Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2011: Results

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Thanks to her win, Pooley also took the lead the women's World Cup (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Emma Pooley (Garmin - Cervelo) wins the Trofeo Alfredo Binda (Image credit: Susanna Bagno)

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Sharon Laws (Garmin-Cervelo) and Olga Zabelinskaya (Diadora-Safi-Pasta Zara) were early agressors (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Italian Champion, Monia Baccaille (SC MCipollini Giordana) takes a drink from the team car (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Madeleine Sandig (Abus Nutrixxion) (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Edwige Pitel (France) corners in the bunch (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Rachel Neylan, Olga Zabelinskaya and Eleonara Patuzzo (Diadora Safi-Pasta Zara) (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Emma Pooley (Garmin-Cervelo) won the mountains competition on her way to her repeat of 2008 victory in Trofeo Binda (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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The peloton passes under the bridge in Cunardo (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Emma Pooley (Garmin-Cervelo) was solo for around 70km (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Local resident Noemi Cantele (Garmin-Cervelo) in the leading bunch (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Under the rain jacket, new colours in 2011 for Trixi Worrack (AA Drink) (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Emma Pooley (Garmin-Cervelo) drives on during the flatter section of the lap (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Swedish Champion, Emma Johansson (Hitec Products) leads the chase to Pooley at the top of Orinio (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Third place went to Annemiek Van Vleuten (Netherlands), who looked a little cold on the climb (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Emma congratulates Emma on the podium in Cittiglio (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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A busy scene just prior to the presentation ceremony (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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The sprint for second place was taken by Emma Johansson (Hitec Products) from Annemiek Van Vleuten (Netherlands) (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Emma Pooley (Garmin-Cervelo) had time to savour the victory and enjoy the moment (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Emma Pooley (Garmin-Cervelo) followed up her 2008 victory in Trofeo Binda with this in 2011 (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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AA Drink is "After Activity Drink", or in this case, "Last Lap Drink" (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Approaching the 18km to go point, a kilometre before the beginning of the final lap (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Garmin-Cervelo had Sharon Laws ready to police any chases in the leading bunch (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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2010 World Champion, Tatiana Guderzo (SC MCipollini Giordana) (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Olga Zabelinskaya (Diadora Pasta Zara) crashed whilst slightly ahead of the lead bunch, she chased back within a few kilometres (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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The start was wet and and cold (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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A marching band and majorettes preceded the team presentation in Cittiglio before the race (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Italian Federation President and Vice-President UCI, Renato Di Rocco with new World Cup leader, Emma Pooley (Garmin-Cervelo) and organiser, Mario Minervino (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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The leading bunch was strung out on the fast run in to Cittiglio (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Pooley shows her bike skills and her British national champion's jersey (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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The peloton rides through the finish area (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Emma Pooley (Garmin-Cervelo) takes a corner (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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The riders tried to avoid the slick pathing (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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It was a tough day in the saddle (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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The peloton chased Pooley but failed to catch her (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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The narrow roads made the racing extra difficult (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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The peloton on the slick roads in a village (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Riders take a corner (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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It was a wet race (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Pooley puts in her attack (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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The peloton takes a corner very carefully (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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The sprint for the placings (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Emma Pooley (Garmin-Cervelo) hits the line (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Emma Pooley (Garmin-Cervelo) celebrates in the rain after a long solo breakaway (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Emma Pooley (Garmin-Cervelo) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Stand back! (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Pooley shares the champagne (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Pooley celebrates on the podium (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Monia Baccaille suffered in the conditions (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Italian national champion Monia Baccaille (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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An Australian rider checks her glasses before the race (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Emma Pooley (Garmin-Cervelo) soloed to victory at the Trofeo Alfredo Binda race in Italy to become the first leader of the 2011 Women’s World Cup series.

Pooley set to ride the women’s Tour of Flanders

Pooley dislikes the rain but excels on the hilly course in Italy. And just like in 2009, she took off a long way from the finish and managed to hold off the rest of the peloton to take another hugely prestigious win.

She dominated the race in a manner which would have pleased legendary Italian campione Alfredo Binda, who the race is named after and who was born in the Cittiglio, where the race is organised.

Pooley attacked after 52km of racing and then time trialed the remaining 69km of hilly racing to win alone. She had plenty of time to celebrate her win at the finish and show off her British national champion’s jersey.

“I prepared well during the winter in Australia and I’m in good shape now,” Pooley explained before pulling on the World Cup leader’s jersey.

The tough course and the rain meant only 80 of the 160 starters finished the race, with the rest of the field spread across 11 minutes.

Pooley scored 75 World Cup points for her win and so leads Johansson by 25 points. The next race in the nine-race series is the Ronde van Vlaanderen on April 3 on the cobbles and steep climbs of Belgium.

