2021 La Course by Le Tour de France
| 2021 UCI Women's World Tour, race 10 of 20 | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 26 June 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 107.4 km (66.74 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2h 50' 29" | ||||||||||||
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The 2021 La Course by Le Tour de France was the eighth edition of La Course by Le Tour de France, a women's cycling race held in France. It took place on 26 June 2021 and was the tenth event on the 2021 UCI Women's World Tour. The event was organised by ASO, which also organises the Tour de France.
This was the last edition of La Course, which was replaced by Tour de France Femmes in 2022.
Route
The race started in Brest and finished at the top of the Cote de la Fosse aux Loups in Landerneau, after 3 laps of the final circuit of 14.5 km. The total distance of the race was 107.4 km. La Course was held before stage 1 of the men's 2021 Tour de France.[1]
Teams
Nine UCI Women's WorldTeams and fourteen UCI Women's Continental Teams made up the twenty-two teams that competed in the race. Each team entered six riders except for Team BikeExchange, Movistar Team, Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime and Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank, which entered five each. Of the 127 riders in the race, only 102 finished, while a further 6 riders finished over the time limit.
UCI Women's WorldTeams
UCI Women's Continental Teams
Results
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 |  Demi Vollering (NED)
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SD Worx | 2h 50' 29" |
| 2 |  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN)
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FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | + 0" |
| 3 | Marianne Vos (NED)
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Team Jumbo–Visma | + 0" |
| 4 | Anna van der Breggen (NED)
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SD Worx | + 0" |
| 5 |  Grace Brown (AUS)
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Team BikeExchange | + 0" |
| 6 |  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)
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Canyon–SRAM | + 0" |
| 7 |  Soraya Paladin (ITA)
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Liv Racing | + 0" |
| 8 |  Liane Lippert (GER)
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Team DSM | + 0" |
| 9 |  Elizabeth Deignan (GBR)
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Trek–Segafredo | + 4" |
| 10 | Sofia Bertizzolo (ITA)
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Liv Racing | + 4" |
See also
References
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (24 June 2021). "La Course by Le Tour de France 2021 - Preview". CyclingNews. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "La Course by Le Tour de France 2021 Results". ProCyclingStats. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.