2023 Holland Ladies Tour

2023 Holland Ladies Tour

2023 UCI Women's World Tour, race 24 of 27
Race details
Dates	5–10 September
Stages	5 + Prologue
Distance	579.4 km (360.0 mi)
Winning time	14h 27' 50"
Results
Winner   Lotte Kopecky  (BEL) (SD Worx)   Second   Lorena Wiebes  (NED) (SD Worx)   Third   Anna Henderson  (GBR) (Team Jumbo–Visma) Points   Lorena Wiebes  (NED) (SD Worx) Mountains   Karlijn Swinkels  (NED) (Team Jumbo–Visma) Youth   Zoe Bäckstedt  (GBR) (Canyon–SRAM)   Team Lidl–Trek
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The 2023 Holland Ladies Tour, also known as the 2023 Simac Ladies Tour, was a road cycling stage race that took place in the Netherlands between 5 and 10 September 2023. It was the 25th edition of the Holland Ladies Tour, and part of the 2023 UCI Women's World Tour.

Teams

14 of 15 UCI Women's WorldTeams (all except EF Education–Tibco–SVB) and six UCI Women's Continental Teams made up the 18 teams that participated in the Tour. A total of 120 riders started the race. ^[1]

UCI Women's WorldTeams

• SD Worx
• Movistar Team
• Team Jumbo–Visma
• Canyon–SRAM
• Fenix–Deceuninck
• Israel Premier Tech Roland
• Lidl–Trek
• Liv Racing TeqFind
• Team dsm–firmenich
• Team Jayco–AlUla
• UAE Team ADQ
• Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

UCI Women's Continental Teams

• Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling
• Lifeplus Wahoo
• AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step
• GT Krush Rebellease Pro Cycling
• Parkhotel Valkenburg
• Lotto–Dstny Ladies

Route

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
Prologue	5 September	Ede to Ede	2.4 km (1.5 mi)		Individual time trial	Charlotte Kool  (NED)
1	6 September	Gennep to Gennep	139.1 km (86.4 mi)		Flat stage	Elisa Balsamo  (ITA)
2	7 September	Leuven to Leuven	7.1 km (4.4 mi)		Individual time trial	Lotte Kopecky  (BEL)
3	8 September	Emmeloord to Lelystad	148.9 km (92.5 mi)		Flat stage	Charlotte Kool  (NED)
4	9 September	Valkenburg to Valkenburg	131.6 km (81.8 mi)		Hilly stage	Lotte Kopecky  (BEL)
5	10 September	Arnhem to Arnhem	150.3 km (93.4 mi)		Hilly stage	Lorena Wiebes  (NED)
Total			579.4 km (360.0 mi)

Stages

Prologue

5 September 2023 – Ede to Ede, 2.4 km (1.5 mi)

Prologue Result [2] [3] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Charlotte Kool  (NED) Team dsm–firmenich 3' 04" 2   Riejanne Markus  (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 4" 3   Lotte Kopecky  (BEL) SD Worx + 4" 4   Lorena Wiebes  (NED) SD Worx + 5" 5   Demi Vollering  (NED) SD Worx + 6" 6   Anna Henderson  (GBR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 7" 7   Maike van der Duin  (NED) Canyon–SRAM + 7" 8   Elisa Balsamo  (ITA) Lidl–Trek + 8" 9   Zoe Bäckstedt  (GBR) Canyon–SRAM + 8" 10   Pfeiffer Georgi  (GBR) Team dsm–firmenich + 8"

General classification after Prologue [2] [3] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Charlotte Kool  (NED) Team dsm–firmenich 3' 04" 2   Riejanne Markus  (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 4" 3   Lotte Kopecky  (BEL) SD Worx + 4" 4   Lorena Wiebes  (NED) SD Worx + 5" 5   Demi Vollering  (NED) SD Worx + 6" 6   Anna Henderson  (GBR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 7" 7   Maike van der Duin  (NED) Canyon–SRAM + 7" 8   Elisa Balsamo  (ITA) Lidl–Trek + 8" 9   Zoe Bäckstedt  (GBR) Canyon–SRAM + 8" 10   Pfeiffer Georgi  (GBR) Team dsm–firmenich + 8"

