Ladies Tour of Norway 2019 – Stage 2 [FULL STAGE]

August 23, 2019

Ladies Tour of Norway 2019 – Stage 3 – Mysen – Askim : 131 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) won stage 2 of the Ladies Tour of Norway in spectacular fashion, attacking on a climb with 6km to go and just holding off the peloton. Alice Barnes (Canyon-SRAM) finished second and Marta Bastianelli (Team Virtu Cycling) was third.

Stage 1 winner and overall leader Lorena Wiebes crashed 16km from the line. She came back to the front and finished in seventh place but lost the yellow jersey to Vos.

“The finish was not ideal for Marianne’s sprint, that is why we chose this tactic,” said CCC-Liv sports director Jeroen Blijlevens after the stage. “Marianne gave it a try with a strong group at 13 km to go. When this escape didn’t get any room, she went solo in the final kilometres. But the gap to the peloton was very small. The team did good work behind to disrupt the chase, and Marianne just made it.”

How it happened

The race had returned to Østfold for stage 2 between Mysen and Askim. The two towns are only 12km apart, but the stage was 133.6km as the peloton had to ride a long loop south of Mysen that included two classified climbs before heading to Askim for three laps of a hilly and technical finishing circuit.

Four early attackers were caught just in time for local rider Emilie Moberg (Team Virtu Cycling) to win the first intermediate sprint. Soraya Paladin (Alé Cipollini) took maximum points at the first mountain sprint, and then her teammate Diana Peñuela went on a breakaway. Peñuela was first over the second classified climb but got caught on the descent. Paladin was second over the top, defending her mountain jersey.

Moberg was unchallenged at the second intermediate sprint in Mysen, accumulating enough points to take over the points jersey that she will wear on stage 3 that finishes in her hometown Halden. After an attack by Anna Henderson (Drops) was brought back, the race reached the eight-kilometre finishing circuit where things really took off.

An attack by Grace Brown (Mitchelton-Scott) 23km from the finish led to a strong group of seven riders that also included Jeanne Korevaar (CCC-Liv), Ruth Winder (Trek-Segafredo), Barbara Guarischi (Team Virtu Cycling), Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM), Christine Majerus (Boels Dolmans), and Floortje Mackaij (Team Sunweb). But this group never got a good cooperation and was caught with 19km to go.

At the start of the penultimate lap, Wiebes crashed, apparently hurting her left arm, but quickly getting on the bike again. While the yellow jersey was chasing back, Alena Amialiusik (Canyon-SRAM) attacked on the steepest part of the circuit, taking Vos, Winder, and Paladin with her. Leah Kirchmann (Team Sunweb) bridged to the front, and the group worked well together as Mitchelton-Scott chased hard in the peloton.

When this quintet was caught just inside the 10-kilometre mark, Brown tried a counterattack. Vos was on her wheel immediately, but they couldn’t get away. On the final lap, Vos manoeuvred herself to the front on a technical descent and attacked into a short, steep climb six kilometres from the line, quickly opening a sizable gap as the peloton had split into several groups behind her.

Though the peloton came back together and Canyon-SRAM, in particular, organised the chase, Vos kept a gap of 12 seconds to the last two kilometres. Brown launched a final attempt to bridge to Vos but was reeled in again. The CCC-Liv leader still had an advantage of six seconds entering the final kilometre and narrowly held off the sprinters in a nail-biting finish.

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

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