Women’s Tour: Stage 1

Jolien D’hoore opened up her 2018 Women’s Tour just as she left off in London in 2017 by sprinting to victory at the head of a world-class field in Southwold, Suffolk on Wednesday

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Women’s Tour: Stage 1

Jolien D’hoore opened up her 2018 OVO Energy Women’s Tour just as she left off in London in 2017 by sprinting to victory at the head of a world-class field in Southwold, Suffolk on Wednesday.

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The Mitchelton-SCOTT rider headed to victory at the seafront finish ahead of former World Champion Marta Bastianelli (Alé Cipollini) and Coryn Rivera (Team Sunweb) to pull on the first Green Jersey of the 2018 race. D’hoore, who broke her collarbone three weeks ago, was given a perfect lead out by her team-mates out of the final corner with 340 metres to go to take her third win in the race, following victories at Clacton (2015) and London (2017).

“Even before today’s stage I wasn’t sure where I was at with my form,” said D’hoore. “But the team had 100% trust in me and they gave me a perfect lead out going into the finish. It’s really great to start with a win, the pressure is off now.” “The stage was pretty flat and everyone knew that it was going to come down to a sprint, but it got pretty nervous and hectic going into the final and thankfully I was in a really good position on the last corner.

“I started my sprint a little early but managed to hold on and it worked out really well in the end. We had a plan going into the stage and we struck to it perfectly. The finish was quite tricky going into the wind and slightly uphill, but it couldn’t have gone any better.”
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D’hoore also takes the Points jersey thanks to her win, while the Boels-Dolmans team claimed both the Queen of the Mountains jersey with Christine Majerus and Eisberg Sprints jersey through Amy Pieters. WaowDeals Pro Cycling’s Dani Rowe finished the stage as the top Brit overall in fifth and so took the Best British Rider jersey, in the hometown of the Suffolk brewer.

Mitchelton Scott team manager Martin Vestby described the opening day as the “perfect start.” He added: “It’s a true team victory today and everyone was involved. We will do our best to hold onto the green jersey tomorrow, but it is a completely different stage with lots of climbing and for sure it will be tough.”

Stage Two sees the Women’s Tour return to Northamptonshire for the fifth time with a 143-kilometre stage from Rushden to Daventry. The key feature is a double ascent of Newnham Hill, which measures 1.5 kilometres in length at a six per cent gradient. The second of the climb culminates just three kilometres from the finish and is likely to prove decisive in the outcome of the stage.

Subsequent stages will take the race to Warwickshire (Friday 15 June) and Worcestershire (Saturday 16 June) before the final stage from Dolgellau to Colwyn Bay on the North Wales coast, via Snowdonia.

