Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2021 [FULL RACE] (ladies)

March 21, 2021

Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2021 – Cocquio Trevisago – Cittiglio : 141,8 km

The long-running women’s race Trofeo Alfredo Binda – Comune di Cittiglio, named after the first road World Champion Alfredo Binda, returns on Sunday, March 21, after being one of the early cancellations amid the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The Italian race, which first ran as a regional competition in 1974, is the second round of the Women’s WorldTour and kicks off a well populated patch in the series.

Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) has won the Trofeo Alfredo Binda. The Italian champion attacked during the Orino climb on the penultimate lap, leaving the rest of the race behind and embarking on a 25-kilometre solo move that none of her rivals could follow.

Starting with a gap of only a few seconds, Longo Borghini gradually extended her lead over a chase group of five riders to more than a minute at the top of the Orino climb with 7.5km to go, and could celebrate her victory on the finish line.

Marianne Vos (Team Jumbo-Visma) won the group sprint for second place, beating Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) into third.

“I know the course well, and the team tactic was to send me on the attack because we also have Lizzie Deignan who is a good sprinter”, explained Longo Borghini after the race.

“When I found myself in front, I thought back to Milano-San Remo yesterday. Jasper Stuyven said ‘all or nothing’. That inspired me, and I thought that sometimes you have to poker. If there is an option to attack, I will always choose to attack.”

How it unfolded

The peloton embarked on the 141.8-kilometre course just after noon. After a 27km stretch from the start in Cocquio Trevisago to the finish line in Cittiglio, the race consisted of one 44.4 km loop including the climb to Cunardo, followed by four laps à 17.5 km with a 700-metre, 7.2-percent climb to Casalzuigno and the longer, more gradual climb to Orino, almost four kilometres at 3.9 percent.

There were several attacks in the first half of the race, but neither Marta Bastianelli (Alé BTC Ljubljana), Pauliena Rooijakkers (Liv Racing), or Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Trek-Segafredo) nor Marlen Reusser (Ale BTC Ljubljana) and Marta Jaskulska (Liv Racing) could stay off the front for more than a few kilometres.

Rooijakkers attacked again with Tatiana Guderzo (Alé BTC Ljubljana), and the two riders held a 26-second gap with three laps to go. On the Orino climb, this shrank to only five seconds, and Marta Cavalli (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) as well as Cordon-Ragot made the jump to the front, but the four riders were never more than a few seconds ahead and were caught at the start of the penultimate lap.

Anouska Koster (Team Jumbo-Visma) counter attacked right away, taking Alena Amialiusik (Canyon-SRAM), Reusser, Alison Jackson (Liv Racing), and Katia Ragusa (A.R. Monex) with her. Koster dropped the other four on the Casalzuigno climb, but being only eight seconds ahead after the descent, she was caught with 29km to go.

After a move by Tiffany Cromwell (Canyon-SRAM) had been reeled in on the lower slopes of the Orino climb, Tayler Wiles (Trek-Segafredo) accelerated to string out the peloton. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) attacked with Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (Team SD Worx), Longo Borghini, and Uttrup Ludwig on her wheel, and Longo Borghini countered with another attack that split the group.

Uttrup Ludwig and Vos tried to close the gap but eventually had to let the Italian champion go, and Longo Borghini had a five-second advantage over Uttrup Ludwig, Vos, Soraya Paladin (Liv Racing), and Margarita Victoria García (Alé BTC Ljubljana) at the top of the climb.

Niewiadoma bridged to the chase group on the descent, but with one lap to go, Longo Borghini had established a 16-second gap on the five-woman chase group and almost a minute on the peloton. Over the Casalzuigno climb, the Italian champion extended her lead to 29 seconds and 1:30 minutes, respectively, as there was no real cooperation in the chase.

When Longo Borghini crested the Orino 1:07 minutes ahead of the chase, her victory was assured, and she finished the race solo. 1:42 minutes later, Vos won the group sprint for second place, with Uttrup Ludwig in third. Elisa Balsamo sprinted to seventh place from the peloton, 2:46 minutes back.

After her second place in Strade Bianche two weeks earlier, Longo Borghini’s victory also puts her into the purple UCI Women’s WorldTour leader’s jersey. Sarah Gigante, 23rd in the race, leads the Women’s WorldTour youth ranking.

