2018 Healthy Ageing Tour

The 2018 Healthy Ageing Tour was a women's cycle stage race that was held in the Netherlands from 4 to 8 April 2018. The 2018 edition of the race was the eighth running of the Healthy Ageing Tour, being held with a UCI rating of 2.1.

2018 Healthy Ageing Tour

Race details
Dates	4–8 April 2018
Stages	5 (including 1 split-stage)
Distance	460.2 km (286.0 mi)
Winning time	11h 20' 09"[1]
Results
Winner  Amy Pieters (NED) (Boels–Dolmans)   Second  Chantal Blaak (NED) (Boels–Dolmans)   Third  Christine Majerus (LUX) (Boels–Dolmans) Points  Kirsten Wild (NED) (Wiggle High5) Youth  Lisa Klein (GER) (Canyon–SRAM) Sprints  Natalie van Gogh (NED) (Parkhotel Valkenburg)   Team Boels–Dolmans

The race was marked by the performance of the entire Boels–Dolmans team; aside from winning the team time trial stage, their riders Anna van der Breggen, Amy Pieters and Chantal Blaak won three others. In the overall classification, Pieters won by 22 seconds ahead of Blaak,[1] while Christine Majerus completed the podium – just ahead of van der Breggen, in a Boels–Dolmans 1–2–3–4 – a further 20 seconds in arrears.[1] The other major jerseys were won by Kirsten Wild (points for Wiggle High5), Natalie van Gogh (sprints for Parkhotel Valkenburg) and Lisa Klein (young rider for Canyon–SRAM).[1]

Teams

A total of 20 teams competed in the race,[2] including 9 UCI Women's Teams.[3]

UCI Women's Teams

• Boels–Dolmans
• Canyon–SRAM
• Hitec Products–Birk Sport
• Parkhotel Valkenburg
• Servetto–Stradalli Cycle–Alurecycling
• Team Virtu Cycling
• WaowDeals Pro Cycling
• Wiggle High5
• WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling

National teams

• Denmark
• Germany
• Netherlands

Regional teams

• Drenthe
• Midden–Jan van Arckel
• Noord NWVG–UPLUS
• Rijnmond–Restore
• Swaboladies.nl
• Zuid-West–WV West Vlaanderen

Other teams

• Max-Solar Lindig Team
• NCC Group–Kuota–Torelli

Route

Stage schedule[4]

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
1	4 April	Heerenveen to Heerenveen	8 km (5.0 mi)		Individual time trial	Anna van der Breggen (NED)
2	5 April	Westerkwartier to Grootegast	131.3 km (81.6 mi)		Flat stage	Amy Pieters (NED)
3a	6 April	Oldambt to Winschoten	66.2 km (41.1 mi)		Flat stage	Kirsten Wild (NED)
3b		Stadskanaal to Stadskanaal	17.5 km (10.9 mi)		Team time trial	Boels–Dolmans
4	7 April	Hogeland to Winsum	142.9 km (88.8 mi)		Flat stage	Chantal Blaak (NED)
5	8 April	Groningen to Groningen	94.3 km (58.6 mi)		Flat stage	Aafke Soet (NED)

Stages

Stage 1

4 April 2018 — Heerenveen to Heerenveen, 8 km (5.0 mi), individual time trial (ITT)[5][6]

Result of Stage 1 & General classification after Stage 1[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans 10' 35" 2  Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 2" 3  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Wiggle High5 + 10" 4  Lisa Klein (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 13" 5  Kirsten Wild (NED) Wiggle High5 + 13" 6  Amy Pieters (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 15" 7  Alice Barnes (GBR) Canyon–SRAM + 20" 8  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans + 25" 9  Mieke Kröger (GER) Team Virtu Cycling + 26" 10  Trixi Worrack (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 29"

Stage 2

5 April 2018 — Westerkwartier to Grootegast, 131.3 km (81.6 mi)[8][9]

Result of Stage 2[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Amy Pieters (NED) Boels–Dolmans 3h 22' 01" 2  Alice Barnes (GBR) Canyon–SRAM + 0" 3  Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 35" 4  Kirsten Wild (NED) Wiggle High5 + 35" 5  Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 35" 6  Lisa Klein (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 35" 7  Anouska Koster (NED) WaowDeals Pro Cycling + 35" 8  Maaike Boogaard (NED) Netherlands (national team) + 35" 9  Natalie van Gogh (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg + 35" 10  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans + 35"

