Kirsten Wild (Hitec Products) zwycięstwem w stolicy Kataru otworzyła 8. edycję kobiecego wyścigu na Półwyspie Arabskim.
Holenderska sprinterka wygrała swój 10. etap pustynnej imprezy i objęła prowadzenie w klasyfikacji generalnej. Druga finiszowała Włoszka Annalisa Cucinotta (Ale Cipollini), a trzecia Australijka Lizzie Williams (Orica-AIS).
Ściganie na pierwszym etapie rozpoczęło się bez ucieczki, choć próby jej zawiązania na ostatnich kilometrach pustynnego etapu były podejmowane przez mistrzynię Polski Małgorzatę Jasińską (Ale Cipollini) czy Moniek Tenniglo (Rabo Liv).
Lotne finisze padły łupem sprinterek – na pierwszym triumfowała Kirsten Wild (Hitec Products), wyprzedzając Chloe Hosking (Wiggle High5) i Martę Tagliaferro (Ale Cipollini), a linię drugiego jak pierwsza przecięła Chantal Blaak (Boels Dolmans), a cenne sekundy ponownie zdobyły Hosking i Tagliaferro.
O zwycięstwie etapowym zdecydował finisz z peletonu, a mocno pracujące w końcówce zawodniczki Liv-Plantur nie zdołały zatrzymać Wild, która po raz kolejny pokazała, że na pustynnych szosach Kataru nie ma sobie równych.
1 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Hitec Products 2:19:04 2 Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) Ale' Cipollini 3 Lizzie Williams (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 4 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 5 Shelley Olds (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling 6 Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Italy 7 Monique Van De Ree (Ned) Lares-Waowdeals 8 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Canyon SRAM Racing 9 Katrin Garfoot (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 10 Sara Mustonen (Swe) Team Liv-Plantur 11 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Italy 12 Demi De Jong (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 13 Roxane Fournier (Fra) France 14 Anouska Koster (Ned) Raboliv Women Cycling Team 15 Diana Penuela Martinez (Col) UnitedHealthcare 16 Gracie Elvin (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 17 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Wiggle High5 18 Romy Kasper (Ger) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 19 Claudia Cretti (Ita) Italy 20 Elise Delzenne (Fra) France 21 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Ale' Cipollini 22 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Canyon SRAM Racing 23 Coryn Rivera (USA) UnitedHealthcare 24 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale' Cipollini 25 Emma Johansson (Swe) Wiggle High5 26 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Liv-Plantur 27 Amy Pieters (Ned) Wiggle High5 28 Chloe Mc Conville (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 29 Yue Bai (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv-Champion System 30 Kimberley Wells (Aus) Australia 31 Maria Vittoria Sperotto (Ita) Italy 32 Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Raboliv Women Cycling Team 33 Shara Gillow (Aus) Raboliv Women Cycling Team 34 Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Australia 35 Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 36 Sarah Roy (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 37 Eugénie Duval (Fra) France 38 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Canyon SRAM Racing 39 Katarzyna Pawłowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 40 Małgorzata Jasińska (Pol) Ale' Cipollini 41 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Hitec Products 42 Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Hitec Products 43 Eleonora Van Dijk (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 44 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon SRAM Racing 45 Yixian Pu (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv-Champion System 46 Lotte Van Hoek (Ned) Lares-Waowdeals Women Cycling Team 47 Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) Raboliv Women Cycling Team 48 Wan Tong Wang (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv-Champion System 49 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Italy 50 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 51 Anna Stricker (Ita) Italy 52 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon SRAM Racing 53 Danielle King (GBr) Wiggle High5 54 Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Lares-Waowdeals Women Cycling Team 55 Emilie Moberg (Nor) Hitec Products 56 Roxanne Knetemann (Ned) Raboliv Women Cycling Team 57 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling 58 Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen (Nor) Hitec Products 59 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5 60 Julie Leth (Den) Hitec Products 61 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Liv-Plantur 62 Xiu Jie Jiang (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv-Champion System 63 Iris Slappendel (Ned) UnitedHealthcare 64 Shannon Malseed (Aus) Australia 65 Rachele Barbieri (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling 66 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Raboliv 67 Mieke Kroeger (Ger) Canyon SRAM Racing 68 Hayley Simmonds (GBr) UnitedHealthcare 69 Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Australia 70 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) France 71 Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale' Cipollini 72 Annie Ewart (Can) UnitedHealthcare 73 Shana Van Glabeke (Bel) Lares-Waowdeals 74 Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Ale' Cipollini 75 Jessica Mundy (Aus) Australia 00:17 76 Louisa Lobigs (Aus) Australia 77 Coralie Demay (Fra) France 78 Eileen Roe (GBr) Lares-Waowdeals Women Cycling Team 79 Lauren Tamayo (USA) UnitedHealthcare 80 Julia Soek (Ned) Team Liv-Plantur 00:40 81 Kyara Stijns (Ned) Team Liv-Plantur 82 Molly Weaver (GBr) Team Liv-Plantur 00:51 83 Xue Sun (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv-Champion System 01:05 84 Alison Tetrick (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling 01:07 85 Fanny Riberot (Fra) France 01:40 86 Alexandra Nessmar (Swe) Lares-Waowdeals Women Cycling Te 03:14 87 Doris Schweizer SWI Cylance Pro Cycling 88 Amy Roberts (GBr) Wiggle High5 89 Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Cylance Pro Cycling 90 Qialon Chen (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv-Champion System