Stage 1

6 September 2023 – Gennep to Gennep, 139.1 km (86.4 mi)

Stage 1 Result [4] [5] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Elisa Balsamo  (ITA) Lidl–Trek 3h 28' 45" 2   Lorena Wiebes  (NED) SD Worx + 0" 3   Charlotte Kool  (NED) Team dsm–firmenich + 0" 4   Arlenis Sierra  (CUB) Movistar Team + 0" 5   Maria Giulia Confalonieri  (ITA) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 6   Letizia Paternoster  (ITA) Team Jayco–AlUla + 0" 7   Maike van der Duin  (NED) Canyon–SRAM + 0" 8   Chiara Consonni  (ITA) UAE Team ADQ + 0" 9   Anna Henderson  (GBR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 10   Ilaria Sanguineti  (ITA) Lidl–Trek + 0"

General classification after Stage 1 [4] [5] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Charlotte Kool  (NED) Team dsm–firmenich 3h 31' 45" 2   Elisa Balsamo  (ITA) Lidl–Trek + 2" 3   Lorena Wiebes  (NED) SD Worx + 3" 4   Riejanne Markus  (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 8" 5   Lotte Kopecky  (BEL) SD Worx + 8" 6   Demi Vollering  (NED) SD Worx + 10" 7   Anna Henderson  (GBR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 11" 8   Maike van der Duin  (NED) Canyon–SRAM + 11" 9   Zoe Bäckstedt  (GBR) Canyon–SRAM + 12" 10   Pfeiffer Georgi  (GBR) Team dsm–firmenich + 12"

Stage 2

7 September 2023 – Leuven to Leuven, 7.1 km (4.4 mi)

Stage 2 Result [6] [7] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Lotte Kopecky  (BEL) SD Worx 8' 59" 2   Riejanne Markus  (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 2" 3   Zoe Bäckstedt  (GBR) Canyon–SRAM + 11" 4   Anna Henderson  (GBR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 11" 5   Christina Schweinberger  (AUT) Fenix–Deceuninck + 13" 6   Demi Vollering  (NED) SD Worx + 15" 7   Georgia Baker  (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 16" 8   Lorena Wiebes  (NED) SD Worx + 18" 9   Ally Wollaston  (NZL) AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step + 19" 10   Pfeiffer Georgi  (GBR) Team dsm–firmenich + 19"

General classification after Stage 2 [6] [7] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Lotte Kopecky  (BEL) SD Worx 3h 40' 52" 2   Riejanne Markus  (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 2" 3   Lorena Wiebes  (NED) SD Worx + 13" 4   Anna Henderson  (GBR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 14" 5   Zoe Bäckstedt  (GBR) Canyon–SRAM + 15" 6   Demi Vollering  (NED) SD Worx + 17" 7   Christina Schweinberger  (AUT) Fenix–Deceuninck + 19" 8   Pfeiffer Georgi  (GBR) Team dsm–firmenich + 23" 9   Georgia Baker  (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 23" 10   Ally Wollaston  (NZL) AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step + 25"

Stage 3

8 September 2023 – Emmeloord to Lelystad, 148.9 km (92.5 mi)

Stage 3 Result [8] [9] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Charlotte Kool  (NED) Team dsm–firmenich 3h 38' 02" 2   Lorena Wiebes  (NED) SD Worx + 0" 3   Elisa Balsamo  (ITA) Lidl–Trek + 0" 4   Letizia Paternoster  (ITA) Team Jayco–AlUla + 0" 5   Maike van der Duin  (NED) Canyon–SRAM + 0" 6   Maggie Coles-Lyster  (CAN) Israel Premier Tech Roland + 0" 7   Arlenis Sierra  (CUB) Movistar Team + 0" 8   Christina Schweinberger  (AUT) Fenix–Deceuninck + 0" 9   Katrijn De Clercq  (BEL) Lotto–Dstny Ladies + 0" 10   Marthe Goossens  (BEL) AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step + 0"

