Liv-Plantur performed the difficult feat of defending the race lead of prologue winner Amy Pieters and setting up two-time junior world champion Lucy Garner for the victory on the opening road stage of La Route de France on Monday.
Garner finished off the team's work perfectly, narrowly edging out Annette Edmondson (Wiggle Honda) in the bunch sprint, with Roxane Fournier (Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.87) in third.
“I’m really happy to have won today – it has been a hard few months with a lot of crashes for me but the team have always believed in me,” Garner said. “The girls had trust that I could finish it off today and get the win. They worked hard for me in the final and then Amy finished it off perfectly by bringing me to the finish after fighting for position in the in the last kilometres."
“After Amy’s win yesterday it is nice to keep the win within the team today as well. It was close on the line, I thought I had it but then as we came over the line I wasn’t so sure. So I’m really happy to get the win.”
Full Results
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucy Garner (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | 2:47:49 |
| 2 | Annette Edmondson (Aus) Wiggle Honda | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.87 | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| 4 | Anna Trevisi (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) Lointek Team | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Hitec Products | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Kimberley Wells (Aus) Australia | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 11 | Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Russia | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| 12 | Brianna Walle (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | Loren Rowney (Aus) Australia | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| 14 | Kseniia Dobrynina (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| 15 | Fiona Dutriaux (Fra) France | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| 16 | Larisa Pankova (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| 17 | Eugenia Bujak (Pol) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| 18 | Nel De Crits (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| 19 | Aude Biannic (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.90 | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| 20 | Ingrid Drexel (Mex) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 21 | Claudia Cretti (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| 22 | Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| 23 | Soline Lamboley (Fra) Lointek Team | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| 24 | Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| 25 | Polona Batagelj (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| 26 | Molly Weavers (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| 27 | Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| 28 | Spela Kern (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| 29 | Jessica Mundy (Aus) Australia | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| 30 | Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek Team | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| 31 | Saartje Vandenbroucke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| 32 | Coralie Demay (Fra) France | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| 33 | Amy Cure (Aus) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| 34 | Maura Kinsella (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| 35 | Elena Utrobina (Rus) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| 36 | Eider Merino Kortazar (Spa) Lointek Team | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| 37 | Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| 38 | Anouk Rijff (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| 39 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| 40 | Ursa Pintar (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
| 41 | Amélie Rivat (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| 42 | Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Australia | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| 43 | Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| 44 | Janicke Gunvaldsen (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| 45 | Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
| 46 | Carlee Taylor (Aus) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
| 47 | Jessie Daams (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
| 48 | Annie Ewart (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| 49 | Olga Dobrynina (Rus) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
| 50 | Angela Maffeis (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
| 51 | Jaime Nielsen (NZl) Bepink Laclassica | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
| 52 | Fien Delbaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
| 53 | Shannon Malseed (Aus) Australia | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
| 54 | Anna Potokina (Rus) Russia | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
| 55 | Jasmin Glaesser (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
| 56 | Carolina Rodriguez Gutierrez (Spa) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
| 57 | Makhabbat Umutzhanova (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
| 58 | Belen Lopez Morales (Spa) Lointek Team | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
| 59 | Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Wiggle Honda | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
| 60 | Ingrid Lorvik (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
| 61 | Charlotte Bravard (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.89 | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
| 62 | Dafné Therous Izquierdo (Can) Lointek Team | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
| 63 | Greta Richioud (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.91 | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
| 64 | Emilie Rochedy (Fra) France | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
| 65 | Marion Sicot (Fra) France | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
| 66 | Ellen Skerritt (Aus) Australia | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
| 67 | Manon Souyris (Fra) France | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
| 68 | Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
| 69 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Bepink Laclassica | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
| 70 | Anna Ramirez Bauxel (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
| 71 | Amber Neben (USA) Bepink Laclassica | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
| 72 | Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) Bepink Laclassica | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
| 73 | Julia Soek (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
| 74 | Jesst Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
| 75 | Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
| 76 | Martina Ritter (Aut) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
| 77 | Tatiana Shamanova (Rus) Russia | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
| 78 | Tone Hatteland Lima (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
| 79 | Samara Sheppard (NZl) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
| 80 | Fanny Leleu (Fra) France | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
| 81 | Ilaria Bonomi (Ita) Bepink Laclassica | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
| 82 | Marina Likhanova (Rus) Russia | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
| 83 | Lindsay Marie Fox (USA) Bepink Laclassica | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
| 84 | Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Russia | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
| 85 | Audrey Cordon (Fra) Wiggle Honda | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
| 86 | Ariane Horbach (Ger) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
| 87 | Willeke Knol (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
| 88 | Kaat Hannes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
| 89 | Natalya Saifutdinova (Kaz) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
| 90 | Anna Christian (GBr) Wiggle Honda | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
| 91 | Eugénie Duval (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.88 | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
| 92 | Mia Radotic (Cro) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | 2:51:28 |
| 2 | Eugenia Bujak (Pol) Btc City Ljubljana | 0:00:03 |
| 3 | Brianna Walle (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:00:04 |
| 4 | Jaime Nielsen (NZl) Bepink Laclassica | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Annette Edmondson (Aus) Wiggle Honda | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:00:05 |
| 7 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Hitec Products | 0:00:06 |
