2016 Ladies Tour of Norway explained

2016 Ladies Tour of Norway
Date:	12–14 August 2016
Stages:	3
Unit:	km
Time:	6h 54' 36"
First:	Lucinda Brand
First Nat:	NED
Second:	Thalita de Jong
Second Nat:	NED
Third:	Anouska Koster
Third Nat:	NED
Points:	Anouska Koster
Points Nat:	NED
Mountains:	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
Mountains Nat:	DEN
Youth:	Thalita de Jong
Youth Nat:	NED
Previous:	2015
Next:	2017

The 2016 Ladies Tour of Norway was the third edition of the Ladies Tour of Norway, a women's cycling stage race in Norway. It was rated by the UCI as a category 2.1 race. It was won by Lucinda Brand of .

Teams

Eighteen teams participated in the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:^[1]

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^{[2] [3]}

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	12 August	Halden to Fredrikstad	76.1km (47.3miles)		Flat stage
2	13 August	Mysen to Sarpsborg	97km (60miles)		Hilly stage
3	14 August	Svinesund to Halden	117.5km (73miles)		Hilly stage

Stages

Stage 1

12 August 2016 – Halden to Fredrikstad, 71.1km (44.2miles)

Stage 1 result^[4] Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 9" 3 + 14" 4 Norway s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Sweden s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Maxx-Solar s.t.

General classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 14" 3 + 21" 4 + 22" 5 s.t. 6 + 23" 7 s.t. 8 + 24" 9 Norway + 25" 10 s.t.

Stage 2

13 August 2016 – Mysen to Sarpsborg, 96km (60miles)

Stage 2 result^[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Norway + 56" 3 s.t. 4 + 57" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Crescent D.A.R.E s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 57" 3 + 1' 00" 4 Norway + 1' 06" 5 + 1' 07" 6 s.t. 7 + 1' 10" 8 s.t. 9 + 1' 13" 10 s.t.

Stage 3

14 August 2016 – Stromstad to Halden, 101.8km (63.3miles)

Stage 3 result^[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Sweden s.t. 6 + 4" 7 + 9" 8 + 26" 9 + 30" 10 Sweden s.t.

General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 45" 3 s.t. 4 + 52" 5 + 55" 6 + 1' 04" 7 Sweden s.t. 8 + 1' 21" 9 Norway + 1' 27" 10 + 1' 30"

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1	Nicole Hanselmann	Nicole Hanselmann	Nicole Hanselmann	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig	Thalita de Jong
2	Lucinda Brand	Lucinda Brand	Lucinda Brand
3	Anouska Koster	Anouska Koster
Final		Lucinda Brand	Anouska Koster	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig	Thalita de Jong

See also

• 2016 in women's road cycling

External links

• Web site: Ladies Tour of Norway. Norwegian. Ladies Tour of Norway. https://web.archive.org/web/20160817165958/http://www.ladiestour.no/. 17 August 2016. live.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2016 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine. FirstCycling. 20 March 2019.
2. Web site: Cycling - Ladies Tour of Norway - 2016 - Detailed results. TheSports.org. 10 March 2019.
3. Web site: Ladies Tour of Norway 2016. Cycling News. 10 March 2019.
4. Web site: Ladies Tour of Norway: Hanselmann wins stage 1. Cycling News. 18 March 2019.
5. Web site: Ladies Tour of Norway: Brand wins stage 2. Cycling News. 18 March 2019.
6. Web site: Brand wins Ladies Tour of Norway. Cycling News. 18 March 2019.