May 09, 2014 (Clacton, Great Britain) – The 86.8km Stage 3 of the Women’s Tour of Britain/Friends Life Women’s Tour was easily the most aggressive. Riders raced in strong winds, which forced plenty of attacks from the world’s best from Felixstowe to Clacton.

After some near-misses, Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabo Liv Women’s Cycling Team finally captured a stage win, followed by Emma Johansson (Swe) Orica AIS in second and Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda in third. Canada’s Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies had a fantastic ride, finishing sixth. She is now ranked 17th in the GC, which is led by Vos.

Results

1. Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team 2:11:05
2. Emma Johansson (Swe) Orica AIS
3. Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda
4. Lizzie Armitstead (Gbr) Boels Dolmans cycling team
5. Elena Cecchini (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren
6. Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
7. Amy Pieters (Ned) Netherlands
8. Lucy Garner (Gbr) Great Britain
9. Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Boels Dolmans cycling team
10. Chloe Hosking (Aus) Hitec products
11. Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) Lointek
12. Aude Biannic (Fra) Lointek
13. Peta Mullens (Aus) Wiggle Honda
14. Liesbet De Vocht (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies
15. Elise Delzenne (Fra) Specialized Lululemon
16. Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Orica AIS
17. Ruth Winder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
18. Gracie Elvin (Aus) Orica AIS
19. Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team
20. Rossella Ratto (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren
21. Lucinda Brand (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team
22. Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Netherlands
23. Katie Archibald (Gbr) Great Britain
24. Dani King (Gbr) Wiggle Honda
25. Trixi Worrack (Ger) Specialized Lululemon
26. Melon Pawlowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans cycling team
27. Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team
28. Jolanda Neff (Sui) Switzerland
29. Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Specialized Lululemon
30. Chantal Blaak (Ned) Specialized Lululemon
31. Charlotte Becker (Ger) Wiggle Honda
32. Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Hitec products
33. Denise Ramsden (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
34. Romy Kasper (Ger) Boels Dolmans cycling team
35. Linda Villumsen (Nzl) Wiggle Honda
36. Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Specialized Lululemon
37. Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (RSA) Hitec products
38. Jessie Walker (Gbr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine
39. Lucia Gonzalez (Esp) Lointek
40. Sharon Laws (Gbr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
41. Hannah Barnes (Gbr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
42. Shara Gillow (Aus) Orica AIS
43. Helen Wyman (Gbr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine
44. Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team
45. Janel Holcomb (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
46. Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Orica AIS
47. Jessie Daams (Bel) Boels Dolmans cycling team
48. Jutta Stienen (Sui) Switzerland
49. Alice Arzuffi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team 0:00:11
50. Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team
51. Iris Slappendel (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team
52. Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team 0:00:13
53. Chantal Hoffmann (Lux) Lotto Belisol Ladies
54. Henriette Woering (Ned) Netherlands 0:00:15
55. Katrin Leumann (Sui) Switzerland 0:00:52
56. Lauren Hall (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
57. Fanny Riberot (Fra) Lointek 0:08:19
58. Lucy Martin (Gbr) Estado de Mexico Faren 0:12:03
59. Janine Van De Meer (Ned) Netherlands
60. Anouska Koster (Ned) Netherlands
61. Uenia Fernandes Souza (Bra) Estado de Mexico Faren
62. Belen Lopez (Esp) Lointek
63. Cari Higgins (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
64. Anna Knauer (Ger) Rabo Liv women cycling team
65. Ciara Horne (Gbr) Great Britain
66. Jade Wilcoxson (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
67. Emma Pooley (Gbr) Lotto Belisol Ladies
68. Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren
69. Laura Trott (Gbr) Wiggle Honda
70. Annette Edmondson (Aus) Orica AIS
71. Emma Trott (Gbr) Boels Dolmans cycling team
72. Amy Hill (Gbr) Great Britain
73. Linda Indergand (Sui) Switzerland
74. Ramona Forchini (Sui) Switzerland 0:22:39
75. Katharine Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:24:51
76. Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies
77. Emily Kay (Gbr) Great Britain
78. Erika Leticia Yepez Fernandez (Mex) Estado de Mexico Faren
79. Caroline Baur (Sui) Switzerland
80. Melissa Lowther (Gbr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine
81. Jo Tindley (Gbr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine
82. Hayley Jones (Gbr) Great Britain
83. Penny Rowson (Gbr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine
84. Doris Schweizer (Sui) Astana Bepink womens team
85. Harriet Owen (Gbr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine
DNF Lauren Tamayo (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
DNF Thea Thorsen (Nor) Hitec products
DNF Sheyla Gutierrez (Esp) Lointek

