La Course by Le Tour de France 2017 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE]

July 20, 2017

La Course by Le Tour de France 2017 – Stage 1 – Briancon – Col d’Izoard : 67,5 km

La Course by Le Tour de France is an elite women’s professional road bicycle race held in France, and has been part of the UCI Women’s WorldTour since 2016 as a one or two one-day races. Until 2015 it was rated by the UCI as a 1.1 race.

Annemiek van Vleuten (Orica Scott) claimed the Women’s WorldTour offering of La Course by Tour de France with a dominant performance on the Izoard. The Orica rider made use of some botched tactics from Boels Dolmans on the final climb before jumping clear with around four kilometres to go. Lizzie Deignan, who set the pace for the majority of the climb in a bit to set-up her teammate Megan Guarnier, was unable to follow Van Vleuten’s attack and was forced to settle for second. Elisa Longo Borghini (Wiggle High5) finished third.

“To finish here at the Tour de France with so many people is amazing,” Van Vleuten said after the race. “Especially when before I wasn’t a climber but since the Rio Olympic Games when I was able to climb with everyone uphill that inspired me to focus more on the climbing. To organise this uphill finish for the girls on the Tour de France is great.

“To be honest, I regretted that I went so early. I had double tactics in mind because we have the pursuit on Saturday and I wanted to have some time in front also. I knew that everybody was hurting and I thought that it was better to go. If you wait to long then it makes it easier for the others. If have the legs then it’s good to go early.”

As expected the stage came down to showdown on the Izoard. Only Linda Villumsen was able to break free and the former world time trial champion built up a 30-second lead on the lower slopes of the climb.

Boels Dolmans – mainly through Deignan – set the pace in pursuit and whittled down the lead group to under a dozen riders. However’s Deignan’s pace was too much for the rest of her team and she was briefly forced to ease up as Guarnier battled back into contention.

Orica, meanwhile, allowed Boels to set the pace and then made use of the confusion before Van Vleuten attacked.

The top riders will now go into a pursuit style time trial on Saturday, with the time gaps decided by the gaps at the finish on the Izoard.

