2018 Women's Herald Sun Tour

The 2018 Women's Herald Sun Tour presented by Let's Go Motorhomes was a women's cycle stage race held in Australia from 30 to 31 January 2018. The 2018 edition was the inaugural edition of the race.^[1]

2018 Women's Herald Sun Tour

Race details
Dates	30–31 January 2018
Stages	2
Distance	125.1 km (77.73 mi)
Winning time	3h 22' 16"
Results
Winner  Brodie Chapman (AUS) (Australia (national team))   Second  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (Mitchelton–Scott)   Third  Chloe Hosking (AUS) (Alé–Cipollini) Mountains  Brodie Chapman (AUS) (Australia (national team)) Youth  Jeanne Korevaar (NED) (WaowDeals Pro Cycling) Sprints  Chloe Hosking (AUS) (Alé–Cipollini)   Team Australia (national team)
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The race was won by Brodie Chapman, riding for an Australian national team.^[2] Chapman soloed to victory in the opening stage, before maintaining her lead in the following day's time trial, won by world champion Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton–Scott). Van Vleuten finished second overall, five seconds down on Chapman, while the podium was completed by Chloe Hosking, 63 seconds behind for the Alé–Cipollini team. Chapman won the mountains classification, Hosking was the winner of the sprints classification, while the Australian national team won the teams classification. Jeanne Korevaar of WaowDeals Pro Cycling won the other jersey, the white jersey, as winner of the young rider classification for under-23 riders.

Teams

16 teams participated in the 2018 Women's Herald Sun Tour.^[3]

UCI Women's Teams

• Alé–Cipollini
• Bepink
• Cylance Pro Cycling
• Mitchelton–Scott
• Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank
• Trek–Drops
• TWENTY20 p/b Sho-Air
• Team Virtu Cycling
• WaowDeals Pro Cycling
• Wiggle High5

Other teams

• Australia (national team)
• Mike Greer Homes Women's Cycling Team
• New Zealand (national team)
• Rush Women's Team
• Specialized Women's Racing
• Sydney Uni–Staminade

Route

The race route was announced on 6 December 2017.^[4]

List of stages

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	30 January	Healesville to Healesville	123.5 km (76.7 mi)		Hilly stage	Brodie Chapman (AUS)
2	31 January	Alexandra Gardens to Southbank	1.6 km (1.0 mi)		Individual time trial	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)

Stages

Stage 1

30 January 2018 — Healesville to Healesville, 123.5 km (76.7 mi)^[5]

Result of Stage 1[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Brodie Chapman (AUS) Australia (national team) 3h 20' 10" 2  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Mitchelton–Scott + 8" 3  Chloe Hosking (AUS) Alé–Cipollini + 1' 02" 4  Katrin Garfoot (AUS) Australia (national team) + 1' 02" 5  Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) Cylance Pro Cycling + 1' 02" 6  Anouska Koster (NED) WaowDeals Pro Cycling + 1' 02" 7  Tiffany Cromwell (AUS) Australia (national team) + 1' 02" 8  Eva Buurman (NED) Trek–Drops + 1' 02" 9  Alison Jackson (CAN) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 1' 02" 10  Shannon Malseed (AUS) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 1' 02"

General classification after Stage 1[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Brodie Chapman (AUS) Australia (national team) 3h 20' 00" 2  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Mitchelton–Scott + 12" 3  Chloe Hosking (AUS) Alé–Cipollini + 1' 03" 4  Alison Jackson (CAN) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 1' 11" 5  Justine Barrow (AUS) Rush Women's Team + 1' 12" 6  Katrin Garfoot (AUS) Australia (national team) + 1' 12" 7  Rachel Neylan (AUS) Australia (national team) + 1' 12" 8  Tiffany Cromwell (AUS) Australia (national team) + 1' 12" 9  Grace Anderson (NZL) New Zealand (national team) + 1' 12" 10  Jeanne Korevaar (NED) WaowDeals Pro Cycling + 1' 12"

Stage 2

31 January 2018 — Alexandra Gardens to Southbank, 1.6 km (1.0 mi), individual time trial (ITT)^[8]

Result of Stage 2[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Mitchelton–Scott 2' 09" 2  Katrin Garfoot (AUS) Australia (national team) + 2" 3  Georgia Williams (NZL) Mitchelton–Scott + 2" 4  Marlies Mejías (CUB) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 4" 5  Tiffany Cromwell (AUS) Australia (national team) + 4" 6  Anouska Koster (NED) WaowDeals Pro Cycling + 4" 7  Annette Edmondson (AUS) Wiggle High5 + 4" 8  Grace Brown (AUS) Rush Women's Team + 4" 9  Kate McIlroy (NZL) Specialized Women's Racing + 6" 10  Rachele Barbieri (ITA) Wiggle High5 + 6"

Final general classification[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Brodie Chapman (AUS) Australia (national team) 3h 22' 16" 2  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Mitchelton–Scott + 5" 3  Chloe Hosking (AUS) Alé–Cipollini + 1' 03" 4  Katrin Garfoot (AUS) Australia (national team) + 1' 07" 5  Georgia Williams (NZL) Mitchelton–Scott + 1' 07" 6  Anouska Koster (NED) WaowDeals Pro Cycling + 1' 09" 7  Tiffany Cromwell (AUS) Australia (national team) + 1' 09" 8  Alison Jackson (CAN) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 1' 10" 9  Grace Brown (AUS) Rush Women's Team + 1' 10" 10  Linda Villumsen (NZL) Team Virtu Cycling + 1' 11"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Sprint classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Most competitive rider	Team classification
1[11]	Brodie Chapman	Brodie Chapman	Chloe Hosking	Brodie Chapman	Grace Anderson	Brodie Chapman	Australia (national team)
2	Annemiek van Vleuten				Jeanne Korevaar	Not awarded
Final		Brodie Chapman	Chloe Hosking	Brodie Chapman	Jeanne Korevaar	No final award	Australia (national team)