| 8 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Aude Biannic (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.90 | 0:00:07 |
| 10 | Martina Ritter (Aut) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 11 | Jasmin Glaesser (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:00:08 |
| 12 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Bepink Laclassica | 0:00:09 |
| 13 | Amy Cure (Aus) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| 14 | Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Team Liv - Plantur | 0:00:11 |
| 15 | Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen (Nor) Hitec Products | 0:00:12 |
| 16 | Maura Kinsella (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| 17 | Jessie Daams (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| 18 | Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:00:13 |
| 19 | Polona Batagelj (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| 20 | Kimberley Wells (Aus) Australia | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 21 | Mia Radotic (Cro) Btc City Ljubljana | 0:00:14 |
| 22 | Coralie Demay (Fra) France | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| 23 | Anouk Rijff (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:00:15 |
| 24 | Amélie Rivat (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| 25 | Amber Neben (USA) Bepink Laclassica | 0:00:16 |
| 26 | Annie Ewart (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| 27 | Molly Weavers (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| 28 | Ellen Skerritt (Aus) Australia | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| 29 | Julia Soek (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| 30 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.87 | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| 31 | Audrey Cordon (Fra) Wiggle Honda | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| 32 | Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| 33 | Lucy Garner (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| 34 | Willeke Knol (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| 35 | Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:00:17 |
| 36 | Carlee Taylor (Aus) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| 37 | Elena Utrobina (Rus) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:00:18 |
| 38 | Belen Lopez Morales (Spa) Lointek Team | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| 39 | Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Australia | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| 40 | Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) Bepink Laclassica | 0:00:19 |
| 41 | Eugénie Duval (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.88 | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| 42 | Jessica Mundy (Aus) Australia | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| 43 | Ingrid Drexel (Mex) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| 44 | Shannon Malseed (Aus) Australia | 0:00:20 |
| 45 | Ursa Pintar (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
| 46 | Eider Merino Kortazar (Spa) Lointek Team | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
| 47 | Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Wiggle Honda | 0:00:21 |
| 48 | Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| 49 | Saartje Vandenbroucke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
| 50 | Loren Rowney (Aus) Australia | 0:00:22 |
| 51 | Ilaria Bonomi (Ita) Bepink Laclassica | 0:00:23 |
| 52 | Anna Christian (GBr) Wiggle Honda | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
| 53 | Fiona Dutriaux (Fra) France | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
| 54 | Charlotte Bravard (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.89 | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
| 55 | Larisa Pankova (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:00:24 |
| 56 | Marion Sicot (Fra) France | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
| 57 | Anna Ramirez Bauxel (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
| 58 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
| 59 | Fanny Leleu (Fra) France | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
| 60 | Nel De Crits (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 0:00:25 |
| 61 | Kaat Hannes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
| 62 | Soline Lamboley (Fra) Lointek Team | 0:00:26 |
| 63 | Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
| 64 | Ariane Horbach (Ger) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:00:27 |
| 65 | Makhabbat Umutzhanova (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
| 66 | Greta Richioud (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.91 | 0:00:28 |
| 67 | Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) Lointek Team | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
| 68 | Spela Kern (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
| 69 | Emilie Rochedy (Fra) France | 0:00:29 |
| 70 | Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek Team | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
| 71 | Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Russia | 0:00:30 |
| 72 | Claudia Cretti (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:00:31 |
| 73 | Carolina Rodriguez Gutierrez (Spa) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
| 74 | Natalya Saifutdinova (Kaz) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:00:32 |
| 75 | Janicke Gunvaldsen (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
| 76 | Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Russia | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
| 77 | Tone Hatteland Lima (Nor) Hitec Products | 0:00:33 |
| 78 | Olga Dobrynina (Rus) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
| 79 | Ingrid Lorvik (Nor) Hitec Products | 0:00:34 |
| 80 | Anna Trevisi (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:00:36 |
| 81 | Manon Souyris (Fra) France | 0:00:38 |
| 82 | Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
| 83 | Anna Potokina (Rus) Russia | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
| 84 | Jesst Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
| 85 | Tatiana Shamanova (Rus) Russia | 0:00:39 |
| 86 | Dafné Therous Izquierdo (Can) Lointek Team | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
| 87 | Lindsay Marie Fox (USA) Bepink Laclassica | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
| 88 | Fien Delbaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
| 89 | Kseniia Dobrynina (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:00:43 |
| 90 | Marina Likhanova (Rus) Russia | 0:00:44 |
| 91 | Angela Maffeis (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:00:52 |
| 92 | Samara Sheppard (NZl) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:00:55 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anouk Rijff (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 2:51:43 |
| 2 | Annie Ewart (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:00:01 |
| 3 | Molly Weavers (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| 4 | Ellen Skerritt (Aus) Australia | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Lucy Garner (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Australia | 0:00:03 |
| 7 | Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) Bepink Laclassica | 0:00:04 |
| 8 | Eugénie Duval (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.88 | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Jessica Mundy (Aus) Australia | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Ingrid Drexel (Mex) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 11 | Shannon Malseed (Aus) Australia | 0:00:05 |
| 12 | Eider Merino Kortazar (Spa) Lointek Team | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | Saartje Vandenbroucke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 0:00:06 |
| 14 | Ilaria Bonomi (Ita) Bepink Laclassica | 0:00:08 |
| 15 | Anna Christian (GBr) Wiggle Honda | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| 16 | Soline Lamboley (Fra) Lointek Team | 0:00:11 |
| 17 | Ariane Horbach (Ger) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:00:12 |
| 18 | Makhabbat Umutzhanova (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| 19 | Greta Richioud (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.91 | 0:00:13 |
| 20 | Emilie Rochedy (Fra) France | 0:00:14 |
| 21 | Claudia Cretti (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:00:16 |
| 22 | Carolina Rodriguez Gutierrez (Spa) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| 23 | Manon Souyris (Fra) France | 0:00:23 |
| 24 | Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| 25 | Jesst Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| 26 | Dafné Therous Izquierdo (Can) Lointek Team | 0:00:24 |
| 27 | Fien Delbaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| 28 | Kseniia Dobrynina (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:00:28 |
| 29 | Angela Maffeis (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:00:37 |
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