Boels Ladies Tour 2018: Stage 5 Results

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Annemiek van Vleuten celebrates her overall win at the 2018 Boels Ladies Tour(Image credit: Getty Images)

Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott) confirmed her status as the dominant stage racer of the 2018 season by winning the finishing time trial in the Boels Ladies Tour. Covering the 19.6 kilometre course in exactly 24 minutes and beating Ellen van Dijk (Team Sunweb) by 22 seconds, van Vleuten also takes the overall victory after wearing the orange leader's jersey from day one.

Lucinda Brand (Team Sunweb) overcooked a corner early in the time trial and ended up losing over three minutes, dropping from second overall all the way down to 21st. The overall win and three stages picked up along the way also put van Vleuten above Marianne Vos in the UCI Women's WorldTour ranking where the 35-year-old now holds a practically insurmountable lead with only two events left to come.

Held around Roosendaal in Noord-Brabant, the 19.6 km course was almost completely flat, mostly along the Roosendaalse Vliet waterway. The second rider off the start ramp, Pernille Mathiesen (Team Sunweb), already set a serious benchmark with 26:13 minutes that stood unbeaten for some time. But when Mieke Kröger (Team Virtu Cycling) came to the finish, she practically demolished Mathiesen's mark, cutting 1:24 minutes off the leading time.

Lucinda Brand had taken bonus seconds on every road stage of the race and started the ITT only 18 seconds down on race leader van Vleuten. But any hopes of a GC upset came to nought when she misjudged a corner, crashing into a traffic sign at the end of the turn. After getting back on her bike, Brand had to change to the spare road bike due to mechanical problems, destroying all prospects of salvaging her race. Without motivation, Brand was caught by van Vleuten shortly after the halfway point and ended up losing over three minutes, dropping to 21st overall.

With 306 points added to her total for this week's results, van Vleuten is now the leader of the UCI Women's WorldTour ranking. Though previous leader Marianne Vos (WaowDeals), van der Breggen, or Amanda Spratt (Mitchelton-Scott) could still theoretically leapfrog van Vleuten, neither of these riders is likely to start both of the remaining events in the race series, making van Vleuten's overall victory in the season-long ranking all but certain.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton Scott Women	0:24:00
2	Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Team Sunweb Women	0:00:22
3	Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	0:00:32
4	Mieke Kröger (Ger) Team Virtu Cycling	0:00:49
5	Tayler Wiles (USA) United States	0:01:00
6	Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing	0:01:09
7	Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb Women	0:01:14
8	Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Wiggle High5	0:01:17
9	Leah Thomas (USA) United States	0:01:25
10	Amanda Spratt (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women	0:01:29
11	Amy Pieters (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	0:01:37
12	Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon-SRAM Racing	0:01:39
13	Chantal Blaak (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	0:01:39
14	Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana	0:01:40
15	Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb Women	0:01:41
16	Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5	0:01:42
17	Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	0:01:43
18	Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Astana Women's Team	0:01:44
19	Riejanne Markus (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team	0:01:44
20	Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing	0:02:01
21	Pernille Mathiesen (Den) Team Sunweb Women	0:02:13
22	Anouska Koster (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team	0:02:13
23	Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	0:02:16
24	Trixi Worrack (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing	0:02:18
25	Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing	0:02:19
26	Elena Pirrone (Ita) Astana Women's Team	0:02:24
27	Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar PBM	0:02:25
28	Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team	0:02:25
29	Natalie Van Gogh (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:02:30
30	Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	0:02:30
31	Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Astana Women's Team	0:02:35
32	Christa Riffel (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing	0:02:35
33	Charlotte Becker (Ger) Hitec Products-Birk Sport	0:02:36
34	Anastasiia Iakovenko (Rus) BTC City Ljubljana	0:02:39
35	Lily Williams (USA) United States	0:02:40
36	Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	0:02:45
37	Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Ale Cipollini	0:02:48
38	Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Valcar PBM	0:02:49
39	Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Wiggle High5	0:02:51
40	Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team	0:02:53
41	Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:02:55
42	Loes Adegeest (Ned) Netherlands	0:03:02
43	Lauren Kitchen (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	0:03:07
44	Rozanne Slik (Ned) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	0:03:08
45	Hanna Nilsson (Swe) BTC City Ljubljana	0:03:08
46	Nina Buijsman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:03:12
47	Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Wiggle High5	0:03:13
48	Charlotte Bravard (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	0:03:14
49	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Ale Cipollini	0:03:15
50	Rossella Ratto (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:03:17
51	Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women	0:03:29
52	Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale Cipollini	0:03:35
53	Polona Batagelj (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana	0:03:35
54	Esther Van Veen (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:03:37
55	Heidi Franz (USA) United States	0:03:39
56	Simona Frapporti (Ita) Hitec Products-Birk Sport	0:03:39
57	Omer Shapira (Isr) Cylance Pro Cycling	967:19:41
58	Sara Penton (Swe) Team Virtu Cycling	965:51:50
59	Danique Braam (Ned) Netherlands	964:54:14
60	Julie Solvang (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport	963:35:02
61	Urska Zigart (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana	960:26:24
62	Roxane Fournier (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	959:56:10
63	Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini	958:15:22
64	Belle De Gast (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	951:06:14
65	Silvia Pollicini (Ita) Valcar PBM	947:36:00
66	Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling	940:05:17
67	Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Valcar PBM	926:46:05
68	Jelena Eric (Srb) Cylance Pro Cycling	925:35:31
69	Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling	923:50:24
70	Susanne Andersen (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport	903:55:12
71	Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Team Virtu Cycling	867:24:58
DNS	Janneke Ensing (Ned) Ale Cipollini	Row 71 - Cell 2
DNS	Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies	Row 72 - Cell 2
DNS	Anabelle Dreville (Fra) Lotto Soudal Ladies	Row 73 - Cell 2

