Giro d'Italia Femminile 2013 (Giro Rosa / Donne)

[GPdesAmeriques]

The most prestigious stage race in women's cycling starts this weekend as well. This was previously known as the Giro Donne but is called the Giro Rosa this year.

Web: http://www.girorosa.it/
Start List: http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/giro-rosa-2013-start-list
Video Coverage: Daily Report at 20:00 CEST on RAI2 (http://www.raisport.rai.it/)
Twitter: @GiroRosa2013 #GiroRosa

Stages

[1] 30 June Giovinazzo - Margherita Di Savoia 117.8 km
[2] 1 July Pontecagnano Faiano - Pontecagnano Faiano 99.6 km
[3] 2 July Cerro Al Volturno - Cerro Al Volturno 93.6 km
[4] 3 July Monte San Vito - Castelfidardo 137.2 km
[5] 4 July Varazze - Monte Beigua 73.3 km
[6] 5 July Terme Di Premia - San Domenico 121 km
[7] 6 July Corbetta - Corbetta 120 km
[8] 7 July Cremona (ITT) 16 km

More details on each stage can be found at http://velofocus.com/category/giro-rosa/ and http://deessesdelaroute.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/giro-rosa-2013.html

Previous Winners

2008 Fabiana Luperini (ITA) Menkini-Selle Italia
2009 Claudia Häusler (GER) Cervélo Test Team
2010 Mara Abbott (USA) USA National Team
2011 Marianne Vos (NED) Nederland Bloeit
2012 Marianne Vos (NED) Rabobank Women

2012 Jersey Winners

 

[WindLessBreeze]

CN coverage

Hope the flagship venue for anything and everything about cycling provide worthwhile coverage (including pictures, bulletin info, etc) about this race

 

[DenisMenchov]

There's also WOMEN'S road cycling????

 

[GPdesAmeriques]

Stage 1 - Sunday 30 June

Distance: 117.8 km
Start: 12:00 CEST (Giovinazzo)
Expected Finish: 14:30 CEST (Margherita di Savoia)

http://www.girorosa.it/tappe/prima-tappa.html

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[GPdesAmeriques]

Kirsten Wild won the first stage, but Marianne Vos leads on GC because of intermediate sprint time bonuses.

 

[GPdesAmeriques]

Stage 2 - Monday 1 July

Distance: 99.6 km
Start: 12:15 CEST (Pontecagnano Faiano)
Expected Finish: 14:45 CEST (Pontecagnano Faiano)

http://www.girorosa.it/tappe/seconda-tappa.html

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[Libertine Seguros]

Strange that things held together long enough that Vos could take enough time bonuses to overhaul the deficit she got from not actually winning the stage. Must be pretty rare that somebody takes the lead in stage 1 without actually winning the stage (sans prologue races anyway).

 

[WindLessBreeze]

Stage 2

Vos finishes second once again; Too*Strong/Too^Fast/Too#Swift

 

[RedheadDane]

Strange that things held together long enough that Vos could take enough time bonuses to overhaul the deficit she got from not actually winning the stage. Must be pretty rare that somebody takes the lead in stage 1 without actually winning the stage (sans prologue races anyway).

Yeah... I was also a Little confused about it when I heard.
But of course Danish TV didn't focus so much on the stage winner/ pink jersey bit as they did on the Julie Leth got white bit.

 

[GPdesAmeriques]

Vos finishes second once again; Too*Strong/Too^Fast/Too#Swift

Yes, but what a second place! She was very lucky / skilled to not crash after hitting a pothole in the sprint.

This video (at 1:30) shows it better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui0JSGC084I

 

[GPdesAmeriques]

Stage 3 - Tuesday 2 July
Distance: 111.6 km
Start: 12:00 CEST (Cerro Al Volturno)
Expected Finish: 14:30 CEST (Cerro Al Volturno)

http://www.girorosa.it/tappe/terza-tappa.html

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[theyoungest]

Yes, but what a second place! She was very lucky / skilled to not crash after hitting a pothole in the sprint.

This video (at 1:30) shows it better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui0JSGC084I

Talk about instinct. Wow.

 

[jaylew]

Are there some good mtfs this year? If so, I'm going Abbot ftw.

