July 18, 2017 (Gotha, GER) – Canadian Alison Jackson (Bepink Cogeas) finished a stellar second on the final Stage 6 in Gotha, 75.8km, won by American Skylar Schneider (USA) as the Lotto Thuringen Ladies Tour wrapped up today. Austrialian Rushlee Buchanan (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) was third.

Fellow Canuck Lex Albrecht (Team TIBCO – SVB) finished 13th with Jackson 15th on the General Classification as Germany’s Lisa Brennauer (Canyon SRAM Racing) won the overall at the end of the seven days of racing.

It was a successful tour for the two Canadians, with Albrecht taking her first European victory on Stage 2 while Jackson finished 10th yesterday on Stage 5 and earlier in the week she placed 6th on Stage 3 for three top-10 results.

Results

July 16 – Stage 4 – Schmölln-Schmölln (ITT) – 18.7km
1. Lauren Stephens (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:26:50
2. Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0:01
3. Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Canyon SRAM Racing 0:06
4. Trixi Worrack (Ger) Canyon SRAM Racing 0:36
5. Olga Zabelinskaya (Rus) BePink Cogeas 0:40
6. Mieke Kröger (Ger) Canyon SRAM Racing 0:50
7. Hayley Simmonds (Gbr) Team WNT Pro Cycling
8. Taylor Wiles (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:53
9. Ann-Sophie Duyck (Bel) Drops Cycling Team 1:02
10. Ruth Winder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 1:11

26. Lex Albrecht (Can) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 2:00
27. Alison Jackson (Can) BePink Cogeas 2:01

July 17 – Stage 5 – Greiz-Westernhagenplatz – 108.3km
1. Taylor Wiles (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 2:44:33
2. Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0:01
3. Leah Thomas (USA) US National Team
4. Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) Polish National Team
5. Romy Kasper (Ger) German National Team
6. Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Canyon SRAM Racing
7. Agnieszka Skalniak (Pol) Polish National Team
8. Eva Buurman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg-Destil Cycling Team
9. Eugenia Bujak (Pol) BTC City Ljubljana
10. Alison Jackson (Can) BePink Cogeas

31. Lex Albrecht (Can) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank

July 18 – Stage 6 – Gotha-Gotha – 80.5km
1. Skylar Schneider (USA) US National Team
2. Alison Jackson (Can) BePink Cogeas
3. Rushlee Buchanan (Nzl) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling

Final GC (brief)
1. Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Canyon SRAM Racing
2. Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Netherlands National Team
3. Hayley Simmonds (Gbr) Team WNT Pro Cycling

13. Lex Albrecht (Can) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
15. Alison Jackson (Can) BePink Cogeas