CYCLING: Vos sweeps Ladies Tour of Norway

Now this is total domination. Not only did Dutch star Marianne Vos won the sixth Ladies Tour of Norway, she won all three stages!

Just a week after she won the Vargarda road race in Sweden, Vos swept the Ladies Tour with tight wins over Sweden’s Emilia Fahlin in the first two stages and American Coryn Rivera in the final stage. With the two wins, Vos, 31, has jumped to the top of the World Tour standings with 1,244.88 points, ahead countrywomen Anna van der Breggen (1,160.33) and Annemiek van Vleuten (1,105.86). There are still four races left in the season.

Rivera finished third overall and continued her hot riding since July, winning the OVO Energy Women’s Tour in Britain, the U.S. national road championship, second in the Vargarda Time Trial and now a bronze medal in Nowway.

A Team Time Trial was held on 16 August, with Team Sunweb (including Rivera) winning in 29:53 over the 24.3 km course. Mitchelton-Scott was second (30:31) and Cervelo-Bigla Pro Cycling third (31:02). Summaries:

UCI Women’s World Tour/ Ladies Tour of Norway
Norway ~ 17-19 August 2018
(Full results here)

Stage 1 (127.7 km): 1. Marianne Vos (NED), 3:18:03; 2. Emilia Fahlin (SWE), 3:18:03; 3. Coryn Rivera (USA), 3:18:03; 4. Gracie Elvin (AUS), 3:18:03; 5. Chloe Hosking (AUS), 3:18:03. Also in the top 50: 24. Megan Guarnier (USA), 3:18:03; … 3. Ruth Winder (USA), 3:20:10.

Stage 2 (127.7 km): 1. Vos (NED), 3:11:15; 2. Fahlin (SWE), 3:11:15; 3. Kasie Niewisdoma (POL), 3:11:15; 4. Christine Majerus (LUX), 3:11:18; 5. Aude Biannic (FRA), 3:11:18. Also in the top 50: 7. Rivera (USA), 3:11:23; … 24. Guarnier (USA), 3:11:40; … 40. Alexis Ryan (USA), 3:12:03; … 48. Winder (USA), 3:12:40.

Stage 3 (154.0 km): 1. Vos (NED), 3:49:14; 2. Rivera (USA), 3:49:14; 3. Fahlin (SWE), 3:49:14; 4. Hosking (AUS), 3:49:14; 5. Lotte Kopecky (BEL), 3:49:14. Also in the top 50: 27. Ryan (USA), 3:49:14; … 29. Guarnier (USA), 3:49:19.

Final Standings: 1. Marianne Vos (NED), 10:17:49; 2. Emilia Fahlin (SWE), +0:22; 3. Coryn Rivera (USA), +0:33; 4. Christine Majerus (LUX), +0:37; 5. Kasia Niewiadoma (POL), +0:39; 6. Aude Biannic (FRA), +0:46; 7. Eva Buurman (NED), +0:51; 8. Floortje Mackaij (NED), +0:51; 9. Alison Jackson (CAN), +0:59; 10. Lucinda Brand (NED), +1:00. Also in the top 50: 18. Megan Guarnier (USA), +1:13; … 21. Alexis Ryan (USA), +1:31.