ORICA-AIS wrapped up the tenth edition of the Route de France today with a second place overall for American powerhouse Tayler Wiles.
Wiles produced strong, consistent results throughout the eight-day tour thanks to the support of her ORICA-AIS teammates.
Today’s 113kilometre final stage concluded with a bunch sprint with Sarah Roylaunching into sixth place behind the stage winner Roxane Fournier (PC-Futuroscope86).
Sport director Gene Bates was overjoyed with the team's performance throughout the tour.
“The girls rode really well once again today, they didn’t miss a beat,” explained Bates. “Jess Allen was in a good move to start with and then for the main break of the day we had both Jenelle Crooks and Alex Manly in there.”
| Place | Rider/Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roxane Fournier (FRA) - Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | 2:48:55 |
| 2 | Sofia Bertizzolo (ITA) - Astana Women's Team | ST |
| 3 | Kyara Stijns (NED) - Team Liv-Plantur | ST |
| 4 | Lara Vieceli (ITA) - INPA - Bianchi | ST |
| 5 | Mia Radotic (CRO) - BTC City Ljubljana | ST |
| 6 | Sarah Roy (AUS) - ORICA-AIS | ST |
| 7 | Soline Lamboley (FRA) - France | ST |
| 8 | Lex Albrecht (CAN) - Bepink | ST |
| 9 | Anouk Rijff (NED) - Lotto Soudal Ladies | ST |
| 10 | Ilaria Sanguineti (ITA) - Bepink | ST |
| Place | Mitchelton-SCOTT Riders | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Sarah Roy (AUS) - ORICA-AIS | ST |
| 12 | Alexandra Manly (AUS) - ORICA-AIS | ST |
| 28 | Tayler Wiles (USA) - ORICA-AIS | ST |
| 40 | Jenelle Crooks (AUS) - ORICA-AIS | 0:24 |
| 46 | Jessica Allen (AUS) - ORICA-AIS | 9:30 |