GC after Stage 3

1. Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team 7:41:14
2. Emma Johansson (Swe) Orica AIS 0:00:08
3. Rossella Ratto (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren 0:00:09
4. Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team 0:00:14
5. Lizzie Armitstead (Gbr) Boels Dolmans cycling team 0:00:18
6. Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda 0:00:24
7. Hannah Barnes (Gbr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
8. Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Boels Dolmans cycling team 0:00:25
9. Elise Delzenne (Fra) Specialized Lululemon
10. Lucy Garner (Gbr) Great Britain 0:00:28
11. Amy Pieters (Ned) Netherlands
12. Elena Cecchini (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren
13. Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) Lointek
14. Chloe Hosking (Aus) Hitec products
15. Aude Biannic (Fra) Lointek
16. Trixi Worrack (Ger) Specialized Lululemon
17. Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
18. Jolanda Neff (Sui) Switzerland
19. Liesbet De Vocht (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies
20. Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Hitec products
21. Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team
22. Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Netherlands
23. Peta Mullens (Aus) Wiggle Honda
24. Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Specialized Lululemon
25. Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Specialized Lululemon
26. Gracie Elvin (Aus) Orica AIS
27. Linda Villumsen (Nzl) Wiggle Honda
28. Dani King (Gbr) Wiggle Honda
29. Denise Ramsden (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
30. Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (RSA) Hitec products
31. Lauren Hall (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
32. Katie Archibald (Gbr) Great Britain
33. Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Orica AIS
34. Melon Pawlowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans cycling team
35. Sharon Laws (Gbr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
36. Dalia Muccioli (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team
37. Romy Kasper (Ger) Boels Dolmans cycling team
38. Janel Holcomb (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
39. Lucia Gonzalez (Esp) Lointek
40. Shara Gillow (Aus) Orica AIS
41. Jessie Daams (Bel) Boels Dolmans cycling team
42. Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team 0:00:36
43. Alice Arzuffi (Ita) Astana Bepink womens team 0:00:39
44. Iris Slappendel (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team
45. Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team 0:00:41
46. Lucinda Brand (Ned) Rabo Liv women cycling team 0:00:52
47. Charlotte Becker (Ger) Wiggle Honda 0:00:53
48. Helen Wyman (Gbr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine 0:00:58
49. Chantal Blaak (Ned) Specialized Lululemon 0:01:01
50. Ruth Winder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
51. Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Orica AIS 0:01:03
52. Jessie Walker (Gbr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine 0:01:23
53. Chantal Hoffmann (Lux) Lotto Belisol Ladies
54. Henriette Woering (Ned) Netherlands 0:01:48
55. Katrin Leumann (Sui) Switzerland 0:01:56
56. Jutta Stienen (Sui) Switzerland 0:03:14
57. Fanny Riberot (Fra) Lointek 0:10:14
58. Anouska Koster (Ned) Netherlands 0:12:31
59. Laura Trott (Gbr) Wiggle Honda
60. Linda Indergand (Sui) Switzerland
61. Belen Lopez (Esp) Lointek
62. Ciara Horne (Gbr) Great Britain
63. Janine Van De Meer (Ned) Netherlands
64. Jade Wilcoxson (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
65. Lucy Martin (Gbr) Estado de Mexico Faren 0:13:04
66. Emma Pooley (Gbr) Lotto Belisol Ladies 0:13:38
67. Anna Knauer (Ger) Rabo Liv women cycling team 0:13:58
68. Annette Edmondson (Aus) Orica AIS 0:14:01
69. Emma Trott (Gbr) Boels Dolmans cycling team
70. Cari Higgins (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:15:17
71. Uenia Fernandes Souza (Bra) Estado de Mexico Faren 0:15:49
72. Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Estado de Mexico Faren 0:15:58
73. Amy Hill (Gbr) Great Britain 0:22:20
74. Ramona Forchini (Sui) Switzerland 0:23:07
75. Katharine Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:25:34
76. Hayley Jones (Gbr) Great Britain 0:25:52
77. Doris Schweizer (Sui) Astana Bepink womens team 0:26:26
78. Erika Leticia Yepez Fernandez (Mex) Estado de Mexico Faren 0:28:05
79. Jo Tindley (Gbr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine 0:29:08
80. Melissa Lowther (Gbr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine 0:34:03
81. Caroline Baur (Sui) Switzerland 0:35:30
82. Penny Rowson (Gbr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine
83. Emily Kay (Gbr) Great Britain 0:35:50
84. Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies 0:48:40
85. Harriet Owen (Gbr) Matrix Fitness – Vulpine 0:56:29