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20th Internationale Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen - 2.1 (W)
Germany, July 24-29, 2007
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Stage 6 - July 29: Zeulenroda - Zeulenroda, 108.7 km
Arndt wins by .4 second
By Susan Westemeyer
Judith Arndt (T-Mobile) won the Thüringen Rundfahrt by a grand total of four-tenths of a second over Team Flexpoint's Amber Neben. The pair finished in the same time on the final stage, which was won by Susanne Ljungskog (Flexpoint) from Karin Thürig (Team Raleigh) and Angela Brodtke (Getränke Hoffman).
Arndt went into the stage two seconds behind Neben, but was able to make up the difference in bonus seconds along the way. "I am overwhelmed," Arndt said on the t-mobile-team.com. "The whole team worked perfectly and the plan with the bonus seconds worked. This is a win for the whole team."
The German rider had lost the yellow jersey to the American in Saturday's Time Trial. She was 10 seconds down going into Saturday afternoon's second half-stage, and was able to cut the lead down to two seconds. The team followed the same strategy again on Sunday, gathering bonus seconds at intermediate sprints.
Neben attacked on the first mountain, but Arndt and Emma Pooley (Team Specailized) went with her. Neben's teammate Ljungskog joined them, and the four came to the first intermediate sprint. Arndt won it ahead of Neben, cutting the difference to one second. The peloton came back together on the following flat section, but the group splintered on the next climb. At the second and last intermediate sprint, Ljungskog attacked and took the three points for first over the line. Arndt and Neben crossed in a photo finish, which was decided in Arndt's favour.
Ljungskog continued her escape after the sprint and was eventually joined by Thürig for the finish. Arndt and Neben came across the finish line together, and after a certain amount of confusion, the German was announced the overall winner.
Results
1 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 3.03.04 (35.626 km/h) 2 Karin Thürig (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 1.19 3 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 2.33 4 Anita Valen (Nor) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 5 Sarah Düster (Ger) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 6 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Gysko 7 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 8 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 9 An Van Rie (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 10 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 11 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 12 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 13 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Menikini - Gysko 14 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team 15 Karen Steurs (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 16 Nina Göhl (Ger) German National Team 17 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 18 Inge Van den Broeck (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 19 Wang Fei (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 20 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 21 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team Uniqa 22 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) AA-Drink Cycling Team 23 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 24 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women 2.37 25 Virginia Hennig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 2.38 26 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 2.42 27 Karin Aune (Swe) Menikini - Gysko 4.03 28 Monica Höller (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 29 Janne Brok (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 30 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women 31 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 32 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Flexpoint 33 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 6.26 34 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Team Uniqa 35 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 36 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Team - Women 37 Nicole Heine (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team 16.48 38 Britta Nadler (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team 39 Britta Martin (Ger) Team Stuttgart 40 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 20.07 41 Xiao Mei Huang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 42 Sarah Grab (Swi) Team Specialized Designs For Women 43 Sandra Dietel (Ger) Team Stuttgart 44 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Team Uniqa 45 Catrine Josefsson (Swe) Team Specialized Designs For Women DNF Christiane Soeder (Aut) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team DNF Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung DNF Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung DNF Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung DNF Alexis Rhodes (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women DNF Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team DNF Andrea Thürig (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team DNF Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team DNF Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint DNF Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Team Flexpoint DNF Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Gysko DNF Marina Romoli (Ita) Menikini - Gysko DNF Claudia Seidel (Ger) German National Team DNF Katharina Blum (Ger) German National Team DNF Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann DNF Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann DNF Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team DNF Jaccolien Wallaard (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland DNF Emma Mackie (Aus) Vrienden Van Het Platteland DNF Rosmarie Mayer (Ger) Team Specialized Designs For Women DNF Alexandra Nöhles (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team DNF Jana Schemmer (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team DNF Sabine Fischer (Ger) Team Stuttgart Sprints 1 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 3 pts 2 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 2 3 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 1 2 1 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 3 pts 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 2 3 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 1 Final 1 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 3 pts 2 Karin Thürig (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 2 3 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 1 Mountains 1 1 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 5 pts 2 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 3 3 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women 2 2 1 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 5 pts 2 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 3 3 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 2 3 1 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 5 pts 2 Karin Thürig (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 3 3 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 2 Teams 1 Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 9.15.37 2 Team Flexpoint 0.11 3 AA-Drink Cycling Team 1.14 4 Team Getränke-Hoffmann 1.28 5 Menikini - Gysko 2.44 6 T-Mobile Team - Women 6.37 7 Australian National Team 8 Giant Pro Cycling Team 18.48 9 Team Uniqa 22.41 10 Team Specialized Designs For Women 36.26 Final General classification 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 16.42.40 2 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 3 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 2.03 4 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 4.10 5 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women 4.17 6 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 6.06 7 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 8.03 8 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team Uniqa 8.20 9 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 9.32 10 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 10.06 11 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women 10.14 12 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) AA-Drink Cycling Team 21.21 13 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 36.57 14 An Van Rie (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 38.14 15 Karin Thürig (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 38.59 16 Anita Valen (Nor) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 39.09 17 Inge Van den Broeck (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 39.14 18 Sarah Düster (Ger) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 39.38 19 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 39.51 20 Karen Steurs (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 40.40 21 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 42.16 22 Nina Göhl (Ger) German National Team 42.55 23 Wang Fei (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 43.05 24 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Gysko 43.35 25 Karin Aune (Swe) Menikini - Gysko 44.03 26 Virginia Hennig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 44.20 27 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team 45.24 28 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Menikini - Gysko 46.03 29 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 46.38 30 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 47.05 31 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Flexpoint 47.10 32 Monica Höller (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 47.35 33 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Team - Women 49.35 34 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Team Uniqa 51.36 35 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 1.01.32 36 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 1.11.04 37 Sandra Dietel (Ger) Team Stuttgart 1.18.51 38 Janne Brok (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 1.20.27 39 Nicole Heine (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team 1.20.42 40 Sarah Grab (Swi) Team Specialized Designs For Women 1.22.56 41 Britta Martin (Ger) Team Stuttgart 1.23.43 42 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Team Uniqa 1.23.59 43 Catrine Josefsson (Swe) Team Specialized Designs For Women 1.28.42 44 Britta Nadler (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team 1.29.02 45 Xiao Mei Huang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 1.33.32 Points classification 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 20 pts 2 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 13 3 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 11 4 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women 9 5 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 6 6 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 5 7 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women 5 8 Monica Höller (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 5 9 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 3 10 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 3 11 Karin Thürig (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 2 12 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 1 13 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women 29 pts 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 25 3 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 24 4 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 14 5 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 10 6 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 9 7 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 7 8 Karin Thürig (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 3 9 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 2 10 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 2 Young rider classification 1 Wang Fei (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 17.25.45 2 Virginia Hennig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 1.15 3 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team 2.19 Team classification 1 Team Flexpoint 50.58.48 2 T-Mobile Team - Women 9.42 3 Team Getränke-Hoffmann 9.53 4 Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 38.08 5 AA-Drink Cycling Team 43.26 6 Menikini - Gysko 1.16.18 7 Australian National Team 1.24.28 8 Team Uniqa 1.33.07 9 Giant Pro Cycling Team 1.43.41 10 Team Specialized Designs For Women 2.05.15
