Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta 2017: Results

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Jolien D'Hoore wins La Madrid Challenge ahead of Coryn Rivera and Roxane Fournier (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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The peloton in action at La Madrid Challenge (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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The women's peloton in Madrid (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Elise Delzenne (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Trine Schmidt (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Charlotte Bravard (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Malgorzata Jasinska takes a late-race flyer at La Madrid Challenge (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Elise Delzenne on the attack at La Madrid Challenge (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Jolien D'hoore in the bunch during La Madrid Challenge (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Photo time for Jolien D'hoore at La Madrid Challenge (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Jolien d'Hoore (Wiggle-High5) at the team bus after it was confirmed she won the stage (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Rivera, D'Hoore and Fournier on the la Madrid Challenge podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Jolien D'Hoore on the la Madrid Challenge podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Coryn Rivera on the la Madrid Challenge podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Roxane Fournier on the la Madrid Challenge podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Emilie Moberg on the la Madrid Challenge podium as the points classification winner (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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The podium from La Madrid Challenge (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Jolien D'hoore (Wiggle-High5) won the final round of the Women's WorldTour, beating Coryn Rivera (Team Sunweb) in a close-run sprint at the Madrid Challenge. Roxanne Fournier (FDJ) was the only rider to come close to the pair, taking the final podium spot with a strong ride.

D'hoore boosts morale for Worlds with Madrid Challenge win

"It means a lot. It was the last race of the year it was also WorldTour and I won it last year so I really wanted to do it again. I'm really happy that I could do it," D'hoore said after the race.

The defending champion, D'hoore had to come from a long way back, navigating one of Rivera's lead out riders before she could launch her sprint. Once she was in full flight, there was little to stop D'hoore adding her second straight win at the one-day race.

The peloton arrived at the Plaza Cibeles intact after catching a move from Janneke Ensing (Ale Cipollini) on the finale lap. Ale Cipollini kept to the fore as they tried to set up their sprinter Chloe Hosking, but the Australian's leadout train disappeared quickly in the run to the line.

Sunweb took up where Ale Cipollini left off, with two riders remaining to support Rivera, a winner at four WorldTour events already. Rivera put her head into the wind with 150 metres remaining, while Fournier took a longer run up the left hand side of the road.

D'hoore was initially caught on the right but expertly negotiated the slowing Sunweb rider to take a run up the middle of Fournier and Rivera. From the front it looked like it might be a photo finish but an overhead shot showed that she had beaten Rivera by a wheel's length. It is D'hoore's third win in the last week after two stage victories at the Lotto Belgium Tour.

