Tour of Qatar: Pieters wins stage 2
Pieters moves into race lead
Another day, another crosswind and another Giant-Shimano victory. Just like her teammate Kirsten Wild the previous afternoon, Amy Pieters claimed the win on stage 2 of Ladies Tour of Qatar and moved into the gold jersey to boot, as the Dutch squad's mastery of the desert conditions once again proved total.
Pieters was one of four Giant-Shimano riders in the day's decisive 21-woman echelon, which formed after just three kilometres of racing. While her primary task was to help Wild in the event of a group finish, Pieters sensed the danger when her fellow countryman Anna van der Breggen sparked the winning move on the final lap of the finishing circuit, with 11 kilometres to go.
Pieters was adroit in policing a break that also included Charlotte Becker (Wiggle-Honda) and Inga Cilvinaite (Rusvelo). With Wild sitting comfortably in the group behind, Pieters held something of a trump card, and she played her hand wisely, working just enough to ensure the break's cohesion, but not so much as to damage her or her team's chances.
"I was in the last wheel because I had Kirsten in the group behind me, so I was waiting for the sprint," Pieters said afterwards. "If the group came back, then that was also ok because I had Kirsten in the yellow jersey behind me."
The finale took place over four laps of an exposed 14-kilometre circuit, and it had appeared that the wind would discourage any solo attacks, but Van der Breggen - whose contribution was so crucial to Marianne Vos' world championship victory in Florence in September - timed her effort well by jumping clear with the wind at her back, and found willing reinforcements in Becker, Cilvinaite and Pieters shortly afterwards.
The quartet soon built up a lead of 40 seconds, and given the lack of a bona fide sprinter in the Orica-AIS ranks, the Australian squad was understandably reluctant to take up the reins of the chase behind, lest they tow Wild, Chloe Hosking (Hitec Products) and Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle-Honda) to the line.
The cross-headwind meant that the finishing straight seemed an interminable one, but Pieters clearly had the freshest legs of the lead group, and she ground out a gap that she would never relent. Indeed, such was the level of fatigue at the end of a tough day that Pieters crossed the line all of three seconds ahead of Van der Breggen, while Becker took third.
Wild pipped the redoubtable Hosking to the sprint for fifth, 27 seconds down, but thanks to the time bonus for stage victory, Pieters had done enough to claim the overall lead. She now leads her teammate Wild by seven seconds, with Hosking a further 11 seconds back in third, and Emma Johansson (Orica-AIS) fourth at 28 seconds.
"It's good for the team because we have first and second in the general classification," said Pieters. Wild's sprint and pedigree in Qatar means that she remains the favourite for overall honours, though Pieters was coy about how Giant-Shimano would play its cards over the next two days. "I don't know, I think we're both really good. I just hope the jersey stays in the team."
Split
There was already a sense of foreboding in the peloton as it gathered for the start in the shadow of Al Zubara Fort. A relatively benign breeze had wreaked havoc on the opening day, and here on Qatar's northern coast, the gusts were considerably stiffer. Indeed, it only took three kilometres for day's decisive split to take shape. In a mirror of stage 1, the Orica-AIS team was again to the fore in forcing the issue in the crosswind. When the dust had settled, a 21-rider echelon had opened a 30-second lead, with the rest of the peloton scattered across the road.
"I expected it to break up early because there was the sidewind," Wild said. "I just think we were just lucky that there were four in the front. We didn't do the job, it was GreenEdge who started it but we directly went in it."
With riders of the quality of Pieters, Wild, Hosking, Johansson, Valentina Scandolara (Orica-AIS), Tiffany Cromwell (Specialized-Lululemon) and Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle-Honda) in the front group, it was clear, even at this early point, that this was the race-winning move.
The grand absentees from the front echelon were Shelley Olds (Ale-Cipollini) - who lay second overall as the day began - and Lizzie Armitstead (Boel-Dolmans) - who had looked comfortable at the head of the race on Tuesday. "I expected her in the front as she's normally very strong in these kind of races," Wild said of Olds.
A moment's inattentiveness in the desert can prove very costly, however, and by the 30 kilometre mark, Olds, Armitstead and the chasers were already 2:45 down. That gap extended to 3:55 by the 50-kilometre mark, and then over five minutes by the time the 21 leaders hit the finishing circuit for the first time.
