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19th Internationale Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen - 2.1 (W)
Germany, July 18-23, 2006
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Stage 2 - July 20: Greiz – Schleiz, 129.4 km
Univega takes back yellow
By Kristy Scrymgeour
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At the of another stage over relentlessly undulating terrain in scorching temperatures, the Univega team managed to take back the yellow jersey today that they earned in the prologue but was taken from them at the end of stage one due to time bonus seconds. This time is was Nicole Cooke who took the stage win and the race lead, beating Team Bigla's Zulfia Zabirova in a two up sprint in Schleiz.
The race was more aggressive from the start today, despite the temperatures, but things stayed together until Nobili's Sigrid Corneo got away solo gaining over a minute on the field. Corneo stayed away until the top of the third mountain sprint of the day after which she was caught by a bridging group of 14 riders who caught her with about 20km to go. In the group was Cooke and two of her teammates Christiane Soeder and Karin Thürig (Univega) as well as Zulfia Zabirova (Bigla), Diana Ziliute (Safi - Pasta Zara Manhatten), Theresa Senff (AA Drink), Edita Pucinskaite and Olivia Gollan (Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas), Annette Beutler, Amber Neben and Linda Villumsen (Buitenpoort- Flexpoint), Trixi Worrack and Tina Liebig (Nürnberger Versicherung).
The group gained significant time of the rest of the peloton finishing over four minutes up. With ten kilometers to go Cooke and Zabirova attacked the break and managed to hold off the chase and gain 24 seconds by the finish. Cooke won the sprint from Zabirova, which moved her into the overall lead, with Zabirova moving into second place overall.
Former race leader Hanka Kupfernagel (German National Team) finished in the main peloton losing over four minutes to Cooke in the general classification. "Of course I wasn't happy to lose the yellow jersey," said Kupfernagel, "but I am not yet up to the level of the best riders as this is only my second tour so far this year."
Cooke was excited to be in the jersey. "I am happy that is over," she said. "The constant up and down made everybody tired. In the end I didn't want to arrive at the finish with a large group so I went away with Zabirova."
"Yellow is my favourite colour," she added, "and now I want to keep it until Sunday."
Tomorrow's stage is a little flatter than the previous two stages. Starting in the town of Schleiz, it covers 123km finishing in the town of Gera.
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- Hanka Kupfernagel (German national team) would try to defend her yellow jersey today.
- Theresa Senff (AA Drink) in the silver jersey...
- Regina Schleicher (Nürnberger)
- Ready to go
- The peloton at moderate speed...
- Nicole Cooke (Univega) wins the second stage of Thueringen Rundfahrt 2006 from Greiz to Schleiz
- Help! I need somebody! Help!
- Finally... Nicole Cooke gets it right
- Greiz in Thueringen - the host for this stage.
- Christiane Soeder (Univega) is one of the favourites...
- The Australian team at the sign-in.
- The start in Schleiz.
- Alleys are common in Thueringen.
- A cool refreshment in the heat.
