2015 La Course by Le Tour de France

2015 La Course by Le Tour de France

Race details
Date		26 July 2015
Distance		89.0 km (55.30 mi)
Winning time		2h 05' 01"
Results
	Winner	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	(Rabo–Liv)
	Second	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)	(Wiggle–Honda)
	Third	Amy Pieters (NED)	(Team Liv–Plantur)
	Points	Mia Radotic (CRO)	(BTC City Ljubljana)
	Youth	Christina Siggaard (DEN)	(Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling)

The 2015 La Course by Le Tour de France was the second edition of La Course by Le Tour de France, a one-day women's cycle race held in France. The race was run before the 21st stage of the 2015 Tour de France on 26 July. It was organised by the ASO and rated by the UCI as a 1.1 category race.

Teams competing

UCI Women's Teams Alé-Cipollini-Galassia Bigla Pro Cycling Team Bizkaia-Durango Boels-Dolmans BTC City Ljubljana Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi Lensworld.eu-Zannata Lotto-Soudal Ladies Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies Orica-AIS Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 Rabo-Liv Women Cycling Team Team Hitec Products Team Liv-Plantur Topsport Vlaanderen-Pro-Duo UnitedHealthcare Women's Team Velocio-SRAM Pro Cycling Wiggle-Honda

National team France

Race

Ellen van Dijk back on the bike temporarily after she broke her collarbone.

Anna van der Breggen riding solo to victory.

During the race the rain hammered down. The stones of the course were very slippery causing many crashes. Only 62 of the 196 riders who started the race finished. In one of the first crashed was Ellen van Dijk involved, who broke her collarbone and had to abandon later her race. Among other casualties were the world champion, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, who went down in the closing kilometres, and Shelley Olds who crashed and remounted, only to lose her derailleur and be forced to abandon.^[1]

Result

Race result Cyclist Team Time 1  Anna van der Breggen (NED) Rabo–Liv 2h 00' 41" 2  Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) Wiggle–Honda + 1" 3  Amy Pieters (NED) Team Liv–Plantur + 1" 4  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans + 1" 5  Lotta Lepistö (FIN) Bigla Pro Cycling Team + 1" 6  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Velocio–SRAM + 1" 7  Emma Johansson (SWE) Orica–AIS + 1" 8  Lucinda Brand (NED) Rabo–Liv + 1" 9  Kirsten Wild (NED) Team Hitec Products + 1" 10  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans + 1" Source[2]

See also

• 2015 in women's road cycling

References

1. Anna van der Breggen wins La Course as Lizzie Armitstead fades The Guardian
2. "La Course: Van der Breggen wins solo on the Champs-Élysées". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.

External links

• Official website