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Route de France Féminine - 2.1 (W)
France, August 11-18, 2007
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Stage 6 - August 17: Vittel - La Bresse, 131.3 km
Russian hat-trick
Svetlana Bubnenkova resumed her winning ways on stage six of the Route de France, taking the uphill sprint into La Bresse from a select group which formed over the top of the final climb, the Col du Brabant, with just 3.5 kilometres to go. Overall classification leader Amber Neben (US National Team) held on to the tough Russian's wheel, only giving up two seconds to Bubnenkova in the final sprint. Neben leads the triple stage winner by 1'04". Frenchwoman Maryline Salvetat was third, while Italian champion Fabiana Luperini came in with Neben's team-mate Mara Abbott just 28 seconds behind the winner.
Abbott's ride pulls her closer to the lead of the young rider's competition, where she sits in second place just five seconds behind German Stephanie Pohl (Getranke-Hoffmann). Bubnenkova has wrapped up the mountains classification - with just one classified climb remaining, it is impossible for anyone to overtake her commanding 44 point lead in that competition.
Neben looks set to take the overall classification on Saturday's final stage into Vittel, which is a rolling 113 kilometre route without any major climbs.
Photography
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Images by Jluc Lamaère/cyclistine-mages.blogspirit.com
- A select group with overall leader Amber Neben Svetlana Bubnenkova (blue) and US champ Mara Abbott
- Amber Neben (US National Team) is happy going into the final stage of the Route de France in gold.
Results
1 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 3.40.52 (36.552 km/h) 2 Amber Neben (USA) US National Team 0.02 3 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 0.04 4 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 0.28 5 Mara Abbott (USA) US National Team 6 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 0.56 7 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lut) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 8 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 0.59 9 Kate Mercer (Aus) Australian National Team 1.25 10 Ras Polikeviciute (Lut) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 11 Stephanie Pohl (Ger) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 1.39 12 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 1.41 13 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto - Belisol 1.42 14 Magali Mocquery (Fra) French National Team 1.48 15 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 1.55 16 Kateryna Krasova (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 17 Siobhan Dervan (Irl) Lotto - Belisol 2.05 18 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 2.07 19 Ombretta Ugolini (Ita) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 2.09 20 Oxana Kashchyshyna (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 4.56 21 Olga Polkhovska (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 5.14 22 Kori Seehafer (USA) US National Team 5.18 23 Louise Kerr (Aus) Australian National Team 5.19 24 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 5.29 25 Magali Le Floch (Fra) French National Team 5.32 26 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 27 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 6.10 28 Amber Rais (USA) US National Team 6.15 29 Sophie Creux (Fra) French National Team 6.17 30 Peta Mullens (Aus) Australian National Team 6.29 31 Mélanie Bravard (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 32 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) French National Team 33 Corine Hierckens (Bel) Lotto - Belisol 34 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto - Belisol 35 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 36 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australian National Team 37 Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 38 Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 39 Uenia Fernandes (Bra) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 40 Laura Lozano (Col) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 41 Clémilda Fernandes (Bra) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 42 Nadejda Vlasova (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 7.38 43 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team 8.09 44 Jennifer Boissiere (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 12.08 45 Olena Sharha (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 12.14 46 Katheryn Curi (USA) US National Team 47 You Mei Wu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 12.18 48 Sonia Bazire (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 49 Arantzazu Azpiroz (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 12.22 50 Eneritz Iturriaga Echevarria Mazag (Spa) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 51 Fei Wang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 52 Mireia Epelde (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 53 Xiaomei Huang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 54 Meredith Miller (USA) US National Team 55 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 17.05 56 Yongli Liu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 19.56 57 Deborah Mascelli (Ita) Fenixs - HPB 20.46 DNF Christina Becker (Ger) Team Getranke - Hoffmann DNF Michelle Hyland (NZl) New Zealand National Team DNF Yolandi Du Toit (RSA) Lotto - Belisol Mountains km 97 1 Ombretta Ugolini (Ita) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 15 pts 2 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 13 3 Amber Neben (USA) US National Team 11 4 Mara Abbott (USA) US National Team 9 5 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 7 6 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 5 7 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 3 8 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 1 km 127.8 1 Amber Neben (USA) US National Team 15 pts 2 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 13 3 Mara Abbott (USA) US National Team 11 4 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 9 5 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 7 6 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 5 7 