Giro d’Italia Donne stage 9: Ashleigh Moolman Pasio wins stage as SD Worx sweep podium

Ashleigh Moolman Pasio took her first career victory at the Giro d'Italia Donne, leading up a SD Worx sweep.

July 10, 2021 VeloNews.com

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Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (SD Worx) took her first career stage victory at the Giro d’Italia Donne on Saturday, attacking from a breakaway to claim stage 9 atop Monte Matajur.

Moolman Pasio led a SD Worx sweep of the stage podium, with teammate Demi Vollering finishing in second, and Anna van der Breggen coming home in third place to defend her lead in the GC standings. Van der Breggen consolidated her lead in the overall with one stage remaining, and is now poised to win her fourth career title at Italy’s biggest women’s race.

“Wow, it really feels so amazing. This is my 10th Giro and I’ve never won a stage — I’ve only ever finished second,” Moolman Pasio said. “And so, second on GC is special so is to win a stage.”

The stage tackled two sizable climbs, with the Monte Matajur ascent finishing off the 122.6km stage. Moolman Pasio attacked on the penultimate climb, the Stregna Climb, alongside Italian rider Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) with 41km remaining, and the two built a sizable advantage on the field.

The two worked together over the ensuing descent, and came into the Monte Matajur climb with nearly two minutes on the peloton, which was controlled by SD Worx.

Inside 10km to go Moolman Pasio was able to drop Longo Borghini and power on to the victory. Behind, Vollering and van der Breggen accelerated out of the group on the climb to ride to the finish together.

Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile Stage 9 Results

Stage
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	MOOLMAN Ashleigh	Team SD Worx	3:52:35
2	VOLLERING Demi	Team SD Worx	1:26
3	VAN DER BREGGEN Anna	Team SD Worx	1:26
4	CAVALLI Marta	FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope	1:39
5	DEIGNAN Elizabeth	Trek-Segafredo Women	2:14
6	GARCÍA Mavi	Alé BTC Ljubljana	2:27
7	LABOUS Juliette	Team DSM	2:37
8	GUDERZO Tatiana	Alé BTC Ljubljana	2:46
9	FISHER-BLACK Niamh	Team SD Worx	2:56
10	MUZIC Évita	FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope	3:25
11	REALINI Gaia	Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria	3:28
12	THOMAS Leah	Movistar Team	3:31
13	LONGO BORGHINI Elisa	Trek-Segafredo Women	3:41
14	MERINO Eider	A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team	4:31
15	SPRATT Amanda	Team BikeExchange	4:53
16	CHAPMAN Brodie	FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope	4:58
17	STULTIENS Sabrina	Liv Racing	5:41
18	CHABBEY Elise	Canyon//SRAM Racing	5:41
19	AMIALIUSIK Alena	Canyon//SRAM Racing	5:50
20	NOVOLODSKAIA Maria	A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team	6:13
21	BRENNAUER Lisa	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling	6:20
22	LIPPERT Liane	Team DSM	6:20
23	MAGNALDI Erica	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling	6:22
24	CROMWELL Tiffany	Canyon//SRAM Racing	7:20
25	QUAGLIOTTO Nadia	Bepink	7:20
26	LABECKI Coryn	Team DSM	8:02
27	KOSTER Anouska	Team Jumbo-Visma Women	8:04
28	BRAND Lucinda	Trek-Segafredo Women	8:13
29	HARVEY Mikayla	Canyon//SRAM Racing	8:13
30	MALCOTTI Barbara	Valcar - Travel & Service	8:30
31	NILSSON Hanna	Lotto Soudal Ladies	8:30
32	MACKAIJ Floortje	Team DSM	8:44
33	SANTESTEBAN Ane	Team BikeExchange	8:47
34	ARZUFFI Alice Maria	Valcar - Travel & Service	9:12
35	BERTIZZOLO Sofia	Liv Racing	9:17
36	AALERUD Katrine	Movistar Team	9:38
37	LACH Marta	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling	9:47
38	SMULDERS Silke	Lotto Soudal Ladies	10:02
39	RICHIOUD Greta	Arkéa Pro Cycling Team	10:16
40	SILVESTRI Debora	Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	11:13
41	MARKUS Riejanne	Team Jumbo-Visma Women	11:41
42	ROY Sarah	Team BikeExchange	12:18
43	POIDEVIN Sara	Rally Cycling Women	12:53
44	ALESSIO Camilla	Bepink	13:01
45	KIRCHMANN Leah	Team DSM	13:02
46	HAMMES Kathrin	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling	13:02
47	DUVAL Eugénie	FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope	13:02
48	BARNES Hannah	Canyon//SRAM Racing	13:04
49	EDWARDS Ruth	Trek-Segafredo Women	13:07
50	VAN DIJK Ellen	Trek-Segafredo Women	13:11
51	CURINIER Léa	Arkéa Pro Cycling Team	13:11
52	ČEŠULIENĖ Inga	Aromitalia - Basso Bikes - Vaiano	13:13
53	BEEKHUIS Teuntje	Team Jumbo-Visma Women	13:40
54	KOREVAAR Jeanne	Liv Racing	13:41
55	BASTIANELLI Marta	Alé BTC Ljubljana	14:09
56	WIEBES Lorena	Team DSM	14:09
57	TOMASI Laura	Alé BTC Ljubljana	16:34
58	POTOKINA Anna	Servetto - Makhymo - Beltrami TSA	16:36
59	PIERGIOVANNI Federica Damiana	Valcar - Travel & Service	19:49
60	VITILLO Matilde	Bepink	19:49
61	EREMITA Noemi Lucrezia	Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria	19:49
62	ENSING Janneke	Team BikeExchange	19:49
63	MARTURANO Greta	Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	19:49
64	VANDENBULCKE Jesse	Lotto Soudal Ladies	19:49
65	FOUQUENET Amandine	Arkéa Pro Cycling Team	19:49
66	PALAZZI Alice	Born To Win G20 Ambedo	19:49
67	VAN DEN BROEK-BLAAK Chantal	Team SD Worx	19:49
68	CECCHINI Elena	Team SD Worx	19:49
69	PALADIN Soraya	Liv Racing	19:49
70	CONFALONIERI Maria Giulia	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling	22:55
71	BORGHESI Letizia	Aromitalia - Basso Bikes - Vaiano	22:55
72	LELEIVYTĖ Rasa	Aromitalia - Basso Bikes - Vaiano	22:55
73	VALSECCHI Silvia	Bepink	24:00
74	STUDENIKINA Natalia	Born To Win G20 Ambedo	24:33
75	ALLIN Pauline	Arkéa Pro Cycling Team	27:30
76	PISCIALI Francesca	Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria	29:35
77	DALLA VALLE Elisa	Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	31:58
78	TREVISI Anna	Alé BTC Ljubljana	31:58
79	GASPARINI Alice	Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria	31:58
80	MARTÍN Sara	Movistar Team	31:58
81	JOUNIER Lucie	Arkéa Pro Cycling Team	31:58
82	BORELLO Carlotta	Servetto - Makhymo - Beltrami TSA	31:58
83	BARIANI Giorgia	Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	31:58
84	BIANNIC Aude	Movistar Team	31:58
85	JASKULSKA Marta	Liv Racing	31:58
86	NORSGAARD Emma	Movistar Team	31:58
87	KRÄHEMANN Lara	Born To Win G20 Ambedo	31:58
88	LAURANCE Typhaine	Arkéa Pro Cycling Team	31:58
89	DRUMMOND Michaela	Bepink	31:58
90	FRANZ Heidi	Rally Cycling Women	31:58
91	SVARINSKA Lina	Servetto - Makhymo - Beltrami TSA	31:58
92	GASPARRINI Eleonora Camilla	Valcar - Travel & Service	31:58
93	CARBONARI Anastasia	Born To Win G20 Ambedo	31:58
94	RYAN Alexis	Canyon//SRAM Racing	31:58
95	SCANDOLARA Valentina	Aromitalia - Basso Bikes - Vaiano	31:58
96	SERNISSI Gemma	Aromitalia - Basso Bikes - Vaiano	31:58
97	VETTORELLO Giorgia	Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	31:58
98	MEERTENS Lone	Lotto Soudal Ladies	31:58
99	SPEROTTO Maria Vittoria	A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team	31:58
100	ZANARDI Silvia	Bepink	32:04
101	CLOUSE Katie	Rally Cycling Women	32:04
102	SANGUINETI Ilaria	Valcar - Travel & Service	32:04
103	ZONTONE Asia	Servetto - Makhymo - Beltrami TSA	32:20

