Olympic and world champion Marianne Vos completed a dominant performance to win a hugely successful inaugural Women’s Tour yesterday.

The Dutchwoman claimed a third successive stage success on the fifth and final day to seal overall victory in front of large crowds in Bury St Edmunds.

Vos (Rabo-Liv), who won London 2012 gold ahead of Britain’s Lizzie Armitstead, won on the concluding 108-kilometre stage from Harwich — and with it 10 bonus seconds — to triumph overall by 30 seconds.

“I have won many titles before and some gold medals but this women’s Tour is really special because it means so much to women’s cycling,” Vos said.

“The pressure was really on but the team did such a great job to keep me in the race.

“I have good memories of Great Britain with the Olympics, but these crowds really made a difference.”

Wiggle-Honda’s Giorgia Bronzini was second on the day and Amy Pieters (Netherlands) third, while Emma Johansson (Orica-GreenEdge) was fifth to seal second overall.

Third overall was Rossella Ratto (Estadio de Mexico-Faren), while Armitstead (Boels-Dolmans) withdrew prior to the start of Sunday’s final stage after battling illness all week.

Two-time world junior champion Lucy Garner (Great Britain) was the best-placed Briton in seventh overall, 50 seconds behind Vos.

Double Olympic track champion Laura Trott (Wiggle-Honda) was 55th overall after a heavy crash on Friday and Saturday’s stage which began in her hometown of Cheshunt, while her sister Emma (Boels-Dolmans) was 60th overall before retiring after crossing the finish line in Suffolk.

“I am really proud to be wearing the best British rider jersey, especially racing on home soil but it is a shame Lizzie couldn’t carry on because of illness,” Garner, 19, said.