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Emma Pooley (GBr) Garmin Cervelo	3:08:17
2	Emma Johansson (Swe) Hitec Products UCK	0:01:32
3	Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Netherlands
4	Martine Bras (Ned) Dolmans Landscaping Team
5	Shelley Olds (USA) Diadora Pasta Zara
6	Chantal Blaak (Ned) AA Drink Leontien.nl Cycling
7	Judith Arndt (Ger) TC Highroad Women
8	Grace Verbeke (Bel) Belgium	0:01:33
9	Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra) France
10	Lucinda Brand (Ned) AA Drink Leontien.nl Cycling
11	Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Auss
12	Elena Berlato (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
13	Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Gauss
14	Noortje Tabak (Ned) Netherlands
15	Aude Biannic (Fra) France
16	Olga Zabelinskaya (Rus) Diadora Pasta Zara
17	Polona Batagelj (Slo) Bizkaia Durango
18	Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Netherlands
19	Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) SC Mcipollini Giambenini
20	Ruth Corset (Aus) Australia
21	Sharon Laws (GBr) Garmin Cervelo
22	Noemi Cantele (Ita) Garmin Cervelo	0:01:52
23	Evelyn Stevens (USA) HTC Highroad Women
24	Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Russia	0:02:08
25	Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	0:03:20
26	Irina Molicheva (Rus) Russia	0:04:10
27	Anna Fischer (Ger) Abus Nutrixxion	0:04:52
28	Tetyana Riabchenko (Ukr) Colavita Forno D'asolo	0:08:51
29	Irene Van den Broek (Ned) AA Drink Leontien.nl Cycling
30	Bridie O'Donnell (Aus) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	0:09:43
31	Oksana Kashchyshyna (Ukr) SC Michela Fanini Rox	0:11:10
32	Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Diadora Pasta Zara
33	Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Russia	0:11:30
34	Andrea Bosman (Ned) Netherlands
35	Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Lotto Honda Team
36	Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Vaiano Solaristech
37	Heleen Van Vliet (Ned) AA Drink Leontien.nl Cycling
38	Sjoukje Dufoer (Bel) Belgium
39	Lucy Martin (GBr) Garmin Cervelo
40	Jennifer Hohl (Swi) SC Mcipollini Giambenini
41	Martina Ruzickova (Cze) SC Michela Fanini Rox
42	Joelle Numainville (Can) Tibco-To The Top
43	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) Lotto Honda Team
44	Sophie Creux (Fra) France
45	Sylwia Kapusta (Pol) Gauss
46	Megan Guarnier (USA) Tibco-To The Top
47	Malgorzta Jasinska (Pol) SC Michela Fanini Rox
48	Eugenie Mermillod (Fra) France
49	Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Australia
50	Chiara Nadalutti (Ita) Kleo Ladies Team
51	Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Lotto Honda Team
52	Chiara Vanni (Ita) Vaiano Solaristech
53	Sara Mustonen (Swe) Hitec Products UCK
54	Edwige Pitel (Fra) France
55	Lise Nostvold (Nor) Hitec Products UCK
56	Marie Lindberg (Swe) Abus Nutrixxion
57	Giulia Ronchi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
58	Anna Potokina (Rus) Russia
59	Francesca Tognali (Ita) Kleo Ladies Team
60	Alex Carle (Aus) Australia
61	Serena Sheridan (NZl) Tibco-To The Top
62	Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australia
63	Shara Gillow (Aus) Australia
64	Liesbet De Vocht (Bel) Belgium
65	Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Gauss
66	Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Gauss
67	Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC Highroad Women
68	Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Belgium
69	Marta Bastianelli (Ita) SC Mcipollini Giambenini
70	Veronica Leal Balderas (Mex) SC Michela Fanini Rox
71	Andrea Graus (Aut) Kleo Ladies Team
72	Aniko Revesz (Hun) Hungary
73	Monia Baccaille (Ita) SC Mcipollini Giambenini
74	Rachel Neylan (Aus) Diadora Pasta Zara
75	Giada Borgato (Ita) Colavita Forno D'asolo