Wild beat Hosking to the full complement of bonus seconds at the first sprint, and gained another second on the Australian when they contested the second sprint as they took the bell for the final lap. At that point, given the conditions, another group finish seemed inevitable. Things would not pan out quite like that, but neither Wild nor her Giant-Shimano team will be upset with the late change to the script.
1 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Team Giant - Shimano | 2:53:33 |
2 | Anna Van Der Breggen (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | 0:00:03 |
3 | Charlotte Becker (Ger) Wiggle Honda | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) RusVelo | 0:00:06 |
5 | Kirsten Wild (Ned) Team Giant - Shimano | 0:00:27 |
6 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Hitec Products | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Emma Johansson (Swe) Orica - AIS | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Olga Zabelinskaya (Rus) RusVelo | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Jolien D'Hoore (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | 0:00:31 |
10 | Melissa Hoskins (Aus) Orica - AIS | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Orica - AIS | 0:00:37 |
12 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Elena Cecchini (Ita) Italy | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Specialized - lululemon | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Hitec Products | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Specialized - lululemon | 0:00:48 |
19 | Liesbeth De Vocht (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | 0:00:59 |
20 | Julia Soek (Ned) Team Giant - Shimano | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Sara Mustonen (Swe) Team Giant - Shimano | 0:01:28 |
22 | Anastasia Chulkova (Rus) RusVelo | 0:10:50 |
23 | Aizan Zhaparova (Rus) RusVelo | 0:10:52 |
24 | Hong Yu Liang (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Audrey Cordon (Fra) Hitec Products | 0:11:57 |
26 | Sarah Roy (Aus) Australia | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Elise Delzenne (Fra) Specialized - lululemon | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) RusVelo | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Elena Kuchinskaia (Rus) RusVelo | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) France | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Dong Yan Huang (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Katrin Garfoot (Aus) Australia | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Celine Van Severen (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Jessie MacLean (Aus) Orica - AIS | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Emilie Moberg (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) France | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Claudia Cretti (Ita) Italy | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Xiaoling Luo (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Pascale Jeuland (Fra) France | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Shelley Olds (USA) Ale Cipollini | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Peta Mullens (Aus) Wiggle Honda | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Michela Pavin (Ita) Ale Cipollini | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Fiona Dutriaux (Fra) France | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Aude Biannic (Fra) France | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) Italy | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Alice Algisi (Ita) Astana Bepink Womens Team | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Béatrice Bartelloni (Ita) Wiggle Honda | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Simona Frapporti (Ita) Astana Bepink Womens Team | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Orica - AIS | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Italy | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Fanny Riberot (Fra) France | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Maaike Polspoel (Bel) Team Giant - Shimano | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Wiggle Honda | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Thea Thorsen (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Romy Kasper (Ger) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Wan Yiu Jamie Wong (HKg) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Ni Man Song (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Thalita De Jong (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Ale Cipollini | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Ale Cipollini | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Chantal Blaak (Ned) Specialized - lululemon | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Wiggle Honda | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Chiara Vannucci (Ita) Italy | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Elena Berlato (Ita) Ale Cipollini | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Marijn De Vries (Ned) Team Giant - Shimano | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Specialized - lululemon | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Louisa Lobigs (Aus) Australia | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Zita Stricker (Ita) Astana Bepink Womens Team | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Yuan Yuan Tian (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Chloe McConville (Aus) Australia | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Gracie Elvin (Aus) Orica - AIS | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Ale Cipollini | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Astana Bepink Womens Team | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Jessica Mundy (Aus) Australia | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Astana Bepink Womens Team | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Maeia Covrig (Ita) Astana Bepink Womens Team | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Roxanne Knetemann (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Emily Roper (Aus) Australia | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Marion Rousse (Fra) Lotto Belisol Ladies | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Tone Hatteland Lima (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Italy | 0:12:06 |
DNF | Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Isabelle Soderberg (Swe) Lotto Belisol Ladies | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anisha Vekemans (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
1 | Kirsten Wild (Ned) Team Giant - Shimano | 3 | pts |
2 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Hitec Products | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Jolien D'Hoore (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Hitec Products | 3 | pts |