- Hanka Kupfernagel (German national team) finished 4'26" behind the winner
Images by CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net
- The bunch rolls along early in the stage
- Karin Thürig (Univega) in the lead bunch with 20km to go leads team-mate, Nicole Cooke. Zoulfia Zabirova (Team Bigla) is centre
- Kimberly Bruckner Baldwin (T-Mobile) leads a small group
- Nicole Cooke (Univega) wins the stage and takes over the race lead
- Linda Villumsen (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint) took over the young rider's competition after the stage
- Karin Thürig (Univega)
- Hanka Kupfernagel (Germany) leads Oenone Wood (Nürnberger)
- Race leader, Nicole Cooke (Univega)
- The race podium - Zoulfia Zabirova (Team Bigla, stage 2nd), Theresa Senff (AA Drink, mountains), Rochelle Gilmore (Safi, Sprints), Nicole Cooke (Univega, race leader), Sigrid Corneo (Nobili, points)
Results
1 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Univega 3.39.00 2 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla 3 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 0.24 4 Theresa Senff (Ger) AA Drink 5 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 6 Annette Beutler (Swi) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 7 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 8 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 9 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 10 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Univega 11 Karin Thürig (Swi) Univega 12 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 0.29 13 Linda Villumsen (Den) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 1.29 14 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 15 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Austrian national team 4.03 16 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 4.26 17 Claudia Seidel (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 18 Li Liu Yong (Chn) Giant 19 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant 20 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) German national team 21 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nürnberger Versicherung 22 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 23 An Van Rie (Bel) Belgian national team 24 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla 25 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile 26 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 27 Liane Bahler (Ger) Fenixs – Colnago 28 Kate Nichols (Aus) Australian national team 29 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian national team 30 Andrea Knecht (Swi) Bigla 31 Natalie Bates (Aus) AA Drink 32 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Univega 33 Magali Le Floch (Fra) T-Mobile 34 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Fenixs – Colnago 35 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Belgian national team 36 Karen Steurs (Bel) Belgian national team 37 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 38 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) Team Stuttgart 39 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian national team 40 Kate Mercer (Aus) Australian national team 41 Angela Brodka (Ger) AA Drink 42 Rosmarie Mayer (Ger) Team Stuttgart 43 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 44 Monica Schachl (Aut) Austrian national team 45 Monica Furrer (Swi) Bigla 46 Marta Vilajosana (Spa) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 47 Fang Li Mei (Chn) Giant 48 Caroline Humplik (Ger) Team Stuttgart 4.39 49 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Austrian national team 4.41 50 Luise Keller (Ger) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 4.43 51 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 4.50 52 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 5.14 53 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla 54 Kirsten Wild (Ned) AA Drink 5.17 55 Corine Hierckens (Bel) AA Drink 56 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 9.53 57 Romy Kasper (Ger) German national team 58 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 59 Kimberly Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile 60 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) German national team 10.12 61 Loes Sels (Bel) Belgian national team 10.13 62 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Team Stuttgart 10.43 63 Emma Rickards (Aus) Univega 10.48 64 Veronika Sprügl (Aut) Austrian national team 65 Denise Zuckermandel (Ger) German national team 13.36 66 Ying Ruan Xiong (Chn) Giant 15.41 67 Ine Wannijn (Bel) Belgian national team 68 Kathleen Sterckx (Bel) Belgian national team 69 Lisa Weissenseel (Ger) German national team 70 Stephanie Gronow (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 71 Susi Tosch (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 72 Katharina Blum (Ger) German national team 73 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 74 Sandra Missbach (Ger) AA Drink 75 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile 76 Stephanie Rechenbach (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 20.29 DNF Katherine Bates (Aus) Nürnberger Versicherung DNF Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Univega DNF Jenny Mc Pherson (Aus) Australian national team DNF Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian national team Mountains Climb 1 1 Theresa Senff (Ger) AA Drink 3 pts 2 Annette Beutler (Swi) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 2 3 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 1 Climb 2 1 Fang Li Mei (Chn) Giant 3 pts 2 Theresa Senff (Ger) AA Drink 2 3 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 1 Climb 3 1 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 3 pts 2 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 2 3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 1 Sprints Sprint 1 1 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 3 pts 2 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) German national team 2 3 Jenny Mc Pherson (Aus) Australian national team 1 Sprint 2 1 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla 3 pts 2 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 2 3 Jenny Mc Pherson (Aus) Australian national team 1 Sprint 3 1 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Univega 3 pts 2 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 2 3 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Univega 1 General classification after stage 2 1 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Univega 7.31.44 2 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla 0.14 3 