General classification after Stage 2[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Amy Pieters (NED) Boels–Dolmans 3h 32' 40" 2  Alice Barnes (GBR) Canyon–SRAM + 10" 3  Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 25" 4  Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 30" 5  Lisa Klein (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 44" 6  Kirsten Wild (NED) Wiggle High5 + 44" 7  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Wiggle High5 + 54" 8  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans + 56" 9  Trixi Worrack (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 1' 00" 10  Anouska Koster (NED) WaowDeals Pro Cycling + 1' 04"

Stage 3a

6 April 2018 — Oldambt to Winschoten, 66.2 km (41.1 mi)[11][12]

Result of Stage 3a[13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Kirsten Wild (NED) Wiggle High5 1h 33' 00" 2  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans + 0" 3  Lisa Klein (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 0" 4  Lorena Wiebes (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg + 0" 5  Susanne Andersen (NOR) Hitec Products–Birk Sport + 0" 6  Barbara Guarischi (ITA) Team Virtu Cycling + 0" 7  Riejanne Markus (NED) WaowDeals Pro Cycling + 0" 8  Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 0" 9  Amy Pieters (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 0" 10  Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 0"

General classification after Stage 3a[13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Amy Pieters (NED) Boels–Dolmans 5h 05' 38" 2  Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 27" 3  Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 32" 4  Kirsten Wild (NED) Wiggle High5 + 40" 5  Lisa Klein (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 44" 6  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans + 54" 7  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Wiggle High5 + 55" 8  Trixi Worrack (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 1' 02" 9  Anouska Koster (NED) WaowDeals Pro Cycling + 1' 06" 10  Natalie van Gogh (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg + 1' 07"

Stage 3b

6 April 2018 — Stadskanaal to Stadskanaal, 17.5 km (10.9 mi), team time trial (TTT)[14][15]

Result of Stage 3b[16] Rank Team Time 1 Boels–Dolmans 21' 54" 2 Team Virtu Cycling + 52" 3 Canyon–SRAM + 1' 01" 4 Wiggle High5 + 1' 02" 5 Parkhotel Valkenburg + 1' 05" 6 WaowDeals Pro Cycling + 1' 07" 7 Netherlands (national team) + 1' 12" 8 Hitec Products–Birk Sport + 1' 49" 9 Swaboladies.nl + 2' 09" 10 Denmark (national team) + 2' 19"

General classification after Stage 3b[16] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Amy Pieters (NED) Boels–Dolmans 5h 27' 32" 2  Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 27" 3  Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 32" 4  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans + 54" 5  Kirsten Wild (NED) Wiggle High5 + 1' 42" 6  Lisa Klein (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 1' 45" 7  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Wiggle High5 + 1' 57" 8  Trixi Worrack (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 2' 03" 9  Alice Barnes (GBR) Canyon–SRAM + 2' 09" 10  Natalie van Gogh (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg + 2' 12"

Stage 4

7 April 2018 — Hogeland to Winsum, 142.9 km (88.8 mi)[17][18]

Result of Stage 4[19] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans 3h 28' 11" 2  Kirsten Wild (NED) Wiggle High5 + 0" 3  Monique van de Ree (NED) WaowDeals Pro Cycling + 0" 4  Amy Pieters (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 0" 5  Mieke Kröger (GER) Team Virtu Cycling + 8" 6  Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 15" 7  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans + 16" 8  Barbara Guarischi (ITA) Team Virtu Cycling + 16" 9  Lisa Klein (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 16" 10  Riejanne Markus (NED) WaowDeals Pro Cycling + 23"

General classification after Stage 4[19] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Amy Pieters (NED) Boels–Dolmans 8h 55' 43" 2  Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 22" 3  Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 42" 4  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans + 1' 10" 5  Kirsten Wild (NED) Wiggle High5 + 1' 36" 6  Lisa Klein (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 2' 01" 7  Trixi Worrack (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 2' 35" 8  Natalie van Gogh (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg + 2' 48" 9  Riejanne Markus (NED) WaowDeals Pro Cycling + 3' 13" 10  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Wiggle High5 + 5' 08"

Stage 5

8 April 2018 — Groningen to Groningen, 94.3 km (58.6 mi)[20][21]

Result of Stage 5[1] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Aafke Soet (NED) WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling 2h 23' 58" 2  Mieke Kröger (GER) Team Virtu Cycling + 7" 3  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans + 7" 4  Jeanne Korevaar (NED) WaowDeals Pro Cycling + 7" 5  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Wiggle High5 + 7" 6  Natalie van Gogh (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg + 10" 7  Trixi Worrack (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 11" 8  Tatiana Guderzo (ITA) Hitec Products–Birk Sport + 11" 9  Winanda Spoor (NED) Midden–Jan van Arckel + 11" 10  Karlijn Swinkels (NED) Netherlands (national team) + 20"

Final general classification[1] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Amy Pieters (NED) Boels–Dolmans 11h 20' 09" 2  Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 22" 3  Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans + 42" 4  Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 42" 5  Kirsten Wild (NED) Wiggle High5 + 1' 36" 6  Lisa Klein (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 2' 01" 7  Trixi Worrack (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 2' 18" 8  Natalie van Gogh (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg + 2' 30" 9  Riejanne Markus (NED) WaowDeals Pro Cycling + 3' 13" 10  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Wiggle High5 + 4' 44"

Classification leadership table

In the 2018 Healthy Ageing Tour, six different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received a yellow jersey.[22] This classification was considered the most important of the 2018 Healthy Ageing Tour, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.

Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey.[22] In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25 points, with 20 for second, 16 for third, 14 for fourth, 12 for fifth, 10 for sixth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th place.[22] The third classification was the sprints classification, the leader of which was awarded an orange jersey.[22] In the sprints classification, riders received points for finishing in the top three at intermediate sprint points during each stage.[22]

The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey.[22] This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1996 were eligible to be ranked in the classification.[22] Other jerseys were awarded to the best club rider amongst the amateur riders (blue),[22] and for the most courageous rider showing fighting spirit (red).[22] There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.[22]

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Sprints classification	Young rider classification	Combativity classification	Club rider classification	Team classification
1[23]	Anna van der Breggen	Anna van der Breggen	Anna van der Breggen	Not awarded[lower-alpha 1]	Lisa Klein	Kirsten Wild	Amber van der Hulst	Boels–Dolmans
2[24]	Amy Pieters	Amy Pieters		Natalie van Gogh		Alice Barnes	Loes Adegeest
3a[25]	Kirsten Wild		Kirsten Wild	Danique Braam		Mieke Kröger
3b[26]	Boels–Dolmans
4[27]	Chantal Blaak			Natalie van Gogh		Emilie Moberg
5[28]	Aafke Soet					Winanda Spoor	Femke Markus
Final[28]		Amy Pieters	Kirsten Wild	Natalie van Gogh	Lisa Klein	No final award	Femke Markus	Boels–Dolmans

See also

• 2018 in women's road cycling

Notes

1. Jersey worn by Lisa Brennauer in the second stage, but no points were awarded in the individual time trial.

References

1. Frattini, Kirsten (8 April 2018). "Pieters wins Healthy Ageing Tour". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
2. TG 2018, p. 6.
3. "Participating teams". Healthy Ageing Tour. Courage Events. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
4. TG 2018, p. 1.
5. TG 2018, pp. 7–10.
6. "Stage 1 - Heerenveen". Healthy Ageing Tour. Courage Events. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
7. "Van der Breggen wins Healthy Ageing Tour opener". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
8. TG 2018, pp. 11–18.
9. "Stage 2 Westerkwartier / Grootegast". Healthy Ageing Tour. Courage Events. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
10. Frattini, Kirsten (5 April 2018). "Healthy Ageing Tour: Pieters wins stage 2 in Grootegast". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
11. TG 2018, pp. 19–23.
12. "Stage 3a Oldambt / Winschoten". Healthy Ageing Tour. Courage Events. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
13. "Wild wins sprint on stage 3a of Healthy Ageing Tour". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
14. TG 2018, pp. 24–28.
15. "Stage 3b - Stadskanaal". Healthy Ageing Tour. Courage Events. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
16. "Boels Dolmans delivers in team time trial". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
17. TG 2018, pp. 29–38.
18. "Stage 4 - Hogeland / Winsum". Healthy Ageing Tour. Courage Events. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
19. Frattini, Kirsten (7 April 2018). "Healthy Ageing Tour: World champion Blaak wins stage 4". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
20. TG 2018, pp. 39–43.
21. "Stage 5 - Groningen". Healthy Ageing Tour. Courage Events. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
22. TG 2018, p. 48.
23. "Stage 1 : Individual Time Trial Heerenveen" (PDF). Healthy Ageing Tour. Courage Events. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
24. "Stage 2 : Westerkwartier / Grootegast" (PDF). Healthy Ageing Tour. Courage Events. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
25. "Stage 3a : Oldambt / Winschoten" (PDF). Healthy Ageing Tour. Courage Events. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
26. "Stage 3b : Team Time Trial Stadskanaal" (PDF). Healthy Ageing Tour. Courage Events. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
27. "Stage 4 : Hogeland / Winsum" (PDF). Healthy Ageing Tour. Courage Events. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
28. "Stage 5 : Gronigen" (PDF). Healthy Ageing Tour. Courage Events. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

Sources

• Technical Guide Healthy Ageing Tour Elite (PDF). Healthy Ageing Tour. Courage Events. 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.

External links

• Official website