Bronzini beats Vos to win the Prudential RideLondon Grand Prix

Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle Honda) used her sprinting speed and experience to beat Marianne Vos (Rabo-Liv) and win the Prudential RideLondon Grand Prix women's race on the Mall in the centre of London.

Vos led off the final corner, but Bronzini was dragged into contention by her teammates Laura Trott and Peta Mullins, and launched herself to the line alongside the world number one.

Bronzini threw her arms in the air and Vos stretched out her hand in congratulations, but it was so close that at first the announcers weren’t sure who would get the verdict.

"That felt so good," said Bronzini, a former world champion who celebrated her 31st birthday last Sunday. "Any time you beat Marianne in a sprint you know you’re going to win."

Twelve months ago it was Trott who snatched victory for Wiggle Honda, but this time the 22-year-old Londoner played a supporting role, aiding Bronzini’s last-lap bid for the line, an effort the Italian was swift to acknowledge after the race.

"In the middle of the race I asked my teammates to make it hard and put in attacks to take the sting from Vos," said Bronzini. "What I did today was because of the support of my team.

"I think we made her tired by attacking as a team. That was our tactic today, and in the end it was a great sprint into a headwind.

"She was ahead until 100 metres to go when I passed her, but she came back and I had to push hard in the final 50 and lunge for the line. The last time I was here for the Olympics it was not a good day, so this time I wanted to win badly. It is so amazing to win here in such a historic city and in front of these amazing buildings.

"I really like racing in the sun, and today was a beautiful day."

"It was so amazing to race here again, especially in such a great race," she added. "To be part of a criterium with all the world’s top riders was an amazing feeling."

Behind the two tearaway leaders, Lizzie Armitstead stole third place for Boels Dolmans from Eileen Roe of Starley Primal Pro Cycling as Trott took fifth ahead of her arch rival, Hannah Barnes of UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling, last year’s runner-up.

Many had predicted Armitstead would be Vos’s closest rival, but the Briton admitted she was happy with third just a week after winning the Comonwealth Games road race gold in Glasgow.

"I had not really prepared for this because I’ve been concentrating on road races," said the 26-year-old from Yorkshire. "For me it was not about winning today but about having some fun."

 

Results

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Results
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Giorgia Bronzini (Ita)0:46:46
2Marrianne Vos (Ned)Row 1 - Cell 2
3Lizzie Armitstead (GBr)Row 2 - Cell 2
4Eileen Roe (GBr)Row 3 - Cell 2
5Laura Trott (Ned)Row 4 - Cell 2
6Hannah Barnes (GBr)Row 5 - Cell 2
7Tiffany Cromwell (Aus)0:00:01
8Grace Garner (GBr)Row 7 - Cell 2
9Nicola Juniper (GBr)Row 8 - Cell 2
10Abbie Dentus (GBr)0:00:02
11Katie Curtis (GBr)Row 10 - Cell 2
12Lauren Creamer (GBr)Row 11 - Cell 2
13Mel Lowther (GBr)Row 12 - Cell 2
14Harriet Owen (GBr)Row 13 - Cell 2
15Lydia Boylan (GBr)0:00:04
16Hayley Jones (GBr)Row 15 - Cell 2
17Gabriella Shaw (GBr)Row 16 - Cell 2
18Keira McVitty (GBr)Row 17 - Cell 2
19Laura Greenhalgh (GBr)Row 18 - Cell 2
20Nikki Harris (GBr)Row 19 - Cell 2
21Mary Costelloe (GBr)0:00:05
22Clemence Copie (GBr)Row 21 - Cell 2
23Jennifer Crouch (GBr)Row 22 - Cell 2
24Sophie Faulkner (GBr)Row 23 - Cell 2
25Elizabeth Holden (GBr)Row 24 - Cell 2
26Lucy Coldwell (GBr)Row 25 - Cell 2
27Sophie Lankford (GBr)Row 26 - Cell 2
28Rebecca Womersley (GBr)0:00:06
29Iona Sewell (GBr)Row 28 - Cell 2
30Rebecca Rimmington (GBr)Row 29 - Cell 2
31Lucy Chittenden (GBr)Row 30 - Cell 2
32Merce Pacios (GBr)Row 31 - Cell 2
33Cassie McGoldrick (GBr)Row 32 - Cell 2
34Hayley Simmonds (GBr)Row 33 - Cell 2
35Jessie Walker (GBr)Row 34 - Cell 2
36Abby Mae Parkinson (GBR)Row 35 - Cell 2
37Madeline Moore (GBr)0:00:07
38Lauren O'Brien (GBr)Row 37 - Cell 2
39Jo Tindley (GBr)Row 38 - Cell 2
40Penny Rowson (GBr)Row 39 - Cell 2
41Anna Christian (GBr)Row 40 - Cell 2
42Hannah Walker (GBr)0:00:08
43Brit Tate (GBr)Row 42 - Cell 2
44Clare Gillott (GBr)0:00:09
45Jennifer George (GBr)Row 44 - Cell 2
46Sarah Storey (GBr)Row 45 - Cell 2
47Ally Stacher (USA)Row 46 - Cell 2
48Karol-Ann Canuel (Can)0:00:10
49Tracy Best (GBr)Row 48 - Cell 2
50Amy Roberts (GBr)Row 49 - Cell 2
51Evgenia Ilyinskaya (GBr)0:00:12
52Maxine Filby (GBr)0:00:15
53Roxane Knetemann (Ned)0:00:24
54Emilia Fahlin (Swe)0:00:28
55Peta Mullins (Aus)Row 54 - Cell 2
56Jasmine Dotti (GBr)0:01:06
57Emily Collins (NZl)0:01:55
58Bethany Taylor (GBr)- 2 laps
59Tanya Griffiths (GBr)- 4 laps
60Sarah Piner (Irl)Row 59 - Cell 2
61Nicola Soden (GBr)Row 60 - Cell 2
62Nicole Oh (GBr)Row 61 - Cell 2
63Nicola Engelbach (GBr)Row 62 - Cell 2
64Ruby Chappell (GBr)Row 63 - Cell 2
65Hisayo Kaneko (GBr)Row 64 - Cell 2
66Fiona Guihen (Irl)Row 65 - Cell 2
67Tamala McGee (GBr)Row 66 - Cell 2
68Adel Tyson-Bloor (GBr)Row 67 - Cell 2
69Bella Leach (GBr)Row 68 - Cell 2
70Emma Towers (GBr)Row 69 - Cell 2
71Darrelle Parker (GBr)Row 70 - Cell 2
72Amy Gornall (GBr)Row 71 - Cell 2
73Laura Cheesman (GBr)Row 72 - Cell 2
74Sandra Mackay (GBr)Row 73 - Cell 2
75Hannah Ormesher (Irl)- 5 laps
76Emily Barnes (GBr)Row 75 - Cell 2
77Annabel Sill (GBr)Row 76 - Cell 2
78Lucy Harper (GBr)Row 77 - Cell 2
79Sarah Odell (GBr)Row 78 - Cell 2
80Julie Erskine (GBr)Row 79 - Cell 2
81Anna Marie Hughes (GBR)Row 80 - Cell 2
82Michelle Forster (GBr)- 6 laps
83Nichola Roberts (GBr)Row 82 - Cell 2

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