La Route de France 2015: Stage 2 Results

Giorgia Bronzini wins Drentse 8 (Image credit: Bert Geerts/dcp-bertgeerts@xs4all.nl)

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.

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.

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#	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

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Mountain 1 (Cat 3) Cote de Mery es Bois, km. 91
#	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

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General classification after stage 2
#	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

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Mountains classification
#	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

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Young rider classification
#	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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