Paternoster wins stage 1 of the Women’s Tour Down Under

Etappenrennen, Frauenradsport,

1st flat stage 113km from Hahndorf to Birdwood ended in an expected bunch sprint:

1 Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women 3:10:28
2 Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
3 Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Astana Women’s Team
4 Alison Jackson (Can) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
5 Rachele Barbieri (Ita) BePink
6 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) CCC-Liv
7 Matilda Raynolds (Aus) Specialized Women’s Racing
8 Rebecca Wiasak (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia
9 Naimh Fisher-Black (NZl) Vantage New Zealand National Team
10 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini

General classification after stage 1
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women 3:10:18
2 Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:02
3 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini 0:00:05
4 Gracie Elvin (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
5 Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Astana Women’s Team 0:00:06
6 Alison Jackson (Can) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:00:10
7 Rachele Barbieri (Ita) BePink
8 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) CCC-Liv
9 Matilda Raynolds (Aus) Specialized Women’s
10 Rebecca Wiasak (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia