2016 La Course by Le Tour de France

The 2016 La Course by Le Tour de France was the third edition of La Course by Le Tour de France, a women's cycling race held in France. The race was held before the final stage of the 2016 Tour de France on 24 July, and was the twelfth event on the 2016 UCI Women's World Tour.^[1] The event was organised by ASO, which also organises the Tour de France.^[2]

2016 La Course by Le Tour de France

2016 UCI Women's World Tour, race 12 of 17
Race details
Dates	24 July 2016
Stages	1
Distance	89.0 km (55.30 mi)
Results
Winner  Chloe Hosking (AUS) (Wiggle High5)   Second  Lotta Lepistö (FIN) (Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling)   Third  Marianne Vos (NED) (Rabo–Liv) Points  Nina Kessler (NED) (Lensworld–Zannata)
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It was won by Chloe Hosking of Wiggle High5 in a sprint finish.^[3]

Route

As with the two previous editions of the race, the course was 13 laps of the traditional course on the Champs-Élysées in Paris - making a distance of 89 kilometres (55 miles).^[4]

Teams

UCI Women's Teams

• Alé–Cipollini–Galassia
• Astana Women's Team
• Bepink
• Boels–Dolmans
• BTC City Ljubljana
• Canyon–SRAM
• Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling
• Cylance Pro Cycling
• Lensworld.eu–Zannata
• Lotto–Soudal Ladies
• Orica–AIS
• Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
• Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86
• Rabo–Liv Women Cycling Team
• Team Hitec Products
• Team Liv–Plantur
• Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank
• Topsport Vlaanderen–Pro-Duo
• UnitedHealthcare Women's Team
• Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling

National Teams

• France

Result

Ellen van Dijk escaped solo during the race

Race result Cyclist Team Time 1  Chloe Hosking (AUS) Wiggle High5 2h 01' 27" 2  Lotta Lepistö (FIN) Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling + 0" 3  Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv + 0" 4  Joëlle Numainville (CAN) Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling + 0" 5  Roxane Fournier (FRA) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 + 0" 6  Pascale Jeuland (FRA) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 + 0" 7  Tiffany Cromwell (AUS) Canyon–SRAM + 0" 8  Joanne Kiesanowski (NZL) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 0" 9  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) Lotto–Soudal Ladies + 0" 10  Maria Giulia Confalonieri (ITA) Lensworld–Zannata + 0" Source[5]

See also

• 2016 in women's road cycling