General classification after Stage 3 [8] [9] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Lotte Kopecky  (BEL) SD Worx 7h 18' 54" 2   Riejanne Markus  (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 2" 3   Lorena Wiebes  (NED) SD Worx + 7" 4   Anna Henderson  (GBR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 14" 5   Zoe Bäckstedt  (GBR) Canyon–SRAM + 15" 6   Charlotte Kool  (NED) Team dsm–firmenich + 15" 7   Demi Vollering  (NED) SD Worx + 17" 8   Christina Schweinberger  (AUT) Fenix–Deceuninck + 19" 9   Pfeiffer Georgi  (GBR) Team dsm–firmenich + 23" 10   Georgia Baker  (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 23"

Stage 4

9 September 2023 – Valkenburg to Valkenburg, 131.6 km (81.8 mi)

Stage 4 Result [10] [11] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Lotte Kopecky  (BEL) SD Worx 3h 24' 17" 2   Lorena Wiebes  (NED) SD Worx + 0" 3   Katarzyna Niewiadoma  (POL) Canyon–SRAM + 0" 4   Sofia Bertizzolo  (ITA) UAE Team ADQ + 10" 5   Anna Henderson  (GBR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 13" 6   Shirin van Anrooij  (NED) Lidl–Trek + 13" 7   Annemiek van Vleuten  (NED) Movistar Team + 13" 8   Pfeiffer Georgi  (GBR) Team dsm–firmenich + 13" 9   Zoe Bäckstedt  (GBR) Canyon–SRAM + 21" 10   Karlijn Swinkels  (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 21"

General classification after Stage 4 [10] [11] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Lotte Kopecky  (BEL) SD Worx 10h 43' 01" 2   Lorena Wiebes  (NED) SD Worx + 11" 3   Anna Henderson  (GBR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 37" 4   Pfeiffer Georgi  (GBR) Team dsm–firmenich + 46" 5   Zoe Bäckstedt  (GBR) Canyon–SRAM + 46" 6   Katarzyna Niewiadoma  (POL) Canyon–SRAM + 48" 7   Annemiek van Vleuten  (NED) Movistar Team + 57" 8   Karlijn Swinkels  (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 57" 9   Christina Schweinberger  (AUT) Fenix–Deceuninck + 58" 10   Shirin van Anrooij  (NED) Lidl–Trek + 1' 04"

Stage 5

10 September 2023 – Arnhem to Arnhem, 150.3 km (93.4 mi)

Stage 5 Result [12] [13] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Lorena Wiebes  (NED) SD Worx 3h 44' 53" 2   Elisa Balsamo  (ITA) Lidl–Trek + 0" 3   Lotte Kopecky  (BEL) SD Worx + 0" 4   Ruby Roseman-Gannon  (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 0" 5   Pfeiffer Georgi  (GBR) Team dsm–firmenich + 0" 6   Anniina Ahtosalo  (FIN) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 7   Christina Schweinberger  (AUT) Fenix–Deceuninck + 0" 8   Zoe Bäckstedt  (GBR) Canyon–SRAM + 0" 9   Anna Henderson  (GBR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 10   Sofia Bertizzolo  (ITA) UAE Team ADQ + 3"

General classification after Stage 5 [12] [13] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Lotte Kopecky  (BEL) SD Worx 14h 27' 50" 2   Lorena Wiebes  (NED) SD Worx + 5" 3   Anna Henderson  (GBR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 41" 4   Pfeiffer Georgi  (GBR) Team dsm–firmenich + 50" 5   Zoe Bäckstedt  (GBR) Canyon–SRAM + 50" 6   Katarzyna Niewiadoma  (POL) Canyon–SRAM + 55" 7   Christina Schweinberger  (AUT) Fenix–Deceuninck + 1' 02" 8   Karlijn Swinkels  (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 04" 9   Shirin van Anrooij  (NED) Lidl–Trek + 1' 16" 10   Yara Kastelijn  (NED) Fenix–Deceuninck + 1' 33"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountain classification	Young rider classification	Team classification	Combativity award
Prologue	Charlotte Kool	Charlotte Kool	Charlotte Kool	Not awarded	Maike van der Duin	SD Worx	Not awarded
1	Elisa Balsamo			Lieke Nooijen			Femke de Vries [14]
2	Lotte Kopecky	Lotte Kopecky	Lotte Kopecky		Zoe Bäckstedt		Not awarded
3	Charlotte Kool		Charlotte Kool				Scarlett Souren [15]
4	Lotte Kopecky		Lorena Wiebes	Femke Gerritse			Zoe Bäckstedt [16]
5	Lorena Wiebes			Karlijn Swinkels		Lidl–Trek	Katarzyna Niewiadoma [17]
Final classification		Lotte Kopecky	Lorena Wiebes	Karlijn Swinkels	Zoe Bäckstedt	Lidl–Trek	Not awarded

