{"id":6474,"date":"2017-07-29T23:43:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-29T22:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/?p=6474"},"modified":"2017-07-30T18:19:05","modified_gmt":"2017-07-30T17:19:05","slug":"prudential-ridelondon-classique-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/?p=6474","title":{"rendered":"Prudential RideLondon Classique 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The finish line approaches and it’s Full Gas at 15m for L-R: Coryn Rivera, Lisa Brennauer & Lotta Lepisto…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Prudential RideLondon Classique<\/pre>\n
29th July2017<\/p>\n
Words by RideLondon<\/a>, Images by Chris Maher<\/p>\n
On a day of pouring rain, it was a team called Sunweb who triumphed in the Prudential RideLondon Classique today as Coryn Rivera powered past her rivals to take the world\u2019s richest one-day prize in a frantic sprint down The Mall at the end of an absorbing spectacle.<\/p>\n
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The riders set off on their sighting lap for the start of round14 of the UCI Women’s World Tour.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Rivera emerged from under Admiralty Arch at the end of an hour and a half of helter-skelter racing around St James\u2019s Park, Parliament Square and Whitehall as a long line of riders, led by Canyon SRAM\u2019s Lisa Brennauer, bore down on the Finish Line.<\/p>\n
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The start of the Prudential RideLondon Classique…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The American had kept her powder dry for much of the race, sheltered by her well-drilled teammates in the heart of the pack until the final lap. But she emerged when it mattered most to skim past Brennauer on the outside and hold off the fast-finishing Finn Lotta Lepisto, who was denied victory by the skin of her tyres.<\/p>\n
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2nd lap and the peloton are together with Admiralty Arch in the distance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
With 100,000 Euros of #pedalparity prize money up for grabs this was a rich victory for Rivera, and a timely one, as it moves her up to fourth in the WorldTour rankings.<\/p>\n
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The Peloton strung along the Mall early on…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
But afterwards Rivera was quick to hand credit to her teammates, who had constantly pushed the pace over the 12 tight-cornered laps of the spectacular 5.5km circuit in central London.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really special to win a race here,\u201d said Rivera. \u201cBut the team is everything to me; that\u2019s what makes this really special.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe came up with a really good plan at the start of the day and then everybody executed it perfectly.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It was so nearly perfect for Lepisto too, but the Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling rider had to settle for second, with Brennauer a close third.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I had the perfect position but my final sprint wasn’t good enough, so Coryn got past me on the line,\u201d said Lepisto.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
As for Brennauer, third place was some sort of redemption after she had crashed in the final 400m 12 months ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter crashing last year, I am happy with third because the race was super-fast despite the rain,\u201d said the German. \u201cI tried to ride fast and stay out of trouble.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Behind them, London Olympic champion Marianne Vos beat her Dutch compatriot and defending champion Kirsten Wild for fourth. Denmark\u2019s reigning world champion Amalie Dideriksen was seventh.<\/p>\n
The grey skies may have been thick with rain, but it was Sunweb who shone most brightly throughout the water-soaked race as another of their number, Leah Kirchmann, took the Continental Tyres Sprint prize.<\/p>\n
