{"id":2794,"date":"2014-05-09T07:08:36","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T06:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=2794"},"modified":"2015-08-03T22:01:49","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T21:01:49","slug":"friends-life-womens-tour-2014-stage-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/?p=2794","title":{"rendered":"Friends Life Women&#8217;s Tour 2014 &#8211; Stage One"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2785\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2785\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/WT_14_Logo_CMYK_WithDatesX950.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2785\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/WT_14_Logo_CMYK_WithDatesX950.jpg\" alt=\"Friends Life Women's Tour\" width=\"950\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/WT_14_Logo_CMYK_WithDatesX950.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/WT_14_Logo_CMYK_WithDatesX950-200x92.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Friends Life Women&#8217;s Tour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2794 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/?attachment_id=2799'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/FriendsLifeWT2014StageOne_2072A-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/FriendsLifeWT2014StageOne_2072A-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/FriendsLifeWT2014StageOne_2072A.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2799'>\n\t\t\t\tOrica AIS &#8211; 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United Healthcare&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Friends Life Women&#8217;s Tour 2014<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre>Author: Chris Maher, Pictures courtesy of: Chris Maher | Photography<\/pre>\n<p>Wednesday 07th May 2014<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;\">Stage One<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Official Press Release<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Emma Johansson rides into history in Northampton<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">World number one Emma Johansson became the Friends Life Women&#8217;s Tour number one as she narrowly beat Marianne Vos on Derngate in <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Northampton<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: medium;\"> to take the opening stage and with it the race lead.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: medium;\"> The Swedish rider headed home Vos and Northamptonshire&#8217;s Hannah Barnes, who claimed the Leukaemia &amp; Lymphoma Research Best British Rider jersey.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: medium;\"> Johansson, of the Orica AIS team now leads the Friends Life General Classification by four seconds from Vos, and also the Yodel Direct Points Jersey, thanks to points scored at the opening Yodel Direct Sprint in Desborough, and the 15-points on the finish line.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: medium;\"> The first ever Friends Life Women&#8217;s Tour was waved away from Oundle under blue skies, with Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson waving the Union Jack in front of large crowds packing out the picturesque Northamptonshire market town.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: medium;\"> An active and engaging race saw several attacks fail to stick, with Rossella Ratto the first to gain any significant advantage with her attempt after the day&#8217;s opening Yodel Direct Sprint taking her clear over the race&#8217;s first Strava Queen of the Mountains climb at Harrington.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: medium;\"> With Ratto caught the next major moment came in the grounds of the Althorp Estate and the last 30-kilometres with the race splitting up sending Elise Delzenne clear.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> The Specialized Lululemon rider built up a lead of up to 45-seconds as the race skirted around <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Northampton<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: medium;\">, but come the closing kilometres the lead was whittled down by the Rabo Liv and Boels Dolmans teams until Delzenne was caught approaching the final kilometre to go marker.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: medium;\"> All back together and Lizzie Armitstead opened up the sprint with around 450-metres to go with Johansson on her wheel.\u00a0 Vos then came past to take the lead, with Johansson&#8217;s late sprint pippin Vos to victory in the first ever stage of the Friends Life Women&#8217;s Tour.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: medium;\"> Armitstead faded to finish eighth, with Leicestershire&#8217;s Lucy Garner two places ahead of her in sixth, the day before the Friends Life Women&#8217;s Tour races through her hometown of Cosby.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Stage Two sees the 90-riders remaining in the Friends Life Women&#8217;s Tour racing from Hinckley to <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Bedford<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> in a 118.5-kilometre leg, finishing on The Embankment in <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Bedford<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: medium;\"> on Thursday 8th May.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Highlights of Stage One are on ITV4 in the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">UK<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> at 9pm this evening, with a repeat on Thursday morning at 8am.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Stage One | Oundle to Northampton Results<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Emma Johansson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Orica AIS<\/li>\n<li>Marianne Vos\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Rabo LIV<\/li>\n<li>Hannah Barnes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 United Healthcare<\/li>\n<li>Trixi Worrack\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Specialized Lululemon<\/li>\n<li>Giorgia Bronzini\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wiggle Honda<\/li>\n<li>Lucy Garner\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Great Britain<\/li>\n<li>Elena Cecchini\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Estado de Mexico Faren<\/li>\n<li>Lizzie Armitstead\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Boels Dolmans Cycling Team<\/li>\n<li>Amy Pieters\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Netherlands<\/li>\n<li>Tiffany Cromwell\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Specialized Lululemon<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Friends Life <a href=\"http:\/\/www.womenstour.co.uk\/\">Women&#8217;s Tour<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>British Cycling <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishcycling.org.uk\/womensroadseries\">Official<\/a> Results<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Team <a href=\"http:\/\/teamjadan.com\/\">Jadan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cycling <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyclingshorts.uk.com\/\">Shorts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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