Marianne Vos delivered a hattrick, winning all three stages in the UCI-WWT Ladies Tour of Norway. Gracie Elvin was the highest placed GC finisher in 11th position.
Stage 1 (127.7km)
Marianne Vos won the first stage in a time of 3:18:03 with Australian’s Gracie Elvin (Mitchelton-Scott) and Chloe Hosking (Alé Cipollini) both recording the same time, placing 4th and fifth respectively.
📺 Did you see how close it was yesterday, when @marianne_vos won stage 1 of the #lton18 & @KarolAnnCanuel was only caught on the last 100m? Watch our #UCIWWT highlights! 👇https://t.co/07EFdvBQ4i
— UCI_WWT (@UCI_WWT) August 18, 2018
Stage 2 (127.7km)
Vos again took the honours in Stage 2, crossing the line in 3:11:15 with an average speed of 40.06km/h
🏆She did it again! @marianne_vos sprints past @KNiewiadoma and wins the 2nd stage of the #lton18! #UCIWWT pic.twitter.com/i6e4c0RZ2u
— UCI_WWT (@UCI_WWT) August 18, 2018
Stage 3 (154km)
Vos continued her dominance, winning the final stage in a time of 3:49:14 ahead of Coryn Rivera (Team Sunweb) and Emilia Fahlin (Wiggle High5).
The win also sees Vos claim the UCI-WWT leader jersey.
With her overall victory and 3 stage wins at #lton18 @marianne_vos also is the new leader of the UCI Women‘s WorldTour and wears the purple @SANTINI_SMS jersey! #UCIWWT pic.twitter.com/kJnveZhQDL
— UCI_WWT (@UCI_WWT) August 19, 2018
Australians
Mitchelton-Scott finished fourth while Gracie Elvin was the highest Australian GC finisher, coming in at 11th.