra Levenez (Fra) Cofidis Women Team 0:16:52
35 Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Human Powered Health Women 0:17:09
36 Anouska Koster (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women 0:18:37
37 Georgia Baker (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco Women 0:19:04
38 Paula Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women 0:21:00
39 Noemi Rüegg (Swi) Jumbo-Visma Women 0:21:22
40 Sara Poidevin (Can) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB 0:21:39
41 Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Canyon-Sram Racing 0:21:53
42 Anne Dorthe Ysland (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Women 0:22:09
43 Amber Kraak (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women 0:22:12
44 Maria Novoloddskaia (Rus) UAE Team ADQ 0:22:17
45 Nadine Gill (Ger) Sopela Women’s Team 0:22:56
46 Sarah Roy (Aus) Canyon-Sram Racing 0:23:56
47 Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-Sram Racing 0:24:34
48 Wilma Olausson (Swe) Uno-X Pro Cycling Women 0:24:55
49 Andrea Ramírez Fregoso (Mex) Massi Tactic Women’s Team 0:25:25
50 Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Liv Racing Xstra 0:26:36
51 Claire Steels (GBr) Sopela Women’s Team 0:28:12
52 Olga Zabelinskaya (Uzb) Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad 0:29:05
53 Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi Tactic Women’s Team 0:29:32
54 Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) UAE Team ADQ 0:29:45
55 Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Liv Racing Xstra 0:31:04
56 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team DSM Women 0:31:33
57 Franziska Koch (Ger) Team DSM Women
58 Idoia Eraso Lasa (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi 0:31:42
59 Tamara Dronova (Rus) Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad 0:32:01
60 Aurela Nerlo (Pol) Massi Tactic Women’s Team 0:32:20
61 Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women 0:32:42
62 Matilde Vitillo (Ita) BePink 0:33:31
63 Martina Alzini (Ita) Cofidis Women Team 0:34:43
64 Nathalie Eklund (Swe) Massi Tactic Women’s Team 0:34:48
65 Silke Smulders (Ned) Liv Racing Xstra 0:34:58
66 Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:35:19
67 Mireia Trias Jordan (Spa) Massi Tactic Women’s Team 0:35:21
68 Becky Storrie (GBr) CAMS-Basso 0:36:24
69 Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Human Powered Health Women 0:36:42
70 Kaia Schmid (USA) Human Powered Health Women 0:36:54
71 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:37:43
72 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB 0:37:49
73 Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:39:50
74 Emily Newsom (USA) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB 0:40:09
75 Ariana Gilabert Vilaplana (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi 0:40:10
76 Teniel Campbell (TTo) BikeExchange-Jayco Women 0:41:12
77 Emma Langley (USA) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB 0:42:05
78 Nina Kessler (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco Women 0:44:01
79 Usoa Ostolaza Zabala (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi 0:45:41
80 Elynor Backstedt (GBr) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:46:20
81 Linda Riedmann (Ger) Jumbo-Visma Women 0:46:59
82 Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women 0:47:04
83 Federica Piergiovanni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:47:06
84 Laura Asencio (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:47:19
85 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:47:30
86 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM Women 0:47:42
87 Prisca Savi (Ita) BePink 0:47:54
88 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Uno-X Pro Cycling Women 0:49:02
89 Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:49:21
90 Valentine Fortin (Fra) Cofidis Women Team 0:49:35
91 Aileen Schweikart (Ger) Bizkaia-Durango 0:49:42
92 Sandra Alonso Dominguez (Spa) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:49:58
93 Ariadna Gutierrez Arzaluz (Mex) Team Farto-BTC 0:52:53
94 Alice Coutinho (Fra) Sopela Women’s Team 0:53:00
95 Karolina Kumiega (Pol) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:54:46
96 Danielle Shrosbree (GBr) CAMS-Basso 0:55:41
97 Cedrine Kerbaol (Fra) Cofidis Women Team 0:57:37
98 Hannah Buch (Ger) Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad 0:59:02
99 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Women 1:00:19
100 Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 1:02:03
101 Sara Martin (Spa) Movistar Team Women 1:02:16
102 Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) Cofidis Women Team 1:02:39
103 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 1:03:11
104 Marta Romeu Solaz (Spa) Team Farto-BTC 1:03:22
105 Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women 1:03:29
106 Lija Laizane (Lat) Eneicat-RBH Global 1:03:52
107 Eukene Larrarte Arteaga (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 1:04:00
108 Olha Kulynych (Ukr) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire-Van Eyck Sport 1:04:11
109 Elizabeth Stannard (Aus) Valcar-Travel & Service 1:05:01
110 Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 1:06:45
111 Tereza Neumanová (Cze) Liv Racing Xstra 1:07:22
112 Megan Barker (GBr) CAMS-Basso 1:09:21
113 Corinna Lechner (Ger) Massi Tactic Women’s Team 1:12:17
114 Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 1:17:45
115 Mieke Kröger (Ger) Human Powered Health Women 1:20:01
116 Sofia Rodriguez Revert (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 1:21:25
117 Danique Braam (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire-Van Eyck Sport 1:22:15
118 Marie Blais (Can) Team Farto-BTC 1:29:18
119 Lara Crestanello (Ita) BePink 1:30:11
120 Marketa Hájková (Cze) BePink 1:32:38
121 Madelaine Leech (GBr) CAMS-Basso 1:35:58
122 Sandra Gutierrez (Spa) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi 1:44:41
123 Cristina Barrajon (Spa) Sopela Women’s Team 1:56:07