Open de Suède Vårgårda

Open de Suède Vårgårda

Race details
Date	July/August
Region	Vårgårda Municipality of Sweden
English name	Swedish Open Vårgårda
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Women's World Tour (since 2016)
Type	One-day race
Organiser
Web site	www.vargardacycling.se
History
First edition	Road race: 2006 (2006) Team time trial: 2008 (2008)
Editions	Road race: 14 (as of 2019) Team time trial: 12 (as of 2019)
First winner	Road race  Susanne Ljungskog (SWE) Team time trial Cervélo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team
Most wins	Road race  Marianne Vos (NED) (3 wins)
Most recent	Road race  Marta Bastianelli (ITA) Team time trial Trek–Segafredo

Open de Suède Vårgårda is an elite professional women's road bicycle event held annually in the Vårgårda Municipality of Sweden. Created in 2006, the Open de Suède Vårgårda was part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup until 2015 and sanctioned by the Swedish Cycling Federation. Since 2016, the race has been part of the new UCI Women's World Tour.

Since 2008, a team time trial has been held in conjunction with the main race as a part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup.

Past winners[]

Road Race[]

Year	Winner	Second	Third
	Susanne Ljungskog	Nicole Cooke	Monica Holler
	Chantal Beltman	Karin Thürig	Noemi Cantele
	Kori Seehafer	Kimberly Anderson	Charlotte Becker
	Marianne Vos	Kirsten Wild	Emma Johansson
2010	Kirsten Wild	Adrie Visser	Emma Johansson
2011	Annemiek van Vleuten	Ellen van Dijk	Nicole Cooke
	Iris Slappendel	Hanka Kupfernagel	Marianne Vos
2013	Marianne Vos	Emma Johansson	Amy Pieters
2014	Chantal Blaak	Amy Pieters	Roxane Knetemann
2015	Jolien D'Hoore	Giorgia Bronzini	Tiffany Cromwell
2016	Emilia Fahlin	Lotta Lepistö	Chantal Blaak
2017	Lotta Lepistö	Marianne Vos	Leah Kirchmann
	Marianne Vos	Kirsten Wild	Lotta Lepistö
2019	Marta Bastianelli	Marianne Vos	Lorena Wiebes
2020	No race due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021

Team time trial[]

