Euskal Emakumeen XXIX Bira 2016: Stage 3 Results

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Bronzini wins stage 3 of Euskal Emakumeen XXIX Bira ahead of Carmen Small (Image credit: Sean Robinson/Velofocus)

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Sheyla Gutierrez (Cylance Pro Cycling) still in the race after a nasty fall - Emakumeen Bira 2016 Stage 3 - A 105 km road stage starting and finishing in Berriatua, Spain on 16th April 2016. (Image credit: Sean Robinson/Velofocus)

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Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle Hi5) - Emakumeen Bira 2016 Stage 3 - A 105 km road stage starting and finishing in Berriatua, Spain on 16th April 2016. (Image credit: Sean Robinson/Velofocus)

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Karol-Ann Canuel's solo move sees her earn the most aggressive rider award - Emakumeen Bira 2016 Stage 3 - A 105 km road stage starting and finishing in Berriatua, Spain on 16th April 2016. (Image credit: Sean Robinson/Velofocus)

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Evelyn Stevens (Boels Dolmans) leads on the long descent - Emakumeen Bira 2016 Stage 3 - A 105 km road stage starting and finishing in Berriatua, Spain on 16th April 2016. (Image credit: Sean Robinson/Velofocus)

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Peloton stream along the coastline - Emakumeen Bira 2016 Stage 3 - A 105 km road stage starting and finishing in Berriatua, Spain on 16th April 2016. (Image credit: Sean Robinson/Velofocus)

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Wiggle Hi5 take the initiative along the coastline - Emakumeen Bira 2016 Stage 3 - A 105 km road stage starting and finishing in Berriatua, Spain on 16th April 2016. (Image credit: Sean Robinson/Velofocus)

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Carmen Small (Cervélo Bigla) warms up - Emakumeen Bira 2016 Stage 3 - A 105 km road stage starting and finishing in Berriatua, Spain on 16th April 2016. (Image credit: Sean Robinson/Velofocus)

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Looks like rain - Claudia Lichtenberg - Emakumeen Bira 2016 Stage 3 - A 105 km road stage starting and finishing in Berriatua, Spain on 16th April 2016. (Image credit: Sean Robinson/Velofocus)

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Pouring rain at the start thankfully eased as the race got underway - Emakumeen Bira 2016 Stage 3 - A 105 km road stage starting and finishing in Berriatua, Spain on 16th April 2016. (Image credit: Sean Robinson/Velofocus)

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Bronzini on the stage 3 podium at Euskal Emakumeen XXIX Bira (Image credit: Sean Robinson/Velofocus)

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Emma Johansson tries on the yellow jersey for another day (Image credit: Sean Robinson/Velofocus)

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Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle High5) won stage 3 at Euskal Emakumeen XXIX Bira on Saturday by outsprinting Carmen Small (Cervelo Bigla) at the finish in Berriatua after 109.4km of racing. Cylance Pro Cycling's Rossella Ratto was third.

Bronzini hopes Euskal Emakumeen stage win boosts Olympic chances

Bronzini's Wiggle High5 teammate Emma Johansson held onto her overall lead heading into Sunday's 75.8km final stage in Portugalete. Johansson leads Megan Guarnier (Boels Dolmans) by 25 seconds and Small by 28.

“It was a really, really amazing job from all the girls,” Bronzini said. “They did everything, and I was so, so happy because there was so much work on the day and then we had a win. I’m really proud.

Small said she was happy to bounce back today after losing the race lead she had taken during stage 1.

“I wanted to win badly today but it’s not like Bronzini is a bad sprinter so I have to be happy with the result,” Small said at the end of the stage. “Yesterday I had a bad day on the bike, it was good to feel good today again," she said. "It wasn’t terribly hard because Wiggle just neutralised it. I went for the KOM today and was pretty active.”

Lotta Lepistö, who led the race briefly after winning the prologue time trial, was unable to take to the start on saturday after falling ill and losing her voice. She wrote in a text message to her team, “I feel pretty disappointed but continuing racing would be more of a risk. It was great to support the team today and seeing them doing well again.”

