Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta: Lorena Wiebes wins stage 1
Team Sunweb rider beats Balsamo and Brennauer to take race lead
Lorena Wiebes (Team Sunweb) won stage 1 of Ceratizit Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta, using her sprint and power to dominate the uphill finish in Escalona.
Wiebes beat Elisa Balsamo (Valcar-Travel & Service) and Lisa Brennauer (Ceratizit-WNT) to the line after a fast race and a brief suspension of the action after the race was sent the wrong way.
Wiebes will now defend the leader's red jersey in Saturday's 9.3km time trial around Boadilla del Monte.
“Today was a fast race and the second half was both headwind and crosswind, which made it nervous,” Wiebes said after the stage. “The team did an amazing job to keep me out of the wind all the time and we had lots of cards to play today depending on how the race went.
"In the end, it ended up in a bunch sprint and we were all there in the final where we all did our best to keep me in a good position towards the climb. It was a really hard finale and I’m happy that I could finish it off in a good way with the win today.”
How it unfolded
For the first time in the race’s six-year history, the Madrid Challenge consisted of three stages. The first day saw the peloton tackle 82.9km from to the Castle-Palace of Escalona after an uphill finish. The stage was not broadcast live on television.
With strong winds pushing the riders along, the stage was run at high speed, and there were no attacks until 55km to go when Mireia Benito (Massi-Tactic) went away alone.
Benito established a 40-second gap, but the race then had to be stopped when both she and the chasing peloton were led off course.
After the re-start, Benito continued to lead alone until she was stopped by a front wheel puncture some 35km from the finish.
Elisabet Escursell (Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte) and Silvia Valsecchi (BePink) launched a breakaway around the 20-kilometre mark but were quickly caught. With 11km to go, Malgorzata Jasinska (Cronos Casa Dorada) was the next to attack. She quickly pulled out a gap of 30 seconds before the peloton realised the danger and reeled her in again seven kilometres from the line.
The race stayed together in the final kilometres, setting up an uphill sprint where Wiebes was the strongest after making a huge effort.
Elisa Balsamo (Valcar-Travel & Service) and Lisa Brennauer (Ceratizit-WNT) finished second third but were more than a bike length behind her.
It was Wiebes’ second Women’s WorldTour race in a row after the Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne.
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 2:00:16 |
2 | Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
3 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | |
4 | Jelena Eric (Srb) Movistar Team Women | |
5 | Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-Sram Racing | 0:00:03 |
6 | Silvia Zanardi (Ita) Bepink | 0:00:04 |
7 | Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon-Sram Racing | |
8 | Laura Asencio (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | |
9 | Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
10 | Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
11 | Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo Women | |
12 | Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women | |
13 | Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
14 | Lucy Van der Haar (GBr) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | |
15 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women | |
16 | Eugenia Bujak (Slo) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
17 | Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo Women | |
18 | Giorgia Catarzi (Ita) Bepink | |
19 | Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | |
20 | Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb Women | |
21 | Minke Bakker (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | |
22 | Elizabeth Holden (GBr) Bizkaia-Durango | |
23 | Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
24 | Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women | |
25 | Susana Perez Conejero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | |
26 | Camilla Alessio (Ita) Bepink | |
27 | Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | |
28 | Maaike Boogaard (Ned) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
29 | Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Cronos-Casa Dorada | |
30 | Christa Riffel (Ger) Canyon-Sram Racing | |
31 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | |
32 | Liane Lippert (Ger) Team Sunweb Women | |
33 | Julie Leth (Den) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | |
34 | Sandra Alonso Dominguez (Spa) Cronos-Casa Dorada | |
35 | Urska Pintar (Slo) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
36 | Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
37 | Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Canyon-Sram Racing | |
38 | Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Canyon-Sram Racing | |
39 | Georgia Williams (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
40 | Emilie Fortin (Can) Bizkaia-Durango | |
41 | Rachel Neylan (Aus) Cronos-Casa Dorada | |
42 | Simona Frapporti (Ita) Bepink | |
43 | Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
44 | Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-Sram Racing | |
45 | Julia Soek (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | |
46 | Marieke de Groot (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | |
47 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Bepink | |
48 | Mireia Trias Jordan (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
49 | Belen Lopez Morales (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
50 | Nicole Hanselmann (Swi) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | |
51 | Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
52 | Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Cronos-Casa Dorada | |
53 | Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
