Euskal Emakumeen XXIX Bira 2016: Stage 1 Results

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Emma Johansson wins Stage 1 ahead of Carmen Small - Emakumeen Bira 2016 Stage 1 (Image credit: Sean Robinson/Velofocus)

Emma Johansson (Wiggle High5) took her first win of the season at stage 1 of Euskal Emakumeen Bira. She took the win ahead of late-race breakaway companion Carmen Small (Cervelo-Bigla), while her Wiggle High5 teammate Giorgia Bronzini won the sprint for third place.

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"It was nice, it was really nice," Johansson said in a team press release. "We've been looking for that big win for a long time now, and so it was nice to actually get it also to have Gio backing up with a win in the sprint from the group behind. Of course we are still out for the GC, and maybe it would have been a better situation to have.

"I've been feeling great during the spring, and the way things have been coming together it was just a matter of time before I'd get to put my hands in the air."

Small took over the race lead from her teammate and prologue winner Lotta Lepisto. She now leads the overall classification by 12 seconds ahead of Lepisto, who finished fourth on the day, and 14 seconds ahead of Johansson.

The women raced a challenging 76.6km from from Eskoriatza and back to Eskoriatza. Although breakaways formed through out the stage, it was Small who made the winning move stick with rival Johansson over the final climb with 16km to go.

"I attacked over the second climb," Small said in a team press release. "That was our tactic for the day, to go there and see if I hold it to the finish. If we stayed away I would take the jersey and if we were caught, Lotta would then hold the jersey. The team was super strong today and it was probably the best team performance of the season. A dangerous move went on the first climb and Joelle [Numainville] was incredible in shutting it down. She was on the front up the climbs, it was impressive to see. Stephanie [Pohl] was amazing, Clara [Koppenburg] was great and Ashleigh [Moolman-Pasio] was amazing as always."

