Thüringen Ladies Tour 2021 – Stage 2 [Highlights]

May 26, 2021

Thüringen Ladies Tour 2021 – Stage 2 WE – Gera – Gera : 125,1 km

The 2021 Thüringen Ladies Tour (known as the Internationale LOTTO Thüringen Ladies Tour for sponsorship reasons) is the 32nd edition of the Thüringen Ladies Tour, a women’s road cycling stage race being held between 25 and 30 May 2021 in the state of Thuringia in central Germany. Given the cancellation of the 2020 edition, this edition is the first since its promotion after the 2019 season to a category 2.Pro event in the UCI Women’s ProSeries.

Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) won the bunch sprint in Gera to secure the stage 2 victory at Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour.

Wiebes beat the previous day’s winner and overall race leader Emma Norsgaard (Movistar) while Christine Majerus (SD Worx) finished third.

“Today was a bit of an easier stage than yesterday,” Wiebes said. “We controlled the race and staying in front the whole race and then with the lead-out we did a really good job getting into a strong position.

“The team placed me coming into the important last two corners where I could start my sprint in a great position. It gives us great confidence going into the coming days.”

Multiple opportunistic attacks were reeled back in throughout the cold and wet stage and the peloton crested the final climb together to set up for an anticipated bunch sprint on the cobblestone streets of Gera.

Wiebes won the kick to the line proving to be on great form while Norsgaard, ever-present at the front of the field, finished just one second behind but retained her overall race lead heading into the third stage on Thursday.

How it unfolded

The second stage at the Lotto Thuringen Ladies Tour offered a 125km held across two large circuits in Gera. The route included three intermediate sprints (14.5km, 60.5km and 78km) along with four category climbs (35km, 49.5km, 99.5km and 112.5km) before finishing on the streets of Gera.

Early attacks were reeled back in just in time for Belgian Champion Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) to take the max points in the opening intermediate sprint at Polzig ahead of Aude Biannic (Movistar) and Lizzie Deignan (Trek-Segafredo).

Several attacks came from RSG Gießen Biehle until Helena Bieber managed to clear the field and held a 23-second gap heading into the first climb, but she was caught on the slopes of the Durrenberg. Kathrin Hammes (Ceratizit-WNT) picked up full points the top of the climb with Bieber holding on for second place and Ella Harris (Canyon-SRAM) in third.

The peloton was all back together heading into the steep 15 per cent ascent of the Kaltenborn with Hammes taking full points again ahead of Harris and her teammate Hannah Ludwig.

Katharina Fox from the RSG Gießen Biehle team was the next to attack and managed to open a gap on the field that built up to one minute heading into the start of the second and final large circuit. Fox rolled through the second intermediate sprint at to take max points. Behind in the main field, Liane Lippert (Team DSM) picked up second-place points with overall leader Norsgaard with third-place points.

Fox also took the final intermediate sprint at Polzig, while the peloton behind her fought for remaining spots, with Kopecky taking second place and Lucinda Brand (Trek-Segafredo) taking third place.

The solo RSG Gießen Biehle rider was caught ahead of the penultimate climb over Durrenberg. There were several more attacks coming from the Hitec team but the field remained intact and Hammes crested the climb first to snap up the max mountain points head of Emilia Fahlin (FDJ) and Harris. Hammes’ efforts means that she now leads the mountain classification.

Amalie Lutro (Hitec Products) was the next to try her chance at a solo breakaway but she was pulled back into the fold as the speeds on the peloton increased in the closing 20km.

Amy Pieters (SD Worx) crested the final climb of the day over the Kaltenborn ahead of Lippert and Norsgaard and the some 60-rider field barreled down toward the finish line for a sprint in Gera won by Wiebes.

Results :
1 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM 3:24:12
2 Emma Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team Women 0:00:01
3 Christine Majerus (Lux) Team SD Worx
4 Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon-SRAM Racing
5 Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Belgium
6 Anna Henderson (GBr) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
7 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
8 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Team DSM
9 Gladys Verhulst (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
10 Clara Copponi (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
11 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
12 Liane Lippert (Ger) Team DSM
13 Valerie Demey (Bel) Belgium
14 Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing
15 Friederike Stern (Ger) Germany
16 Anne Dorthe Ysland (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products
17 Léa Curinier (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
18 Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
19 Romy Kasper (Ger) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
20 Kristen Faulkner (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
21 Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products
22 Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
23 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team DSM
24 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx
25 Lucie Jounier (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
26 Ilse Pluimers (Ned) Netherlands
27 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
28 Amalie Lutro (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products
29 Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
30 Elizabeth Deignan (GBr) Trek-Segafredo
31 Laura Süßemilch (Ger) Germany
32 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team DSM
33 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
34 Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
35 Franziska Koch (Ger) Team DSM
36 Jolien D’Hoore (Bel) Team SD Worx
37 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women
38 Svenja Betz (Ger) Germany
39 Sandra Levenez (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
40 Clara Honsinger (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
41 Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Germany
42 Sara Van De Vel (Bel) Belgium
43 Lonneke Uneken (Ned) Team SD Worx
44 Ann-Sophie Duyck (Bel) Belgium
45 Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing
46 Typhaine Laurance (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
47 Beate Zanner (Ger) Maxx-Solar Lindig
48 Julie Leth (Den) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
49 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
50 Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
51 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
52 Katharina Hechler (Ger) Germany
53 Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (Ned) Team SD Worx
54 Marta Cavalli (Ita) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
55 Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team Women
56 Amy Pieters (Ned) Team SD Worx
57 Jade Wiel (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
58 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing
59 Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing
60 Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:01:24
61 Eline van Rooijen (Ned) Netherlands
62 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women
63 Janneke Ensing (Ned) Netherlands
64 Ilse Grit (Ned) Netherlands
65 Hannah Fandel (Ger) Maxx-Solar Lindig
66 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
67 Tanja Erath (Ger) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:01:28
68 Zsófia Szabó (Hun) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
69 Carolin Schiff (Ger) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
70 Lisa Fischer (Ger) Maxx-Solar Lindig
71 Georgia Danford (NZl) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
72 Lisa Müllenberg (Ned) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
73 Caroline Andersson (Swe) Team Coop Hitec Products
74 Lena Charlotte Reißner (Ger) Germany
75 Christa Riffel (Ger) Team Coop Hitec Products
76 Shari Bossuyt (Bel) Belgium
77 Helena Bieber (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle
78 Franziska Brauße (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
79 Sandra Weiss (Swi) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
80 Rozemarijn Ammerlaan (Ned) Netherlands
81 Thalita De Jong (Ned) Netherlands
82 Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
83 Bianca Bernhard (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle
84 Amélie Hild (Ned) RSG Gießen Biehle
85 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women
86 Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:01:39
87 Aafke Soet (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
88 Jip van den Bos (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
89 Lone Meertens (Bel) Belgium
90 Lydia Ventker (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle 0:01:43
91 Mieke Kröger (Ger) Team Coop Hitec Products
92 Katharina Fox (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle 0:05:21
93 Adelheid Schütz (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle 0:19:33
DNF Nina Kessler (Ned) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
DNF Olivia Schoppe (Ger) Maxx-Solar Lindig

