Final startlist for the 2021 AJ Bell Women’s Tour, 4-9 October.
842 days after Lizzie Deignan (Trek-Segafredo) won the last edition of the race, the AJ Bell Women’s Tour returns tomorrow (Monday 4 October).
Two days after her historic victory in the first-ever women’s Paris Roubaix Deignan heads the start list as the race gets underway in Oxfordshire with a 147.7-kilometre (91.8-mile) stage between Bicester and Banbury.
In total 16 different nationalities are represented on the start line in the 89-rider field. Britain is the most represented nation with 24 riders in the peloton.
A trio of riders – Hannah Barnes (Canyon SRAM Racing), Leah Kirchmann (Team DSM), and Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) – will be competing in their seventh edition of the AJ Bell Women’s Tour, having started and finished all six editions to date.
The youngest rider in the race is Alice Towers (Drops – Le Col s/b TEMPUR) at 18 years and 358 days, while Trek-Segafredo rider Trixi Worrack’s in one of the final races of her career at 40 years and 6 days.
This year’s AJ Bell Women’s Tour features its first-ever individual time trial, taking place in Atherstone on stage three (Wednesday 6 October), with the overall champion set to be crowned in Felixstowe on Saturday (9 October). See our route guide here.
| # | Name | Team | Nat |
| 1 | Lizzie Deignan | Trek – Segafredo | GBR |
| 2 | Audrey Cordon-Ragot | Trek – Segafredo | FRA |
| 3 | Chloe Hosking | Trek – Segafredo | AUS |
| 4 | Elisa Longo Borghini | Trek – Segafredo | ITA |
| 5 | |||
| 6 | Trixi Worrack | Trek – Segafredo | GER |
| 11 | |||
| 12 | Alice Barnes | Canyon SRAM Racing | GBR |
| 13 | Hannah Barnes | Canyon SRAM Racing | GBR |
| 14 | Elise Chabbey | Canyon SRAM Racing | SUI |
| 15 | Ella Harris | Canyon SRAM Racing | NZL |
| 16 | |||
| 21 | Amy Pieters | SD Worx | NED |
| 22 | Chantal van den Broek-Blaak | SD Worx | NED |
| 23 | Elena Cecchini | SD Worx | ITA |
| 24 | Christine Majerus | SD Worx | LUX |
| 25 | Anna Shackley | SD Worx | GBR |
| 26 | Demi Vollering | SD Worx | NED |
| 31 | Marta Bastianelli | Alé BTC Ljubljana | ITA |
| 32 | Eugenia Bujak | Alé BTC Ljubljana | SLO |
| 33 | Maaike Boogaard | Alé BTC Ljubljana | NED |
| 34 | |||
| 35 | |||
| 36 | Sophie Wright | Alé BTC Ljubljana | GBR |
| 41 | Josie Nelson | Team Coop – Hitec Products | GBR |
| 42 | Caroline Andersson | Team Coop – Hitec Products | SWE |
| 43 | Pernille Feldmann | Team Coop – Hitec Products | NOR |
| 44 | Ingvild Gåskjenn | Team Coop – Hitec Products | NOR |
| 45 | Emma Boogard | Team Coop – Hitec Products | NED |
| 46 | Mari Mohr | Team Coop – Hitec Products | NOR |
| 51 | Hannah Bayes | AWOL O’Shea | GBR |
| 52 | Olivia Bent | AWOL O’Shea | GBR |
| 53 | Connie Hayes | AWOL O’Shea | GBR |
| 54 | Alice Lethbridge | AWOL O’Shea | GBR |
| 55 | Phoebe Martin | AWOL O’Shea | GBR |
| 56 | Francesca Morgans-Slader | AWOL O’Shea | GBR |
| 61 | Eugénue Duval | FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | FRA |
| 62 | Clara Copponi | FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | FRA |
