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2 days ago
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- Yahoo
Cat Ferguson breaks new ground to take Tour of Britain lead after crash-packed stage
The 19-year-old Cat Ferguson prevailed in foul conditions at the finish to claim victory on a crash-packed stage three of the Women's Tour of Britain and with it the general classification lead. It was her first UCI Women's World Tour stage victory. Ferguson (Movistar) from Skipton, North Yorkshire, surged clear across the cobbles in Kelso to lead home a British one-two in front of Josie Nelson (Picnic-PostNL). New Zealand's Ally Wollaston (FDJ-Suez) finished third, with the Dutch rider Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team ADQ) in fourth. Advertisement Stage three result 1 Cat Ferguson (GB/Movistar) 3h 42m 37s 2 Josie Nelson (GB/Picnic-PostNL) same time 3 Ally Wollaston (NZ/FDJ-Suez) st 4 Karlijn Swinkels (Neth/UAE-Team ADQ) st 5 Eleonora Gasparrini (Ita/UAE-Team ADQ) +3s 6 Millie Couzens (GB National Team) +38s 7 Quinty Ton (Neth/Liv-Alula-Jayco) same time 8 Imogen Wolff (GB/Visma Lease A Bike) st 9 Charlotte Kool (Neth/Picnic-PostNL) st 10 Marta Lach (Pol/SD Worx-Protime) st General classification 1 Cat Ferguson (GB/Movistar) 8h 39m 42s 2 Ally Wollaston (NZ/FDJ-Suez) +3s 3 Karlijn Swinkels (Neth/UAE-Team ADQ) +12s 4 Riejanne Markus (Neth/Lidl-Trek) +40s 5 Megan Jastrab (US/Picnic-PostNL) +52s Advertisement 6 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den/Canyon-SRAM) +52s 7 Quinty Ton (Neth/Liv-Alula-Jayco) +56s 8 Anna Henderson (GB/Lidl-Trek) +56s 9 Millie Couzens (GB National Team) +59s 10 Amber Kraak (Neth/FDJ-Suez) + 1m 5s It propelled Ferguson past the leader Kristen Faulkner – who finished more than three minutes down – and into the overall lead with Sunday's final stage to come. Wollaston trails by three seconds in the provisional general classification, with Swinkels a further nine seconds back, and Riejanne Markus (Lidl-Trek) fourth, 40 seconds behind Ferguson. The stage was marred by a number of crashes with several riders forced to abandon, among them previous race leader Kim Le Court. Advertisement 'This was one of the races I was most excited to do this season. I really wanted to come here in good form and show Britain how good I can be and I think I proved that,' said Ferguson. 'It's really emotional, even talking about it now. 'We worked well together as a group and I knew that if I positioned myself well into that final corner I could probably win the sprint. It was useful we'd done it before, in the intermediate sprint. I knew it was better to be second wheel and then launch first because you lose some momentum on the cobbles and it's hard to build it back up.' On the final stage Ferguson said: 'I'm a little bit nervous. It's going to be a rough night's sleep, I really want to hold on to this jersey. We'll see how it goes around the streets of Glasgow. I've raced there before and we've got a strong and motivated team. We'll do our best to defend it.'
