Tour de l'Ardeche: Arlenis Sierra wins stage 1
AR Monex sprinter takes first leader's jersey

Arlenis Sierra (AR Monex Womens Pro Cycling Team) won the opening stage of the Tour de l'Ardeche. The Cuban sprinter won the bunch sprint ahead of Marta Bastianelli (Ale BTC Ljubljana) and Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Movistar).
Sierra now leads the overall classification heading into stage 2's 122km race from Anneyron to Beauchastel on Thursday.
The first stage of the seven-day race offered the women's field a 111km race from Aubenas to Barjac. It was an undulating route with three intermediate sprints and two category 3 ascents before the finish in Barjac.
Tour de l'Ardeche is a popular late-season stage race that includes punchy stages along with longer climbs, and many top level riders and teams use it as preparation for targets such as the upcoming UCI Road World Championships held at the end of September.
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Arlenis Sierra Canadilla (Cub) A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team | 3:10:02 |
2 | Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
3 | Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
4 | Elizabeth Deignan (GBr) Trek-Segafredo | |
5 | Lauren Stephens (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | |
6 | Mieke Docx (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team | |
7 | Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo | |
8 | Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Liv Racing | |
9 | Lucie Jounier (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team | |
10 | Agnieszka Skalniak-Sojka (Pol) Mat Atom Deweloper | |
11 | Mavi Garcia (Spa) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
12 | Leah Thomas (USA) Movistar Team Women | |
13 | Thalita De Jong (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | |
14 | Ally Wollaston (NZl) NXTG Racing | |
15 | Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) Team BikeExchange | |
16 | Teniel Campbell (TTo) Team BikeExchange | |
17 | Maaike Coljé (Ned) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
18 | Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) BePink | |
19 | Rossella Ratto (Ita) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | |
20 | Typhaine Laurance (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team | |
21 | Spela Kern (Slo) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
22 | Paula Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women | |
23 | Severine Eraud (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling | |
24 | Justine Ghekiere (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | |
25 | Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
26 | Katia Ragusa (Ita) A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team | |
27 | Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Liv Racing | |
28 | Ilse Pluimers (Ned) NXTG Racing | |
29 | Marine Allione (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling | |
30 | Claire Steels (GBr) Sopela Women's Team | |
31 | Quinty Ton (Ned) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling | |
32 | Amelia Sharpe (GBr) NXTG Racing | |
33 | Manon Souyris (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling | |
34 | Henrietta Christie (NZl) BePink | |
35 | Lotte Claes (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team | |
36 | Janneke Ensing (Ned) Team BikeExchange | |
37 | Lucy Kennedy (Aus) Team BikeExchange | |
38 | Alice Coutinho (Fra) Sopela Women's Team | |
39 | Sandra Levenez (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team | |
40 | Sofia Rogriguez (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | |
41 | Bronwyn Macgregor (NZl) LVIV Cycling Team | |
42 | Alicia Evans (NZl) LVIV Cycling Team | |
43 | Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) Liv Racing | |
44 | Nina Kessler (Ned) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | |
45 | Monika Brzezna (Pol) Mat Atom Deweloper | |
46 | Mireia Trias Jordan (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
47 | Marion Colard (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling | |
48 | Veronica Ewers (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | |
49 | Pauline Allin (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team | |
50 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | |
51 | Sophie Wright (GBr) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
52 | Greta Richioud (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team | |
53 | Emma Langley (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | |
54 | Sophie Enever (GBr) LVIV Cycling Team | |
55 | Amanda Spratt (Aus) Team BikeExchange | |
56 | Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 0:00:16 |
57 | Demi De Jong (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | |
58 | Amandine Fouquenet (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:29 |
59 | Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 0:00:38 |
60 | Laura Tomasi (Ita) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | 0:00:40 |
61 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Trek-Segafredo | 0:02:18 |
62 | Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek-Segafredo | 0:02:19 |
