Cycling race
2021 Ladies Tour of Norway 2021 UCI Women's World Tour , race 12 of 18Race details Dates 12–15 August 2021 Stages 4 Distance 573.2 km (356.2 mi) Winning time 14h 46' 31" Results
The2021 Ladies Tour of Norway was the eighth edition of theLadies Tour of Norway , awomen's road cycling stage race in Norway. The event took place from 12 to 15 August 2021 and is part of the2021 UCI Women's World Tour .[ 1] This edition is expected to be the last stand-alone Ladies Tour of Norway, as the race is set to expand to a six-day tour of Scandinavia (theBattle of the North ) in 2022 that will also visit Denmark and Sweden.[ 2]
All nineUCI Women's WorldTeams , eightUCI Women's Continental Teams , and theNorwegian national team made up the eighteen teams that participated in the race.[ 3] FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope ,Liv Racing ,Team BikeExchange , andTibco–Silicon Valley Bank were the only teams to not enter a full squad of six riders; these four teams each entered five riders. Of the 104 riders who started the race, 95 finished.[ 4] [ 5]
UCI Women's WorldTeams
UCI Women's Continental Teams
National Teams
The 2021 Ladies Tour of Norway took place in thecounty ofViken inEastern Norway , with most of the race in theØstfold region.[ 6] For the first time in the race's history, it featured a mountaintop finish, with a 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) long climb toNorefjell ski resort on stage 3.[ 7]
12 August 2021 —Halden toSarpsborg , 141.5 km (87.9 mi)[ 9] [ 10] 13 August 2021 —Askim toMysen , 145 km (90 mi)[ 13] [ 14] 14 August 2021 —Drammen toNorefjell , 145.1 km (90.2 mi)[ 17] [ 18] 15 August 2021 —Drøbak toHalden , 141.6 km (88.0 mi)[ 21] [ 22] Classification leadership table [ edit ] On stage 2,Christine Majerus , who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first-placedKristen Faulkner wore the gold jersey as the leader of the general classification. Final classification standings [ edit ] Legend[ 25] Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the winner of the young rider classification Denotes the winner of the points classification Denotes the winner of the best Norwegian rider award Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
General classification [ edit ] Points classification [ edit ] Mountains classification [ edit ]
Young rider classification [ edit ] Team classification [ edit ]
^ The jersey for the best Norwegian rider will not be worn during the race; it will only be presented at the podium ceremony after every stage to the best placed Norwegian finisher of that stage.[ 25] ^ "Ladies Tour of Norway" .Union Cycliste Internationale . Retrieved13 September 2021 .^ "Battle of the North et steg nærmere realisering" [Battle of the North one step closer to realization].Ladies Tour of Norway (in Norwegian). Eventrix. 29 March 2021. Archived fromthe original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved10 August 2021 .^ Roadbook 2021 , p. 10.^ "Ladies Tour of Norway 2021 - start list" . CyclingNews. 11 August 2021. Retrieved12 August 2021 .^ "Ladies Tour of Norway 2021 Start List" (PDF) .Ladies Tour of Norway . Eventrix. 11 August 2021. Archived fromthe original (PDF) on 12 August 2021. Retrieved12 August 2021 .^a b "Etapper - Ladies Tour of Norway" [Stages - Ladies Tour of Norway].Ladies Tour of Norway (in Norwegian). Eventrix. Archived fromthe original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved10 August 2021 .^ "Ladies Tour of Norway inntar de norske fjell" [Ladies Tour of Norway enters the Norwegian mountains].Ladies Tour of Norway (in Norwegian). Eventrix. 15 April 2021. Archived fromthe original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved10 August 2021 .^ Roadbook 2021 , p. 17.^ "1. etappe 2021" [2021 Stage 1].Ladies Tour of Norway (in Norwegian). Eventrix. Archived fromthe original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved10 August 2021 .^ Roadbook 2021 , pp. 18–23.^a b Knöfler, Lukas (12 August 2021)."Ladies Tour of Norway: Faulkner wins stage 1" . CyclingNews. Retrieved12 August 2021 . ^a b "Stage 1 : Halden – Sarpsborg" (PDF) .Ladies Tour of Norway . Votrecourse. 12 August 2021. Retrieved12 August 2021 .[permanent dead link ] ^ "2. etappe 2021" [2021 Stage 2].Ladies Tour of Norway (in Norwegian). Eventrix. Archived fromthe original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved11 August 2021 .^ Roadbook 2021 , pp. 24–29.^a b Knöfler, Lukas (13 August 2021)."Ladies Tour of Norway: Markus solos to victory on stage 2" . CyclingNews. Retrieved13 August 2021 . ^a b "Stage 2 : Askim – Mysen" (PDF) .Ladies Tour of Norway . Votrecourse. 13 August 2021. Retrieved14 August 2021 .^ "3. etappe 2021" [2021 Stage 3].Ladies Tour of Norway (in Norwegian). Eventrix. Archived fromthe original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved11 August 2021 .^ Roadbook 2021 , pp. 30–35.^a b Knöfler, Lukas (14 August 2021)."Ladies Tour of Norway: Annemiek van Vleuten wins stage 3 atop summit of Norefjell" . CyclingNews. Retrieved14 August 2021 . ^a b "Stage 3 : Drammen – Norefjell" (PDF) .Ladies Tour of Norway . Votrecourse. 14 August 2021. Retrieved14 August 2021 .^ "4. etappe 2021" [2021 Stage 4].Ladies Tour of Norway (in Norwegian). Eventrix. Archived fromthe original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved11 August 2021 .^ Roadbook 2021 , pp. 36–41.^a b c d e f g Knöfler, Lukas (15 August 2021)."Annemiek van Vleuten wins Ladies Tour of Norway" . CyclingNews. Retrieved15 August 2021 . ^a b c d e f g "Stage 4 : Drøbak – Halden" (PDF) .Ladies Tour of Norway . Votrecourse. 15 August 2021. Retrieved15 August 2021 .^a b Roadbook 2021 , pp. 11–12.