It was a pleasant surprise when around 50 kilometers from the finish line, a livestream by China Central Television (CCTV) was published to watch stage 1 of the UCIWWT Tour of Chongming Island live.
It was a closed race though, with Wiggle-High5, PC Futuroscope and Team Liv-Plantur controlling the bunch and a couple of unsuccessful attempts of individual riders trying to get away.
Anna Trevisi (Alé Cipollini) and Olga Zabelinskaya (BePink) were able to escape the peloton just a little while, but as was expected, even they couldn’t prevent a bunch sprint. It looked like it was going to be Wiggle-High5 versus Liv-Plantur on the line, but ultimately it was Ting Ying Huang of the Chinese Tapei team that won stage 1.
Huang isn’t a name we’ve heard a lot before, but the 25-year-old has some good results to her name already. She won the road race of the Asian championships in 2015 and finished 8th in the GC of the 2015 Tour of Chongming Island.
Last month, she participated in the Joe Martin Stage Race p/b Nature Valley, taking sixth in stage 2 and an 11th place in stage 3.
It’s therefore not entirely unexpected that she was able to pull this off, but she did come from an underdog position with the strong sprinter teams at the start.
Stage 1: Chongming > Chongming - Stage Result
Friday 6th May 2016
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HUANG Ting Ying
Taiwan
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00:00:00 |
| 2. |  |
KIRCHMANN Leah
Team Liv-Plantur
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| 3. |  |
HOSKING Chloe
Wiggle High5
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Take a look at the Velofocus photo gallery of stage 1.
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- Chloe Hosking (Wiggle High5) waves to the crowds at sign in.
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- Waiting until the stage starts at the Astana Women’s team.
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- Broad roads for the Tour of Chongming Island.
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- Doris Schweizer (Cylance Pro Cycling) leads the bunch.
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- Lots of attacks during the first stage of the 2016 Tour of Chongming Island, but no-one is able to get away.
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- Rozanne Slik (Team Liv-Plantur) and Emilia Fahlin (Alé Cipollini) sprint for the GPM.
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- Jermaine Post attacks whilst her Parkhotel Valkenburg teammates marshal the front of the peloton.
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- A crash ends the action for Cylance Pro Cycling’s Erica Zaveta. She still goes on to finish the stage.
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- Topping up on fluids on a hot and humind day on Chongming Island.
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- Mayuko Hagiwara (Wiggle-High5) working to bring the race down to a sprint for her teammates Lucy Garner and Chloe Hosking.
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- Ting Ying Huang (Chinese Tapei) takes stage 1 of the 2016 Tour of Chongming Island.
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- Leah Kirchmann (Team Liv-Plantur) was close to a first UCIWWT victory, while Chloe Hosking (Wiggle-High5) finished 3rd in stage 1 of the 2016 Tour of Chongming Island.
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- Thumbs up for Ting Ying Huang (Chinese Tapei team) on the podium ceremony after winning stage 1 of the Tour of Chongming Island.
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- Wiggle-High5’s Lucy Garner takes the U23 jersey in the 2016 Tour of Chongming Island.
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- No stage win, but the green jersey is for Liv-Plantur’s Leah Kirchmann.
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- Emilia Fahlin (Alé Cipollini) takes the orange and white polka dot jersey for the GPM.
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- First leader in the 2016 Tour of Chongming Island: Ting Ying Huang.
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- Champagne for the jersey wearers after stage 1 of the Tour of Chongming Island.
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Stage 1 was the longest stage in the 2016 Tour of Chongming Island with a total of 139.8 kilometers. This is what the peloton will face in the second stage tomorrow:
The course map and profile for stage 2 in the 2016 Tour of Chongming Island.