Cayon-SRAM's Lisa Klein claimed the first leader's jersey of the Festival Elsy Jacobs on Friday, narrowly besting Dutch rider Amy Pieters (Boels Dolmans) on the short, technical course in Luxembourg City. Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Cervelo Bigla) was third.
"It was a good course and very nice to hear the people cheering at the side of the road," Klein said. Last year, the German was second in the prologue and ended the weekend fourth overall, but hopes to improve on that result this year. With three teammates in the top 20 - Alexis Ryan in eighth, Alena Amialiusik in 12th, and Hannah Barnes in 17th and only seconds separating the bulk of the field, anything can happen.
"We are very strong and we have a number of cards we can play over the next two days," Klein said.
Stage 1 is 97.7km long, starting and finishing in Steinfort.
Full Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing | 0:04:00 |
| 2 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
| 3 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:01 |
| 4 | Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Astana Women's Team | 0:00:02 |
| 5 | Anouska Koster (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team | |
| 6 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:00:03 |
| 7 | Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Valcar PBM | 0:00:04 |
| 8 | Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
| 9 | Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:05 |
| 10 | Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team | |
| 11 | Lourdes Oyarbide (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
| 12 | Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
| 13 | Jip van den Bos (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
| 14 | Lotta Pauliina Lepistö (Fin) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:06 |
| 15 | Chanella Stougje (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 16 | Belle De Gast (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 17 | Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
| 18 | Nancy Van Der Burg (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | 0:00:07 |
| 19 | Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team | |
| 20 | Stine Borgli (Nor) Norway | 0:00:08 |
| 21 | Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | |
| 22 | Aafke Soet (Ned) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 23 | Elena Pirrone (Ita) Astana Women's Team | |
| 24 | Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
| 25 | Riejanne Markus (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team | |
| 26 | Ganna Solovei (Ukr) Parkhotel Valkenburg | 0:00:09 |
| 27 | Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
| 28 | Alicia Gonzalez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
| 29 | Louis Norman Hansen (Den) Denmark | |
| 30 | Alba Teruel (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
| 31 | Christina Siggaard (Den) Denmark | 0:00:11 |
| 32 | Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women | |
| 33 | Femke Geeris (Ned) Maaslandster International Women's | 0:00:13 |
| 34 | Demi de Jong (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | |
| 35 | Rachel Neylan (Aus) Movistar Team Women | |
| 36 | Paulien Rooijakkers (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:14 |
| 37 | Skylar Schneider (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
| 38 | Melissa Lowther (GBr) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 39 | Agnieszka Skalniak (Pol) Experza-Footlogix | |
| 40 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Valcar PBM | |
| 41 | Susanne Andersen (Nor) Norway | |
| 42 | Polona Batagelj (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | |
| 43 | Severine Eraud (Fra) Experza-Footlogix | |
| 44 | Ingvlid Gaskjenn (Nor) Norway | 0:00:15 |
| 45 | Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Trek-Drops | |
| 46 | Letizia Borghesi (Ita) BePink | |
| 47 | Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Astana Women's Team | |
| 48 | Yara Kastelijn (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:16 |
| 49 | Armamda Jamieson (NZl) Maaslandster International Women's | |
| 50 | Manon Lloyd (GBr) Trek-Drops | |
