2021 Festival Elsy Jacobs

{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 2021 Festival Elsy Jacobs

| image =

| image_caption =

| image_size =

| series = 2021 UCI Women's ProSeries

| race_no = 3

| season_no = 7

| date = 30 April – 2 May 2021

| stages = 2 + Prologue

| distance = 232.6

| unit = km

| time = 6h 05' 00"

| first = Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen

| first_nat = DEN

| first_team = {{UCI team code|MOV women|2021}}

| first_color = yellow

| second = Leah Kirchmann

| second_nat = CAN

| second_team = {{UCI team code|DSM women|2021}}

| third = Maria Giulia Confalonieri

| third_nat = ITA

| third_team = {{UCI team code|WNT|2021}}

| points = Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen

| points_nat = DEN

| points_team = {{UCI team code|MOV women|2021}}

| points_color = green

| mountains = Thalita de Jong

| mountains_nat = NED

| mountains_team = {{UCI team code|Chevalmeire|2021}}

| mountains_color = polkadot

| youth = Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen

| youth_nat = DEN

| youth_team = {{UCI team code|MOV women|2021}}

| youth_color = white

| team = {{UCI team code|JVW|2021}}

| previous = 2019

| next = 2022

}}

The 2021 Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs (known as the Ceratizit Festival Elsy Jacobs for sponsorship reasons) was a women's road cycling stage race that was held in Luxembourg from 30 April to 2 May 2021. It was the 13th edition of the Festival Elsy Jacobs and the first as a category 2.Pro event in the UCI Women's ProSeries after its promotion after the 2019 season and the cancellation of the 2020 edition of the race.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/calendar/CompetitionDetail?competitionId=64350&year=2021|title=Ceratizit Festival Elsy Jacobs|publisher=UCI|access-date=27 May 2021}}

Teams

Eight of the nine UCI Women's WorldTeams and ten UCI Women's Continental Teams made up the eighteen teams that participated the race. Each team entered a full squad of six riders, but two {{UCI team code|ALE|2021}} riders had to pull out prior to the start of the race.{{cite web|url=https://www.elsy-jacobs.lu/teams-2021/|title=Teams 2021|work=Festival Elsy Jacobs|publisher=Sport a Fräizäit Zéisséng A.S.B.L.|access-date=27 May 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.elsy-jacobs.lu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Elsy-Prologue-Liste-de-depart-1.pdf|title=Liste de départ|language=French|trans-title=Startlist|work=Festival Elsy Jacobs|publisher=Sport a Fräizäit Zéisséng A.S.B.L.|date=30 April 2021|access-date=27 May 2021}} This left 106 riders who started the race, of which 67 finished.

UCI Women's WorldTeams

{{UCI team code|ALE|2021}}
{{UCI team code|CSR|2021}}
{{UCI team code|FUT|2021}}
{{UCI team code|LIV|2021}}
{{UCI team code|MOV women|2021}}
{{UCI team code|SDW|2021}}
{{UCI team code|DSM women|2021}}
{{UCI team code|TFS women|2021}}

UCI Women's Continental Teams

{{UCI team code|ASC|2021}}
{{UCI team code|Chevalmeire|2021}}
{{UCI team code|WNT|2021}}
{{UCI team code|DRP|2021}}
{{UCI team code|MAT2|2021}}
{{UCI team code|PHV|2021}}
{{UCI team code|SRC|2021}}
{{UCI team code|JVW|2021}}
{{UCI team code|VAL|2021}}
{{UCI team code|WCC|2021}}

