Name: Women's Tour of Flanders 2016
Start: 2016-04-03T00:00:00Z
End: 2016-04-03T00:00:00Z
Location: Flanders

Lizzie Armitstead (Boels-Dolmans) climbed to the top step of the podium following a nail-biting finale to the Women’s Tour of Flanders. The world champion edged out Emma Johansson (Wiggle High5) by a bike throw to the line in Oudennarde. Two seconds later, Armitstead’s teammate Chantal Blaak won the chase group sprint for third.

The Women's Tour of Flanders marked the fifth round of the new Women's WorldTour and it took place on April 3 in Belgium. The top 20 women's teams in the world were invited to compete in the 13th edition of the race including the number one ranked team Wiggle High5 with defending champion Elisa Longo Borghini, Boels Dolmans with the current world champion and WorldTour leader Lizzie Armitstead, Canyon-SRAM with Elena Checchini and Cervelo-Bigla with Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio and Rabo-Liv with Pauline Ferrand-Prevot and Anna van der Breggen.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team	3:43:27
2	Emma Johansson (Swe) Wiggle High5	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Chantal Blaak (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team	0:00:02
4	Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Eleonora Van Dijk (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Orica-AIS	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal Ladies	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team	0:00:08