Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen wins opening stage at Setmana Ciclista Valenciana

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Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen (Katusha-Bigla) wins stage 1 at Setmana Ciclista Valenciana (Image credit: Setmana Ciclista Valenciana)

Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen (Bigla-Katusha) won the opening stage at the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana on Thursday. The Danish rider was part of a reduced group that came to the line and she took the win ahead of Arlenis Sierra (Astana Women's Team) and Jip Van den Bos (Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam).

Norsgaard Jørgensen has secured the first leader's jersey of the four-day race.

The first stage offered the peloton a 103km race from Gandia to Cullera. The first 30km was hilly with a category 3 climb over Alto Beniganim before the field descended onto the flatter roads during the last half of the race.

The main field was all together with 20km remaining but several crashes marred the final 15km.

In the end, a group of 13 riders were at the head of the race and held a gap with just 2km to the finish line where Norsgaard Jørgensen won the sprint in Cullera.

The racing will continue on Friday with stage 2's 126km from Agost to Finestrat.

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Full Results
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Emma Cecilie Norsgaard Jørgensen (Den) Bigla-Katusha	2:39:47
2	Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Astana Women's Team
3	Jip Van den Bos (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
4	Michela Balducci (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano
5	Sofia Rodriguez Revert (Spa) Sopela Women's Team
6	Anna Van der Breggen (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
7	Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Spain
8	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
9	Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Bigla-Katusha
10	Elise Chabbey (Swi) Bigla-Katusha
11	Laura Tomasi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
12	Katia Ragusa (Ita) Astana Women's Team
13	Lizbeth Yareli Salazar Vazquez (Mex) Astana Women's Team	0:00:05
14	Olga Shekel (Ukr) Astana Women's Team	0:00:19
15	Abby-Mae Parkinson (GBr) Lotto Soudal Ladies
16	Demi Vollering (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:00:34
17	Gladys Verhulst (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
18	Nina Buijsman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
19	Skylar Schneider (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
20	Emilie Moberg (Nor) Drops
21	Maryna Ivaniuk (Ukr) Astana Women's Team
22	Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) Ceratizit-WNT Pro
23	Minke Bakker (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
24	Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies
25	Kata Blanka Vas (Hun) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
26	Sophie Wright (GBr) Bigla-Katusha
27	Marlen Reusser (Swi) Bigla-Katusha
28	Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro
29	Alessia Bulleri (Ita) Eneicat Woman's Team
30	Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Spain
31	Leah Thomas (USA) Bigla-Katusha
32	Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
33	Sara Penton (Swe) Drops
34	Jo Tindley (GBr) Cams-Tifosi
35	Rebecca Durrell (GBr) Cams-Tifosi
36	Natalie Grinczer (GBr) Cams-Tifosi
37	Hanna Nilsson (Swe) Parkhotel Valkenburg
38	Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro
39	Lucie Jounier (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
40	Elena Pirrone (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
41	Erica Magnaldi (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro
42	Mieke Docx (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
43	Debora Silvestri (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
44	Laura Van Regenmortel (Ned) Biehler Krush Pro Cycling
45	Susana Perez Conejero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
46	Birgitte Ravndal (Nor) Norway
47	Stine Borgli (Nor) Norway
48	Iurani Blanco Calbet (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
49	Cathalijne Hoolwerf (Ned) NXTG Racing
50	Lauren Creamer (Irl) Massi Tactic Women Team
51	Iris Monticolo (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
52	Eva Buurman (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
53	Fatima Zahra el Hayani (Mar) Team Arkea-Samsic
54	Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
55	Omer Shapira (Isr) Israel
56	Giorgia Bariani (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
57	Gabriella Shaw (GBr) Cams-Tifosi
58	Eider Merino Cortazar (Spa) Spain
59	Typhaine Laurance (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
60	Vita Heine (Nor) Norway
61	Quinty Ton (Ned) Biehler Krush Pro Cycling
62	Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Spain
63	Elisabet Escursell Valero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
64	Nadine Michaela Gill (Ger) Belori Vipeq Team
65	Jessica Finney (GBr) Cams-Tifosi
66	Margarita Victoria Garcia Cañellas (Spa) Spain
67	Letizia Borghesi (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano
68	Lija Laizane (Lat) Eneicat Woman's Team
69	Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
70	Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Norway
71	Marieke Van Witzenburg (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
72	Greta Marturano (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
