Lotto Belgium Tour 2021 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE] (ladies)

June 23, 2021

Lotto Belgium Tour 2021 – Stage 1 – Blankenberge – Bruges : 112,6 km

Beginning in 2012, the Lotto Belgium Tour returns to the calendar after a year’s forced absence due to the pandemic. Formerly known as the Lotto-Decca Tour, the Women’s Elite elite stage race is a 2.1 ranked event that takes place over four days in Belgium. Taking place over the course of four days, the race begins with an opening prologue, preceding the three road stages that will decide the overall winner. This year’s race was originally scheduled to be completed on June 27. Instead, this year’s Lotto Belgium Tour will begin with an opening prologue on June 22, eventually finishing three days later. As such, it is possible that many riders will ride the Belgium stage race in preparation for a big crack at La Course. The women’s race takes in a variety of tough climbs and cobbled sectors, providing an enthralling few days of racing. The final stage has finished in Geraardsbergen in every single edition of the race, taking in the iconic Muur van Geraardsbergen. The final showdown promises to offer a delightful taste of the Flemish climbs, with the Bosberg also included on the route.

Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) surged across the line for the sprint win on stage 1 of the the Lotto Belgium Tour, ahead of Jolien D’Hoore (Belgium National Team). Barbara Guarischi (Movistar) completed the podium in third for the second day of racing.

With her second-place finish, D’Hoore takes over the race lead from Ellen van Dyke (Trek-Segafredo).

The 112.6km course began on the coast in Blankenberge and followed a circuit of four laps to the finish in Brugge, with the peloton splitting into three main groups after the first lap. After several failed attacks, the front group charged together on the narrow roads into Brugge in the closing kilometres, with Team DSM, Trek-Segafredo and the Belgium National Team all near the front to protect their leaders.

“We made a really clear plan for the leadout to be in position in the small parts with 2k to go. We went full gas with Pfeiffer [Georgi] in the last 600 metres. And after that, I was not perfect on the wheel of Susanne [Andersen] because Lotte Kopecky was a bit in our way, but that’s sprinting of course. But still I could ride my sprint,” Wiebes said after the finish.

In the final 20 kilometres, Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire Cycling was active with attacks by Kelly van dan Steen, then Natalie Van Gogh, but both were reeled in by a charging Movistar Team working for Van Dyke and her GC lead at the time, and Team DSM riders working for Wiebes.

The four-day race continues on Thursday for 137.5km stage 2, which will start and end in Galmaarden.

“It will be hard, but we will fight to the end. We’ll go for the best results,” Wiebes added. “Maybe it’s not with me because Pfeif is looking really strong. We have a lot of cards to play and we go for the win every day.”