Highlights of Stage One are on ITV4 at 9pm (Wednesday 13 June) with a repeat the following daytime on the same channel and available on demand via the ITV Hub. The OVO Energy Women’s Tour is a part of the UCI Women’s WorldTour, comprising 23 events around the world in 10 different countries.
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Stage 1
1 D’HOORE Jolien MTS BEL B:10″ 00″
2 BASTIANELLI Marta ALE ITA B:06″ ‘ ‘
3 RIVERA Coryn SUN USA B:08″ ‘ ‘
4 BRONZINI Giorgia CPC ITA ‘ ‘
5 *DIDERIKSEN Amalie DLT DEN ‘ ‘
6 VOS Marianne WAD NED ‘ ‘
7 FOURNIER Roxane FDJ FRA ‘ ‘
8 WILD Kirsten WHT NED ‘ ‘
9 BARNES Hannah CSR GBR ‘ ‘
10 GUARISCHI Barbara TVC ITA ‘ ‘
11 *ERIC Jelena CPC SRB ‘ ‘
12 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa WHT ITA ‘ ‘
13 ROWE Danielle WAD GBR B:02″ ‘ ‘
14 BUJAK Eugenia BTC SLO ‘ ‘
15 KESSLER Nina HPU NED ‘ ‘
16 TENNIGLO Moniek FDJ NED ‘ ‘
17 BUURMAN Eva DRP NED ‘ ‘
18 PIETERS Amy DLT NED B:05″ ‘ ‘
19 KOSTER Anouska WAD NED ‘ ‘
20 ROY Sarah MTS AUS ‘ ‘
21 SLIK Rozanne FDJ NED ‘ ‘
22 SPOOR Winanda WNT NED ‘ ‘
23 HOSKING Chloe ALE AUS B:01″ ‘ ‘
24 CONSONNI Chiara VAL ITA ‘ ‘
25 LEPISTÖ Lotta Pauliina CBT FIN ‘ ‘
26 *HOLDEN Elizabeth DRP GBR ‘ ‘
27 EVANS Neah STR GBR ‘ ‘
28 *KOREVAAR Jeanne WAD NED ‘ ‘
29 SANGUINETI Ilaria VAL ITA ‘ ‘
30 CONFALONIERI Maria Giulia VAL ITA ‘ ‘
31 BRAND Lucinda SUN NED ‘ ‘
32 *PARKINSON Abby-Mae DRP GBR ‘ ‘
33 PINTAR Urska BTC SLO ‘ ‘
34 FERRAND PREVOT Pauline CSR FRA ‘ ‘
35 BATAGELJ Polona BTC SLO ‘ ‘
36 NILSSON Hanna BTC SWE ‘ ‘
37 MAJERUS Christine DLT LUX ‘ ‘
38 *BARNES Alice CSR GBR ‘ ‘
39 STULTIENS Sabrina WAD NED ‘ ‘
40 KIRCHMANN Leah SUN CAN ‘ ‘
41 *LUDWIG Cecilie Uttrup CBT DEN ‘ ‘
42 DUVAL Eugénie FDJ FRA ‘ ‘
43 VAN DIJK Ellen SUN NED ‘ ‘
44 RATTO Rossella CPC ITA ‘ ‘
45 SIGGAARD Christina TVC DEN ‘ ‘
46 PALADIN Soraya ALE ITA ‘ ‘
47 *BOOGAARD Maaike BTC NED ‘ ‘
48 KASPER Romy ALE GER ‘ ‘
49 *KOPPENBURG Clara CBT GER ‘ ‘
50 *ANDERSEN Susanne HPU NOR ‘ ‘
51 KITCHEN Lauren FDJ AUS ‘ ‘
52 BLAAK Chantal DLT NED ‘ ‘
53 TAGLIAFERRO Marta CPC ITA ‘ ‘
54 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna CSR POL ‘ ‘
55 *KLEIN Lisa CSR GER ‘ ‘
56 *IAKOVENKO Anastasiia BTC RUS ‘ ‘
57 AMIALIUSIK Alena CSR BLR ‘ ‘
58 GUTIERREZ RUIZ Sheyla CPC ESP ‘ ‘
59 GRINCZER Natalie WNT GBR ‘ ‘
60 ENSING Janneke ALE NED ‘ ‘
61 DEMAY Coralie FDJ FRA ‘ ‘
62 HEINE Vita HPU NOR ‘ ‘
63 BECKER Charlotte HPU GER ‘ ‘
64 PENTON Sara TVC SWE ‘ ‘
65 MUCCIOLI Dalia VAL ITA ‘ ‘
66 *POLLICINI Silvia VAL ITA ‘ ‘
67 *VAN DEN BOS Jip DLT NED ‘ ‘
68 *LLOYD Manon DRP GBR ‘ ‘
69 PAWLOWSKA Katarzyna TVC POL ‘ ‘
70 LORVIK Ingrid HPU NOR ‘ ‘
71 MOBERG Emilie TVC NOR ‘ ‘
72 PLICHTA Anna DLT POL ‘ ‘
73 HARRIS Elizabeth Jane STR GBR ‘ ‘
74 SIMMONDS Hayley WNT GBR ‘ ‘
75 KRÖGER Mieke TVC GER ‘ ‘
76 TREVISI Anna ALE ITA ‘ ‘
77 SOEK Julia SUN NED ‘ ‘
78 CRUMPTON Bethany STR GBR ‘ ‘
79 DUYCK Ann-Sophie CBT BEL ‘ ‘
80 PAYTON Hannah DRP GBR ‘ ‘
81 SHAPIRA Omer CPC ISR ‘ ‘
82 *LOWTHER Melissa STR GBR ‘ ‘
83 HANSELMANN Nicole CBT SUI ‘ ‘
84 *JØRGENSEN Emma Cecilie Norsgaard CBT DEN 28″
85 ELVIN Gracie MTS AUS 31″
86 *MANLY Alexandra MTS AUS 36″
87 BRENNAUER Lisa WHT GER 38″
88 *MACKAIJ Floortje SUN NED ‘ ‘
89 *SOET Aafke WNT NED ‘ ‘
90 WILLIAMS Georgia MTS NZL ‘ ‘
91 *BADEGRUBER Anna WNT AUT ‘ ‘
92 ROOIJAKKERS Paulien WAD NED ‘ ‘
93 PILOTE FORTIN Gabrielle WNT CAN ‘ ‘
94 *ZANETTIN Chiara VAL ITA ‘ ‘
95 ALLEN Jessica MTS AUS 42″
96 MASON Chanel STR GBR 01’14”
97 FRAPPORTI Simona HPU ITA 01’21”
98 CORDON RAGOT Audrey WHT FRA 01’47”
99 EDMONDSON Annette WHT AUS ‘ ‘
100 ARCHIBALD Katie WHT GBR ‘ ‘
101 DURRELL Rebecca STR GBR 03’41”
102 *VAN TWISK Abigail DRP GBR 00″