73	Julie Solvang (Nor) Norway
74	Elizabeth Holden (GBr) Bizkaia-Durango
75	Joscelin Lowden (GBr) Drops
76	Katharine Hall (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
77	Vibeke Lystad (Nor) Norway
78	Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
79	Silvia Magri (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
80	Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Israel
81	Cristina Martinez Bonafe (Spa) Spain
82	Lone Meertens (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
83	Alana Castrique (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
84	Roni Fishman (Isr) Israel
85	Marta Romeu Solaz (Spa) VIB-Natural Greatness
86	Irene Mendez Melgarejo (Spa) Spain
87	Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) Massi Tactic Women Team
88	Pauline Allin (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
89	Maria Apolonia Van 't Geloof (Ned) Drops
90	Julie Van de Velde (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
91	Antri Christoforou (Cyp) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
92	Juliet Wolfe (Irl) Belori Vipeq Team
93	Nicole Hanselmann (Swi) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
94	Aroa Gorostiza Ulloa (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
95	Rozemarijn Ammerlaan (Ned) NXTG Racing
96	Agua Marina Espinola (Par) Massi Tactic Women Team	0:00:49
97	Julia Borgström (Swe) NXTG Racing
98	Somayeh Yazdani (IRI) VIB-Natural Greatness
99	Emelie Røe Utvik (Nor) Norway	0:00:54
100	Yeima Torres Beltran (Cub) Astana Women's Team
101	Nienke Wasmus (Ned) Biehler Krush Pro Cycling	0:01:02
102	Mireia Trias Jordan (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team
103	Charlotte Kool (Ned) NXTG Racing	0:01:03
104	Jennifer Powell (GBr) Cams-Tifosi	0:01:05
105	Claire Steels (GBr) Sopela Women's Team
106	Anouska Koster (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
107	Anna Baidak (Rus) Eneicat Woman's Team
108	Henrietta Colborne (GBr) Biehler Krush Pro Cycling
109	Inez Beijer (Ned) Biehler Krush Pro Cycling
110	Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
111	Carla Oberholzer (RSA) Bizkaia-Durango
112	Nicole D'Agostin (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano	0:01:08
113	Ariadna Trias Jordan (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team
114	Emily Meakin (GBr) Drops
115	Roos Hoogeboom (Ned) Biehler Krush Pro Cycling
116	Emily Wadsworth (GBr) NXTG Racing
117	Jennifer Tatiana Ducuara Acevedo (Col) VIB-Natural Greatness
118	Britt Knaven (Bel) NXTG Racing
119	Ariana Gilabert Vilaplana (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
120	Elizabeth Bennett (GBr) Drops
121	Maria De Los Angeles Medina Gonzalez (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
122	Anastasiia Pliaskina (Rus) Eneicat Woman's Team
123	Eva Jonkers (Ned) NXTG Racing
124	Sarah Rijkes (Aut) Ceratizit-WNT Pro
125	Emma Ortiz Bonilla (Spa) Sopela Women's Team	0:01:24
126	Elizabeth Banks (GBr) Bigla-Katusha	0:01:40
127	Teniel Campbell (Tto) Valcar-Travel & Service	0:01:45
128	Carolina Esteban Fernandez (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
129	Paula Sanmartin Rodriguez (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
130	Isabel Martin Martin (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team	0:01:50
131	Shanni Berger (Isr) Israel	0:01:55
132	Camila Ayala Mussard (Arg) Belori Vipeq Team
133	Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:02:02
134	Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Eneicat Woman's Team	0:02:05
135	Gali Weinberg (Isr) Israel	0:02:18
136	Senna Feron (Ned) Biehler Krush Pro Cycling
137	Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Lotto Soudal Ladies
138	Maria Banlles Santamaria (Spa) Sopela Women's Team	0:02:47
139	Gaia Masetti (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	0:03:02
140	Elisa Dalla Valle (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
141	Nerea Nuño Iglesias (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team	0:04:06
142	Coralie Houdin (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
143	Maria del Pilar Jimenez Martinez (Spa) VIB-Natural Greatness	0:04:25
144	Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano
145	Angelica Brogi (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano
146	Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies	0:04:45
147	Romy Kasper (Ger) Parkhotel Valkenburg
148	Eukene Larrarte Arteaga (Spa) Eneicat Woman's Team	0:05:59
149	Elena Perez Muñoz (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte	0:06:30
150	Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro
151	Laura Asencio (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT Pro	0:07:59
152	Illi Gardner (GBr) Cams-Tifosi	0:13:41
153	Finja Smekal (Ger) Drops	0:17:24
154	Avital Gez (Isr) Israel
155	Sara Bonillo Talens (Spa) Belori Vipeq Team
156	Gemma Sernissi (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano
157	Sofia Barriguete Rodriguez (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
OTL	Livia dos Santos Fabaro (Bra) Belori Vipeq Team	0:26:35
OTL	Alexandra Moreno Roca (Spa) Sopela Women's Team	0:26:47
OTL	Anaïs Morichon (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
OTL	Melisa Gomiz Perez (Spa) VIB-Natural Greatness
OTL	Jennifer Neenan (Irl) VIB-Natural Greatness	0:36:59
OTL	Mariela Antone Farabello Suhr (Spa) Belori Vipeq Team	0:41:17
DNF	Ziortza Isasi Cristobal (Spa) Eneicat Woman's Team
DNF	Garazi Erostarbe Ugarte (Spa) Sopela Women's Team
DNF	Carla Fernandez Torres (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte

