2019 Women's Tour of Scotland

The 2019 Women's Tour of Scotland was the inaugural and only edition of the Women's Tour of Scotland, a women's cycling stage race held in Scotland, UK.[3] It was run from 9 to 11 August 2019. The race was scheduled for 3 stages, covering a total of 359.2 kilometres (223.2 miles), but the race's opening stage was abandoned due to adverse weather conditions.[4] It was classified as a class 2.1 event by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).

2019 Women's Tour of Scotland
Race details
Dates9–11 August 2019
Stages2[lower-alpha 1]
Distance256.1 km (159.1 mi)
Winning time6h 34' 24"[2]
Results
Winner  Leah Thomas (USA) (Bigla Pro Cycling)
  Second  Alison Jackson (CAN) (Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank)
  Third  Stine Borgli (NOR) (Norway (national team))
Points  Leah Thomas (USA) (Bigla Pro Cycling)
Mountains  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN) (Bigla Pro Cycling)
Youth  Nikola Nosková (CZE) (Bigla Pro Cycling)

The race was won by American rider Leah Thomas, riding for the Bigla Pro Cycling team.[5] Having finished fourth in the second stage in Perth – won by Canada's Alison Jackson (Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank) – Thomas won the final stage in an eight-rider sprint at Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, and with bonus seconds accumulated at intermediate sprints during the day, Thomas assumed the leader's jersey from Jackson by five seconds.[2][6] The podium was completed by Norwegian rider Stine Borgli, riding for a Norwegian national team, a further two seconds back,[2] after two third-place stage finishes.

The Bigla Pro Cycling team won the other three jerseys that were on offer during the race.[7] Thomas was the winner of the points classification alongside her general classification victory,[8] while the team's leader Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig led the mountains classification[9] from start-to-finish, and Nikola Nosková was the winner of the young rider classification, after a ninth-place finish on the final stage allowed her to take the jersey from Rally UHC Cycling's Emma White.[10] The best Scottish rider during the race was Scottish junior national road race champion Anna Shackley, who finished in thirteenth place overall.[2][11]

History

The first and only edition was held in 2019 as a 2.1 category race on the UCI women's road cycling calendar.[12] The event folded when the organizers, Zeus Sports, ceased trading having failed to pay debts following the 2019 event.[13]

Jerseys
Classification2019
General classification
Sprints classification
Mountains classification
Young rider classification
Best Scottish riderScotland

Teams

Sixteen teams participated in the race.

Professional women's teams

National teams

Non-UCI teams

Route
Stage characteristics and winners[14]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 9 August Dundee to Dunfermline 103.1 km (64 mi) Hilly stage No winner[1][4]
2 10 August Glasgow to Perth 138.7 km (86 mi) Flat stage  Alison Jackson (CAN)
3 11 August Edinburgh to Edinburgh 117.4 km (73 mi) Hilly stage  Leah Thomas (USA)

Stages

Stage 1
9 August 2019 — Dundee to Dunfermline, 103.1 km (64 mi)

The opening stage of the race was abandoned after 62 kilometres (39 miles), due to adverse weather conditions.[1] Prior to the abandonment, two intermediate sprints and one categorised climb were held and these points counted towards the respective classifications.[15] The red sprinters' jersey went to BTC City Ljubljana's Eugenia Bujak on countback from Alé–Cipollini's Marjolein van't Geloof, while Bigla Pro Cycling rider Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig was first on the ascent at the Grange of Lindores to take the blue and white polka-dot jersey for the mountains classification.[16]

Stage 2
10 August 2019 — Glasgow to Perth, 138.7 km (86 mi)
Stage 2 result[17]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Alison Jackson (CAN) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank 3h 24' 37"
2  Emma White (USA) Rally UHC Cycling + 0"
3  Stine Borgli (NOR) Norway (national team) + 0"
4  Leah Thomas (USA) Bigla Pro Cycling + 0"
5  Belle de Gast (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg + 0"
6  Ilaria Sanguineti (ITA) Valcar–Cylance + 0"
7  Jessica Roberts (GBR) Great Britain (national team) + 0"
8  Abby-Mae Parkinson (GBR) Drops + 0"
9  Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL) Torelli–Assure–Madison + 0"
10  Eugenia Bujak (SLO) BTC City Ljubljana + 0"
General classification after Stage 2[18]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Alison Jackson (CAN) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank 3h 24' 27"
2  Emma White (USA) Rally UHC Cycling + 4"
3  Stine Borgli (NOR) Norway (national team) + 4"
4  Leah Thomas (USA) Bigla Pro Cycling + 7"
5  Eugenia Bujak (SLO) BTC City Ljubljana + 8"
6  Na Ah-reum (KOR) Alé–Cipollini + 9"
7  Belle de Gast (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg + 10"
8  Ilaria Sanguineti (ITA) Valcar–Cylance + 10"
9  Jessica Roberts (GBR) Great Britain (national team) + 10"
10  Abby-Mae Parkinson (GBR) Drops + 10"

Stage 3
11 August 2019 — Edinburgh to Edinburgh, 117.4 km (73 mi)
Stage 3 result[19]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Leah Thomas (USA) Bigla Pro Cycling 3h 10' 04"
2  Elise Chabbey (SUI) Bigla Pro Cycling + 0"
3  Stine Borgli (NOR) Norway (national team) + 0"
4  Alison Jackson (CAN) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 0"
5  Eugenia Bujak (SLO) BTC City Ljubljana + 0"
6  Eri Yonamine (JPN) Alé–Cipollini + 0"
7  Julie Van de Velde (BEL) Lotto–Soudal Ladies + 0"
8  Hanna Nilsson (SWE) BTC City Ljubljana + 0"
9  Nikola Nosková (CZE) Bigla Pro Cycling + 3"
10  Nadia Quagliotto (ITA) Alé–Cipollini + 6"
Final general classification[2]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Leah Thomas (USA) Bigla Pro Cycling 6h 34' 24"
2  Alison Jackson (CAN) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 5"
3  Stine Borgli (NOR) Norway (national team) + 7"
4  Eugenia Bujak (SLO) BTC City Ljubljana + 13"
5  Elise Chabbey (SUI) Bigla Pro Cycling + 14"
6  Eri Yonamine (JPN) Alé–Cipollini + 20"
7  Hanna Nilsson (SWE) BTC City Ljubljana + 20"
8  Julie Van de Velde (BEL) Lotto–Soudal Ladies + 20"
9  Nikola Nosková (CZE) Bigla Pro Cycling + 23"
10  Emma White (USA) Rally UHC Cycling + 26"

Classification leadership table
Classification leadership by stage
Stage Winner General classification
 Points classification
 Mountains classification
 Young rider classification
 Best Scottish rider classification Combativity award
1[20] No winner Not awarded Eugenia Bujak Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig Not awarded Not awarded Not awarded
2[21] Alison Jackson Alison Jackson Leah Thomas Emma White Jennifer George Brodie Chapman
3[22] Leah Thomas Leah Thomas Nikola Nosková Anna Shackley Ann-Sophie Duyck
Final[22] Leah Thomas[2] Leah Thomas[8] Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig[9] Nikola Nosková[10] Anna Shackley[11] No final award

Notes
  1. Race shortened from 3 stages and 359.2 kilometres (223.2 miles) due to the abandonment of stage 1 after 62 kilometres (39 miles) had been covered.[1]

References
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