2016 Belgium Tour Explained

2016 Lotto-Belisol Belgium Tour
Date:	6–9 September 2016
Stages:	4
Distance:	331
Unit:	km
First:	Annemiek van Vleuten
First Nat:	NED
First Color:	gold
Second:	Marianne Vos
Second Nat:	NED
Third:	Lucinda Brand
Third Nat:	NED
Points:	Marianne Vos
Points Nat:	NED
Points Color:	pink
Mountains:	Alexandra Nessmar
Mountains Nat:	SWE
Mountains Color:	yellow
Sprints:	Marianne Vos
Sprints Nat:	NED
Sprints Color:	red
Youth:	Lotte Kopecky
Youth Nat:	BEL
Youth Color:	violet
Previous:	2015
Next:	2017

The 2016 Lotto Belgium Tour is the fourth edition of the Lotto-Belisol Belgium Tour, previous called Lotto-Decca Tour, a women's cycle stage race in Belgium. The tour has an UCI rating of 2.1.

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^{[1] [2]}

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
P	6 September	Nieuwpoort	4.37km (02.72miles)		Individual time trial
1	7 September	Moorslede to Moorslede	121.4km (75.4miles)		Medium mountain stage
2	8 September	Lierde to Lierde	107.9km (67miles)		Flat stage
3	9 September	Geraardsbergen to Geraardsbergen	97.2km (60.4miles)		Flat stage

Stages

Prologue

6 September – Nieuwpoort to Nieuwpoort, 4.4km (02.7miles)

Prologue result^[3] Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 + 7" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 + 9" 6 + 10" 7 + 11" 8 + 12" 9 + 13" 10 + 14"

General classification after Prologue Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 + 7" 3 + 8" 4 s.t. 5 + 9" 6 + 10" 7 + 12" 8 s.t. 9 + 13" 10 + 14"

Stage 1

7 September – Moorslede to Moorslede, 121.5km (75.5miles)

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

General classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Netherlands + 2" 3 + 7" 4 + 9" 5 + 10" 6 + 14" 7 + 15" 8 + 17" 9 + 18" 10 + 22"

Stage 2

8 September – Lierde to Lierde, 107.9km (67miles)

Stage 2 result^[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Netherlands s.t.

General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 4" 3 Netherlands + 10" 4 s.t. 5 + 18" 6 + 22" 7 + 23" 8 + 25" 9 + 26" 10 + 30"

Stage 3

9 September – Geraardsbergen to Geraardsbergen, 97.3km (60.5miles)

Stage 3 result^[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 + 1' 04" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 + 1' 04" 3 + 1' 10" 4 + 1' 16" 5 + 1' 23" 6 + 1' 32" 7 + 1' 37" 8 + 1' 41" 9 + 1' 43" 10 s.t.

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	scope=col style="background:gold;" width="10%"	General classification	scope=col style="background:#F660AB;" width="10%"	Points classification	scope=col style="background:yellow;" width="10%"	Mountains classification	scope=col style="background:#884DA7;" width="10%"	Young rider classification	scope=col style="background:gray;" width="10%"	Belgian Riders	scope=col style="background:red;" width="10%"	Sprints classification	scope=col style="background:offwhite; width="10%"	Team classification
P	Annemiek van Vleuten	Annemiek van Vleuten	Annemiek van Vleuten	not award	Thalita de Jong	Lotte Kopecky	not award
1	Lucinda Brand	Lucinda Brand	Lucinda Brand	not award	Lotte Kopecky	Alexis Ryan
2	Marianne Vos	Marianne Vos	Marianne Vos	Anisha Vekemans	Lotte Kopecky
3	Annemiek van Vleuten	Annemiek van Vleuten	Alexandra Nessmar	Marianne Vos
Final Classification		Annemiek van Vleuten	Marianne Vos	Alexandra Nessmar	Lotte Kopecky	Lotte Kopecky	Marianne Vos

See also

• 2016 in women's road cycling

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cycling - Lotto Belgium Tour - 2016 - Detailed results. TheSports.org. 10 March 2019.
2. Web site: Lotto Belgium Tour 2016. Cycling News. 10 March 2019.
3. Web site: Van Vleuten wins Lotto Belgium Tour prologue. Cycling News. 19 March 2019.
4. Web site: Lotto Belgium Tour: Brand wins stage 1. Cycling News. 19 March 2019.
5. Web site: Lotto Belgium Tour: Vos wins stage 2 and takes overall lead. Cycling News. 19 March 2019.
6. Web site: Van Vleuten wins overall title at Lotto Belgium Tour. Cycling News. 19 March 2019.