 

[Eshnar]

Are there some good mtfs this year? If so, I'm going Abbot ftw.

Monte Beigua is no joke.

 

[GPdesAmeriques]

Stage 4 - Wednesday 3 July
Distance: 137.2 km (the longest stage in the race)
Start: 11:00 CEST (Monte San Vito)
Expected Finish: 14:30 CEST (Castelfidardo)

http://www.girorosa.it/tappe/quarta-tappa.html

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[GPdesAmeriques]

Are there some good mtfs this year? If so, I'm going Abbot ftw.

For a stage win or overall?

After "only" finishing fifth in the Emakumeen Bira I think that Vos may be worried about the big climbs and so is trying to pick up time in other places (including bonus sprints.)

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Are there some good mtfs this year? If so, I'm going Abbot ftw.

Don't write off Stevens or even Luperini, while Claudia Häusler is showing the first signs in a while of showing her 2009 form again and I'd love to see her climbing like she was then.

Man, I miss the Cervélo women's team of that era, with Pooley and Abbott duelling in the mountains and towing Arndt and Häusler along behind them

 

[GPdesAmeriques]

Stage 5 - Thursday 4 July
Distance: 73.3 km (the shortest stage in the race but the most difficult because of the final climb)
Start: 12:00 CEST (Varazze)
Expected Finish: 14:00 CEST (Monte Beigua)

http://www.girorosa.it/tappe/quinta-tappa.html

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[jaylew]

Called it (not over yet, of course). Abbot dominates! Now leads GC by 1:27 with another mtf tomorrow. Sounds like Stevens went with her and blew up.

1 Mara Abbott (USA) USA National Team 2:25:25
2 Francesca Cauz (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 0:01:44
3 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Faren-Kuota 0:01:49
4 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) MCipollini Giordana 0:01:51
5 Shara Gillow (Aus) Orica-AIS 0:02:38
6 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Team TIBCO To The Top 0:02:49
7 Yevgenia Vysotska (Ukr) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox 0:03:02
8 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Bepink 0:03:45
9 Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) Lotto Belisol Ladies 0:03:51
10 Evelyn Stevens (USA) Specialized-lululemon
11 Linda Melanie Villumsen (NZl) Wiggle-Honda 0:04:23
12 Anna Sanchis Chafer (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 0:04:27
13 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) MCipollini Giordana 0:04:34
14 Megan Guarnier (USA) Rabo Woman Cycling Team 0:05:15
15 Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabo Woman Cycling Team

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Wow, Cauz is a revelation! Shame for Stevens, good to see a good result for Sanchis, she was top 10 at the race a few years ago, then the contract dispute with Safi-Pasta Zara and the resultant mess has led to her rather disappearing from the international scene.

Still kind of hoped for more from Häusler, not because this isn't about the right level but because I really want her to get back to the 2009 level.

I also think the stage would have been better if the best natural talent that Great Britain has right now had been there.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Superb performance by Mara! Chapeau! Very glad to see her again in the lead.

 

[GPdesAmeriques]

Stage 6 - Friday 5 July
Distance: 121.0 km
Start: 12:30 CEST (Terme di Premia)
Expected Finish: 15:30 CEST (San Domenico)

www.girorosa.it/tappe/sesta-tappa.html

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[GPdesAmeriques]

I also think the stage would have been better if the best natural talent that Great Britain has right now had been there.

Yes, maybe Great Britain could have sent a national team like the Dutch and the Americans.

 

[jaylew]

More Abbot!

Stage 6:
1 ABBOTT MARA 3:16'01
2 HÄUSLER CLAUDIA 24
3 CAUZ FRANCESCA 34
4 LUPERINI FABIANA 41
5 GUDERZO TATIANA 1'03
6 STEVENS EVELYN 1'32
7 VOS MARIANNE 1'39
8 GILLOW SHARA 1'46
9 MOOLMAN ASHLEIGH 1'52
10 VYSOTSKA YEVGENIA 1'53


Up 2:25 on Luperini on GC

 

[jaylew]

Luperini DQ'd because her bike was too light.

Abbot now has 2'40 on 2nd, Guderzo.