The fifth edition of the
Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta, a women's cycling race held in
Spain
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, took place on 14 and 15 September 2019. The event was organised by
ASO, which also organises the
Vuelta a España
The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...
. It was the 22nd race of the
2019 UCI Women's World Tour. It was won by
Lisa Brennauer
Lisa Brennauer (born 8 June 1988) is a German former Cycle sport, racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2022, for six different teams.
On the track, Brennauer won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Cycling at th ...
of
WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling.
Route and organization
The race starts with and 9.3 km
individual time trial
An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: ''contre la montre'' – literally "against the watch", in Italian: ''tappa a cronometro'' "stopwatch stage"). There are also trac ...
in
Boadilla del Monte
Boadilla del Monte () is a Spanish town and municipality located in the west of the Community of Madrid, inside its metropolitan area. It has the second highest level of income per capita in all of the country of Spain. In 2017, it had a popula ...
, followed by a 98.6 km
crit race in
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
. Stage 2 will use the finishing circuit that will also be used for stage 21 of the
2019 Vuelta.
Results
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Classification leadership table
See also
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2019 in women's road cycling
2019 in women's road cycling is about the 2019 List of women's road bicycle races, women's bicycle races ruled by the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI and the List of 2019 UCI Women's Teams and riders, 2019 UCI Women's Teams.
UCI Women's Worl ...
References
External links
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2019 UCI Women's World Tour
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
2019 in Spanish sport
Madrid Challenge