The 2021 Ladies Tour of Norway was the eighth edition of the Ladies Tour of Norway, a women's road cycling stage race in Norway. The event took place from 12 to 15 August 2021 and is part of the 2021 UCI Women's World Tour. This edition is expected to be the last stand-alone Ladies Tour of Norway, as the race is set to expand to a six-day tour of Scandinavia (the Battle of the North) in 2022 that will also visit Denmark and Sweden.
Teams All nine UCI Women's WorldTeams, eight UCI Women's Continental Teams, and the Norwegian national team made up the eighteen teams that participated in the race. , , , and were the only teams to not enter a full squad of six riders; these four teams each entered five riders. Of the 104 riders who started the race, 95 finished.
UCI Women's WorldTeams
UCI Women's Continental Teams
National Teams
Norway
Route The 2021 Ladies Tour of Norway took place in the county of Viken in Eastern Norway, with most of the race in the Østfold region. For the first time in the race's history, it featured a mountaintop finish, with a long climb to Norefjell ski resort on stage 3.
+ Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 12 August Halden to Sarpsborg Flat stage 2 13 August Askim to Mysen Hilly stage 3 14 August Drammen to Norefjell Mountain stage 4 15 August Drøbak to Halden Flat stage Total
Stages Stage 1 12 August 2021 — Halden to Sarpsborg,
Stage 2 13 August 2021 — Askim to Mysen,
Stage 3 14 August 2021 — Drammen to Norefjell,
Stage 4 15 August 2021 — Drøbak to Halden,
Classification leadership table + Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification Best Norwegian rider award Team classification 1 Kristen Faulkner Kristen Faulkner Kristen Faulkner Nina Buijsman Anna Shackley Susanne Andersen 2 Riejanne Markus Riejanne Markus Mischa Bredewold Stine Borgli 3 Annemiek van Vleuten Annemiek van Vleuten Niamh Fisher-Black Ingrid Lorvik 4 Chloe Hosking Alison Jackson Emilie Moberg Final Annemiek van Vleuten Alison Jackson Nina Buijsman Niamh Fisher-Black Not awarded
On stage 2, Christine Majerus, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first-placed Kristen Faulkner wore the gold jersey as the leader of the general classification.
Final classification standings Legend Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the winner of the young rider classification Denotes the winner of the points classification Denotes the winner of the best Norwegian rider award Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
General classification
Points classification
Mountains classification
Young rider classification
Team classification
See also 2021 in women's road cycling
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