2016 Ladies Tour of Qatar

The 2016 Ladies Tour of Qatar was the 8th edition of the Ladies Tour of Qatar. It was organised by the Qatar Cycling Federation with technical and sports-related assistance from Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.) under the regulations of the Union Cycliste Internationale (category 2.1). It took place from 2 February until 5 February 2016 and consisted of 4 stages. 15 teams of 6 riders took part.^[1]

2016 Ladies Tour of Qatar

Race details
Dates	2–5 February
Stages	4
Distance	402 km (249.8 mi)
Winning time	9h 59' 25"
Results
Winner  Trixi Worrack (GER) (Canyon SRAM)   Second  Romy Kasper (GER) (Boels–Dolmans)   Third  Ellen van Dijk (NED) (Boels–Dolmans)
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Teams

UCI Women's Teams

• Team Coop–Repsol
• Wiggle High5
• Team SD Worx–Protime
• Canyon–SRAM
• UAE Team ADQ
• Liv AlUla Jayco
• Liv AlUla Jayco
• Cylance Pro Cycling
• Team Liv-Plantur
• UnitedHealthcare
• Lares–Waowdeals
• China Liv Pro Cycling

National Teams

•  Australia
•  France
•  Italy

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[2][3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	2 February	Katara Cultural Village to Qatar University	97 km (60 mi)		Flat stage	Kirsten Wild (NED)
2	3 February	Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum to Al Khor Corniche	120 km (75 mi)		Flat stage	Katrin Garfoot (AUS)
3	4 February	Al Zubara Fort to Al Shamal	112 km (70 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Ellen van Dijk (NED)
4	5 February	Aspire Zone to Doha Corniche	73 km (45 mi)		Flat stage	Chloe Hosking (AUS)

Stages

Stage 1

2 February 2016 – Qatar University to Qatar University, 97 km (60.3 mi)^[4]

Stage 1 Result Rider Team Time 1  Kirsten Wild (NED) Team Hitec Products 2h 19' 04" 2  Annalisa Cucinotta (ITA) Alé–Cipollini s.t. 3  Lizzie Williams (AUS) Liv AlUla Jayco s.t. 4  Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans s.t. 5  Shelley Olds (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling s.t. 6  Susanna Zorzi (ITA) Italy (national) s.t. 7  Monique van de Ree (NED) Lares–Waowdeals s.t. 8  Barbara Guarischi (ITA) Canyon SRAM s.t. 9  Katrin Garfoot (AUS) Liv AlUla Jayco s.t. 10  Sara Mustonen (SWE) Team Liv-Plantur s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1 Rider Team Time 1  Kirsten Wild (NED) Team Hitec Products 2h 18' 51" 2  Annalisa Cucinotta (ITA) Alé–Cipollini +7" 3  Lizzie Williams (AUS) Liv AlUla Jayco +9" 4  Chloe Hosking (AUS) Wiggle High5 +9" 5  Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans +10" 6  Marta Tagliaferro (ITA) Alé–Cipollini +11" 7  Shelley Olds (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling +13" 8  Susanna Zorzi (ITA) Italy (national) +13" 9  Monique van de Ree (NED) Lares–Waowdeals +13" 10  Barbara Guarischi (ITA) Canyon SRAM +13"

Stage 2

3 February 2016 – Sheikh Faisal Museum to Al Khor Corniche, 120 km (74.6 mi)^[5][6]

Stage 2 Result Rider Team Time 1  Katrin Garfoot (NED) Liv AlUla Jayco 3h 07' 13" 2  Trixi Worrack (GER) Canyon SRAM +13" 3  Amy Pieters (NED) Wiggle High5 +13" 4  Romy Kasper (GER) Boels–Dolmans +13" 5  Chloe Hosking (AUS) Wiggle High5 +58" 6  Ellen van Dijk (NED) Boels–Dolmans +58" 7  Barbara Guarischi (ITA) Canyon SRAM +58" 8  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle High5 +58" 9  Gracie Elvin (AUS) Liv AlUla Jayco +58" 10  Tiffany Cromwell (AUS) Canyon SRAM +58"

General Classification after Stage 2 Rider Team Time 1  Katrin Garfoot (NED) Liv AlUla Jayco 5h 26' 07" 2  Trixi Worrack (GER) Canyon SRAM +17" 3  Amy Pieters (NED) Wiggle High5 +19" 4  Romy Kasper (GER) Boels–Dolmans +23" 5  Chloe Hosking (AUS) Wiggle High5 +1' 02" 6  Gracie Elvin (AUS) Liv AlUla Jayco +1' 07" 7  Tiffany Cromwell (AUS) Canyon SRAM +58" 7  Barbara Guarischi (ITA) Canyon SRAM +1' 08" 8  Ellen van Dijk (NED) Boels–Dolmans +1' 08" 9  Tiffany Cromwell (AUS) Canyon SRAM +1' 08" 10  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle High5 +1' 08"