QoM
Christchurch park, Ipswich – km 27.5
1 MAJERUS Christine LUX DLT 4
2 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa ITA WHT 3
3 LUDWIG Cecilie Uttrup DEN CBT 2
4 ENSING Janneke NED ALE 1

Sprints
Needham market – km 48.2
1 RIVERA Coryn USA SUN 3
2 PIETERS Amy NED DLT 2
3 HOSKING Chloe AUS ALE 1

Framlingham – km 79
1 PIETERS Amy NED DLT 3
2 ROWE Danielle GBR WAD 2
3 RIVERA Coryn USA SUN 1

Overall
1 PIETERS Amy NED DLT 5
2 RIVERA Coryn USA SUN 4
3 ROWE Danielle GBR WAD 2
4 HOSKING Chloe AUS ALE 1

Best of British

Stage
1 BARNES Hannah CSR GBR 00″
2 ROWE Danielle WAD GBR B:02″ ‘ ‘
3 HOLDEN Elizabeth DRP GBR ‘ ‘
4 EVANS Neah STR GBR ‘ ‘
5 PARKINSON Abby-Mae DRP GBR ‘ ‘
6 BARNES Alice CSR GBR ‘ ‘
7 GRINCZER Natalie WNT GBR ‘ ‘
8 LLOYD Manon DRP GBR ‘ ‘
9 HARRIS Elizabeth Jane STR GBR ‘ ‘
10 SIMMONDS Hayley WNT GBR ‘ ‘
11 CRUMPTON Bethany STR GBR ‘ ‘
12 PAYTON Hannah DRP GBR ‘ ‘
13 LOWTHER Melissa STR GBR ‘ ‘
14 MASON Chanel STR GBR 01’14”
15 ARCHIBALD Katie WHT GBR 01’47”
16 DURRELL Rebecca STR GBR 03’41”
17 VAN TWISK Abigail DRP GBR 00″

Overall
1 ROWE Danielle WAD GBR 3h14’37” 00″
2 BARNES Hannah CSR GBR 3h14’39” 02″
3 HOLDEN Elizabeth DRP GBR 3h14’39” ‘ ‘
4 EVANS Neah STR GBR 3h14’39” ‘ ‘
5 PARKINSON Abby-Mae DRP GBR 3h14’39” ‘ ‘
6 BARNES Alice CSR GBR 3h14’39” ‘ ‘
7 GRINCZER Natalie WNT GBR 3h14’39” ‘ ‘
8 LLOYD Manon DRP GBR 3h14’39” ‘ ‘
9 HARRIS Elizabeth Jane STR GBR 3h14’39” ‘ ‘
10 SIMMONDS Hayley WNT GBR 3h14’39” ‘ ‘
11 CRUMPTON Bethany STR GBR 3h14’39” ‘ ‘
12 PAYTON Hannah DRP GBR 3h14’39” ‘ ‘
13 LOWTHER Melissa STR GBR 3h14’39” ‘ ‘
14 VAN TWISK Abigail DRP GBR 3h14’39” ‘ ‘
15 MASON Chanel STR GBR 3h15’53” 01’16”
16 ARCHIBALD Katie WHT GBR 3h16’26” 01’49”
17 DURRELL Rebecca STR GBR 3h18’20” 03’43

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