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General classification after stage 1
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Emma Cecilie Norsgaard Jørgensen (Den) Bigla-Katusha	2:39:37
2	Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Astana Women's Team	0:00:04
3	Jip Van den Bos (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	0:00:05
4	Laura Tomasi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	0:00:08
5	Michela Balducci (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano	0:00:10
6	Sofia Rodriguez Revert (Spa) Sopela Women's Team
7	Anna Van der Breggen (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
8	Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Spain
9	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
10	Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Bigla-Katusha
11	Elise Chabbey (Swi) Bigla-Katusha
12	Katia Ragusa (Ita) Astana Women's Team
13	Lizbeth Yareli Salazar Vazquez (Mex) Astana Women's Team	0:00:15
14	Olga Shekel (Ukr) Astana Women's Team	0:00:29
15	Abby-Mae Parkinson (GBr) Lotto Soudal Ladies
16	Demi Vollering (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:00:44
17	Gladys Verhulst (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
18	Nina Buijsman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
19	Skylar Schneider (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
20	Emilie Moberg (Nor) Drops
21	Maryna Ivaniuk (Ukr) Astana Women's Team
22	Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) Ceratizit-WNT Pro
23	Minke Bakker (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
24	Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies
25	Kata Blanka Vas (Hun) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
26	Sophie Wright (GBr) Bigla-Katusha
27	Marlen Reusser (Swi) Bigla-Katusha
28	Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro
29	Alessia Bulleri (Ita) Eneicat Woman's Team
30	Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Spain
31	Leah Thomas (USA) Bigla-Katusha
32	Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
33	Sara Penton (Swe) Drops
34	Jo Tindley (GBr) Cams-Tifosi
35	Rebecca Durrell (GBr) Cams-Tifosi
36	Natalie Grinczer (GBr) Cams-Tifosi
37	Hanna Nilsson (Swe) Parkhotel Valkenburg
38	Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro
39	Lucie Jounier (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
40	Elena Pirrone (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
41	Erica Magnaldi (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro
42	Mieke Docx (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
43	Debora Silvestri (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
44	Laura Van Regenmortel (Ned) Biehler Krush Pro Cycling
45	Susana Perez Conejero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
46	Birgitte Ravndal (Nor) Norway
47	Stine Borgli (Nor) Norway
48	Iurani Blanco Calbet (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
49	Cathalijne Hoolwerf (Ned) NXTG Racing
50	Lauren Creamer (Irl) Massi Tactic Women Team
51	Iris Monticolo (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
52	Eva Buurman (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
53	Fatima Zahra el Hayani (Mar) Team Arkea-Samsic
54	Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
55	Omer Shapira (Isr) Israel
56	Giorgia Bariani (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
57	Gabriella Shaw (GBr) Cams-Tifosi
58	Eider Merino Cortazar (Spa) Spain
59	Typhaine Laurance (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
60	Vita Heine (Nor) Norway
61	Quinty Ton (Ned) Biehler Krush Pro Cycling
62	Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Spain
63	Elisabet Escursell Valero (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
64	Nadine Michaela Gill (Ger) Belori Vipeq Team
65	Jessica Finney (GBr) Cams-Tifosi
66	Margarita Victoria Garcia Cañellas (Spa) Spain
67	Letizia Borghesi (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano
68	Lija Laizane (Lat) Eneicat Woman's Team
69	Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
70	Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Norway
71	Marieke Van Witzenburg (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
72	Greta Marturano (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
73	Julie Solvang (Nor) Norway
74	Elizabeth Holden (GBr) Bizkaia-Durango
75	Joscelin Lowden (GBr) Drops
76	Katharine Hall (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
77	Vibeke Lystad (Nor) Norway
78	Barbara Malcotti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
79	Silvia Magri (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
80	Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Israel
