2016 Tour of California (women's race) explained

2016 Amgen Tour of California Women's Race
Series:	2016 UCI Women's World Tour
Race No:	8
Season No:	17
Date:	19–22 May 2016
Stages:	4
Distance:	314.3
Unit:	km
Time:	8h 00' 31"
Speed:	39.245
First:	Megan Guarnier
First Nat:	USA
First Color:	yellow
Second:	Kristin Armstrong
Second Nat:	USA
Third:	Evelyn Stevens
Third Nat:	USA
Mountains:	Mara Abbott
Mountains Nat:	USA
Mountains Color:	polkadot
Youth:	Chloé Dygert
Youth Nat:	USA
Youth Color:	white
Sprints:	Megan Guarnier
Sprints Nat:	USA
Sprints Color:	green
Previous:	2015
Next:	2017

The 2016 Amgen Tour of California Women's Race (also known as the Amgen Breakaway From Heart Disease Women's Race Empowered by SRAM for sponsorship reasons) was the second edition of the Tour of California Women's Race cycling stage race. It is scheduled to run from 19 to 22 May 2016, and is part of the 2016 UCI Women's World Tour. It will begin in South Lake Tahoe and finish in Sacramento.

Schedule

List of stages
Stage	Date	Course	Distance
1	19 May	South Lake Tahoe – South Lake Tahoe	117km (73miles)	Hilly stage
2	20 May	Folsom – Folsom	20.3km (12.6miles)	Team time trial
3	21 May	Santa Rosa – Santa Rosa	111km (69miles)	Hilly stage
4	22 May	Sacramento – Sacramento	66km (41miles)	Flat stage
Total	314.3km (195.3miles)

Teams

UCI Women's teams	National teams
	United States of America
Source:^[1]

Results

Stage 1

19 May 2016 – South Lake Tahoe – South Lake Tahoe, 117km (73miles)^[2] ^[3]

Stage 1 Result

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 4"
3		+ 10"
4		+ 10"
5		+ 10"
6		+ 16"
7		+ 16"
8		+ 18"
9	United States (national team)	+ 18"
10		+ 18"

General Classification after Stage 1

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 10"
3		+ 18"
4		+ 22"
5		+ 22"
6		+ 28"
7		+ 28"
8		+ 30"
9	United States (national team)	+ 30"
10		+ 30"

Stage 2

20 May 2016 – Folsom – Folsom: TTT, 20.3km (12.6miles)^[4] ^[5]

Stage 2 Result

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 6"
3		+ 25"
4		+ 34"
5		+ 36"
6		+ 55"
7		+ 58"
8		+ 1' 08"
9		+ 1' 12"
10		+ 1' 55"

General Classification after Stage 2

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 12"
3			+ 22"
4			+ 44"
5			+ 47"
6			+ 49"
7			+ 50"
8			+ 53"
9			+ 58"
10			+ 1' 02"

Stage 3

21 May 2016 – Santa Rosa – Santa Rosa, 111km (69miles)^[6] ^[7]

Stage 3 Result

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 3

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 15"
3			+ 25"
4			+ 43"
5			+ 44"
6			+ 47"
7			+ 52"
8			+ 56"
9			+ 1' 01"
10			+ 1' 06"

Stage 4

22 May 2016 – Sacramento – Sacramento, 66km (41miles)^[8]

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Youth classification	Mountains classification	Points classification	Most courageous
1	Megan Guarnier	Megan Guarnier	Rosella Ratto	Megan Guarnier	Megan Guarnier	Sarah Storey
2 (TTT)		Chloé Dygert	not awarded
3	Marianne Vos	Mara Abbott	Mara Abbott
4	Kirsten Wild	Shara Gillow
Final		Megan Guarnier	Chloé Dygert	Mara Abbott	Megan Guarnier	not awarded

External links

Official website

Notes and References

Web site: AMGEN Tour of California :: Women's Teams . 2016-05-21 . 2016-05-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160527154919/http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/competition/womens-teams . dead .
Web site: Stage 1 Women's – South Lake Tahoe. 7 May 2016. AMGEN Tour of California. https://web.archive.org/web/20160511141753/http://amgentourofcalifornia.com/stages/stage-1-womens. 11 May 2016. dead.
Web site: Stage 1. 20 May 2016 . Procyclingstats.
Web site: Stage 2 Women's – Folsom TTT. 7 May 2016. AMGEN Tour of California. https://web.archive.org/web/20160511150735/http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/stages/stage-2-womens. 11 May 2016. dead.
Web site: Stage 2. 21 May 2016 . Procyclingstats.
Web site: Stage 3 Women's – Santa Rosa. 7 May 2016. AMGEN Tour of California. https://web.archive.org/web/20160516180607/http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/stages/stage-3-womens. 16 May 2016. dead.
Web site: Stage 3. 21 May 2016 . Procyclingstats.
Web site: Stage 4 Women's – Sacramento. 7 May 2016. AMGEN Tour of California. https://web.archive.org/web/20160516184413/http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/stages/stage-4-womens. 16 May 2016. dead.