76	Trixi Worrack (Ger) AA Drink Leontien.nl Cycling	0:11:40
77	Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Gauss
78	Carla Ryan (Aus) Garmin Cervelo
79	Claudia Hausler (Ger) Diadora Pasta Zara
80	Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) HTC Highroad Women
DNF	Emilia Fahlin (Swe) HTC Highroad Women
DNF	Marlen Johrend (Ger) AA Drink Leontien.nl Cycling
DNF	Iris Slappendel (Ned) Garmin Cervelo
DNF	Mara Abbott (USA) Diadora Pasta Zara
DNF	Tone Hatteland (Nor) Hitec Products UCK
DNF	Emilie Moberg (Nor) Hitec Products UCK
DNF	Marie Voreland (Nor) Hitec Products UCK
DNF	Da Souza Fernandes (Bra) Colavita Forno D'asolo
DNF	Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Colavita Forno D'asolo
DNF	Christina Kollmann (Aut) Colavita Forno D'asolo
DNF	Rosane Kirch (Bra) Colavita Forno D'asolo
DNF	Nicole Cooke (GBr) SC Mcipollini Giambenini
DNF	Yulia Blindyuk (Rus) SC Mcipollini Giambenini
DNF	Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Lotto Honda Team
DNF	Laure Werner (Bel) Lotto Honda Team
DNF	Valentina Bastianelli (Ita) Vaiano Solaristech
DNF	Eleonora Spaliviero (Ita) Vaiano Solaristech
DNF	Irene Falorni (Ita) Vaiano Solaristech
DNF	Katarzyna Sosna (Ltu) Vaiano Solaristech
DNF	Emma Mackie (Aus) Tibco-To The Top
DNF	Kendall Ryan (USA) Tibco-To The Top
DNF	Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Dolmans Landscaping Team
DNF	Petra Dijkman (Ned) Dolmans Landscaping Team
DNF	Birgit Lavrijssen (Ned) Dolmans Landscaping Team
DNF	Marissa Otten (Ned) Dolmans Landscaping Team
DNF	Laura Van der Kamp (Ned) Dolmans Landscaping Team
DNF	Karin Aune (Swe) SC Michela Fanini Rox
DNF	Nina Ovcharenko (Ukr) SC Michela Fanini Rox
DNF	Jennifer Fiori (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
DNF	Gloria Presti (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
DNF	Maria Grandt Petersen (Den) Abus Nutrixxion
DNF	Nathalie Lamborelle (Lux) Abus Nutrixxion
DNF	Ana Schnitzmeier (Ger) Abus Nutrixxion
DNF	Martina Zwick (Ger) Abus Nutrixxion
DNF	Martina Corazza (Ita) Kleo Ladies Team
DNF	Angela Mcclure (Aus) Kleo Ladies Team
DNF	Chiara Bortolus (Ita) Kleo Ladies Team
DNF	Jacqueline Hahn (Aut) Kuota Speed Kueens
DNF	Romy Kasper (Ger) Kuota Speed Kueens
DNF	Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Kuota Speed Kueens
DNF	Bianca Purath (Ger) Kuota Speed Kueens
DNF	Bernadette Schober (Aut) Kuota Speed Kueens
DNF	Inmaculada Pereiro (Spa) Debabarrena-Gipuzkoa
DNF	Gonzalez Santesteban (Spa) Debabarrena-Gipuzkoa
DNF	Salas Rafael (Spa) Debabarrena-Gipuzkoa
DNF	Dorieta Eskamendi Gil (Spa) Debabarrena-Gipuzkoa
DNF	Izaro Lasa (Spa) Debabarrena-Gipuzkoa
DNF	Huertanos Alcalde (Spa) Bizkaia Durango
DNF	Ana Garcia Antequera (Spa) Bizkaia Durango
DNF	Rocio Loureda Gonzalez (Spa) Bizkaia Durango
DNF	Davina Summers (Aus) Bizkaia Durango
DNF	Ariadna Tudel Cuberes (And) Bizkaia Durango
DNF	Iturriagaechebarria (Spa) Lointek
DNF	Mireia Epelde Bikendi (Spa) Lointek
DNF	Emilie Blanquefort (Fra) Lointek
DNF	Belen Lopez (Spa) Lointek
DNF	Leticia Gil Parra (Spa) Lointek
DNF	Anne Marie Schmitt (Lux) Lointek
DNF	Regina Bruins (Ned) Netherlands
DNF	Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Netherlands
DNF	Rowena Fry (Aus) Australia
DNF	Marina Kulikova (Rus) Russia
DNF	Ine Beyen (Bel) Belgium
DNF	Annelies Van Doorslaer (Bel) Belgium
DNF	Julie Krasniak (Fra) France
DNF	Anna Kormos Veronika (Hun) Hungary
DNF	Anita Kenyo (Hun) Hungary
DNF	Krisztina Fay (Hun) Hungary
DNF	Monika Kiraly (Hun) Hungary
DNF	Gabriella Zelinka (Hun) Hungary
DNF	Alenka Novak (Slo) Slovenia
DNF	Ursa Pintar (Slo) Slovenia
DNF	Tjasa Rutar (Slo) Slovenia
DNF	Petra Zrimsek (Slo) Slovenia
DNF	Ziva Verbic (Slo) Slovenia
DNF	Andreja Godec (Slo) Slovenia
DNF	Viena Balen (Cro) Croatia
DNF	Wanda Svrakic (Cro) Croatia
DNF	Iva Bozac (Cro) Croatia
DNF	Anja Jakasa (Cro) Croatia