Stage 3

4 February 2016 – Al Zubarah Fort to Al Shamal, 112 km (69.6 mi)^[7]

A year after her last stage win, also at Al Shamal, Ellen van Dijk made the best of her time-trialling skills to conquer her third success in Qatar. The Dutch rider from Boels-Dolmans, part of a breakaway group that took off as soon as the first few kilometres of a windswept day, powered away in the last two kilometres of the race. She was never to be caught and triumphantly crossed the line on her own, clear of Kirsten Wild and Lauretta Hanson. The golden jersey changes shoulders and goes to Germany's Trixi Worrack.

Stage 3 Result Rider Team Time 1  Ellen van Dijk (NED) Boels–Dolmans 2h 48' 56" 2  Kirsten Wild (NED) Hitec Products +7" 3  Lauretta Hanson (AUS) Australia national team +7" 4  Anouska Koster (NED) Rabo–Liv +7" 5  Trixi Worrack (GER) Canyon SRAM +8" 6  Gracie Elvin (AUS) Liv AlUla Jayco +11" 7  Tiffany Cromwell (AUS) Canyon SRAM +13" 8  Romy Kasper (GER) Boels–Dolmans +19" 9  Shelley Olds (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling +24" 10  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans +45"

General Classification after Stage 3 Rider Team Time 1  Trixi Worrack (GER) Canyon SRAM 8h 15' 28" 2  Romy Kasper (GER) Boels–Dolmans +17" 3  Ellen van Dijk (NED) Boels–Dolmans +31" 4  Katrin Garfoot (NED) Liv AlUla Jayco +34" 5  Gracie Elvin (AUS) Liv AlUla Jayco +50" 6  Amy Pieters (NED) Wiggle High5 +53" 7  Tiffany Cromwell (AUS) Canyon SRAM +56" 8  Lauretta Hanson (AUS) Australia national team +1' 32" 9  Anouska Koster (NED) Rabo–Liv +1' 34" 10  Chloe Hosking (AUS) Wiggle High5 +1' 42"

Stage 4

5 February 2016 – Aspire Zone to Doha Corniche, 73 km (45.4 mi)^[8]

Stage 4 Result Rider Team Time 1  Chloe Hosking (AUS) Wiggle High5 1h 46' 09" 2  Kirsten Wild (NED) Hitec Products s.t. 3  Monique van de Ree (NED) Lares–Waowdeals s.t. 4  Anouska Koster (NED) Rabo–Liv s.t. 5  Shelley Olds (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling s.t. 6  Marta Tagliaferro (ITA) Alé–Cipollini s.t. 7  Kimberley Wells (AUS) Australia national team s.t. 8  Arianna Fidanza (ITA) Italy national team s.t. 9  Lizzie Williams (AUS) Liv AlUla Jayco s.t. 10  Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4 Rider Team Time 1  Trixi Worrack (GER) Canyon SRAM 10h 01' 37" 2  Romy Kasper (GER) Boels–Dolmans +17" 3  Ellen van Dijk (NED) Boels–Dolmans +28" 4  Katrin Garfoot (NED) Liv AlUla Jayco +43" 5  Gracie Elvin (AUS) Liv AlUla Jayco +50" 6  Amy Pieters (NED) Wiggle High5 +53" 7  Tiffany Cromwell (AUS) Canyon SRAM +56" 8  Anouska Koster (NED) Rabo–Liv +1' 32" 9  Chloe Hosking (AUS) Wiggle High5 +1' 32" 10  Lauretta Hanson (AUS) Australia national team +1' 32"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Young rider classification	Teams classification
1	Kirsten Wild	Kirsten Wild	Kirsten Wild	Arianna Fidanza	Liv AlUla Jayco
2	Katrin Garfoot	Katrin Garfoot		Anouska Koster	Wiggle High5
3	Ellen van Dijk	Trixi Worrack		Lauretta Hanson	Canyon–SRAM
4	Chloe Hosking			Anouska Koster
Final		Trixi Worrack	Kirsten Wild	Anouska Koster	Canyon–SRAM

Broadcasting

• beIN Sports (live)

See also

• 2016 in women's road cycling