| 51 | Maaike Boogaard (Ned) BTC City Ljubljana | 0:00:17 |
| 52 | Annabel Simpson (GBr) Trek-Drops | 0:00:18 |
| 53 | Megan Barker (GBr) Great Britain | |
| 54 | Ingrid Moe (Nor) Norway | |
| 55 | Janine van der Meer (Ned) Health Mate-Cyclelive Team | |
| 56 | Natalie Grinczer (GBr) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:19 |
| 57 | Line Gulliksen (Nor) Norway | |
| 58 | Nicole Hanselmann (Swi) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | |
| 59 | Katia Ragusa (Ita) BePink | 0:00:20 |
| 60 | Anna Plichta (Pol) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
| 61 | Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar PBM | 0:00:21 |
| 62 | Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Valcar PBM | |
| 63 | Gloria Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
| 64 | Esther Van Veen (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 65 | Lara Vieceli (Ita) Astana Women's Team | |
| 66 | Jessy Druyts (Bel) Experza-Footlogix | |
| 67 | Tsubasa Makise (Jpn) Maaslandster International Women's | |
| 68 | Arianna Pruisscher (Ned) Jos Feron Lady Force | 0:00:22 |
| 69 | Elise Maes (Lux) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 70 | Carol Thorvik-Olson (Nor) Jos Feron Lady Force | |
| 71 | Lucy Shaw (GBr) Trek-Drops | |
| 72 | Abigail Dentus (GBr) Great Britain | |
| 73 | Abigail Van Twisk (GBr) Trek-Drops | 0:00:23 |
| 74 | Ingrid Lorvik (Nor) Norway | |
| 75 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) BePink | |
| 76 | Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Maaslandster International Women's | 0:00:24 |
| 77 | Silvia Pollicini (Ita) Valcar PBM | |
| 78 | Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Experza-Footlogix | 0:00:25 |
| 79 | Urska Bravec (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | |
| 80 | Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 81 | Nathali Verschelden (Bel) Jos Feron Lady Force | |
| 82 | Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:26 |
| 83 | Natalya Saifutdinova (Kaz) Astana Women's Team | |
| 84 | Hannah Payton (GBr) Trek-Drops | 0:00:28 |
| 85 | Puck Moonen (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | |
| 86 | Chantal Hoffmann (Lux) Lotto Soudal Ladies | |
| 87 | Rhona Callander (GBr) Great Britain | 0:00:29 |
| 88 | Marieke van Witzenburg (Ned) Health Mate-Cyclelive Team | |
| 89 | Jessica Roberts (GBr) Great Britain | |
| 90 | Anabelle Dreville (Fra) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:00:30 |
| 91 | Emily Wadsworth (GBr) Great Britain | |
| 92 | Francesca Pattaro (Ita) BePink | |
| 93 | Johanne Macher (Den) Denmark | |
| 94 | Maria Vittoria Sperotto (Ita) BePink | 0:00:31 |
| 95 | Asja Paladin (Ita) Valcar PBM | |
| 96 | Sarah Rijkes (Aut) Experza-Footlogix | |
| 97 | Rebecca Raybould (GBr) Great Britain | 0:00:32 |
| 98 | Sara Mustonen Lichan (Swe) Experza-Footlogix | |
| 99 | Kirsten Peetoom (Ned) Jos Feron Lady Force | |
| 100 | Urska Pintar (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | 0:00:34 |
| 101 | Chloë Turblin (Fra) Health Mate-Cyclelive Team | |
| 102 | Celine van Houtem (Ned) Jos Feron Lady Force | 0:00:35 |
| 103 | Hayley Simmonds (GBr) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 104 | Bronwyn Macgregor (NZl) Maaslandster International Women's | 0:00:37 |
| 105 | Lauren Murphy (GBr) Maaslandster International Women's | 0:00:38 |
| 106 | Laura Vainionpää (Fin) Health Mate-Cyclelive Team | 0:00:40 |
| 107 | Valerie Demey (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | |
| 108 | Caren Commissaris (Bel) Jos Feron Lady Force | |
| 109 | Tara Gins (Bel) Health Mate-Cyclelive Team | 0:00:41 |
| 110 | Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | |
| 111 | Sofia Beggin (Ita) Astana Women's Team | 0:00:42 |
| 112 | Michel Lauge Quaade (Den) Denmark | 0:00:51 |
| 113 | Megan Chard (GBr) Health Mate-Cyclelive Team | 0:00:55 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing | 8 | pts |
| 2 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 5 | |
| 3 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 4 | |
| 4 | Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Astana Women's Team | 3 | |
