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May 19, 2023
Vuelta a Burgos Feminas 2023 – Stage 2 – Sotresgudo – Lerma : 118,9 km
The Vuelta a Burgos Féminas is a four-day stage race held in the province of Burgos,
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May 19, 2023
Vuelta a Burgos Feminas 2023 – Stage 2 – Sotresgudo – Lerma : 118,9 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 took place 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 alongside another Spanish stage race, Itzulia Women. 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. In 2019 these stages weren’t very dynamic and nearly all of them followed a similar hilly route. The 2021 race broke this predictable cycle by including a brutal summit finish on the final day of racing. This summit finish took place on the infamous climb to Lagunas de Neila, a climb that is often used on the Queen stage of the men’s race.
Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx) was first over the finish line on stage 2 of the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas but was later relegated for impeding Chloé Dygert (Canyon-SRAM), giving the stage victory to Wiebes’ teammate Demi Vollering.
After a wind-blown stage, echelons split the peloton early on, and only 12 riders reached the final kilometre together to sprint up the 500-metre cobbled climb in Lerma.
Vollering led out Wiebes, but the sprinter, intentionally or not, bodychecked Dygert when she accelerated on the rough cobblestones. After some deliberation, the race jury relegated Wiebes to third place for this move, making Vollering the stage winner and Dygert runner-up.
The peloton crossed the line over two minutes down.
“It was racing from the beginning, we had crosswind or tailwind almost all the time. It was a super-fast stage which made it exciting, and the group became smaller every time it was a crosswind. As a team, we did a really great lead-out to the final climb, it was a really hard finish, and it’s great to finish number one and two,” said Wiebes before her relegation was announced.
The Dutch sprinter keeps the overall lead going into stage 3, four seconds ahead of Dygert and Vollering.
How it unfolded
Covering 118.9km from Sotresgudo to Lerma, the stage generally travelled in a southeasterly direction, and the northwesterly winds made for a crosswind, tailwind, or a combination of both for most of the stage.
In these conditions, the race split into three after only 15km. There were 47 riders in the first peloton, but the size of this group was reduced further on the following crosswind sections.
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ-SUEZ) was the most high-profile rider to miss the front group, and her teammates worked hard to close the gap. Although they came close with a 19-second deficit at 70 km to go, the gap went out again afterwards.
In between the echelon action, Soraya Paladin (Canyon-SRAM) took the points on the day’s two classified climbs to defend her mountain jersey and also snatched three bonus seconds in the intermediate sprint.
More riders were dropped from the front group in the last 35 kilometres, leaving only Vollering, Wiebes, their teammates Reusser and Vas, Dygert and Paladin, as well as their teammate Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka, Tamara Dronova (Israel-Premier Tech Roland), Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick Step), and the Trek-Segafredo trio of Elisa Balsamo, Shirin van Anrooij, and Lucinda Brand to fight for the stage win.
Reusser led the group onto the cobbled climb to the finish, where Vollering took over with Wiebes, Balsamo, and Dygert in her wheel, opening a gap on the rest of the group. Wiebes accelerated 150 metres from the line and pushed past Dygert, who was coming up on her left side but was stripped of the stage victory because of that manoeuvre.
Results :
 was first over the finish line on stage 2 of the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas but was later relegated for impeding Chloé Dygert (Canyon-SRAM), giving the stage victory to Wiebes' teammate Demi Vollering.
After a wind-blown stage, echelons split the peloton early on, and only 12 riders reached the final kilometre together to sprint up the 500-metre cobbled climb in Lerma.
Vollering led out Wiebes, but the sprinter, intentionally or not, bodychecked Dygert when she accelerated on the rough cobblestones. After some deliberation, the race jury relegated Wiebes to third place for this move, making Vollering the stage winner and Dygert runner-up.
The peloton crossed the line over two minutes down.
"It was racing from the beginning, we had crosswind or tailwind almost all the time. It was a super-fast stage which made it exciting, and the group became smaller every time it was a crosswind. As a team, we did a really great lead-out to the final climb, it was a really hard finish, and it's great to finish number one and two," said Wiebes before her relegation was announced.
The Dutch sprinter keeps the overall lead going into stage 3, four seconds ahead of Dygert and Vollering.
<strong>How it unfolded</strong>
Covering 118.9km from Sotresgudo to Lerma, the stage generally travelled in a southeasterly direction, and the northwesterly winds made for a crosswind, tailwind, or a combination of both for most of the stage.
In these conditions, the race split into three after only 15km. There were 47 riders in the first peloton, but the size of this group was reduced further on the following crosswind sections.
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ-SUEZ) was the most high-profile rider to miss the front group, and her teammates worked hard to close the gap. Although they came close with a 19-second deficit at 70 km to go, the gap went out again afterwards.
In between the echelon action, Soraya Paladin (Canyon-SRAM) took the points on the day’s two classified climbs to defend her mountain jersey and also snatched three bonus seconds in the intermediate sprint.
More riders were dropped from the front group in the last 35 kilometres, leaving only Vollering, Wiebes, their teammates Reusser and Vas, Dygert and Paladin, as well as their teammate Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka, Tamara Dronova (Israel-Premier Tech Roland), Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick Step), and the Trek-Segafredo trio of Elisa Balsamo, Shirin van Anrooij, and Lucinda Brand to fight for the stage win.
Reusser led the group onto the cobbled climb to the finish, where Vollering took over with Wiebes, Balsamo, and Dygert in her wheel, opening a gap on the rest of the group. Wiebes accelerated 150 metres from the line and pushed past Dygert, who was coming up on her left side but was stripped of the stage victory because of that manoeuvre.
<strong>Results : </strong>
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