Emma Johansson (Orica – Ais) wygrała pierwszy etap The Women’s Tour i objęła prowadzenie w klasyfikacji generalnej. Szwedka na finiszu z peletonu wyprzedziła Marianne Vos (Rabo Liv) i Elizabeth Armitstead (Boels Dolmans).
The Women’s Tour to nowy brytyjski wyścig za ambicjami w kobiecym kalendarzu. W świetnie obsadzonych zawodach, które potrwają do niedzieli, udział bierze Katarzyna ‘Melon’ Pawłowska (Boels – Dolmans Cycling Team).
Pierwsza akcja imprezy należała do Włoszki Rosselli Ratto (Estado De Mexico Faren), dościgniętej w połowie trasy, następnie zaatakowała Elise Delzenne (Specialized – Lululemon). Francuzka 14 kilometrów przed metą zdobyła 45 sekund przewagi.
Peleton przyspieszył, dość szybko odrabiając dystans. Na ostanie 2 kilometry wpadła już cała, rozpędzona grupa.
Pawłowska finiszowała 42.
Warto podkreślić, że paniom na całej trasie towarzyszyli licznie zebrani widzowie, a transmisję na żywo z wyścigu przeprowadza stacja ITV4.
Wyniki 1. etapu The Women’s Tour (2.1), Oundle – Northampton (93,8 km):
1 Emma Johansson (Swe) Orica AIS 2:28:29 2 Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team 3 Hannah Barnes (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 4 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Specialized Lululemon 5 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda 6 Lucy Garner (GBr) Great Britain 7 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren 8 Lizzie Armitstead (GBr) Boels Dolmans cycling team 9 Amy Pieters (Ned) Netherlands 10 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Specialized Lululemon 11 Lauren Hall (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 12 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 13 Jolanda Neff (Swi) Switzerland 14 Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) Lointek 15 Aude Biannic (Fra) Lointek 16 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Hitec products 17 Liesbet De Vocht (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies 18 Jessie Walker (GBr) Matrix Fitness - Vulpine 19 Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team 20 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Boels Dolmans cycling team 21 Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Netherlands 22 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Hitec products 23 Denise Ramsden (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 24 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Specialized Lululemon 25 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team 26 Janel Holcomb (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 27 Sharon Laws (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 28 Linda Villumsen (NZl) Wiggle Honda 29 Dani King (GBr) Wiggle Honda 30 Emily Kay (GBr) Great Britain 31 Janine Van De Meer (Ned) Netherlands 32 Katrin Leumann (Swi) Switzerland 33 Annette Edmondson (Aus) Orica AIS 34 Lucy Martin (GBr) Estado de Mexico Faren 35 Gracie Elvin (Aus) Orica AIS 36 Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (RSA) Hitec products 37 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Wiggle Honda 38 Laura Trott (GBr) Wiggle Honda 39 Peta Mullens (Aus) Wiggle Honda 40 Linda Indergand (Swi) Switzerland 41 Alice Arzuffi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team 42 Katarzyna Pawłowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans cycling team 43 Romy Kasper (Ger) Boels Dolmans cycling team 44 Anouska Koster (Ned) Netherlands 45 Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team 46 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team 47 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Specialized Lululemon 48 Henriette Woering (Ned) Netherlands 49 Ciara Horne (GBr) Great Britain 50 Ramona Forchini (Swi) Switzerland 51 Belen Lopez (Spa) Lointek 52 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Orica AIS 53 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Orica AIS 54 Rossella Ratto (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren 55 Lucia Gonzalez (Spa) Lointek 56 Elise Delzenne (Fra) Specialized Lululemon 57 Shara Gillow (Aus) Orica AIS 58 Helen Wyman (GBr) Matrix Fitness - Vulpine 59 Fanny Riberot (Fra) Lointek 60 Karol Ann Canuel (Can) Specialized Lululemon 61 Katharine Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 62 Doris Schweizer (Swi) Astana Bepink womens team 63 Anna Knauer (Ger) Rabo Liv women cycling team 64 Hayley Jones (GBr) Great Britain 65 Jessie Daams (Bel) Boels Dolmans cycling team 66 Katie Archibald (GBr) Great Britain 67 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team 68 Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team 69 Emma Pooley (GBr) Lotto Belisol Ladies 70 Erika Leticia Yepez Fernandez (Mex) Estado de Mexico Faren 71 Lauren Tamayo (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 72 Emma Trott (GBr) Boels Dolmans cycling team 73 Cari Higgins (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 74 Ruth Winder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 75 Jade Wilcoxson (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 76 Chantal Hoffmann (Lux) Lotto Belisol Ladies 77 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team 00:24 78 Amy Cure (Aus) Lotto Belisol Ladies 01:25 79 Uenia Fernandes Souza (Bra) Estado de Mexico Faren 01:51 80 Jutta Stienen (Swi) Switzerland 02:46 81 Thea Thorsen (Nor) Hitec products 02:49 82 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren 02:52 83 Sheyla Gutierrez (Spa) Lointek 02:59 84 Jo Tindley (GBr) Matrix Fitness - Vulpine 03:09 85 Amy Hill (GBr) Great Britain 08:44 86 Caroline Baur (Swi) Switzerland 87 Melissa Lowther (GBr) Matrix Fitness - Vulpine 88 Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies 89 Penny Rowson (GBr) Matrix Fitness - Vulpine 90 Harriet Owen (GBr) Matrix Fitness - Vulpine 17:55 DNF Molly Meyvisch (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies DNF Ashlynn Van Baarle (Ned) Netherlands DNF Audrey Cordon (Fra) Hitec products DNF Siri Minge (Nor) Hitec products DNF Michela Maltese (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team Klasyfikacja po 1. etapie: 1 Emma Johansson (Swe) Orica AIS 2:28:17 2 Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team 00:04 3 Hannah Barnes (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 00:08 4 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Boels Dolmans cycling team 00:09 5 Elise Delzenne (Fra) Specialized Lululemon 6 Lizzie Armitstead (GBr) Boels Dolmans cycling team 00:10 7 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Specialized Lululemon 00:12 8 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda 9 Lucy Garner (GBr) Great Britain 10 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren 11 Amy Pieters (Ned) Netherlands 12 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Specialized Lululemon 13 Lauren Hall (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 14 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 15 Jolanda Neff (Swi) Switzerland 16 Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) Lointek 17 Aude Biannic (Fra) Lointek 18 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Hitec products 19 Liesbet De Vocht (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies 20 Jessie Walker (GBr) Matrix Fitness - Vulpine 21 Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team 22 Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Netherlands 23 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Hitec products 24 Denise Ramsden (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 25 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Specialized Lululemon 26 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team 27 Janel Holcomb (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 28 Sharon Laws (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 29 Linda Villumsen (NZl) Wiggle Honda 30 Dani King (GBr) Wiggle Honda 31 Emily Kay (GBr) Great Britain 32 Janine Van De Meer (Ned) Netherlands 33 Katrin Leumann (Swi) Switzerland 34 Annette Edmondson (Aus) Orica AIS 35 Lucy Martin (GBr) Estado de Mexico Faren 36 Gracie Elvin (Aus) Orica AIS 37 Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (RSA) Hitec products 38 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Wiggle Honda 39 Laura Trott (GBr) Wiggle Honda 40 Peta Mullens (Aus) Wiggle Honda 41 Linda Indergand (Swi) Switzerland 42 Alice Arzuffi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team 43 Katarzyna Pawłowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans cycling team 44 Romy Kasper (Ger) Boels Dolmans cycling team 45 Anouska Koster (Ned) Netherlands 46 Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team 47 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team 48 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Specialized Lululemon 49 Henriette Woering (Ned) Netherlands 50 Ciara Horne (GBr) Great Britain 51 Ramona Forchini (Swi) Switzerland 52 Belen Lopez (Spa) Lointek 53 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Orica AIS 54 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Orica AIS 55 Rossella Ratto (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren 56 Lucia Gonzalez (Spa) Lointek 57 Shara Gillow (Aus) Orica AIS 58 Helen Wyman (GBr) Matrix Fitness - Vulpine 59 Fanny Riberot (Fra) Lointek 60 Karol Ann Canuel (Can) Specialized Lululemon 61 Katharine Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 62 Doris Schweizer (Swi) Astana Bepink womens team 63 Anna Knauer (Ger) Rabo Liv women cycling team 64 Hayley Jones (GBr) Great Britain 65 Jessie Daams (Bel) Boels Dolmans cycling team 66 Katie Archibald (GBr) Great Britain 67 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team 68 Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team 69 Emma Pooley (GBr) Lotto Belisol Ladies 70 Erika Leticia Yepez Fernandez (Mex) Estado de Mexico Faren 71 Lauren Tamayo (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 72 Emma Trott (GBr) Boels Dolmans cycling team 73 Cari Higgins (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 74 Ruth Winder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 75 Jade Wilcoxson (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 76 Chantal Hoffmann (Lux) Lotto Belisol Ladies 77 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team 00:36 78 Amy Cure (Aus) Lotto Belisol Ladies 01:37 79 Uenia Fernandes Souza (Bra) Estado de Mexico Faren 02:03 80 Jutta Stienen (Swi) Switzerland 02:58 81 Thea Thorsen (Nor) Hitec products 03:01 82 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren 03:04 83 Sheyla Gutierrez (Spa) Lointek 03:11 84 Jo Tindley (GBr) Matrix Fitness - Vulpine 03:21 85 Amy Hill (GBr) Great Britain 08:56 86 Caroline Baur (Swi) Switzerland 87 Melissa Lowther (GBr) Matrix Fitness - Vulpine 88 Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies 89 Penny Rowson (GBr) Matrix Fitness - Vulpine 90 Harriet Owen (GBr) Matrix Fitness - Vulpine 18:07