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle High5	2:46:10
2	Carmen Small (USA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team
3	Rossella Ratto (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling
4	Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team
5	Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team
6	Malgorzta Jasinska (Pol) AlÈ Cipollini
7	Lara Vieceli (Ita) INPA - Bianchi
8	Ganna Solovei (Ukr) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
9	Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal Ladies
10	Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5
11	Emma Johansson (Swe) Wiggle High5
12	Daniela Reis (Por)
13	Jip Van Den Bos (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
14	Amanda Spratt (Aus) AUS
15	Christina Perchtold (Aut) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ
16	Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) AlÈ Cipollini
17	Emilia Fahlin (Swe) AlÈ Cipollini
18	Joelle Numainville (Can) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team
19	Dani King (GBr) Wiggle High5
20	Laura Camila Lozano Ramirez (Col) S.C. Michela Fanini
21	Eva Buurman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
22	Jermaine Post (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
23	Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team
24	Evelyn Stevens (USA) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team
25	Sofie De Vuyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
26	Lex Albrecht (Can) Bepink
27	Claire Rose (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa
28	Jennifer George (GBr) Drops Cycling Team
29	Irene Bitto (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
30	Eider Merino Kortazar (Spa) Lointek
31	Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) INPA - Bianchi
32	Elise Maes (Lux) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ
33	Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) AUS
34	Margarita Victoria Garcia (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango
35	Doris Schweizer (Swi) Cylance Pro Cycling
36	Laura Massey (GBr) Drops Cycling Team
37	Asja Paladin (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
38	Demi De Jong (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team
39	Jenelle Crooks (Aus) AUS
40	Sharon Laws (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa	0:00:16
41	Sara Headley (USA) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa	0:00:19
42	Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team	0:00:30
43	Nicole Dal Santo (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	0:00:35
44	Edwige Pitel (Fra) S.C. Michela Fanini	0:01:20
45	Audrey Cordon (Fra) Wiggle High5
46	Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team
47	Marta Lach (Pol)
48	Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) INPA - Bianchi
49	Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Wiggle High5
50	Michela Pavin (Ita) INPA - Bianchi
51	Hannah Payton (GBr) Drops Cycling Team
52	Alison Tetrick (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling
53	Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Cylance Pro Cycling
54	Sophie Coleman (GBr) Drops Cycling Team	0:01:33
55	Sari Saarelainen (Fin) S.C. Michela Fanini	0:02:14
56	Monika Kiraly (Hun) S.C. Michela Fanini	0:03:19
57	Soraya Paladin (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	0:03:55
58	Ilona Hoeksma (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team	0:05:06
59	Anisha Vekemans (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
60	Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling
61	Francesca Pattaro (Ita) Bepink
62	Bethany Hayward (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa	0:05:55
63	Nicole Moerig (Aus) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa
64	Anna Zita Maria Stricker (Ita) INPA - Bianchi
65	Simona Bortolotti (Ita) Bepink
66	Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango
67	Amy Gornall (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa
68	Federica Nicolai (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini
69	Paulina Brzezna (Pol)
70	Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango
71	Dorleta Eskamendi Gil (Spa) ESP
72	Lucja Pietrzak (Pol)
73	Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek
74	Louisa Lobigs (Aus) AUS
75	Monika Brzezna (Pol)
76	Katarzyna Wilkos (Pol)
77	Shannon Malseed (Aus) AUS	0:10:29
78	Amber Neben (USA) Bepink	0:12:48
79	Dalia Muccioli (Ita) AlÈ Cipollini
80	Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
81	Heidi Dalton (RSA) Bizkaia - Durango
82	Ellen Skerritt (Aus) AlÈ Cipollini
83	Bethany Ann Allen (USA) INPA - Bianchi	0:13:07
84	Lorena Llamas (Spa) ESP	0:15:40
85	Ainara El Busto Arteaga (Spa) ESP
86	Astrid Chazal (Fra)
87	Rocio Del Alba Garcia Martinez (Spa) Lointek	0:16:12
88	Astrid Gassner (Aut) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ	0:20:31
89	Jessica Allen (Aus) AUS
90	Irene Usabiaga Balerdi (Spa) ESP	0:20:45
OTL	Michela Balducci (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini	0:28:18
OTL	Cristina Martinez (Spa) Lointek
OTL	Ziortza Isasi (Spa)
OTL	Sophie Almeida (Fra)
OTL	Iurani Blanco Calbet (Spa) ESP
OTL	Paula Sanmartin Rodriguez (Spa)
OTL	Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Lointek
OTL	Ilaria Bonomi (Ita) Bepink	0:28:24
OTL	Anna Trevisi (Ita) AlÈ Cipollini
OTL	Anna Badegruber (Aut) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ	0:36:03
OTL	Lorena Ordinana (Spa)
OTL	Elena Leonardi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	0:36:27
OTL	Nathalie Birli (Aut) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ	0:36:30
OTL	Ilda Carina Pinheiro Da Silva Pereira (Por)
OTL	Julia Rodríguez (Spa)
OTL	Desiree Duarte Castro (Spa)
OTL	Olatz Agorria Etxebarria (Spa)
OTL	Ana Usabiaga Balerdi (Spa) ESP
OTL	Esther Muñoz (Spa)
OTL	Mireia Orengo (Spa)
DNF	Laura Méndez (Spa)
DNF	Lotta Lepistö (Fin) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team
DNF	Stephanie Pohl (Ger) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team
DNF	Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek
DNF	Jessie Daams (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
DNF	An-Li Kachelhoffer (RSA) Lotto Soudal Ladies
DNF	Catiuscia Grillo (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
DNF	Rebecca Durrell (GBr) Drops Cycling Team
DNF	Rose Osborne (GBr) Drops Cycling Team
DNF	Steffi Jamoneau (Fra)
DNF	Kseniya Tuhai (Blr) Bepink

