Ladies Tour of Norway 2019 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE]

August 24, 2019

Ladies Tour of Norway 2019 – Stage 3 – Moss – Halden (Fredriksten fortress) : 125 km

The 2019 Ladies Tour of Norway brings the Women’s WorldTour back to late-summer stage-racing held from August 22-25. Last year saw Marianne Vos win all three stages and the overall title. It has become somewhat of a stomping ground for the decorated Dutchwoman, who also won the overall title in 2017. The question is: can she repeat such a dominant display of strength for the third year in a row?

Marianne Vos (CCC-Liv) has won her second consecutive stage of the Ladies Tour of Norway. When she attacked with eight kilometres to go on the first ascent of the 1400-metre finishing climb to Fredriksten Fortress, only Coryn Rivera (Team Sunweb) could follow, and the two riders worked well together on the final lap before a tactical climb to the finish.

Vos forced Rivera into the lead and then launched her sprint with 200 metres to go, winning the stage five seconds ahead of Rivera. Demi Vollering (Parkhotel Valkenburg) finished third, 11 seconds down. Vos now holds a lead of 19 seconds ahead of the final stage 4.

“The race went just as we had hoped for,” CCC-Liv sports director Jeroen Blijlevens explained the team’s tactics. “We wanted to strike on the first time up the finishing climb that was raced twice. Marianne was to attack there and see who could follow. The goal was to take time on the competition as over thirty riders were still at ten seconds before the stage.”

How it happened

Stage 3 covered 125 km starting in Moss and finishing at Fredriksten Fortress overlooking the town of Halden. Most of the stage wasn’t particularly challenging with only one classified climb on the way, but the finish in Halden packed a punch as riders had to climb to Fredriksten Fortress twice in the last nine kilometres.

Shannon Malseed (Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank) attacked after 15 km and was let go by the peloton, settling in for a long solo breakaway. Local rider Emilie Moberg (Team Virtu Cycling) picked up three points at the first intermediate sprint to defend her green points jersey while Malseed’s advantage grew more and more.

50 km into the stage, the 24-year-old Australian was almost six minutes ahead of the peloton – but as Malseed was 9:36 minutes behind Vos in the general classification before the stage, the race lead was not in danger.

When the time gap maxed out at almost seven minutes with 55 km to go, the peloton started chasing in earnest, with Mitchelton-Scott and Canyon-SRAM taking responsibility and reducing the gap to 4:15 minutes at the 40-kilometre mark.

A big crash broke up the peloton and disrupted up the chase, and Ingvild Gåskjenn (Hitec Products-Birk Sport) as well as Saartje Vandenbroucke (Doltcini-Van Eyck) had to abandon the race. But with Trek-Segafredo and CCC-Liv also sharing in the work, Malseed’s advantage dropped to under a minute with 22 km to go.

Though another crash with 17 km to go split the peloton, Malseed was caught shortly afterwards, and the race entered the technical finishing circuit in Halden with 11 km to go. Franziska Koch (Team Sunweb) sneaked away through the corners but was caught again as the first ascent to the finish line started. Stine Borgli (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) went to the front, and then Vos accelerated from the Norwegian’s wheel.

Borgli, Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM), and Ruth Winder (Trek-Segafredo) all tried to keep up, but only Rivera managed to get into her wheel as Vos started the final lap of 7.5 kilometres. On the technical circuit, the two increased their advantage to 34 seconds at the two-kilometre mark.

In a last attempt to close the gap, Niewiadoma launched an attack from the chasing group on the lower slopes of the climb and was followed by Floortje Mackaij (Team Sunweb). As Niewiadoma came closer, Vos forced Rivera into the lead with 500 metres to go and then launched a stage-winning punch 200 metres from the line. A surging Vollering passed Niewiadoma just before the line to take third place.