Results :

1 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 3:43:29
2 Marianne Vos (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:01:42
3 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
4 Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM Racing
5 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Liv Racing
6 Mavi Garcia (Spa) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
7 Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:02:46
8 Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Liv Racing
9 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
10 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team DSM
11 Jelena Eric (Srb) Movistar Team Women
12 Elizabeth Deignan (GBr) Trek-Segafredo
13 Katia Ragusa (Ita) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team
14 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Team SD Worx
15 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
16 Lauren Stephens (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
17 Debora Silvestri (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
18 Leah Thomas (USA) Movistar Team Women
19 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
20 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx
21 Riejanne Markus (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
22 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Team BikeExchange
23 Sarah Gigante (Aus) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
24 Mariia Novolodskaia (Rus) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team
25 Anouska Koster (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
26 Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Liv Racing
27 Marlen Reusser (Swi) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
28 Julia Van Bokoven (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
29 Urska Pintar (Slo) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
30 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Team SD Worx
31 Chantal Vana Den Broek-Blaak (Ned) Team SD Worx
32 Eider Merino Cortazar (Spa) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team
33 Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Liv Racing
34 Greta Marturano (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
35 Marta Cavalli (Ita) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:02:55
36 Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Movistar Team Women
37 Lucy Kennedy (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:05:09
38 Alison Jackson (Can) Liv Racing 0:05:17
39 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team DSM
40 Letizia Borghesi (Ita) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano
41 Francesca Baroni (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria
42 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing
43 Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
44 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
45 Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) Team BikeExchange 0:05:22
46 Anna Shackle (GBr) Team SD Worx
47 Giorgia Bariani (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
48 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
49 Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Segafredo
50 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano 0:05:24
51 Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:26
52 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Team SD Worx
53 Julie Van De Velde (Bel) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
54 Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Liv Racing 0:05:30
DNF Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
DNF Nancy van der Berg (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
DNF Eugenia Bujak (Slo) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
DNF Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
DNF Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing
DNF Omer Shapira (Isr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
DNF Brodie Chapman (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
DNF Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
DNF Jade Wiel (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
DNF Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women
DNF Paula Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women
DNF Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team Women
DNF Georgia Williams (NZl) Team BikeExchange
DNF Janneke Ensing (Ned) Team BikeExchange
DNF Urska Zigart (Slo) Team BikeExchange
DNF Juliette Labous (Fra) Team DSM
DNF Wilma Olausson (Swe) Team DSM
DNF Esmée Peperkamp (Ned) Team DSM
DNF Julia Soek (Ned) Team DSM
DNF Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
DNF Laura Asencio (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
DNF Franziska Brauße (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
DNF Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
DNF Sarah Rijkes (Aut) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
DNF Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
DNF Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
DNF Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
DNF Silvia Pollicini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
DNF Federica Piergiovanni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
DNF Nina Buijsman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
DNF Lieke Nooijen (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
DNF Femke Gerritse (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
DNF Pien Limpens (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
DNF Tanja Erath (Ger) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
DNF Leah Dixon (GBr) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
DNF Mariia Miliaeva (Rus) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team
DNF Lizbeth Yareli Salazar Vazquez (Mex) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team
DNF Maria Vittoria Sperotto (Ita) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team
DNF Olivija Baleisyte (Ltu) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano
DNF Inga Cesuliene (Ltu) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano
DNF Giulia Marchesini (Ita) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano
DNF Giada Borghesi (Ita) Aromitalia Basso Bikes Vaiano
DNF Silvia Zanardi (Ita) BePink
DNF Camilla Alessio (Ita) BePink
DNF Michaela Drummond (NZl) BePink
DNF Matilde Vitillo (Ita) BePink
DNF Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) BePink
DNF Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) BePink
DNF Francesca Balducci (Ita) Born to Win G20 Ambedo
DNF Giorgia Simoni (Ita) Born to Win G20 Ambedo
DNF Anastasia Carbonari (Ita) Born to Win G20 Ambedo
DNF Martina Sgrisleri (Ita) Born to Win G20 Ambedo
DNF Alice Palazzi (Ita) Born to Win G20 Ambedo
DNF Leonora Geppi (Ita) Born to Win G20 Ambedo
DNF Diana Klimova (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team
DNF Iuliia Galimullina (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team
DNF Marina Uvarova (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team
DNF Gulnaz Khatuntseva (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team
DNF Tamara Dronova (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team
DNF Martina Fidanza (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria
DNF Francesca Pisciali (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria
DNF Alice Gasparini (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria
DNF Gaia Realini (Ita) Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria
DNF Anna Potokina (Rus) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA
DNF SVARINSKA Lina Svarinska (Lat) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA
DNF Sara Casasola (Ita) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA
DNF Nadja Heigl (Aut) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA
DNF Asia Zontone (Ita) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA
DNF Elis Simeoni (Ita) Servetto-Makhymo-Beltrami TSA
DNF Elisa Dalla Valle (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
DNF Giorgia Vettorello (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo