🇳🇱 Watersley Ladies Challenge (2.NCup)
⏱️ Stage 1 — ITT, Munstergeleen → Watersley (6.4 km)
US champion Liliana Edwards took the opening time trial, edging home rider Maria Okrucińska by 2 seconds, with Italian road champion Maria Acuti third.
1) 🇺🇸 L. Edwards · 2) 🇵🇱 M. Okrucińska +2" · 3) 🇮🇹 M. Acuti +9"
⛰ Stage 2 — Watersley → Watersley (88.2 km)
On a circuit featuring the Schatsberg climb, Okrucińska attacked and held off the peloton for a solo win; Acuti took second in the reduced bunch sprint, Evie Reijn third.
1) 🇵🇱 M. Okrucińska · 2) 🇮🇹 M. Acuti +2" · 3) 🇳🇱 E. Reijn
⛰ Stage 3 — Watersley → Watersley (85.1 km)
Spanish champion Alejandra Neira repeated her final-stage win from last year, ahead of Czech champion Karolína Špicarová and Justine Baud.
1) 🇪🇸 A. Neira · 2) 🇨🇿 K. Špicarová +1" · 3) 🇫🇷 J. Baud +5"
👑 General Classification
Neira's stage win wasn't enough to dethrone Maria Okrucińska, who sealed the overall by just 3 seconds, improving on her runner-up finish last year. Maria Acuti completed the podium, 6 seconds down.
1) 🇵🇱 M. Okrucińska · 2) 🇪🇸 A. Neira +3" · 3) 🇮🇹 M. Acuti +6"
👕 Jerseys — Points: M. Okrucińska · Youth: I. Menting · QOM: L. Castro · Best Team: Czech Republic