Tour of Scandinavia

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Tour of Scandinavia
Race details
DateAugust
Region Norway, Sweden and Denmark
DisciplineRoad
Competition UCI Women's World Tour
Type Stage race
Web site www.battleofthenorth.eu OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
History
First edition2022
Editions2 (as of 2023)
First winnerFlag of Denmark.svg  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig  (DEN)
Most winsno repeat winners
Most recentFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Annemiek van Vleuten  (NED)

The Tour of Scandinavia is a women's cycle stage race, that has stages in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, in august. It is the successor of Ladies Tour of Norway [1] and it first edition was held in 2022. Its a UCI Women's World Tour event. The race was to be called Battle of the North but due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine the organisers renamed it Tour of Scandinavia. [2]

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Overall winners

YearWinnerSecondThird
2022 Flag of Denmark.svg  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig  (DEN)Flag of Germany.svg  Liane Lippert  (GER)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Alexandra Manly  (AUS)
2023 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Annemiek van Vleuten  (NED)Flag of Denmark.svg  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig  (DEN)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Amber Kraak  (NED)

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References

  1. "This is Tour of Scandinavia". battleofthenorth.eu. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  2. Price, Matilda (2022-03-25). "Battle of the North renamed Tour of Scandinavia in light of Ukraine war". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2023-05-18.