Chloe Hosking (Wiggle High5) won stage two of the Tour of Chongming Island to take the race lead and set up overall victory in the three-day Women’s WorldTour event.
The Australian beat Canada’s Leah Kirchmann (Team Liv Plantur) and Jip van den Bos (Parkhotel Valkenburg) in a close sprint finish.
Hosking now leads Kirchmann by four seconds with one stage left to race.
"Today was a very different day from yesterday," Hosking said in a team press release. “It was windy and the course was a lot more technical which was a lot a better for our team so we wanted to take full advantage of that. We had highlighted a point about 15km from the finish line where we knew there would be crosswinds but as it turned out Liv-Plantur hit it about 20km earlier and totally shattered the peloton catching out a lot of the main General Classification riders. Dani [King] and I were there and rolled with them but it all came back together which was a bummer but I do think it took a bit of sting out of the peloton’s legs.
"It sounds stupid but as soon as the race started I just had a good feeling in my legs so I went for both intermediate sprints and picked up 5 of the maximum 6 bonus seconds on offer. That was a big confidence boost," she added.
"In the final I was sort of just surfing trains between Alé-Cipollini and Liv and just went at the right moment. With the down hill sprint I knew that I could start my sprint a bit earlier and it paid off.
"I'm so pleased to get the win today for the team but there's still one more day to go."
Brief Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Wiggle High5 | 2:43:46 |
| 2 | Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Liv-Plantur | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Jip Van Den Bos (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| 4 | Emilie Moberg (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) Alé Cipollini | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Mia Radotic (Cro) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Sungeun Gu (Kor) Korea | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 11 | Hyunji Kim (Kor) Korea | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| 12 | Jermaine Post (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | Simona Frapporti (Ita) Hitec Products | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| 14 | Tereza Medvedova (Svk) Bepink | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| 15 | Sara Mustonen (Swe) Team Liv-Plantur | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Wiggle High5 | 6:04:52 |
| 2 | Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Liv-Plantur | 0:00:04 |
| 3 | Ting Ying Huang (Tpe) Taiwan | 0:00:09 |
| 4 | Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) Alé Cipollini | 0:00:11 |
| 5 | Jip Van Den Bos (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 0:00:15 |
| 6 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | 0:00:16 |
| 7 | Emilie Moberg (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Mia Radotic (Cro) BTC City Ljubljana | 0:00:18 |
| 9 | Lucy Garner (GBr) Wiggle High5 | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Cylance Pro Cycling | 0:00:19 |
| 11 | Pascale Jeuland (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| 12 | Jutatip Maneephan (Tha) Thailand | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | Maria Vittoria Sperotto (Ita) Servetto Footon | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| 14 | Sara Mustonen (Swe) Team Liv-Plantur | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| 15 | Simona Frapporti (Ita) Hitec Products | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
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