GC
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	VAN DER BREGGEN Anna	Team SD Worx	24:04:12
2	MOOLMAN Ashleigh	Team SD Worx	1:23
3	VOLLERING Demi	Team SD Worx	3:05
4	DEIGNAN Elizabeth	Trek-Segafredo Women	6:48
5	GARCÍA Mavi	Alé BTC Ljubljana	8:06
6	CAVALLI Marta	FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope	8:09
7	LABOUS Juliette	Team DSM	8:20
8	GUDERZO Tatiana	Alé BTC Ljubljana	8:52
9	FISHER-BLACK Niamh	Team SD Worx	9:24
10	REALINI Gaia	Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria	10:33
11	CHABBEY Elise	Canyon//SRAM Racing	10:46
12	MUZIC Évita	FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope	11:19
13	MAGNALDI Erica	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling	11:39
14	SPRATT Amanda	Team BikeExchange	12:14
15	MERINO Eider	A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team	14:04
16	LONGO BORGHINI Elisa	Trek-Segafredo Women	14:36
17	AMIALIUSIK Alena	Canyon//SRAM Racing	14:52
18	THOMAS Leah	Movistar Team	14:56
19	LIPPERT Liane	Team DSM	16:21
20	AALERUD Katrine	Movistar Team	17:56
21	BRENNAUER Lisa	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling	18:56
22	MACKAIJ Floortje	Team DSM	23:56
23	MALCOTTI Barbara	Valcar - Travel & Service	24:28
24	LACH Marta	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling	25:00
25	NILSSON Hanna	Lotto Soudal Ladies	25:08
26	STULTIENS Sabrina	Liv Racing	26:24
27	CROMWELL Tiffany	Canyon//SRAM Racing	26:34
28	HARVEY Mikayla	Canyon//SRAM Racing	26:59
29	LABECKI Coryn	Team DSM	27:42
30	EDWARDS Ruth	Trek-Segafredo Women	29:03
31	QUAGLIOTTO Nadia	Bepink	29:28
32	PALADIN Soraya	Liv Racing	30:13
33	SMULDERS Silke	Lotto Soudal Ladies	30:31
34	BRAND Lucinda	Trek-Segafredo Women	31:00
35	SANTESTEBAN Ane	Team BikeExchange	31:52
36	ARZUFFI Alice Maria	Valcar - Travel & Service	32:40
37	NOVOLODSKAIA Maria	A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team	32:52
38	MARKUS Riejanne	Team Jumbo-Visma Women	33:12
39	VAN DIJK Ellen	Trek-Segafredo Women	33:26
40	CURINIER Léa	Arkéa Pro Cycling Team	34:26
41	MARTURANO Greta	Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	34:28
42	SILVESTRI Debora	Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	34:32
43	BARNES Hannah	Canyon//SRAM Racing	35:18
44	KOSTER Anouska	Team Jumbo-Visma Women	36:18
45	CHAPMAN Brodie	FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope	36:57
46	ROY Sarah	Team BikeExchange	37:28
47	ALESSIO Camilla	Bepink	38:27
48	KOREVAAR Jeanne	Liv Racing	38:33
49	BASTIANELLI Marta	Alé BTC Ljubljana	38:41
50	BERTIZZOLO Sofia	Liv Racing	40:39
51	BEEKHUIS Teuntje	Team Jumbo-Visma Women	40:44
52	ČEŠULIENĖ Inga	Aromitalia - Basso Bikes - Vaiano	43:11
53	WIEBES Lorena	Team DSM	44:52
54	DUVAL Eugénie	FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope	45:26
55	KIRCHMANN Leah	Team DSM	47:13
56	BORGHESI Letizia	Aromitalia - Basso Bikes - Vaiano	48:50
57	HAMMES Kathrin	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling	48:56
58	SANGUINETI Ilaria	Valcar - Travel & Service	50:22
59	VAN DEN BROEK-BLAAK Chantal	Team SD Worx	50:26
60	PIERGIOVANNI Federica Damiana	Valcar - Travel & Service	51:54
61	ENSING Janneke	Team BikeExchange	52:16
62	RICHIOUD Greta	Arkéa Pro Cycling Team	53:11
63	POTOKINA Anna	Servetto - Makhymo - Beltrami TSA	54:17
64	CECCHINI Elena	Team SD Worx	54:26
65	TOMASI Laura	Alé BTC Ljubljana	54:34
66	LELEIVYTĖ Rasa	Aromitalia - Basso Bikes - Vaiano	54:50
67	VANDENBULCKE Jesse	Lotto Soudal Ladies	56:22
68	NORSGAARD Emma	Movistar Team	56:47
69	RYAN Alexis	Canyon//SRAM Racing	59:05
70	CONFALONIERI Maria Giulia	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling	1:00:41
71	VALSECCHI Silvia	Bepink	1:02:26
72	ALLIN Pauline	Arkéa Pro Cycling Team	1:04:55
73	FRANZ Heidi	Rally Cycling Women	1:06:32
74	EREMITA Noemi Lucrezia	Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria	1:07:39
75	MARTÍN Sara	Movistar Team	1:07:46
76	TREVISI Anna	Alé BTC Ljubljana	1:07:49
77	GASPARRINI Eleonora Camilla	Valcar - Travel & Service	1:09:36
78	VETTORELLO Giorgia	Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	1:09:56
79	POIDEVIN Sara	Rally Cycling Women	1:13:54
80	BIANNIC Aude	Movistar Team	1:14:56
81	MEERTENS Lone	Lotto Soudal Ladies	1:16:33
82	GASPARINI Alice	Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria	1:18:43
83	ZANARDI Silvia	Bepink	1:18:53
84	BARIANI Giorgia	Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	1:19:53
85	DRUMMOND Michaela	Bepink	1:21:23
86	SPEROTTO Maria Vittoria	A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team	1:22:00
87	PALAZZI Alice	Born To Win G20 Ambedo	1:23:13
88	VITILLO Matilde	Bepink	1:24:43
89	JASKULSKA Marta	Liv Racing	1:27:30
90	CLOUSE Katie	Rally Cycling Women	1:28:52
91	CARBONARI Anastasia	Born To Win G20 Ambedo	1:29:07
92	JOUNIER Lucie	Arkéa Pro Cycling Team	1:33:39
93	STUDENIKINA Natalia	Born To Win G20 Ambedo	1:33:50
94	DALLA VALLE Elisa	Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	1:35:54
95	FOUQUENET Amandine	Arkéa Pro Cycling Team	1:36:16
96	PISCIALI Francesca	Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria	1:37:44
97	ZONTONE Asia	Servetto - Makhymo - Beltrami TSA	1:38:22
98	SCANDOLARA Valentina	Aromitalia - Basso Bikes - Vaiano	1:41:24
99	BORELLO Carlotta	Servetto - Makhymo - Beltrami TSA	1:51:17
100	SERNISSI Gemma	Aromitalia - Basso Bikes - Vaiano	1:51:25
101	SVARINSKA Lina	Servetto - Makhymo - Beltrami TSA	1:56:49
102	KRÄHEMANN Lara	Born To Win G20 Ambedo	2:06:59
103	LAURANCE Typhaine	Arkéa Pro Cycling Team	2:16:57

