Tour of California (women's race)

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Tour of California (women's race)
Race details
DateMay
Region California, United States
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Women's World Tour (since 2016)
TypeStage race
Organiser Anschutz Entertainment Group
Web site www.amgentourofcalifornia.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
History
First edition2015 (2015)
Editions5 (as of 2019)
First winnerFlag of Germany.svg  Trixi Worrack  (GER)
Most winsFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Anna van der Breggen  (NED) (2 times)
Most recentFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Anna van der Breggen  (NED)

The Women's Tour of California is the women's event of the Tour of California, an annual road bicycle racing event in California, United States. Raced over four stages, the event usually finishes with a criterium stage in Sacramento. [1] It is organized by Anschutz Entertainment Group and part of the UCI Women's World Tour. Dutch rider and 2016 Olympic road race champion Anna van der Breggen won the race twice, in 2017, [2] and 2018.

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Winners

Year1st2nd3rd
2015 Flag of Germany.svg Trixi Worrack
Velocio–SRAM
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Leah Kirchmann
Optum–KBS
Flag of the United States.svg Lauren Komanski
Twenty16 p/b Sho-Air
2016 Flag of the United States.svg Megan Guarnier
Boels–Dolmans
Flag of the United States.svg Kristin Armstrong
TWENTY16–Ridebiker
Flag of the United States.svg Evelyn Stevens
Boels–Dolmans
2017 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anna van der Breggen
Boels–Dolmans
Flag of the United States.svg Katie Hall
UnitedHealthcare
Flag of Cuba.svg Arlenis Sierra
Astana
2018 [3] Flag of the United States.svg Katie Hall
UnitedHealthcare
Flag of the United States.svg Tayler Wiles
Trek–Drops
Flag of Poland.svg Katarzyna Niewiadoma
Canyon–SRAM
2019 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anna van der Breggen
Boels–Dolmans
Flag of the United States.svg Katie Hall
Boels–Dolmans
Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Moolman Pasio
CCC Liv

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