STAGE AND FINAL VICTORY FOR AN IMPRESSIVE ANNEMIEK VAN VLEUTEN

Dutch champion Annemiek Van Vleuten wins the 29 del “Giro Rosa U.C.I. Women’s World Tour”. The time trial World Champion dominated also the tenth and last stage, arriving alone at the finish in Cividale del Friuli. Behind  Mitchelton Scott’s athlete finished the compatriot Lucinda Brand (Team Sunweb) and the Polish of Canyon SRAM Racing Katarzyna Niewiadoma, both with 27’’ of gap.

The first breakway started after few km with a group made by the World Champion Chantal Blaak (Boels Dolmans Cycling), the Italian Elena Cecchini (Canyon Sram Racing) who was running in her homeland with a lot of fans for her on the roads, and others 11 athletes. The maximum gap has been of 3’ and the bunch chased the escape only on the first kms of the GPM of I Cat. located at Trivio, where the Pink Jersey started her action for the final victory in Cividale.

In the general classification, Van Vleuten won ahead the South African Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (Cervelo-Bigla Pro Cycling) and the teammate  Amanda Spratt, that wears the Green Jersey. Van Vleuten won also the Overall Points Classification, wearing the Cyclamine Jersey, the Italian Elisa Longo Borghini (Wiggle High5) has been the best of Italians wearing the Blue Jersey and Sofia Bertizzolo (Astana Women’s Team) won the young classification, wearing the White Jersey. (Photos of Flaviano Ossola)

RESULTS STAGE 10 “GIRO ROSA U.C.I. WWT”:
1) Van Vleuten Annemiek (Mitchelton Scott) Km 120,300 in 3h00’24’’ with an average of 40,011 km/h
2) Brand Lucinda (Team Sunweb) at 27’’
3) Niewiadoma Katarzyna (Canyon SRAM Racing)
4) Guarnier Megan (Boels Dolmans Cycling)
5) Garcia Canellas Margarita (Movistar Team Women)
6) Spratt Amanda (Mitchelton Scott)
7) Moolman-Pasio Ashleigh (Cervelo-Bigla Pro Cycling)
8) Ludwig Cecilie Uttrup (Cervelo-Bigla Pro Cycling)
9) Santesteban Gonzales Ane (Ale Cipollini)
10) Labous Juliette (Team Sunweb) at 1’14’’

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER THE STAGE 10 “GIRO ROSA U.C.I. WWT”:
1) Van Vleuten Annemiek (Mitchelton Scott) in 25h50’22’’
2) Moolman-Pasio Ashleigh (Cervelo-Bigla Pro Cycling) at 4’12’’
3) Spratt Amanda (Mitchelton Scott) at 6’30’’
4) Brand Lucinda (Team Sunweb) at 7’36’’
5) Guarnier Megan (Boels Dolmans Cycling) at 9’20’’
6) Ludwig Cecilie Uttrup (Cervelo-Bigla Pro Cycling) at 10’38’’
7) Niewiadoma Katarzyna (Canyon SRAM Racing) at 10’46’’
8) Merino Cortazar Eider (Movistar Team Women) at 12’37’’
9) Santesteban Gonzales Ane (Ale Cipollini) at 13’12’’
10) Longo Borghini Elisa (Wiggle High5) at 13’47’’

“GIRO ROSA U.C.I. WWT” – THE JERSEYS:
– PINK JERSEY (COLNAGO): Van Vleuten Annemiek (Mitchelton Scott)
– CYCLAMIN JERSEY (SELLE SMP): Van Vleuten Annemiek (Mitchelton Scott)
– GREEN JERSEY (SOPREMA GROUP): Spratt Amanda (Mitchelton Scott)
– WHITE JERSEY (COLNAGO): Bertizzolo Sofia (Astana Women’s Team)
– BLUE JERSEY (GSG): Longo Borghini Elisa (Wiggle High5)

“GIRO ROSA U.C.I. WOMEN’S WORLD TOUR” – THE STAGES:
– Friday 6th July 2018 – Verbania-Verbania (km 15,5 – Team time trail)
– Saturday 7th July 2018 – Ovada-Ovada (km 120,390)
– Sunday 8th July 2018 – Corbetta-Corbetta (km 132)
– Monday 9th July 2018  – Piacenza-Piacenza (km 109)
– Tuesday 10th July 2018 – Omegna-Omegna (km 122,6)
– Wednesday 11st July 2018 – Sovico-Gerola Alta (km 114,1)
– Thursday 12nd July 2018 – Lanzada-Dighe di Campo Moro (km 15 – Individual Uphill climb trial)
– Friday 13rd July 2018 – San Giorgio di Perlena (Fara Vicentino)-Breganze (km 126,2)
– Saturday 14th July 2018 – Tricesimo-Ovaro (Monte Zoncolan) (km 104,7)
– Sunday 15th July 2018 – Cividale del Friuli-Cividale del Friuli (km 120,3)