Solely in her second yr of racing in Europe, Ana Vitória ‘Tota’ Magalhães (BePink-Bongioanni) is making a reputation for herself as a breakaway artist. The Brazilian rider attacked on the ultimate stage of the Vuelta a Burgos Féminas in Might, and now she went on a breakaway of greater than 100km on stage 2 of the Giro d’Italia Girls, using solo for 30km and solely being caught with 1.8km to go.
“I’m in all probability going to consider the final two kilometres tonight after I fall asleep, however I’m pleased with how I raced. It’s my model of racing to assault, and sometime, I’ll win. I’m simply going to maintain believing and maintain displaying up, and sometime, the breakaway will win,” Magalhães advised Cyclingnews after the race.
At first, the 23-year-old Brazilian time trial champion solely focused the mountain classification jersey. However because the hole to the peloton elevated an increasing number of, maxing out at 6:28 minutes, she started to dream of successful the stage.
“I used to be fascinated with the mountain jersey. However when the time hole elevated, I began believing that possibly the stage additionally could be doable. Sadly, it was 1.8km longer than I might maintain,” stated Magalhães.
Having attacked with Alessia Missiaggia (Prime Ladies Fassa Bortolo) after solely seven kilometres into the 110km stage, the duo collectively for a very long time to maintain the breakaway going. Magalhães dropped her companion on the primary of two ascents to Cavriani on the ultimate circuit.
“We had been on the identical stream, on the identical base, roughly. She helped rather a lot, and I feel she additionally believed that possibly we might win the stage,” Magalhães was comfortable along with her companion.
On the ending circuit, nevertheless, the primary ascent of the climb to Cavriana spelled the tip of their cooperation because the Italian couldn’t sustain with the Brazilian, who regarded round however then determined to maintain occurring her personal.
“I didn’t count on to drop her on the climb. I used to be doing my very own tempo as a result of I needed to take the QOM factors. On the highest of the climb, I used to be fascinated with whether or not to attend for her or not, however then I used to be like, ‘it’s now or by no means’, so I simply stored pushing,” Magalhães defined her resolution.
Though she couldn’t get the massive prize and win the stage, which was taken by Chiara Consonni (UAE Workforce ADQ), the 23-year-old Brazilian went to the rostrum to gather the blue mountain jersey – solely the second Brazilian rider to put on the Giro Girls’s mountain jersey after Flávia Oliveira. Magalhães, who rolled throughout the road in 87th place, acknowledged that holding the jersey on her shoulders was going to be troublesome as stage 3 solely options the third-category ending climb.
“In fact I’m going to attempt to defend it, however I do know it’s going to be fairly onerous. We are going to see, there are a number of robust climbers, stronger than me, however I’m going to strive my greatest,” she stated.
Proving herself in one of many largest races on the ladies’s calendar was one thing that Magalhães hoped might open the door for others by displaying what is feasible in biking.
“I hope it conjures up others, not solely Brazilians, to imagine in your self and present up. As we speak wasn’t the result that I hoped for, however sometime it will likely be, and it’s all going to be value it,” stated Magalhães.
“We’re such an enormous nation with a number of expertise. I do know that we’re a soccer nation, however it’s such an enormous nation that it may be additionally biking nation. I hope that this QOM jersey can encourage the longer term technology to imagine in your self, to pursue your goals, and I hope that there will probably be extra Brazilians right here racing in Europe,” Magalhães completed.
