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It was a winning finale at La Route de France for Wiggle-Honda as Giorgia Bronzini won the stage 6 sprint in Guebwiller and her teammate Elisa Longo Borghini secured the overall title. Bronzini sprinted to the stage win, her second of the seven-stage tour, ahead of Loren Rowney (Australia) and Amy Pieters (Liv-Plantur).
“It was an amazing day,” Bronzini said. “I’m so happy to win again, and we also have the general with Elisa, so I think it was a good job from the team!"
Longo Borghini took over the race lead after winning stage 3 in Avallon and extended her lead after winning stage 5 on the mountain finish to La Planche des Belles Filles. She started the final stage, a 116.4km race from Soultzmatt to Guebwiller, with a 1:10 lead over Amber Neben (Bepink Laclassica) and 1:18 over Claudia Lichtenberg (Team Liv - Plantur), and the GC remained the same at the end of the race.
“I’m really happy to have won La Route de France,” Longo Borghini said. “It’s been real teamwork this week and I want to thank my teammates and the staff for this success. I came here for training and I’m going away with an overall victory! This gives me motivation and a boost for the rest of the season!”
The final stage of La Route de France was a challenging one. It brought the riders on a 116km race that included four laps of a 26km circuit, which included the climb of the Col de Bannstein.
"We started the race with obviously the main thing to defend the jersey," Bronzini said. "I did some work for Elisa to make sure she came to the climb every time at the front, and wasn’t in trouble in the downhill. Me and Mayuko [Hagiwara] were always next to her. Because Audrey [Cordon-Ragot] was not on a good day today, I asked Audrey to cover some moves on the flat parts of the lap, while Mayuko and me were more there for chasing, and on the climb.”
Full Results
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | 3:04:52 |
| 2 | Loren Rowney (Aus) Australia | |
| 3 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | |
| 4 | Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 5 | Kaat Hannes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | |
| 6 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Hitec Products | |
| 7 | Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) Lointek Team | |
| 8 | Eugenia Bujak (Pol) Btc City Ljubljana | |
| 9 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.87 | |
| 10 | Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen (Nor) Hitec Products | |
| 11 | Amber Neben (USA) Bepink Laclassica | |
| 12 | Jessie Daams (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | |
| 13 | Marion Sicot (Fra) France | |
| 14 | Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | |
| 15 | Carlee Taylor (Aus) Lotto Soudal Ladies | |
| 16 | Eider Merino Kortazar (Spa) Lointek Team | |
| 17 | Ingrid Drexel (Mex) Astana - Acca Due O | |
| 18 | Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | |
| 19 | Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Team Liv - Plantur | |
| 20 | Brianna Walle (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 21 | Anna Potokina (Rus) Russia | |
| 22 | Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Russia | |
| 23 | Ingrid Lorvik (Nor) Hitec Products | |
| 24 | Polona Batagelj (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | |
| 25 | Jasmin Glaesser (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 26 | Ursa Pintar (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | |
| 27 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | |
| 28 | Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek Team | |
| 29 | Charlotte Bravard (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.89 | |
| 30 | Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | |
| 31 | Aude Biannic (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.90 | |
| 32 | Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Australia | |
| 33 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Bepink Laclassica | |
| 34 | Carolina Rodriguez Gutierrez (Spa) Astana - Acca Due O | |
| 35 | Kseniia Dobrynina (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | |
| 36 | Jesst Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | |
| 37 | Emilie Rochedy (Fra) France | |
| 38 | Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | |
| 39 | Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Wiggle Honda | |
| 40 | Greta Richioud (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.91 | |
| 41 | Anna Ramirez Bauxel (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | |
| 42 | Fanny Leleu (Fra) France | |
| 43 | Amélie Rivat (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | |
| 44 | Marina Likhanova (Rus) Russia | |
| 45 | Julia Soek (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | |
| 46 | Annie Ewart (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:01:50 |
| 47 | Tatiana Shamanova (Rus) Russia | |
| 48 | Anna Trevisi (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | |
| 49 | Kimberley Wells (Aus) Australia | |
| 50 | Molly Weavers (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | |
| 51 | Shannon Malseed (Aus) Australia | |
| 52 | Ellen Skerritt (Aus) Australia | 0:03:35 |
| 53 | Manon Souyris (Fra) France | |
| 54 | Olga Dobrynina (Rus) Bizkaia - Durango | |
| 55 | Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | |
| 56 | Audrey Cordon (Fra) Wiggle Honda | 0:08:35 |
| 57 | Janicke Gunvaldsen (Nor) Hitec Products | |
| 58 | Amy Cure (Aus) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:13:57 |
| 59 | Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) Bepink Laclassica | |
| 60 | Anouk Rijff (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | |
