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Asda Women’s Tour De Yorkshire 2019 | Stage 2 – Bridlington to Scarborough – Yorkshire Bank Overall Winner: Marianne Vos – CCC Liv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SPRINTER SHINES ON STAGE ONE OF THE ASDA WOMEN\u2019S TOUR DE YORKSHIRE, BUT VOS-SING IT! MARIANNE WINS THE OVERALL 2019 ASDA TOUR DE YORKSHIRE WOMEN\u2019S RACE<\/p>\n

Press Release \u2013 Round Up, Images Chris Maher.<\/p>\n

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Asda Women’s Tour De Yorkshire 2019 | Stage 1 Bradford to Bedale – Team Presentation with 3x World Champion Marianne Vos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Asda Women’s Tour De Yorkshire 2019 | Stage 1 Bradford to Bedale – Sprint Finish for Winner: Lorena Wiebes – Parkhotel Valkenburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Barnsley To Bedale<\/pre>\n
It was a stage for the sprinters and, unlike their male counterparts in yesterday\u2019s TDY stage, the peloton refused to let the break steal the limelight and a bunch sprint saw Lorena Wiebes (Parkhotel Valkenburg CT) cross the line ahead of Christine Majerus (Boels-Dolmans) and Alison Jackson (Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank).<\/p>\n
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Asda Women’s Tour De Yorkshire 2019 | Stage 1 Bradford to Bedale – Winner: Lorena Wiebes – Parkhotel Valkenburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
A rainy start to the day did nothing to dampen spirits in Barnsley as hosts of fans gathered to see some of the world\u2019s best female cycling talent take to the start line of the Asda Women\u2019s Tour de Yorkshire.<\/p>\n
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Asda Women’s Tour De Yorkshire 2019 | Stage 1 Bradford to Bedale – Peloton through 1st ASDA Sprint at Pontefract with Dani Christmas & Leah Dixon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The race saw its strongest field to date with the top two riders in the UCI World Tour rankings Annemiek van Vleuten and Marianne Vos ready to tackle the General Classification.<\/p>\n
The extremely talented field also hosts domestic and world talent with eyes on the Yorkshire Bank Bike Libraries Blue leader\u2019s jersey and it is hard to pick an out and out favourite.<\/p>\n
Anna van der Breggen, fresh from her record-equalling fifth consecutive victory in La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne F\u00e9minine, will be one to watch and don\u2019t rule out home favourite Lizzie Deignan, who may say she is here looking to get more kilometres into her legs ahead of the UCI Road World Championships in September, but will definitely have one eye on taking back the Asda Tour de Yorkshire Women\u2019s title that she last held in 2017.<\/p>\n
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Asda Women’s Tour De Yorkshire 2019 | Stage 1 Bradford to Bedale- Pontefract Sprint with Abby Mae for Drops…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The race rolled out of Barnsley at a steady pace and as the riders approached the first intermediate sprint at Pontefract 20km in, the bunch was still together with Susanne Andersen (Team Sunweb), Marianne Vos (CCC-Liv) and Christine Majerus (Boels-Dolmans) all taking points.<\/p>\n
There were plenty of attempts to break after this point with none gaining too much traction as a strong peloton retained control, Sheffield\u2019s Lizzy Banks (Bigla) was looking active and after a couple of attempts managed to break with serious effort to gain a 2-minute lead over the bunch as Leah Dixon (Brother-Tifosi p\/b On Form) rode on to join her.<\/p>\n
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Asda Women’s Tour De Yorkshire 2019 | Stage 1 Bradford to Bedale – Cote de Lindley LNER QOM winner Lizzy Banks – Bigla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
It would be Banks who would take the only Queen of the Mountains points of the day, resulting in her gaining the LNER Red QOM jersey.<\/p>\n
Just before the Harrogate Circuit, a key feature on the UCI Road World Championships route this coming September, four riders joined the break.