Results :
1 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Orica – Scott 2:07:18
2 Elizabeth Deignan (GBr) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:00:43
3 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5 0:01:23
4 Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:01:28
5 Shara Gillow (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:01:33
6 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Orica – Scott 0:01:41
7 Lauren Stephens (USA) Team Tibco – Silicon Valley Bank 0:01:51
8 Ana Christina Sanabria Sanchez (Col) Servetto Giusta 0:02:24
9 Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) WM3 Procycling 0:02:52
10 Hanna Nilsson (Swe) BTC City Ljubljana 0:03:04
11 Eri Yonamine (Jpn) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:03:12
12 Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (RSA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team 0:03:16
13 Janneke Ensing (Ned) Ale Cipollini 0:03:38
14 Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:04:25
15 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb 0:04:34
16 Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra) Canyon SRAM Racing
17 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team
18 Ursa Pintar (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana
19 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:04:50
20 Rossella Ratto (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling 0:05:08
21 Nikola Noskova (Cze) Bepink Cogeas
22 Linda Villumsen (NZl) Team Veloconcept Women 0:05:15
23 Olena Pavlukhina (Aze) Astana Women’s Team 0:05:19
24 Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Hitec Products 0:05:35
25 Ingrid Drexel (Mex) Team Tibco – Silicon Valley Bank 0:05:51
26 Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) Lensworld – Kuota 0:06:00
27 Juliette Labous (Fra) Team Sunweb 0:06:48
28 Ane Santesteban Gonzales (Spa) Ale Cipollini 0:06:58
29 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Lensworld – Kuota 0:07:25
30 Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Wiggle High5
31 Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Astana Women’s Team
32 Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Fra) Wiggle High5 0:07:29
33 Polona Batagelj (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana 0:07:32
34 Antri Christoforou (Cyp) Servetto Giusta 0:07:46
35 Alexandra Manly (Aus) Orica – Scott 0:08:12
36 Eugenia Bujak (Pol) BTC City Ljubljana 0:08:22
37 Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Cylance Pro Cycling 0:08:28
38 Carlee Taylor (Aus) Ale Cipollini 0:08:37
39 Severine Eraud (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:08:55
40 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Team Tibco – Silicon Valley Bank 0:09:09
41 Camilla Pedersen (Den) Team Veloconcept Women 0:09:14
42 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 0:09:29
43 Lara Vieceli (Ita) Astana Women’s Team 0:09:34
44 Rachel Neylan (Aus) Orica – Scott 0:09:49
45 Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team 0:10:04
46 Alison Jackson (Can) Bepink Cogeas 0:10:12
OTL Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) Lensworld – Kuota
OTL Marianne Vos (Ned) WM3 Procycling
OTL Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Orica Scott
OTL Sofia Beggin (Ita) Astana Women’s Team
OTL Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
OTL Charlotte Becker (Ger) Hitec Products
OTL Amelie Rivat (Fra) Lares – Waowdeals Women Cycling Team
OTL Marion Sicot (Fra) France
OTL Lisa Klein (Ger) Cervelo – Bigla Pro Cycling Team
OTL Georgia Williams (NZl) Orica Scott
OTL Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Cylance Pro Cycling
OTL Julia Soek (Ned) Team Sunweb
OTL Anouska Koster (Ned) WM3 Procycling
OTL Leah Thorvilson (USA) Canyon SRAM Racing
OTL Amber Leone Neben (USA) Team Veloconcept Women
OTL Aude Biannic (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
OTL Lex Albrecht (Can) Team Tibco – Silicon Valley Bank
OTL Shani Bloch-Davidov (Isr) Team Veloconcept Women
OTL Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon SRAM Racing
OTL Nathalie Verschelden (Bel) Lensworld – Kuota
OTL Laura Camila Lozano Ramirez (Col) Servetto Giusta
OTL Charlotte Bravard (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
OTL Victorie Guilman (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
OTL Nikki Brammeier (GBr) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
OTL Cyriane Muller (Fra) France
OTL Natalya Saifutdinova (Kaz) Astana Women’s Team
OTL Daniela Reis (Por) Lares – Waowdeals Women Cycling Team
OTL Amiliya Iskakova (Kaz) Astana Women’s Team
OTL Tatiana Shamanova (Rus) Bepink Cogeas
OTL Jessie Daams (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
OTL Julie Van De Velde (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
OTL Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Hitec Products
OTL Nicole Hanselmann (Swi) Cervelo – Bigla Pro Cycling Team
OTL Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Bepink Cogeas
OTL Anna Potokina (Rus) Servetto Giusta
OTL Lauren Kitchen (Aus) WM3 Procycling
OTL Fanny Leleu (Fra) France
OTL Rozanne Slik (Ned) Team Sunweb
OTL Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon SRAM Racing
OTL Valentina Scandolara (Ita) WM3 Procycling
OTL Lucie Lahaye (Fra) France
OTL Claudia Koster (Ned) Team Veloconcept Women
OTL Katia Ragusa (Ita) Bepink Cogeas
OTL Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon SRAM Racing
OTL Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) Ale Cipollini
OTL Sarah Inghelbrecht (Bel) Lares – Waowdeals Women Cycling Team
OTL Christina Perchtold (Aut) Cervelo – Bigla Pro Cycling Team
OTL Brianna Walle (USA) Team Tibco – Silicon Valley Bank
OTL Marjolaine Bazin (Fra) France
OTL Kseniia Dobrynina (Rus) Servetto Giusta
OTL Amy Cure (Aus) Wiggle High5
OTL Soraya Paladin (Ita) Ale Cipollini
OTL Mia Radotic (Cro) BTC City Ljubljana
OTL Clemilda Fernandes Silva (Bra) Servetto Giusta
OTL Tereza Medvedova (Svk) Bepink Cogeas
OTL Sara Penton (Swe) Team Veloconcept Women
OTL Urška Žigart (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana
OTL Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Canyon SRAM Racing
OTL Laura Asencio (Fra) France
OTL Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen (Nor) Hitec Products
OTL Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling
OTL Puck Moonen (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies
OTL Willeke Knol (Ned) Cylance Pro Cycling
OTL Amy Roberts (GBr) Wiggle High5
OTL Mieke Docx (Bel) Lares – Waowdeals Women Cycling Team
OTL Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
DNF Lucy Garner (GBr) Wiggle High5
DNF Anna Plichta (Pol) WM3 Procycling
DNF Nicolle Bruderer (Gua) Team Tibco – Silicon Valley Bank
DNF Molly Weaver (GBr) Team Sunweb
DNF Martina Stefani (Ita) Ale Cipollini
DNF Alice Cobb (GBr) Lares – Waowdeals Women Cycling Team
DNS Kaat Hannes (Bel) Lensworld – Kuota