OPENINGThe 133.4 km race around Pamplona packed in roughly 1,805 m of climbing across nine classified muros, the kind of short, sharp southern-European walls that wear a peloton down rather than blow it apart in one go. A break of six went clear over the opening climbs, with Megan Arens (Team Picnic PostNL) the most active, letting the bigger teams sit on with a rider up the road.

UNFOLDSAs the race entered its second half the early break's advantage began to fall, and a counter-attacking group jumped across from the peloton — Mara Roldan among them — bridging up to the leaders. Arens was the last survivor of the original move able to live with the new pace, taking strong pulls to keep the merged front group around a minute clear heading into the steepest climb of the day.

DECIDEDThe steepest muro in the final third was the main selection point. The high pace there finally swept up or dropped the remnants of the early break and thinned the front into a reduced group of the strongest puncheurs and classics riders. Roldan was among those distanced; Pfeiffer Georgi made it over in the front selection. Over the top, with attacks failing to stick on the rolling run-in, the race condensed toward a sprint.

FINALEOn the slightly rising finish the reduced lead group came together and Cat Ferguson launched a long, controlled sprint, holding off Ruby Roseman-Gannon and Fiona Mangan to take the win. Fleur Moors and Nina Berton completed the top five, all credited with the same time, while Georgi led the chase for sixth. The victory made Ferguson the first two-time winner of the race.