1 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Hitec Products 2:18:51 2 Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) Ale' Cipollini 00:07 3 Lizzie Williams (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 00:09 4 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Wiggle High5 5 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 00:10 6 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Ale' Cipollini 00:11 7 Shelley Olds (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling 00:13 8 Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Italy 9 Monique Van De Ree (Ned) Lares-Waowdeals 10 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Canyon SRAM Racing 11 Katrin Garfoot (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 12 Sara Mustonen (Swe) Team Liv-Plantur 13 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Italy 14 Demi De Jong (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 15 Roxane Fournier (Fra) France 16 Anouska Koster (Ned) Raboliv Women Cycling Team 17 Diana Penuela Martinez (Col) UnitedHealthcare 18 Gracie Elvin (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 19 Romy Kasper (Ger) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 20 Claudia Cretti (Ita) Italy 21 Elise Delzenne (Fra) France 22 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Canyon SRAM Racing 23 Coryn Rivera (USA) UnitedHealthcare 24 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale' Cipollini 25 Emma Johansson (Swe) Wiggle High5 26 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Liv-Plantur 27 Amy Pieters (Ned) Wiggle High5 28 Chloe Mc Conville (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 29 Yue Bai (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv-Champion System 30 Kimberley Wells (Aus) Australia 31 Maria Vittoria Sperotto (Ita) Italy 32 Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Raboliv Women Cycling Team 33 Shara Gillow (Aus) Raboliv Women Cycling Team 34 Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Australia 35 Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 36 Sarah Roy (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 37 Eugénie Duval (Fra) France 38 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Canyon SRAM Racing 39 Katarzyna Pawłowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 40 Małgorzata Jasińska (Pol) Ale' Cipollini 41 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Hitec Products 42 Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Hitec Products 43 Eleonora Van Dijk (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 44 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon SRAM Racing 45 Yixian Pu (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv-Champion System 46 Lotte Van Hoek (Ned) Lares-Waowdeals Women Cycling Team 47 Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) Raboliv Women Cycling Team 48 Wan Tong Wang (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv-Champion System 49 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Italy 50 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 51 Anna Stricker (Ita) Italy 52 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon SRAM Racing 53 Danielle King (GBr) Wiggle High5 54 Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Lares-Waowdeals 55 Emilie Moberg (Nor) Hitec Products 56 Roxanne Knetemann (Ned) Raboliv Women Cycling Team 57 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling 58 Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen (Nor) Hitec Products 59 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5 60 Julie Leth (Den) Hitec Products 61 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Liv-Plantur 62 Xiu Jie Jiang (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv 63 Iris Slappendel (Ned) UnitedHealthcare 64 Shannon Malseed (Aus) Australia 65 Rachele Barbieri (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling 66 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Raboliv Women Cycling Team 67 Mieke Kroeger (Ger) Canyon SRAM Racing 68 Hayley Simmonds (GBr) UnitedHealthcare 69 Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Australia 70 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) France 71 Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale' Cipollini 72 Annie Ewart (Can) UnitedHealthcare 73 Shana Van Glabeke (Bel) Lares-Waowdeals 74 Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Ale' Cipollini 75 Jessica Mundy (Aus) Australia 00:30 76 Louisa Lobigs (Aus) Australia 77 Coralie Demay (Fra) France 78 Eileen Roe (GBr) Lares-Waowdeals 79 Lauren Tamayo (USA) UnitedHealthcare 80 Julia Soek (Ned) Team Liv-Plantur 00:53 81 Kyara Stijns (Ned) Team Liv-Plantur 82 Molly Weaver (GBr) Team Liv-Plantur 01:04 83 Xue Sun (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv-Champion System 01:18 84 Alison Tetrick (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling 01:20 85 Fanny Riberot (Fra) France 01:53 86 Alexandra Nessmar (Swe) Lares-Waowdeals Women 03:27 87 Doris Schweizer SWI Cylance Pro Cycling 88 Amy Roberts (GBr) Wiggle High5 89 Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Cylance Pro Cycling 90 Qialon Chen (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv-Champion System