Vuelta a Burgos Feminas 2021 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE] (ladies)

May 20, 2021

Vuelta a Burgos Feminas 2021 – Stage 1 – Villadiego – Sargentes de la Lora : 100 km

The Vuelta a Burgos Féminas is a four-day stage race held in the province of Burgos, an area of northern Spain renowned for its undulating terrain, sun-baked landscapes and imposing mountain passes. The race first debuted back in 2015 but until 2018 it was held as a national-level event, meaning it was bypassed by most big-name pros in the peloton. In 2019, however, it was recognised by the UCI and assigned a 2.1 rating. This landmark edition saw riders from all over the world descend on Burgos to compete and, as a result, the race’s popularity boomed. In 2021 it was added to the Women’s WorldTour calendar. The latter was originally due to take place first and kick off two exciting weeks of stage racing in mid-May, but after being cancelled the Vuelta a Burgos Féminas assumed its place as the first WorldTour-ranked stage race of the season. The multi-day event consists of four stages held within the province of Burgos. The 2021 race, however, is aiming to break this predictable cycle by including a brutal summit finish on the final day of racing. This summit finish will take place on the infamous climb to Lagunas de Neila, a climb that is often used on the Queen stage of the men’s race.

Grace Brown (Team BikeExchange) won stage 1 of the Vuelta a Burgos Féminas, beating Elise Chabbey (Canyon-SRAM) and Niamh Fisher-Black (Team SD Worx) in a sprint of three.

The three riders had attacked from the peloton just before the top of the Alto de La Lora climb with six kilometres to go and held off the chasing peloton on the gently rising final kilometres before sprinting for the win. Five seconds later, Arlenis Sierra (A.R. Monex) led home a small peloton to take fourth place.

“We had a team plan where we wanted to first try to split the race in the crosswinds. Our team worked really well to do that, the peloton split there, and it put a lot of teams under pressure and hurt the legs a little bit before coming into the finale. Then my team did an awesome lead-out to the bottom of the climb. I just sat in on the climb and waited until we got near the top, and that’s where I launched my attack,” explained Brown after receiving the purple leader’s jersey.

“I had two girls come across with me, Elise Chabbey and Niamh Fisher-Black. Chabbey worked with me a little bit, and then it was a sprint in the end, thankfully, even though I led from the front in the sprint, I was able to stay ahead,” Brown said.

How it unfolded

The 100-kilometre stage 1 from Villadiego to Sargentes de La Lora in the Geoparque Las Loras included several unclassified climbs as well as two classified climbs, the second one cresting six kilometres from the line, those last kilometres continuing to climb at 2-4 per cent.

The peloton split in two groups in the crosswinds after just over 30 kilometres, and it took some time from the second group to get back on. In the meantime, a break with Mireia Benito (Massi-Tactic), Heidi Franz (Rally Cycling), and Vera Looser (Instafund Racing) had gotten away and took the points atop the first classified climb before being reeled in with 45km to go.

Amalie Dideriksen (Trek-Segafredo) was the next to attack, and when she was caught, her teammate Shirin van Anrooij countered and got away. Van Anrooij quickly built a gap that maxed out at over a minute with 18 kilometres to go, but she was caught just before the start of the Alto de La Lora climb.

The peloton, led mostly by Omer Shapira (Canyon-SRAM), got smaller and smaller on the climb, but there were no attacks until Brown went 300 metres before the mountain sprint, followed by Chabbey. Fisher-Black jumped after them and bridged to the front on a short downhill.

On the gentle uphill to the finish, the front trio was never more than 20 seconds behind what remained of the peloton, with Tayler Wiles (Trek-Segafredo) doing most of the chase work, but Brown and Chabbey worked well together to hold off the chasers.

Brown will start stage 2 wearing the purple leader’s jersey, Fisher-Black took the lead in the U23 classification and will wear the white jersey on stage 2.