General Classification after stage 3
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Emma Johansson (Swe) Wiggle High5	7:40:30
2	Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team	0:00:25
3	Carmen Small (USA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team	0:00:28
4	Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5	0:00:29
5	Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team	0:00:31
6	Evelyn Stevens (USA) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team	0:00:45
7	Ganna Solovei (Ukr) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team	0:00:47
8	Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal Ladies	0:00:50
9	Malgorzta Jasinska (Pol) AlÈ Cipollini	0:00:58
10	Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) AlÈ Cipollini	0:01:03
11	Doris Schweizer (Swi) Cylance Pro Cycling
12	Dani King (GBr) Wiggle High5
13	Amanda Spratt (Aus) AUS	0:01:09
14	Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle High5	0:01:11
15	Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team	0:01:49
16	Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) INPA - Bianchi	0:01:55
17	Laura Camila Lozano Ramirez (Col) S.C. Michela Fanini	0:01:59
18	Jenelle Crooks (Aus) AUS	0:02:02
19	Edwige Pitel (Fra) S.C. Michela Fanini	0:02:11
20	Eider Merino Kortazar (Spa) Lointek	0:02:27
21	Lara Vieceli (Ita) INPA - Bianchi	0:02:31
22	Claire Rose (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa	0:02:35
23	Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team	0:02:38
24	Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team	0:03:10
25	Jermaine Post (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team	0:03:30
26	Margarita Victoria Garcia (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango	0:03:38
27	Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Wiggle High5	0:03:55
28	Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) INPA - Bianchi
29	Jennifer George (GBr) Drops Cycling Team
30	Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) AUS	0:03:59
31	Daniela Reis (Por)	0:04:02
32	Elise Maes (Lux) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ	0:04:05
33	Asja Paladin (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
34	Eva Buurman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team	0:04:07
35	Jip Van Den Bos (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team	0:04:10
36	Laura Massey (GBr) Drops Cycling Team	0:04:15
37	Lex Albrecht (Can) Bepink	0:04:21
38	Sofie De Vuyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies	0:04:30
39	Christina Perchtold (Aut) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ
40	Emilia Fahlin (Swe) AlÈ Cipollini	0:04:31
41	Demi De Jong (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team	0:04:41
42	Sharon Laws (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa	0:04:50
43	Irene Bitto (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	0:04:56
44	Rossella Ratto (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:05:45
45	Audrey Cordon (Fra) Wiggle High5	0:05:49
46	Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:06:08
47	Hannah Payton (GBr) Drops Cycling Team	0:06:18
48	Sophie Coleman (GBr) Drops Cycling Team	0:06:19
49	Sari Saarelainen (Fin) S.C. Michela Fanini	0:06:40
50	Monika Kiraly (Hun) S.C. Michela Fanini	0:07:08
51	Alison Tetrick (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:07:24
52	Sara Headley (USA) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa	0:07:49
53	Paulina Brzezna (Pol)	0:07:59
54	Marta Lach (Pol)	0:08:56
55	Anisha Vekemans (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies	0:09:33
56	Soraya Paladin (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	0:09:54
57	Joelle Numainville (Can) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team	0:09:55
58	Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:10:24
59	Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango
60	Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek	0:10:52
61	Nicole Moerig (Aus) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa	0:10:57
62	Anna Zita Maria Stricker (Ita) INPA - Bianchi	0:12:04
63	Nicole Dal Santo (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	0:12:20
64	Ilona Hoeksma (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team	0:12:40
65	Monika Brzezna (Pol)	0:12:54
66	Michela Pavin (Ita) INPA - Bianchi	0:13:25
67	Simona Bortolotti (Ita) Bepink	0:14:01
68	Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team	0:14:47
69	Amber Neben (USA) Bepink	0:15:40
70	Louisa Lobigs (Aus) AUS	0:16:26
71	Heidi Dalton (RSA) Bizkaia - Durango	0:17:36
72	Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango	0:17:38
73	Federica Nicolai (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini	0:17:39
74	Francesca Pattaro (Ita) Bepink	0:17:51
75	Dorleta Eskamendi Gil (Spa) ESP	0:18:08
76	Shannon Malseed (Aus) AUS	0:18:10
77	Dalia Muccioli (Ita) AlÈ Cipollini	0:18:16
78	Lorena Llamas (Spa) ESP	0:18:26
79	Katarzyna Wilkos (Pol)	0:19:13
80	Amy Gornall (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa	0:19:48
81	Bethany Hayward (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa	0:19:51
82	Ainara El Busto Arteaga (Spa) ESP	0:20:47
83	Lucja Pietrzak (Pol)	0:20:58
84	Rocio Del Alba Garcia Martinez (Spa) Lointek	0:21:12
85	Ellen Skerritt (Aus) AlÈ Cipollini	0:26:20
86	Bethany Ann Allen United States INPA - Bianchi	0:26:48
87	Astrid Chazal (Fra)	0:27:39
88	Jessica Allen (Aus) AUS	0:35:13
89	Astrid Gassner (Aut) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ	0:35:51
90	Irene Usabiaga Balerdi (Spa) ESP	0:38:36