2015 Ladies Tour of Qatar

2015 Ladies Tour of Qatar 3–6 February 4 406 km 9h 59' 25" Lizzie Armitstead GBR DLT 2015 gold Chloe Hosking AUS WHT 2015 Ellen van Dijk NED DLT 2015 Lizzie Armitstead GBR DLT 2015 grey Beatrice Bartelloni ITA ALE 2015 white WHT 2015 2014 2016 The 2015 Ladies Tour of Qatar was the 7th 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 Tuesday 3 February until Friday 6 February 2015 and consisted of 4 stages. 15 teams of 6 riders took part.http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Ladies_Tour_of_Qatar_2015-startlist procyclingstats.com 9 January 2014 2014 » 7th Ladies Tour of Qatar (2.1) start list The event was broadcast live by beIN Sports. Teams 15 teams were announced for the race on 27 January 2015.https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ladies-tour-of-qatar-announces-2015-teams/ Ladies Tour of Qatar announces 2015 teams Cyclingnews.com Immediate Media Company 27 January 2015 11 December 2020 22em LAJ 2015 VLL 2015 SLU 2015 WHT 2015 GPC 2015 ALE 2015 DLT 2015 DSB 2015 SUN women 2015 HPU 2015 EPK 2015 RLW 2015 Australia France Italy Preview The defending champion and winner of four of the six editions of the race, Kirsten Wild, did not start in the Ladies Tour of Qatar to prepare for the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. 2014 runner-up Amy Pieters took her place as leader of the SUN women 2015 squad. Former Tour of Qatar winner Ellen van Dijk and Lizzie Armitstead, who won the 2014 UCI World Cup and a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games led the reinforced DLT 2015 in the race. The WHT 2015 team sent Giorgia Bronzini, the former world champion and Chloe Hosking who had finished twice on the podium. Swedish Emma Johansson and Valentina Scandolara from Italy, winner of the Santos Women's Tour earlier in 2015, were part of the LAJ 2015 squad. Shelley Olds led the EPK 2015. Other important riders were Lucinda Brand and Shara Gillow heading up the DSB 2015 and Tiffany Cromwell, Lisa Brennauer and Trixi Worrack with SLU 2015.https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/ladies-tour-of-qatar-2015 cyclingnews.com 2 February 2015 2 February 2015 Ladies Tour of Qatar 2015 Stages Stage 1 3 February 2015 – Museum of Islamic Art to Dukhan Beach, 98.5 km 1 onhttp://www.letour.fr/ladies-tour-of-qatar/2015/us/stage-1.html Tour of Qatar Amaury Sport Organisation 4 February 2015 Stage 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20150204173021/http://www.letour.fr/ladies-tour-of-qatar/2015/us/stage-1.html 4 February 2015 dead dmy-all thumb|Cucinotta winning stage 1 With almost no wind, 87 riders started besides the Museum of Islamic Art in the centre of Doha. Without a breakaway, the pack remained bunched all the way to the first intermediate sprint at 28 km off. After 37.5 km off, Xiu Jie Jiang escaped. Her advantage went from 45 seconds at 42 km off to a maximum of 1' 20" at 61 km off and made it to the second bonus sprint after 68.5 km off. Later she was caught by the bunch. On the last straight by the beach in Dukhan, Annalisa Cucinotta was led out by her teammates and won the stage ahead of two other Italian