2018 Amgen Tour of California Women's Race
2018 UCI Women's World Tour, race 11 of 23
Race details
Dates17–19 May 2018
Stages3
Distance301.5 km (187.3 mi)
Results
  Winner  Katie Hall (USA) (UnitedHealthcare)
  Second  Tayler Wiles (USA) (Trek–Drops)
  Third  Kasia Niewiadoma (POL) (Canyon–SRAM)

The fourth running of the Women's Tour of California (officially: Amgen Tour of California Women's Race empowered with SRAM) was held from 17 to 19 May 2018.[1] American Katie Hall won the race. Tayler Wiles was second, Kasia Niewiadoma third.[2]

It was the 11th race of the 2018 UCI Women's World Tour.[3] Raced over three stages, it covered a total distance of 301.5 km. Due to an overlap on the World Tour calendar with the Euskal Bira in Spain, defending champion Anna van der Breggen was not present in this year's event.[4]

Teams

Due to the overlap with the Euskal Bira, a number of World Tour Teams were absent in the race, including Boels–Dolmans, Mitchelton–BikeExchange, FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope, Alé–Cipollini, Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling, BTC City Ljubljana and WaowDeals Pro Cycling.[5] Fifteen teams participated in the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:[6]

Professional women's teams

National teams

  • United States of America
  • Mexico

Schedule

List of stages
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 17 May Elk Grove to Elk Grove 123.5 km (76.7 mi) Flat stage  Kendall Ryan (USA)
2 18 May South Lake Tahoe to South Lake Tahoe 108 km (67.1 mi) Mountain stage  Katie Hall (USA)
3 19 May Sacramento to Sacramento 70 km (43.5 mi) Flat stage  Arlenis Sierra (CUB)
Total 301.5 km (187.3 mi)

Classification leadership table

In the Tour of California, five different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received a yellow jersey.[7] This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour of California, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.

Additionally, there was a sprints classification, which awarded a green jersey.[7] In the sprints classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 15 points, with 12 for second, 9 for third, 7 for fourth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 10th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued – awarded on a 3–2–1 scale – at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a white jersey with red polka dots.[7] In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.

The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a predominantly "white design" jersey.[7] This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1992 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time. In addition, there was a combativity award given after each stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have "who best exemplifies the character of those engaged in the fight against cancer / heart disease", in line with the jersey's sponsors. This award was marked by a blue jersey.[7]

Stage Winner General classification
 Sprints classification
 Mountains classification
 Young rider classification
 Most courageous rider
 Team classification
1[8] Kendall Ryan Kendall Ryan Kendall Ryan Not awarded Emma White Whitney Allison Team Sunweb
2[9] Katie Hall Katie Hall Katie Hall Katie Hall Sara Poidevin Lily Williams UnitedHealthcare
3[10] Arlenis Sierra Emma White Liane Lippert
Final Katie Hall Emma White Katie Hall Sara Poidevin Not awarded UnitedHealthcare
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References

  1. ↑ "Amgen Tour of California Women's Race empowered with SRAM 2018". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Knöfler, Lukas (19 May 2018). "Amgen Women's Race: Hall takes overall victory". cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Part 2 Road Races" (PDF). UCI.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 March 2018. pp. 93–94. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  4. ↑ Frattini, Kristen (5 April 2018). "Van der Breggen, Boels Dolmans to skip Tour of California defence". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Frattini, Kristen (25 April 2018). "UCI regrets event conflicts on Women's WorldTour calendar". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "2018 Tour of Chongming Island UCI Women's WorldTour - Startlist". FirstCycling. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Program 2017, p. 17.
  8. ↑ "2018 Stage 1 Results (Women's) | Amgen Tour of California". Archived from the original on 2018-05-19. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  9. ↑ "2018 Stage 2 Results (Women's) | Amgen Tour of California". Archived from the original on 2018-05-19. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  10. ↑ "2018 Stage 3 Results (Women's) | Amgen Tour of California". Archived from the original on 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
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