Racing on Zwift, on July 18-19, the third and final weekend of the Virtual Tour de France took pro riders to two of France’s icons, Mont Ventoux and the Champs-Élysées.
The final weekend of racing saw some of cycling’s greatest stars take to the virtual start-line. Included within the 16 teams lining up over the two days forming the women’s peloton was Lizzie Deignan, Marianne Vos, Chloé Dygert, Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, Anna van der Breggen, Kasia Niewiadoma, Katie Hall and Cecilie Uttrup-Ludwig.
The men’s peloton, made up of 23 teams, saw the likes of Chris Froome, Julian Alaphilippe, Rigoberto Urán, Romain Bardet, Adam Yates, Rohan Dennis, Warren Barguil and Dan Martin fight it out in the French virtual world.
Stage Five: France’s TDF 2020 Queen Stage
Date: Saturday 18th July
Timings:
Women’s 14:53 CET / 05:53 PDT / 22:53 AUS
Men’s 15:58 CET / 06:58 PDT / 23:58 AUS
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (CCC-Liv) and Mike Woods (EF Pro Cycling) went solo and took the wins on the Virtual Tour de France queen stage.
Stage Six: France’s Champs-Élysées
Date: Sunday 19th July
Timings:
Women’s 14:50 CET / 05:50 PDT / 22:50 AUS
Men’s 15:55 CET / 06:55 PDT / 23:55 AUS
TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank and NTT Pro Cycling Team were crowned Virtual Tour de France Champions on the Champs-Élysées.
Yellow jersey wearer Lauren Stephens (TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank) timed her finish to perfection, with the help of her team manager Racheal Hedderman, to cross the finish line first, helping secure nearly a clean sweep of all classification jerseys.
In the men’s race, Ryan Gibbons (NTT Pro Cycling Team), who was wearing the yellow jersey, looked like he was going to take the win until Will Clarke (Trek-Segafredo) came through to take the win, producing another stage victory for his team.
NTT Pro Cycling once again however, showed their team strength by placing all four riders in the top ten, to leave the yellow jersey in no doubt.