Full Results

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Emma Johansson (Swe) Wiggle High5	1:58:15
2	Carmen Small (USA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle High5	0:00:14
4	Lotta Lepistö (Fin) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australia	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Edwige Pitel (Fra) S.C. Michela Fanini	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) Ale' Cipollini	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Malgorzta Jasinska (Pol) Ale' Cipollini	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal Ladies	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Ganna Solovei (Ukr) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Danielle King (GBr) Wiggle High5	Row 16 - Cell 2
18	Doris Schweizer (Swi) Cylance Pro Cycling	Row 17 - Cell 2
19	Evelyn Stevens (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	0:00:19
20	Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Australia	0:01:06
21	Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) INPA - Bianchi	Row 20 - Cell 2
22	Rossella Ratto (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:01:15
23	Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team	Row 22 - Cell 2
24	Laura Camila Lozano Ramirez (Col) S.C. Michela Fanini	Row 23 - Cell 2
25	Paulina Brezezna (Pol) Mat-Atom Team Sobotka	Row 24 - Cell 2
26	Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) INPA - Bianchi	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Eider Merino Cortazar (Spa) Lointek team	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Wiggle High5	0:01:18
29	Lara Vieceli (Ita) INPA - Bianchi	Row 28 - Cell 2
30	Lorena Llamas Garcia (Spa) Spain	Row 29 - Cell 2
31	Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek	0:01:58
32	Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team	0:01:59
33	Claire Rose (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa	Row 32 - Cell 2
34	Amber Neben (USA) Bepink	0:02:05
35	Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Ale' Cipollini	0:02:17
36	Jermaine Post (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team	0:02:34
37	Jessie Daams (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies	Row 36 - Cell 2
38	Margarita Victoria Garcia (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango	Row 37 - Cell 2
39	Asja Paladin (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	0:02:44
40	Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australia	0:02:55
41	Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale' Cipollini	Row 40 - Cell 2
42	Jennifer George (GBr) Drops Cycling Team	Row 41 - Cell 2
43	REIS Daniela Reis (Por) DN-17 Poitou Charentes	Row 42 - Cell 2
44	Monika Kiraly (Hun) S.C. Michela Fanini	Row 43 - Cell 2
45	Elise Maes (Lux) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nö	Row 44 - Cell 2
46	Demi De Jong (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	0:03:21
47	Laura Massey (GBr) Drops Cycling Team	Row 46 - Cell 2
48	Jip Van Den Bos (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team	Row 47 - Cell 2
49	Eva Buurman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team	Row 48 - Cell 2
50	Rebecca Durrell (GBr) Drops Cycling Team	Row 49 - Cell 2
51	Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Cylance Pro Cycling	Row 50 - Cell 2
52	Nicole Moerig (Aus) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa	Row 51 - Cell 2
53	Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango	Row 52 - Cell 2
54	Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek	Row 53 - Cell 2
55	Rocio Del Alba Garcia Martinez (Spa) Lointek	Row 54 - Cell 2
56	Sofie De Vuyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies	Row 55 - Cell 2
57	Lex Albrecht (Can) Bepink	Row 56 - Cell 2
58	Anna Zita Maria Stricker (Ita) INPA - Bianchi	Row 57 - Cell 2
59	Ainara Elbusto Arteaga (Spa) Spain	Row 58 - Cell 2
60	Heidi Dalton (RSA) Bizkaia - Durango	Row 59 - Cell 2
61	Christina Perchtold (Aut) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nö	Row 60 - Cell 2
62	Kseniya Tuhai (Blr) Bepink	Row 61 - Cell 2
63	An-Li Kachelhoffer (RSA) Lotto Soudal Ladies	Row 62 - Cell 2
64	Anisha Vekemans (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies	Row 63 - Cell 2
65	Audrey Cordon (Fra) Wiggle High5	Row 64 - Cell 2
66	Hannah Payton (GBr) Drops Cycling Team	Row 65 - Cell 2
67	Irene Bitto (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	Row 66 - Cell 2
68	Sophie Coleman (GBr) Drops Cycling Team	Row 67 - Cell 2
69	Sari Saarelainen (Fin) S.C. Michela Fanini	Row 68 - Cell 2
70	Alison Tetrick (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling	Row 69 - Cell 2
71	Monika Brezezna (Pol) Mat-Atom Team Sobotka	Row 70 - Cell 2
72	Sharon Laws (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa	Row 71 - Cell 2
73	Marjolaine Bazin (Fra) DN-17 Poitou Charentes	0:04:20
74	Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Ale' Cipollini	Row 73 - Cell 2
75	Joelle Numainville (Can) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team	0:04:54
76	Soraya Paladin (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	0:05:10
77	Marta Lach (Pol) Mat-Atom Team Sobotka	0:05:59
78	Ilona Hoeksma (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team	Row 77 - Cell 2
79	Sara Headley-Clafferty (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa	Row 78 - Cell 2
80	Simona Bortolotti (Ita) Bepink	Row 79 - Cell 2
81	Shannon Malseed (Aus) Australia	Row 80 - Cell 2
82	Louisa Lobigs (Aus) Australia	Row 81 - Cell 2
83	Kimberley Le Court De Billot (Mri) Bizkaia - Durango	Row 82 - Cell 2
84	Astrid Chazal (Fra) DN-17 Poitou Charentes	0:09:33
85	Michela Pavin (Ita) INPA - Bianchi	0:09:51
86	Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Bepink	Row 85 - Cell 2
87	Elena Leonardi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	Row 86 - Cell 2
88	Nicole Dal Santo (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	Row 87 - Cell 2
89	Amy Gornall (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa	Row 88 - Cell 2
90	Bethany Hayward (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa	Row 89 - Cell 2
91	Rose Osborne (GBr) Drops Cycling Team	Row 90 - Cell 2
92	Irene Usabiaga Balerdi (Spa) Spain	Row 91 - Cell 2
93	Jessica Allen (Aus) Australia	Row 92 - Cell 2
94	Ellen Skerritt (Aus) Ale' Cipollini	Row 93 - Cell 2
95	Frederica Nicolai (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini	Row 94 - Cell 2
96	Dorleta Eskamendi Gil (Spa) Spain	Row 95 - Cell 2
97	Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango	Row 96 - Cell 2
98	Iurani Blanco Calbet (Spa) Spain	0:10:58
99	Claudia Cretti (Ita) INPA - Bianchi	Row 98 - Cell 2
100	Stephanie Pohl (Ger) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team	Row 99 - Cell 2
101	Sophie Almeida (Fra) DN-17 Poitou Charentes	0:11:03
102	Ziortza Isasi Cristobal (Spa) Bio Racer Elkar-Kirolak	Row 101 - Cell 2
103	Laura Mendez Garcia (Spa) BZK Emakumeen Bira - Smurfit Kappa	Row 102 - Cell 2
104	Astrid Gassner (Aut) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nö	Row 103 - Cell 2
105	Paula Sanmartin (Spa) Bio Racer Elkar-Kirolak	Row 104 - Cell 2
106	Desiree Duarte Castro (Spa) Bio Racer Elkar-Kirolak	Row 105 - Cell 2
107	Catiuscia Grillo (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	Row 106 - Cell 2
108	Lucja Pietrzak (Pol) Mat-Atom Team Sobotka	Row 107 - Cell 2
109	Olatz Agorria Etxebarria (Spa) Bio Racer Elkar-Kirolak	Row 108 - Cell 2
110	Michela Balducci (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini	Row 109 - Cell 2
111	Ainhoa Candil Pascual (Spa) Bio Racer Elkar-Kirolak	Row 110 - Cell 2
112	Ana Usaiaga Balerdi (Spa) Spain	Row 111 - Cell 2
113	Cristina Martinez Bonafe (Spa) Lointek team	Row 112 - Cell 2
114	Ilda Carina Pinheiro Dal Silvia (Por) BZK Emakumeen Bira - Smurfit Kappa	0:11:33
115	Esther Munzo (Spa) BZK Emakumeen Bira - Smurfit Kappa	Row 114 - Cell 2
116	Ilaria Bonomi (Ita) Bepink	Row 115 - Cell 2
117	Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Lointek	0:11:38
118	Nathalie Birli (Aut) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nö	0:11:49
119	Katarzyna Wilkos (Pol) Mat-Atom Team Sobotka	Row 118 - Cell 2
120	Lorena Ordinana Perez (Spa) BZK Emakumeen Bira - Smurfit Kappa	0:12:33
121	Steffi Jamoneau (Fra) DN-17 Poitou Charentes	0:16:49
122	Andrea Fraile (Spa) BZK Emakumeen Bira - Smurfit Kappa	Row 121 - Cell 2
123	Mireia Orengo Llacer (Spa) BZK Emakumeen Bira - Smurfit Kappa	Row 122 - Cell 2
124	Julia Rodruguez Martin (Spa) Bio Racer Elkar-Kirolak	0:17:01
125	Anna Badegruber (Aut) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nö	0:17:37
126	Lucia Valachova (Svk) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nö	0:17:39

