The 2021 Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta was a women's
road cycling
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stage race
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that was held in the region of
Galicia in northwestern Spain from 2 to 5 September 2021. It was the seventh edition of the
Challenge by La Vuelta and was the fifteenth event on the
2021 UCI Women's World Tour
The 2021 UCI Women's World Tour was a competition that included eighteen road bicycle racing, road cycling events throughout the 2021 in women's road cycling, 2021 women's cycling season. It was the sixth edition of the UCI Women's World Tour, th ...
calendar.
As with previous editions, the final day of the race coincided with the final day of the
Vuelta a España
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Teams
All nine
UCI Women's WorldTeams and fifteen
UCI Women's Continental Teams made up the twenty-four teams that participated in the race. Several teams did not enter a full squad of six riders: , , , , and each entered five riders, while only entered four. In total, 137 riders started the race, of which 111 finished.
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Route
The 2021 edition increased the number of stages to 4, with the race finishing in
Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, simply Santiago, or Compostela, in the province of Province of A Coruña, A Coruña, is the capital of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The city ...
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As usual, the final stage took place in conjunction with the final stage of the
2021 Vuelta a España
The 2021 Vuelta a España was a three-week cycling race which took place in Spain between 14 August and 5 September 2021. It was the 76th edition of the Vuelta a España and the third and final Grand Tour (cycling), grand tour of the 2021 in men' ...
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Stages
Stage 1
;2 September 2021 —
Estación de Montaña de Manzaneda to
A Rúa
A Rúa is a mostly rural municipality in the province of Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Valdeorras. It is 101 km (63 mi) from the provincial capital, Ourense. An inhabitant of the ...
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Stage 2
;3 September 2021 — Estación de Montaña de Manzaneda, (
ITT
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Stage 3
;4 September 2021 — Estación de Montaña de Manzaneda to
O Pereiro de Aguiar
O Pereiro de Aguiar is a small municipality in the province of Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Ourense
Ourense (; ) is a city and the capital of the province of province of Ourense, Ouren ...
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Stage 4
;5 September 2021 —
As Pontes to
Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, simply Santiago, or Compostela, in the province of Province of A Coruña, A Coruña, is the capital of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The city ...
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Classification leadership table
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Coryn Rivera
Coryn Labecki (Given name, née Rivera; born August 26, 1992) is an American racing cyclist of Filipino descent, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's Continental Team . She was previously a member of Jumbo-Visma (women's team), ...
, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first-placed
Marlen Reusser
Marlen Reusser (born 20 September 1991) is a Swiss racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Career
She took up competitive cycling whilst at university, riding in the cycling legs of mixed relay triathlons as an amateur. ...
wore the red jersey as the leader of the general classification.
Current classification standings
General classification
Points classification
Team classification
See also
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2021 in women's road cycling
2021 in women's road cycling is about the 2021 women's bicycle races ruled by the UCI UCI most commonly refers to:
* University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States
* Union Cycliste Internationale, th ...
References
External links
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2021 UCI Women's World Tour
2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
2021 in Spanish sport
September 2021 sports events in Spain