Hosking wins Tour of Chongming Island

Chloe Hosking (Wiggle-High5) took out the overall victory in the Tour of Chongming Island, finishing safely in the bunch to seal the win over Ting Ying Huang (Chinese Taipei) and Leah Kirchmann (Liv-Plantur).

Hosking came into the stage with Kirchmann nipping at her heels, but the Canadian was denied any time bonuses that could have pushed her ahead of the Australian.

"I'm so proud of our team," an elated Hosking said afterwards. "The girls really rose to the occasion today and rode like they were protecting the yellow jersey. I kind of felt like the proud mother hen sitting at the back of the peloton and just watching them control everything.

"I picked up two seconds in the first intermediate sprint which took me to five seconds ahead of Leah and 11 seconds ahead of everyone else. After the second intermediate sprint I got the information from Nico, that barring disaster, the only person who could beat me was Leah as everyone else was 11 seconds behind me and you only pick up ten for the stage win."

The race came down to a bunch sprint after several failed breakaways, but a crash in the final few hundred meters disrupted the sprint. Huang made her way through the chaos to take out her second stage win, and moved into second place overall, one second behind Hosking.

"The sprint was totally crazy and there were some big crashes so I just kept myself upright when I saw Leah wasn't in the points," Hosking explained.

"This is obviously a bit win for the team and myself personally as it's a WorldTour race," she added. "All the girls here can be proud of themselves and how we performed as a team to bring home the yellow jersey."

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