winning the stage. Wales hosted the race for the first time in 2018, with the final stage taking place between Dolgellau and Colwyn Bay. The Women's Tour expanded to six days for the first time in 2019. The increase in days also heralded a slight shift of event days, as the race ran from Monday to Saturday. SweetSpot announced in March 2020 that the planned seventh edition of the race, scheduled to take place between Monday 8 and Saturday 13 June, was postponed owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The race's Grand Départ in Bicester, Oxfordshire and final stage in Suffolk had already been announced. Organisers said that they "hope to work with the UCI and British Cycling to find an alternative date in the international cycling calendar for the race to take place should conditions permit." On 4 May, the 2020 Tour was cancelled. In February 2021, the 2021 Women's Tour was postponed from June to October. The 2022 race returned to its traditional calendar slot in June, with a mountain top finish at Black Mountain in the Brecon Beacons. Overall winners Classification leaders jerseys Women's Tour facts and figures Overall winners Seven riders have won the eight editions of the Women's Tour since its inaugural 2014 race Lizzie Deignan (GBR) is the sole double champion in race history to date: she won the 2016 and 2019 editions. Coryn Rivera (USA) became the first non-European rider to win the race overall when she triumphed in the 2018 edition. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL, 2017) is the only rider to lead an edition of the race from start to finish. The 2022 edition had the closest winning margin, with only one second separating winner Elisa Longo Borghini and runner-up Grace Brown. Longo Borghini's victory made her the oldest winner at 30 years, 184 days. Niewiadoma won the 2017 edition by the biggest margin to date: one minute and 18 seconds. She was also the youngest winner at 22 years, 256 days. Stage winners Marianne Vos (NED), Lorena Wiebes (NED) and Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) have won the most stages of the race to date: five. Vos (three in 2014), Wiebes (three in 2022, two in 2021), and D'Hoore (two in 2019) are the only riders to win multiple stages of the race in the same year. Nine riders have won stages in more than one edition of the race: Vos (2014, 2016 and 2019);