54 | Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
55 | Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Movistar Team Women | |
56 | Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
57 | Sarah Rijkes (Aut) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | |
58 | Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | |
59 | Mieke Kröger (Ger) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | |
60 | Jessica Allen (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
61 | Jessica Roberts (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
62 | Vita Heine (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | |
63 | Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
64 | Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
65 | Janneke Ensing (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
66 | Paula Diaz Lopez (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | 0:03:35 |
67 | Claire Steels (GBr) Sopela Women's Team | 0:05:55 |
68 | Carolina Esteban Fernandez (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | |
69 | Lydia Iglesias Bares (Spa) Cronos-Casa Dorada | 0:05:57 |
70 | Vania Canvelli (Ita) Bepink | |
71 | Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
72 | Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
73 | Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
74 | Emma Ortiz Bonilla (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | 0:06:21 |
75 | Martina Moreno (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team | 0:09:13 |
76 | Ariana Gilabert Vilaplana (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango | |
77 | Patricia Ortega Ruiz (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
78 | Laura Tenorio ((Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | 0:09:21 |
79 | Elisabet Escursell Valero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | 0:00:04 |
DNF | Iurani Blanco Calbet (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango | |
DNF | Martin Gjøs (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | |
DNF | Naia Amondarain Gaztañaga (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | |
DNF | Maria Banlles Santamaria (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | |
DNS | Wilma Olausson (Swe) Team Sunweb Women |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 5 |
2 | Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | 4 |
3 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | 3 |
4 | Jelena Eric (Srb) Movistar Team Women | 2 |
5 | Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-Sram Racing | 1 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 2:00:16 |
2 | Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
3 | Jelena Eric (Srb) Movistar Team Women | |
4 | Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-Sram Racing | 0:00:03 |
5 | Silvia Zanardi (Ita) Bepink | 0:00:04 |
6 | Laura Asencio (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | |
7 | Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
8 | Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women | |
9 | Giorgia Catarzi (Ita) Bepink | |
10 | Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | |
11 | Minke Bakker (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | |
12 | Elizabeth Holden (GBr) Bizkaia-Durango | |
13 | Susana Perez Conejero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | |
14 | Camilla Alessio (Ita) Bepink | |
15 | Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | |
16 | Maaike Boogaard (Ned) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
17 | Christa Riffel (Ger) Canyon-Sram Racing | |
18 | Liane Lippert (Ger) Team Sunweb Women | |
19 | Sandra Alonso Dominguez (Spa) Cronos-Casa Dorada | |
20 | Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Canyon-Sram Racing | |
21 | Emilie Fortin (Can) Bizkaia-Durango | |
22 | Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-Sram Racing | |
23 | Mireia Trias Jordan (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
24 | Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
25 | Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Cronos-Casa Dorada | |
26 | Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
27 | Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
28 | Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
29 | Jessica Roberts (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
30 | Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
31 | Paula Diaz Lopez (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | 0:03:35 |
32 | Carolina Esteban Fernandez (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | 0:05:55 |
33 | Lydia Iglesias Bares (Spa) Cronos-Casa Dorada | 0:05:57 |
34 | Vania Canvelli (Ita) Bepink | |
35 | Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
36 | Emma Ortiz Bonilla (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | 0:06:21 |
37 | Martina Moreno (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team | 0:09:13 |
38 | Ariana Gilabert Vilaplana (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango | |
39 | Laura Tenorio ((Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | 0:09:21 |
40 | Elisabet Escursell Valero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | 0:00:04 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Ceratizit-WNT Pro | 6:00:56 |
2 | Team Sunweb Women | |
3 | Valcar-Travel & Service | |
4 | Movistar Team Women | |
5 | Canyon-Sram Racing | 0:00:03 |
6 | Trek--Segafredo Women | 0:00:04 |
7 | Bepink | |
8 | Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
9 | Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
10 | Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | |
11 | Cronos-Casa Dorada | |
12 | Hitec Products-Birk Sport | |
13 | Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | 0:03:35 |
14 | Massi Tactic Women Team | 0:05:57 |
15 | Bizkaia-Durango | 0:09:13 |
16 | Sopela Women's Team | 0:12:12 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 2:00:01 |
2 | Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | 0:00:05 |
3 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | 0:00:10 |
4 | Jelena Eric (Srb) Movistar Team Women | 0:00:15 |