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World Champion Amalie Dideriksen in the mix for the Continental Sprint Prize (3)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
It was just reward for the Dutch-based team who had come to the race well-rehearsed with a plan to contest each of the intermediate sprints as preparation for the final lead-out that would deliver the ultimate victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are so proud of our team performance today,\u201d said Kirchmann after pocketing the 3,000 Euro prize. \u201cWe decided early on we wanted to go for the sprints to practice for the lead-out and I ended up with enough points to win it. It was a great demonstration of team racing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Indeed it was, for Sunweb seemed least intimidated by the conditions, which were always going to play a major part in proceedings, putting caution in the forefront of many minds as the sprinters\u2019 teams snaffled up the few vain attempts to break clear.<\/p>\n
For 11 laps Rivera barely appeared at the front of the pack where Canyon SRAM and Dideriksen\u2019s Boels Dolmans squad took turns in pulling the 115-strong field down the long straights of The Mall, Whitehall and Birdcage Walk and into the tight U-turns on Constitution Hill and the Strand.<\/p>\n
Chloe Hosking\u2019s Ale Cipolini squad were also in evidence along with Sunweb as riders tested the water around the treacherous corners of Trafalgar Square.<\/p>\n
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Continental Tyres Sprint 1 win for Katie Archibald, Team WNT with Leah Kirchmann second.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Britain\u2019s Katie Archibald snapped up the first 1,000 Euros sprint prize at the end of lap three, sweeping past three Sunweb rivals to take the five points ahead of Kirchmann.<\/p>\n
Spectators cowered under umbrellas and wet-weather gear along some of the most famous streets on the planet as many of the world\u2019s best women riders pumped the pedals as they skated over the drenched tarmac, spray flying up from their back wheels.<\/p>\n
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With an average speed of 44.46kmph, the weather and punctures put pay to many riders…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
In these conditions, a wrong touch on the brakes could spell disaster and caution kept the field together as they approached the second sprint. Again, it was the Sunweb women who led them towards The Mall past lines of red double-deckers paused beneath Big Ben as the grey parade swept around Trafalgar Square.<\/p>\n
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Leah Kirchmann & Christine Majerus take on World Champion Amalie Dideriksen for the Continental Sprint Prize<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Kirchmann was pipped again, this time by Christine Majerus of Boels Dolmans with Archibald adding another point to her tally in fourth. With one sprint to go the points prize was now between Archibald and Kirchmann, the pair neck and neck on six apiece.
\nVos took a brief turn at the front at the end of lap eight, but it was Dideriksen who took the third sprint, Kirchmann sealing the overall sprints prize in third.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt great today,\u201d said the Canadian later. \u201cI like this type of racing when it\u2019s really technical and I don\u2019t mind racing in the rain. We embraced the rain and still raced super well.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Boels Dolmans Christine Majerus heads a compact peloton along the Mall with Hannah Barnes & Grace Garner too!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
They certainly did. From then on it was all about finding position for the finish. Boels Dolmans kept the pace high through laps 10 and 11, led by Majerus and Nikki Brammeier, with Canyon SRAM again starting to mass around their big hope, Hannah Barnes.<\/p>\n
With one lap to go it was all still to play for, and with two \u2018hot-dog\u2019 turns to come, the big names moved into the position behind their domestiques.<\/p>\n