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Final General Classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton Scott Women	14:34:54
2	Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Team Sunweb Women	0:00:52
3	Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	0:01:05
4	Tayler Wiles (USA) United States	0:01:44
5	Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb Women	0:01:45
6	Amanda Spratt (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women	0:02:05
7	Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana	0:02:09
8	Amy Pieters (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	0:02:11
9	Leah Thomas (USA) United States	0:02:12
10	Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon-SRAM Racing	0:02:14
11	Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb Women	0:02:20
12	Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5	0:02:22
13	Riejanne Markus (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team	0:02:24
14	Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	0:02:25
15	Chantal Blaak (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	0:03:06
16	Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team	0:03:09
17	Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar PBM	0:03:14
18	Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Astana Women's Team	0:03:32
19	Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Valcar PBM	0:03:36
20	Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Wiggle High5	0:03:44
21	Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women	0:03:46
22	Elena Pirrone (Ita) Astana Women's Team	0:04:02
23	Hanna Nilsson (Swe) BTC City Ljubljana	Row 22 - Cell 2
24	Rozanne Slik (Ned) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	0:04:03
25	Lauren Kitchen (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	0:04:04
26	Polona Batagelj (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana	0:04:30
27	Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Astana Women's Team	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Wiggle High5	0:04:48
29	Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:05:22
30	Anastasiia Iakovenko (Rus) BTC City Ljubljana	0:05:46
31	Anouska Koster (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team	0:05:51
32	Charlotte Becker (Ger) Hitec Products-Birk Sport	0:06:26
33	Lily Williams (USA) United States	0:06:32
34	Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Ale Cipollini	0:06:37
35	Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Wiggle High5	0:06:39
36	Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	0:06:44
37	Nina Buijsman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:07:10
38	Rossella Ratto (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:07:13
39	Sara Penton (Swe) Team Virtu Cycling	0:07:42
40	Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	0:08:44
41	Charlotte Bravard (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	0:10:05
42	Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale Cipollini	0:10:17
43	Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini	0:10:38
44	Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing	0:10:52
45	Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:11:59
46	Belle De Gast (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:12:04
47	Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing	0:12:13
48	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Ale Cipollini	0:12:36
49	Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:12:37
50	Mieke Kröger (Ger) Team Virtu Cycling	0:13:25
51	Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	0:13:40
52	Esther Van Veen (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:13:42
53	Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Team Virtu Cycling	0:14:14
54	Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team	0:15:44
55	Omer Shapira (Isr) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:16:11
56	Roxane Fournier (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	0:16:29
57	Danique Braam (Ned) Netherlands	0:16:38
58	Trixi Worrack (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing	0:17:01
59	Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing	0:17:05
60	Silvia Pollicini (Ita) Valcar PBM	0:17:18
61	Christa Riffel (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing	0:17:34
62	Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Valcar PBM	0:17:56
63	Loes Adegeest (Ned) Netherlands	0:18:05
64	Julie Solvang (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport	0:18:52
65	Natalie Van Gogh (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:19:57
66	Urska Zigart (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana	0:20:02
67	Heidi Franz (USA) United States	0:21:29
68	Pernille Mathiesen (Den) Team Sunweb Women	0:24:31
69	Simona Frapporti (Ita) Hitec Products-Birk Sport	0:24:33
70	Susanne Andersen (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport	0:26:27
71	Jelena Eric (Srb) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:30:26