riders Giorgia Bronzini and Marta Tagliaferro. As well as wearing the golden leader's jersey, Cucinotta also led the points classification (silver Jersey). Another Italian rider Arianna Fidanza wore the white pearl jersey for the best young rider. Stage 1 ResultDaniel Benson https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/ladies-tour-of-qatar-2015/stage-1/results/ Cucinotta wins Ladies Tour of Qatar opener Cyclingnews.com Immediate Media Company 3 February 2015 12 December 2020 RiderTeamTime 1 Annalisa Cucinotta ITA ALE 2015 2h 28' 36" 2 Giorgia Bronzini ITA WHT 2015 + 0" 3 Marta Tagliaferro ITA ALE 2015 + 0" 4 Lucinda Brand NED DSB 2015 + 0" 5 Shelley Olds USA EPK 2015 + 0" 6 Trixi Worrack GER SLU 2015 + 0" 7 Arianna Fidanza ITA ALE 2015 + 0" 8 Jolien D'Hoore BEL WHT 2015 + 0" 9 Kelly Druyts BEL VLL 2015 + 0" 10 Tiffany Cromwell AUS SLU 2015 + 0"General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Annalisa Cucinotta ITA 20px20px ALE 2015 2h 28' 26" 2 Giorgia Bronzini ITA WHT 2015 + 4" 3 Shelley Olds USA EPK 2015 + 5" 4 Marta Tagliaferro ITA ALE 2015 + 6" 5 Lizzie Armitstead GBR DLT 2015 + 8" 6 Chloe Hosking AUS WHT 2015 + 8" 7 Lucinda Brand NED DSB 2015 + 10" 8 Trixi Worrack GER SLU 2015 + 10" 9 Arianna Fidanza ITA 20px ALE 2015 + 10" 10 Jolien D'Hoore BEL WHT 2015 + 10" Stage 2 4 February 2015 – Al Zubarah Fort to Madinat ash Shamal, 112.5 km 1 onhttp://www.letour.fr/ladies-tour-of-qatar/2015/us/stage-2.html Tour of Qatar Amaury Sport Organisation 4 February 2015 Stage 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20150204161526/http://www.letour.fr/ladies-tour-of-qatar/2015/us/stage-2.html 4 February 2015 dead dmy-all thumb|Ellen van Dijk winning stage 2 thumb|Ellen van Dijk in the leaders jersey The 85 remaining riders took off for the longest stage of the event, 112.5 km off in length, heading north to Madinat ash Shamal. After 7 km off the bunch broke up into several groups under the due to cross winds. There was a front group of 16 cyclists and build up an advantage of 3 minutes. Six ladies pushed harder and pulled away: Chloe Hosking, Elisa Longo Borghini (both WHT 2015), Emma Johansson (LAJ 2015), Lizzie Armitstead, Ellen van Dijk (both DLT 2015) and Trixi Worrack (SLU 2015). In the final 13.4 km off on lap, despite an early solo attempt from van Dijk, the leaders stayed together. Counting on the presence of her teammate Armitstead, van Dijk gave it another go just after the final kilometre mark. Making the best of her power, she would not be caught and made it victoriously to the line for a second stage success in Qatar, by three seconds ahead of Worrack and Armitstead. Winner of the 2011 Ladies Tour of Qatar, van Dijk captured the overall leader's golden jersey by four seconds over Armitstead. The silver jersey also switched shoulders and went to Worrack while Beatrice Bartelloni claimed the Pearl White jersey for the best young rider. Stage 2 ResultDaniel Benson https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/ladies-tour-of-qatar-2015/stage-2/results/ Van Dijk takes control at the Ladies Tour of Qatar Cyclingnews.com Immediate Media Company 4 February 2015 12 December 2020 RiderTeamTime 1 Ellen van Dijk NED DLT 2015 2h 39' 21" 2 Trixi Worrack GER SLU 2015 + 3" 3 Lizzie Armitstead GBR DLT 2015 + 3" 4 Chloe Hosking AUS WHT 2015 + 3" 5 Emma Johansson SWE LAJ 2015 + 3" 6 Elisa Longo Borghini ITA WHT 2015 + 9" 7 Jolien D'Hoore BEL WHT 2015 + 1' 57" 8 Valentina Scandolara ITA LAJ 2015 + 1' 57" 9 Amy Pieters NED GIW 2015 + 1' 57" 10 Tiffany Cromwell AUS SLU 2015 + 1' 57"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Ellen van Dijk NED 20px DLT 2015 5h 07' 47" 2 Lizzie Armitstead GBR DLT 2015 + 4" 3 Trixi Worrack GER 20px SLU 2015 + 7" 4 Chloe Hosking AUS WHT 2015 + 7" 5 Emma Johansson SWE LAJ 2015 + 10" 6 Elisa Longo Borghini ITA WHT 2015 + 27" 7 Marta Tagliaferro ITA ALE 2015 + 2' 01" 8 Jolien D'Hoore BEL WHT 2015 + 2' 07" 9 Tiffany Cromwell AUS SLU 2015 + 2' 07" 10 Gracie Elvin AUS LAJ 2015 + 2' 07" Stage 3 5 February 205 – Souq Waqif to Al Khor Corniche, 93.5 km 1 onhttp://www.letour.fr/ladies-tour-of-qatar/2015/us/stage-3.html Tour of Qatar Amaury Sport Organisation 4 February 2015 Stage 3 https://web.archive.org/web/20150204180642/http://www.letour.fr/ladies-tour-of-qatar/2015/us/stage-3.html 4 February 2015 dead dmy-all The 85 remaining riders took off for the 93.5 km off on stage heading north. Alison Tetrick and Liu Yanan both tried to ride away from the pack in the opening kilometres but their solo efforts only lasted for a few kilometres. With 25 km off to go the main favourites rode away. Fourteen ladies gathered together at the front including seven of the top ten riders in the general classification. In the closing moments of the stage, despite the attempts of several riders, around thirty girls bunched up again with just under three kilometres to go. Helped out by her Boels Dolmans teammates, Lizzie Armitstead won the sprint of the group. With the time bonuses won at intermediate sprints and the finish, Armitstead took over the golden leader's jersey from her teammate Ellen van Dijk by eight seconds, with Chloe Hosking (WHT 2015) a further second back. Stage 3 ResultDaniel Benson https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/ladies-tour-of-qatar-2015/stage-3/results/ Armitstead takes stage three victory at Ladies Tour of Qatar Cyclingnews.com Immediate Media Company 5 February 2015 12 December 2020 RiderTeamTime 1 Lizzie Armitstead GBR DLT 2015 2h 27' 45" 2 Shelley Olds USA EPK 2015 + 0" 3 Lucinda Brand NED DSB 2015 + 0" 4 Chloe Hosking AUS WHT 2015 + 0" 5 Pascale Jeuland FRA France (national team) + 0" 6 Lauren Kitchen AUS HPU 2015 + 0" 7 Jolien D'Hoore BEL WHT 2015 + 0" 8 Maria Giulia Confalonieri ITA ALE 2015 + 0" 9 Emma Johansson SWE LAJ 2015 + 0" 10 Barbara Guarischi ITA SLU 2015 + 0"General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Lizzie Armitstead GBR 20px20px DLT 2015 7h 35' 24" 2 Ellen van Dijk NED DLT 2015 + 8" 3 Chloe Hosking AUS WHT 2015 + 9" 4 Trixi Worrack GER SLU 2015 + 15" 5 Emma Johansson SWE LAJ 2015 + 17" 6 Jolien D'Hoore BEL WHT 2015 + 2' 14" 7 Tiffany Cromwell AUS SLU 2015 + 2' 15" 8 Pascale Jeuland FRA France (national team) + 2' 15" 9 Amy Pieters NED GIW 2015 + 2' 15" 10 Gracie Elvin AUS LAJ 2015 + 2' 23" Stage 4 6 February 