News: Women’s Tour Starts Today

Former World Champion and Olympic medallist Lizzie Deignan, the defending champion of the Women’s Tour, headlines the start list for the 2017 edition that starts today Wednesday 7 June.

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News: Women’s Tour Starts Today

Former World Champion and Olympic medallist Lizzie Deignan, the defending champion of the Women’s Tour, headlines the start list for the 2017 edition that starts today Wednesday 7 June.

Winner in Yorkshire, Lizzie Deignan may well add the Women’s Tour to her collection for 2017

The 2015 World Road Race Champion leads the Boels Dolmans team, which also contains world number one and reigning Olympic Champion Anna van der Breggen, plus former stage winners in the Women’s Tour Christine Majerus and Amy Pieters.

“I’m very excited. It’s always a privilege for me to race at home in such a prestigious event. It’s developed into a race that everybody targets,” said Lizzie Deignan speaking ahead of the race start. I’m not very good at stage races normally; having the home crowd and a very strong team helped me achieve that victory last year. To be able to win a stage race on home soil was special.”

On her form, Lizzie replied “pretty good. I went back to basics in May – I didn’t race and I did a load of base miles again. In terms of speed I may not be the fastest here but I’m looking to use this race as preparation for the nationals.” On the leader of her team for the race, Lizzie explained “We’ll just have to fight for it I think. I’m joking, we’re not going to fight for it! We haven’t had our team meeting yet”.
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Meanwhile, her teammate Anna van der Breggen explained “I think it’s a great race,” added the current UCI Women’s WorldTour leader. “I’m impressed with how it’s organised. All the time you see schoolchildren and people watching. That’s pretty different compared to Holland. I think seeing this stage race, it’s getting bigger and bigger. We don’t have many stages races and those that we do have been on the calendar for many years, so it’s really cool to have this new event develop at such a high level.”

Joining van der Breggen on the startlist are seven other Olympic medallists, including fellow 2016 Gold medallist Katie Archibald who leads Team WNT and 2012 Olympic Champion Dani King of Cylance Pro Cycling. In total nine of the world’s top ten riders are on the Women’s Tour startlist, with Deignan joined by two previous former winners of the race, Marianne Vos and Lisa Brennauer.

Stage One of the Women’s Tour takes place in Northamptonshire, over 147.5-kilometres between Daventry and Kettering. Following stages take place in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire (Stage Two, 8 June), Warwickshire (Stage Three, 9 June) and Derbyshire (Stage Four, 10 June) before the final stage on Sunday 11 June at the heart of London. Highlights of the opening stage of the OVO Energy Women’s Tour are on ITV4 at 23:00 on Wednesday 7 June, with a repeat at 09:55 the following morning on the same channel. The highlights will also be available on demand via the ITV Hub catch-up service.

Stage 1 – Wednesday 7 June – Daventry to Kettering
Stage 2 – Thursday 8 June – The Stoke-on-Trent Stage
Stage 3 – Friday 9 June – Atherstone to Royal Leamington Spa
Stage 4 – Saturday 10 June – Chesterfield to Chesterfield
Stage 5 – Sunday 11 June – The London Stage

Startlist

Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
1 DEIGNAN Elizabeth GBR
2 BLAAK Chantal NED
3 BRAMMEIER Nikki GBR
4 MAJERUS Christine LUX
5 PIETERS Amy NED
6 VAN DER BREGGEN Anna NED

Cervelo – Bigla Pro Cycling Team
11 MOOLMAN-PASIO Ashleigh RSA
12 PERCHTOLD Christina AUT
13 *LUDWIG Cecilie Uttrup DEN
14 *KLEIN Lisa GER
15 *KOPPENBURG Clara GER
16 POHL Stephanie GER

Wiggle High5
21 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa ITA
22 BRONZINI Giorgia ITA
23 CORDON RAGOT Audrey FRA
24 D’HOORE Jolien BEL
25 FAHLIN Emilia SWE
26 LICHTENBERG Claudia GER

Wm3 Pro Cycling Team
31 VOS Marianne NED
32 KITCHEN Lauren AUS
33 KOSTER Anouska NED
34 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna POL
35 PLICHTA Anna POL
36 *KOREVAAR Jeanne NED

Orica Scott
41 ELVIN Gracie AUS
42 CROOKS Jenelle AUS
43 BAKER Georgia AUS
44 *MANLY Alexandra AUS
45 NEYLAN Rachel AUS
46 ROY Sarah AUS

Team Sunweb
51 BRAND Lucinda NED
52 KIRCHMANN Leah CAN
53 *MACKAIJ Floortje NED
54 STULTIENS Sabrina NED
55 VAN DIJK Ellen NED
56 SLIK Rozanne NED

Ale Cipollini
61 HOSKING Chloe AUS
62 BASTIANELLI Marta ITA
63 ENSING Janneke NED
64 KASPER Romy GER
65 TUSLAITE Daiva LTU
66 TREVISI Anna ITA

Canyon Sram Racing
71 BRENNAUER Lisa GER
72 AMIALIUSIK Alena BLR
73 BARNES Hannah GBR
74 CECCHINI Elena ITA
75 CROMWELL Tiffany AUS
76 WORRACK Trixi GER

Drops
81 *BARNES Alice GBR
82 DURRELL Rebecca GBR
83 *PARKINSON Abby-Mae GBR
84 RITTER Martina AUT
85 SIMPSON Annabel GBR
86 PAYTON Hannah GBR

Cylance Pro Cycling
91 KING Danielle GBR
92 GUTIERREZ RUIZ Sheyla ESP
93 JASINSKA Malgorzata POL
94 RATTO Rossella ITA
95 KNOL Willeke NED
96 DOEBEL-HICKOK Kristabel USA

Hitec Products
101 FRAPPORTI Simona ITA
102 THORSEN Thea NOR
103 BJØRNSRUD Miriam NOR
104 MOBERG Emilie NOR
105 HEINE Vita NOR
106 AALERUD Katrine NOR

Fdj Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope
111 GILLOW Shara AUS
112 BIANNIC Aude FRA
113 DUVAL Eugénie FRA
114 FOURNIER Roxane FRA
115 KNETEMANN Roxanne NED
116 YONAMINE Eri JPN

Bepink Cogeas
121 VALSECCHI Silvia ITA
122 JACKSON Alison CAN
123 SANGUINETI Ilaria ITA
124 *SPEROTTO Maria Vittoria ITA
125 *RAGUSA Katia ITA
126 *PATTARO Francesca ITA

Lares – Waowdeals Women Cycling Team
131
132 *COBB Alice GBR
133 DE VUYST Sofie BEL
134 INGELBRECHT Sarah BEL
135 REIS Daniela POR
136 RIJKES Sarah AUT

Lensworld – Kuota
141 GUDERZO Tatiana ITA
142 ARZUFFI Alice ITA
143 CONFALONIERI Maria Giulia ITA
144 CUCINOTTA Annalisa ITA
145 SPOOR Winanda NED
146

Team Veloconcept Women
151 SIGGAARD Christina DEN
152 BLOCH Shani ISR
153 SCHWEIZER Doris SUI
154 PEDERSEN Camilla DEN
155 PENTON Sara SWE
156

Team Wnt Pro Cycling
161 ARCHIBALD Katie GBR
162 BOYLAN Lydia IRL
163 *JONES Hayley GBR
164 MAES Elise LUX
165 ROE Eileen GBR
166 GRINCZER Natalie GBR

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