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October 10, 2026
Tour of Chongming Island 2026 🇨🇳 (2.WWT) WE – Stage 2 – Changxing – Chongming : 129,4 km
Tour of Chongming Island is a UCI Women’s WorldTour multi-stage road race across the predominantly flat terrain of Chongming Island,
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October 10, 2026
Tour of Chongming Island 2026 🇨🇳 (2.WWT) WE – Stage 2 – Changxing – Chongming : 129,4 km
Tour of Chongming Island is a UCI Women’s WorldTour multi-stage road race across the predominantly flat terrain of Chongming Island, combining wide paved roads, open agricultural landscapes and fast urban sections. The route typically features three stages with minimal elevation gain, placing the emphasis on sustained speed, positioning and repeated accelerations rather than climbing ability. Short rises are rare, with most roads remaining flat and gradients generally below 3%. The main challenges come from exposed coastal roads, crosswinds and long straight sections where the peloton can split into echelons. Riders must remain attentive to changes in wind direction and position themselves near the front before narrow passages and finishing circuits. Breakaways can form early, but the flat profile allows sprint teams to organize the chase and control the race. High-speed positioning becomes increasingly important in the closing kilometres, where lead-out trains compete for space. Stage finishes generally favor bunch sprints, although crosswinds and late attacks can produce reduced groups or breakaway victories.
Race leader Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) sprinted to a second win in as many days on stage 2 of the Tour of Chongming Island, navigating a hectic sprint to power to the victory in the yellow jersey.
It wasn’t quite a large winning margin that Wiebes is used to, as she had to find her way out of a box and then sprint shoulder-to-shoulder with Lara Gillespie (UAE Team L’Imad) who could match her speed, but just narrowly missed out at the line, settling from second.
From the pack sprinting behind, Maggie Coles-Lyster (Human Powered Health) came through for third in front of Clara Copponi (Lidl-Trek).
Despite the day’s flat profile, there were plenty of attacks in the final 50km with teams desperate to try to find a way to prevent Wiebes from just sweeping this race.
A particularly strong group got a gap into the final 30km, including Femke Markus and Femke Markus from SD Worx-Protime, but the peloton were motivated for another sprint and reeled them back in with 15km to go, setting things up for another sprint.
“It was a day full of breakaway attempts, but we were always well represented and in control of the race,” SD Worx-Protime sports director Christian Kos said.
“Midway through the stage, a dangerous breakaway went clear, but with Femke Gerritse and Femke Markus we had two riders up front. It didn’t guarantee that we would keep the yellow jersey, but it did put us in a very comfortable position. If the breakaway was caught, we could sprint for the stage win with Lorena Wiebes and keep the yellow jersey. If the break stayed away, we had a fresh Femke Gerritse who could go for the stage victory herself. With fifteen kilometers to go, everything came back together.”
Winning both the stages so far, WIebes continues to lead the general classification, and with another pancake-flat stage to come on stage 3, she may well take a clean sweep of wins in China.
“It was another great day. Of course, we want to secure the overall victory tomorrow,” Kos said.
Results :
 WE - Stage 2 </strong> - Changxing - Chongming : 129,4 km
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Tour of Chongming Island is a UCI Women's WorldTour multi-stage road race across the predominantly flat terrain of Chongming Island, combining wide paved roads, open agricultural landscapes and fast urban sections. The route typically features three stages with minimal elevation gain, placing the emphasis on sustained speed, positioning and repeated accelerations rather than climbing ability. Short rises are rare, with most roads remaining flat and gradients generally below 3%. The main challenges come from exposed coastal roads, crosswinds and long straight sections where the peloton can split into echelons. Riders must remain attentive to changes in wind direction and position themselves near the front before narrow passages and finishing circuits. Breakaways can form early, but the flat profile allows sprint teams to organize the chase and control the race. High-speed positioning becomes increasingly important in the closing kilometres, where lead-out trains compete for space. Stage finishes generally favor bunch sprints, although crosswinds and late attacks can produce reduced groups or breakaway victories.
Race leader Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) sprinted to a second win in as many days on stage 2 of the Tour of Chongming Island, navigating a hectic sprint to power to the victory in the yellow jersey.
It wasn't quite a large winning margin that Wiebes is used to, as she had to find her way out of a box and then sprint shoulder-to-shoulder with Lara Gillespie (UAE Team L'Imad) who could match her speed, but just narrowly missed out at the line, settling from second.
From the pack sprinting behind, Maggie Coles-Lyster (Human Powered Health) came through for third in front of Clara Copponi (Lidl-Trek).
Despite the day's flat profile, there were plenty of attacks in the final 50km with teams desperate to try to find a way to prevent Wiebes from just sweeping this race.
A particularly strong group got a gap into the final 30km, including Femke Markus and Femke Markus from SD Worx-Protime, but the peloton were motivated for another sprint and reeled them back in with 15km to go, setting things up for another sprint.
"It was a day full of breakaway attempts, but we were always well represented and in control of the race," SD Worx-Protime sports director Christian Kos said.
"Midway through the stage, a dangerous breakaway went clear, but with Femke Gerritse and Femke Markus we had two riders up front. It didn’t guarantee that we would keep the yellow jersey, but it did put us in a very comfortable position. If the breakaway was caught, we could sprint for the stage win with Lorena Wiebes and keep the yellow jersey. If the break stayed away, we had a fresh Femke Gerritse who could go for the stage victory herself. With fifteen kilometers to go, everything came back together."
Winning both the stages so far, WIebes continues to lead the general classification, and with another pancake-flat stage to come on stage 3, she may well take a clean sweep of wins in China.
"It was another great day. Of course, we want to secure the overall victory tomorrow," Kos said.
<strong>Results : </strong>
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