The Tour of Scandinavia is a women's cycle stage race, that has stages in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, in august. It is the successor of Ladies Tour of Norway[1] and it first edition was held in 2022. Its a UCI Women's World Tour event. The race was to be called Battle of the North but due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine the organisers renamed it Tour of Scandinavia.[2]

Tour of Scandinavia
Race details
DateAugust
RegionNorway, Sweden and Denmark
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Women's World Tour
TypeStage race
Web sitewww.battleofthenorth.eu Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition2022
Editions2 (as of 2023)
First winner Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN)
Most winsno repeat winners
Most recent Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)


Overall winners edit

Year Winner Second Third
2022   Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN)   Liane Lippert (GER)   Alexandra Manly (AUS)
2023   Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)   Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN)   Amber Kraak (NED)

References edit

  1. ^ "This is Tour of Scandinavia". battleofthenorth.eu. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  2. ^ Price, Matilda (2022-03-25). "Battle of the North renamed Tour of Scandinavia in light of Ukraine war". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2023-05-18.

External links edit