Sunweb dominate Madrid Challenge team time trial
Wiggle High5 and Mitchelton-Scott on podium, Kirchmann race leader
Team Sunweb won the stage 1 team time trial at the Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta. The World TTT champions lived up to their pedigree and covered the 12.6 km course in 17:40 minutes, winning ahead of Wiggle High5 and Mitchelton-Scott. Leah Kirchmann is the race leader ahead of Sunday's 100.3 km criterium in Madrid.
The Madrid suburb of Boadilla del Monte that hosted the team time trial is home to the Spanish headquarters of race sponsor WNT. Starting and finishing at the 18th-century Palacio del Infante Don Luis, the 12.6-kilometre course was relatively technical with nine roundabouts that were all passed two or even three times.
WNT-Rotor started third and were the first team to finish in under twenty minutes, stopping the clock at 19:23 minutes. One after another, Doltcini-Van Eyck, Parkhotel Valkenburg, and FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope took further seconds off the best time, and Cogeas-Mettler were the first to go below nineteen minutes in 18:50 minutes.
Despite starting short-handed with only five riders, BTC City Ljubljana could beat this time, finishing in 18:32 minutes. Wiggle High5 went even better, breaking the 18-minute barrier in 17:58 minutes and taking the lead. Only Team Sunweb could beat this, finishing in 17:40 minutes to take first place. Mitchelton-Scott were the last team on the course, their 18:26 minutes were good for third place.
Leah Kirchmann led the Sunweb squad over the finish line and will wear the purple jersey of the race leader on stage 2. “Honestly, it was not our best team time trial. We made quite a few mistakes, and we were down to four riders quite early. But we still held it together and rode quite a fast race in the end.”
The Madrid Challenge ends with a 17-lap criterium on a 5.9-kilometre circuit on the Paseo boulevards on Sunday 16 September.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Team Sunweb | 0:17:40 |
2 | Wiggle High5 | 0:00:18 |
3 | Mitchelton Scott | 0:00:46 |
4 | BTC City Ljubljana | 0:00:52 |
5 | Cogeas - Mettler Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:10 |
6 | Valcar PBM | 0:01:14 |
7 | Movistar Team Women | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | FDJ Nouvelle - Aquitaine Futuroscope | 0:01:22 |
9 | Parkhotel Valkenburg | 0:01:24 |
10 | Ale Cipollini | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Cylance Pro Cycling | 0:01:27 |
12 | Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport Uci Women Cycling | 0:01:39 |
13 | WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:43 |
14 | Hitec Products - Birk Sport | 0:01:47 |
15 | Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:01:54 |
16 | Bizkaia Durango - Euskadi Murias | 0:02:22 |
17 | Sopela Women's Team | 0:02:34 |
18 | Spain | 0:02:43 |
19 | Bepink | 0:02:59 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb Women | 0:17:40 |
2 | Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb Women | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Liane Lippert (Ger) Team Sunweb Women | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Wiggle High5 | 0:00:18 |
6 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Wiggle High5 | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Wiggle High5 | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Kirsten Wild (Ned) Wiggle High5 | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Gracie Elvin (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women | 0:00:46 |
11 | Jolien D'Hoore (Bel) Mitchelton Scott Women | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Alexandra Manly (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Annette Edmondson (Aus) Wiggle High5 | 0:00:52 |
15 | Polona Batagelj (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Maaike Boogaard (Ned) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Anastasiia Iakovenko (Rus) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Corinna Lechner (Ger) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Olga Zabelinskaya (Rus) Cogeas | 0:01:10 |
21 | Maria Novolodskaya (Rus) Cogeas | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Antri Christoforou (Cyp) Cogeas | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Gulnaz Badykova (Rus) Cogeas | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Valcar PBM | 0:01:14 |
25 | Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Valcar PBM | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar PBM | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Valcar PBM | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Movistar Team Women | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Gloria Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Lourdes Oyarbide (Spa) Movistar Team Women | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Coralie Demay (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 0:01:22 |
33 | Rozanne Slik (Ned) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | 0:01:24 |
37 | Natalie Van Gogh (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Ilona Hoeksma (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Meike Uiterwijk Winkel (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Ale Cipollini | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale Cipollini | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Soraya Paladin (Ita) Ale Cipollini | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | 0:01:26 |
45 | Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling | 0:01:27 |
47 | Jelena Eric (Srb) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Rossella Ratto (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Sarah Inghelbrecht (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | 0:01:39 |
51 | Pascale Jeuland (Fra) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Daniela Reis (Por) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Kelly Markus (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Bryony van Velzen (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | 0:01:41 |
55 | Winanda Spoor (Ned) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:43 |
56 | Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Anna Badegruber (Aut) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Aafke Soet (Ned) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 0:01:44 |
60 | Charlotte Becker (Ger) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | 0:01:47 |
61 | Simona Frapporti (Ita) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Julie Solvang (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Annelies Dom (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:01:54 |
65 | Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Marjolein van 'T Geloof (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Alana Castrique (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Georgia Williams (NZl) Mitchelton Scott Women | 0:02:02 |
69 | Danielle Christmas (GBr) Bizkaia Durango-Euskadi Murias | 0:02:22 |
70 | Lucia Gonzalez (Spa) Bizkaia Durango-Euskadi Murias | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Henrietta Colborne (GBr) Bizkaia Durango-Euskadi Murias | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Sandra Alonso (Spa) Bizkaia Durango-Euskadi Murias | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Ale Cipollini | 0:02:32 |
74 | Sara Martin (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | 0:02:34 |
75 | Isabel Ferreres Navarro (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Iurani Blanco Calbet (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Sofia Rodriguez (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Ariadna Trias (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Paula Diaz Lopez (Spa) Spain | 0:02:43 |
80 | Eukene Larrarte Artega (Spa) Spain | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Ana Usabiaga Balerdi (Spa) Spain | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Paula Sanmartin (Spa) Servetto-Stradalli Cycle-Alurecycling | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 0:02:52 |
84 | Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar PBM | 0:02:54 |
85 | Jessica Allen (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women | 0:02:58 |
86 | Nicole Steigenga (Ned) BePink | 0:02:59 |
87 | Francesca Pattaro (Ita) BePink | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Lisa Morzenti (Ita) BePink | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Eyerusalem Kelil (Eth) BePink | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Alicia Gonzalez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 0:03:00 |
91 | Pernille Mathiesen (Den) Team Sunweb Women | 0:03:22 |
92 | Ainara Elbusto Arteaga (Spa) Bizkaia Durango | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Isabel Martin Martin (Spa) Spain | 0:03:25 |
94 | Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar PBM | 0:03:29 |
95 | Nina Kessler (Ned) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | 0:03:30 |
96 | Saartje Vandenbroucke (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | 0:03:42 |
97 | Chantal Hoffmann (Lux) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:03:46 |
98 | Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | 0:04:05 |
99 | Alba Teruel (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 0:04:11 |
100 | Miriam Gardachal (Spa) Bizkaia Durango-Euskadi Murias | 0:04:13 |
101 | Maria Martins (Por) Sopela Women's Team | 0:04:30 |
102 | Evgenia Augustinas (Rus) Cogeas | 0:05:19 |
103 | Elizaveta Oshurkova (Rus) Cogeas | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Irene Usabiaga Balerdi (Spa) Spain | 0:05:51 |
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Lukas Knöfler started working in cycling communications in 2013 and has seen the inside of the scene from many angles. Having worked as press officer for teams and races and written for several online and print publications, he has been Cyclingnews’ Women’s WorldTour correspondent since 2018.
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