20th Internationale Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen - 2.1 (W)

Germany, July 24-29, 2007

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Stage 2 - July 25: Zeulenroda - Zeulenroda, 115.3 km

Schleicher takes the sprint

Regina Schleicher of Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung won the mass sprint of the second stage of the Thüringen Rundfahrt, ahead of Angela Brodtka of Team Getränke Hoffman and Oenone Wood of T-Mobile.

"That was a victory for the whole team," the 2005 world champion said. "When it became clear that it would be a mass sprint, they all rode for me. The girls practically carried me to the finish line."

Emma Rickards of Team Raleigh took over the overall lead on time bonuses she gathered during the stage. Schleicher is one second behind her, and Joanne Kiesanowksi of Raleigh is in third, with the same time.

Thursday's third stage runs 130 km around the city of Greiz, and features three categorised climbs.

Photography

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Images by CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net

The bunch climbs in a typical Thüringen forest
Attention to rider safety on a corner from a member of the local police
Anke Wichmann (T-Mobile) was most aggressive rider with this breakaway
Edita Puckinskaite (Nürnberger) chases Wichmann
T-Mobile's Judith Arndt rolls in the bunch, no reason to chase Wichmann
The race was broken into several groups today
Angela Brodtka (Getränke Hoffmann) Regina Schleicher (Nürnberger) and Oenone Wood (T-Mobile) on the podium for the stage
Beautiful calligraphy from the Giant Pro Cycling riders at sign on
Natalie Bates (Getränke Hoffmann) signs on
Emma Rickards poses at the start with her race number 1 - she would return to Zeulenrohda safely in the bunch and take over the race lead
The competition leaders Emma Pooley (mountains), Suzanne van Veen (young rider), Emma Rickards (race lead), Anke Wichmann (most aggressive), Regina Schleicher (sprints), Angela Brodtka (2nd on stage), Oenone Wood (3rd on stage)
Alexis Rhodes (T-Mobile) prepares for the stage
The Australian National team wait for the start
A long day ahead for Catrine Josefsson (Team Specialized)
Natalie Bates (Getränke Hoffmann) was in a lone break, just ahead of the bunch here
Charlotte Becker (Nürnberger) corners at the front of a 4-rider breakaway around mid-stage
Regina Schleicher (Nürnberger) celebrates her stage win

