Guarnier wins final stage, Johansson overall at Euskal Emakumeen XXIX Bira
Guarnier moves to second overall, Moolman-Pasio third
Megan Guarnier won the final stage and a 10 second time bonus Sunday at Euskal Emakumeen XXIX Bira, but it wasn't enough to lift the American past Emma Johansson's overall lead.
Guarnier (Boels-Dolmans) won the rain-soaked stage ahead of Anna Solovey (Parkhotel Valkenburg) and Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (Cervélo-Bigla). Johansson (Wiggle High5) crossed the line in fifth place on the wheel of teammate Elisa Longo Borghini to talke her second overall victory in the race.
Guarnier finished the race second overall, followed Moolman-Pasio in third.
“It was a hard stage, but also a really wet one, so it was really difficult to control,” Johansson said. “I just had really good legs, and I’m just so thankful for the work that the girls have put out to keep me in yellow, and it just shows that everyone wanted it today. I’m still going back to yesterday - that was the most impressive teamwork - and then today to pull off the win after yesterday’s work. Today everyone was still a bit smashed from yesterday, but still managed to stay in yellow.”
A group of 17 riders, including multiple GC threats, got away late in the race but Johansson's team was able to keep the group close enough for Johnasson and Longo Borghini to jump across.
"I think we did a really good job,” Johansson said. “It was quite tough and we were both pretty tired, and we didn’t have a lot left for the stage victory. Obviously the GC was most important, and Evelyn Stevens [Boels-Dolmans] had some big attacks, especially one where I was stuck in the group and I couldn’t get out until she had a pretty big gap."
Moolman’s third place and four-second bonus was enough to nudge Longo Borghini out of third place by the smallest of margins.
“It would have been really nice to have Elisa up there on the podium, but it just came down to a second or something with Ashleigh,” Johansson said. “But I’m just so thankful for this week, and for this wing, here where it all started for me more than 10 years ago.
“The fact that it’s my last season, to finish it off in yellow is just amazing.”
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 2:15:42 |
2 | Ganna Solovei (Ukr) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Emma Johansson (Swe) Wiggle High5 | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Malgorzta Jasinska (Pol) AlÈ Cipollini | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Carmen Small (USA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Doris Schweizer (Swi) Cylance Pro Cycling | 0:00:05 |
10 | Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) INPA - Bianchi | 0:00:08 |
11 | Evelyn Stevens (USA) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 0:00:09 |
12 | Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) AlÈ Cipollini | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Edwige Pitel (Fra) S.C. Michela Fanini | 0:00:15 |
15 | Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 0:00:16 |
16 | Margarita Victoria Garcia (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:00:45 |
17 | Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 0:00:52 |
18 | Claire Rose (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | 0:02:26 |
19 | Laura Massey (GBr) Drops Cycling Team | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Jennifer George (GBr) Drops Cycling Team | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Jermaine Post (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Christina Perchtold (Aut) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Eva Buurman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Dani King (GBr) Wiggle High5 | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Daniela Reis (Por) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Elise Maes (Lux) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Sharon Laws (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Sophie Coleman (GBr) Drops Cycling Team | 0:02:31 |
30 | Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Jenelle Crooks (Aus) AUS | 0:02:34 |
32 | Eider Merino Kortazar (Spa) Lointek | 0:02:39 |
33 | Amber Neben (USA) Bepink | 0:03:24 |
34 | Lex Albrecht (Can) Bepink | 0:04:46 |
35 | Marta Lach (Pol) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Laura Camila Lozano Ramirez (Col) S.C. Michela Fanini | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Sofie De Vuyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Ilona Hoeksma (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Demi De Jong (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 0:04:51 |
40 | Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Amy Gornall (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Paulina Brzezna (Pol) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Bethany Hayward (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Hannah Payton (GBr) Drops Cycling Team | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Nicole Moerig (Aus) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) AUS | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) INPA - Bianchi | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Wiggle High5 | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Soraya Paladin (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Ellen Skerritt (Aus) AlÈ Cipollini | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Irene Bitto (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Jip Van Den Bos (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Asja Paladin (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Rossella Ratto (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling | 0:07:37 |
