2015 Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs

The 2015 Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs was the eighth edition of the Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs, a women's road racing event in Luxembourg. It was a stage race with a UCI rating of 2.1. It was won by Anna van der Breggen (Rabo–Liv), beating Annemiek van Vleuten (Bigla Pro Cycling Team) and Lucinda Brand (Rabo–Liv).^[1]

2015 Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs

Race details
Dates	1–3 May
Stages	3
Distance	212.9 km (132.3 mi)
Winning time	5h 21' 29"
Results
Winner  Anna van der Breggen (NED) (Rabo–Liv)   Second  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (Bigla Pro Cycling Team)   Third  Lucinda Brand (NED) (Rabo–Liv) Points  Floortje Mackaij (NED) (Team Liv–Plantur) Mountains  Floortje Mackaij (NED) (Team Liv–Plantur) Youth  Floortje Mackaij (NED) (Team Liv–Plantur)   Team Rabo–Liv
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Stages

Prologue

1 May 2015 – Garnich to Garnich, 5.6 km (3.5 mi), individual time trial (ITT)

Prologue result and General classification after Prologue^[2]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Rabo–Liv	8' 13"
2	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	Bigla Pro Cycling Team	+ 2"
3	Ann-Sophie Duyck (BEL)	Belgium (national team)	+ 9"
4	Lucinda Brand (NED)	Rabo–Liv	+ 11"
5	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)	Rabo–Liv	+ 12"
6	Christine Majerus (LUX)	Boels–Dolmans	+ 13"
7	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)	Bigla Pro Cycling Team	+ 13"
8	Katrin Garfoot (AUS)	Orica–AIS	+ 16"
9	Lizzie Williams (AUS)	Orica–AIS	+ 17"
10	Amy Pieters (NED)	Team Liv–Plantur	+ 18"

Stage 1

2 May 2015 – Garnich to Garnich, 108.2 km (67.2 mi)

Stage 1 result[3] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Elena Cecchini (ITA) Lotto–Soudal Ladies 2h 41' 50" 2  Lucinda Brand (NED) Rabo–Liv + 0" 3  Amanda Spratt (AUS) Orica–AIS + 0" 4  Janneke Ensing (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team + 0" 5  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Bigla Pro Cycling Team + 2" 6  Amy Pieters (NED) Team Liv–Plantur + 2" 7  Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) Rabo–Liv + 2" 8  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans + 2" 9  Rasa Leleivytė (LTU) Aromitalia Vaiano + 2" 10  Jermaine Post (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team + 2"

General classification after Stage 1[3] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Anna van der Breggen (NED) Rabo–Liv 2h 50' 05" 2  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Bigla Pro Cycling Team + 2" 3  Lucinda Brand (NED) Rabo–Liv + 3" 4  Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) Rabo–Liv + 12" 5  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans + 13" 6  Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) Bigla Pro Cycling Team + 13" 7  Katrin Garfoot (AUS) Orica–AIS + 16" 8  Lizzie Williams (AUS) Orica–AIS + 17" 9  Amy Pieters (NED) Team Liv–Plantur + 18" 10  Laura Trott (GBR) Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling + 19"

Stage 2

3 May 2015 – Mamer to Mamer, 99.1 km (61.6 mi)

Stage 2 result[1] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Floortje Mackaij (NED) Team Liv–Plantur 2h 31' 20" 2  Katrin Garfoot (AUS) Orica–AIS + 2" 3  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) Rabo–Liv + 2" 4  Sara Mustonen-Lichan (SWE) Team Liv–Plantur + 4" 5  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans + 4" 6  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Bigla Pro Cycling Team + 4" 7  Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) Rabo–Liv + 4" 8  Melissa Hoskins (AUS) Orica–AIS + 4" 9  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) Belgium (national team) + 4" 10  Sabrina Stultiens (NED) Team Liv–Plantur + 4"

Final general classification[4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Anna van der Breggen (NED) Rabo–Liv 5h 21' 29" 2  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Bigla Pro Cycling Team + 2" 3  Lucinda Brand (NED) Rabo–Liv + 3" 4  Katrin Garfoot (AUS) Orica–AIS + 8" 5  Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) Rabo–Liv + 12" 6  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans + 13" 7  Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) Bigla Pro Cycling Team + 13" 8  Lizzie Williams (AUS) Orica–AIS + 17" 9  Floortje Mackaij (NED) Team Liv–Plantur + 18" 10  Amy Pieters (NED) Team Liv–Plantur + 18"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
P	Anna van der Breggen	Anna van der Breggen	not awarded	not awarded	Elinor Barker	Rabo–Liv
1	Elena Cecchini		Elena Cecchini	Ashleigh Moolman
2	Floortje Mackaij		Floortje Mackaij	Floortje Mackaij	Floortje Mackaij
Final		Anna van der Breggen	Floortje Mackaij	Floortje Mackaij	Floortje Mackaij	Rabo–Liv