The 2016 Aviva Women's Tour was the third staging of
The Women's Tour, a
women's stage race held in the
United Kingdom. It took place between 15 and 19 June 2016 and is part of the
UCI Women's World Tour.
The race was won by reigning World Champion
Lizzie Armitstead
Elizabeth Mary Deignan (née Armitstead; born 18 December 1988) is an English professional world champion track and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She was the 2015 World road race champion.
Deignan is ...
. The 2015 champion,
Lisa Brennauer
Lisa Brennauer (born 8 June 1988) is a German former Cycle sport, racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2022, for six different teams.
On the track, Brennauer won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Cycling at th ...
, withdrew on the last stage, while 2014 champion
Marianne Vos won the points category and finished fourth overall.
Schedule
Results
Stage 1
;15 June 2016 –
Southwold –
Norwich,
Stage 2
;16 June 2016 –
Atherstone –
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon (), commonly known as just Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is situated on the River Avon, north-we ...
,
Stage 3
;17 June 2016 –
Ashbourne –
Chesterfield
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* Rural Municipality of Chesterfield No. 261, Saskatchewan
* Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut United Kingdom
* Chesterfield, Derbyshire, a market town in England
** Chesterfield (UK Parliament constitue ...
,
Stage 4
;18 June 2016 –
Nottingham –
Stoke-on-Trent
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,
Stage 5
;19 June 2016 –
Northampton
Northampton () is a market town and civil parish in the East Midlands of England, on the River Nene, north-west of London and south-east of Birmingham. The county town of Northamptonshire, Northampton is one of the largest towns in England; ...
–
Kettering,
Classification leadership
References
External links
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{{2016 UCI Women's World Tour
Women's Tour
Women's Tour
The Women's Tour
Women's Tour