On a fair-weather afternoon, the peloton lined the start amidst a buzzing crowd of excited onlookers. Japanese champion, Eri Yonamine (FDJ) didn’t start today which left 78 still in the race for the final stage.

With a circuit lap format, there wasn’t a need for a neutral zone so riders were free to attack at any point – which they did. Almost immediately, a group of 10 made a break from the peloton including British champion, Lizzie Deignan. The group dropped to 8 at the 15km marker point as the leading group gained 25 seconds over the peloton.

The fragmented peloton charged through the streets of London as smaller break-away groups put their foot down, however, the peloton looked together and focused on lap 7 of 10 as they prepared themselves for the final lap.

Repeated attacks are made during the final two laps, but the peloton was relentless which forced the final stage to end in a bunch sprint for the finish line.

Finally, it was Jolien D’Hoore (Wiggle HIGH5) who won the fifth and final stage of the OVO Energy Women’s Tour 2017. Here are the top ten finishers of today’s final stage:

1 D’HOORE Jolien WHT
2 BARNES Hannah LPR
3 MAJERUS Christine DLT
4 FOURNIER Roxane FDJ
5 ARCHIBALD Katie WNT
6 BASTIANELLI Marta ALE
7 BRONZINI Giorgia WHT
8 VAN DER BREGGEN Anna DLT
9 CECCHINI Elena LPR
10 ARZUFFI Alice LWK

The final jerseys go to…

Niewiadoma wins the Women’s Tour as she held onto the green OVO Energy jersey throughout.

Christine Majerus wins the points jersey

Cordon-Ragot holds onto the black Skoda UK QoM jersey

Hannah Barnes takes the Adnams Best British Rider jersey

Christine Majerus takes the sprint jersey

Catch up with the Stage One report here

Catch up with the Stage Two report here

Catch up with the Stage Three report here

Catch up with the Stage Four report here