Il “The Women’s Tour” e’ di Marianne Vos. Bronzini 2° nell’ultima Tappa. Ratto 3° in classifica e miglior giovane

Marianne Vos conclude in modo trionfale la prima edizione del “The Women’s Tour” (2.1), gara a tappe corsa sulle strade della Gran Bretagna. La “cannibale” olandese ha dettato legge anche nella quinta ed ultima tappa, dopo aver colto bottino pieno già nella terza e nella quarta. La portacolori del Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team, campionessa del mondo ed olimpica in carica, ha battuto nell’ultimo sprint la campionessa azzurra Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle – Honda), già a podio nella terza e nella quarta frazione. Al terzo posto è finita la vincitrice dell’Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Amy Pieters (Team Giant – Shimano), che ha anticipato la padrona di casa Hannah Barnes (UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team), la vincitrice della prima frazione Emma Johansson (Orica – AIS) e la friulana di San Marco di Mereto di Tomba Elena Cecchini (Estado de Mexico – Faren – Kuota). In classifica generale la Vos, vincitrice anche della classifica a punti, ha primeggiato con 30 secondi di vantaggio sulla Johansson e 35 sulla bergamasca Rossella Ratto (Estado de Mexico – Faren – Kuota), trionfatrice nella seconda tappa. Per i colori italiani da segnalare anche il quarto posto di Giorgia Bronzini, il quinto della campionessa europea Susanna Zorzi (Astana – BePink Women Team) e il decimo di Elena Cecchini. La britannica Sharon Laws (UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team) si è dimostrata la miglior scalatrice della corsa, mentre Rossella Ratto si è portata a casa anche la maglia bianca riservata alla miglior giovane.

ORDINE D’ARRIVO QUINTA TAPPA “THE WOMEN’S TOUR” (HARWICH-BURY ST. EDMUNDS):
1 Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team Km 108,1 in 02h48’10”
2 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda
3 Amy Pieters (Ned) Netherlands
4 Hannah Barnes (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
5 Emma Johansson (Swe) Orica AIS
6 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren
7 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Hitec products
8 Aude Biannic (Fra) Lointek
9 Elise Delzenne (Fra) Specialized Lululemon
10 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
11 Rossella Ratto (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren
12 Lucy Garner (GBr) Great Britain
13 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team
14 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Specialized Lululemon
15 Melon Pawlowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans cycling team
16 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Boels Dolmans cycling team
17 Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) Lointek
18 Chantal Hoffmann (Lux) Lotto Belisol Ladies
19 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Specialized Lululemon
20 Jolanda Neff (Swi) Switzerland
21 Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (RSA) Hitec products
22 Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team
23 Jade Wilcoxson (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
24 Anouska Koster (Ned) Netherlands
25 Alice Arzuffi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team
26 Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Netherlands
27 Peta Mullens (Aus) Wiggle Honda
28 Fanny Riberot (Fra) Lointek
29 Gracie Elvin (Aus) Orica AIS
30 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Specialized Lululemon
31 Romy Kasper (Ger) Boels Dolmans cycling team
32 Liesbet De Vocht (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies
33 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Hitec products
34 Dani King (GBr) Wiggle Honda
35 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Wiggle Honda
36 Lucia Gonzalez (Spa) Lointek
37 Denise Ramsden (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
38 Ruth Winder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
39 Henriette Woering (Ned) Netherlands
40 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team
41 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Orica AIS
42 Ciara Horne (GBr) Great Britain
43 Lauren Hall (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
44 Sharon Laws (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
45 Katie Archibald (GBr) Great Britain
46 Annette Edmondson (Aus) Orica AIS
47 Shara Gillow (Aus) Orica AIS
48 Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team
49 Janel Holcomb (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
50 Helen Wyman (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine
51 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Specialized Lululemon
52 Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team
53 Belen Lopez (Spa) Lointek
54 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team
55 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren
56 Linda Villumsen (NZl) Wiggle Honda
57 Janine Van De Meer (Ned) Netherlands 0:00:23
58 Jessie Walker (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine 0:00:30
59 Katharine Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:00:58
60 Emma Pooley (GBr) Lotto Belisol Ladies
61 Katrin Leumann (Swi) Switzerland
62 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team
63 Laura Trott (GBr) Wiggle Honda
64 Emma Trott (GBr) Boels Dolmans cycling team
65 Amy Hill (GBr) Great Britain 0:01:31
66 Jessie Daams (Bel) Boels Dolmans cycling team 0:02:12
67 Cari Higgins (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:11:22
68 Lucy Martin (GBr) Estado de Mexico Faren 0:16:08
69 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Orica AIS
70 Jo Tindley (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine
71 Uenia Fernandes Souza (Bra) Estado de Mexico Faren
72 Melissa Lowther (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine
73 Harriet Owen (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine
74 Penny Rowson (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine
75 Anna Knauer (Ger) Rabo Liv women cycling team

