2015 La Course by Le Tour de France

2015 La Course by Le Tour de France
Race details
Date 26 July 2015
Distance 89.0 km (55.30 mi)
Winning time 2h 05' 01" (42.7 km/h or 26.5 mph)
Palmares
Winner  Anna van der Breggen (NED) (Rabo–Liv)
Second  Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) (Wiggle–Honda)
Third  Amy Pieters (NED) (Team Liv–Plantur)
Points  Mia Radotic (CRO) (BTC City Ljubljana)
Youth  Christina Siggaard (DEN) (Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling)

The 2015 La Course by Le Tour de France is the second edition of La Course by Le Tour de France, a one-day women's cycle race held in France. The race will be run before the 21st stage of the 2015 Tour de France on 26 July. It is organised by the ASO and rated by the UCI as a 1.1 category race.

Teams competing

UCI Women's Teams

Alé-Cipollini-Galassia
Bigla Pro Cycling Team
Bizkaia-Durango
Boels-Dolmans
BTC City Ljubljana
Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi
Lensworld.eu-Zannata
Lotto-Soudal Ladies
Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling
Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies
Orica-AIS
Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86
Rabo-Liv Women Cycling Team
Team Hitec Products
Team Liv-Plantur
Topsport Vlaanderen-Pro-Duo
UnitedHealthcare Women's Team
Velocio-SRAM Pro Cycling
Wiggle-Honda

National team

France

Race

Ellen van Dijk back on the bike temporarily after she broke her collarbone.
Anna van der Breggen riding solo to victory.

During the race the rain hammered down. The stones of the course were very slippery causing many crashes. Only 62 of the 196 riders who started the race finished. In one of the first crashed was Ellen van Dijk involved, who broke her collarbone and had to abandon later her race. Among other casualties were the world champion, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, who went down in the closing kilometres, and Shelley Olds who crashed and remounted, only to lose her derailleur and be forced to abandon.[1]

Result

Race result
Cyclist Team Time
1  Anna van der Breggen (NED) Rabo–Liv 2h 00' 41"
2  Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) Wiggle–Honda + 1"
3  Amy Pieters (NED) Team Liv–Plantur + 1"
4  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans + 1"
5  Lotta Lepistö (FIN) Bigla Pro Cycling Team + 1"
6  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Velocio–SRAM + 1"
7  Emma Johansson (SWE) Orica–AIS + 1"
8  Lucinda Brand (NED) Rabo–Liv + 1"
9  Kirsten Wild (NED) Team Hitec Products + 1"
10  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans + 1"

Source[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Anna van der Breggen wins La Course as Lizzie Armitstead fades The Guardian
  2. ↑ "La Course: Van der Breggen wins solo on the Champs-Élysées". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.

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