81	Cristina Martinez Bonafe (Spa) Spain
82	Lone Meertens (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
83	Alana Castrique (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
84	Roni Fishman (Isr) Israel
85	Marta Romeu Solaz (Spa) VIB-Natural Greatness
86	Irene Mendez Melgarejo (Spa) Spain
87	Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) Massi Tactic Women Team
88	Pauline Allin (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
89	Maria Apolonia Van 't Geloof (Ned) Drops
90	Julie Van de Velde (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
91	Antri Christoforou (Cyp) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
92	Juliet Wolfe (Irl) Belori Vipeq Team
93	Nicole Hanselmann (Swi) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
94	Aroa Gorostiza Ulloa (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
95	Rozemarijn Ammerlaan (Ned) NXTG Racing
96	Agua Marina Espinola (Par) Massi Tactic Women Team	0:00:59
97	Julia Borgström (Swe) NXTG Racing
98	Somayeh Yazdani (IRI) VIB-Natural Greatness
99	Emelie Røe Utvik (Nor) Norway	0:01:04
100	Yeima Torres Beltran (Cub) Astana Women's Team
101	Nienke Wasmus (Ned) Biehler Krush Pro Cycling	0:01:12
102	Mireia Trias Jordan (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team
103	Charlotte Kool (Ned) NXTG Racing	0:01:13
104	Jennifer Powell (GBr) Cams-Tifosi	0:01:15
105	Claire Steels (GBr) Sopela Women's Team
106	Anouska Koster (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
107	Anna Baidak (Rus) Eneicat Woman's Team
108	Henrietta Colborne (GBr) Biehler Krush Pro Cycling
109	Inez Beijer (Ned) Biehler Krush Pro Cycling
110	Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
111	Carla Oberholzer (RSA) Bizkaia-Durango
112	Nicole D'Agostin (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano	0:01:18
113	Ariadna Trias Jordan (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team
114	Emily Meakin (GBr) Drops
115	Roos Hoogeboom (Ned) Biehler Krush Pro Cycling
116	Emily Wadsworth (GBr) NXTG Racing
117	Jennifer Tatiana Ducuara Acevedo (Col) VIB-Natural Greatness
118	Britt Knaven (Bel) NXTG Racing
119	Ariana Gilabert Vilaplana (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
120	Elizabeth Bennett (GBr) Drops
121	Maria De Los Angeles Medina Gonzalez (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
122	Anastasiia Pliaskina (Rus) Eneicat Woman's Team
123	Eva Jonkers (Ned) NXTG Racing
124	Sarah Rijkes (Aut) Ceratizit-WNT Pro
125	Emma Ortiz Bonilla (Spa) Sopela Women's Team	0:01:34
126	Elizabeth Banks (GBr) Bigla-Katusha	0:01:50
127	Teniel Campbell (Tto) Valcar-Travel & Service	0:01:55
128	Carolina Esteban Fernandez (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte
129	Paula Sanmartin Rodriguez (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango
130	Isabel Martin Martin (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team	0:02:00
131	Shanni Berger (Isr) Israel	0:02:05
132	Camila Ayala Mussard (Arg) Belori Vipeq Team
133	Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:02:12
134	Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Eneicat Woman's Team	0:02:15
135	Gali Weinberg (Isr) Israel	0:02:28
136	Senna Feron (Ned) Biehler Krush Pro Cycling
137	Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Lotto Soudal Ladies
138	Maria Banlles Santamaria (Spa) Sopela Women's Team	0:02:57
139	Gaia Masetti (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	0:03:12
140	Elisa Dalla Valle (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
141	Nerea Nuño Iglesias (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team	0:04:16
142	Coralie Houdin (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
143	Maria del Pilar Jimenez Martinez (Spa) VIB-Natural Greatness	0:04:35
144	Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano
145	Angelica Brogi (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano
146	Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies	0:04:55
147	Romy Kasper (Ger) Parkhotel Valkenburg
148	Eukene Larrarte Arteaga (Spa) Eneicat Woman's Team	0:06:09
149	Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro	0:06:37
150	Elena Perez Muñoz (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte	0:06:40
151	Laura Asencio (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT Pro	0:08:09
152	Illi Gardner (GBr) Cams-Tifosi	0:13:51
153	Finja Smekal (Ger) Drops	0:17:34
154	Avital Gez (Isr) Israel
155	Sara Bonillo Talens (Spa) Belori Vipeq Team
156	Gemma Sernissi (Ita) Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano
157	Sofia Barriguete Rodriguez (Spa) Rio Miera-Cantabria Deporte

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