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jolien D'hoore (Bel) Wiggle High5	2:02:31
2	Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb
3	Roxane Fournier (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope
4	Eugenia Bujak (Pol) BTC City Ljubljana
5	Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Cylance Pro Cycling
6	Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle High5
7	Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini
8	Susanne Andersen (Nor) Hitec Products
9	Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb
10	Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Lointek
11	Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
12	Eileen Roe (GBr) Team WNT Pro Cycling
13	Sarah Inghelbrecht (Bel) Lares - Waowdeals Women Cycling Team
14	Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek
15	Mia Radotic (Cro) BTC City Ljubljana
16	Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope
17	Demi De Jong (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg - Destil Cycling Team
18	Polona Batagelj (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana	0:00:05
19	Rebecca Durrell (GBr) Drops
20	Katia Ragusa (Ita) Bepink Cogeas
21	Chanella Stougje (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg - Destil Cycling Team
22	Hayley Jones (GBr) Team WNT Pro Cycling
23	Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango	0:00:08
24	Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb	0:00:09
25	Anna Zita Maria Stricker (Ita) BTC City Ljubljana
26	Abby-Mae Parkinson (GBr) Drops
27	Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale Cipollini
28	Abigail Van Twisk (GBr) Drops
29	Nathalie Bex (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Guill D'or
30	Jelena Eric (Srb) BTC City Ljubljana
31	Lucy Shaw (GBr) Drops
32	Iris Sachet (Fra) Sas - Macogep
33	Natalie Van Gogh (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg - Destil Cycling Team
34	Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb
35	Špela Kern (Slo) Bizkaia - Durango
36	Daniela Reis (Por) Lares - Waowdeals Women Cycling Team
37	Annelies Dom (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
38	Mieke Docx (Bel) Lares - Waowdeals Women Cycling Team	0:00:17
39	Maaike Boogaard (Ned) BTC City Ljubljana	0:00:18
40	Charlotte Becker (Ger) Hitec Products
41	Veronique Bilodeau (Can) Sas - Macogep
42	Frédérique Larose-Gingras (Can) Sas - Macogep
43	Irena Ossola (USA) Sas - Macogep	0:00:20
44	Romy Kasper (Ger) Ale Cipollini
45	Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek
46	Rossella Ratto (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling
47	Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale Cipollini	0:00:24
48	Ana Usabiaga Balerdi (Spa) Spain	0:00:28
49	Ariadna Trias Jordan (Spa) Lointek	0:00:30
50	Nina Kessler (Ned) Hitec Products	0:00:32
51	Julie Leth (Den) Wiggle High5
52	Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5
53	Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Wiggle High5
54	Sandra Alonso Dominguez (Spa) Spain
55	Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling
56	Aude Biannic (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope	0:00:39
57	Kelly Druyts (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Guill D'or	0:00:44
58	Kelly Van Den Steen (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Guill D'or
59	Juliette Labous (Fra) Team Sunweb
60	Julia Soek (Ned) Team Sunweb
61	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg - Destil Cycling Team	0:00:53
62	Gabriella Shaw (GBr) Team WNT Pro Cycling
63	Demmy Druyts (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Guill D'or
64	Ainara Elbusto Arteaga (Spa) Spain
65	Cristina Martinez Bonafe (Spa) Lointek
66	Ane Iriarte Lasa (Spa) Spain
67	Thalita De Jong (Ned) Lares - Waowdeals Women Cycling Team
68	Charlotte Bravard (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope
69	Pauline Allin (Fra) Sas - Macogep
70	Lenny Druyts (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Guill D'or
71	Emma Bedard (Can) Sas - Macogep
72	Elizabeth Holden (GBr) Drops
73	Teresa Ripoll Sabate (Spa) Spain
74	Miho Yoshikawa (Jpn) Bizkaia - Durango
75	Line Marie Gulliksen (Nor) Hitec Products
76	Trine Schmidt (Den) Lotto Soudal Ladies
77	Annabel Simpson (GBr) Drops
78	Elise Delzenne (Fra) Lotto Soudal Ladies
79	Chantal Hoffmann (Lux) Lotto Soudal Ladies
80	Francesca Pattaro (Ita) Bepink Cogeas
81	Saartje Vandenbroucke (Bel) Lares - Waowdeals Women Cycling Team
82	Coralie Demay (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope
83	Roxane Knetemann (Ned) FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope
84	Beatriu Gomez Franquet (Spa) Lointek	0:01:13
85	Emilie Moberg (Nor) Hitec Products	0:01:33
86	Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Bepink Cogeas
87	Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:01:46
88	Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:01:57
89	Rachele Barbieri (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:02:19
DNF	Soraya Paladin (Ita) Ale Cipollini
DNF	Simona Frapporti (Ita) Hitec Products
DNF	Tereza Medvedova (Svk) Bepink Cogeas
DNF	Fenna Vanhoutte (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
DNF	Lotte Van Hoek (Ned) Lares - Waowdeals Women Cycling Team
DNF	Vera Adrian (Nam) Bizkaia - Durango
DNF	Paola Andrea Muñoz Grandon (Chi) Bizkaia - Durango
DNF	Hannah Walker (GBr) Team WNT Pro Cycling
DNF	Rebecca Carter (GBr) Team WNT Pro Cycling
DNF	Jessy Druyts (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Guill D'or
DNF	Miriam Gardachal Bozal (Spa) Spain