Hosking climbs WorldTour ranking after Chongming Island win
Chloe Hosking’s victory at the Tour of Chongming Island in China has launched her up into the top 10 of the Women’s WorldTour standings. The Wiggle High5 rider was third in the opening stage, won the second stage, and sealed the overall title after the third and final stage on May 8.
"This is obviously a big win for the team and myself personally as it's a WorldTour race," Hosking said after the final stage. "All the girls here can be proud of themselves and how we performed as a team to bring home the yellow jersey."
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Lizzie Armitstead (Boels-Dolmans) is leading the standings after the first seven rounds, of which she has won three: Strade Bianche, Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Cittiglio, and the Tour of Flanders. Her teammate Chantal Blaak won rounds two and four at Ronde van Drenthe and Gent-Wevelgem. Anna van der Breggen (Rabo-Liv) won La Flèche Wallonne before Hosking won the Tour of Chongming Island.
Armitstead leads the ranking with 368 points, ahead of Blaak with 343, while Megan Guarnier and Emma Johansson (Wiggle High5) each have 325 points. Hosking, who was not even in the standings ahead of the Tour of Chongming Island, is now sitting in 10th place with 169 points.
The Women’s WorldTour will continue on the west coast of the US at the Amgen Tour of California (May 19-22), then to the east coast at the Philadelphia International Cycling Classic (June 5), over to Great Britain for the Aviva Women’s Tour (June 15-19), and then the Giro Rosa from July 1-10 in Italy.
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