56 | Anisha Vekemans (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Lorena Llamas (Spa) ESP | 0:08:15 |
58 | Katarzyna Wilkos (Pol) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Monika Brzezna (Pol) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Lucja Pietrzak (Pol) | 0:08:17 |
61 | Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Alison Tetrick (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Heidi Dalton (RSA) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Michela Pavin (Ita) INPA - Bianchi | 0:08:19 |
66 | Lara Vieceli (Ita) INPA - Bianchi | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Monika Kiraly (Hun) S.C. Michela Fanini | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Dorleta Eskamendi Gil (Spa) ESP | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Ainara El Busto Arteaga (Spa) ESP | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Sara Headley (USA) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | 0:08:28 |
71 | Dalia Muccioli (Ita) AlÈ Cipollini | 0:08:19 |
72 | Shannon Malseed (Aus) AUS | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Louisa Lobigs (Aus) AUS | 0:08:36 |
74 | Simona Bortolotti (Ita) Bepink | 0:13:39 |
75 | Jessica Allen (Aus) AUS | 0:17:34 |
76 | Astrid Gassner (Aut) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Astrid Chazal (Fra) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Nicole Dal Santo (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Claudia Cretti (Ita) INPA - Bianchi | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Sari Saarelainen (Fin) S.C. Michela Fanini | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Federica Nicolai (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Joelle Numainville (Can) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rocio Del Alba Garcia Martinez (Spa) Lointek | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Emilia Fahlin (Swe) AlÈ Cipollini | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Amanda Spratt (Aus) AUS | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anna Zita Maria Stricker (Ita) INPA - Bianchi | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Irene Usabiaga Balerdi (Spa) ESP | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Audrey Cordon (Fra) Wiggle High5 | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Francesca Pattaro (Ita) Bepink | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Emma Johansson (Swe) Wiggle High5 | 9:56:12 |
2 | Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 0:00:12 |
3 | Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:27 |
4 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Carmen Small (USA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:28 |
6 | Ganna Solovei (Ukr) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 0:00:41 |
7 | Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:00:50 |
8 | Evelyn Stevens (USA) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 0:00:54 |
9 | Malgorzta Jasinska (Pol) AlÈ Cipollini | 0:00:58 |
10 | Doris Schweizer (Swi) Cylance Pro Cycling | 0:01:07 |
11 | Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) AlÈ Cipollini | 0:01:12 |
12 | Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) INPA - Bianchi | 0:02:03 |
13 | Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 0:02:05 |
14 | Edwige Pitel (Fra) S.C. Michela Fanini | 0:02:26 |
15 | Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:03:19 |
16 | Dani King (GBr) Wiggle High5 | 0:03:29 |
17 | Margarita Victoria Garcia (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:04:23 |
18 | Jenelle Crooks (Aus) AUS | 0:04:36 |
19 | Claire Rose (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | 0:05:01 |
20 | Eider Merino Kortazar (Spa) Lointek | 0:05:06 |
21 | Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 0:05:09 |
22 | Jermaine Post (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 0:05:56 |
23 | Jennifer George (GBr) Drops Cycling Team | 0:06:21 |
24 | Daniela Reis (Por) | 0:06:28 |
25 | Elise Maes (Lux) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ | 0:06:31 |
26 | Eva Buurman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 0:06:33 |
27 | Laura Massey (GBr) Drops Cycling Team | 0:06:41 |
28 | Laura Camila Lozano Ramirez (Col) S.C. Michela Fanini | 0:06:45 |
29 | Christina Perchtold (Aut) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ | 0:06:56 |
30 | Sharon Laws (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | 0:07:16 |
31 | Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Wiggle High5 | 0:08:46 |
32 | Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) INPA - Bianchi | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Sophie Coleman (GBr) Drops Cycling Team | 0:08:50 |
34 | Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) AUS | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Asja Paladin (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 0:08:56 |
