Bronzini wins stage 2 at La Route de France
Pieters sprints to second, maintains overall lead
Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle-Honda) won the second stage of La Route de France in Bourges on Tuesday. The Italian sprinter beat overall race leader Amy Pieters (Liv-Plantur) and Kimberly Wells (Australia) to the line for the victory.
"In the end there was some chaos in the last kilometres, but I was always with Nettie [Edmondson],” Bronzini said. “Elisa [Longo Borghini] stretched the bunch, and Nettie pulled me in the sprint!”
Pieters, who won the opening prologue in Enghien les Bains on Sunday, continues to lead the overall race into the stage 3's 113km race from Nievre to Avallon. She leads the race by three seconds ahead of Eugenia Bujak (BTC City Ljubljana) and four seconds ahead of Annette Edmondson (Wiggle Honda).
Stage 2's 118km race from Villemandeur to Bourges was destined to be a sprint finish because of its predominantly flat parcour. There was an early breakaway of four riders, and strong crosswinds that shattered the field into small groups, however, the field was back together heading into the one QOM in Mery es Bois, 90km into the stage. The climb was not steep enough to cause any major splits in the peloton but Optum Pro Cycling's Brianne Walle took full points at the top and moved into the lead of the mountain competition.
The field raced into Bourges all together with overall race leader, Pieters, safely with her teammates near the front of the field. Liv-Plantur had intended to set up the sprint for stage 1 winner Lucy Garner, however, the women lost each others' wheels coming into the finish line.
Former world champion Bronzini sprinted for the victory, while Pieters managed to come in a close second place and retain her lead in the overall classification.
“The plan was to go for the sprint with Lucy again today but the girls lost each other in the final so they had to switch plans,” said Liv-Plantur coach Hans Timmermans. “They did well to realise in time to switch to Amy for the sprint and she did a powerful finish to nearly take the stage.”
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | 2:59:13 |
2 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Kimberley Wells (Aus) Australia | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Annette Edmondson (Aus) Wiggle Honda | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Hitec Products | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) Lointek Team | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.87 | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Anna Trevisi (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Russia | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Eugénie Duval (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.88 | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Eugenia Bujak (Pol) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Carlee Taylor (Aus) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Aude Biannic (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.90 | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek Team | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Fiona Dutriaux (Fra) France | 0:00:05 |
19 | Brianna Walle (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Larisa Pankova (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Polona Batagelj (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Ursa Pintar (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Amélie Rivat (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Loren Rowney (Aus) Australia | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Charlotte Bravard (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.89 | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Kaat Hannes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Spela Kern (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Bepink Laclassica | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Nel De Crits (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Elena Utrobina (Rus) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Anouk Rijff (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Claudia Cretti (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Ingrid Drexel (Mex) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Olga Dobrynina (Rus) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Jessica Mundy (Aus) Australia | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Australia | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Jessie Daams (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Coralie Demay (Fra) France | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Lucy Garner (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Jesst Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Anna Ramirez Bauxel (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Molly Weavers (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Marion Sicot (Fra) France | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Julia Soek (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Amber Neben (USA) Bepink Laclassica | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Wiggle Honda | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Emilie Rochedy (Fra) France | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Martina Ritter (Aut) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Anna Potokina (Rus) Russia | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Kseniia Dobrynina (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Audrey Cordon (Fra) Wiggle Honda | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Jaime Nielsen (NZl) Bepink Laclassica | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Belen Lopez Morales (Spa) Lointek Team | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Eider Merino Kortazar (Spa) Lointek Team | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Jasmin Glaesser (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Amy Cure (Aus) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Maura Kinsella (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Ilaria Bonomi (Ita) Bepink Laclassica | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Ingrid Lorvik (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Annie Ewart (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) Bepink Laclassica | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Angela Maffeis (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Ariane Horbach (Ger) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Manon Souyris (Fra) France | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Soline Lamboley (Fra) Lointek Team | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Fien Delbaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Carolina Rodriguez Gutierrez (Spa) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Natalya Saifutdinova (Kaz) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Greta Richioud (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.91 | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Makhabbat Umutzhanova (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Willeke Knol (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | 0:00:27 |
78 | Shannon Malseed (Aus) Australia | 0:00:29 |
79 | Fanny Leleu (Fra) France | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Ellen Skerritt (Aus) Australia | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Samara Sheppard (NZl) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Saartje Vandenbroucke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Marina Likhanova (Rus) Russia | 0:00:33 |
85 | Tatiana Shamanova (Rus) Russia | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Lindsay Marie Fox (USA) Bepink Laclassica | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Tone Hatteland Lima (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Anna Christian (GBr) Wiggle Honda | 0:01:09 |
89 | Janicke Gunvaldsen (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Dafné Therous Izquierdo (Can) Lointek Team | 0:14:37 |
DNF | Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Russia | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Mia Radotic (Cro) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Brianna Walle (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 5 | pts |
2 | Jesst Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Maura Kinsella (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Hitec Products | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | 5:50:41 |