2 | Kirsten Wild (Ned) Team Giant - Shimano | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Jolien D'Hoore (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Team Giant - Shimano | 15 | pts |
2 | Anna Van Der Breggen (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | 12 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Charlotte Becker (Ger) Wiggle Honda | 9 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) RusVelo | 7 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Kirsten Wild (Ned) Team Giant - Shimano | 6 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Hitec Products | 5 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Emma Johansson (Swe) Orica - AIS | 4 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Olga Zabelinskaya (Rus) RusVelo | 3 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Jolien D'Hoore (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | 2 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Melissa Hoskins (Aus) Orica - AIS | 1 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
1 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Team Giant - Shimano | 2:53:33 |
2 | Melissa Hoskins (Aus) Orica - AIS | 0:00:31 |
3 | Elena Cecchini (Ita) Italy | 0:00:37 |
4 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) France | 0:11:57 |
5 | Dong Yan Huang (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Celine Van Severen (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Emilie Moberg (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Claudia Cretti (Ita) Italy | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Michela Pavin (Ita) Ale Cipollini | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Aude Biannic (Fra) France | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Alice Algisi (Ita) Astana Bepink Womens Team | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Béatrice Bartelloni (Ita) Wiggle Honda | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Italy | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Thea Thorsen (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Thalita De Jong (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Chiara Vannucci (Ita) Italy | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Zita Stricker (Ita) Astana Bepink Womens Team | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Yuan Yuan Tian (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Jessica Mundy (Aus) Australia | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Astana Bepink Womens Team | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Maeia Covrig (Ita) Astana Bepink Womens Team | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Emily Roper (Aus) Australia | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Marion Rousse (Fra) Lotto Belisol Ladies | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Italy | 0:12:06 |
1 | Team Giant - Shimano | 8:42:05 |
2 | Orica - AIS | 0:00:09 |
3 | RusVelo | 0:09:57 |
4 | Wiggle Honda | 0:11:11 |
5 | Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Hitec Products | 0:11:35 |
7 | Specialized - lululemon | 0:11:56 |
8 | Lotto Belisol Ladies | 0:12:01 |
9 | Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 0:23:05 |
10 | Italy | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | 0:33:20 |
12 | France | 0:34:25 |
13 | Australia | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Ale Cipollini | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Astana Bepink Womens Team | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
1 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Team Giant - Shimano | 5:03:28 |
2 | Kirsten Wild (Ned) Team Giant - Shimano | 0:00:07 |
3 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Hitec Products | 0:00:18 |
4 | Emma Johansson (Swe) Orica - AIS | 0:00:28 |
5 | Jolien D'Hoore (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | 0:00:30 |
6 | Melissa Hoskins (Aus) Orica - AIS | 0:00:31 |
7 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | 0:00:38 |
8 | Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Orica - AIS | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Specialized - lululemon | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Specialized - lululemon | 0:00:49 |
12 | Anna Van Der Breggen (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | 0:00:51 |
13 | Charlotte Becker (Ger) Wiggle Honda | 0:00:53 |
14 | Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) RusVelo | 0:00:56 |
15 | Olga Zabelinskaya (Rus) RusVelo | 0:01:21 |
16 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Hitec Products | 0:01:31 |
17 | Elena Cecchini (Ita) Italy | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Liesbeth De Vocht (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | 0:01:53 |
20 | Julia Soek (Ned) Team Giant - Shimano | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Sara Mustonen (Swe) Team Giant - Shimano | 0:02:22 |
22 | Shelley Olds (USA) Ale Cipollini | 0:11:50 |
23 | Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 0:11:56 |
24 | Pascale Jeuland (Fra) France | 0:11:58 |
25 | Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) Italy | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Ale Cipollini | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Romy Kasper (Ger) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Astana Bepink Womens Team | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Orica - AIS | 0:12:02 |
30 | Chantal Blaak (Ned) Specialized - lululemon | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Elise Delzenne (Fra) Specialized - lululemon | 0:12:51 |
32 | Sarah Roy (Aus) Australia | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Katrin Garfoot (Aus) Australia | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Jessie MacLean (Aus) Orica - AIS | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Fiona Dutriaux (Fra) France | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) France | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Thalita De Jong (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Maaike Polspoel (Bel) Team Giant - Shimano | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Wiggle Honda | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Ale Cipollini | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Marijn De Vries (Ned) Team Giant - Shimano | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Gracie Elvin (Aus) Orica - AIS | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Roxanne Knetemann (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Anastasia Chulkova (Rus) RusVelo | 0:15:21 |
47 | Aizan Zhaparova (Rus) RusVelo | 0:15:23 |
48 | Hong Yu Liang (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Elena Kuchinskaia (Rus) RusVelo | 0:16:28 |