Results

1 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung      3.16.42 (35.17 km/h)
2 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                        
3 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women                            
4 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Gysko                            
5 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team                            
6 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint                             
7 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) German National Team                       
8 Karen Steurs (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team                           
9 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team        
10 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                            
11 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint                                  
12 Anita Valen (Nor) Vrienden Van Het Platteland                     
13 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung            
14 Inge Van den Broeck (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team                   
15 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team          
16 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung             
17 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team        
18 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung                
19 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women                          
20 Karin Thürig (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team             
21 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team Uniqa                                     
22 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung                 
23 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) AA-Drink Cycling Team                       
24 Emma Rickards (Aus) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team            
25 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women              
26 Marina Romoli (Ita) Menikini - Gysko                          0.07
27 Yong Li Liu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                          
28 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Team Flexpoint                             
29 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team                        0.13
30 Monica Höller (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team                        0.15
31 Karin Aune (Swe) Menikini - Gysko                                 
32 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Menikini - Gysko                      
33 An Van Rie (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team                            
34 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team                            
35 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                          
36 Claudia Seidel (Ger) German National Team                         
37 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team                         
38 Nina Göhl (Ger) German National Team                              
39 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                              
40 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Flexpoint                                 
41 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Team - Women                 0.18
42 Sarah Düster (Ger) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team         0.22
43 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) German National Team                      
44 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                        
45 Virginia Hennig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                      
46 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint                              
47 Alexandra Nöhles (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                   
48 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Team Uniqa                               
49 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team                      
50 Wang Fei (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                         0.34
51 Katherine Bates (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women                   1.36
52 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Gysko                                   
53 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team                      
54 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team                      
55 Sandra Mißbach (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                   3.45
56 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women                     5.13
57 Sandra Dietel (Ger) Team Stuttgart                            8.05
58 Nicole Heine (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                  15.27
59 Sarah Grab (Swi) Team Specialized Designs For Women               
60 Andrea Thürig (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team                            
61 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Team Uniqa                               
62 Britta Nadler (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                      
63 Catrine Josefsson (Swe) Team Specialized Designs For Women        
64 Rosmarie Mayer (Ger) Team Specialized Designs For Women           
65 Emma Mackie (Aus) Vrienden Van Het Platteland                     
66 Anna-Maria Beyer (Ger) Team Stuttgart                             
67 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women                         
68 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Bigla Cycling Team                             
69 Katrin Leumann (Swi) Team Specialized Designs For Women           
70 Xiao Mei Huang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                       
71 Janne Brok (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland                      
72 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                        
73 Claudia Meyer (Ger) Team Stuttgart                                
74 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung               
75 Katie Mactier (Aus) Australian National Team                 15.43
76 Jaccolien Wallaard (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland         16.29
77 Jana Schemmer (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                      
78 Britta Martin (Ger) Team Stuttgart                                
79 Sabine Fischer (Ger) Team Stuttgart                               
80 Eneritz Iturriaga Echevarria Mazag (Spa) Menikini - Gysko         
81 Katharina Blum (Ger) German National Team                         
DNF Agnes Naumann (Ger) German National Team                         
DNF Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team                  
DNF Karin Pekovits (Aut) Team Uniqa                                  
DNF Katie Brown (Aus) Vrienden Van Het Platteland                    
DNF Monique Van De Ree (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland             
DNF Larssyn Ruegg (USA) Team Specialized Designs For Women           
DNF Janke Dorothee (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                    
DNF Yvonne Schröder (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                   
DNF Hanna Klein (Ger) Team Stuttgart                                 
 
Sprints
 
1
1 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                        3 pts
2 Monica Höller (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team                            2
3 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Gysko                           1
 
2
1 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung             3 pts
2 Emma Rickards (Aus) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team            2
3 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team                      1
 
3
1 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women                         3 pts
2 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung            2
3 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team       1
 
Mountains
 
1
1 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women              3 pts
2 Katie Mactier (Aus) Australian National Team                      2
3 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                        1
 
2
1 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team        3 pts
2 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team                         2
3 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women              1
 
3
1 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                        3 pts
2 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                            2
3 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women              1
 
Young rider
 
1 Marina Romoli (Ita) Menikini - Gysko                        3.16.49
2 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Team Flexpoint                              
3 Virginia Hennig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                   0.15
4 Wang Fei (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                          0.27
5 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team                   1.29
6 Jana Schemmer (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                  16.22
 