| 5 | Anouska Koster (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team | 2 | |
| 6 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 1 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing | 0:04:00 |
| 2 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:01 |
| 3 | Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Astana Women's Team | 0:00:02 |
| 4 | Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Valcar PBM | 0:00:04 |
| 5 | Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:05 |
| 6 | Jip van den Bos (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
| 7 | Chanella Stougje (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | 0:00:06 |
| 8 | Aafke Soet (Ned) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:08 |
| 9 | Elena Pirrone (Ita) Astana Women's Team | |
| 10 | Alicia Gonzalez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 0:00:09 |
| 11 | Louis Norman Hansen (Den) Denmark | |
| 12 | Alba Teruel (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
| 13 | Femke Geeris (Ned) Maaslandster International Women's | 0:00:13 |
| 14 | Demi de Jong (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | |
| 15 | Skylar Schneider (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:00:14 |
| 16 | Melissa Lowther (GBr) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 17 | Agnieszka Skalniak (Pol) Experza-Footlogix | |
| 18 | Susanne Andersen (Nor) Norway | |
| 19 | Severine Eraud (Fra) Experza-Footlogix | |
| 20 | Ingvlid Gaskjenn (Nor) Norway | 0:00:15 |
| 21 | Letizia Borghesi (Ita) BePink | |
| 22 | Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Astana Women's Team | |
| 23 | Yara Kastelijn (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:16 |
| 24 | Armamda Jamieson (NZl) Maaslandster International Women's | |
| 25 | Manon Lloyd (GBr) Trek-Drops | |
| 26 | Maaike Boogaard (Ned) BTC City Ljubljana | 0:00:17 |
| 27 | Megan Barker (GBr) Great Britain | 0:00:18 |
| 28 | Katia Ragusa (Ita) BePink | 0:00:20 |
| 29 | Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar PBM | 0:00:21 |
| 30 | Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Valcar PBM | |
| 31 | Arianna Pruisscher (Ned) Jos Feron Lady Force | 0:00:22 |
| 32 | Lucy Shaw (GBr) Trek-Drops | |
| 33 | Abigail Dentus (GBr) Great Britain | |
| 34 | Abigail Van Twisk (GBr) Trek-Drops | 0:00:23 |
| 35 | Silvia Pollicini (Ita) Valcar PBM | 0:00:24 |
| 36 | Urska Bravec (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | 0:00:25 |
| 37 | Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 38 | Puck Moonen (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:00:28 |
| 39 | Rhona Callander (GBr) Great Britain | 0:00:29 |
| 40 | Jessica Roberts (GBr) Great Britain | |
| 41 | Anabelle Dreville (Fra) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:00:30 |
| 42 | Emily Wadsworth (GBr) Great Britain | |
| 43 | Francesca Pattaro (Ita) BePink | |
| 44 | Johanne Macher (Den) Denmark | |
| 45 | Maria Vittoria Sperotto (Ita) BePink | 0:00:31 |
| 46 | Rebecca Raybould (GBr) Great Britain | 0:00:32 |
| 47 | Chloë Turblin (Fra) Health Mate-Cyclelive Team | 0:00:34 |
| 48 | Celine van Houtem (Ned) Jos Feron Lady Force | 0:00:35 |
| 49 | Lauren Murphy (GBr) Maaslandster International Women's | 0:00:38 |
| 50 | Sofia Beggin (Ita) Astana Women's Team | 0:00:42 |
| 51 | Megan Chard (GBr) Health Mate-Cyclelive Team | 0:00:55 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:12:09 |
| 2 | Canyon-SRAM | |
| 3 | Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:02 |
| 4 | Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:05 |
| 5 | Parkhotel Valkenburg | 0:00:10 |
| 6 | Movistar Team Women | 0:00:14 |
| 7 | Astana Women's Team | 0:00:15 |
| 8 | Norway | 0:00:27 |
| 9 | Valcar PBM | 0:00:29 |
| 10 | BTC City Ljubljana | 0:00:30 |
| 11 | WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:31 |
| 12 | Trek-Drops | 0:00:39 |
| 13 | Experza-Footlogix | 0:00:40 |
| 14 | Maaslandster International Women's | 0:00:41 |
| 15 | Denmark | |
| 16 | BePink | 0:00:49 |
| 17 | Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:01:00 |
| 18 | Great Britain | |
| 19 | Jos Feron Lady Force | |
| 20 | Health Mate-Cyclelive Team | 0:01:13 |
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