| 63 | Maëlle Grossetete | FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | FRA |
| 64 | Victorie Guilman | FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | FRA |
| 65 | Evita Muzic | FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | FRA |
| 66 | Jade Wiel | FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | FRA |
| 71 | Mischa Bredewold | Parkhotel Valkenburg | NED |
| 72 | Femke Gerritse | Parkhotel Valkenburg | NED |
| 73 | Pien Limpens | Parkhotel Valkenburg | NED |
| 74 | Femke Markus | Parkhotel Valkenburg | NED |
| 75 | Amber van der Hulst | Parkhotel Valkenburg | NED |
| 76 | Kirstie van Haaften | Parkhotel Valkenburg | NED |
| 81 | Hayley Simmonds | CAMS – Basso Bikes | GBR |
| 82 | Emma Edwards | CAMS – Basso Bikes | USA |
| 83 | Jessica Finney | CAMS – Basso Bikes | GBR |
| 84 | Natalie Grinczer | CAMS – Basso Bikes | GBR |
| 85 | Katie Scott | CAMS – Basso Bikes | GBR |
| 86 | Becky Storrie | CAMS – Basso Bikes | GBR |
| 91 | |||
| 92 | Sofia Bertizzolo | Liv Racing | ITA |
| 93 | Alison Jackson | Liv Racing | CAN |
| 94 | Jeanne Korevaar | Liv Racing | NED |
| 95 | Evy Kuijpers | Liv Racing | NED |
| 96 | Soraya Paladin | Liv Racing | ITA |
| 101 | Lauren Stephens | Team TIBCO – Silicon Valley Bank | USA |
| 102 | Tanja Erath | Team TIBCO – Silicon Valley Bank | GER |
| 103 | Veronica Ewers | Team TIBCO – Silicon Valley Bank | USA |
| 104 | Nicole Frain | Team TIBCO – Silicon Valley Bank | AUS |
| 105 | Nina Kessler | Team TIBCO – Silicon Valley Bank | NED |
| 106 | Abi Smith | Team TIBCO – Silicon Valley Bank | GBR |
| 111 | Joss Lowden | Drops – Le Col s/b TEMPUR | GBR |
| 112 | Anna Christian | Drops – Le Col s/b TEMPUR | GBR |
| 113 | Dani Christmas | Drops – Le Col s/b TEMPUR | GBR |
| 114 | April Tacey | Drops – Le Col s/b TEMPUR | GBR |
| 115 | Alice Towers | Drops – Le Col s/b TEMPUR | GBR |
| 116 | Maria Van’t Geloof | Drops – Le Col s/b TEMPUR | NED |
| 121 | Sheyla Gutierrez | Movistar Team | ESP |
| 122 | Aude Biannic | Movistar Team | FRA |
| 123 | Alicia González | Movistar Team | ESP |
| 124 | Jelena Erić | Movistar Team | SRB |
| 125 | Lourdes Oyarbide | Movistar Team | ESP |
| 126 | Gloria Rodríguez | Movistar Team | ESP |
| 131 | Elisa Balsamo | Valcar Travel & Service | ITA |
| 132 | Chiara Consonni | Valcar Travel & Service | ITA |
| 133 | Ilaria Sanguineti | Valcar Travel & Service | ITA |
| 134 | Elena Pirrone | Valcar Travel & Service | ITA |
| 135 | |||
| 136 | Margaux Vigie | Valcar Travel & Service | FRA |
| 141 | Sarah Roy | Team BikeExchange | AUS |
| 142 | Teniel Campbell | Team BikeExchange | TTO |
| 143 | Jessica Allen | Team BikeExchange | AUS |
| 144 | Janneke Ensing | Team BikeExchange | NED |
| 145 | Ane Santesteban | Team BikeExchange | ESP |
| 146 | Lucy Kennedy | Team BikeExchange | AUS |
| 151 | Lorena Wiebes | Team DSM | NED |
| 152 | Pfeiffer Georgi | Team DSM | GBR |
| 153 | Megan Jastrab | Team DSM | USA |
| 154 | Leah Kirchmann | Team DSM | CAN |
| 155 | Juliette Labous | Team DSM | FRA |
| 156 | Liane Lippert | Team DSM | GER |