Results :
1 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM 2:28:57
2 Jolien D’Hoore (Bel) Belgian National Team
3 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women
4 Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
5 Amber van der Hulst (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
6 Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
7 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Team BikeExchange
8 Emilie Moberg (Nor) Norwegian National Team
9 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Team DSM
10 Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Belgian National Team
11 Shari Bossuyt (Bel) NXTG Racing
12 Arianna Pruisscher (Ned) S-Bikes Doltcini
13 Mischa Bredewold (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
14 Marie Le Net (Fra) French National Team
15 Teniel Campbell (TTo) Team BikeExchange
16 Fem van Empel (Ned) Bert Containers-Pauwels Sauzen
17 Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) German National Team
18 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team DSM
19 Marit Cent (Ned) WV Schijndel
20 Lieke Nooijen (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
21 Birgitte Andersen Nilssen (Nor) Keukens Redant Cycling Team
22 Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Movistar Team Women
23 Julie De Wilde (Bel) Plantur-Pura
24 Céline van Houtum (Ned) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
25 Femke Markus (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
26 Josie Nelson (GBr) Isorex Cycling Team
27 Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team
28 Danique Braam (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies
29 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women
30 Claudia Jongerius (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire
31 Anne Dorthe Ysland (Nor) Norwegian National Team
32 Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
33 Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Norwegian National Team
34 Minke Bakker (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team
35 Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
36 Naomi De Roeck (Bel) LVIV Cycling Team
37 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women
38 Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
39 Annemarie Worst (Ned) Plantur-Pura
40 Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) French National Team
41 Franziska Koch (Ger) Team DSM
42 Friederike Stern (Ger) German National Team
43 Julia Borgström (Swe) NXTG Racing
44 Sofiia Shevchenko (Ukr) LVIV Cycling Team
45 Wilma Olausson (Swe) Team DSM
46 Manon Bakker (Ned) Plantur-Pura
47 Laura Verdonschot (Bel) Bert Containers-Pauwels Sauzen
48 Aniek van Alphen (Ned) Plantur-Pura
49 Abby-Mae Parkinson (GBr) Lotto Soudal Ladies
50 Catalina Anais Soto Campos (Chi) NXTG Racing
51 Natalie van Gogh (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire
52 Valentine Fortin (Fra) French National Team
53 Victoire Berteau (Fra) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team
54 Britt Knaven (Bel) NXTG Racing
55 Emily Wadsworth (GBr) NXTG Racing
56 Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team
57 Rosalie van der Wolf (Ned) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
58 Ann-Sophie Duyck (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
59 Julia Soek (Ned) Team DSM
60 Kim de Baat (Bel) Belgian National Team
61 Laura Vainionpää (Fin) S-Bikes Doltcini 0:00:09
62 Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) Team BikeExchange 0:00:17
63 Jessica Allen (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:00:30
64 Katharina Hechler (Ger) German National Team 0:00:32
65 Elise Marie Olsen (Nor) Norwegian National Team
66 Tiril Jørgensen (Nor) Norwegian National Team
67 Sara Van De Vel (Bel) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants
68 Anna Kay (GBr) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants
69 Corinna Lechner (Ger) Isorex Cycling Team 0:00:34
70 Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing
71 Ilse Grit (Ned) Watersley R&D Cycling Team
72 Fien Delbaere (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
73 Lisa van Helvoirt (Ned) WV Schijndel
74 Anne van Rooijen (Ned) WV Schijndel 0:00:49
75 Marie Morgane Le Deunff (Fra) French National Team
76 Ganna Solovei (Ukr) LVIV Cycling Team
77 Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing
78 Jinse Peeters (Bel) Belgian National Team
79 Hanna Dopjans (Ger) German National Team
80 Kelly Van Den Steen (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire
81 Viktoriia Bondar (Ukr) LVIV Cycling Team
82 India Grangier (Fra) French National Team
83 Lien Lanssens (Bel) Bingoal WB Ladies
84 Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing
85 Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire
86 Trine Holmsgaard (Den) Isorex Cycling Team
87 Demi van Dijke (Ned) S-Bikes Doltcini
88 Quinty van de Guchte (Ned) Keukens Redant Cycling Team
89 Marijke De Smedt (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
90 Nicole Steigenga (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team
91 Fiona Mertens (Bel) Bingoal WB Ladies
92 Leonie Bos (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
93 Caren Commissaris (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire
94 Janneke Ensing (Ned) Team BikeExchange
95 Elynor Backstedt (GBr) Trek-Segafredo
96 Mieke Docx (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team
97 Yara Kastelijn (Ned) Plantur-Pura
98 Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants
99 Julie Brouwers (Bel) Bert Containers-Pauwels Sauzen
100 Eline van Rooijen (Ned) Watersley R&D Cycling Team
101 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
102 Dorothea Heitzmann (Ger) German National Team
103 Ingrit Verhoeff (Ned) Watersley R&D Cycling Team
104 Bronwyn Macgregor (NZl) LVIV Cycling Team
105 Laura Molenaar (Ned) WV Schijndel
106 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
107 Anna Plichta (Pol) Lotto Soudal Ladies
108 Sanne Cant (Bel) Plantur-Pura
109 Antonia Gröndahl (Fin) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants
110 Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Movistar Team Women
111 Lente Boskamp (Ned) WV Schijndel 0:01:57
112 Margarita Lopez Llull (Spa) LVIV Cycling Team 0:02:30
113 Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:02:45
114 Clara Copponi (Fra) French National Team 0:04:40
115 Vibeke Lystad (Nor) Keukens Redant Cycling Team 0:08:04
116 Eleanor Wiseman (GBr) Bingoal WB Ladies
117 Adele Desgagnes (Can) Watersley R&D Cycling Team
118 Ellen Feytens (Bel) Belgian National Team
119 Justine Vromanne (Bel) Bingoal WB Ladies
120 Lena Charlotte Reißner (Ger) German National Team
121 Svenja Betz (Ger) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants
122 Julie Debock (Bel) Bingoal WB Ladies
123 Justine Ghekiere (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire
124 Lensy Debboudt (Bel) Keukens Redant Cycling Team
125 Evelien Debboudt (Bel) Keukens Redant Cycling Team
126 Daphne Kreulen (Ned) WV Schijndel
127 Allison Zava (Bel) Bingoal WB Ladies
128 Urska Zigart (Slo) Team BikeExchange
129 Amelia Sharpe (GBr) NXTG Racing
130 Alana Castrique (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:08:12
131 Marion Norbert Riberolle (Bel) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants
132 Saartje Vandenbroucke (Bel) S-Bikes Doltcini
133 Sami Donnelly (NZl) Isorex Cycling Team
134 Lara Defour (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
135 Suzanne Verhoeven (Bel) Bert Containers-Pauwels Sauzen
136 Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
137 Kirstie van Haaften (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:08:20
138 Maud Kaptheijns (Ned) Bert Containers-Pauwels Sauzen 0:17:32

