 |
| Mara Abbott won the Queen Stage of Giro Rosa after a strong solo attack. Race leader Vos lost more than 5 minutes. Photo: Giro Rosa Press Office |
Stage 5 was the Queen Stage of this year's Giro Rosa and made a huge upset in general classification as Marianne Vos lost more than five minutes. Vos had
been dominating the race until in the first four stages but now she only 7th
overall, 3:15 min after the new leader Mara Abbott.
Abbot from
Boulder, Colorado won the race in 2010 and today she took an amazing stage win
on the American Independence Day. “I am
more than happy. I didn’t have any tactics, I just attacked when the road
started to get steeper”, Abbott said after the stage.
Marianne
Vos knew it wouldn’t be easy for her today but she didn’t expect to lose the
jersey. “I wanted to keep the jersey but the race is not over yet”, she
explains.
New rider
in the White Jersey is Francesca Cauz. The young Italian finished second on
stage and now hopes to keep the jersey all the way. “I knew I was feeling good
today and I have to thank my team, my sport directors and the sponsors”.
Second in
the overall classification is Tatiana Guderzo who finished fourth on the stage.
She’s now aiming at the time trial on the final day: “Today I wasted too much energy but I know the time trial
suits me. I will take it day by day and
tomorrow is already another hard day”.
Tomorrow
Giro Rosa take place in the Verbano Cusio Ossola area, Elisa Longo Borghini's homeland. The Italian rider crashed at the national championship and had to
forfeit for the Giro.We think her friends and teammates will prepare something
special for her, like the Americans did today.
Stage 5 results:
1. Abbott Mara (Nazionale Usa)
2. Cauz Francesca (Top
Girls Fassa Bortolo) a 1'44"
3. Luperini Fabiana (Faren Kuota) a 1'49"
4. Guderzo Tatiana
(MCipollini Ale Galassia) a 1'51"
5. Gillow Shara (Orica Ais)
a 2'38"
6. Hausler Claudia (Tibco
To The Top) 2'49"
7. Vysotska Yevgenia
(Michela Fanini Rox) a 3'02"
8. Alena Amialiusik (BePink) a 3'45"
9. Moolman Ashleigh (Lotto
Belisol Ladies) 3'51"
10. Stevens Evelyn
(Specialized Lululemon) a 3'51"
Overall Classification:
1. Abbott Mara (Usa)
2. Guderzo Tatiana (MCipollini Ale Galassia) a
1'27"
3. Luperini Fabiana (Faren Kuota) a 1'34"
4. Hausler Claudia
(Tibco To The Top) a 2'27"
5. Cauz Francesca (Top
Girls Fassa Bortolo) a 2'30"
The 5 Jerseys:
Leader: Abbott Mara (Usa)
Points: Vos Marianne (Rabo Woman Cycling Team)
KOM: Cromwell Tiffany (Orica Ais)
Youth: Cauz Francesca (Top Girls Fassa Bortolo)
No comments:
Post a Comment