Tour of Scandinavia 2022

The Danish champion takes the mountain top win and the overall lead with one stage to go after an impressive showing from the Brits.

A couple of kilometres later, Brit Sophie Wright (UAE-ADQ) attacked and was quickly allowed a gap. The 25 year-old Dutch rider built a lead of almost one minute before being reeled back in, allowing Alison Jackson (Liv-Xstra) to win the intermediate sprint and consolidate her points classification lead. But, as has happened in the four previous stages the race would not settle, and a series of moves saw a group of seven form around Roy at the front. 9. Esmee Peperkamp (Ned) DSM at same time With 30km to go and Wright’s lead more than two minutes, Liv-Xstra’s Valerie Demey was up to her old tricks, and headed off in pursuit. 2. Liane Lippert (Ger) DSM at 17 sec Just five kilometres further on she was caught. 2. Liane Lippert (Ger) DSM at 01 sec There were a couple of short sharp intermediate climbs though, the peloton looping around the start town of Vikersund, before heading north west and into the mountainous wilderness. However, with SDWorx losing their three strongest climbers, Demi Vollering, Niamh Fisher-Black and Scot, Anna Shackley the dynamics of the race were likely to be different, and the chance of Marianne Vos defending her 20 second overall lead increased slightly. She will need to be attentive on Sunday’s final stage, though. It was an excellent day for the British riders too.