| 2018 Women's Herald Sun Tour | |
| Date: | 30–31 January 2018 |
| Stages: | 2 |
| Distance: | 125.1 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 3h 22' 16" |
| First: | Brodie Chapman |
| First Nat: | AUS |
| First Team: | Australia (national team) |
| First Color: | yellow |
| Second: | Annemiek van Vleuten |
| Second Nat: | NED |
| Third: | Chloe Hosking |
| Third Nat: | AUS |
| Mountains: | Brodie Chapman |
| Mountains Nat: | AUS |
| Mountains Team: | Australia (national team) |
| Mountains Color: | black dotted |
| Sprints: | Chloe Hosking |
| Sprints Nat: | AUS |
| Sprints Color: | green |
| Youth: | Jeanne Korevaar |
| Youth Nat: | NED |
| Youth Color: | white |
| Team: | Australia (national team) |
| Next: | 2019 |
The 2018 Women's Herald Sun Tour presented by Let's Go Motorhomes was a women's cycle stage race held in Australia from 30 to 31 January 2018. The 2018 edition was the inaugural edition of the race.[1]
The race was won by Brodie Chapman, riding for an Australian national team.[2] Chapman soloed to victory in the opening stage, before maintaining her lead in the following day's time trial, won by world champion Annemiek van Vleuten . Van Vleuten finished second overall, five seconds down on Chapman, while the podium was completed by Chloe Hosking, 63 seconds behind for the team. Chapman won the mountains classification, Hosking was the winner of the sprints classification, while the Australian national team won the teams classification. Jeanne Korevaar of won the other jersey, the white jersey, as winner of the young rider classification for under-23 riders.
16 teams participated in the 2018 Women's Herald Sun Tour.[3]
The race route was announced on 6 December 2017.[4]
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 January | Healesville to Healesville | 123.5km (76.7miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 2 | 31 January | Alexandra Gardens to Southbank | 1.6km (01miles) | Individual time trial | |||
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Sprint classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Most competitive rider | Team classification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1[7] | Brodie Chapman | Brodie Chapman | Chloe Hosking | Brodie Chapman | Grace Anderson | Brodie Chapman | Australia (national team) | |
| 2 | Annemiek van Vleuten | Jeanne Korevaar | Not awarded | |||||
| Final | Brodie Chapman | Chloe Hosking | Brodie Chapman | Jeanne Korevaar | No final award | Australia (national team) | ||