June 14/19 19:45 pm - OVO Energy Women's Tour: Stage 5, Kirchmann 4th on Stage
Posted by Editoress on 06/14/19
Britain's Lizzie Deignan claimed her first victory since returning from maternity leave on Stage 5 of the OVO Energy Women's Tour stage in Builth Wells, Powys, to move into the race lead with just one stage remaining.
Deignan, the race's 2016 champion, out-sprinted Thursday's stage victor Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM Racing) and her Trek-Segafredo team-mate Elisa Longo Borghini. The trio of riders broke clear on the day's final SKODA Queen of the Mountains climb of Eypnt with approximately 22 kilometres remaining.
"I can't quite really describe it, it was probably the nicest win I've had in a very long time. I really savoured it and really enjoyed it and I will do for a long time," said Deignan on taking her first win in 657 days.
The Yorkshire rider leads Niewiadoma by just one second going into Saturday's finale in Carmarthenshire. In addition to retaining her lead in the HSBC UK | British Cycling Best British Rider jersey, Deignan also moves to the top of the standings in the Breast Cancer Care points jersey.
Niewiadoma's efforts on the climbs see her take the lead in the SKODA Queen of the Mountains jersey, while 2018 overall champion Coryn Rivera (Team Sunweb) retains the Eisberg sprints jersey.
Overnight race leader Liane Lippert (Team Sunweb) finished 22nd, losing two minutes 19 seconds to fall away in the overall classification and lose her OVO Energy green jersey.
The German had been in the main pack featuring all of the general classification contenders approaching the final SKODA Queen of the Mountains climb of Epynt, before the race was sparked into life by the aggressive riding of Trek-Segafredo duo Deignan and Longo Borghini.
That saw the final two riders from the day's breakaway, Erica Magnaldi (WNT – Rotor Pro Cycling) and Amalie Dideriksen (Boels Dolmans Cycling Team), get reeled in. The leading group then splintered significantly en route towards the Royal Welsh Showground, with 20 twenty riders reaching the finish within two minutes of the Deignan.
Leah Kirchmann (Team Sunweb) finished 4th at 17s back and moves up to 10th in the overall at 1:02 back.
Results
| Stage 5: Llandrindod Wells to Builth Wells, 140 km | |
| 1 Elizabeth Deignan (GBr) Trek-Segafredo | 3:54:35 |
| 2 Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon//SRAM Racing | at s.t. |
| 3 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 0:02 |
| 4 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb | 0:17 |
| 5 Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | s.t. |
| 6 Amy Pieters (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:19 |
| 7 Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 8 Elizabeth Banks (GBr) Bigla | |
| 9 Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Esp) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling | |
| 10 Marta Cavalli (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | |
| 11 Demi Vollering (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 12 Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Movistar Team Women | all s.t. |
| 13 Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | 0:22 |
| 14 Riejanne Markus (Ned) CCC-Liv | |
| 15 Brodie Chapman (Aus) TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank | |
| 16 Leah Thomas (USA) Bigla | |
| 17 Rachel Neylan (Aus) Team Virtu Cycling | |
| 18 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon//SRAM Racing | all s.t. |
| 19 Erica Magnaldi (Ita) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling | 0:35 |
| 20 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:39 |
| 21 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling | 2:19 |
| 22 Liane Lippert (Ger) Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 23 Janneke Ensing (Ned) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling | 2:21 |
| 24 Grace Brown (Aus) Mitchelton Scott | 5:16 |
| 25 Victorie Guilman (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
| 26 Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | both s.t. |
| 27 Romy Kasper (Ger) Ale Cipollini | 5:41 |
| 28 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon//SRAM Racing | |
| 29 Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon//SRAM Racing | |
| 30 Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb | |
| 31 Abby-Mae Parkinson (GBr) Drops | |
| 32 Alexandra Manly (Aus) Mitchelton Scott | |
| 33 Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
| 34 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
| 35 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | |
| 36 Eleanor Dickinson (GBr) Drops | |
| 37 Anna Christian (GBr) Drops | |
| 38 Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Esp) Movistar Team Women | |
| 39 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling | |
| 40 Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Ale Cipollini | |
| 41 Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | all s.t. |
| 42 Paulien Rooijakkers (Ned) CCC-Liv | 5:45 |
| 43 Alison Jackson (Can) TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank | 9:40 |
| 44 Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | |
| 45 Alice Cobb (GBr) TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank | both s.t. |
| 46 Greta Richioud (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 9:57 |
| 47 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women | 12:17 |
| 48 Sara Penton (Swe) Team Virtu Cycling | 12:47 |
| 49 Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon//SRAM Racing | |
| 50 Manon Lloyd (GBr) Drops | |
| 51 Abigail Van Twisk (GBr) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 52 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini | |
| 53 Martina Alzini (Ita) Bigla | |
| 54 Jessica Allen (Aus) Mitchelton Scott | |
| 55 Roxane Fournier (Fra) Movistar Team Women | |
| 56 Sarah Rijkes (Aut) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling | |
| 57 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Esp) Movistar Team Women | |
| 58 Jolien D'Hoore (Bel) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
| 59 Anna Plichta (Pol) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 60 Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton Scott | |
| 61 Shannon Malseed (Aus) TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank | |
| 62 Georgia Williams (NZl) Mitchelton Scott | |
| 63 Rozanne Slik (Ned) TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank | |
| 64 Charlotte Becker (Ger) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
| 65 Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) Ale Cipollini | |
| 66 Julia Soek (Ned) Team Sunweb | all s.t. |
| 67 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Team Sunweb | 14:34 |
| 68 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 69 Femke Markus (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 70 Esther van Veen (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 71 Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
| 72 Asja Paladin (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | |
| 73 Lauren Kitchen (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
| DNF Hannah Payton (GBr) Drops | all s.t. |
| DNF Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Valcar-Cylance Cycling | |
| DNF Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Esp) Movistar Team Women |
New Leader after Stage 3 of OVO Energy Women's Tour
New Leader after Stage 4 of OVO Energy Women's Tour
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