Dutch Rabo Liv rider Anna Van Der Breggen held off a strong field of sprinters to win the rain drenched 2015 La Course by Le Tour de France from Jolien D’hoore (Wiggle Honda) and Amy Pieters (Liv-Plantur). There were crashes throughout the race on the slippery surface and almost half of the 120 starters failing to finish including world champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot. Rabo-Liv had an ace up their sleeve with Anna Van Der Breggen though and she attacked with less than two laps remaining and quickly opened a big gap, with 2km remaining the gap was at 6 seconds before another crash disrupted the chase.
Van Der Breggen held of the sprinters by 1 second “It was really slippery here and there,” she said. “I knew the peloton behind me would pull out all the stops. But winning here is well worth it.”
Celebrating on the Champs-Elysées, REALLY?! What a race, what a day and what a year.. Thank you staff&team! @RaboLiv pic.twitter.com/q1LD9jtrpt
— Anna van der Breggen (@AnnavdBreggen) July 26, 2015
.@LaCoursebyTDF 2015 :
1 : @AnnavdBreggen
2 : @JolienDhoore
3 : @AmyPieters
#LaCourse pic.twitter.com/vrDusyAZYC
— La Course by Le Tour (@LaCoursebyTDF) July 26, 2015
Results 2015 La Course
| Place | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Van Der Breggen (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | 2:05:01 |
| 2 | Jolien D’hoore (Bel) Wiggle Honda | 0:00:01 |
| 3 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Team Liv-Plantur | |
| 4 | Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | |
| 5 | Lotta Lepistö (Fin) Bigla Pro Cycling Team | |
| 6 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Velocio – SRAM | |
| 7 | Emma Johansson (Swe) Orica – Ais | |
| 8 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | |
| 9 | Kirsten Wild (Ned) Hitec Products | |
| 10 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | |
| 11 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | |
| 12 | Sara Mustonen (Swe) Team Liv-Plantur | 0:00:05 |
| 13 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Wiggle Honda | |
| 14 | Joelle Numainville (Can) Bigla Pro Cycling Team | |
| 15 | Carmen Small (USA) Bigla Pro Cycling Team | |
| 16 | Pascale Jeuland (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | |
| 17 | Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Velocio – SRAM | |
| 18 | Annette Edmondson (Aus) Wiggle Honda | 0:00:08 |
| 19 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | |
| 20 | Mia Radotic (Cro) BTC City Ljubljana | |
| 21 | Eugenia Bujak (Pol) BTC City Ljubljana | |
| 22 | Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | |
| 23 | Christina Siggaard (Den) Matrix Fitness | |
| 24 | Coryn Rivera (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team | |
| 25 | Kelly Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Pro – Duo | |
| 26 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Ale Cipollini | 0:00:16 |
| 27 | Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Liv-Plantur | 0:00:20 |
| 28 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Velocio – SRAM | |
| 29 | Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Velocio – SRAM | |
| 30 | Fanny Riberot (Fra) Lointek Team | 0:00:31 |
| 31 | Iris Sachet (Fra) France | |
| 32 | Amy Cure (Aus) Lotto Soudal Ladies | |
| 33 | Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Pro – Duo | |
| 34 | Coralie Demay (Fra) | |
| 35 | Gracie Elvin (Aus) Orica – Ais | 0:00:42 |
| 36 | Amanda Spratt (Aus) Orica – Ais | |
| 37 | Vera Koedooder (Ned) Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:46 |
| 38 | Anouska Koster (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | |
| 39 | Helen Wyman (GBr) Matrix Fitness | 0:00:48 |
| 40 | Mathilde Favre (Fra) France | 0:00:51 |
| 41 | Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) INPA Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:00:54 |
| 42 | Nina Kessler (Ned) Lensworld.eu – Zannata | 0:00:56 |
| 43 | Lucy Martin (GBr) Matrix Fitness | |
| 44 | Rushlee Buchanan (NZl) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team | |
| 45 | Loren Rowney (Aus) Velocio – SRAM | |
| 46 | Melissa Hoskins (Aus) Orica – Ais | |
| 47 | Chantal Blaak (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | |
| 48 | Romy Kasper (Ger) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | |
| 49 | Lizzie Williams (Aus) Orica – Ais | |
| 50 | Katie Hall (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:01:14 |
| 51 | Charlotte Becker (Ger) Hitec Products | 0:01:15 |
| 52 | Emilie Moberg (Nor) Hitec Products | 0:01:16 |
| 53 | Julia Soek (Ned) Team Liv-Plantur | 0:01:20 |
| 54 | Kelly Van Den Steen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Pro – Duo | 0:01:34 |
| 55 | Anna Zita Maria Stricker (Ita) INPA Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:01:58 |
| 56 | Thalita De Jong (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | 0:02:24 |
| 57 | Hannah Barnes (GBr) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team | |
| 58 | Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | |
| 59 | Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:02:37 |
| 60 | Emilie Aubry (Swi) Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:03:55 |
| 61 | Polona Batagelj (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | |
| 62 | Miriam Bjørnsrud (Nor) Hitec Products | 0:03:56 |
2015 La Course by Le Tour de France race report by TBL – The Bike Lane
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