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Best Young Rider
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team	14:38:03
2	Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar PBM	14:38:08
3	Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Astana Women's Team	14:38:26
4	Elena Pirrone (Ita) Astana Women's Team	14:38:56
5	Nina Buijsman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	14:42:04
6	Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	14:43:38
7	Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing	14:45:46
8	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Ale Cipollini	14:47:30
9	Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	14:47:31
10	Silvia Pollicini (Ita) Valcar PBM	14:52:12
11	Christa Riffel (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing	14:52:28
12	Loes Adegeest (Ned) Netherlands	14:52:59
13	Urska Zigart (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana	14:54:56
14	Pernille Mathiesen (Den) Team Sunweb Women	14:59:25
15	Susanne Andersen (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport	15:01:21
16	Jelena Eric (Srb) Cylance Pro Cycling	15:05:20

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Mountains Classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	26	pts
2	Chantal Blaak (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	18	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton Scott Women	13	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	8	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Rossella Ratto (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling	8	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	8	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Ale Cipollini	6	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Amanda Spratt (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women	5	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Amy Pieters (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	5	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Pernille Mathiesen (Den) Team Sunweb Women	4	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Anastasiia Iakovenko (Rus) BTC City Ljubljana	3	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5	1	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women	1	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Elena Pirrone (Ita) Astana Women's Team	1	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Valcar PBM	1	Row 14 - Cell 3

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Sprint Classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon-SRAM Racing	7	pts
2	Lauren Kitchen (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	7	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women	5	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Amy Pieters (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	3	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Rossella Ratto (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling	3	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Amanda Spratt (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women	2	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Anastasiia Iakovenko (Rus) BTC City Ljubljana	2	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	2	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Sara Penton (Swe) Team Virtu Cycling	1	Row 8 - Cell 3

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Points Classificattion
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton Scott Women	82	pts
2	Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	50	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Lucinda Brand (Ned) Team Sunweb Women	49	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Team Sunweb Women	48	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling	41	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Valcar PBM	37	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	36	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg	36	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Wiggle High5	32	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Chantal Blaak (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	29	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon-SRAM Racing	29	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana	28	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb Women	27	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale Cipollini	27	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Amy Pieters (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	25	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Mieke Kröger (Ger) Team Virtu Cycling	25	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Team Virtu Cycling	20	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing	19	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Amanda Spratt (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women	18	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Wiggle High5	16	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Astana Women's Team	15	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar PBM	14	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Tayler Wiles (USA) United States	12	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team	12	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Anouska Koster (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team	11	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Astana Women's Team	10	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Rozanne Slik (Ned) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	9	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Leah Thomas (USA) United States	7	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Susanne Andersen (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport	7	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb Women	3	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Ale Cipollini	3	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5	1	Row 31 - Cell 3

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Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam	43:49:28
2	Team Sunweb	43:49:29
3	Wiggle High5	43:52:25
4	BTC City Ljubljana	43:54:28
5	National Team United States	43:55:10
6	Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team	43:56:06
7	Astana Women's Team	43:56:46
8	FDJ Nouvelle - Aquitaine Futuroscope	43:58:33
9	Parkhotel Valkenburg	44:04:45
10	Cylance Pro Cycling	44:05:08
11	Ale Cipollini	44:05:40
12	Valcar PBM	44:05:46
13	Canyon // Sram Racing	44:09:04
14	Team Virtu Cycling	44:19:00
15	Hitec Products - Birk Sport	44:32:17

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Lukas Knöfler started working in cycling communications in 2013 and has seen the inside of the scene from many angles. Having worked as press officer for teams and races and written for several online and print publications, he has been Cyclingnews’ Women’s WorldTour correspondent since 2018.