Ellen Van Dijk (Boels Dolmans) odniosła zwycięstwo na mecie trzeciego odcinka katarskiego wyścigu kobiet.
Holenderka wyprzedziła o 7 sekund Kirsten Wild (Hitech Products) i Lorette Hanson (Australia).
Nową liderką została piąta na mecie Trixi Worrack (Canyon SRAM).
Wydarzenia na kolejnym etapie animował silny wiatr, krótko po starcie peleton został tylko wspomnieniem, a w czołowej, liczącej kilkanaście zawodniczek grupie, zabrakło liderki Katrin Garfoot (Orica-GreenEdge).
Tempo ucieczki nadawała Lisa Brennauer (Canyon SRAM), co sprawiło, że żółta koszulka odstała na 2 minuty.
18 kilometrów przed kreską różnica stopniała do 1:15, ale dopaść czołowej grupy już się nie udało. A w tej skończyła się współpraca. Skoczyła Gracie Elvin (Orica-AIS), jednak nie utrzymała kilkunastosekundowej przewagi. Lepiej poszło Van Dijk, która zameldowała się na mecie bez towarzystwa swoich rywalek.
1 Eleonora Van Dijk (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 2:48:56 2 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Hitec Products 00:07 3 Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Australia 4 Anouska Koster (Ned) Raboliv 5 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Canyon SRAM Racing 00:08 6 Gracie Elvin (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 00:11 7 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon SRAM Racing 00:13 8 Romy Kasper (Ger) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 00:19 9 Shelley Olds (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling 00:24 10 Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 00:45 11 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale' Cipollini 00:59 12 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Raboliv 13 Katarzyna Pawłowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 14 Katrin Garfoot (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 15 Monique Van De Ree (Ned) Lares-Waowdeals 16 Amy Pieters (Ned) Wiggle High5 17 Shara Gillow (Aus) Raboliv 18 Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Hitec Products 19 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 20 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Ale' Cipollini 21 Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) Raboliv 01:03 22 Małgorzata Jasińska (Pol) Ale' Cipollini 01:05 23 Emma Johansson (Swe) Wiggle High5 24 Lizzie Williams (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 25 Julie Leth (Den) Hitec Products 26 Sara Mustonen (Swe) Team Liv-Plantur 27 Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Raboliv 28 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Liv-Plantur 29 Iris Slappendel (Ned) UnitedHealthcare 30 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon SRAM Racing 31 Anna Stricker (Ita) Italy 32 Jessica Mundy (Aus) Australia 33 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Wiggle High5 34 Annie Ewart (Can) UnitedHealthcare 35 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Canyon SRAM Racing 01:10 36 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Liv-Plantur 01:22 37 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Canyon SRAM Racing 01:23 38 Sarah Roy (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 01:32 39 Julia Soek (Ned) Team Liv-Plantur 01:55 40 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5 41 Eileen Roe (GBr) Lares-Waowdeals 13:40 42 Kyara Stijns (Ned) Team Liv-Plantur 43 Xue Sun (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv-Champion System 44 Wan Tong Wang (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv-Champion System 45 Yue Bai (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv-Champion System 46 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Italy 47 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling 48 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Hitec Products 49 Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale' Cipollini 50 Emilie Moberg (Nor) Hitec Products 51 Claudia Cretti (Ita) Italy 52 Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Italy 53 Mieke Kroeger (Ger) Canyon SRAM Racing 54 Yixian Pu (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv-Champion System 55 Chloe Mc Conville (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 56 Lauren Tamayo (USA) UnitedHealthcare 57 Roxane Fournier (Fra) France 58 Coryn Rivera (USA) UnitedHealthcare 59 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 60 Shannon Malseed (Aus) Australia 61 Xiu Jie Jiang (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv-Champion System 62 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) France 63 Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Cylance Pro Cycling 64 Lotte Van Hoek (Ned) Lares-Waowdeals 18:45 65 Danielle King (GBr) Wiggle High5 66 Elise Delzenne (Fra) France 67 Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Ale' Cipollini 68 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Italy 69 Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Lares-Waowdeals 70 Fanny Riberot (Fra) France 71 Maria Vittoria Sperotto (Ita) Italy 72 Hayley Simmonds (GBr) UnitedHealthcare 73 Eugénie Duval (Fra) France 74 Kimberley Wells (Aus) Australia 75 Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Australia 76 Alison Tetrick (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling 77 Demi De Jong (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 78 Diana Penuela Martinez (Col) UnitedHealthcare 79 Molly Weaver (GBr) Team Liv-Plantur 80 Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) Ale' Cipollini