50 | Dong Yan Huang (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) RusVelo | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Emilie Moberg (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) France | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Michela Pavin (Ita) Ale Cipollini | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Xiaoling Luo (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Audrey Cordon (Fra) Hitec Products | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Wan Yiu Jamie Wong (HKg) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Peta Mullens (Aus) Wiggle Honda | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Italy | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Alice Algisi (Ita) Astana Bepink Womens Team | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Thea Thorsen (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Celine Van Severen (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Béatrice Bartelloni (Ita) Wiggle Honda | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Fanny Riberot (Fra) France | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Aude Biannic (Fra) France | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Simona Frapporti (Ita) Astana Bepink Womens Team | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Wiggle Honda | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Specialized - lululemon | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Ni Man Song (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Marion Rousse (Fra) Lotto Belisol Ladies | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Chloe McConville (Aus) Australia | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Ale Cipollini | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Louisa Lobigs (Aus) Australia | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Zita Stricker (Ita) Astana Bepink Womens Team | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Chiara Vannucci (Ita) Italy | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Jessica Mundy (Aus) Australia | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Emily Roper (Aus) Australia | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Astana Bepink Womens Team | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Maeia Covrig (Ita) Astana Bepink Womens Team | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Claudia Cretti (Ita) Italy | 0:17:41 |
82 | Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Italy | 0:17:50 |
83 | Yuan Yuan Tian (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | 0:18:24 |
84 | Tone Hatteland Lima (Nor) Hitec Products | 0:18:32 |
85 | Elena Berlato (Ita) Ale Cipollini | 0:23:11 |
1 | Kirsten Wild (Ned) Team Giant - Shimano | 32 | pts |
2 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Hitec Products | 20 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Team Giant - Shimano | 15 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Shelley Olds (USA) Ale Cipollini | 14 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Anna Van Der Breggen (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | 12 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Jolien D'Hoore (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | 11 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Charlotte Becker (Ger) Wiggle Honda | 9 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 8 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) RusVelo | 7 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Melissa Hoskins (Aus) Orica - AIS | 5 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Pascale Jeuland (Fra) France | 5 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Emma Johansson (Swe) Orica - AIS | 4 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Ale Cipollini | 4 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Olga Zabelinskaya (Rus) RusVelo | 3 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | 2 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Specialized - lululemon | 1 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
1 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Team Giant - Shimano | 5:03:28 |
2 | Melissa Hoskins (Aus) Orica - AIS | 0:00:31 |
3 | Elena Cecchini (Ita) Italy | 0:01:31 |
4 | Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Astana Bepink Womens Team | 0:11:58 |
5 | Thalita De Jong (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | 0:12:51 |
6 | Dong Yan Huang (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | 0:16:28 |
7 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) France | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Emilie Moberg (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Michela Pavin (Ita) Ale Cipollini | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Italy | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Alice Algisi (Ita) Astana Bepink Womens Team | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Thea Thorsen (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Béatrice Bartelloni (Ita) Wiggle Honda | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Celine Van Severen (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Aude Biannic (Fra) France | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Marion Rousse (Fra) Lotto Belisol Ladies | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Zita Stricker (Ita) Astana Bepink Womens Team | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Jessica Mundy (Aus) Australia | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Chiara Vannucci (Ita) Italy | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Emily Roper (Aus) Australia | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Maeia Covrig (Ita) Astana Bepink Womens Team | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Claudia Cretti (Ita) Italy | 0:17:41 |
23 | Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Italy | 0:17:50 |
24 | Yuan Yuan Tian (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | 0:18:24 |
1 | Orica - AIS | 15:12:02 |
2 | Team Giant - Shimano | 0:00:53 |
3 | Specialized - lululemon | 0:11:51 |
4 | Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | 0:12:48 |
5 | Wiggle Honda | 0:13:41 |
6 | RusVelo | 0:16:00 |
7 | Hitec Products | 0:16:49 |
8 | Lotto Belisol Ladies | 0:17:15 |
9 | Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 0:22:56 |
10 | Italy | 0:28:19 |
11 | Ale Cipollini | 0:35:09 |
12 | France | 0:36:02 |
13 | Australia | 0:40:32 |
14 | Astana Bepink Womens Team | 0:43:16 |
15 | China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | 0:46:41 |
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Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.
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Team appears more united and 'getting under control' after week together at 'November Camp' -
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Superprestige Niel: Laurens Sweeck wins Monday mudfest
Orts second and Vandeputte third in Armistice Day race