63 | Mariia Miliaeva (Rus) A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team | 0:03:11 |
64 | Gaia Masetti (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 0:03:13 |
65 | Kate McCarthy (NZl) BePink | |
66 | Giorgia Vettorello (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 0:03:15 |
67 | Britt Knaven (Bel) NXTG Racing | 0:03:17 |
68 | Carola van de Wetering (Ned) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling | |
69 | Jade Teolis (Fra) A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team | |
70 | Elisa Dalla Valle (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 0:03:20 |
71 | Molly Patch (GBr) Sopela Women's Team | |
72 | Marissa Baks (Ned) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling | |
73 | Kaja Rysz (Pol) Mat Atom Deweloper | |
74 | Vania Canvelli (Ita) BePink | |
75 | Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women | 0:03:23 |
76 | Maria Vittoria Sperotto (Ita) A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team | |
77 | Jessica Allen (Aus) Team BikeExchange | 0:03:25 |
78 | Maaike Boogaard (Ned) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
79 | Nicole Steigenga (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team | |
80 | Katarzyna Wilkos (Pol) Mat Atom Deweloper | |
81 | Enara Lopez Gallastegi (Spa) Team Farto-BTC | 0:06:21 |
82 | Ariadna Gutierrez Arzaluz (Mex) A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team | |
83 | Iris Monticolo (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
84 | Ayesha McGowan (USA) Liv Racing | |
85 | Inez Beijer (Ned) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling | |
86 | Evy Kuijpers (Ned) Liv Racing | |
87 | Elynor Backstedt (GBr) Trek-Segafredo | |
88 | Agua Marina Espinola (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
89 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) BePink | |
90 | Charlotte Kool (Ned) NXTG Racing | |
91 | Ewa Brozyna (Pol) Mat Atom Deweloper | |
92 | Mylene de Zoete (Ned) NXTG Racing | |
93 | Maria Banlles Santamaria (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | 0:11:06 |
94 | Maeva Squiban (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling | 0:11:17 |
95 | Barbara Sniezynska (Pol) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team | 0:14:10 |
96 | Diana Pedrosa (Por) Team Farto-BTC | |
97 | Pilar Jimenez (Spa) Team Farto-BTC | |
98 | Emily Newsom (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | |
99 | Vanessa Michieletto (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
100 | Leah Dixon (GBr) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | |
101 | Azulde Britz (RSA) LVIV Cycling Team | |
102 | Carla Fernandez Torres (Spa) Team Farto-BTC | |
103 | Nienke Wasmus (Ned) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling | |
104 | Fiona Turnbull (GBr) LVIV Cycling Team | 0:14:17 |
105 | Lotte Popelier (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team | 0:14:18 |
106 | Marketa Hájková (Cze) BePink | 0:20:26 |
DNF | Henrietta Colborne (GBr) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling | |
DNF | Marga Lopez (Spa) LVIV Cycling Team |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Arlenis Sierra Canadilla (Cub) A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team | 3:10:02 |
2 | Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
3 | Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
4 | Elizabeth Deignan (GBr) Trek-Segafredo | |
5 | Lauren Stephens (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | |
6 | Mieke Docx (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team | |
7 | Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo | |
8 | Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Liv Racing | |
9 | Lucie Jounier (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team | |
10 | Agnieszka Skalniak-Sojka (Pol) Mat Atom Deweloper | |
11 | Mavi Garcia (Spa) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
12 | Leah Thomas (USA) Movistar Team Women | |
13 | Thalita De Jong (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | |
14 | Ally Wollaston (NZl) NXTG Racing | |
15 | Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) Team BikeExchange | |
16 | Teniel Campbell (TTo) Team BikeExchange | |
17 | Maaike Coljé (Ned) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
18 | Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) BePink | |
19 | Rossella Ratto (Ita) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | |
20 | Typhaine Laurance (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team | |
21 | Spela Kern (Slo) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
22 | Paula Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women | |
23 | Severine Eraud (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling | |
24 | Justine Ghekiere (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | |
25 | Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
26 | Katia Ragusa (Ita) A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team | |
27 | Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Liv Racing | |
28 | Ilse Pluimers (Ned) NXTG Racing | |
29 | Marine Allione (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling | |