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lut) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 3 8 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 1 General classification after stage 6 1 Amber Neben (USA) US National Team 20.01.10 2 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 1.04 3 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 1.31 4 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 2.13 5 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 2.27 6 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 2.54 7 Stephanie Pohl (Ger) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 3.23 8 Mara Abbott (USA) US National Team 3.28 9 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 3.59 10 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto - Belisol 4.16 11 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 4.58 12 Kate Mercer (Aus) Australian National Team 5.08 13 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 5.20 14 Ras Polikeviciute (Lut) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 5.27 15 Ombretta Ugolini (Ita) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 5.41 16 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lut) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 5.50 17 Siobhan Dervan (Irl) Lotto - Belisol 6.30 18 Kori Seehafer (USA) US National Team 7.24 19 Kateryna Krasova (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 7.56 20 Magali Mocquery (Fra) French National Team 8.14 21 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 8.49 22 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 8.52 23 Magali Le Floch (Fra) French National Team 9.52 24 Peta Mullens (Aus) Australian National Team 10.07 25 Sophie Creux (Fra) French National Team 10.48 26 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto - Belisol 10.50 27 Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 10.55 28 Louise Kerr (Aus) Australian National Team 10.57 29 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) French National Team 11.13 30 Corine Hierckens (Bel) Lotto - Belisol 11.21 31 Uenia Fernandes (Bra) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 11.27 32 Mélanie Bravard (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 11.34 33 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 12.04 34 Clémilda Fernandes (Bra) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 12.09 35 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 12.12 36 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australian National Team 12.19 37 Amber Rais (USA) US National Team 12.39 38 Olga Polkhovska (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 12.48 39 Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 13.18 40 Oxana Kashchyshyna (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 13.23 41 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team 13.59 42 Nadejda Vlasova (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 14.30 43 Katheryn Curi (USA) US National Team 15.52 44 Eneritz Iturriaga Echevarria Mazag (Spa) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 16.20 45 Sonia Bazire (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 18.38 46 Arantzazu Azpiroz (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 18.50 47 Meredith Miller (USA) US National Team 19.22 48 Xiaomei Huang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 19.27 49 Mireia Epelde (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 19.43 50 You Mei Wu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 19.51 51 Olena Sharha (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 21.34 52 Yongli Liu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 25.33 53 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 31.22 54 Laura Lozano (Col) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 31.46 55 Deborah Mascelli (Ita) Fenixs - HPB 32.07 56 Fei Wang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 37.23 57 Jennifer Boissiere (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 45.08 Mountains classification 1 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 86 pts 2 Amber Neben (USA) US National Team 42 3 Mara Abbott (USA) US National Team 30 4 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 24 5 Ombretta Ugolini (Ita) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 22 6 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 20 7 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 17 8 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 16 9 Kate Mercer (Aus) Australian National Team 16 10 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 11 11 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 8 12 Ras Polikeviciute (Lut) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 7 13 Clémilda Fernandes (Bra) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 5 14 Nadejda Vlasova (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 5 15 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto - Belisol 3 16 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lut) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 3 17 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 2 18 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 1 19 Magali Mocquery (Fra) French National Team 1 Young rider classification 1 Stephanie Pohl (Ger) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 20.04.33 2 Mara Abbott (USA) US National Team 0.05 3 Peta Mullens (Aus) Australian National Team 6.44 4 Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 7.32 5 Louise Kerr (Aus) Australian National Team 7.34 6 Mélanie Bravard (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 8.11 7 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 8.49 8 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australian National Team 8.56 9 Olga Polkhovska (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 9.25 10 Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 9.55 11 Mireia Epelde (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 16.20 12 You Mei Wu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 16.28 13 Olena Sharha (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 18.11 14 Laura Lozano (Col) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 28.23 15 Deborah Mascelli (Ita) Fenixs - HPB 28.44 16 Fei Wang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 34.00