2 | Eugenia Bujak (Pol) Btc City Ljubljana | 0:00:03 |
3 | Annette Edmondson (Aus) Wiggle Honda | 0:00:04 |
4 | Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:00:05 |
5 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Hitec Products | 0:00:06 |
6 | Aude Biannic (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.90 | 0:00:07 |
7 | Brianna Walle (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:00:09 |
8 | Jaime Nielsen (NZl) Bepink Laclassica | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Team Liv - Plantur | 0:00:11 |
10 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Martina Ritter (Aut) Btc City Ljubljana | 0:00:12 |
12 | Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:00:13 |
13 | Kimberley Wells (Aus) Australia | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Jasmin Glaesser (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Bepink Laclassica | 0:00:14 |
16 | Amy Cure (Aus) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.87 | 0:00:16 |
18 | Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen (Nor) Hitec Products | 0:00:17 |
19 | Carlee Taylor (Aus) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Maura Kinsella (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Jessie Daams (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Polona Batagelj (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | 0:00:18 |
23 | Coralie Demay (Fra) France | 0:00:19 |
24 | Eugénie Duval (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.88 | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Anouk Rijff (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:00:20 |
26 | Amélie Rivat (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Amber Neben (USA) Bepink Laclassica | 0:00:21 |
28 | Annie Ewart (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Molly Weavers (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Julia Soek (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Audrey Cordon (Fra) Wiggle Honda | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Lucy Garner (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:00:22 |
34 | Elena Utrobina (Rus) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:00:23 |
35 | Belen Lopez Morales (Spa) Lointek Team | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Australia | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) Bepink Laclassica | 0:00:24 |
38 | Jessica Mundy (Aus) Australia | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Ingrid Drexel (Mex) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Ursa Pintar (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | 0:00:25 |
42 | Eider Merino Kortazar (Spa) Lointek Team | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Wiggle Honda | 0:00:26 |
44 | Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Loren Rowney (Aus) Australia | 0:00:27 |
46 | Ilaria Bonomi (Ita) Bepink Laclassica | 0:00:28 |
47 | Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) Lointek Team | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Fiona Dutriaux (Fra) France | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Charlotte Bravard (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.89 | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Larisa Pankova (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:00:29 |
51 | Marion Sicot (Fra) France | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Anna Ramirez Bauxel (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek Team | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Nel De Crits (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 0:00:30 |
55 | Kaat Hannes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Soline Lamboley (Fra) Lointek Team | 0:00:31 |
57 | Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Ariane Horbach (Ger) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:00:32 |
59 | Janicke Gunvaldsen (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Russia | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Makhabbat Umutzhanova (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Greta Richioud (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.91 | 0:00:33 |
63 | Spela Kern (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Emilie Rochedy (Fra) France | 0:00:34 |
65 | Claudia Cretti (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:00:36 |
66 | Anna Trevisi (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Carolina Rodriguez Gutierrez (Spa) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Natalya Saifutdinova (Kaz) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:00:37 |
69 | Olga Dobrynina (Rus) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:00:38 |
70 | Ingrid Lorvik (Nor) Hitec Products | 0:00:39 |
71 | Manon Souyris (Fra) France | 0:00:43 |
72 | Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Anna Potokina (Rus) Russia | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Jesst Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Willeke Knol (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Fien Delbaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 0:00:44 |
77 | Ellen Skerritt (Aus) Australia | 0:00:45 |
78 | Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Kseniia Dobrynina (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:00:48 |
80 | Shannon Malseed (Aus) Australia | 0:00:49 |
81 | Saartje Vandenbroucke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 0:00:50 |
82 | Fanny Leleu (Fra) France | 0:00:53 |
83 | Angela Maffeis (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:00:57 |
84 | Tone Hatteland Lima (Nor) Hitec Products | 0:01:06 |
85 | Tatiana Shamanova (Rus) Russia | 0:01:12 |
86 | Lindsay Marie Fox (USA) Bepink Laclassica | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Marina Likhanova (Rus) Russia | 0:01:17 |
88 | Samara Sheppard (NZl) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:01:24 |
89 | Anna Christian (GBr) Wiggle Honda | 0:01:32 |
90 | Dafné Therous Izquierdo (Can) Lointek Team | 0:15:16 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Brianna Walle (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 5 | pts |
2 | Jesst Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Maura Kinsella (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Hitec Products | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Eugénie Duval (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.88 | 5:51:00 |
2 | Anouk Rijff (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:00:01 |
3 | Annie Ewart (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:00:02 |
4 | Molly Weavers (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Lucy Garner (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Australia | 0:00:04 |
7 | Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) Bepink Laclassica | 0:00:05 |
8 | Jessica Mundy (Aus) Australia | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Ingrid Drexel (Mex) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Eider Merino Kortazar (Spa) Lointek Team | 0:00:06 |
11 | Ilaria Bonomi (Ita) Bepink Laclassica | 0:00:09 |
12 | Soline Lamboley (Fra) Lointek Team | 0:00:12 |
13 | Ariane Horbach (Ger) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:00:13 |
14 | Makhabbat Umutzhanova (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Greta Richioud (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.91 | 0:00:14 |
16 | Emilie Rochedy (Fra) France | 0:00:15 |
17 | Claudia Cretti (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:00:17 |
18 | Carolina Rodriguez Gutierrez (Spa) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Manon Souyris (Fra) France | 0:00:24 |
20 | Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Jesst Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Fien Delbaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 0:00:25 |
23 | Ellen Skerritt (Aus) Australia | 0:00:26 |
24 | Kseniia Dobrynina (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:00:29 |
25 | Shannon Malseed (Aus) Australia | 0:00:30 |
26 | Saartje Vandenbroucke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 0:00:31 |
27 | Angela Maffeis (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:00:38 |
28 | Anna Christian (GBr) Wiggle Honda | 0:01:13 |
29 | Dafné Therous Izquierdo (Can) Lointek Team | 0:14:57 |
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