Second-year professional, Maria Vittoria Sperotto (BePink-Cogeas) claimed her first individual professional victory at the inaugural Tour of Guangxi Women's Elite World Challenge. Sperotto used her track speed to beat Amy Cure and Lucy Garner - both of Wiggle-High 5 - in a close sprint finish.
Sperotto had already shown potential in the fast finishes this season with victory in the youth classification of the sprinters' race the Tour of Chongming Island. She also won the team time trial at the Semana Ciclista Valenciana in March. She hopes this win will be the start of something more.
"It's really big and I'm really happy about it. It is my first victory as a professional, and it can be a motivation to take more victories," Vittoria Sperotto told Cyclingnews after the race. "Some riders tried to break away but we were able to bring them back and it was pretty close in the sprint but I was able to save my energy and I did it."
The one-day Tour of Guangxi Women's Elite World Challenge coincided with the final stage of the men's six-day race. The 110-kilometre route started and finished in the same location as the men and took the peloton along a route that seemed destined to finish with a bunch gallop. Leung Wing Yee of the Hong Kong team tried a lone escape, but she was not able to hold off the bunch behind.
Heading into the sprint, Wiggle-High5 had the firepower but not the numbers, with just three riders forming their line-up. BePink had five and, with the help of the likes of Silvia Valsecchi, Sperotto had the edge on the more experienced Cure. The Italian beat the Australian by the smallest of margins to close her season out with a win.
Full Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria Vittoria Sperotto (Ita) Bepink Cogeas | 02:51:56 |
| 2 | Amy Cure (Aus) Wiggle High5 | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Lucy Garner (GBr) Wiggle High5 | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| 4 | Jelena Eric (Srb) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Mia Radotic (Cro) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Sarah Inghelbrecht (Bel) Lares - Waowdeals Women Cycling Team | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Xiaojuan Diao (HKg) Hong Kong, China | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Eugenia Bujak (Pol) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Mieke Docx (Bel) Lares - Waowdeals Women Cycling Team | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Kathrin Schweinberger (Aut) Austria | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 11 | Angelica Brogi (Ita) Aromitalia Vaiano | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| 12 | Polona Batagelj (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | Bryony Van Velzen (Ned) Lares - Waowdeals Women Cycling Team | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| 14 | Maryna Kuchynskaya (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| 15 | Rinata Akhmetcha (Kaz) Astana Women's Team | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| 16 | Sarah Roy (Aus) Orica Scott | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| 17 | Astrid Gassner (Aut) Austria | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| 18 | Carmela Cipriani (Ita) Conceria Zabri-Fanini-Guerciotti | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| 19 | Basei Marzia Salton (Ita) Conceria Zabri-Fanini-Guerciotti | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| 20 | Katia Ragusa (Ita) Bepink Cogeas | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 21 | Nicole Nesti (Ita) Aromitalia Vaiano | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| 22 | Urša Pintar (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| 23 | Anna Zita Maria Stricker (Ita) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| 24 | Yao Pang (HKg) Hong Kong, China | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| 25 | Nurul Suhada Zainal (Mas) Malaysia | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| 26 | Jupha Som Net (Mas) Malaysia | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| 27 | Yixian Pu (Chn) China Chongming - Liv Pro Cycling | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| 28 | Gracie Elvin (Aus) Orica Scott | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| 29 | Jer Ling Serene Lee (Sin) Singapore | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| 30 | Tereza Medvedova (Svk) Bepink Cogeas | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| 31 | Makhabbat Umutzhanova (Kaz) Astana Women's Team | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| 32 | Lotte Van Hoek (Ned) Lares - Waowdeals Women Cycling Team | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| 33 | Amiliya Iskakova (Kaz) Astana Women's Team | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| 34 | Sarah Rijkes (Aut) Lares - Waowdeals Women Cycling Team | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| 35 | Zhanerke Sanakbayeva (Kaz) Astana Women's Team | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| 36 | Sharifah Nur Ilyana Syed Zulkifli (Mas) Malaysia | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| 37 | Marella Vania Salamat (Phi) Philippines | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| 38 | Nur Aisyah Mohamad Zubir (Mas) Malaysia | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| 39 | Georgia Williams (NZl) Orica Scott | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| 40 | Avegail Rombaon (Phi) Philippines | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
| 41 | Nur Azrenna Ahmad Jumry (Mas) Malaysia | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| 42 | Krystsina Bialetskaya (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| 43 | Annina Jenal (Aut) Austria | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| 44 | Masziyaton Mohd Radzi (Mas) Malaysia | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| 45 | Grace Phang (Mas) Malaysia | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
| 46 | Taisa Naskovich (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
| 47 | Bo Yee Leung (HKg) Hong Kong, China | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
| 48 | Qianyu Yang (HKg) Hong Kong, China | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| 49 | Jessica Allen (Aus) Orica Scott | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
| 50 | Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) Romania | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
| 51 | Wing Yee Leung (HKg) Hong Kong, China | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
| 52 | Yue Bai (Chn) China Chongming - Liv Pro Cycling | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
| 53 | Miriam Stan (Rom) Romania | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
| 54 | Francesca Pattaro (Ita) Bepink Cogeas | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
| 55 | Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Orica Scott | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
| 56 | Giulia Marchesini (Ita) Aromitalia Vaiano | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
| 57 | Sarah Tan (Sin) Singapore | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
| 58 | Hongyu Liang (Chn) China Chongming - Liv Pro Cycling | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
| 59 | Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Austria | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
| 60 | Wendy Yap (Sin) Singapore | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
| 61 | Manuela De Iuliis (Ita) Conceria Zabri-Fanini-Guerciotti | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
| 62 | Xi Sha Zhao (Chn) China Chongming - Liv Pro Cycling | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
| 63 | Irish Mae E Wong (Phi) Philippines | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
| 64 | Jeynelle Pi-Uen Lee (Sin) Singapore | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
| 65 | Anastasia Safonava (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
| 66 | Xue Sun (Chn) China Chongming - Liv Pro Cycling | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
| 67 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Bepink Cogeas | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
| 68 | Hoi Wah Leung (HKg) Hong Kong, China | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
| 69 | Giorgia Capobianchi (Ita) Conceria Zabri-Fanini-Guerciotti | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
| 70 | Grace Garner (GBr) Wiggle High5 | 00:00:09 |
| 71 | Ana-Maria Estera Coteata (Rom) Romania | 00:00:30 |
| 72 | Adriana Ceausescu (Rom) Romania | 00:03:03 |
| DNF | Lisa De Ranieri (Ita) Aromitalia Vaiano | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Shana Van Glabeke (Bel) Lares - Waowdeals Women Cycling Team | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
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