2018 OVO Energy Women's Tour - overview
Lotta Lepistö (Cervelo-Bigla) won the final stage in Colwyn Bay, but it was American Coryn Rivera (Team Sunweb) who took away the biggest prize from the 2018 OVO Energy Women's Tour, seizing the overall win by 11 seconds over Marianne Vos (Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team) and by 25 seconds over Vos' teammate Dani Rowe.
Lepistö took out the final sprint ahead of Giorgia Bronzini (Cylance Pro Cycling) and Vos, while Rivera was eighth.
OVO Energy Women's Tour stage 5 top 10
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lotta Pauliina Lepistö (Fin) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 3:03:55 |
| 2 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Marianne Vos (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| 4 | Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale Cipollini | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Kirsten Wild (Ned) Wiggle High5 | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb Women | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb Women | 17:52:36 |
| 2 | Marianne Vos (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:11 |
| 3 | Danielle Rowe (GBr) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:25 |
| 4 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:00:27 |
| 5 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:00:28 |
| 6 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | 0:00:32 |
| 7 | Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | 0:00:33 |
| 8 | Eva Buurman (Ned) Trek-Drops | 0:00:34 |
| 9 | Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra) Canyon-SRAM Racing | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
Overview
Organisers of the the Women's WorldTour stage race OVO Energy Women's Tour announced the route for the five-stage, and it is going to be a challenge. They have also increased the prize purse three-fold to €90,000 in 2018.
Stage 1: Framingham to Southwold, 130km
Stage 2: Rushden to Daventry, 145km
Stage 3: Atherstone to Royal Leamington Spa, 151km
Stage 4: Wychavon District to Worcester, 130km
Stage 5: Dolgellau to Colwyn Bay, 122km
In the 2017 edition, Katarzyna Niewiadoma won the overall title ahead of Christine Majerus and Hannah Barnes.
2017 OVO Energy Women's Tour - Brief Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) WM3 Pro Cycling | 16:34:53 |
| 2 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:01:18 |
| 3 | Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon SRAM Racing | 0:01:30 |
| 4 | Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb Women | 0:01:36 |
| 5 | Eleonora van Dijk (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 0:01:39 |
| 6 | Alice Barnes (GBr) Drops Cycling Team | 0:01:47 |
| 7 | Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:53 |
| 8 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:59 |
| 9 | Dani King (GBr) Cylance Pro Cycling | 0:02:00 |
| 10 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | 0:02:01 |