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Prudential RideLondon Classique Winner, Coryn Rivera, Team Sunweb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Alexis Ryan led up the Strand one last time with her Canyon SRAM teammates Barnes and Brennauer behind her. Wild was lurking back in the pack with Majerus also poised. But this was Sunweb\u2019s day and Rivera timed her final dash to perfection.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe saw the forecast yesterday so we knew what was coming,\u201d said Rivera. \u201cIt’s really cool to have a downtown race like this; it compares to American criterions. I love that environment and spirit, and I love crowds so it was really fun today.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Team Prize Winners, Team Sunweb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Sunweb\u2019s day was complete when they also won the team prize. \u201cThis is definitely a highlight for me and the team,\u201d said Rivera. \u201cI\u2019m really excited for all of us today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prudential RideLondon Classique 2017 Race Top Thirty.<\/p>\n
1 114 USA10006131693 RIVERA, Coryn SUN TEAM SUNWEB 01:29:03
\n2 51 FIN10006326202 LEPISTO, Lotta CBT CERVELO BIGLA PRO CYCLING TEAM —
\n3 22 GER10004602935 BRENNAUER, Lisa LPR CANYON SRAM RACING —
\n4 151 NED10003114488 VOS, Marianne WM3 WM3 PRO CYCLING —
\n5 1 NED10002919175 WILD, Kirsten CYLA CYLANCE PRO CYCLING —
\n6 121 BEL10004779050 D’HOORE, Jolien WHT WIGGLE HIGH5 —
\n7 132 DEN10009487085 DIDERIKSEN, Amalie* DLT BOELS DOLMANS CYCLINGTEAM —
\n8 61 FRA10006578907 FOURNEIR, Roxane FDJ FDJ NOUVELLE AQUITAINE FUTUROSCOPE —
\n9 23 ITA10005886365 GUARISCHI, Barbara LPR CANYON SRAM RACING —
\n10 122 ITA10002525317 BRONZINI, Giorgia WHT WIGGLE HIGH5 —
\n11 12 AUS10005781584 HOSKING, Chloe ALE ALE CIPOLLINI —
\n12 72 AUS10005763194 ELVIN, Gracie ORS ORICA – SCOTT —
\n13 85 CRO10007135140 RADOTIC, Mia B TC BTC CITY LJUBLJANA —
\n14 112 CAN10006456443 KIRCHMANN, Leah SUN TEAM SUNWEB —
\n15 191 DEN10007535062 SIGGAARD, Christina TV W TEAM VELOCONCEPT WOMEN —
\n16 73 AUS10009457076 ROY, Sarah ORS ORICA – SCOTT —
\n17 21 GBR10007348237 BARNES, Hannah LPR CANYON SRAM RACING —
\n18 153 NED10009894485 KOREVAAR, Jeanne* WM3 WM3 PRO CYCLING —
\n19 116 NED10003264335 VAN DIJK, Ellen SUN TEAM SUNWEB —
\n20 134 LUX10005669935 MAJERUS, Christine DLT BOELS DOLMANS CYCLINGTEAM —
\n21 111 NED10006605680 BRAND, Lucinda SUN TEAM SUNWEB —
\n22 81 POL10006412589 BUJAK, Eugenia B TC BTC CITY LJUBLJANA —
\n23 91 MEX10007199707 DREXEL, CLOUTHIER Ing TI B TEAM TIBCO – SILICON VALLEY BANK 01:29:10
\n24 65 FRA10007742705 DUVAL, Eugenie FDJ FDJ NOUVELLE AQUITAINE FUTUROSCOPE —
\n25 41 FRA10005489473 DELZENNE, Elsie LSL LOTTO SOUDAL LADIES —
\n26 163 GBR10010170634 DICKINSON, Eleanor * GBR GREAT BRITAIN NATIONAL TEAM —
\n27 15 ITA10006880819 TREVISI, Anna ALE ALE CIPOLLINI —
\n28 171 ITA10008635610 SANGUINETI, Ilaria BPK BEPINK COGEAS —
\n29 32 ITA10003102364 CUCINOTTA, Annalisa LENS LENSWORLD-KUOTA —
\n30 124 SWE10004597881 FAHLIN, Emilia WHT WIGGLE HIGH5 —<\/p>\n
Continental Tyres Sprints Top 5<\/p>\n
1 112 CAN10006456443 KIRCHMANN, Leah TEAM SUNWEB SUN 11
\n2 134 LUX10005669935 MAJERUS, Christine BOELS DOLMANS CYCLINGTEAM DLT 9
\n3 141 GBR10008789695 ARCHIBALD, Katie TEAM WNT PRO CYCLING WNT 7
\n4 116 NED10003264335 VAN DIJK, Ellen TEAM SUNWEB SUN 6
\n5 132 DEN10009487085 DIDERIKSEN, Amalie* BOELS DOLMANS CYCLINGTEAM DLT 5<\/p>\n
Previous Winners<\/p>\n
2016, Kristen Wild Hitec Products
\n2015, Barbara Guarischi Velocio-SRAM
\n2014, Giorgia Bronzini Wiggle Honda
\n2013, Laura Trott Wiggle Honda<\/p>\n
Next UCI World Women’s Tour event, Cresent\u00a0V\u00e5rg\u00e5rda <\/a>Team Time Trial on 11 August followed by a road race on 13th<\/p>\n
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Continental Tyres Sprints Prize Winner, Leah Kirchmann, Team Sunweb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Prudential RideLondon Classique 2017 1: Coryn Rivera, 2: Lotta Lepisto, 3: Lisa Brennauer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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