Results :
1 Marianne Vos (Ned) CCC-Liv 3:24:20
2 Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb Women 0:00:05
3 Demi Vollering (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:00:11
4 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb Women
5 Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM
6 Lucy Kennedy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:00:13
7 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb Women 0:00:15
8 Margarita Victo Garcia Cañellas (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:00:17
9 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Ale Cipollini
10 Vita Heine (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport
11 Stine Borgli (Nor) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:00:20
12 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:00:22
13 Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) CCC-Liv 0:00:25
14 Rossella Ratto (Ita) BTC City Ljubljana
15 Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
16 Anna Henderson (GBr) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:00:28
17 Riejanne Markus (Ned) CCC-Liv 0:00:30
18 Hanna Nilsson (Swe) BTC City Ljubljana
19 Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:00:32
20 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Team Virtu Cycling
21 Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
22 Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana 0:00:33
23 Juliette Labous (Fra) Team Sunweb Women 0:00:39
24 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini
25 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women
26 Elizabeth Holden (GBr) Drops
27 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:00:43
28 Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:00:47
29 Marta Lach (Pol) CCC-Liv 0:01:02
30 Anastasiia Chursina (Rus) BTC City Ljubljana 0:01:15
31 Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:01:22
32 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon-SRAM
33 Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
34 Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-SRAM
35 Charlotte Becker (Ger) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
36 Greta Richioud (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
37 Eva Buurman (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
38 Joscelin Lowdon (GBr) Drops 0:01:26
39 Abby-Mae Parkinson (GBr) Drops
40 Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:01:33
41 Jip van den Bos (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:01:45
42 Ingrid Lorvik (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport 0:01:55
43 Urska Pintar (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana 0:01:58
44 Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:02:00
45 Heidi Franz (USA) Rally UHC Cycling Women 0:02:11
46 Franziska Koch (Ger) Team Sunweb Women
47 Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
48 Victorie Guilman (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
49 Valerie Demey (Bel) CCC-Liv
50 Vibeke Lystad (Nor) Norway
51 Femke Markus (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
52 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-SRAM
53 Nina Buijsman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
54 Amalie Lutro (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport
55 Romy Kasper (Ger) Ale Cipollini
56 Nina Kessler (Ned) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
57 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling
58 Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
59 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Team Sunweb Women 0:02:19
60 Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling 0:02:31
61 Silvia Magri (Ita) BePink 0:02:32
62 Anna Christian (GBr) Drops 0:02:43
63 Elena Pirrone (Ita) Astana Women’s Team 0:02:52
64 Diana Carolina Peñuela Martinez (Col) Ale Cipollini 0:02:57
65 Manon Lloyd (GBr) Drops 0:03:14
66 Silvia Pollicini (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling 0:03:28
67 Skylar Schneider (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:03:33
68 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Team Virtu Cycling
69 Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Team Virtu Cycling 0:03:35
70 Mie Bjorndal (Nor) Norway
71 Emelie Roe Utvik (Nor) Norway
72 Severine Eraud (Fra) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
73 Agnieszka Skalniak (Pol) CCC-Liv
74 Paula Andrea Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women 0:03:39
75 Melissa Van Neck (Cze) BePink 0:03:45
76 Natalie Redmond (Aus) Drops 0:03:51
77 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling 0:03:58
78 Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling
79 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM
80 Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM
81 Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:04:04
82 Gillian Ellsay (Can) Rally UHC Cycling Women 0:04:07
83 Louise Hansen (Den) Team Virtu Cycling 0:04:20
84 Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women
85 Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Ale Cipollini
86 Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
87 Julie Solvang (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport 0:04:51
88 Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:05:08
89 Christina Malling Siggaard (Den) Team Virtu Cycling 0:05:16
90 Jessica Allen (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women
91 Bridgitte Ravndal (Nor) Norway 0:05:27
92 Hayley Simmonds (GBr) BTC City Ljubljana
93 Emilie Moberg (Nor) Team Virtu Cycling 0:05:41
94 Francesca Pattaro (Ita) BePink 0:06:04
95 Anna Plichta (Pol) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:06:35
96 Grace Brown (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women
97 Alexandra Manly (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women
98 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:07:05
99 Katherine Maine (Can) Rally UHC Cycling Women 0:08:00
100 Shannon Malseed (Aus) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:08:55
101 Mieke Docx (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport 0:09:05
102 Nicole Steigenga (Ned) BePink 0:10:36
103 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:17:11
DNS Lauren Kitchen (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
DNS Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Ale Cipollini
DNF Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport
