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Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune
di Cittiglio
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The second round of the Women's
World Cup brings the peloton to Italy for Trofeo Alfredo
Binda-Comune di Cittiglio. The race was first held on 1974 and
has been a round of the World Cup since 2008. Where Ronde van
Drenthe was a sprinter friendly course Trofeo Alfredo Binda is
anything but.
A broken collarbone forces defending Champion Emma Johansson
to miss the race. Last year Emma Johansson outsmarted Lizzie
Armitstead to take the win from a select group of eight riders
that distanced some of the stronger sprinters. Giorgia
Bronzini won the sprint for ninth from a select chase group 49
seconds behind.
With three time winner Marianne Vos also missing the race
recovering from injury as she focuses on qualifying for and
winning Olympic gold in the dirt in 2016 only one former
winner will start. Elisa Longo Borghini the 2013 winner will
look to make it two in a row for Wiggle Honda after Jolien
D'hoore claimed the opening World Cup round Ronde van Drenthe
earlier in March.
2014 Results
1 Emma JOHANSSON
2 Elizabeth ARMITSTEAD +0
3 Alena AMIALIUSIK +0
4 Anna VAN DER BREGGEN +0
5 Pauline FERRAND PREVOT +0
6 Elisa LONGO BORGHINI +0
7 Olga ZABELINSKAYA +0
8 Eleonora VAN DIJK +0
9 Giorgia BRONZINI +49
10 Elena CECCHINI +49
Past Winners
2014 Emma Johansson (World Cup)
2013 Elisa Longo Borghini (World Cup)
2012 Marianne Vos (World Cup)
2011 Emma Pooley (World Cup)
2010 Marianne Vos (World Cup)
2009 Marianne Vos (World Cup)
2008 Emma Pooley (World Cup)
2007 Nicole Cooke
2006 Regina Schleicher
2005 Nicole Cooke
2004 Oenone Wood
2003 Diana Ziliute
2002 Svetlana Boebnenkova
2001 Nicole Brandli
2000 Fabiana Luperini
The Route
The race starts in Laveno Mombello and after 17.6km reaches
the row of Cittiglio. From here the peloton rides a large
37.7km loop. The intermediate sprints come at 23.2km and
30.4km. The second sprint point marks the end of the mostly
flat roads for the day. The road starts to climb immediately
after the second sprint with the first GPM point coming at
34.4km. From here the large loop undulates for the next 10km
before an 8km downhill run back in to Cittiglio.
From here riders face four laps of a hard 17.1km finishing
circuit. The main feature of the finishing circuit is the
Orino climb just over 9km in to the lap. Over the top of the
climb there is a 7.6km mostly downhill run in to the finish.
The final 400m are uphill making it one for the stronger
riders.
The Contenders
Will be added when provisional start list is available. |
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