CLASSIFICA GENERALE FINALE “THE WOMEN’S TOUR”:
1 Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team in 12:42:07
2 Emma Johansson (Swe) Orica AIS 0:00:30
3 Rossella Ratto (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren 0:00:35
4 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda 0:00:38
5 Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team 0:00:44
6 Amy Pieters (Ned) Netherlands 0:00:50
7 Lucy Garner (GBr) Great Britain
8 Hannah Barnes (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
9 Lauren Hall (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:00:52
10 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren 0:00:54
11 Aude Biannic (Fra) Lointek
12 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
13 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Specialized Lululemon
14 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Boels Dolmans cycling team 0:00:55
15 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team
16 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Specialized Lululemon
17 Gracie Elvin (Aus) Orica AIS 0:00:56
18 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Orica AIS
19 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Hitec products 0:00:58
20 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Specialized Lululemon
21 Liesbet De Vocht (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies
22 Peta Mullens (Aus) Wiggle Honda
23 Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (RSA) Hitec products
24 Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Netherlands
25 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Hitec products
26 Dani King (GBr) Wiggle Honda
27 Denise Ramsden (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
28 Linda Villumsen (NZl) Wiggle Honda
29 Lucia Gonzalez (Spa) Lointek
30 Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team
31 Janel Holcomb (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
32 Shara Gillow (Aus) Orica AIS
33 Sharon Laws (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:01:07
34 Jolanda Neff (Swi) Switzerland 0:01:18
35 Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team 0:01:20
36 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team 0:01:22
37 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Wiggle Honda 0:01:23
38 Elise Delzenne (Fra) Specialized Lululemon 0:01:29
39 Melon Pawlowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans cycling team 0:01:31
40 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team
41 Katie Archibald (GBr) Great Britain 0:01:32
42 Alice Arzuffi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team 0:01:34
43 Romy Kasper (Ger) Boels Dolmans cycling team 0:01:51
44 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Specialized Lululemon 0:02:05
45 Helen Wyman (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine 0:02:23
46 Jessie Daams (Bel) Boels Dolmans cycling team 0:03:51
47 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team 0:03:54
48 Chantal Hoffmann (Lux) Lotto Belisol Ladies 0:04:01
49 Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) Lointek 0:12:23
50 Anouska Koster (Ned) Netherlands 0:13:01
51 Ciara Horne (GBr) Great Britain
52 Jade Wilcoxson (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
53 Belen Lopez (Spa) Lointek 0:13:42
54 Jessie Walker (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine 0:13:48
55 Laura Trott (GBr) Wiggle Honda 0:13:59
56 Katrin Leumann (Swi) Switzerland 0:14:49
57 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren 0:16:37
58 Annette Edmondson (Aus) Orica AIS 0:16:39
59 Emma Pooley (GBr) Lotto Belisol Ladies 0:17:14
60 Emma Trott (GBr) Boels Dolmans cycling team 0:17:37
61 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Orica AIS 0:18:15
62 Ruth Winder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:18:28
63 Henriette Woering (Ned) Netherlands 0:19:18
64 Fanny Riberot (Fra) Lointek 0:22:09
65 Janine Van De Meer (Ned) Netherlands 0:24:53
66 Katharine Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:27:41
67 Lucy Martin (GBr) Estado de Mexico Faren 0:30:45
68 Amy Hill (GBr) Great Britain 0:41:18
69 Anna Knauer (Ger) Rabo Liv women cycling team 0:42:05
70 Uenia Fernandes Souza (Bra) Estado de Mexico Faren 0:43:58
71 Cari Higgins (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:44:06
72 Jo Tindley (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine 0:57:11
73 Penny Rowson (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine 1:09:09
74 Melissa Lowther (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine 1:09:40
75 Harriet Owen (GBr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine 1:30:00

Servizio a cura di Flaviano Ossola
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