\nKelly Murphy (Storey-Racing), Ingrid Lorvik (Hitec Products-Birk Sport), Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Valcar Cylance Cycling) and Lauren Kitchen (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futoroscope) all rode on to contest the next sprint in Harrogate. Kitchen took the spoils here ahead of Confalonieri and Lorvik.<\/p>\n
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Asda Women’s Tour De Yorkshire 2019 | Stage 1 Bradford to Bedale – Peloton at LNER QoM Cote de Lindley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The gap out of Harrogate was at just 37 seconds and the peloton started to ride aggressively to reel in the break. Trek-Segafredo made eye-catching moves with Audrey Cordon-Ragot, Tayler Wiles and Lizzie Deignan all offering big pushes for their team.<\/p>\n
Lauren Kitchen in the break held on to take the Black Sheep Straight section of the race, winning her height in beer but it was here original break partner Leah Dixon who took the Dimension Data Digital Jersey.<\/p>\n
As the race came into Bedale, the break was caught and although the Barnes sisters from CANYON\/\/SRAM pushed from the front it was Parkhotel Valkenburg\u2019s Lorena Wiebes who would sprint on to take the stage win.<\/p>\n
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Asda Women’s Tour De Yorkshire 2019 | Stage 1 Bradford to Bedale – Winner: Lorena Wiebes – Parkhotel Valkenburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Asda Women’s Tour De Yorkshire 2019 | Stage 1 Bradford to Bedale – Yorkshire Bank Blue Jersey: Lorena Wiebes – Parkhotel Valkenburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Stage 2 Bridlington To Scarborough<\/pre>\n
The world\u2019s best riders put on a show on the final stage of the Asda Tour de Yorkshire Women\u2019s Race today as a rider with a palmares longer than today\u2019s stage won the 2019 race.<\/p>\n
Mariana Vos showed the world that she is still an unreal force in women\u2019s cycling with a convincing victory into Scarborough in front of great crowds.<\/p>\n
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Asda Women’s Tour De Yorkshire 2019 | Stage 2 – Bridlington to Scarborough extended Roll Out…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Sign on in Bridlington was greeted by all seasons and at a time when wind, rain and hail hit the stage, Kelly Murphy (Storey Racing), involved in the breakaway in stage one offered some advice for the race: \u201cYou can ride through anything, it\u2019s just mind over matter.\u201d
\nIt was a day for attacks and the first came from Canyon-Sram\u2019s Alice Barnes who pulled away with around a 12 second advantage. It wasn\u2019t to hold but did breed more attacks from a number of different riders, including the Queen of the Mountains jersey holder, and Yorkshire native, Lizzy Banks (Bigla).<\/p>\n
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Asda Women’s Tour De Yorkshire 2019 | Stage 2 – Bridlington to Scarborough Peloton through Hunmanby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
From an attack, Banks went on to take the sprint points at the Harwood Dale intermediate sprint, ahead of GC leader Lorena Wiebes (Parkhotel Valkenburg) and Marianne Vos (CCC-Liv).<\/p>\n
As the race wound its way towards the descent into Robin Hood\u2019s Bay, World Champion and race favourite Anna van der Breggen timed an attack perfectly to break away and flew up the Cote de Hooks House Farm climb too to go level with Lizzy Banks in the QOM classification.<\/p>\n
Home favourite, and former race winner, Lizzie Deignan tried to match the attack and went after van der Breggen and a chase group rode on to join her as the peloton began to panic and stretch out as they attempted to reel the world champion in.<\/p>\n
A huge effort up the climb at Lythe Bank saw the pursuing group join van der Breggen that saw around 8 riders at the head of the race. Things didn\u2019t calm down here though as Mavi Garcia (Movistar) attacked and gained a 31 second advantage ahead of the penultimate climb of the day, the Cote de Grosmont, where she took all the points.<\/p>\n
Garcia also crested the final climb of the day at Ugglebarnby to take pole position in the QOM competition before Vos and Soraya Paladin (Al\u00e9 Cipollini); 12 seconds ahead of a chasing trio of Hannah Barnes (Canyon-Sram), Amanda Spratt (Mitchelton-Scott) and Christine Majerus (Boels-Dolmans).<\/p>\n
Majerus, known for being a super domestique, seemed to offer a threat to Vos, who decided to push on alone but it wasn\u2019t long until Paladin, who was riding off the front the whole time, reeled her in.<\/p>\n