Points
Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	VAN DER BREGGEN Anna	Team SD Worx	50
2	NORSGAARD Emma	Movistar Team	43
3	VOLLERING Demi	Team SD Worx	42
4	MOOLMAN Ashleigh	Team SD Worx	38
5	WIEBES Lorena	Team DSM	30
6	CAVALLI Marta	FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope	26
7	BRAND Lucinda	Trek-Segafredo Women	26
8	BASTIANELLI Marta	Alé BTC Ljubljana	22
9	BRENNAUER Lisa	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling	20
10	LABECKI Coryn	Team DSM	18
11	LABOUS Juliette	Team DSM	15
12	SPEROTTO Maria Vittoria	A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team	14
13	LONGO BORGHINI Elisa	Trek-Segafredo Women	13
14	GARCÍA Mavi	Alé BTC Ljubljana	10
15	LIPPERT Liane	Team DSM	10
16	BERTIZZOLO Sofia	Liv Racing	10
17	SANGUINETI Ilaria	Valcar - Travel & Service	10
18	DEIGNAN Elizabeth	Trek-Segafredo Women	9
19	CHABBEY Elise	Canyon//SRAM Racing	8
20	REALINI Gaia	Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria	7
21	MAGNALDI Erica	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling	6
22	PALADIN Soraya	Liv Racing	6
23	GUDERZO Tatiana	Alé BTC Ljubljana	5
24	CECCHINI Elena	Team SD Worx	5
25	CONFALONIERI Maria Giulia	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling	5
26	AALERUD Katrine	Movistar Team	4
27	SPRATT Amanda	Team BikeExchange	3
28	GASPARRINI Eleonora Camilla	Valcar - Travel & Service	3
29	FISHER-BLACK Niamh	Team SD Worx	2
30	MUZIC Évita	FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope	1
31	LACH Marta	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling	1

