Emma Johansson puo’ sorridere nella I° Tappa del “The Women’s Tour”. Giorgia Bronzini 5°, Elena Cecchini 7°

La svedese Emma Johansson (Nella foto di Flaviano Ossola) può sorridere sul gradino più alto del podio della prima frazione del “The Women’s Tour” (2.1), corsa a tappe organizzata sulle strade del Regno Unito. La portacolori del Team Orica – AIS, già vincitrice in stagione della “Le Samyn des Dames”, del “Cholet – Pay de Loire” e della seconda prova di Coppa del Mondo corsa a Cittiglio (VA), ha battuto al termine di uno sprint tiratissimo la campionessa olimpica e del mondo Marianne Vos (Rabo – Liv Women Cycling Team). Sul terzo gradino del podio è finita la giovane padrona di casa Hannah Barnes (UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team), che ha compiuto 21 anni proprio tre giorni fa. La dominatrice della prima frazione del “Tour de San Luis” ha relegato fuori dal podio la campionessa tedesca Trixi Worrack (Specialized – Lululemon) e la due volte iridata su strada Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle – Honda). Per i colori azzurri da segnalare anche la settima piazza conquistata dalla friulana Elena Cecchini (Estado de Mexico – Faren – Kuota) e la diciannovesima della campionessa italiana in carica Dalia Muccioli (Astana – BePink Women Team). La competizione si è disputata sulla distanza di 93,8 chilometri spalmati tra le cittadine di Oundle e di Northampton, ed ha visto schierarsi ai nastri di partenza 95 atlete. La prima parte di gara è stata caratterizzata dalla fuga solitaria della bergamasca Rossella Ratto (Estado de Mexico – Faren – Kuota), mentre l’ultima dall’azione ben orchestrata dalla campionessa nazionale di Francia Elise Delzenne (Specialized – Lululemon), ripresa a circa due chilometri dalla conclusione, dopo aver raggiunto un vantaggio massimo sul gruppo di circa 40 secondi. Lo sprint conclusivo ha premiato la vice campionessa del mondo in carica Emma Johansson, alla quarta vittoria in questo 2014. Domani seconda frazione della corsa britannica: Hinckley – Bedford di 118,5 chilometri. Emma Johansson ripartirà con la maglia di leader della classifica generale, Hannah Barnes con quella di capo-classifica delle giovani e Sharon Laws (UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team) con la casacca di miglior scalatrice.

ORDINE D’ARRIVO PRIMA TAPPA “THE WOMEN’S TOUR” (OUNDLE-NORTHAMPTON):
1 Emma Johansson (Swe) Orica AIS Km 93,8 in 02h28”29”
2 Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team
3 Hannah Barnes (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
4 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Specialized Lululemon
5 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda
6 Lucy Garner (GBr) Great Britain
7 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren
8 Lizzie Armitstead (GBr) Boels Dolmans cycling team
9 Amy Pieters (Ned) Netherlands
10 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Specialized Lululemon
11 Lauren Hall (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
12 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
13 Jolanda Neff (Swi) Switzerland
14 Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) Lointek
15 Aude Biannic (Fra) Lointek
16 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Hitec products
17 Liesbet De Vocht (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies
18 Jessie Walker (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine
19 Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team
20 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Boels Dolmans cycling team
21 Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Netherlands
22 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Hitec products
23 Denise Ramsden (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
24 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Specialized Lululemon
25 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team
26 Janel Holcomb (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
27 Sharon Laws (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
28 Linda Villumsen (NZl) Wiggle Honda
29 Dani King (GBr) Wiggle Honda
30 Emily Kay (GBr) Great Britain
31 Janine Van De Meer (Ned) Netherlands
32 Katrin Leumann (Swi) Switzerland
33 Annette Edmondson (Aus) Orica AIS
34 Lucy Martin (GBr) Estado de Mexico Faren
35 Gracie Elvin (Aus) Orica AIS
36 Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (RSA) Hitec products
37 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Wiggle Honda
38 Laura Trott (GBr) Wiggle Honda
39 Peta Mullens (Aus) Wiggle Honda
40 Linda Indergand (Swi) Switzerland
41 Alice Arzuffi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team
42 Melon Pawlowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans cycling team
43 Romy Kasper (Ger) Boels Dolmans cycling team
44 Anouska Koster (Ned) Netherlands
45 Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team
46 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team
47 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Specialized Lululemon
48 Henriette Woering (Ned) Netherlands
49 Ciara Horne (GBr) Great Britain
50 Ramona Forchini (Swi) Switzerland
51 Belen Lopez (Spa) Lointek
52 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Orica AIS
53 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Orica AIS
54 Rossella Ratto (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren
55 Lucia Gonzalez (Spa) Lointek
56 Elise Delzenne (Fra) Specialized Lululemon
57 Shara Gillow (Aus) Orica AIS
58 Helen Wyman (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine
59 Fanny Riberot (Fra) Lointek
60 Karol Ann Canuel (Can) Specialized Lululemon
61 Katharine Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
62 Doris Schweizer (Swi) Astana Bepink womens team
63 Anna Knauer (Ger) Rabo Liv women cycling team
64 Hayley Jones (GBr) Great Britain
65 Jessie Daams (Bel) Boels Dolmans cycling team
66 Katie Archibald (GBr) Great Britain
67 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team
68 Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team
69 Emma Pooley (GBr) Lotto Belisol Ladies
70 Erika Leticia Yepez Fernandez (Mex) Estado de Mexico Faren
71 Lauren Tamayo (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
72 Emma Trott (GBr) Boels Dolmans cycling team
73 Cari Higgins (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
74 Ruth Winder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
75 Jade Wilcoxson (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
76 Chantal Hoffmann (Lux) Lotto Belisol Ladies
77 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team 0:00:24
78 Amy Cure (Aus) Lotto Belisol Ladies 0:01:25
79 Uenia Fernandes Souza (Bra) Estado de Mexico Faren 0:01:51
80 Jutta Stienen (Swi) Switzerland 0:02:46
81 Thea Thorsen (Nor) Hitec products 0:02:49
82 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren 0:02:52
83 Sheyla Gutierrez (Spa) Lointek 0:02:59
84 Jo Tindley (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine 0:03:09
85 Amy Hill (GBr) Great Britain 0:08:44
86 Caroline Baur (Swi) Switzerland
87 Melissa Lowther (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine
88 Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies
89 Penny Rowson (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine
90 Harriet Owen (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine 0:17:55

