2016 The Women's Tour

The 2016 Aviva Women's Tour was the third staging of The Women's Tour, a women's stage race held in the United Kingdom. It took place between 15 and 19 June 2016. The race was part of the UCI Women's World Tour, the premier annual female elite road cycling tour.^[1]

2016 The Women's Tour

2016 UCI Women's World Tour, race 10 of 17
Race details
Dates	15 – 19 June 2016
Stages	5
Distance	617.4 km (383.6 mi)
Winning time	16h 00' 39"
Results
Winner  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) (Boels–Dolmans)   Second  Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) (Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling)   Third  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) (Wiggle High5) Points  Marianne Vos (NED) (Rabo–Liv) Mountains  Katie Hall (USA) (UnitedHealthcare) Youth  Floortje Mackaij (NED) (Team Liv–Plantur)   Team Wiggle High5
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The race was won by reigning World Champion Lizzie Armitstead. The 2015 champion, Lisa Brennauer, withdrew on the last stage, while 2014 champion Marianne Vos won the points category and finished fourth overall.

Schedule

List of stages

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Winner
1	15 June	Southwold – Norwich	132.0 km (82.0 mi)	Christine Majerus (LUX)
2	16 June	Atherstone – Stratford-upon-Avon	140.0 km (87.0 mi)	Amy Pieters (NED)
3	17 June	Ashbourne – Chesterfield	112.6 km (70.0 mi)	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)
4	18 June	Nottingham – Stoke-on-Trent	119.6 km (74.3 mi)	Marianne Vos (NED)
5	19 June	Northampton – Kettering	113.2 km (70.3 mi)	Lotta Lepistö (FIN)
Total			617.4 km (383.6 mi)

Results

Stage 1

15 June 2016 – Southwold – Norwich, 132.0 km (82.0 mi)^[2]

Stage 1 Result Rank Rider Team Time 1  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans 3h 24' 48" 2  Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv + 0" 3  Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) Wiggle High5 + 0" 4  Marta Bastianelli (ITA) Alé–Cipollini + 0" 5  Lotta Lepistö (FIN) Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling + 0" 6  Leah Kirchman (CAN) Team Liv–Plantur + 0" 7  Lucinda Brand (NED) Rabo–Liv + 0" 8  Alison Tetrick (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling + 0" 9  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle High5 + 0" 10  Floortje Mackaij (NED) Team Liv–Plantur + 0"

General Classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans 3h 24' 38" 2  Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv + 1" 3  Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) Wiggle High5 + 6" 4  Leah Kirchman (CAN) Team Liv–Plantur + 7" 5  Gracie Elvin (AUS) Orica–AIS + 7" 6  Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 8" 7  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans + 9" 8  Marta Bastianelli (ITA) Alé–Cipollini + 10" 9  Lotta Lepistö (FIN) Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling + 10" 10  Lucinda Brand (NED) Rabo–Liv + 10"

Stage 2

16 June 2016 – Atherstone – Stratford-upon-Avon, 140.0 km (87.0 mi)^[3]

Stage 2 Result Rank Rider Team Time 1  Amy Pieters (NED) Wiggle High5 3h 36' 55" 2  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 0" 3  Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv + 0" 4  Gracie Elvin (AUS) Orica–AIS + 0" 5  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans + 0" 6  Emma Johansson (SWE) Wiggle High5 + 0" 7  Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) Wiggle High5 + 0" 8  Floortje Mackaij (NED) Team Liv–Plantur + 0" 9  Leah Kirchmann (CAN) Team Liv–Plantur + 0" 10  Anna van der Breggen (NED) Rabo–Liv + 0"

General Classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv 7h 01' 26" 2  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans + 3" 3  Amy Pieters (NED) Wiggle High5 + 7" 4  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 11" 5  Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) Wiggle High5 + 13" 6  Leah Kirchmann (CAN) Team Liv–Plantur + 13" 7  Gracie Elvin (AUS) Orica–AIS + 14" 8  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans + 16" 9  Floortje Mackaij (NED) Team Liv–Plantur + 17" 10  Emma Johansson (SWE) Wiggle High5 + 17"

