2015 Philadelphia Cycling Classic
2015 UCI Women's Road World Cup, race 6 of 10 | |||||||||||||
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Race details | |||||||||||||
Dates | June 7, 2015 | ||||||||||||
Distance | 118.26 km (73.48 mi) | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2h 58' 01" | ||||||||||||
Results | |||||||||||||
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2015 UCI Women's Road World Cup | |
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Races | |
Round 1 | Ronde van Drenthe |
Round 2 | Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio |
Round 3 | Tour of Flanders |
Round 4 | La Flèche Wallonne |
Round 5 | Tour of Chongming Island |
Round 6 | The Philadelphia Cycling Classic |
Round 7 | Sparkassen Giro |
Round 8 | Crescent Women World Cup Vårgårda TTT |
Round 9 | Crescent Women World Cup Vårgårda |
Round 10 | GP de Plouay-Bretagne |
Teams and riders | |
2015 UCI Women's Teams and riders | |
The 2015 Philadelphia Cycling Classic, known as The Parx Casino Philly Cycling Classic for sponsorship purposes, was the sixth round of the 2015 UCI Women's Road World Cup. It was held on June 7, 2015, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The event had last appeared in the Women's Road World Cup in 2001, as the Liberty Classic.
On a six-lap course which climbed the Manayunk Wall – an 800-metre (2,600 ft) long climb with an average gradient of 8 percent – at the end of each lap,
Entry
The organizers of the Philadelphia Cycling Classic indicated that they would invite the top twenty ranked UCI teams at the end of 2014, and then any further allocations would be assigned to highly-ranked national teams and other UCI teams.[1] A list of seventeen participating teams was published in March, just over ten weeks prior to the race. Of those teams, Astana–Acca Due O, BePink–La Classica and the Canadian national team did not feature in the race, while further teams were added to feature 96 riders across 19 teams.[2][3]
UCI Teams
- Alé–Cipollini
- Bigla Pro Cycling Team
- BMW p/b Happy Tooth Dental
- BTC City Ljubljana
- Boels–Dolmans
- Team Hitec Products
- Optum–KBS
- Pepper Palace p/b The Happy Tooth
- Itau Shimano Ladies Power Team
- Twenty16 p/b Sho-Air
- Team TIBCO–SVB
- UnitedHealthcare
- Velocio–SRAM
- Wiggle–Honda
- Xirayas de San Luis
- Colavita–Fine Cooking
- Fearless Femme p/b Haute Wheels Racing
Course
The Philadelphia Cycling Classic followed a six-lap course near the Schuylkill River in northwest Philadelphia. It started and finished at the top of the Manayunk Wall,[4] an 800-metre (2,600 ft) long climb which peaked at a gradient of 17 percent,[5] though it only averaged around 8 percent.[6] The course also included climbs up Lemon Hill and Strawberry Mansion Drive.[4] Each of the six laps was 19.71 kilometres (12.25 miles) in length, giving a total race length of 118.26 kilometres (73.48 miles).[7] "Queen of the Mountain" points were awarded for the first rider to the top of Manayunk Wall and Lemon Hill each lap, while an intermediate sprint was located roughly halfway along the outward section of the lap, where Kelly Drive intersected with Midvale Avenue.[8]
Preview
After five rounds of the
Race
There was no significant breakaways during the first lap, but as the riders climbed Lemon Hill on the second of six laps, Jasmin Glaesser (Optum–KBS) established a gap, and maintained the lead of the race for two laps, earning her the Queen of the Mountain award.[15] She was caught during an attack by Alison Jackson (Twenty16 p/b Sho-Air), but the pair could not maintain their advantage, and were caught by the peloton on the climb up Manayunk Wall at the end of the third lap.[16] Team Hitec Products attacked each of the intermediate sprints, with Kirsten Wild providing a lead-out each lap for her teammate Emilie Moberg. They also attempted to make breakaways of their own, and Moberg managed to lead off the front of the peloton for around half a lap before being caught once more by the peloton.[17] The Velocio–SRAM team attacked through the fourth lap, with each of their riders riding off the front in turn, but they failed to establish a breakaway.[16]
Entering the final lap, the peloton remained close, although a number of riders had fallen behind or dropped out, particularly through the cobbled bends at the base of the Manayunk Wall. A series of attacks were made on the final lap;
Results
Race results
Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) | Boels–Dolmans
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2h 58' 01" |
2 | Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) | Wiggle–Honda | + 0" |
3 | Alena Amialiusik (BLR) | Velocio–SRAM | + 0" |
4 | Shelley Olds (USA) | Bigla Pro Cycling Team | + 0" |
5 | Coryn Rivera (USA) | UnitedHealthcare | + 3" |
6 | Evelyn Stevens (USA) | Boels–Dolmans
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+ 5" |
7 | Leah Kirchmann (CAN) | Optum–KBS | + 5" |
8 | Lex Albrecht (CAN) | Optum–KBS | + 5" |
9 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (ITA) | Alé–Cipollini | + 5" |
10 | Brianna Walle (USA) | Optum–KBS | + 12" |
World Cup standings
Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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1 | Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) | Boels–Dolmans
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315 |
2 | Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) | Wiggle–Honda | 296 |
3 | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | Rabo–Liv | 290 |
4 | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 226 |
5 | Alena Amialiusik (BLR) | Velocio–SRAM | 225 |
6 | Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) | Wiggle–Honda | 220 |
7 | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) | Rabo–Liv | 175 |
8 | Shelley Olds (USA) | Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 140 |
9 | Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) | Wiggle–Honda | 130 |
10 | Elena Cecchini (ITA) | Lotto–Soudal Ladies
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122 |
References
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- ^ "Philadelphia Cycling Classic announces women's teams for World Cup". cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. March 24, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
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- ^ "Iconic Places: Manayunk Wall". VeloNews. November 22, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
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- ^ "2015 12th Ronde van Vlaanderen / Tour des Flandres (WE) (CDM): Results". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
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- ^ "2015 Tour of Chongming Island World Cup (CDM): Results". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
- ^ "Ranking – Cycling – Road 2015". Union Cycliste Internationale. May 17, 2015. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
- ^ a b Braverman, Jessi (June 8, 2015). "Lizzie Armitstead wins Philly Cycling Classic to regain World Cup overall lead". Ella CyclingTips. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
- ^ a b "Lizzie Armitstead wins mass dash to take Philly title, World Cup lead". VeloNews.com. June 7, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
- ^ a b c Weislo, Laura (June 7, 2015). "Philadelphia World Cup: Armitstead wins ahead of Longo Borghini". cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
- ^ "Ranking – Cycling – Road 2015". Union Cycliste Internationale. June 7, 2015. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2015.