Teams
 
1 Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung                              9.50.06
2 Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team                                 
3 AA-Drink Cycling Team                                              
4 Team Flexpoint                                                 0.07
5 T-Mobile Team - Women                                          0.18
6 Menikini - Gysko                                               0.22
7 Giant Pro Cycling Team                                             
8 Bigla Cycling Team                                             0.28
9 German National Team                                           0.30
10 Team Getränke-Hoffmann                                        0.37
11 Australian National Team                                      2.13
12 Team Uniqa                                                   15.49
13 Team Specialized Designs For Women                           30.54
14 Vrienden Van Het Platteland                                       
15 Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                                     31.16
16 Team Stuttgart                                               38.59
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Emma Rickards (Aus) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team      3.22.44
2 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung         0.01
3 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team        
4 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team       0.02
5 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team         
6 Karin Thürig (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team              
7 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women                        0.04
8 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team                        0.05
9 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women                       0.08
10 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung             
11 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung        0.09
12 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung             0.11
13 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung                
14 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) German National Team                  0.14
15 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint                        0.17
16 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint                                  
17 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                       
18 Monica Höller (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team                        0.18
19 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team                            
20 Karen Steurs (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team                      0.20
21 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) AA-Drink Cycling Team                       
22 Inge Van den Broeck (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team                   
23 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team                            
24 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Team Flexpoint                         0.24
25 Sarah Düster (Ger) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team             
26 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Gysko                       0.25
27 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Team - Women                 0.26
28 Claudia Seidel (Ger) German National Team                     0.29
29 Nina Göhl (Ger) German National Team                              
30 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                        0.32
31 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Flexpoint                                 
32 Marina Romoli (Ita) Menikini - Gysko                          0.33
33 Anita Valen (Nor) Vrienden Van Het Platteland                 0.35
34 An Van Rie (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team                            
35 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) German National Team                  0.36
36 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women          0.38
37 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                          
38 Yong Li Liu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                      0.39
39 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint                              
40 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Menikini - Gysko                  0.41
41 Karin Aune (Swe) Menikini - Gysko                                 
42 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                    0.42
43 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team                     0.44
44 Virginia Hennig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                  0.45
45 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                          0.47
46 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team Uniqa                                     
47 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team                  0.50
48 Alexandra Nöhles (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team               1.03
49 Wang Fei (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                         1.06
50 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Team Uniqa                           1.09
51 Katherine Bates (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women                   1.44
52 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Gysko                               2.02
53 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team                  2.05
54 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team                      
55 Sandra Mißbach (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                   4.08
56 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women                     5.18
57 Sandra Dietel (Ger) Team Stuttgart                            8.49
58 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Bigla Cycling Team                        15.32
59 Andrea Thürig (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team                            
60 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung          15.38
61 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                   15.50
62 Xiao Mei Huang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                  15.59
63 Emma Mackie (Aus) Vrienden Van Het Platteland                16.02
64 Janne Brok (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland                      
65 Rosmarie Mayer (Ger) Team Specialized Designs For Women      16.05
66 Katrin Leumann (Swi) Team Specialized Designs For Women           
67 Sarah Grab (Swi) Team Specialized Designs For Women               
68 Catrine Josefsson (Swe) Team Specialized Designs For Women        
69 Nicole Heine (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                  16.08
70 Britta Nadler (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                      
71 Claudia Meyer (Ger) Team Stuttgart                           16.11
72 Anna-Maria Beyer (Ger) Team Stuttgart                             
73 Katie Mactier (Aus) Australian National Team                 16.12
74 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Team Uniqa                          16.14
75 Eneritz Iturriaga Echevarria Mazag (Spa) Menikini - Gysko    16.55
76 Jaccolien Wallaard (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland         17.04
77 Jana Schemmer (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                 17.10
78 Britta Martin (Ger) Team Stuttgart                           17.13
79 Sabine Fischer (Ger) Team Stuttgart                               
80 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women                    17.15
81 Katharina Blum (Ger) German National Team                    17.49
 
Points classification
 
1 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women                         3 pts
2 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung             3
3 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                        3
4 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung            2
5 Emma Rickards (Aus) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team            2
6 Monica Höller (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team                            2
7 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team       1
8 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team                      1
9 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Gysko                           1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women              5 pts
2 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                        4
3 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team        3
4 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                            2
5 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team                         2
6 Katie Mactier (Aus) Australian National Team                      2
 
Teams classification
 
1 Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team                         10.08.18
2 Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung                                 0.27
3 T-Mobile Team - Women                                          0.36
4 Bigla Cycling Team                                             0.37
5 Team Flexpoint                                                 0.52
6 AA-Drink Cycling Team                                          0.54
7 German National Team                                           1.06
8 Menikini - Gysko                                               1.34
9 Team Getränke-Hoffmann                                         1.40
10 Giant Pro Cycling Team                                        1.52
11 Australian National Team                                      3.34
12 Team Uniqa                                                   18.04
13 Vrienden Van Het Platteland                                  32.33
14 Team Specialized Designs For Women                           32.42
15 Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                                     33.13
16 Team Stuttgart                                               41.05