General Classification after Stage 2 :
1 Emma Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team Women 5:41:36
2 Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Belgium 0:00:10
3 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:12
4 Anna Henderson (GBr) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:00:16
5 Amy Pieters (Ned) Team SD Worx
6 Liane Lippert (Ger) Team DSM 0:00:17
7 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:00:19
8 Elizabeth Deignan (GBr) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:21
9 Kristen Faulkner (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:00:23
10 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
11 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:00:24
12 Christine Majerus (Lux) Team SD Worx 0:00:28
13 Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:00:32
14 Valerie Demey (Bel) Belgium
15 Romy Kasper (Ger) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
16 Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
17 Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Germany
18 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM 0:01:10
19 Clara Copponi (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:01:21
20 Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products
21 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx
22 Franziska Koch (Ger) Team DSM
23 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:01:24
24 Anne Dorthe Ysland (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products
25 Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing
26 Léa Curinier (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
27 Lucie Jounier (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
28 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team DSM
29 Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
30 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team DSM
31 Lonneke Uneken (Ned) Team SD Worx
32 Sandra Levenez (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
33 Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing
34 Marta Cavalli (Ita) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
35 Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing
36 Gladys Verhulst (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:01:37
37 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Team DSM
38 Amalie Lutro (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products
39 Laura Süßemilch (Ger) Germany
40 Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
41 Clara Honsinger (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
42 Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
43 Sara Van De Vel (Bel) Belgium
44 Katharina Hechler (Ger) Germany
45 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
46 Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (Ned) Team SD Worx
47 Jade Wiel (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
48 Julie Leth (Den) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:02:34
49 Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:02:47
50 Carolin Schiff (Ger) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:02:51
51 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women
52 Janneke Ensing (Ned) Netherlands 0:02:53
53 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:03:00
54 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
55 Lone Meertens (Bel) Belgium 0:03:15
56 Jip van den Bos (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
57 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:03:39
58 Shari Bossuyt (Bel) Belgium 0:04:01
59 Friederike Stern (Ger) Germany 0:06:40
60 Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
61 Ilse Pluimers (Ned) Netherlands
62 Jolien D’Hoore (Bel) Team SD Worx 0:06:44
63 Typhaine Laurance (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
64 Eline van Rooijen (Ned) Netherlands 0:08:07
65 Tanja Erath (Ger) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
66 Helena Bieber (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle
67 Thalita De Jong (Ned) Netherlands
68 Caroline Andersson (Swe) Team Coop Hitec Products 0:08:11
69 Svenja Betz (Ger) Germany 0:10:22
70 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women
71 Ann-Sophie Duyck (Bel) Belgium
72 Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team Women
73 Beate Zanner (Ger) Maxx-Solar Lindig
74 Ilse Grit (Ned) Netherlands 0:11:45
75 Georgia Danford (NZl) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:11:49
76 Lisa Fischer (Ger) Maxx-Solar Lindig
77 Sandra Weiss (Swi) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
78 Christa Riffel (Ger) Team Coop Hitec Products
79 Lena Charlotte Reißner (Ger) Germany
80 Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
81 Franziska Brauße (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
82 Rozemarijn Ammerlaan (Ned) Netherlands
83 Bianca Bernhard (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle
84 Katharina Fox (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle 0:11:54
85 Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:12:00
86 Aafke Soet (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
87 Lydia Ventker (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle 0:12:04
88 Mieke Kröger (Ger) Team Coop Hitec Products
89 Zsófia Szabó (Hun) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:19:39
90 Lisa Müllenberg (Ned) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
91 Hannah Fandel (Ger) Maxx-Solar Lindig 0:25:25
92 Amélie Hild (Ned) RSG Gießen Biehle 0:28:33
93 Adelheid Schütz (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle 0:29:54