The Guardian
3 days ago
- Sport
- The Guardian
Cat Ferguson breaks new ground to take Tour of Britain lead after crash-packed stage
The 19-year-old home rider Cat Ferguson prevailed in foul conditions at the finish to claim victory on a crash-packed stage three of the Women's Tour of Britain, and with it the general classification lead. Ferguson (Movistar) from Skipton, North Yorkshire, surged clear across the cobbles in Kelso to lead home a British one-two in front of Josie Nelson (Picnic-PostNL). New Zealand's Ally Wollaston (FDJ-Suez) finished third, with Dutch rider Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team ADQ) in fourth. It propels Ferguson past previous leader Kristen Faulkner – who finished more than three minutes down – and into the overall lead with just Sunday's final stage to come. Wollaston trails by just three seconds in the provisional general classification, with Swinkels a further nine seconds back, and Riejanne Markus (Lidl-Trek) fourth, 40 seconds behind Ferguson. The stage was marred by a host of crashes with a number forced to abandon, among them previous race leader Kim Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal). Ferguson prevailed in a frantic finale to claim her first UCI Women's World Tour stage victory. This report will update soon
BBC News
5 days ago
- Lifestyle
- BBC News
Yorkshire cycling fans celebrate Women's Tour of Britain start
Cycling fans in Yorkshire have spoken of their excitement as the Women's Tour of Britain got under way in the one of the four-day event began on Thursday at Dalby Forest in the North York Moors National Park, with the race then set to continue into the north-east of England and into Scotland. The start of the Women's Tour has come just over six years after the final edition of the Tour de Yorkshire was held - an event founded in the wake of the 2014 Tour de France, which famously held its opening stages in the county. Attending the opening day, spectator Lynne Gay said she wanted to see "a lot more" races come to Yorkshire in the future. Ms Gay said: "I was born into a cycling family. I've raced myself and I've followed cycling all my life, so we love being here and enjoying the atmosphere."I just wish it had stayed in the area a bit more and maybe gone to Scarborough. "We don't get much cycling in Yorkshire now the Tour de Yorkshire is gone, but I suppose we've got to be grateful we've got this."Meanwhile, Mark, a cyclist from Pickering, North Yorkshire, said: "I think it's so exciting seeing the scale of it."I think it just gets people into cycling. They think, 'I could get out and do that'."It brings excitement to the area." The picturesque North York Moors backdrop to the first stage of the race also proved to be a source of pride for the Maddie Leach said: "It's great. Just to get the exposure out to the young girls and children watching is exciting. "To show the World Tour the roads we train and race on, too. They may not enjoy it, but it's Yorkshire and it's beautiful." Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
20-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Deignan, Henderson and more set for Women's Tour of Britain
Several of Britain's best riders will compete in June's Lloyds Women's Tour of Britain, including Lizzie Lidl-Trek team-mate and Olympic silver medallist from last year's Paris Games Anna Henderson will also take on the four stages across England and Scotland, from 5-8 June. Also starring are two of British cycling's brightest prospects Cat Ferguson of Movistar and Imogen Wolff, who rides for Visma-Lease a Elynor and Zoe Backstedt also compete, for UAE-Team ADQ and Canyon-Sram Zondacrypto respectively. Deignan, 36, is retiring at the end of this season after an illustrious career which includes twice winning the Tour of Britain Women and many of the sport's biggest races, including the inaugural Paris-Roubaix in 2021 and a silver medal at the London 2012 Olympics."I have such special memories from this race and over my career I have had a lot of success here," said Deignan, who won in 2016 and 2019. "This will be my final Tour of Britain so it will be bittersweet but I am going to be surrounded by some incredible women."The UCI World Tour race sees a peloton of world-class riders - including peerless sprinter Lorena Wiebes of the Netherlands - take on stages in the north east of England, including Hartlepool, and in Scotland, finishing in won last year's junior UCI Road World Championships in Switzerland, and is seen as one of the best young talents on the Women's World Tour. The 19-year-old won last week's Navarra Women's Elite Classic one-day race while Wolff, also 19, won stage three and the young rider's white jersey at the Vuelta a Extremadura Femenina in Tour of Britain Women was rescued by British Cycling last year after being cancelled in 2023 because of funding race is known for being one of the few races which pays equal prize money - relative the number of stages - to the men's event. The Tour de France Femmes - women's cycling's biggest race - pays its winner 10% of that of the men's event, at 50,000 Euros. Tour of Britain Women 2025 stages: Stage one: Thursday 5 June, Dalby Forest to RedcarStage two: Friday 6 June, Hartlepool to Saltburn-by-the-SeaStage three: Saturday 7 June, The Scottish Borders Stage, Kelso to KelsoStage four: Sunday 8 June, The Glasgow Stage
