2015 Giro d'Italia Femminile
| Race details | |||
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| Dates | July 3 – 12 | ||
| Stages | 9+ Prologue | ||
| Distance | 890 km (553.0 mi) | ||
| Winning time | 24h 15' 08" | ||
| Results | |||
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Winner |  Anna van der Breggen (NED) |
(Rabo–Liv) |
| Second |  Mara Abbott (USA) |
(Wiggle–Honda) | |
| Third | Megan Guarnier (USA) |
(Boels–Dolmans) | |
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Points | Megan Guarnier (USA) |
(Boels–Dolmans) |
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Mountains |  Flávia Oliveira (BRA) |
(Alé–Cipollini) |
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Youth |  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) |
(Rabo–Liv) |
The 2015 Giro d'Italia Femminile, or 2015 Giro Rosa, was the 26th running of the Giro d'Italia Femminile, the only remaining women's Grand Tour and the most prestigious stage race on the 2015 women's road cycling calendar.[1][2]
The 2015 running of the race contained the customary high mountain stages as well as a time trial during the final week. On July 11, the riders tackled the 21.7 km individual time trial starting in the region of Vergante, Piedmont. The route was described as containing technical and rolling terrain, concluding in a 4 km climb to Comnago.[3]
Stages
Prologue
- 3 July 2015 – Ljubljana – Ljubljana, 2 km (1.2 mi)
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Stage 1
- 4 July 2015 – Kamnik – Ljubljana, 102.5 km (63.7 mi)
Stage 2
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Stage 3
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Stage 4
- 7 July 2015 – Pioltello – Pozzo d'Adda, 98 km (60.9 mi)
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Stage 5
- 8 July 2015 – Trezzo sull'Adda – Aprica, 128.4 km (79.8 mi)
Stage 5 marks the first summit finish of the race, with the 15 kilometre climb up to the ski resort at Aprica. The average gradient of the climb is 3% with some sections over 10%.[8]
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Stage 6
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Stage 7
The seventh and Queen stage of the race took the riders up through the climbs of Naso di Gatto and Melogno.[8]
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Stage 8 (ITT)
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Stage 9
- 12 July 2015 – Verbania – San Domenico di Varzo, 92.7 km (57.6 mi)
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Classification leadership
| Stage | Winner | General classification |
Points classification |
Mountains classification |
Young rider classification |
Italian rider classification |
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| P | Annemiek van Vleuten | Annemiek van Vleuten | Not awarded | Roxane Knetemann | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot | Valentina Scandolara |
| 1 | Barbara Guarischi | Lucinda Brand | Annemiek van Vleuten | Małgorzata Jasińska | Barbara Guarischi | |
| 2 | Megan Guarnier | Megan Guarnier | Lucinda Brand | Carlee Taylor | Katarzyna Niewiadoma | Elisa Longo Borghini |
| 3 | Lucinda Brand | |||||
| 4 | Annalisa Cucinotta | |||||
| 5 | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot | |||||
| 6 | Mayuko Hagiwara | Megan Guarnier | Flávia Oliveira | |||
| 7 | Lucinda Brand | Lucinda Brand | ||||
| 8 | Anna van der Breggen | Anna van der Breggen | Megan Guarnier | |||
| 9 | Mara Abbott | |||||
| Final | Anna van der Breggen | Megan Guarnier | Flávia Oliveira | Katarzyna Niewiadoma | Elisa Longo Borghini | |
See also
References
- ↑ ProCyclingStats. "Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile 2015 - General Classification". procyclingstats.com.
- ↑ "Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile, Giro Rosa 2015 - CyclingFever - The International Cycling Social Network - Get the Cycling fever!". cyclingfever.com.
- ↑ Cycling News. "News Shorts: Tinkoff-Saxo announce Dubai roster". Cyclingnews.com.
- ↑ "Giro Rosa: Van Vleuten wins prologue in Ljubljana". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- 1 2 Rogers, Neal (4 July 2015). "Italy's Barbara Guarischi wins opening stage of Giro Rosa". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- 1 2 "Double win for Guarnier in Giro Rosa". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- 1 2 "Giro Rosa: Annalisa Cucinotta wins stage 4 in Pozzo d'Adda". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- 1 2 Cycling News. "2015 Giro Rosa route announced". Cyclingnews.com.
- 1 2 "Hagiwara wins Giro Rosa stage". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- 1 2 "Giro Rosa: Van der Breggen wins stage 8 time trial, moves into maglia rosa". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- 1 2 "Giro Rosa: Van der Breggen wins overall title". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
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