Stage 3

17 June 2016 – Ashbourne – Chesterfield, 112.6 km (70.0 mi)^[4]

Stage 3 Result Rank Rider Team Time 1  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans 2h 54' 27" 2  Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling + 0" 3  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle High5 + 0" 4  Amanda Spratt (AUS) Orica–AIS + 3" 5  Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv + 36" 6  Amalie Dideriksen (DEN) Boels–Dolmans + 36" 7  Leah Kirchmann (CAN) Team Liv–Plantur + 36" 8  Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) Wiggle High5 + 36" 9  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 36" 10  Amy Pieters (NED) Wiggle High5 + 36"

General Classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans 9h 55' 59" 2  Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling + 5" 3  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle High5 + 7" 4  Amanda Spratt (AUS) Orica–AIS + 14" 5  Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv + 27" 6  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans + 32" 7  Amy Pieters (NED) Wiggle High5 + 37" 8  Leah Kirchmann (CAN) Team Liv–Plantur + 41" 9  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 41" 10  Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) Wiggle High5 + 43"

Stage 4

18 June 2016 – Nottingham – Stoke-on-Trent, 119.6 km (74.3 mi)^[5][6]

Stage 4 Result Rank Rider Team Time 1  Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv 3h 07' 00" 2  Leah Kirchmann (CAN) Team Liv–Plantur + 0" 3  Emma Johansson (SWE) Wiggle High5 + 0" 4  Amalie Dideriksen (DEN) Boels–Dolmans + 0" 5  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 0" 6  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans + 0" 7  Amy Pieters (NED) Wiggle High5 + 0" 8  Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling + 0" 9  Nikki Harris (GBR) Boels–Dolmans + 0" 10  Ellen van Dijk (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 0"

General Classification after Stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans 13h 02' 56" 2  Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling + 8" 3  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle High5 + 10" 4  Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv + 15" 5  Amanda Spratt (AUS) Orica–AIS + 17" 6  Leah Kirchmann (CAN) Team Liv–Plantur + 37" 7  Amy Pieters (NED) Wiggle High5 + 40" 8  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 44" 9  Emma Johansson (SWE) Wiggle High5 + 46" 10  Gracie Elvin (AUS) Orica–AIS + 47"

Stage 5

19 June 2016 – Northampton – Kettering, 113.2 km (70.3 mi)^[7][8]

Stage 5 Result Rank Rider Team Time 1  Lotta Lepistö (FIN) Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling 2h 57' 31" 2  Marta Bastianelli (ITA) Alé–Cipollini + 0" 3  Elena Cecchini (ITA) Canyon–SRAM + 0" 4  Lauren Kitchen (AUS) Team Hitec Products + 0" 5  Eugenia Bujak (POL) BTC City Ljubljana + 0" 6  Molly Weaver (GBR) Team Liv–Plantur + 0" 7  Janneke Ensing (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team + 11" 8  Leah Kirchmann (CAN) Team Liv–Plantur + 15" 9  Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) Wiggle High5 + 15" 10  Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv + 15"

General Classification after Stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans 16h 00' 39" 2  Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling + 11" 3  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle High5 + 13" 4  Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv + 18" 5  Amanda Spratt (AUS) Orica–AIS + 20" 6  Leah Kirchmann (CAN) Team Liv–Plantur + 40" 7  Amy Pieters (NED) Wiggle High5 + 43" 8  Emma Johansson (SWE) Wiggle High5 + 49" 9  Gracie Elvin (AUS) Orica–AIS + 50" 10  Floortje Mackaij (NED) Team Liv–Plantur + 53"

Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Young rider classification	Mountains classification	Points classification	Best British rider classification	Combativity award	Team classification
1	Christine Majerus	Christine Majerus	Floortje Mackaij	Ilona Hoeksma	Christine Majerus	Lizzie Armitstead	Alison Tetrick	Liv AlUla Jayco
2	Amy Pieters	Marianne Vos		Katie Hall	Marianne Vos		Emilia Fahlin	Wiggle High5
3	Lizzie Armitstead	Lizzie Armitstead					Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio
4	Marianne Vos						Emilia Fahlin
5	Lotta Lepistö						Eugenia Bujak
Final		Lizzie Armitstead	Floortje Mackaij	Katie Hall	Marianne Vos	Lizzie Armitstead	Emilia Fahlin	Wiggle High5