30 | Claire Steels (GBr) Sopela Women's Team | |
31 | Quinty Ton (Ned) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling | |
32 | Amelia Sharpe (GBr) NXTG Racing | |
33 | Manon Souyris (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling | |
34 | Henrietta Christie (NZl) BePink | |
35 | Lotte Claes (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team | |
36 | Janneke Ensing (Ned) Team BikeExchange | |
37 | Lucy Kennedy (Aus) Team BikeExchange | |
38 | Alice Coutinho (Fra) Sopela Women's Team | |
39 | Sandra Levenez (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team | |
40 | Sofia Rogriguez (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | |
41 | Bronwyn Macgregor (NZl) LVIV Cycling Team | |
42 | Alicia Evans (NZl) LVIV Cycling Team | |
43 | Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) Liv Racing | |
44 | Nina Kessler (Ned) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | |
45 | Monika Brzezna (Pol) Mat Atom Deweloper | |
46 | Mireia Trias Jordan (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
47 | Marion Colard (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling | |
48 | Veronica Ewers (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | |
49 | Pauline Allin (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team | |
50 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | |
51 | Sophie Wright (GBr) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
52 | Greta Richioud (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team | |
53 | Emma Langley (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | |
54 | Sophie Enever (GBr) LVIV Cycling Team | |
55 | Amanda Spratt (Aus) Team BikeExchange | |
56 | Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 0:00:16 |
57 | Demi De Jong (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | |
58 | Amandine Fouquenet (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:29 |
59 | Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 0:00:38 |
60 | Laura Tomasi (Ita) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | 0:00:40 |
61 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Trek-Segafredo | 0:02:18 |
62 | Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek-Segafredo | 0:02:19 |
63 | Mariia Miliaeva (Rus) A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team | 0:03:11 |
64 | Gaia Masetti (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 0:03:13 |
65 | Kate McCarthy (NZl) BePink | |
66 | Giorgia Vettorello (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 0:03:15 |
67 | Britt Knaven (Bel) NXTG Racing | 0:03:17 |
68 | Carola van de Wetering (Ned) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling | |
69 | Jade Teolis (Fra) A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team | |
70 | Elisa Dalla Valle (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 0:03:20 |
71 | Molly Patch (GBr) Sopela Women's Team | |
72 | Marissa Baks (Ned) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling | |
73 | Kaja Rysz (Pol) Mat Atom Deweloper | |
74 | Vania Canvelli (Ita) BePink | |
75 | Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women | 0:03:23 |
76 | Maria Vittoria Sperotto (Ita) A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team | |
77 | Jessica Allen (Aus) Team BikeExchange | 0:03:25 |
78 | Maaike Boogaard (Ned) Ale' BTC Ljubljana | |
79 | Nicole Steigenga (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team | |
80 | Katarzyna Wilkos (Pol) Mat Atom Deweloper | |
81 | Enara Lopez Gallastegi (Spa) Team Farto-BTC | 0:06:21 |
82 | Ariadna Gutierrez Arzaluz (Mex) A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team | |
83 | Iris Monticolo (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
84 | Ayesha McGowan (USA) Liv Racing | |
85 | Inez Beijer (Ned) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling | |
86 | Evy Kuijpers (Ned) Liv Racing | |
87 | Elynor Backstedt (GBr) Trek-Segafredo | |
88 | Agua Marina Espinola (Spa) Massi Tactic Women Team | |
89 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) BePink | |
90 | Charlotte Kool (Ned) NXTG Racing | |
91 | Ewa Brozyna (Pol) Mat Atom Deweloper | |
92 | Mylene de Zoete (Ned) NXTG Racing | |
93 | Maria Banlles Santamaria (Spa) Sopela Women's Team | 0:11:06 |
94 | Maeva Squiban (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling | 0:11:17 |
95 | Barbara Sniezynska (Pol) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team | 0:14:10 |
96 | Diana Pedrosa (Por) Team Farto-BTC | |
97 | Pilar Jimenez (Spa) Team Farto-BTC | |
98 | Emily Newsom (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | |
99 | Vanessa Michieletto (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
100 | Leah Dixon (GBr) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | |
101 | Azulde Britz (RSA) LVIV Cycling Team | |
102 | Carla Fernandez Torres (Spa) Team Farto-BTC | |
103 | Nienke Wasmus (Ned) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling | |
104 | Fiona Turnbull (GBr) LVIV Cycling Team | 0:14:17 |
105 | Lotte Popelier (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team | 0:14:18 |
106 | Marketa Hájková (Cze) BePink | 0:20:26 |
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