2004 Tour of Flanders
2004 UCI Women's Road World Cup, race 4 of 9
Race details
Dates4 April 2004
Distance94 km (58.41 mi)
Winning time2h 26' 00"[1]
Results
  Winner  Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS) (Team Let's Go Finland)
  Second  Trixi Worrack (GER) (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung)
  Third  Leontien van Moorsel (NED) (Team Farm Frites-Hartol)

The first running of the Tour of Flanders for Women, a women's road cycling race in Belgium, was held on 4 April 2004. The race started in Oudenaarde and finished in Meerbeke, taking in nine climbs and covering a total distance of 94 kilometres (58 miles).[2] It was the fourth round of the 2004 UCI Women's Road World Cup.[3] Russian Zulfiya Zabirova won the race after an attack on the Muur van Geraardsbergen, at 16 km from the finish.[1]

Race summary

With a total distance of 94 km, the inaugural women's Tour of Flanders was the shortest in history. The peloton was thinned out in the early stages by repeated attacks by Leontien van Moorsel, Hanka Kupfernagel and Mirjam Melchers. In Geraardsbergen, 16 km from the finish, Zulfiya Zabirova surged clear on the Muur. Zabirova never held more than 15 seconds over a three-woman group but maintained her solo effort to the finish, two weeks after claiming victory in the Primavera Rosa.[2] At four seconds, German Trixi Worrack won the sprint for second place ahead of van Moorsel and Melchers. Russian Olga Slyusareva won the field sprint for fifth place, 1' 20" later.[1]

Result

Zulfiya Zabirova won the inaugural Tour of Flanders for Women.
Result[1]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS) Team Let's Go Finland 2h 26' 00"
2  Trixi Worrack (GER) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung + 04"
3  Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel (NED) Team Farm Frites-Hartol s.t.
4  Mirjam Melchers (NED) Team Farm Frites-Hartol + 07"
5  Olga Slyusareva (RUS) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti + 1' 20"
6  Alison Wright (AUS) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti s.t.
7  Loes Gunnewijk (NED) Vrienden Van Het Platteland s.t.
8  Oenone Wood (AUS) - s.t.
9  Joanne Kiesanowski (NZL) - s.t.
10  Annette Beutler (SUI) Lietzsport Cycling s.t.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Henry, Chris. "1st Women's Ronde van Vlaanderen - CDM. Belgium, April 4, 2004". autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 O'Shea, Sadhbh. "Women's Tour of Flanders: Six of the best". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Scrymgeour, Kristy. "1st Women's Ronde van Vlaanderen - CDM". autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
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