1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Canyon SRAM Racing 8:15:28 2 Romy Kasper (Ger) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 00:17 3 Eleonora Van Dijk (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 00:31 4 Katrin Garfoot (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 00:34 5 Gracie Elvin (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 00:50 6 Amy Pieters (Ned) Wiggle High5 00:53 7 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon SRAM Racing 00:56 8 Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Australia 01:32 9 Anouska Koster (Ned) Raboliv 01:34 10 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Wiggle High5 01:42 11 Shelley Olds (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling 01:50 12 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Canyon SRAM Racing 01:53 13 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Ale' Cipollini 02:26 14 Monique Van De Ree (Ned) Lares-Waowdeals 02:28 15 Lizzie Williams (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 02:30 16 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale' Cipollini 02:34 17 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Liv-Plantur 18 Shara Gillow (Aus) Raboliv 19 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Raboliv 20 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5 02:38 21 Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Raboliv 02:40 22 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Canyon SRAM Racing 02:52 23 Sarah Roy (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 03:01 24 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Hitec Products 03:23 25 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 03:28 26 Katarzyna Pawłowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 03:31 27 Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Hitec Products 28 Iris Slappendel (Ned) UnitedHealthcare 03:37 29 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Liv-Plantur 03:54 30 Julia Soek (Ned) Team Liv-Plantur 04:10 31 Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 04:21 32 Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) Raboliv 04:39 33 Sara Mustonen (Swe) Team Liv-Plantur 04:41 34 Emma Johansson (Swe) Wiggle High5 35 Małgorzata Jasińska (Pol) Ale' Cipollini 36 Julie Leth (Den) Hitec Products 37 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon SRAM Racing 38 Annie Ewart (Can) UnitedHealthcare 39 Anna Stricker (Ita) Italy 04:49 40 Jessica Mundy (Aus) Australia 12:36 41 Eileen Roe (GBr) Lares-Waowdeals 15:32 42 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 16:12 43 Yue Bai (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv-Champion System 17:13 44 Chloe Mc Conville (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 17:16 45 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Italy 46 Wan Tong Wang (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv-Champion System 47 Roxane Fournier (Fra) France 48 Claudia Cretti (Ita) Italy 49 Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Italy 50 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Hitec Products 51 Yixian Pu (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv-Champion System 52 Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale' Cipollini 53 Emilie Moberg (Nor) Hitec Products 54 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling 55 Rachele Barbieri (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling 56 Shannon Malseed (Aus) Australia 57 Xiu Jie Jiang (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv-Champion System 58 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) France 59 Lauren Tamayo (USA) UnitedHealthcare 17:33 60 Coryn Rivera (USA) UnitedHealthcare 17:55 61 Kyara Stijns (Ned) Team Liv-Plantur 17:56 62 Xue Sun (Chn) China-Chongming-Liv-Champion System 18:21 63 Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Cylance Pro Cycling 20:30 64 Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) Ale' Cipollini 22:15 65 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Italy 22:21 66 Demi De Jong (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 67 Elise Delzenne (Fra) France 68 Maria Vittoria Sperotto (Ita) Italy 69 Eugénie Duval (Fra) France 70 Danielle King (GBr) Wiggle High5 71 Lotte Van Hoek (Ned) Lares-Waowdeals 72 Hayley Simmonds (GBr) UnitedHealthcare 73 Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Ale' Cipollini 74 Molly Weaver (GBr) Team Liv-Plantur 23:12 75 Mieke Kroeger (Ger) Canyon SRAM Racing 24:54 76 Diana Penuela Martinez (Col) UnitedHealthcare 29:59 77 Kimberley Wells (Aus) Australia 78 Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Australia 79 Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Lares-Waowdeals 35:33 80 Alison Tetrick (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling 36:40 81 Fanny Riberot (Fra) France 45:55