DNF Saartje Vandenbroucke (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Marianne Vos (Ned) CCC-Liv 10:00:00
2 Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb Women 0:00:19
3 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb Women 0:00:31
4 Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM
5 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:00:32
6 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb Women 0:00:35
7 Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:00:45
8 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Team Virtu Cycling 0:00:48
9 Riejanne Markus (Ned) CCC-Liv 0:00:50
10 Hanna Nilsson (Swe) BTC City Ljubljana
11 Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:00:52
12 Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women
13 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini 0:00:53
14 Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana
15 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women 0:00:59
16 Juliette Labous (Fra) Team Sunweb Women
17 Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:01:07
18 Marta Lach (Pol) CCC-Liv 0:01:22
19 Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:01:38
20 Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:01:42
21 Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-SRAM
22 Abby-Mae Parkinson (GBr) Drops 0:01:46
23 Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:01:53
24 Anna Henderson (GBr) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:02:05
25 Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:02:20
26 Romy Kasper (Ger) Ale Cipollini 0:02:31
27 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling
28 Valerie Demey (Bel) CCC-Liv
29 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Team Sunweb Women 0:02:39
30 Vita Heine (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport 0:02:58
31 Elena Pirrone (Ita) Astana Women’s Team 0:03:12
32 Franziska Koch (Ger) Team Sunweb Women 0:03:24
33 Joscelin Lowdon (GBr) Drops 0:04:15
34 Anastasiia Chursina (Rus) BTC City Ljubljana 0:04:19
35 Stine Borgli (Nor) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:04:38
36 Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) CCC-Liv 0:04:43
37 Rossella Ratto (Ita) BTC City Ljubljana
38 Margarita Victo Garcia Cañellas (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:04:48
39 Elizabeth Holden (GBr) Drops 0:04:57
40 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM 0:05:11
41 Lucy Kennedy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:05:24
42 Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:05:28
43 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Ale Cipollini
44 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:05:31
45 Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling 0:05:38
46 Greta Richioud (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:05:40
47 Eva Buurman (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
48 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon-SRAM 0:05:53
49 Urska Pintar (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana 0:06:16
50 Vibeke Lystad (Nor) Norway 0:06:42
51 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-SRAM
52 Grace Brown (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:06:55
53 Charlotte Becker (Ger) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:06:57
54 Jip van den Bos (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:07:33
55 Severine Eraud (Fra) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport 0:07:53
56 Agnieszka Skalniak (Pol) CCC-Liv
57 Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Team Virtu Cycling
58 Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM 0:08:10
59 Demi Vollering (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:08:34
60 Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:08:49
61 Emelie Roe Utvik (Nor) Norway 0:09:10
62 Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:09:25
63 Amalie Lutro (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport 0:09:42
64 Femke Markus (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
65 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling 0:09:46
66 Silvia Magri (Ita) BePink 0:10:42
67 Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:11:30
68 Nina Buijsman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
69 Ingrid Lorvik (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport 0:11:41
70 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Team Virtu Cycling 0:11:47
71 Paula Andrea Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women 0:11:56
72 Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport 0:11:57
73 Victorie Guilman (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
74 Heidi Franz (USA) Rally UHC Cycling Women 0:12:56
75 Bridgitte Ravndal (Nor) Norway 0:12:58
76 Silvia Pollicini (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling 0:13:14
77 Skylar Schneider (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:13:19
78 Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:13:39
79 Alexandra Manly (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women 0:13:40
80 Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling 0:13:44
81 Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Ale Cipollini 0:14:06
82 Anna Christian (GBr) Drops 0:14:12
83 Diana Carolina Peñuela Martinez (Col) Ale Cipollini 0:14:26
84 Manon Lloyd (GBr) Drops 0:14:43
85 Emilie Moberg (Nor) Team Virtu Cycling 0:15:00
86 Mie Bjorndal (Nor) Norway 0:15:04
87 Gillian Ellsay (Can) Rally UHC Cycling Women 0:15:36
88 Francesca Pattaro (Ita) BePink 0:15:50
89 Julie Solvang (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport 0:16:20
90 Christina Malling Siggaard (Den) Team Virtu Cycling 0:16:45
91 Jessica Allen (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott Women
92 Louise Hansen (Den) Team Virtu Cycling 0:16:49
93 Hayley Simmonds (GBr) BTC City Ljubljana 0:16:56
94 Katherine Maine (Can) Rally UHC Cycling Women 0:17:46
95 Anna Plichta (Pol) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:18:04
96 Melissa Van Neck (Cze) BePink 0:18:24
97 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:18:34
98 Shannon Malseed (Aus) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:18:41
99 Mieke Docx (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport 0:20:34
100 Nina Kessler (Ned) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:21:06
101 Nicole Steigenga (Ned) BePink 0:22:05
102 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:28:40
103 Natalie Redmond (Aus) Drops 0:36:11