Women’s Tour Down Under: Stage 1

Amanda Spratt from ORICA-Scott blasted away her competition to take the first stage of the 2017 Santos Women’s Tour, Dani King is 5th, Alice Barnes 7th

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Women’s Tour Down Under: Stage 1
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Amanda Spratt from ORICA-Scott blasted away her competition to take the first stage of the 2017 Santos Women’s Tour by 19 seconds. The 106.5-kilometre opening stage of the Santos Women’s Tour left Hahndorf at 11am and wound its way through the rolling Adelaide Hills to Meadows.

Spratt and her ORICA-Scott teammates controlled the peloton for the entirety of the race, chasing down all breakaway groups in the first half of the stage. Specialized tried to mount breakaways on several occasions, but only managed 100-metre leads before being tracked down by the peloton.

Spratt said the ORICA-Scott plan was to control the peloton and stop any breakaways from opposition riders. “That was the plan, that we didn’t have to do a lot of work when it wasn’t necessary so we did a good job at that,” she said. “We did feel the pressure a little bit; we have had a dream start to the season, our best ever. So we knew the eyes would be on us – if there was a break that needed to come back, it would be us that would do it.”

Chloe Hosking of Ale Cipollini won the intermediate sprint, just edging out Susanna Zorzi of Drops Cycling and NSWIS Sydney Uni’s Lauren Kitchen. The peloton was bunched for the first 80 kilometres of the stage before stretching out heading into Strathalbyn and the steep 11 per cent gradient climb in the final four kilometres. “It was our plan to move at the 18 kilometre mark, so we were attacking like crazy, our pressure was unrelenting,” Spratt said.

Spratt made her breakaway into the climb and won the Subaru Queen of the Mountain in a gruelling sprint up Paris Creek Road ahead of the finish in Meadows. “It was the most painful last five kilometres I’ve ever done. In the team meeting last night we said the number one goal was to win the stage, and to win with enough time to have a good buffer for the overall,” she said. Janneke Ensing from Ale Cipollini came second, with Katherine Hall from United Healthcare Pro Cycling Team in third.