Results :
1 Grace Brown (Aus) Team BikeExchange 2:28:28
2 Elise Chabbey (Swi) Canyon-SRAM Racing
3 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Team SD Worx
4 Arlenis Sierra Canadilla (Cub) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:00:05
5 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Liv Racing
6 Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Liv Racing
7 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
8 Demi Vollering (Ned) Team SD Worx
9 Tereza Neumanová (Cze) Women Cycling Sport
10 Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Movistar Team Women
11 Tamara Dronova (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team
12 Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM Racing
13 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Team BikeExchange
14 Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
15 Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA) Rally Cycling
16 Mavi Garcia (Spa) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
17 Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) Team BikeExchange
18 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Team SD Worx
19 Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing
20 Spela Kern (Slo) Massi Tactic Women Team
21 Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) Liv Racing
22 Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Rally Cycling
23 Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
24 Anna Baidak (Rus) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
25 Eider Merino Cortazar (Spa) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team
26 Anna Shackley (GBr) Team SD Worx
27 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
28 Omer Shapira (Isr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
29 Olga Zabelinskaya (Uzb) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team
30 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
31 Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Team SD Worx
32 Marlen Reusser (Swi) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
33 Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Movistar Team Women
34 Federica Piergiovanni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
35 Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Liv Racing
36 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
37 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
38 Andrea Ramírez Fregoso (Mex) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team
39 Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:18
40 Vita Heine (Nor) Massi Tactic Women Team 0:01:31
41 Katia Ragusa (Ita) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:01:43
42 Yuliia Biriukova (Ukr) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
43 Maaike Coljé (Ned) Massi Tactic Women Team
44 Olivia Baril (Can) Massi Tactic Women Team
45 Anastasiia Chursina (Rus) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
46 Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
47 Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Instafund Racing
48 Elena Pirrone (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
49 Sophie Wright (GBr) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
50 Ariadna Gutierrez Arzaluz (Mex) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team
51 Victorie Guilman (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
52 Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
53 Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
54 Paula Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women
55 Petra Stiasny (Swi) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team
56 Marta Lach (Pol) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:02:21
57 Brodie Chapman (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
58 Lija Laizane (Lat) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa 0:02:26
59 Rachel Langdon (GBr) Instafund Racing 0:02:50
60 Aigul Gareeva (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team 0:03:43
61 Fie Osterby (Den) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte 0:03:45
62 Caroline Baur (Swi) Instafund Racing
63 Antri Christoforou (Cyp) Women Cycling Sport 0:03:47
64 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Team SD Worx
65 Isabella Bertold (Can) Instafund Racing
66 Elizabeth Holden (GBr) Bizkaia-Durango
67 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
68 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Team BikeExchange
69 Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Liv Racing 0:04:53
70 Gulnaz Khatuntseva (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team 0:05:10
71 Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team
72 Martina Moreno Monteys (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team
73 Nicole Hanselmann (Swi) Women Cycling Sport
74 Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
75 Marie Le Net (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
76 Susana Perez Conejero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
77 Vera Looser (Nam) Instafund Racing
78 Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
79 Isabel Martin Martin (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
80 Georgia Williams (NZl) Team BikeExchange
81 Ariana Gilabert Vilaplana (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
82 Laura Tomasi (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
83 Luciana Roland (Arg) Women Cycling Sport
84 Sandra Alonso Dominguez (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
85 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:06:52
86 Heidi Franz (USA) Rally Cycling
87 Nerea Nuño Iglesias (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
88 Alba Leonardo Sanchez (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
89 Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
90 Sara Poidevin (Can) Rally Cycling
91 Sarah Roy (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:08:36
92 Lydia Iglesias Bares (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
93 Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
94 Nofar Maoz (Isr) Women Cycling Sport
95 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Women Cycling Sport
96 Elisabet Escursell Valero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
97 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
98 Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
99 Lotta Henttala (Fin) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
100 Laura Asencio (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
101 Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
102 Elynor Backstedt (GBr) Trek-Segafredo
103 Jelena Eric (Srb) Movistar Team Women
104 Ziortza Isasi Cristobal (Spa) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa 0:11:12
105 Mariia Miliaeva (Rus) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:14:47
DNF Alessia Bulleri (Ita) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
DNF Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Movistar Team Women
DNF Holly Breck (USA) Rally Cycling

