🇧🇪 Baloise Ladies Tour (2.1)
After the opening prologue, the flat stages produced a Dutch duel between Nienke Veenhoven and Charlotte Kool, while Zoe Bäckstedt built her overall win against the clock.
💨 Stage 1 — Oostende → Knokke-Heist (112.5 km)
🥇 N. Veenhoven · 🥈 C. Kool s.t. · 🥉 Z. Bäckstedt s.t.
💨 Stage 2 — Zulte → Zulte (130.4 km)
🥇 C. Kool · 🥈 N. Veenhoven s.t. · 🥉 M. van der Duin s.t.
⏱️ Stage 3a — ITT, Maaseik (8.4 km)
🥇 Z. Bäckstedt · 🥈 F. Wilson-Haffenden · 🥉 M. van der Duin
(Afternoon 3b: bunch sprint won by N. Veenhoven.)
💨 Stage 4 — Mechelen → Mechelen (111.4 km)
🥇 N. Veenhoven · 🥈 C. Kool s.t. · 🥉 M. van der Duin s.t.
👑 General Classification
Thanks to her dominance in the two time trials, Zoe Bäckstedt secured the overall — the fourth rider to take back-to-back titles here, joining Jolien D'Hoore, Marianne Vos and Lisa Klein. Veenhoven took three stage wins.
🥇 Z. Bäckstedt · 🥈 N. Veenhoven +22" · 🥉 F. Wilson-Haffenden +23"
👕 Jerseys — Points: N. Veenhoven · Youth: Z. Bäckstedt · Best Belgian: F. Moors · Best Dutch: N. Veenhoven