Basque Country/Spain, One-day Road Race, 110km
UCI 1.2
After spending much of the last month visiting far-flung targets of the UCI's attempts to globalise professional cycling, the Elite Women's peloton returns to Europe for a race in what may be the only nation where the population's adoration of cycling rivals that of the Belgians - the Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria, a one-day race taking place in the ancient Basque Country.
Basque rider Joane Sommariba won in 2004, the first time that the race was held as a UCI 1.2 event, repeating her successes of 2003 and 2002 when it was a UCI 1.9.2 race, as it had been since 2001 when the Italian Sara Felloni won the very first edition. Miriam Melchers began the process of making the Netherlands the most successful nation in the history of the 1.2 race (three victories) when she won in 2005, then Susanne Ljungskog became the first and only Swedish winner in 2006 and in 2007 there was another first when Edita Pučinskaitė was the only Lithuanian to have won. In 2008 the race didn't take place, but Noemi Cantele continued the trend and became the first Italian winner in 2009. In 2010 the inevitable happened - Marianne Vos won; when she won again in 2011 she became the only rider to have won the 1.2 race twice and finished off what Melchers had started back in 2005 and, in 2012, Britain got its first podium when Emma Pooley won.
The Parcours
C/O Velofocus. View Durango Saria in a larger map
The parcours will follow the same 110km route as in 2012 with four laps of a circuit from Durango to Elorrio (taking in a steep climb and fast descent on each) followed by one final lap including two Cat. 2 climbs to an altitude of 385m, ending back at Durango.
Start List
Subject to change
Rabo1 VOS, MARIANNE
2 VAN VLEUTEN, ANNEMIEK
3 ANTOSHINA, TATIANA
4 DÜSTER, SARAH
5 KNETEMANN, ROXANE
6 DE VOCHT, LIESBET
Specialized-Lululemon
11 STEVENS, EVELIN
12 ELVIN, GRACIE
13 MCCONVILLE, CHLOE
14 NOONAN, SINEAD
15 SULZBERGER, GRACE
16 TAYLOR, CARLEE
Bizkaia Durango
21 SANCHIS, ANNA
22 ESKAMENDI, DORLETA
23 CHACÓN, LILLIBETH
24 HOGAN, JOANNE
25 OYARBIDE, LOURDES =
26 SAN SEBASTIAN, IRENE
27 SANTESTEBAN Ane
28 NORIEGA, MAYALEN
Orica-AIS
31 JOHANSSON, EMMA
32 GILLOW SHARA
33 GUNNEWIJK, LOES
34 SPRATT, AMANDA
35 CROMWELL, TIFFANY
36 EDMONDSON, ANNETTE
Hitec Products-UCK
41 LONGO BORGHINI, ELISA
42 FAHLIN, EMILIA
43 BJØRNSRUD, MIRIAM
44 NEYLAN, RACHEL
45 RATTO, ROSSELLA
46 JOHNSEN, CECILIE G.
Sengers
51 VAN DER BREGGEN, ANNA
52 SOEK, JULIA
53 POLSPOEL, MAAIKE
54 DE VUYST, SOFIE
55 MAJERUS, CHRISTINE
56 ARIJS, EVELYNE
57 SCHREURS, GEERIKE
58 ROGGEMAN, INGE
RusVelo
61 KUCHINSKAYA, ELENA
62 BURCHENKOVA, ALEKS
63 JAPAROVA, AIJAN
64 BOCHARNIKOVA, ELENA
65 BLINDUK, YULIA
66 PANKOVA, LARISA
67 DOBRYNINA, KSENLIA
68 BONDARENKO, ALINA
Boels-Dolmans
71 ARMITSTEAD, LIZZIE
72 BRAS, MARTINE
73 DAAMS, JESSIE
74 KASPER, ROMY
75 VISSER, ADRIE
76 WANROIJ, MARIEKE
Lotto-Belisol
81 DE VRIES, MARIJN
82 D’HOORE, JOLIEN
83 DUYCK, ANN-SOFIE
84 ELLA, MICHAL
85 HANNES, KAAT
86 MOOLMAN Ashleigh
87 ROUSSE, MARION
88 TAYLOR, CARLEE
Argos-Shimano
91 BECKER, CHARLOTTE
92 BUSSER, JANNEKE
93 KNOL, WILLEKE
94 GEBHARDT, ELKE
95 PIETERS, AMY
96 WILD, KIRSTEN
S.C. Michela Fanini-ROX
101 PITEL, EDWIGE
102 RIST, LIISI
103 BARAZNA, KATIA
104 ELPELDE, MIREIA
105 VIECELI, LARA
106 D’INTINO, AZZURA
107 BOLDRINI, GLORIA
108 JUTATIP, MANEEPHAN
Faren-Let's Go Finland
111 BASTIANELLI, MARTA
112 CECCHINI, ELENA
113 FERRIER BRUNEAU, CHRISTEL
114 LUPERINI, FABIANA
115 MUSTONEN, SARA
116 SCHWAGER, PATRICIA
Top Fassa Bortolo
121 BERLATO, ELENA
122 BITTO, IRENE
123 CAUZ, FRANCESCA
124 FIORI, JENNIFER
125 PIEROBON, CHIARA
126 STEFANI, FRANCESCA
Lointek
131 CRUM, EMMA
132 LOPEZ, BELÉN
133 ILIYNIKH, YULIA
134 MERINO, EIDER
135 UTROBINA, ELENA
136 MUFFAT, ALEXIA
137 GONZALES, LUCÍA
138 GUTIERREZ, SHEYLA
Cramo-Go:Green
141 OLSSON, MADELENE
142 KHLBOM, JESSICA
143 SÖDERBERG, ISABELLE
144 NILSSON, HANNA
145 THOMASSON, MARTINA
146 SJÖBLOM, LENNEA
BePink
151 CANTELE, Noemi
152 FRAPPORTI, SIMONA
153 VALSECCHI, SILVIA
154 AMIALIUSIK, ALENA
155 LEVI, DANIELA
156 ALGISI, ALICE
How To Follow The Race
As ever, Hitec Products-UCK manager Karl Lima, Boels-Dolmans mechanic Richie Steege and photographer Anton Vos (who also happens to be Marianne's brother) are the people to follow for live race updates.