Year	Winner	Second	Third
2008	Cervélo–Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team Priska Doppmann Karin Thürig Christiane Soeder Carla Ryan	Team Columbia Women Linda Villumsen Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Alexis Rhodes Kimberly Anderson	Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung Charlotte Becker Suzanne de Goede Christina Becker Marie Lindberg
2009	Cervélo TestTeam Kristin Armstrong Regina Bruins Carla Ryan Christiane Soeder Kirsten Wild Sarah Düster	Team Columbia–HTC Women Kimberly Anderson Chantal Beltman Emilia Fahlin Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Ellen van Dijk Linda Villumsen	Team Flexpoint Susanne Ljungskog Mirjam Melchers Loes Gunnewijk Loes Markerink Trine Schmidt Iris Slappendel
2010	Cervélo TestTeam Charlotte Becker Regina Bruins Iris Slappendel Kirsten Wild	Team HTC–Columbia Women Judith Arndt Ellen van Dijk Adrie Visser Linda Villumsen	Nederland Bloeit Liesbet De Vocht Loes Gunnewijk Annemiek van Vleuten Marianne Vos
2011	HTC–Highroad Women Judith Arndt Charlotte Becker Amber Neben Ellen van Dijk	AA-Drink Cycling Team Lucinda Brand Linda Melanie Villumsen Kirsten Wild Trixi Worrack	Garmin–Cervélo Elizabeth Armitstead Noemi Cantele Sharon Laws Emma Pooley Iris Slappendel
2012	Team Specialized–lululemon Charlotte Becker Amber Neben Evelyn Stevens Ina Teutenberg Ellen van Dijk Trixi Worrack	Orica-AIS Judith Arndt Shara Gillow Loes Gunnewijk Claudia Häusler Alexis Rhodes Linda Villumsen	Rabobank Women Cycling Team Tatiana Antoshina Thalita de Jong Liesbet De Vocht Roxane Knetemann Iris Slappendel Marianne Vos
2013	Specialized–lululemon  Ellen van Dijk (NED)  Evelyn Stevens (USA)  Lisa Brennauer (GER)  Trixi Worrack (GER)  Carmen Small (USA) (+ 3' 46)  Loren Rowney (AUS) (DNF)	Rabobank–Liv Giant  Marianne Vos (NED)  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  Thalita de Jong (NED)  Lucinda Brand (NED)  Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) (+ 3")  Roxane Knetemann (NED) (+ 3' 44")	Orica-AIS  Emma Johansson (SWE)  Amanda Spratt (AUS)  Melissa Hoskins (AUS)  Shara Gillow (AUS)  Loes Gunnewijk (NED) (+ 5' 56")  Jessie MacLean (AUS) (+ 5' 56")
2014	Specialized–lululemon  Trixi Worrack (GER)  Evelyn Stevens (USA)  Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN)  Lisa Brennauer (GER)  Chantal Blaak (NED)	Rabo–Liv  Marianne Vos (NED)  Thalita de Jong (NED)  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Boels–Dolmans  Ellen van Dijk (NED)  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)  Christine Majerus (LUX)  Megan Guarnier (USA)
2015	Rabo–Liv  Lucinda Brand (NED)  Thalita de Jong (NED)  Shara Gillow (AUS)  Anna van der Breggen (NED)  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) (+ 2' 59")  Moniek Tenniglo (NED) (DNF)	Velocio–SRAM  Trixi Worrack (GER)  Alena Amialiusik (BLR)  Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN)  Lisa Brennauer (GER)  Élise Delzenne (FRA) (+ 5' 41")  Mieke Kröger (GER) (DNF)	Boels–Dolmans  Chantal Blaak (NED)  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)  Christine Majerus (LUX)  Evelyn Stevens (USA)  Katarzyna Pawłowska (POL) (+ 5' 36")  Romy Kasper (GER) (DNF)
2016	Boels–Dolmans  Elizabeth Armitstead (GBR)  Chantal Blaak (NED)  Ellen van Dijk (NED)  Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN)  Katarzyna Pawłowska (POL)  Evelyn Stevens (USA)	Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling  Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)  Joëlle Numainville (CAN)  Stephanie Pohl (GER)  Lotta Lepistö (FIN)  Lisa Klein (GER)  Nicole Hanselmann (SUI)	Rabo–Liv  Anouska Koster (NED)  Roxane Knetemann (NED)  Shara Gillow (AUS)  Marianne Vos (NED)  Moniek Tenniglo (NED)  Anna van der Breggen (NED)
2017	Boels–Dolmans  Chantal Blaak (NED)  Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN)  Amalie Dideriksen (DEN)  Christine Majerus (LUX)  Amy Pieters (NED)  Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling  Nicole Hanselmann (SUI)  Lisa Klein (GER)  Clara Koppenburg (GER)  Lotta Lepistö (FIN)  Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN)	Canyon–SRAM  Hannah Barnes (GBR)  Lisa Brennauer (GER)  Elena Cecchini (ITA)  Mieke Kröger (GER)  Alexis Ryan (USA)  Trixi Worrack (GER)
	Boels–Dolmans  Chantal Blaak (NED)  Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN)  Amalie Dideriksen (DEN)  Christine Majerus (LUX)  Amy Pieters (NED)  Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Team Sunweb  Lucinda Brand (NED)  Leah Kirchmann (CAN)  Juliette Labous (FRA)  Floortje Mackaij (NED)  Pernille Mathiesen (DEN)  Coryn Rivera (USA)	Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling  Ann-Sophie Duyck (BEL)  Clara Koppenburg (GER)  Lotta Lepistö (FIN)  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN)  Ashleigh Moolman (SAF)  Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen (DEN)
2019	Trek–Segafredo  Audrey Cordon-Ragot (FRA)  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)  Ellen van Dijk (NED)  Tayler Wiles (USA)  Ruth Winder (USA)  Trixi Worrack (GER)	Canyon–SRAM  Alena Amialiusik (BLR)  Alice Barnes (GBR)  Hannah Barnes (GBR)  Elena Cecchini (ITA)  Lisa Klein (GER)	Team Sunweb  Lucinda Brand (NED)  Leah Kirchmann (CAN)  Juliette Labous (FRA)  Floortje Mackaij (NED)  Pernille Mathiesen (DEN)  Coryn Rivera (USA)
2020	No race due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021

External links[]

• World Cup Vargarda
• Open de Suède Vårgårda palmares at Cycling Archives (road race)
• Open de Suède Vårgårda palmares at Cycling Archives (team time trial)