Riejanne Markus z kobiecej drużyny Jumbo-Visma ubiegła najszybsze zawodniczki w peletonie i wygrała drugi etap wyścigu Ladies Tour of Norway. Przekraczając linię mety, nie mogła uwierzyć w to, co się stało.
Drugi etap wyścigu Ladies Tour of Norway prowadził pomiędzy miejscowościami Askim oraz Mysen i liczył 145 kilometrów. Profil był raczej płaski, choć chwilami robiło się pagórkowato. Na trasie zaplanowane były dwie lotne premie i jedna premia górska. W okolicach miast Mysen zawodniczki ścigały się na rundach – po raz pierwszy linię mety przekroczyły na 137. kilometrze.
Gdy do mety pozostało mniej niż 100 kilometrów, wreszcie nastąpiły pierwsze ataki z peletonu. Jako pierwsza do przodu ruszyła Sabrina Stulkiens (Liv Racing), ale została schwytana przez peleton. Następnie zaatakowały Aude Biannic z Movistaru oraz Audrey Cordon-Ragot z Trek-Segafredo. Po chwili do prowadzącego duetu dołączyła również Holenderka Reijanne Markus z drużyny Jumbo-Visma.
Znajdującym się na czele zawodniczkom nie udało się zbudować zbyt dużej przewagi – maksymalna wynosiła około dwóch minut. Wreszcie na czele wyścigu pozostała samotna Reijanne Markus, która 10 kilometrów przed metą miała jeszcze około minuty przewagi nad dużą grupą.
Markus jechała znakomicie i na ostatni kilometr wjechała samotnie. Peleton siedział jej na plecach, a goniły między innymi zawodniczki Team DSM, które na wyścigu w Norwegii mają w swoim składzie szybką Coryn Rivierę. Ostatecznie Holenderka przkroczyła linię mety jako pierwsza, co jest jednocześnie jej najbardziej prestiżowym sukcesem w całej kolarskiej karierze.
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Liderką klasyfikacji generalnej pozostała Kristen Faulkner, która założyła koszulkę liderki po zwycięstwie na pierwszym etapie. Markus traci do niej 4 sekundy.
Wyniki drugiego etapu:
| 1 | Riejanne Markus (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team | 3:40:01 |
| 2 | Coryn Rivera (USA) Team DSM | |
| 3 | Alison Jackson (Can) Liv Racing | |
| 4 | Elise Chabbey (Swi) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
| 5 | Sanne Cant (Bel) Plantur-Pura | |
| 6 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 7 | Sarah Roy (Aus) Team BikeExchange | |
| 8 | Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
| 9 | Stine Borgli (Nor) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
| 10 | Kristen Faulkner (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | |
| 11 | Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
| 12 | Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products | |
| 13 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Team SD Worx | |
| 14 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
| 15 | Anne Dorthe Ysland (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products | |
| 16 | Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
| 17 | Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Movistar Team Women | |
| 18 | Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team DSM | |
| 19 | Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (Nor) Norway National Team | |
| 20 | Mischa Bredewold (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 21 | Juliette Labous (Fra) Team DSM | |
| 22 | Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Team SD Worx | |
| 23 | Anouska Koster (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team | |
| 24 | Yara Kastelijn (Ned) Plantur-Pura | |
| 25 | Vita Heine (Nor) Norway National Team | |
| 26 | Eugenia Bujak (Slo) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana | |
| 27 | Marlen Reusser (Swi) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana | |
| 28 | Mavi Garcia (Spa) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana | |
| 29 | Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
| 30 | Rachel Neylan (Aus) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 31 | Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Team SD Worx | |
| 32 | Nancy van der Berg (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team | |
| 33 | Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana | |
| 34 | Janneke Ensing (Ned) Team BikeExchange | |
| 35 | Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
| 36 | Annemarie Worst (Ned) Plantur-Pura | |
| 37 | Joscelin Lowden (GBr) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur | |
| 38 | Anna Shackley (GBr) Team SD Worx | |
| 39 | Brodie Chapman (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
| 40 | Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Liv Racing | |
| 41 | Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
| 42 | Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
| 43 | Susanne Andersen (Nor) Team DSM | |
| 44 | Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | 0:00:29 |
| 45 | Liane Lippert (Ger) Team DSM | 0:00:32 |
| 46 | Julie De Wilde (Bel) Plantur-Pura | 0:00:43 |
| 47 | Tiril Jørgensen (Nor) Norway National Team | |
| 48 | Leah Thomas (USA) Movistar Team Women | |
| 49 | Birgitte Andersen Nilssen (Nor) Norway National Team | |
| 50 | Femke Markus (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 51 | Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Liv Racing | |
| 52 | Urska Pintar (Slo) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana | |
| 53 | Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women | |