| 61 | Coralie Demay (Fra) France | |
| 62 | Samara Sheppard (NZl) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:16:40 |
| 63 | Makhabbat Umutzhanova (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:19:21 |
| 64 | Natalya Saifutdinova (Kaz) Astana - Acca Due O | |
| 65 | Fien Delbaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 0:23:15 |
| 66 | Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | |
| 67 | Anna Christian (GBr) Wiggle Honda | |
| 68 | Elena Utrobina (Rus) Bizkaia - Durango | |
| 69 | Larisa Pankova (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | |
| 70 | Tone Hatteland Lima (Nor) Hitec Products | |
| 71 | Ilaria Bonomi (Ita) Bepink Laclassica | |
| 72 | Jessica Mundy (Aus) Australia | |
| 73 | Soline Lamboley (Fra) Lointek Team | |
| 74 | Ariane Horbach (Ger) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 75 | Lucy Garner (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | |
| 76 | Willeke Knol (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | |
| 77 | Claudia Cretti (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brianna Walle (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 8 | pts |
| 2 | Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 5 | |
| 3 | Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Team Liv - Plantur | 3 | |
| 4 | Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Wiggle Honda | 2 | |
| 5 | Carlee Taylor (Aus) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 1 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olga Dobrynina (Rus) Bizkaia - Durango | 8 | pts |
| 2 | Annie Ewart (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 5 | |
| 3 | Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 3 | |
| 4 | Brianna Walle (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 2 | |
| 5 | Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen (Nor) Hitec Products | 1 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jasmin Glaesser (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 8 | pts |
| 2 | Ellen Skerritt (Aus) Australia | 5 | |
| 3 | Anna Trevisi (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 3 | |
| 4 | Audrey Cordon (Fra) Wiggle Honda | 2 | |
| 5 | Molly Weavers (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | 1 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 8 | pts |
| 2 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | 5 | |
| 3 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | 3 | |
| 4 | Amber Neben (USA) Bepink Laclassica | 2 | |
| 5 | Eugenia Bujak (Pol) Btc City Ljubljana | 1 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | 17:16:47 |
| 2 | Amber Neben (USA) Bepink Laclassica | 0:01:10 |
| 3 | Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Team Liv - Plantur | 0:01:18 |
| 4 | Carlee Taylor (Aus) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:02:18 |
| 5 | Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:02:21 |
| 6 | Polona Batagelj (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | 0:02:31 |
| 7 | Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Australia | 0:02:56 |
| 8 | Eugenia Bujak (Pol) Btc City Ljubljana | 0:03:23 |
| 9 | Brianna Walle (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:03:38 |
| 10 | Jessie Daams (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:04:11 |
| 11 | Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:04:15 |
| 12 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | 0:04:44 |
| 13 | Jasmin Glaesser (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:04:51 |
| 14 | Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Wiggle Honda | 0:05:10 |
| 15 | Anna Potokina (Rus) Russia | 0:05:11 |
| 16 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Hitec Products | 0:05:56 |
| 17 | Amélie Rivat (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | 0:06:17 |
| 18 | Aude Biannic (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.90 | 0:06:29 |
| 19 | Marina Likhanova (Rus) Russia | 0:06:34 |
| 20 | Eider Merino Kortazar (Spa) Lointek Team | 0:06:35 |
| 21 | Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:06:39 |
| 22 | Ursa Pintar (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | 0:07:11 |
| 23 | Carolina Rodriguez Gutierrez (Spa) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:07:43 |
| 24 | Charlotte Bravard (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.89 | 0:08:06 |
| 25 | Kaat Hannes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 0:08:18 |
| 26 | Anna Ramirez Bauxel (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:09:00 |
| 27 | Molly Weavers (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | 0:09:34 |
| 28 | Fanny Leleu (Fra) France | 0:09:42 |
| 29 | Ingrid Lorvik (Nor) Hitec Products | 0:09:51 |
| 30 | Marion Sicot (Fra) France | 0:10:11 |
| 31 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Bepink Laclassica | 0:10:14 |
| 32 | Ingrid Drexel (Mex) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:10:29 |
| 33 | Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek Team | 0:10:31 |
| 34 | Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:10:34 |
| 35 | Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Russia | 0:11:02 |
| 36 | Emilie Rochedy (Fra) France | 0:12:42 |
| 37 | Tatiana Shamanova (Rus) Russia | 0:14:38 |
| 38 | Greta Richioud (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.91 | 0:16:19 |
| 39 | Loren Rowney (Aus) Australia | 0:17:11 |
| 40 | Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:18:32 |
| 41 | Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) Lointek Team | 0:18:54 |
| 42 | Manon Souyris (Fra) France | 0:19:44 |
| 43 | Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen (Nor) Hitec Products | 0:20:05 |
| 44 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | 0:20:55 |