Youth
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	FISHER-BLACK Niamh	Team SD Worx	24:13:36
2	REALINI Gaia	Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria	1:09
3	MUZIC Évita	FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope	1:55
4	MALCOTTI Barbara	Valcar - Travel & Service	15:04
5	SMULDERS Silke	Lotto Soudal Ladies	21:07
6	NOVOLODSKAIA Maria	A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team	23:28
7	CURINIER Léa	Arkéa Pro Cycling Team	25:02
8	ALESSIO Camilla	Bepink	29:03
9	WIEBES Lorena	Team DSM	35:28
10	PIERGIOVANNI Federica Damiana	Valcar - Travel & Service	42:30
11	TOMASI Laura	Alé BTC Ljubljana	45:10
12	NORSGAARD Emma	Movistar Team	47:23
13	EREMITA Noemi Lucrezia	Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria	58:15
14	MARTÍN Sara	Movistar Team	58:22
15	GASPARRINI Eleonora Camilla	Valcar - Travel & Service	1:00:12
16	VETTORELLO Giorgia	Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	1:00:32
17	ZANARDI Silvia	Bepink	1:09:29
18	BARIANI Giorgia	Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	1:10:29
19	PALAZZI Alice	Born To Win G20 Ambedo	1:13:49
20	VITILLO Matilde	Bepink	1:15:19
21	JASKULSKA Marta	Liv Racing	1:18:06
22	CLOUSE Katie	Rally Cycling Women	1:19:28
23	CARBONARI Anastasia	Born To Win G20 Ambedo	1:19:43
24	FOUQUENET Amandine	Arkéa Pro Cycling Team	1:26:52
25	ZONTONE Asia	Servetto - Makhymo - Beltrami TSA	1:28:58
26	BORELLO Carlotta	Servetto - Makhymo - Beltrami TSA	1:41:53
27	SERNISSI Gemma	Aromitalia - Basso Bikes - Vaiano	1:42:01
28	SVARINSKA Lina	Servetto - Makhymo - Beltrami TSA	1:47:25
29	KRÄHEMANN Lara	Born To Win G20 Ambedo	1:57:35

Mountains
Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	BRAND Lucinda	Trek-Segafredo Women	34
2	MOOLMAN Ashleigh	Team SD Worx	31
3	VAN DER BREGGEN Anna	Team SD Worx	24
4	VOLLERING Demi	Team SD Worx	24
5	CHABBEY Elise	Canyon//SRAM Racing	20
6	LIPPERT Liane	Team DSM	18
7	CAVALLI Marta	FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope	16
8	LONGO BORGHINI Elisa	Trek-Segafredo Women	12
9	DEIGNAN Elizabeth	Trek-Segafredo Women	10
10	CHAPMAN Brodie	FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope	6
11	MARKUS Riejanne	Team Jumbo-Visma Women	5
12	HAMMES Kathrin	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling	5
13	ZONTONE Asia	Servetto - Makhymo - Beltrami TSA	5
14	MAGNALDI Erica	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling	5
15	BRENNAUER Lisa	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling	4
16	BERTIZZOLO Sofia	Liv Racing	4
17	BORGHESI Letizia	Aromitalia - Basso Bikes - Vaiano	4
18	VITILLO Matilde	Bepink	4
19	STULTIENS Sabrina	Liv Racing	3
20	CROMWELL Tiffany	Canyon//SRAM Racing	3
21	EDWARDS Ruth	Trek-Segafredo Women	3
22	VETTORELLO Giorgia	Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	3
23	LABECKI Coryn	Team DSM	2
24	SANGUINETI Ilaria	Valcar - Travel & Service	2
25	ARZUFFI Alice Maria	Valcar - Travel & Service	1
26	ROY Sarah	Team BikeExchange	1