Vuelta a Burgos Feminas 2021 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE] (ladies)

May 22, 2021

Vuelta a Burgos Feminas 2021 – Stage 3 – Medina de Pomar – Ojo Guareña : 115,4 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.

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) has won stage 3 of the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas, taking the first Women’s WorldTour victory of her career. The Danish climber emerged as the strongest on the finishing climb, beating Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) and Anna van der Breggen (Team SD Worx) in the sprint.

“The stage was actually pretty calm. In the final, we were just like, let us have some fun, let us go out and attack. I am so proud of the team protecting me the whole day, and then in the final it was so nice to see Evita [Muzic], this young French girl, going up and attacking. It was just such a good day,” said Uttrup Ludwig.

Niamh Fisher-Black (Team SD Worx) finished in fifth place, three seconds behind the winner, and is the new overall leader going into the final stage, with Grace Brown (Team BikeExchange) on the same time and Niewiadoma, Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo), Uttrup Ludwig, and Van der Breggen at two seconds. Fisher-Black is also the best U23 rider in the race and, on top of that, leads the mountain classification.

“I cannot believe I am sitting here wearing the leader’s jersey of a WorldTour race. I am still new to this whole WorldTour racing, and to get the leader’s jersey here is my biggest result,” the 20-year-old Newzealander said.

Looking to the final stage finishing atop the 12.5-kilometre climb to the Lagunas de Neila, Fisher-Black said: “I have a super-super strong team behind me, I think there are several girls on my team that could actually win tomorrow. And I have never raced up such a long climb like it finishes up tomorrow, so I have no idea what I can do, but I have been surprising myself every day here. I am looking forward to seeing what I can do, but also how I can help my teammates where I can, because I think we can really pull off a win here.”

How it unfolded

There were numerous attempts to establish a break on the 115.4-kilometre stage from Medina de Pomar to Ojo Guareña, but none of the riders who tried to get away were let go.

As a result, the peloton entered the first classified climb, the Alto de las Hoyas, together. Spanish champion Mavi García (Alé BTC Ljubljana) was the first of the favourites to attack, 22km from the finish, followed by Fisher-Black, who was targeting the mountain points. They were quickly caught again, and Uttrup Ludwig made a counterattack that was again followed by Fisher-Black, with Pauliena Rooijakkers bridging to the front shortly afterwards.

Fisher-Black led the three riders through the mountain sprint with 20.4km to go with a 15-second advantage over the peloton, but they were reeled in after the descent.

Evita Muzic (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) and Sabrina Stultiens (Liv Racing) were the next to attack and held a small gap for several kilometres in undulating terrain until a move by Erica Magnaldi (Ceratizit-WNT) led to a general regrouping with just over ten kilometres to go.

After Canyon-SRAM closed down the next attack by Tayler Wiles (Trek-Segafredo) and Karol-Ann Canuel (Team SD Worx), it was overall leader Elise Chabbey (Canyon-SRAM) herself who attacked on a descent with Canuel trying to follow her.

Canuel did not contribute to the work when she finally made it to Chabbey’s wheel with four kilometres to go, and the two were caught on the lower slopes of the 1,400-metre finishing climb.

As Chabbey lost contact with the best on the final kilometre, Brown led the peloton into the sprint. Fisher-Black opened up first, 200 metres from the line, but was quickly passed by Niewiadoma. At the 100-metre to go mark, Uttrup Ludwig jumped from Niewiadoma’s slipstream to win the stage.

Results :
1 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 3:00:28
2 Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM Racing
3 Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Team SD Worx
4 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
5 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Team SD Worx 0:00:03
6 Mavi Garcia (Spa) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
7 Demi Vollering (Ned) Team SD Worx
8 Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Movistar Team Women
9 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Team SD Worx
10 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Liv Racing
11 Grace Brown (Aus) Team BikeExchange
12 Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) Team BikeExchange
13 Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA) Rally Cycling
14 Arlenis Sierra Canadilla (Cub) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:00:11
15 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
16 Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Movistar Team Women
17 Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
18 Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
19 Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) Liv Racing
20 Tamara Dronova (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team 0:00:14
21 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
22 Anna Shackley (GBr) Team SD Worx
23 Tereza Neumanová (Cze) Women Cycling Sport
24 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
25 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:00:18
26 Olga Zabelinskaya (Uzb) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team 0:00:22
27 Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing
28 Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Liv Racing
29 Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Rally Cycling
30 Eider Merino Cortazar (Spa) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:00:26
31 Spela Kern (Slo) Massi Tactic Women Team 0:00:32
32 Marlen Reusser (Swi) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
33 Elise Chabbey (Swi) Canyon-SRAM Racing
34 Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
35 Paula Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women 0:00:36
36 Andrea Ramírez Fregoso (Mex) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:00:37
37 Omer Shapira (Isr) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:00:42
38 Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Liv Racing 0:00:54
39 Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:59
40 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Team SD Worx 0:01:16
41 Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:15
42 Vita Heine (Nor) Massi Tactic Women Team 0:03:22
43 Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Liv Racing 0:03:23
44 Anastasiia Chursina (Rus) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
45 Katia Ragusa (Ita) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team
46 Elizabeth Holden (GBr) Bizkaia-Durango
47 Isabel Martin Martin (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
48 Marta Lach (Pol) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
49 Anna Baidak (Rus) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
50 Maaike Coljé (Ned) Massi Tactic Women Team
51 Yuliia Biriukova (Ukr) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
52 Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
53 Sophie Wright (GBr) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
54 Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Instafund Racing
55 Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
56 Victorie Guilman (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
57 Marie Le Net (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
58 Federica Piergiovanni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
59 Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:03:31
60 Ariadna Gutierrez Arzaluz (Mex) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team
61 Aigul Gareeva (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team
62 Olivia Baril (Can) Massi Tactic Women Team
63 Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
64 Sara Poidevin (Can) Rally Cycling
65 Laura Asencio (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
66 Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
67 Laura Tomasi (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
68 Ariana Gilabert Vilaplana (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
69 Martina Moreno Monteys (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team 0:03:37
70 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:03:41
71 Lija Laizane (Lat) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
72 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Women Cycling Sport
73 Isabella Bertold (Can) Instafund Racing 0:03:45
74 Sarah Roy (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:04:08
75 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
76 Georgia Williams (NZl) Team BikeExchange
77 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Team BikeExchange
78 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women
79 Jelena Eric (Srb) Movistar Team Women
80 Sandra Alonso Dominguez (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
81 Gulnaz Khatuntseva (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team 0:04:25
82 Fie Osterby (Den) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
83 Susana Perez Conejero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte 0:04:27
84 Aida Nuño (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
85 Vera Looser (Nam) Instafund Racing
86 Rachel Langdon (GBr) Instafund Racing 0:06:43
87 Nicole Hanselmann (Swi) Women Cycling Sport 0:07:16
88 Antri Christoforou (Cyp) Women Cycling Sport
89 Elena Pirrone (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:10:06
90 Lydia Iglesias Bares (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 0:11:53
91 Elisabet Escursell Valero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
92 Lotta Henttala (Fin) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
93 Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
94 Heidi Franz (USA) Rally Cycling
95 Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team
96 Luciana Roland (Arg) Women Cycling Sport
97 Elynor Backstedt (GBr) Trek-Segafredo
98 Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
99 Alba Leonardo Sanchez (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte 0:32:23
DNF Petra Stiasny (Swi) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team
DNF Caroline Baur (Swi) Instafund Racing
DNS Brodie Chapman (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Team SD Worx 7:59:38
