2019 Emakumeen Euskal Bira

2019 Emakumeen Euskal Bira
2019 UCI Women's World Tour, race 12 of 23
Race details
Dates	22 – 25 May 2018
Stages	4
Winning time	12h 21' 41"
Results
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Last updated May 29, 2019

The 32nd running of the Emakumeen Euskal Bira was held from 22 to 25 May 2019. Raced over four stages in the Basque Country, it was one of two women's cycling events at World Tour level in Spain, together with La Madrid Challenge. It was the 12th event of the 2019 UCI Women's World Tour.

The Emakumeen Euskal Bira is a women's cycling race held in the Basque region of Spain. It has been held annually since 1988, starting out as a two-stage race and building up to five stages in 2007. One of these stages is always a double stage. It was rated a 2.1 category race from 1988 to 2017 and a 2.WWT event from 2018.

The Basque Country is the name given to the home of the Basque people. The Basque country is located in the western Pyrenees, straddling the border between France and Spain on the coast of the Bay of Biscay. Euskal Herria is the oldest documented Basque name for the area they inhabit, dating from the 16th century.

The 2019 UCI Women's World Tour is a competition that includes twenty-three road cycling events throughout the 2019 women's cycling season. It is the fourth edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2016. The competition will begin with the Strade Bianche on 9 March and conclude with the Tour of Guangxi on 22 October.

Schedule

List of stages
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
1	22 May	Iurreta to Iurreta	101 km (62.8 mi)	Flat stage	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)
2	23 May	Aduna to Villabona-Amasa	111 km (69.0 mi)	Hilly stage	Amanda Spratt (AUS)
3	24 May	Murgia to Santa Teodosia	97 km (60.3 mi)	Intermediate stage	Tayler Wiles (USA)
4	25 May	Oñati to Oñati	156 km (96.9 mi)	Hilly stage	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
Total			465 km (288.9 mi)

Teams

Twenty teams, each with a maximum of six riders, will start the race:^[1]

Professional women's teams

Boels–Dolmans Pro Cycling is a professional cycling team based in the Netherlands, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tours. The title sponsors are the Dutch plant hire company Boels Rental and Dolmans Landscaping, a Dutch civil engineering company.

Canyon–SRAM is a professional women's cycling team, which is set to compete in elite women's road bicycle racing events, such as the UCI Women's World Tour. The team's clothing is provided by London-based Rapha. Ronny Lauke set the team up after the demise of his former team Velocio–SRAM.

Mitchelton–Scott is a women's professional cycling team based in Australia, sponsored by Orica for its first five years. Riders for Mitchelton–Scott compete in the UCI Women's World Tour and other elite women's events throughout the world.

Leadership classification

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Sprints classification	Young rider classification	Basque rider classification	Team classification
1	Jolien D'Hoore	Jolien D'Hoore	Jolien D'Hoore	Elisa Longo Borghini	Tanja Erath	Sandra Alonso Dominguez	Ane Santesteban	Mitchelton-Scott
2	Amanda Spratt	Amanda Spratt	Amanda Spratt			Sofia Bertizzolo		Mitchelton-Scott
3	Tayler Wiles	Amanda Spratt	Amanda Spratt			Evita Muzic
4	Elisa Longo Borghini	Elisa Longo Borghini	Elisa Longo Borghini			Evita Muzic		Movistar
Final classification		Elisa Longo Borghini	Elisa Longo Borghini	Elisa Longo Borghini	Tanja Erath	Evita Muzic	Ane Santesteban	Movistar

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References

↑ "20 UCI teams make up the list for 2019". Emakumeen bira. Retrieved 19 May 2019.

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[1] "20 UCI teams make up the list for 2019". Emakumeen bira. Retrieved 19 May 2019.