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the points classification
	Denotes the winner of the young rider classification		Denotes the winner of the mountains classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10) ^{[12] [13]}

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Lotte Kopecky  (BEL)	SD Worx	14h 27' 50"
2	Lorena Wiebes  (NED)	SD Worx	+ 5"
3	Anna Henderson  (GBR)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 41"
4	Pfeiffer Georgi  (GBR)	Team dsm–firmenich	+ 50"
5	Zoe Bäckstedt  (GBR)	Canyon–SRAM	+ 50"
6	Katarzyna Niewiadoma  (POL)	Canyon–SRAM	+ 55"
7	Christina Schweinberger  (AUT)	Fenix–Deceuninck	+ 1' 02"
8	Karlijn Swinkels  (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 1' 04"
9	Shirin van Anrooij  (NED)	Lidl–Trek	+ 1' 16"
10	Yara Kastelijn  (NED)	Fenix–Deceuninck	+ 1' 33"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10) ^{[12] [13]}

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Lorena Wiebes  (NED)	SD Worx	107
2	Lotte Kopecky  (BEL)	SD Worx	89
3	Elisa Balsamo  (ITA)	Lidl–Trek	69
4	Charlotte Kool  (NED)	Team dsm–firmenich	66
5	Anna Henderson  (GBR)	Team Jumbo–Visma	50
6	Zoe Bäckstedt  (GBR)	Canyon–SRAM	38
7	Pfeiffer Georgi  (NED)	Team dsm–firmenich	32
8	Christina Schweinberger  (AUT)	Fenix–Deceuninck	30
9	Maike van der Duin  (NED)	Canyon–SRAM	30
10	Letizia Paternoster  (ITA)	Team Jayco–AlUla	24

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10) ^{[12] [13]}

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Karlijn Swinkels  (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	18
2	Femke Gerritse  (NED)	Parkhotel Valkenburg	16
3	Brodie Chapman  (AUS)	Lidl–Trek	8
4	Lieke Nooijen  (NED)	Parkhotel Valkenburg	8
5	Katarzyna Niewiadoma  (POL)	Canyon–SRAM	7
6	Maria Giulia Confalonieri  (ITA)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	6
7	Lotte Kopecky  (BEL)	SD Worx	5
8	Floortje Mackaij  (NED)	Movistar Team	5
9	Lauretta Hanson  (AUS)	Lidl–Trek	5
10	Quinty Ton  (NED)	Liv Racing TeqFind	5

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10) ^{[12] [13]}

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Zoe Bäckstedt  (GBR)	Canyon–SRAM	14h 28' 40"
2	Shirin van Anrooij  (NED)	Lidl–Trek	+ 26"
3	Maud Rijnbeek  (NED)	AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 2' 15"
4	Marthe Goossens  (BEL)	AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 5' 31"
5	Femke Gerritse  (NED)	Parkhotel Valkenburg	+ 8' 36"
6	Maike van der Duin  (NED)	Canyon–SRAM	+ 10' 36"
7	Anniina Ahtosalo  (FIN)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	+ 10' 56"
8	Maud Oudeman  (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 16' 00"
9	Neve Bradbury  (AUS)	Canyon–SRAM	+ 19' 07"
10	Lieke Nooijen  (NED)	Parkhotel Valkenburg	+ 20' 49"

Teams classification

Final team classification (1–10) ^{[12] [13]}

Rank	Team	Time
1	Lidl–Trek	43h 28' 19"
2	SD Worx	+ 18"
3	Canyon–SRAM	+ 1' 29"
4	Movistar Team	+ 4' 34"
5	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 12' 41"
6	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	+ 12' 55"
7	Fenix–Deceuninck	+ 13' 52"
8	AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 13' 57"
9	Liv Racing TeqFind	+ 15' 09"
10	Team Jayco–AlUla	+ 18' 43"

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