2 Grace Brown (Aus) Team BikeExchange
3 Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:00:02
4 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
5 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
6 Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Team SD Worx
7 Demi Vollering (Ned) Team SD Worx 0:00:05
8 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Team SD Worx
9 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Liv Racing
10 Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) Team BikeExchange
11 Mavi Garcia (Spa) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
12 Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Movistar Team Women
13 Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA) Rally Cycling
14 Arlenis Sierra Canadilla (Cub) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:00:13
15 Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
16 Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) Liv Racing
17 Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Movistar Team Women
18 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
19 Tamara Dronova (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team 0:00:16
20 Tereza Neumanová (Cze) Women Cycling Sport
21 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
22 Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:00:24
23 Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Rally Cycling
24 Eider Merino Cortazar (Spa) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:00:28
25 Anna Shackley (GBr) Team SD Worx
26 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
27 Elise Chabbey (Swi) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:00:29
28 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:00:32
29 Marlen Reusser (Swi) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:00:34
30 Spela Kern (Slo) Massi Tactic Women Team
31 Olga Zabelinskaya (Uzb) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team 0:00:36
32 Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Liv Racing
33 Omer Shapira (Isr) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:00:44
34 Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:00:46
35 Andrea Ramírez Fregoso (Mex) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:00:51
36 Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Liv Racing 0:00:56
37 Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:01:51
38 Paula Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women 0:02:28
39 Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:33
40 Anna Baidak (Rus) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa 0:03:37
41 Federica Piergiovanni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
42 Anastasiia Chursina (Rus) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 0:03:52
43 Vita Heine (Nor) Massi Tactic Women Team 0:04:50
44 Katia Ragusa (Ita) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:05:03
45 Maaike Coljé (Ned) Massi Tactic Women Team
46 Sophie Wright (GBr) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
47 Yuliia Biriukova (Ukr) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa
48 Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
49 Olivia Baril (Can) Massi Tactic Women Team 0:05:11
50 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Team SD Worx 0:05:12
51 Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Instafund Racing 0:05:15
52 Victorie Guilman (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
53 Ariadna Gutierrez Arzaluz (Mex) A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team 0:05:23
54 Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
55 Marta Lach (Pol) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:05:41
56 Aigul Gareeva (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team 0:07:11
57 Elizabeth Holden (GBr) Bizkaia-Durango 0:07:19
58 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:07:25
59 Isabella Bertold (Can) Instafund Racing 0:07:41
60 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Team BikeExchange 0:07:52
61 Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:08:30
62 Marie Le Net (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
63 Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:08:38
64 Laura Tomasi (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana
65 Martina Moreno Monteys (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team 0:08:56
66 Sandra Alonso Dominguez (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 0:09:15
67 Georgia Williams (NZl) Team BikeExchange 0:09:27
68 Rachel Langdon (GBr) Instafund Racing 0:09:30
69 Gulnaz Khatuntseva (Rus) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team 0:09:44
70 Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:10:20
71 Sara Poidevin (Can) Rally Cycling 0:10:39
72 Isabel Martin Martin (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte 0:10:56
73 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:10:57
74 Ariana Gilabert Vilaplana (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 0:11:04
75 Lija Laizane (Lat) Eneicat-RBH Global-Martin Villa 0:11:15
76 Antri Christoforou (Cyp) Women Cycling Sport 0:11:19
77 Vera Looser (Nam) Instafund Racing 0:12:00
78 Laura Asencio (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:12:04
79 Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:12:07
80 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Women Cycling Sport 0:12:26
81 Jelena Eric (Srb) Movistar Team Women 0:12:41
82 Sarah Roy (Aus) Team BikeExchange
83 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:13:17
84 Fie Osterby (Den) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte 0:13:22
85 Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Liv Racing 0:13:24
86 Elena Pirrone (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:14:12
87 Susana Perez Conejero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte 0:14:45
88 Aida Nuño (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte 0:16:27
89 Nicole Hanselmann (Swi) Women Cycling Sport 0:17:34
90 Heidi Franz (USA) Rally Cycling 0:19:01
91 Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:20:26
92 Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
93 Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team 0:22:11
94 Luciana Roland (Arg) Women Cycling Sport
95 Elynor Backstedt (GBr) Trek-Segafredo 0:22:52
96 Lydia Iglesias Bares (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 0:25:37
97 Elisabet Escursell Valero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
98 Lotta Henttala (Fin) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:25:57
99 Alba Leonardo Sanchez (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte 0:44:23