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Univega 0.36 4 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 0.46 5 Karin Thürig (Swi) Univega 0.48 6 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 7 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 0.50 8 Theresa Senff (Ger) AA Drink 0.51 9 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 0.52 10 Annette Beutler (Swi) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 0.55 11 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 0.58 12 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 1.03 13 Linda Villumsen (Den) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 1.46 14 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 2.15 15 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) German national team 4.36 16 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Austrian national team 4.43 17 An Van Rie (Bel) Belgian national team 4.53 18 Angela Brodka (Ger) AA Drink 4.54 19 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nürnberger Versicherung 4.55 20 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla 4.56 21 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Univega 5.01 22 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 5.06 23 Kate Nichols (Aus) Australian national team 5.10 24 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 25 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 5.12 26 Natalie Bates (Aus) AA Drink 5.14 27 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian national team 5.15 28 Kate Mercer (Aus) Australian national team 5.17 29 Magali Le Floch (Fra) T-Mobile 5.19 30 Monica Schachl (Aut) Austrian national team 5.21 31 Li Liu Yong (Chn) Giant 32 Luise Keller (Ger) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 33 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 7.06 34 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Fenixs – Colnago 7.12 35 Liane Bahler (Ger) Fenixs – Colnago 7.21 36 Monica Furrer (Swi) Bigla 7.24 37 Fang Li Mei (Chn) Giant 7.25 38 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile 7.31 39 Andrea Knecht (Swi) Bigla 7.39 40 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant 7.44 41 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 8.16 42 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Austrian national team 9.08 43 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) Team Stuttgart 9.42 44 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Belgian national team 9.56 45 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 10.16 46 Claudia Seidel (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 10.18 47 Rosmarie Mayer (Ger) Team Stuttgart 10.22 48 Karen Steurs (Bel) Belgian national team 10.23 49 Kimberly Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile 10.28 50 Caroline Humplik (Ger) Team Stuttgart 10.31 51 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 10.34 52 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla 10.37 53 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian national team 10.42 54 Corine Hierckens (Bel) AA Drink 11.32 55 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) German national team 15.57 56 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Team Stuttgart 16.15 57 Loes Sels (Bel) Belgian national team 16.28 58 Kirsten Wild (Ned) AA Drink 17.29 59 Marta Vilajosana (Spa) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 19.37 60 Ying Ruan Xiong (Chn) Giant 20.17 61 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 20.33 62 Kathleen Sterckx (Bel) Belgian national team 21.10 63 Emma Rickards (Aus) Univega 21.34 64 Stephanie Gronow (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 21.36 65 Sandra Missbach (Ger) AA Drink 21.37 66 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 24.58 67 Romy Kasper (Ger) German national team 24.59 68 Veronika Sprügl (Aut) Austrian national team 25.54 69 Ine Wannijn (Bel) Belgian national team 26.27 70 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 71 Katharina Blum (Ger) German national team 26.45 72 Denise Zuckermandel (Ger) German national team 28.57 73 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile 30.42 74 Lisa Weissenseel (Ger) German national team 30.55 75 Susi Tosch (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 31.00 76 Stephanie Rechenbach (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 35.55 Mountains classification 1 Theresa Senff (Ger) AA Drink 11 pts 2 Luise Keller (Ger) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 4 3 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 4 4 Annette Beutler (Swi) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 4 5 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 4 6 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 3 7 Fang Li Mei (Chn) Giant 3 8 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 2 9 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 1 Sprints classification 1 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 8 pts 2 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) German national team 4 3 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Univega 3 4 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla 3 5 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 2 6 Liane Bahler (Ger) Fenixs – Colnago 2 7 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Univega 1 Young rider classification 1 Linda Villumsen (Den) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 7.33.30 2 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla 3.10 3 Kate Nichols (Aus) Australian national team 3.24 4 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 5 Luise Keller (Ger) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 3.35 6 Monica Furrer (Swi) Bigla 5.38 7 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant 5.58 8 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Austrian national team 7.22 9 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla 8.51 10 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian national team 8.56 11 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) German national team 14.11 12 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Team Stuttgart 14.29 13 Loes Sels (Bel) Belgian national team 14.42 14 Romy Kasper (Ger) German national team 23.13 15 Veronika Sprügl (Aut) Austrian national team 24.08 16 Katharina Blum (Ger) German national team 24.59 17 Denise Zuckermandel (Ger) German national team 27.11 18 Lisa Weissenseel (Ger) German national team 29.09 19 Susi Tosch (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 29.14 20 Stephanie Rechenbach (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 34.09