Route

class="wikitable" \|+ Stage characteristics and winners{{sfn\|Technical Guide\|2021\|p=12}}
scope="col" \| Stage ! scope="col" \| Date ! scope="col" \| Course ! scope="col" \| Distance ! scope="col" colspan="2" \| Type ! scope=col \| Winner
scope="row" style="text-align:center;" \| P \| style="text-align:center;" \| 30 April \| Cessange to Cessange \| style="text-align:center;" \| {{convert\|2.2\|km\|abbr=on}} \| File:Time Trial.svg \| Individual time trial \| {{flagathlete\|Lorena Wiebes\|NED}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;" \| 1 \| style="text-align:center;" \| 1 May \| Steinfort to Steinfort \| style="text-align:center;" \| {{convert\|125.1\|km\|abbr=on}} \| File:Hillystage.svg \| Hilly stage \| {{flagathlete\|Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen\|DEN}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;" \| 2 \| style="text-align:center;" \| 2 May \| Garnich to Garnich \| style="text-align:center;" \| {{convert\|105.3\|km\|abbr=on}} \| File:Hillystage.svg \| Hilly stage \| {{flagathlete\|Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen\|DEN}}
colspan="3" \| Total \| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" \| {{convert\|232.6\|km\|abbr=on}}

class="wikitable"

|+ Stage characteristics and winners{{sfn|Technical Guide|2021|p=12}}

scope="col" | Stage

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Course

! scope="col" | Distance

! scope="col" colspan="2" | Type

! scope=col | Winner

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | P

| style="text-align:center;" | 30 April

| Cessange to Cessange

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|2.2|km|abbr=on}}

| File:Time Trial.svg

| Individual time trial

| {{flagathlete|Lorena Wiebes|NED}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1

| style="text-align:center;" | 1 May

| Steinfort to Steinfort

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|125.1|km|abbr=on}}

| File:Hillystage.svg

| Hilly stage

| {{flagathlete|Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen|DEN}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2

| style="text-align:center;" | 2 May

| Garnich to Garnich

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|105.3|km|abbr=on}}

| File:Hillystage.svg

| Hilly stage

| {{flagathlete|Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen|DEN}}

colspan="3" | Total

| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|232.6|km|abbr=on}}

Stages

= Prologue =

;30 April 2021 — Cessange to Cessange, {{convert|2.2|km|abbr=on}} (ITT){{sfn|Technical Guide|2021|pp=13-14}}

{{cyclingresult start|title=Prologue Result{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/festival-elsy-jacobs-2021/stage-1/results/|title=Festival Elsy Jacobs: Wiebes wins prologue|publisher=CyclingNews|date=30 April 2021|access-date=27 May 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.elsy-jacobs.lu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Prologue_-Stage-Ranking-Time_portrait.pdf|title=Prologue: Stage Ranking (Time)|work=2021 Festival Elsy Jacobs|publisher=MA:XX Timing|date=30 April 2021|access-date=27 May 2021}}}}

{{cyclingresult|1|Lorena Wiebes|NED|{{UCI team code|DSM women|2021}}|3' 12"}}

{{cyclingresult|2|Leah Kirchmann|CAN|{{UCI team code|DSM women|2021}}|+ 3"}}

{{cyclingresult|3|Karlijn Swinkels|NED|{{UCI team code|JVW|2021}}|+ 3"}}

{{cyclingresult|4|Thalita de Jong|NED|{{UCI team code|Chevalmeire|2021}}|+ 5"}}

{{cyclingresult|5|Lonneke Uneken|NED|{{UCI team code|SDW|2021}}|+ 5"}}

{{cyclingresult|6|Anouska Koster|NED|{{UCI team code|JVW|2021}}|+ 5"}}

{{cyclingresult|7|Ruth Winder|USA|{{UCI team code|TFS women|2021}}|+ 6"}}

{{cyclingresult|8|Christine Majerus|LUX|{{UCI team code|SDW|2021}}|+ 6"}}

{{cyclingresult|9|Riejanne Markus|NED|{{UCI team code|JVW|2021}}|+ 7"}}

{{cyclingresult|10|Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen|DEN|{{UCI team code|MOV women|2021}}|+ 7"}}

{{cyclingresult start|title=General classification after Prologue{{cite web|url=https://www.elsy-jacobs.lu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Prologue_-General-Ranking-Time_portrait.pdf|title=Prologue: General Ranking (Time)|work=2021 Festival Elsy Jacobs|publisher=MA:XX Timing|date=30 April 2021|access-date=27 May 2021}}}}

{{cyclingresult|1|Lorena Wiebes|NED|{{UCI team code|DSM women|2021}}|3' 12"|20px 20px 20px}}