| 45 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.87 | 0:21:17 |
| 46 | Anna Trevisi (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:22:23 |
| 47 | Shannon Malseed (Aus) Australia | 0:22:25 |
| 48 | Ellen Skerritt (Aus) Australia | 0:22:48 |
| 49 | Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:22:58 |
| 50 | Julia Soek (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | 0:24:54 |
| 51 | Audrey Cordon (Fra) Wiggle Honda | 0:25:15 |
| 52 | Kseniia Dobrynina (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:25:45 |
| 53 | Annie Ewart (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:27:41 |
| 54 | Olga Dobrynina (Rus) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:27:53 |
| 55 | Kimberley Wells (Aus) Australia | 0:30:56 |
| 56 | Samara Sheppard (NZl) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:31:22 |
| 57 | Amy Cure (Aus) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:31:30 |
| 58 | Janicke Gunvaldsen (Nor) Hitec Products | 0:32:45 |
| 59 | Natalya Saifutdinova (Kaz) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:32:50 |
| 60 | Jesst Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 0:33:17 |
| 61 | Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) Bepink Laclassica | 0:35:02 |
| 62 | Anouk Rijff (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:35:36 |
| 63 | Larisa Pankova (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:42:16 |
| 64 | Coralie Demay (Fra) France | 0:47:14 |
| 65 | Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:47:15 |
| 66 | Jessica Mundy (Aus) Australia | 0:47:17 |
| 67 | Willeke Knol (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | 0:47:20 |
| 68 | Elena Utrobina (Rus) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:47:23 |
| 69 | Lucy Garner (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | 0:47:42 |
| 70 | Ariane Horbach (Ger) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:48:59 |
| 71 | Fien Delbaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 0:50:13 |
| 72 | Anna Christian (GBr) Wiggle Honda | 0:50:20 |
| 73 | Claudia Cretti (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:51:12 |
| 74 | Makhabbat Umutzhanova (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:56:20 |
| 75 | Soline Lamboley (Fra) Lointek Team | 0:56:39 |
| 76 | Ilaria Bonomi (Ita) Bepink Laclassica | 0:59:54 |
| 77 | Tone Hatteland Lima (Nor) Hitec Products | 1:04:51 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Australia | 17:19:43 |
| 2 | Eider Merino Kortazar (Spa) Lointek Team | 0:03:39 |
| 3 | Carolina Rodriguez Gutierrez (Spa) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:04:47 |
| 4 | Molly Weavers (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | 0:06:38 |
| 5 | Ingrid Drexel (Mex) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:07:33 |
| 6 | Emilie Rochedy (Fra) France | 0:09:46 |
| 7 | Greta Richioud (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.91 | 0:13:23 |
| 8 | Manon Souyris (Fra) France | 0:16:48 |
| 9 | Shannon Malseed (Aus) Australia | 0:19:29 |
| 10 | Ellen Skerritt (Aus) Australia | 0:19:52 |
| 11 | Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:20:02 |
| 12 | Kseniia Dobrynina (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:22:49 |
| 13 | Annie Ewart (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:24:45 |
| 14 | Jesst Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 0:30:21 |
| 15 | Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) Bepink Laclassica | 0:32:06 |
| 16 | Anouk Rijff (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:32:40 |
| 17 | Jessica Mundy (Aus) Australia | 0:44:21 |
| 18 | Lucy Garner (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | 0:44:46 |
| 19 | Ariane Horbach (Ger) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:46:03 |
| 20 | Fien Delbaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 0:47:17 |
| 21 | Anna Christian (GBr) Wiggle Honda | 0:47:24 |
| 22 | Claudia Cretti (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:48:16 |
| 23 | Makhabbat Umutzhanova (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:53:24 |
| 24 | Soline Lamboley (Fra) Lointek Team | 0:53:43 |
| 25 | Ilaria Bonomi (Ita) Bepink Laclassica |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 42 | pts |
| 2 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | 40 | |
| 3 | Brianna Walle (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 27 | |
| 4 | Amber Neben (USA) Bepink Laclassica | 18 | |
| 5 | Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Team Liv - Plantur | 13 | |
| 6 | Jasmin Glaesser (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 8 | |
| 7 | Olga Dobrynina (Rus) Bizkaia - Durango | 8 | |
| 8 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | 6 | |
| 9 | Annie Ewart (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 5 | |
| 10 | Eugenia Bujak (Pol) Btc City Ljubljana | 5 | |
| 11 | Ellen Skerritt (Aus) Australia | 5 | |
| 12 | Carlee Taylor (Aus) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 3 | |
| 13 | Anna Trevisi (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 3 | |
| 14 | Jesst Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 3 | |
| 15 | Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Wiggle Honda | 2 | |
| 16 | Audrey Cordon (Fra) Wiggle Honda | 2 | |
| 17 | Maura Kinsella (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 2 | |
| 18 | Fanny Leleu (Fra) France | 2 | |
| 19 | Molly Weavers (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | 1 | |
| 20 | Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen (Nor) Hitec Products | 1 | |
| 21 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Hitec Products | 1 |
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