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Points
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Emma Johansson (Swe) Wiggle High5	25	pts
2	Carmen Small (USA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team	20	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle High5	16	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Lotta Lepistö (Fin) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team	14	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australia	12	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	10	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team	9	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Edwige Pitel (Fra) S.C. Michela Fanini	8	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) Ale' Cipollini	7	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Malgorzta Jasinska (Pol) Ale' Cipollini	6	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5	5	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling	4	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal Ladies	3	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	2	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	1	Row 14 - Cell 3

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Sprint 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Lotta Lepistö (Fin) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team	5	pts
2	Anisha Vekemans (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies	3	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale' Cipollini	1	Row 2 - Cell 3

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Sprint 2
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Ziortza Isasi Cristobal (Spa) Bio Racer Elkar-Kirolak	5	pts
2	Anisha Vekemans (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies	3	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Lotta Lepistö (Fin) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team	1	Row 2 - Cell 3

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Mountain 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Doris Schweizer (Swi) Cylance Pro Cycling	3	pts
2	Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Wiggle High5	2	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) INPA - Bianchi	1	Row 2 - Cell 3

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Mountain 2
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Carmen Small (USA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team	6	pts
2	Emma Johansson (Swe) Wiggle High5	4	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Doris Schweizer (Swi) Cylance Pro Cycling	2	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	1	Row 3 - Cell 3

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Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling	5:55:13
2	Wiggle High5	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Boels Dolmans Cycling Tea	0:00:14
4	Cylance - Cannondale Pro	0:01:15
5	Ale' Cipollini	0:02:17
6	Inpa - Bianchi	0:03:11
7	Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:03:35
8	Seleccion Australia	0:03:47
9	S.C. Michela Fanini	0:03:56
10	Lotto Soudal Ladies	0:05:41
11	Lointek	0:06:06
12	Podium Ambition P.C.	0:08:13
13	Bepink	0:08:19
14	Bizkaia - Durango	0:08:48
15	Drops Cycling Team	0:09:09
16	Mat-Atom Team Sobotka	0:10:07
17	Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	0:10:47
18	Seleccion Española	0:14:02
19	Dn17 Poitou-Charentes	0:16:20
20	Vitalogic Astrokalb Radun	0:16:51
21	Bioracer-Ek	0:32:41
22	Bzk Emakumeen Bira	0:33:41

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General classification after stage 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Carmen Small (USA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team	2:02:29
2	Lotta Lepistö (Fin) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team	0:00:12
3	Emma Johansson (Swe) Wiggle High5	0:00:14
4	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team	0:00:22
5	Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	0:00:23
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