2013 Gracia-Orlová
| Race details | |||
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| Dates | 24 April – 28 April | ||
| Stages | prologue + 5 stages | ||
| Winning time | 10h 55' 12" | ||
| Results | |||
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Winner |
 Ellen van Dijk (NED)
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(Specialized–lululemon) |
| Second |
 Evelyn Stevens (USA)
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(Specialized–lululemon) | |
| Third |
 Emma Pooley (GBR)
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(Bigla cycling) | |
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Points |
Ellen van Dijk (NED)
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(Specialized–lululemon) |
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Mountains |
 Alena Amialiusik (BLR)
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(BePink) |
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Sprints |
Alena Amialiusik (BLR)
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(BePink) |
| Team | Specialized–lululemon | ||
The 2013 Gracia-Orlová is the 27th edition of the Gracia-Orlová, a women's cycling stage race. It is an UCI 2.2 category race and is held between 24 and 28 April 2012 in the Czech Republic. It consists of a prologue and 5 stages.
The prologue started in Havírov located in the east of the Republic, only 12km from the Polish border and less than 40km from Slovakia at 17:00 local time. The prologue was 2.2 km (1.4 mi) and consisted of a straight kilometer followed by a few technical turns and again back the straight kilometer to the finish line. Ellen van Dijk won the prologue, just as in the 2012 Gracia-Orlová. Behind Van Dijk her Specialized–lululemon teammate Lisa Brennauer finished second Aleksandra Burchenkova finished third. With Evelyn Stevens in fourth place made that 3 Specialized–lululemon finished in the top 5.
The first stage started in Dětmarovice with a 18.1 km (11.2 mi) travel south to Havirov. The riders swung east and encircled the lake to the south-east of the city. The course had during this section different small climbs, some steep but rising no more than 50m. At 45 km (28.0 mi) and 70 km (43.5 mi) started bigger climbs, but not that big as the mountains of stages 3 and 4. The last section after the last descent, about 20 km (12.4 mi) from the finish line, was a flatter section with hills no higher than 50m. The race ended on top of a steep climb.
Due to the fall of the main bunch in the last three kilometer zone riders on place 1–101 were credited with the same time. The fall happened before beginning of the final climb. Evelyn Stevens (Specialized–lululemon) won at the top of the climb the side-by-side sprint ahead of teammate Ellen van Dijk. Behind them Alena Amialiusik (BePink) finished third.
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