2021 The Women's Tour

The 2021 AJ Bell Women's Tour was the seventh staging of The Women's Tour, a women's cycling stage race held in the United Kingdom. It ran from 4 to 9 October 2021, as part of the 2021 UCI Women's World Tour.

Route

Stage schedule
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
1	4 October	Banbury to Bicester	147.7 km (91.8 mi)	Hilly stage	Marta Bastianelli (ITA)
2	5 October	Walsall to Walsall	102.2 km (63.5 mi)	Hilly stage	Amy Pieters (NED)
3	6 October	Atherstone to Atherstone	16.6 km (10.3 mi)	Individual time trial	Demi Vollering (NED)
4	7 October	Shoeburyness to Southend-on-Sea	117.8 km (73.2 mi)	Flat stage	Lorena Wiebes (NED)
5	8 October	Colchester to Clacton	95.4 km (59.3 mi)	Flat stage	Lorena Wiebes (NED)
6	9 October	Haverhill to Felixstowe	155.3 km (96.5 mi)	Flat stage	Elisa Balsamo (ITA)
Total		635 km (394.6 mi)

Classification leadership by stage
Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Sprints classification	Team classification
1	Marta Bastianelli	Marta Bastianelli	Marta Bastianelli ^[a]	Demi Vollering	Nina Kessler	SD Worx
2	Amy Pieters	Clara Copponi	Clara Copponi ^[b]	Elise Chabbey
3	Demi Vollering	Demi Vollering	Clara Copponi ^[b]
4	Lorena Wiebes		Sheyla Gutiérrez
5	Lorena Wiebes		Lorena Wiebes
6	Elisa Balsamo		Lorena Wiebes
Final		Demi Vollering	Lorena Wiebes	Elise Chabbey	Nina Kessler	SD Worx

^ On stage 2, Chloe Hosking, who was second in the points classification, wore the cyan jersey, because first-placed Marta Bastianelli wore the blue jersey as the leader of the general classification.
^ On stage 3, Sheyla Gutiérrez, who was second in the points classification, wore the cyan jersey, because first-placed Clara Copponi wore the blue jersey as the leader of the general classification.

Final general classification
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Demi Vollering (NED)	SD Worx	15h 54' 38"
2	Juliette Labous (FRA)	Team DSM	+1' 02"
3	Clara Copponi (FRA)	FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	+1' 05"
4	Amy Pieters (NED)	SD Worx	+1' 07"
5	Aude Biannic (FRA)	Movistar Team	+1' 26"
6	Leah Kirchman (CAN)	Team DSM	+1' 39"
7	Alice Barnes (GBR)	Canyon–SRAM	+1' 41"
8	Pfeiffer Georgi (GBR)	Team DSM	+1' 46"
9	Elise Chabbey (SUI)	Canyon–SRAM	+1' 47"
10	Joscelin Lowden (GBR)	Drops–Le Col	+1' 47"