Hannah Barnes looked threatening at this point as she was sitting in the pursuing group exerting little energy as the front group pushed on. The old adage, as ITV4 commentator Ned Boulting remarked, goes \u2018look out for those doing the least amount of work\u2019 but it was not a slight, rather a compliment on the smarts of the Canyon-Sram rider.<\/p>\n
However, it became evident that the three riders at the front would not be caught and, despite the headwinds causing great distress in the final few kilometres, a sprint ensued and it was CCC-Liv\u2019s Vos who took the stage win and the overall title to be crowned Asda Tour de Yorkshire Women\u2019s Race champion 2019.<\/p>\n
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Asda Women’s Tour De Yorkshire 2019 | Stage 2 – Bridlington to Scarborough – Stage Winner: Marianne Vos – CCC Liv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Although not a race win for Lizzie Deignan, it was clear that the ride helped with the Otley native\u2019s training for the upcoming world championships and after helping to thin out the field earlier on in the race with a strong attacking performance, the former winner was voted the most active rider sponsored by Dimension Data in a live Twitter poll @letouryorkshire.<\/p>\n
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Asda Women’s Tour De Yorkshire 2019 | Stage 1 Bradford to Bedale – Asda Points Green Jersey: Lorena Wiebes – Parkhotel Valkenburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Jersey Holders after Stage One<\/pre>\n
Yorkshire Bank Bike Libraries GC Jersey: Lorena Wiebes (Parkhotel Valkenburg)<\/p>\n
LNER Queen of the Mountains Jersey: Lizzy Banks (Bigla)<\/p>\n
Asda Points Jersey: Lorena Wiebes (Parkhotel Valkenburg)<\/p>\n
Dimension Data Most Active Jersey: Leah Dixon (Brother-Tifosi p\/b On Form)<\/p>\n
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Women’s TdY 2019 | Stage 1 – Dimension Data Most Active Grey Jersey: Leah Dixon – Brother UK Tifosi powered by OnForm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Race Winner Marianne Vos said afterwards:<\/p>\n
\u201cI was nervous coming into the final because I didn\u2019t know what power I had left in my legs after such a hard stage but to finish it off was incredible. I\u2019m really happy to win here and the crowds in the last few days have been fantastic. Like us, the spectators have braved some bad weather over the last two days but they have always cheered us on. It\u2019s been a very good race.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Dimension Data jersey winner Lizzie Deignan said afterwards:<\/p>\n
\u201cMarianne is a phenomenal rider and thoroughly deserves this win because she rode it very smartly, so congratulations to her. This has been another fantastic race and the whole women\u2019s peloton is incredibly grateful for the support we have received from the organisers. This is a top-class race and I\u2019m looking forward to returning in September for the World Championships.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
General Classification after Stage 2<\/pre>\n
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1 31 VOS Marianne CCC NED 7h34’27” 00″
\n2 91 GARCIA CA\u00d1ELLAS Margarita victo MOV ESP 7h34’34” 07″
\n3 123 PALADIN Soraya ALE ITA 7h34’36” 09″
\n4 5 MAJERUS Christine DLT LUX 7h35’55” 01’28”
\n5 25 SPRATT Amanda MTS AUS 7h36’02” 01’35”
\n6 62 BRENNAUER Lisa WNT GER 7h36’17” 01’50”
\n7 82 ARZUFFI Alice maria VAL ITA 7h36’41” 02’14”
\n8 41 BARNES Hannah CSR GBR 7h36’46” 02’19”
\n9 131 BANKS Elizabeth BIG GBR 7h37’03” 02’36”
\n10 51 LIPPERT Liane SUN GER 7h37’17” 02’50”
\n11 144 HEINE Vita HPU NOR 7h37’27” 03’00”
\n12 4 PIETERS Amy DLT NED 7h37’48” 03’21”
\n13 101 JACKSON Alison TIB CAN 7h38’26” 03’59”
\n14 73 FAHLIN Emilia FDJ SWE 7h38’30” 04’03”
\n15 116 VOLLERING Demi PHV NED
\n16 83 BALSAMO Elisa VAL ITA
\n17 54 LABOUS Juliette SUN FRA
\n18 53 GEORGI Pfeiffer SUN GBR
\n19 21 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek MTS NED
\n20 12 CORDON RAGOT Audrey TFS FRA<\/p>\n
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Asda Women’s Tour De Yorkshire 2019 | Stage 2 – Bridlington to Scarborough – Stage Winner: Marianne Vos – CCC Liv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Jersey Holders after Stage Two<\/pre>\n
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Yorkshire Bank Bike Libraries GC Jersey: Marianne Vos (CCC-Liv)<\/p>\n
LNER Queen of the Mountains Jersey: Mavi Garcia (Movistar)<\/p>\n
Asda Points Jersey: Christine Majerus (Boels-Dolmans)<\/p>\n
Dimension Data Most Active Jersey: Lizzie Deignan (Trek-Segafredo)<\/p>\n