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Jolien D’Hoore (Bel) Belgian National Team 2:34:26
2 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM 0:00:02
3 Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:04
4 Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Belgian National Team 0:00:06
5 Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:00:10
6 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team DSM 0:00:12
7 Lieke Nooijen (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
8 Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:16
9 Shari Bossuyt (Bel) NXTG Racing 0:00:17
10 Britt Knaven (Bel) NXTG Racing 0:00:18
11 Natalie van Gogh (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire
12 Marie Le Net (Fra) French National Team
13 Franziska Koch (Ger) Team DSM
14 Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team 0:00:20
15 Danique Braam (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies
16 Anne Dorthe Ysland (Nor) Norwegian National Team 0:00:21
17 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women 0:00:23
18 Mischa Bredewold (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
19 Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team
20 Ann-Sophie Duyck (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
21 Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Movistar Team Women
22 Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) French National Team
23 Amber van der Hulst (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:00:25
24 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Team DSM
25 Catalina Anais Soto Campos (Chi) NXTG Racing
26 Julie De Wilde (Bel) Plantur-Pura 0:00:27
27 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:00:28
28 Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
29 Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:29
30 Femke Markus (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
31 Valentine Fortin (Fra) French National Team 0:00:31
32 Teniel Campbell (TTo) Team BikeExchange
33 Victoire Berteau (Fra) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team 0:00:32
34 Rosalie van der Wolf (Ned) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team 0:00:33
35 Abby-Mae Parkinson (GBr) Lotto Soudal Ladies
36 Julia Borgström (Swe) NXTG Racing 0:00:34
37 Arianna Pruisscher (Ned) S-Bikes Doltcini 0:00:35
38 Fem van Empel (Ned) Bert Containers-Pauwels Sauzen
39 Emilie Moberg (Nor) Norwegian National Team 0:00:37
40 Wilma Olausson (Swe) Team DSM 0:00:39
41 Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) German National Team 0:00:40
42 Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Norwegian National Team 0:00:42
43 Friederike Stern (Ger) German National Team
44 Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) Team BikeExchange
45 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women
46 Josie Nelson (GBr) Isorex Cycling Team 0:00:43
47 Annemarie Worst (Ned) Plantur-Pura 0:00:46
48 Aniek van Alphen (Ned) Plantur-Pura 0:00:47
49 Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:00:48
50 Emily Wadsworth (GBr) NXTG Racing
51 Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:00:49
52 Julia Soek (Ned) Team DSM 0:00:50
53 Birgitte Andersen Nilssen (Nor) Keukens Redant Cycling Team 0:00:51
54 Claudia Jongerius (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire 0:00:52
55 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Team BikeExchange 0:00:53
56 Elynor Backstedt (GBr) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:55
57 Sara Van De Vel (Bel) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants 0:00:56
58 Laura Verdonschot (Bel) Bert Containers-Pauwels Sauzen
59 Marit Cent (Ned) WV Schijndel 0:00:57
60 Corinna Lechner (Ger) Isorex Cycling Team
61 Manon Bakker (Ned) Plantur-Pura 0:00:58
62 Naomi De Roeck (Bel) LVIV Cycling Team
63 Kim de Baat (Bel) Belgian National Team 0:01:00
64 Céline van Houtum (Ned) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team 0:01:01
65 Elise Marie Olsen (Nor) Norwegian National Team 0:01:02
66 Laura Vainionpää (Fin) S-Bikes Doltcini 0:01:04
67 Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:01:05
68 Ilse Grit (Ned) Watersley R&D Cycling Team 0:01:06
69 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:01:07