2015 – Sealine Beach Resort to Doha Corniche, 101.5 km 1 onhttp://www.letour.fr/ladies-tour-of-qatar/2015/us/stage-4.html Tour of Qatar Amaury Sport Organisation 4 February 2015 Stage 4 https://web.archive.org/web/20150204173234/http://www.letour.fr/ladies-tour-of-qatar/2015/us/stage-4.html 4 February 2015 dead dmy-all Stage 4 ResultDaniel Benson https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/ladies-tour-of-qatar-2015/stage-4/results/ Armitstead wins final stage of Ladies Tour of Qatar Cyclingnews.com Immediate Media Company 6 February 2015 12 December 2020 RiderTeamTime 1 Lizzie Armitstead GBR 20px DLT 2015 2h 24' 15" 2 Chloe Hosking AUS WHT 2015 + 0" 3 Barbara Guarischi ITA SLU 2015 + 0" 4 Roxane Fournier FRA France (national team) + 0" 5 Emma Johansson SWE LAJ 2015 + 0" 6 Lucinda Brand NED DSB 2015 + 0" 7 Kelly Druyts BEL VLL 2015 + 0" 8 Elena Cecchini ITA Italy (national team) + 0" 9 Pascale Jeuland FRA France (national team) + 0" 10 Tiffany Cromwell AUS SLU 2015 + 0"Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 Lizzie Armitstead GBR 20px20px DLT 2015 9h 59' 25" 2 Chloe Hosking AUS WHT 2015 + 12" 3 Ellen van Dijk NED DLT 2015 + 22" 4 Trixi Worrack GER SLU 2015 + 29" 5 Emma Johansson SWE LAJ 2015 + 30" 6 Jolien D'Hoore BEL WHT 2015 + 2' 26" 7 Tiffany Cromwell AUS SLU 2015 + 2' 29" 8 Pascale Jeuland FRA France (national team) + 2' 29" 9 Amy Pieters NED GIW 2015 + 2' 29" 10 Gracie Elvin AUS LAJ 2015 + 2' 37" Classification leadership table Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=Points classification25px|link=|alt=Young rider classification25px|link=|alt=Teams classification 1 Annalisa Cucinotta Annalisa Cucinotta Annalisa Cucinotta Arianna Fidanza ALE 2015 2 Ellen van Dijk Ellen van Dijk Trixi Worrack Beatrice BartelloniWHT 2015 3 Lizzie Armitstead Lizzie Armitstead Lizzie Armitstead 4 Lizzie Armitstead Final Lizzie Armitstead Lizzie Armitstead Beatrice Bartelloni WHT 2015 Final classifications General classification + General classificationRiderTeamTime 1 Lizzie Armitstead GBR 20px20px DLT 2015 9h 59' 25" 2 Chloe Hosking AUS WHT 2015 + 12" 3 Ellen van Dijk NED DLT 2015 + 22" 4 Trixi Worrack GER SLU 2015 + 29" 5 Emma Johansson SWE LAJ 2015 + 30" 6 Jolien D'Hoore BEL WHT 2015 + 2' 26" 7 Tiffany Cromwell AUS SLU 2015 + 2' 29" 8 Pascale Jeuland FRA France (national team) + 2' 29" 9 Amy Pieters NED GIW 2015 + 2' 29" 10 Gracie Elvin AUS LAJ 2015 + 2' 37" Points classification + Points classificationRiderTeamPoints 1 Lizzie Armitstead GBR 20px20px DLT 2015 50 2 Chloe Hosking AUS WHT 2015 43 3 Shelley Olds USA EPK 2015 23 4 Lucinda Brand NED DSB 2015 21 5 Emma Johansson SWE LAJ 2015 19 6 Trixi Worrack GER SLU 2015 17 7 Ellen van Dijk NED DLT 2015 15 8 Annalisa Cucinotta ITA ALE 2015 15 9 Jolien D'Hoore BEL WHT 2015 14 10 Giorgia Bronzini ITA WHT 2015 14 Teams classification + Team classificationTeamTime 1 WHT 2015 30h 02' 00" 2 LAJ 2015 + 2' 04" 3 DLT 2015 + 9' 03" 4 SLU 2015 + 11' 00" 5 ALE 2015 + 15' 21" See also 2015 in women's road cycling References External links http://www.letour.fr/ladies-tour-of-qatar/ Tour of Qatar Tour of Qatar Ladies tour of Qatar Category:Ladies Tour of Qatar