Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ SUEZ Futuroscope) received stage 5 of the Tour of Scandinavia that completed atop the 11-kilometre Norefjell climb.The Danish champion adopted the assault of German champion Liane Lippert (Workforce DSM) with three kilometres to go, and the 2 shared the work till the flamme rouge.
Lippert sat on Uttrup Ludwig’s wheel within the last kilometre, and when the Dane opened the dash 150 metres from the road, Lippert couldn’t reply. Julie Van de Velde (Plantur-Pura) completed in third place, 31 seconds behind.
Uttrup Ludwig goes into the ultimate stage with a 17-second lead on Lippert, Alexandra Manly (Workforce BikeExchange-Jayco) is third total at 44 seconds.
