The 2021 AJ Bell Women's Tour was the seventh staging of The Women's Tour, a women's cycling stage race held in the United Kingdom. It ran from 4 to 9 October 2021, as part of the 2021 UCI Women's World Tour.

2021 The Women's Tour
Stage 1 in Banbury
Stage 1 in Banbury
Race details
Dates4–9 October 2021
Stages6
Distance635 km (394.6 mi)
Results
Winner  Demi Vollering (NED) (SD Worx)
  Second  Juliette Labous (FRA) (Team DSM)
  Third  Clara Copponi (FRA) (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope)

Points  Lorena Wiebes (NED) (Team DSM)
Mountains  Elise Chabbey (SUI) (Canyon–SRAM)
  Team SD Worx
← 2019
2022 →

Route

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Stage schedule
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 4 October Banbury to Bicester 147.7 km (91.8 mi)   Hilly stage   Marta Bastianelli (ITA)
2 5 October Walsall to Walsall 102.2 km (63.5 mi)   Hilly stage   Amy Pieters (NED)
3 6 October Atherstone to Atherstone 16.6 km (10.3 mi)   Individual time trial   Demi Vollering (NED)
4 7 October Shoeburyness to Southend-on-Sea 117.8 km (73.2 mi)   Flat stage   Lorena Wiebes (NED)
5 8 October Colchester to Clacton 95.4 km (59.3 mi)   Flat stage   Lorena Wiebes (NED)
6 9 October Haverhill to Felixstowe 155.3 km (96.5 mi)   Flat stage   Elisa Balsamo (ITA)
Total 635 km (394.6 mi)

Classification leadership table

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Classification leadership by stage
Stage Winner General classification
 
Points classification
 
Mountains classification
 
Sprints classification
 
Team classification
1 Marta Bastianelli Marta Bastianelli Marta Bastianelli [a] Demi Vollering Nina Kessler SD Worx
2 Amy Pieters Clara Copponi Clara Copponi [b] Elise Chabbey
3 Demi Vollering Demi Vollering
4 Lorena Wiebes Sheyla Gutiérrez
5 Lorena Wiebes Lorena Wiebes
6 Elisa Balsamo
Final Demi Vollering Lorena Wiebes Elise Chabbey Nina Kessler SD Worx
  1. ^ On stage 2, Chloe Hosking, who was second in the points classification, wore the cyan jersey, because first-placed Marta Bastianelli wore the blue jersey as the leader of the general classification.
  2. ^ On stage 3, Sheyla Gutiérrez, who was second in the points classification, wore the cyan jersey, because first-placed Clara Copponi wore the blue jersey as the leader of the general classification.

Final standings

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Demi Vollering (wearing the Queen of the Mountains jersey)
Final general classification
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Demi Vollering (NED)   SD Worx 15h 54' 38"
2   Juliette Labous (FRA) Team DSM +1' 02"
3   Clara Copponi (FRA) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope +1' 05"
4   Amy Pieters (NED) SD Worx +1' 07"
5   Aude Biannic (FRA) Movistar Team +1' 26"
6   Leah Kirchman (CAN) Team DSM +1' 39"
7   Alice Barnes (GBR) Canyon–SRAM +1' 41"
8   Pfeiffer Georgi (GBR) Team DSM +1' 46"
9   Elise Chabbey (SUI)   Canyon–SRAM +1' 47"
10   Joscelin Lowden (GBR) Drops–Le Col +1' 47"

See also

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Notes

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References

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