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The Women's Tour

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Date
  
May or June

Organiser
  
SweetSpot

Competition
  
UCI Women's WorldTour

First winner
  
Marianne Vos (NED)

First edition
  
2014

Type
  
Stage race

Editions
  
3 (as of 2016)

Discipline
  
Road bicycle racing

Region
  
Great Britain

Edition
  
3 (2016)

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Most recent
  
Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)

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The Women's Tour is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in Great Britain and has been part of the new UCI Women's World Tour since 2016. Until 2015 it was rated by the UCI as a 2.1 race.

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Jerseys

(As of 2014)

The yellow jersey is awarded to the rider with the lowest overall accumulated time. The points jersey is awarded to the rider with the most points accrued from stage finishes, and intermediate sprints on each stage. The Queen of the Mountains jersey is awarded to the rider with the most points accrued from the summits of designated climbs on each stage. The best young rider jersey is awarded to the rider with the lowest accumulated time who is under 23 years of age. The best British rider jersey is awarded to the leading british rider on general classification.

References

The Women's Tour Wikipedia