Coverage as the Women's Tour 2019 begins in Suffolk
The race started in Beccles at 10:30 BST
Jolien D'hoore of Belgium crosses the finish line first at Stowmarket
The 157.6km course visited Halesworth, Framlingham and Bury St Edmunds
It is the fourth time Britain's biggest women's pro-cycling race has started in the county
Watch Look East on BBC One from 18:30 for more local reports on the opening stage of the Women's Tour 2019.
ITV4, external will be broadcasting an hour of highlights at 20:00.
Congratulations to Jolien D'hoore and the other jersey winners.
The second stage of the Tour, external will take the riders to the Cyclopark in Kent.
They will tackle a 62.5km (25-lap) circuit race around the Gravesend venue.
It will be Kent's first ever stage of the Women's Tour, and the biggest international sporting event the county has held since the 2007 Tour de France Grand Depart.
Image source, OVO Energy Women's TourRace winner Jolien D'hoore was also presented with the pink Breast Cancer Care Points Jersey.
Image source, PAEllie Dickinson won the HSBC UK British Cycling Best British Rider Jersey.
Image source, PABelgian racer Jolien D'hoore is presented with the Green Jersey after winning stage one of the Women's Tour in a time of 4h 09m.
The 157.6km (97.9 miles) race went from Beccles to Stowmarket.
Image source, PADespite the overcast skies and rainy periods during the race across Suffolk, the crowds turned out across towns and villages.
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Image source, PAThe provisional result from stage one of the Women's Tour, external in Stowmarket:
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Belgian cyclist Jolien D'hoore has made it two years running, winning the opening stage of the Women's Tour.
Last year she crossed the line first at Southwold, and now she's won in Stowmarket.
She takes the first green jersey of the six-day race.
Sharon Bristow from New Zealand snapped these photos as the peloton whizzed through Framlingham.
She said it was a coincidence that she was there as they were visiting Framlingham Castle during their trip from Down Under.
"Having said that, it was very exciting to see and join in the cheering on of cyclists," she said.
Image source, Sharon Bristow
Image source, Sharon BristowIt's not long to go until the riders cross the finish line at Stowmarket.
Madeline and Samuel O’Neill, from the town, said it was "more exciting than I thought it would be".
Image source, PAYorkshire rider Abby-Mae Parkinson, riding for Drops, has a one minute and 40 seconds gap on the rest of the peloton.
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The Women's Tour, external has posted the results of the first Queen of the Mountain (QOM) section of today's stage - a 1.4km climb out of Welnetham.
Image source, The Women's TourA picture of historic Bury St Edmunds when the riders passed by the town's Abbey Gardens and cathedral at about 13:50.
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The Women's Tour passing through Bury St Edmunds, just 28 miles to go!
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The riders have passed through Bury St Edmunds.
With less than an hour, and about 24 miles, to go until the expected finish time at 14:53, the crowds are starting to gather in Stowmarket.
Not so much rain now.
The Women's Tour, external has posted the results of the first sprint section of today's stage - outside RAF Honington, north of Bury St Edmunds.
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The riders going up the hill after leaving the town centre just after 11:00...
Kate Scotter
BBC News
"Very flat, Norfolk" as one character said in Noel Coward's play Private Lives, external, and people from outside the region seem to think that goes for the whole of East Anglia.
As a cyclist myself, who comes from Norfolk and currently lives in Suffolk, I can vouch for Suffolk not being flat!
On a recent ride, which took us out towards Sudbury, we clocked up 85 miles with 1,015m of climbing, which I would not consider a flat ride.
In Norfolk, you could ride for miles upon miles on the flatlands, often into a demoralising but strength-building headwind, but then you'd turn around and literally get blown home with a tailwind.
Suffolk is much more undulating. It doesn't have big hills or long climbs but not much time is spent riding on the flat either, you always seem to be going up or down, even if just a bit!
Having left the A140 at Thornham Magna, the riders passed through Little Green on the way to Walsham le Willows.
Image source, PAWill the force be with the riders as they ride through Ixworth? This Star Wars fan will know...
Alison Root
BBC Radio Suffolk
Spectators in Bury St Edmunds take shelter as they wait for the race to pass.
Matt Jones and Thomas Adalbert are with their wives in The Angel Hotel, keeping warm and dry until it's time to cheer on the riders.
The race is due to reach the centre of the medieval cathedral town at about 13:42, where there will be 28.1 miles (45.2km) of racing left to go.
Mr Adalbert (right) said: "It’s an amazing event and as I live just around the corner, it’s right on my doorstep.
"My seven-year-old son Ben loves cycling and he made us come to watch."
Tom Williams
BBC Look East sport
There were lots of smiles in Eye as the peloton whizzed through the town.
One spectator commented on how the women "certainly broke the newly imposed 20mph speed restriction".
Earlier, pupils in Eye had been given time out of classes to line the route.
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