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Grace Brown (Aus) Team BikeExchange 2:28:28
2 Elise Chabbey (Swi) Canyon-SRAM Racing
3 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Team SD Worx
4 Arlenis Sierra Canadilla (Cub) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:00:05
5 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Liv Racing
6 Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Liv Racing
7 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
8 Demi Vollering (Ned) Team SD Worx
9 Tereza Neumanová (Cze) Women Cycling Sport
10 Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Movistar Team Women
11 Tamara Dronova (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team
12 Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM Racing
13 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Team BikeExchange
14 Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
15 Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA) Rally Cycling
16 Mavi Garcia (Spa) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
17 Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) Team BikeExchange
18 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Team SD Worx
19 Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing
20 Spela Kern (Slo) Massi Tactic Women Team
21 Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) Liv Racing
22 Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Rally Cycling
23 Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
24 Anna Baidak (Rus) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
25 Eider Merino Cortazar (Spa) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team
26 Anna Shackley (GBr) Team SD Worx
27 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
28 Omer Shapira (Isr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
29 Olga Zabelinskaya (Uzb) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team
30 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
31 Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Team SD Worx
32 Marlen Reusser (Swi) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
33 Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Movistar Team Women
34 Federica Piergiovanni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
35 Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Liv Racing
36 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
37 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
38 Andrea Ramírez Fregoso (Mex) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team
39 Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:18
40 Vita Heine (Nor) Massi Tactic Women Team 0:01:31
41 Katia Ragusa (Ita) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:01:43
42 Yuliia Biriukova (Ukr) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
43 Maaike Coljé (Ned) Massi Tactic Women Team
44 Olivia Baril (Can) Massi Tactic Women Team
45 Anastasiia Chursina (Rus) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
46 Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
47 Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Instafund Racing
48 Elena Pirrone (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
49 Sophie Wright (GBr) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
50 Ariadna Gutierrez Arzaluz (Mex) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team
51 Victorie Guilman (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
52 Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
53 Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
54 Paula Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women
55 Petra Stiasny (Swi) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team
56 Marta Lach (Pol) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:02:21
57 Brodie Chapman (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
58 Lija Laizane (Lat) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa 0:02:26
59 Rachel Langdon (GBr) Instafund Racing 0:02:50
60 Aigul Gareeva (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team 0:03:43
61 Fie Osterby (Den) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte 0:03:45
62 Caroline Baur (Swi) Instafund Racing
63 Antri Christoforou (Cyp) Women Cycling Sport 0:03:47
64 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Team SD Worx
65 Isabella Bertold (Can) Instafund Racing
66 Elizabeth Holden (GBr) Bizkaia-Durango
67 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
68 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Team BikeExchange
69 Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Liv Racing 0:04:53
70 Gulnaz Khatuntseva (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team 0:05:10
71 Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team
72 Martina Moreno Monteys (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team
73 Nicole Hanselmann (Swi) Women Cycling Sport
74 Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
75 Marie Le Net (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
76 Susana Perez Conejero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
77 Vera Looser (Nam) Instafund Racing
78 Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
79 Isabel Martin Martin (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
80 Georgia Williams (NZl) Team BikeExchange
81 Ariana Gilabert Vilaplana (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
82 Laura Tomasi (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
83 Luciana Roland (Arg) Women Cycling Sport
84 Sandra Alonso Dominguez (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
85 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:06:52
86 Heidi Franz (USA) Rally Cycling
87 Nerea Nuño Iglesias (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
88 Alba Leonardo Sanchez (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
89 Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
90 Sara Poidevin (Can) Rally Cycling
91 Sarah Roy (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:08:36
92 Lydia Iglesias Bares (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
93 Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
94 Nofar Maoz (Isr) Women Cycling Sport
95 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Women Cycling Sport
96 Elisabet Escursell Valero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
97 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
98 Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
99 Lotta Henttala (Fin) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
100 Laura Asencio (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
101 Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
102 Elynor Backstedt (GBr) Trek-Segafredo
103 Jelena Eric (Srb) Movistar Team Women
104 Ziortza Isasi Cristobal (Spa) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa 0:11:12
105 Mariia Miliaeva (Rus) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:14:47