70 Minke Bakker (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team 0:01:10
71 Leonie Bos (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:01:13
72 Anna Plichta (Pol) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:01:14
73 Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire 0:01:16
74 Sofiia Shevchenko (Ukr) LVIV Cycling Team
75 Jessica Allen (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:01:18
76 Katharina Hechler (Ger) German National Team
77 Nicole Steigenga (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team 0:01:19
78 Janneke Ensing (Ned) Team BikeExchange 0:01:20
79 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
80 Sanne Cant (Bel) Plantur-Pura 0:01:24
81 Laura Molenaar (Ned) WV Schijndel
82 Yara Kastelijn (Ned) Plantur-Pura
83 Anne van Rooijen (Ned) WV Schijndel 0:01:26
84 Antonia Gröndahl (Fin) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants 0:01:27
85 Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:01:28
86 Lisa van Helvoirt (Ned) WV Schijndel 0:01:29
87 Anna Kay (GBr) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants
88 Fien Delbaere (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team 0:01:30
89 Marijke De Smedt (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team 0:01:31
90 Kelly Van Den Steen (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire 0:01:32
91 Ganna Solovei (Ukr) LVIV Cycling Team
92 Bronwyn Macgregor (NZl) LVIV Cycling Team 0:01:33
93 Fiona Mertens (Bel) Bingoal WB Ladies
94 India Grangier (Fra) French National Team 0:01:34
95 Quinty van de Guchte (Ned) Keukens Redant Cycling Team
96 Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants 0:01:35
97 Eline van Rooijen (Ned) Watersley R&D Cycling Team 0:01:36
98 Marie Morgane Le Deunff (Fra) French National Team 0:01:38
99 Mieke Docx (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team 0:01:39
100 Dorothea Heitzmann (Ger) German National Team 0:01:40
101 Lien Lanssens (Bel) Bingoal WB Ladies 0:01:42
102 Tiril Jørgensen (Nor) Norwegian National Team 0:01:43
103 Jinse Peeters (Bel) Belgian National Team 0:01:46
104 Demi van Dijke (Ned) S-Bikes Doltcini 0:01:50
105 Caren Commissaris (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire 0:01:58
106 Ingrit Verhoeff (Ned) Watersley R&D Cycling Team
107 Viktoriia Bondar (Ukr) LVIV Cycling Team 0:01:59
108 Trine Holmsgaard (Den) Isorex Cycling Team 0:02:01
109 Hanna Dopjans (Ger) German National Team 0:02:09
110 Julie Brouwers (Bel) Bert Containers-Pauwels Sauzen 0:02:18
111 Lente Boskamp (Ned) WV Schijndel 0:02:40
112 Margarita Lopez Llull (Spa) LVIV Cycling Team 0:03:37
113 Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:03:40
114 Clara Copponi (Fra) French National Team 0:05:03
115 Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:08:31
116 Urska Zigart (Slo) Team BikeExchange 0:08:45
117 Alana Castrique (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:08:47
118 Eleanor Wiseman (GBr) Bingoal WB Ladies 0:08:48
119 Adele Desgagnes (Can) Watersley R&D Cycling Team
120 Daphne Kreulen (Ned) WV Schijndel
121 Justine Ghekiere (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire 0:08:50
122 Saartje Vandenbroucke (Bel) S-Bikes Doltcini 0:08:52
123 Svenja Betz (Ger) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants
124 Lena Charlotte Reißner (Ger) German National Team 0:08:54
125 Kirstie van Haaften (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
126 Amelia Sharpe (GBr) NXTG Racing 0:08:55
127 Marion Norbert Riberolle (Bel) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants 0:09:01
128 Vibeke Lystad (Nor) Keukens Redant Cycling Team 0:09:07
129 Suzanne Verhoeven (Bel) Bert Containers-Pauwels Sauzen 0:09:10
130 Lensy Debboudt (Bel) Keukens Redant Cycling Team 0:09:12
131 Sami Donnelly (NZl) Isorex Cycling Team 0:09:25
132 Allison Zava (Bel) Bingoal WB Ladies 0:09:29
133 Evelien Debboudt (Bel) Keukens Redant Cycling Team 0:09:33
134 Ellen Feytens (Bel) Belgian National Team 0:09:34
135 Lara Defour (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team 0:09:37
136 Justine Vromanne (Bel) Bingoal WB Ladies 0:09:38
137 Julie Debock (Bel) Bingoal WB Ladies 0:09:40
138 Maud Kaptheijns (Ned) Bert Containers-Pauwels Sauzen 0:18:48