| 54 | Amalie Lutro (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products | 0:01:20 |
| 55 | Julie Van De Velde (Bel) Jumbo-Visma Women Team | |
| 56 | Nina Buijsman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 57 | Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 58 | Amber Kraak (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team | |
| 59 | Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) Liv Racing | |
| 60 | Lucy Kennedy (Aus) Team BikeExchange | |
| 61 | Urska Zigart (Slo) Team BikeExchange | |
| 62 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) Team SD Worx | |
| 63 | Inge van der Heijden (Ned) Plantur-Pura | |
| 64 | Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | |
| 65 | Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
| 66 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 67 | Sophie Wright (GBr) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana | 0:01:29 |
| 68 | Emilie Moberg (Nor) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur | |
| 69 | Rossella Ratto (Ita) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | |
| 70 | Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | |
| 71 | Femke Gerritse (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 72 | Wilma Olausson (Swe) Team DSM | |
| 73 | Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
| 74 | Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx | |
| 75 | Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
| 76 | Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
| 77 | Jessica Allen (Aus) Team BikeExchange | 0:04:18 |
| 78 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 79 | Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women | 0:04:53 |
| 80 | Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
| 81 | Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 82 | Tanja Erath (Ger) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | 0:07:48 |
| 83 | Anna Christian (GBr) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur | |
| 84 | Magdalene Lind (Nor) Norway National Team | |
| 85 | Ingrid Lorvik (Nor) Norway National Team | |
| 86 | Mari Hole Mohr (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products | |
| 87 | Pien Limpens (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 88 | Justine Ghekiere (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | 0:09:12 |
| 89 | Diana Carolina Peñuela Martinez (Col) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | |
| 90 | Ann Helen Olsen (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products | |
| 91 | Elise Marie Olsen (Nor) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur | |
| 92 | Natalie van Gogh (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | |
| 93 | Silvia Pollicini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
| 94 | Elynor Backstedt (GBr) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 95 | Sara Penton (Swe) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur | |
| 96 | Evy Kuijpers (Ned) Liv Racing | |
| 97 | Nina Kessler (Ned) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | |
| 98 | Caroline Andersson (Swe) Team Coop Hitec Products | |
| 99 | Manon Bakker (Ned) Plantur-Pura | |
| 100 | Demi De Jong (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | |
| DNF | Marta Cavalli (Ita) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
| DNF | Claudia Jongerius (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | |
| DNS | Anna Henderson (GBr) Jumbo-Visma Women Team |
Klasyfikacja generalna po drugim etapie:
| 1 | Kristen Faulkner (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | 7:18:06 |
| 2 | Riejanne Markus (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team | |
| 3 | Susanne Andersen (Nor) Team DSM | 0:00:04 |
| 4 | Coryn Rivera (USA) Team DSM | |
| 5 | Alison Jackson (Can) Liv Racing | 0:00:06 |
| 6 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:10 |
| 7 | Sanne Cant (Bel) Plantur-Pura | |
| 8 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
| 9 | Elise Chabbey (Swi) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
| 10 | Sarah Roy (Aus) Team BikeExchange | |
| 11 | Stine Borgli (Nor) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
| 12 | Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Movistar Team Women | |
| 13 | Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products | |
| 14 | Juliette Labous (Fra) Team DSM | |
| 15 | Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team DSM | |
| 16 | Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
| 17 | Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Team SD Worx | |
| 18 | Mavi Garcia (Spa) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana | |
| 19 | Mischa Bredewold (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 20 | Yara Kastelijn (Ned) Plantur-Pura | |
| 21 | Anne Dorthe Ysland (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products | |
| 22 | Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Liv Racing | |
| 23 | Anouska Koster (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team | |
| 24 | Nancy van der Berg (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team | |
| 25 | Marlen Reusser (Swi) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana | |
| 26 | Joscelin Lowden (GBr) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur | |
| 27 | Janneke Ensing (Ned) Team BikeExchange | |
| 28 | Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (Nor) Norway National Team | |
| 29 | Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Team SD Worx | |
| 30 | Vita Heine (Nor) Norway National Team | |
| 31 | Anna Shackley (GBr) Team SD Worx | |
| 32 | Rachel Neylan (Aus) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
| 33 | Eugenia Bujak (Slo) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana | |
| 34 | Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
| 35 | Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
| 36 | Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
| 37 | Annemarie Worst (Ned) Plantur-Pura | |
| 38 | Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana | |
| 39 | Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
| 40 | Brodie Chapman (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
| 41 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Team SD Worx | |
| 42 | Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
| 43 | Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | 0:00:39 |
| 44 | Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 0:00:50 |
| 45 | Femke Markus (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | 0:00:53 |
| 46 | Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women | |
| 47 | Urska Pintar (Slo) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana | |
| 48 | Julie De Wilde (Bel) Plantur-Pura | |
| 49 | Birgitte Andersen Nilssen (Nor) Norway National Team | |
| 50 | Leah Thomas (USA) Movistar Team Women | |
| 51 | Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Liv Racing | |
| 52 | Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing | 0:01:26 |
| 53 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) Team SD Worx | 0:01:30 |
| 54 | Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 55 | Amber Kraak (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team | |
| 56 | Julie Van De Velde (Bel) Jumbo-Visma Women Team | |
| 57 | Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) Liv Racing | |
| 58 | Lucy Kennedy (Aus) Team BikeExchange | |
| 59 | Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | |
| 60 | Emilie Moberg (Nor) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur | 0:01:39 |
| 61 | Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
| 62 | Sophie Wright (GBr) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana | |
| 63 | Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | |
| 64 | Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | |
| 65 | Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx | |
| 66 | Liane Lippert (Ger) Team DSM | 0:02:06 |
| 67 | Urska Zigart (Slo) Team BikeExchange | 0:02:10 |
| 68 | Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon-SRAM Racing | 0:02:31 |
| 69 | Femke Gerritse (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | 0:02:51 |
| 70 | Wilma Olausson (Swe) Team DSM | 0:03:03 |
| 71 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Trek-Segafredo | 0:03:38 |
| 72 | Inge van der Heijden (Ned) Plantur-Pura | 0:03:56 |
| 73 | Amalie Lutro (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products | 0:04:05 |
| 74 | Rossella Ratto (Ita) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | 0:04:14 |
| 75 | Nina Buijsman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | 0:04:21 |
| 76 | Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | 0:05:03 |
| 77 | Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women | 0:05:51 |
| 78 | Tiril Jørgensen (Nor) Norway National Team | 0:06:36 |
| 79 | Jessica Allen (Aus) Team BikeExchange | 0:07:19 |
| 80 | Pien Limpens (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | 0:07:58 |
| 81 | Tanja Erath (Ger) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | |
| 82 | Ingrid Lorvik (Nor) Norway National Team | |
| 83 | Elise Marie Olsen (Nor) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur | 0:09:22 |
| 84 | Mari Hole Mohr (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products | 0:09:52 |
| 85 | Silvia Pollicini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service | 0:10:21 |
| 86 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Trek-Segafredo | 0:10:30 |
| 87 | Anna Christian (GBr) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur | 0:10:33 |
| 88 | Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 0:11:05 |
| 89 | Caroline Andersson (Swe) Team Coop Hitec Products | 0:11:16 |
| 90 | Demi De Jong (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | 0:11:30 |
| 91 | Diana Carolina Peñuela Martinez (Col) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | 0:11:48 |
| 92 | Nina Kessler (Ned) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | |
| 93 | Sara Penton (Swe) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur | 0:11:57 |
| 94 | Justine Ghekiere (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | 0:12:01 |
| 95 | Evy Kuijpers (Ned) Liv Racing | 0:12:13 |
| 96 | Manon Bakker (Ned) Plantur-Pura | |
| 97 | Magdalene Lind (Nor) Norway National Team | 0:13:41 |
| 98 | Ann Helen Olsen (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products | 0:14:10 |
| 99 | Natalie van Gogh (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | 0:15:19 |
| 100 | Elynor Backstedt (GBr) Trek-Segafredo | 0:15:24 |