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Stage 1 Result
1 Amanda SPRATT (ORS) 2h51:01
2 Janneke ENSING (ALE) 19
3 Katharine HALL (UHC) 59
4 Alexis RYAN (LPR) +1:01
5 Danielle KING (CPC) +1:01
6 Katrin GARFOOT (ORS) +1:01
7 Alice BARNES (DRP) +1:01
8 Peta MULLENS (HBS) +1:01
9 Ruth WINDER (UHC) +1:01
10 Lauren KITCHEN (SNS) +1:01
11 Ann-Sophie DUYCK (DRP) +1:01
12 Tiffany CROMWELL (LPR) +1:01
13 Kirsten WILD (CPC) +1:01
14 Leah THOMAS (T20) +1:01
15 Susanna ZORZI (DRP) +1:01
16 Kate MCILROY (SPW) +1:01
17 Tayler WILES (UHC) +1:01
18 Georgia WILLIAMS (NZL) +1:01
19 Justine BARROW (RSH) +1:01
20 Ruth CORSETT (RSH) +1:01
21 Lucy KENNEDY (HFD) +1:01
22 Rushlee BUCHANAN (UHC) +1:01
23 Carlee TAYLOR (ALE) +1:01
24 Janelle CROOKS (ORS) +1:01
25 Emma POOLEY (HWC) +1:01
26 Shannon MALSEED (HWC) +1:01
27 Kirsten HOWARD (SNS) +1:47
28 Malgorzata JASINSKA (CPC) +1:47
29 Mayuko HAGIWARI (WHT) +1:47
30 Anna CHRISTIAN (DRP) +2:05
31 Annemiek VAN VLEUTEN (ORS) +2:05
32 Chloe HOSKING (ALE) +2:33
33 Gretchen STUMHOFER (T20) +2:33
34 Liza RACHETTO (HBS) +2:33
35 Rebecca WIASAK (HFD) +2:33
36 Amanda JAMIESON (CCN) +2:33
37 Mikayla HARVEY (NZL) +2:33
38 Julie LETH (WHT) +2:33
39 Ashlee ANKUDINOFF (SNS) +2:33
40 Lauretta HANSEN (UHC) +2:33
41 Romy KASPER (ALE) +2:33
42 Grace GARNER (WHT) +2:33
43 Davia TUSLAITE (ALE) +2:33
44 Lucy BECHTEL (SPW) +2:33
45 Nina LAUGHLIN (T20) +2:33
46 Madeline WRIGHT (SPW) +2:33
47 Kristy GLOVER (RSH) +2:33
48 Lauren HALL (UHC) +2:33
49 Annie FOREMAN-MACKEY (T20) +2:33
50 Georgia CATTERICK (NZL) +2:33
51 Jaime GUNNING (HWC) +2:33
52 Tessa FABRY (HFD) +2:33
53 Victoria VEITCH (MBB) +2:33
54 Rossella RATTO (CPC) +2:33
55 Ella BLOOR (SPW) +2:33
56 Ellen SKERRIT (RSH) +2:36
57 Rebecca WOMERSLEY (DRP) +2:57
58 Abigail VAN TWISK (DRP) +2:57
59 Racquel SHEATH (NZL) +2:57
60 Gina RICARDO (SNS) +2:57
61 Madeleine PARK (NZL) +2:57
62 Emily ROPER (HFD) +2:57
63 Grace BROWN (HWC) +3:05
64 Ivy AUDRAIN (HBS) +3:13
65 Kylie WATERREUS (CCN) +3:13
66 Starla TEDDERGREEN (HBS) +3:13
67 Rachele BARBIERI (CPC) +3:13
68 Erin KINNEALY (HWC) +3:13
69 Annette EDMONDSON (WHT) +3:13
70 Amy CURE (WHT) +3:13
71 Louisa LOBIGS (HWC) +3:13
72 Amy ROBERTS (WHT) +3:13
73 Hayley JONES (MBB) +3:13
74 Jessica ALLEN (ORS) +3:13
75 Marta TAGLIAFERRO (CPC) +3:13
76 Barbara GUARISCHI (LPR) +3:13
77 Tsubasa MAKISE (CCN) +3:18
78 Narelle HARDS (MBB) +5:41
79 Chloe DYGERT (T20) +5:50
80 Holly RANSON (MBB) +6:08
81 Rebecca CARTER (MBB) +6:08
82 Beth-Ann ORTON (HBS) +6:08
83 Desiree EHRLER (CCN) +6:08
84 Alexandra MANLY (ORS) +6:08
85 Kate PERRY (SPW) +7:04
86 Anna TREVISI (ALE) +7:04
87 Mieki KROGER (LPR) +7:04
88 Lisa BRENNAUER (LPR) +10:13
89 Bryony BOTHA (NZL) +10:37
90 Emma ROBERTS (SNS) +10:37
91 Verena EBERHARDT (CCN) +10:50
92 Verita STEWART (SPW) +11:24
93 Chloe MORAN (HFD) +11:31
94 Nicola MACDONALD (SNS) +11:31
95 Kristina CLONAN (HFD) +12:22
96 Sofia ARREOLA-NAVARRO (T20) +12:22
97 Winanda SPOOR (RSH) +12:45
98 Bridie O’DONNELL (RSH) +15:16
99 Carley MCKAY (CCN) +17:06


Santos Women’s Tour Stages
• Saturday 14 January | Stage 1 | Hahndorf to Meadows
• Sunday 15 January | Stage 2 | Adelaide Criterium
• Monday 16 January | Stage 3 | Tanunda to Lyndoch
• Tuesday 17 January | Stage 4 | Victoria Park Criterium

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