SD Worx won the team time trial on the opening day of the Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour. Team Jayco AlUla finished second by 10 seconds and third-placed Canyon-SRAM was 21 seconds back. SD Worx covered the flat, 9.1km course in a winning time of 13:05, with Lotte Kopecky crossing the line first, and so taking the first leader's jersey of the six-day event.
Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx) won stage 2 with a solo attack inside the final 10km to Gera. She finished 13 seconds ahead of the chase behind, which saw her teammates sweep the podium spots, Barbara Guarischi in second and Lorena Wiebes in third.
Barbara Guarischi continued SD Worx's winning streak as she won stage 3 at the Thüringen Ladies Tour on Thursday. The Italian won the bunch sprint ahead of teammate Lorena Wiebes. Sandra Alonso (Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling) was the breakaway rider of the day and took third place.
Another day and another victory for Team SD Worx as Lonneke Uneken won stage 4 of the Thüringen Ladies Tour. The 23-year-old accelerated in the final uphill corner with 100 metres to go and passed Marta Lach (Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling), who settled for second place on her 26th birthday.
Lorena Wiebes won her second stage victory on day five at the Thüringen Ladies Tour in Schmalkalden. Wiebes win also marked the fifth stage win in a row at Thüringen Ladies Tour.
SD Worx ended the six-day Thüringen Ladies Tour by winning all six stages and occupying the top three places in the overall classification. Lotte Kopecky's solo winning performance on stage 6 led to her securing the overall title.
Thüringen Ladies Tour - Information
The Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour returns to the women's 2023 road calendar as a Pro Series stage race, extending the event's history and offering another major stage race for women in May after the Vuelta Femenina, Itzulia and the Vuelta a Burgos.
The race has been around since at least 1986, and its palmares have been graced by some of the greatest female cyclists in history. Familiar names such as Alison Dunlap, Ina Teutenberg, Judith Arndt, Nicole Cook, Emma Johansson and Evelyn Stevens are past winners.
The race takes place across six stages with one team time trial.