36 | Jip Van Den Bos (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 0:09:01 |
37 | Lex Albrecht (Can) Bepink | 0:09:07 |
38 | Sofie De Vuyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:09:16 |
39 | Demi De Jong (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 0:09:32 |
40 | Irene Bitto (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 0:09:47 |
41 | Lara Vieceli (Ita) INPA - Bianchi | 0:10:50 |
42 | Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling | 0:10:59 |
43 | Hannah Payton (GBr) Drops Cycling Team | 0:11:09 |
44 | Paulina Brzezna (Pol) | 0:12:50 |
45 | Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Rossella Ratto (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling | 0:13:22 |
47 | Marta Lach (Pol) | 0:13:42 |
48 | Soraya Paladin (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 0:14:45 |
49 | Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:15:15 |
50 | Monika Kiraly (Hun) S.C. Michela Fanini | 0:15:27 |
51 | Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 0:15:39 |
52 | Alison Tetrick (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling | 0:15:41 |
53 | Nicole Moerig (Aus) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | 0:15:48 |
54 | Sara Headley (USA) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | 0:16:17 |
55 | Anisha Vekemans (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:17:10 |
56 | Ilona Hoeksma (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 0:17:26 |
57 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | 0:18:45 |
58 | Amber Neben (USA) Bepink | 0:19:04 |
59 | Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek | 0:19:09 |
60 | Monika Brzezna (Pol) | 0:21:09 |
61 | Michela Pavin (Ita) INPA - Bianchi | 0:21:44 |
62 | Sari Saarelainen (Fin) S.C. Michela Fanini | 0:24:14 |
63 | Amy Gornall (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | 0:24:39 |
64 | Bethany Hayward (GBr) Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa | 0:24:42 |
65 | Louisa Lobigs (Aus) AUS | 0:25:02 |
66 | Heidi Dalton (RSA) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:25:53 |
67 | Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:25:55 |
68 | Dorleta Eskamendi Gil (Spa) ESP | 0:26:27 |
69 | Shannon Malseed (Aus) AUS | 0:26:29 |
70 | Dalia Muccioli (Ita) AlÈ Cipollini | 0:26:35 |
71 | Lorena Llamas (Spa) ESP | 0:26:41 |
72 | Katarzyna Wilkos (Pol) | 0:27:28 |
73 | Simona Bortolotti (Ita) Bepink | 0:27:40 |
74 | Ainara El Busto Arteaga (Spa) ESP | 0:29:06 |
75 | Lucja Pietrzak (Pol) | 0:29:15 |
76 | Nicole Dal Santo (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 0:29:54 |
77 | Ellen Skerritt (Aus) AlÈ Cipollini | 0:31:11 |
78 | Federica Nicolai (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini | 0:35:13 |
79 | Claudia Cretti (Ita) INPA - Bianchi | 0:44:22 |
80 | Astrid Chazal (Fra) | 0:45:13 |
81 | Jessica Allen (Aus) AUS | 0:52:47 |
82 | Astrid Gassner (Aut) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ | 0:53:25 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Emma Johansson (Swe) Wiggle High5 | 67 | pts |
2 | Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 61 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 59 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Carmen Small (USA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 56 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | 41 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | 41 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Ganna Solovei (Ukr) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 40 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Malgorzta Jasinska (Pol) AlÈ Cipollini | 33 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 27 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Anisha Vekemans (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 22 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Doris Schweizer (Swi) Cylance Pro Cycling | 16 | pts |
2 | Emma Johansson (Swe) Wiggle High5 | 13 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Carmen Small (USA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 10 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 5 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 4 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | 4 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Evelyn Stevens (USA) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 3 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Ganna Solovei (Ukr) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 3 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Anisha Vekemans (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 22 | pts |
2 | Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 5 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Christina Perchtold (Aut) Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nˆ | 5 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Dalia Muccioli (Ita) AlÈ Cipollini | 5 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 4 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Malgorzta Jasinska (Pol) AlÈ Cipollini | 3 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Jessica Allen (Aus) AUS | 3 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 1 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
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