
After the final stage of the UAE Tour Women, second-placed Neve Bradbury (Canyon-SRAM) stood on the podium more times than even the race winner Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime).
The 21-year-old climber had finished runner-up overall and won the white jersey for the best U23 rider, and this also put her into the lead of both the UCI Women’s WorldTour overall and U23 rankings.
Bradbury hadn’t given the season-long classifications much thought before Saturday’s queen stage to Jebel Hafeet, but her second-place finish combined with her results from the Tour Down Under – a third overall – and Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race – 15th – would put her in the purple of classification leader.