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.
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OVO Energy Women's Tour stage 5 top 10
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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
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Final General Classification
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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.
Past winners
2017 OVO Energy Women's Tour - Brief Results
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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
