Ladies Tour of Norway 2019 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE]

August 22, 2019

Ladies Tour of Norway 2019 – Stage 1 – Åsgårdstrand – Horten : 128 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?

Lorena Wiebes (Parkhotel Valkenburg) has won stage 1 of the Ladies Tour of Norway that was raced in pouring rain, also taking the overall classification lead, along with the points and young rider leads. The Dutch champion won the stage ahead of Chloe Hosking (Alé Cipollini) and Amalie Dideriksen (Boels Dolmans).

With 30km to go, Team Sunweb put the race in the gutter and forced a split in a crosswind section, with the second peloton ending up almost four minutes down.

Three laps of the finishing circuit in Horten were dominated by incessant attacks, but in the end, the stage came down to a sprint.

A crash just inside the three-kilometre mark took out Coryn Rivera (Team Sunweb), among others.

On the finishing straight, Hosking opened up the sprint and Wiebes came from behind and had to take the longer line. She won with more than a bike length on Hosking, with Dideriksen finishing third.

How it happened

For this year’s opening stage, the Ladies Tour of Norway moved west of the Oslofjord for the first time. Starting at the house of Edvard Munch in Åsgårdstrand, the peloton faced 128km through Vestfold, ending with a finishing circuit in Horten.

There were some attacks early on, with Norwegian Julie Solvang (Hitec Products-Birk Sport) especially active, but no breakaway could establish itself. The peloton briefly split on the two classified climbs, but things quickly came back together again.

Anastasia Chursina (BTC City Ljubljana) made a move at the 50-kilometre mark and established an advantage of 26 seconds, but she was reeled in again with 42km to go. This started a phase with numerous tries to get away. Racing into a headwind, the attackers were at a disadvantage, and the race stayed together until a left turn towards the finishing town with 32km to go.

With the wind now coming from the side, Team Sunweb massed at the front and increased the pace, and gaps quickly opened up in the peloton. Eventually, the front group grew to a peloton of just over forty riders while the remaining riders continually lost ground.

On the finishing circuit, many teams tried to send riders up the road. Small groups got a gap and were caught again almost continuously, keeping the pace high. Floortje Mackaij (Team Sunweb), Ruth Winder (Trek-Segafredo), Christine Majerus (Boels Dolmans), Marta Lach (CCC-Liv), and Hannah Barnes (Canyon-SRAM) attacked with 13 km to go and formed the most promising move, later joined by Aude Biannic (Movistar Team).

Their advantage was never more than a few seconds, though, and they were caught just before the start of the final lap of 7.6 kilometres. After the counterattacks were shut down at the five-kilometre mark, it was clear the stage would end in a sprint.

Team Sunweb lined up at the front, but Juliette Labous slid on a wet patch in a sharp corner with 2.4km to go, taking down her teammate Franziska Koch and holding up Marianne Vos (CCC-Liv). Anna Henderson (Tibco-SVB) also crashed, taking down Coryn Rivera.

When riders had come back together after the crash, Lach took charge of the lead-out on the final kilometre. Hosking started her sprint early but was no match to Wiebes’ acceleration on the final metres.

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

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