CLASSIFICA GENERALE “THE WOMEN’S TOUR” DOPO LA PRIMA TAPPA:
1 Emma Johansson (Swe) Orica AIS 2:28:17
2 Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team 0:00:04
3 Hannah Barnes (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:00:08
4 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Boels Dolmans cycling team 0:00:09
5 Elise Delzenne (Fra) Specialized Lululemon
6 Lizzie Armitstead (GBr) Boels Dolmans cycling team 0:00:10
7 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Specialized Lululemon 0:00:12
8 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda
9 Lucy Garner (GBr) Great Britain
10 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren
11 Amy Pieters (Ned) Netherlands
12 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Specialized Lululemon
13 Lauren Hall (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
14 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
15 Jolanda Neff (Swi) Switzerland
16 Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) Lointek
17 Aude Biannic (Fra) Lointek
18 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Hitec products
19 Liesbet De Vocht (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies
20 Jessie Walker (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine
21 Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team
22 Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Netherlands
23 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Hitec products
24 Denise Ramsden (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
25 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Specialized Lululemon
26 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team
27 Janel Holcomb (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
28 Sharon Laws (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
29 Linda Villumsen (NZl) Wiggle Honda
30 Dani King (GBr) Wiggle Honda
31 Emily Kay (GBr) Great Britain
32 Janine Van De Meer (Ned) Netherlands
33 Katrin Leumann (Swi) Switzerland
34 Annette Edmondson (Aus) Orica AIS
35 Lucy Martin (GBr) Estado de Mexico Faren
36 Gracie Elvin (Aus) Orica AIS
37 Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (RSA) Hitec products
38 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Wiggle Honda
39 Laura Trott (GBr) Wiggle Honda
40 Peta Mullens (Aus) Wiggle Honda
41 Linda Indergand (Swi) Switzerland
42 Alice Arzuffi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team
43 Melon Pawlowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans cycling team
44 Romy Kasper (Ger) Boels Dolmans cycling team
45 Anouska Koster (Ned) Netherlands
46 Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team
47 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team
48 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Specialized Lululemon
49 Henriette Woering (Ned) Netherlands
50 Ciara Horne (GBr) Great Britain
51 Ramona Forchini (Swi) Switzerland
52 Belen Lopez (Spa) Lointek
53 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Orica AIS
54 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Orica AIS
55 Rossella Ratto (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren
56 Lucia Gonzalez (Spa) Lointek
57 Shara Gillow (Aus) Orica AIS
58 Helen Wyman (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine
59 Fanny Riberot (Fra) Lointek
60 Karol Ann Canuel (Can) Specialized Lululemon
61 Katharine Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
62 Doris Schweizer (Swi) Astana Bepink womens team
63 Anna Knauer (Ger) Rabo Liv women cycling team
64 Hayley Jones (GBr) Great Britain
65 Jessie Daams (Bel) Boels Dolmans cycling team
66 Katie Archibald (GBr) Great Britain
67 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team
68 Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team
69 Emma Pooley (GBr) Lotto Belisol Ladies
70 Erika Leticia Yepez Fernandez (Mex) Estado de Mexico Faren
71 Lauren Tamayo (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
72 Emma Trott (GBr) Boels Dolmans cycling team
73 Cari Higgins (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
74 Ruth Winder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
75 Jade Wilcoxson (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
76 Chantal Hoffmann (Lux) Lotto Belisol Ladies
77 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team 0:00:36
78 Amy Cure (Aus) Lotto Belisol Ladies 0:01:37
79 Uenia Fernandes Souza (Bra) Estado de Mexico Faren 0:02:03
80 Jutta Stienen (Swi) Switzerland 0:02:58
81 Thea Thorsen (Nor) Hitec products 0:03:01
82 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren 0:03:04
83 Sheyla Gutierrez (Spa) Lointek 0:03:11
84 Jo Tindley (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine 0:03:21
85 Amy Hill (GBr) Great Britain 0:08:56
86 Caroline Baur (Swi) Switzerland
87 Melissa Lowther (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine
88 Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies
89 Penny Rowson (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine
90 Harriet Owen (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine 0:18:07

Servizio a cura di Flaviano Ossola
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