5 | Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-Sram Racing | 0:00:18 |
6 | Silvia Zanardi (Ita) Bepink | 0:00:19 |
7 | Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon-Sram Racing | |
8 | Laura Asencio (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | |
9 | Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
10 | Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
11 | Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo Women | |
12 | Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women | |
13 | Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
14 | Lucy Van der Haar (GBr) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | |
15 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women | |
16 | Eugenia Bujak (Slo) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
17 | Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo Women | |
18 | Giorgia Catarzi (Ita) Bepink | |
19 | Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | |
20 | Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb Women | |
21 | Minke Bakker (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | |
22 | Elizabeth Holden (GBr) Bizkaia-Durango | |
23 | Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
24 | Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women | |
25 | Susana Perez Conejero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | |
26 | Camilla Alessio (Ita) Bepink | |
27 | Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | |
28 | Maaike Boogaard (Ned) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
29 | Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Cronos-Casa Dorada | |
30 | Christa Riffel (Ger) Canyon-Sram Racing | |
31 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | |
32 | Liane Lippert (Ger) Team Sunweb Women | |
33 | Julie Leth (Den) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | |
34 | Sandra Alonso Dominguez (Spa) Cronos-Casa Dorada | |
35 | Urska Pintar (Slo) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
36 | Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
37 | Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Canyon-Sram Racing | |
38 | Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Canyon-Sram Racing | |
39 | Georgia Williams (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
40 | Emilie Fortin (Can) Bizkaia-Durango | |
41 | Rachel Neylan (Aus) Cronos-Casa Dorada | |
42 | Simona Frapporti (Ita) Bepink | |
43 | Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
44 | Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-Sram Racing | |
45 | Julia Soek (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | |
46 | Marieke de Groot (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | |
47 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Bepink | |
48 | Mireia Trias Jordan (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
49 | Belen Lopez Morales (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
50 | Nicole Hanselmann (Swi) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | |
51 | Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
52 | Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Cronos-Casa Dorada | |
53 | Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
54 | Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
55 | Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Movistar Team Women | |
56 | Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
57 | Sarah Rijkes (Aut) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | |
58 | Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | |
59 | Mieke Kröger (Ger) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | |
60 | Jessica Allen (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
61 | Jessica Roberts (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
62 | Vita Heine (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | |
63 | Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
64 | Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
65 | Janneke Ensing (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
66 | Elisabet Escursell Valero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | |
67 | Paula Diaz Lopez (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | 0:03:50 |
68 | Claire Steels (GBr) Sopela Women's Team | 0:06:10 |
69 | Carolina Esteban Fernandez (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | |
70 | Lydia Iglesias Bares (Spa) Cronos-Casa Dorada | 0:06:12 |
71 | Vania Canvelli (Ita) Bepink | |
72 | Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
73 | Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
74 | Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
75 | Emma Ortiz Bonilla (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | 0:06:36 |
76 | Martina Moreno (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team | 0:09:28 |
77 | Ariana Gilabert Vilaplana (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango | |
78 | Patricia Ortega Ruiz (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
79 | Laura Tenorio ((Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | 0:09:36 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 5 |
2 | Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | 4 |
3 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro | 3 |
4 | Jelena Eric (Srb) Movistar Team Women | 2 |
5 | Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-Sram Racing | 1 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Ceratizit-WNT Pro | 6:00:56 |
2 | Team Sunweb Women | |
3 | Valcar-Travel & Service | |
4 | Movistar Team Women | |
5 | Canyon-Sram Racing | 0:00:03 |
6 | Trek--Segafredo Women | 0:00:04 |
7 | Bepink | |
8 | Mitchelton-Scott Women | |
9 | Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
10 | Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | |
11 | Cronos-Casa Dorada | |
12 | Hitec Products-Birk Sport | |
13 | Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte | 0:03:35 |
14 | Massi Tactic Women Team | 0:05:57 |
15 | Bizkaia-Durango | 0:09:13 |
16 | Sopela Women's Team | 0:12:12 |
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