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18th Int. Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen - 2.1 (W)
Germany, July 19-24, 2005
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Stage 3 - July 21: Greiz - Gera, 119.3 km
Girls race out of respect
By Kristy Scrymgeour
After Stage One was cancelled due to the tragic death of Amy Gillett on Monday and Stage Two was neutralized in memory of Amy and out of respect for her five AIS teammates who are recovering from the crash in hospital in Jena, Stage Three became the first official stage of this years Thuringen Rundfahrt. However "despite it being called a race," said Nürnberger Director Petra Rossner, "it was not really a race."
Many of the girls have decided not to race, including the Vlaanderen team who arrived at the scene of the accident only moments after it happened on Monday and the 60 girls who started the race are riding simply out of respect for the AIS team. "I told my girls it was their choice as to whether they race or not," said Rossner, "Olivia [Gollan] decided not to. For the rest of our team, our only motivation is to win some flowers to take to the girls in hospital." Oenone [Wood] visited the girls in hospital yesterday and asked them their wishes. Their response was that she should race and bring them flowers every day.
The 119km stage that traveled from Greiz to Gera, whilst normally fast and furious on a normal year was not really that much faster than yesterday's neutral stage according to the girls. Despite rain and dreadful weather, there would be no complaints about the weather today. The race finished in a bunch sprint with German Angela Brodtka (Van Bemmelen-AA Drink) taking the win from Regina Schleicher (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung) and Priska Doppmann (Univega Pro Cycling Team).
All team directors have agreed that the race prize money of 15,000 Euro will
be given to Warren McDonald and the AIS to be used as they need. According to
the Australians, the support from the local community has been amazing, with
everyone 
pitching
in to make things as comfortable as possible for the families and friends of
the Australian team.
Tomorrow's stage starts in Gera and travels 124km to Schmölln.
Friends and family of Amy - our thoughts are with you. Katie, Kate, Lorian, Alexis and Louise - to a full and quick recovery.
Results
1 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Van Bemmelen-AA Drink 3.41.05 2 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team 4 Monica Holler (Swe) Elk Haus Team 5 Oenone Wood (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 6 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 7 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 8 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Nobili Rubinetterie-Menikini Cogeas 9 Gunn- Rita Dahle (Nor) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 0.05 10 Guiseppina Grassi (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 11 Eva Lutz (Ger) Euregio Egrensis-Kraftstoff plus 12 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 13 Sarah Düster (Ger) Red Bull-Stadtwerke Frankfurt 14 Fabienne Sandig (Ger) Euregio Egrensis-Kraftstoff plus 15 Mirjam Melchers van Poppel (Ned) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 16 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Van Bemmelen-AA Drink 17 Daniela Fusar Poli (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie-Menikini Cogeas 18 Andrea Graus (Aut) Elk Haus Team 19 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie-Menikini Cogeas 0.08 20 Desiree Schuler (Ger) Team Stuttgart 21 Birgit Söllner (Ger) Toyota Motor Company 22 Linda Serup (Den) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 23 Sarah Grab (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team 24 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) German National Team 25 Edita Pucinskaitei (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie-Menikini Cogeas 26 Anna Gusmini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie-Menikini Cogeas 27 Corine Hierckens (Bel) Belgian National Team 28 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 29 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Euregio Egrensis-Kraftstoff plus 30 Bianca Knöpfle (Ger) German National Team 31 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) Team Stuttgart 32 Anna Zugno (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 33 Sabine Fischer (Ger) German National Team 34 Andrea Edmeier (Ger) Elk Haus Team 35 Josephine Groenveld (Ned) Van Bemmelen-AA Drink 36 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Belgian National Team 37 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 38 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 39 Tina Liebig (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 40 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 41 Theresa Senff (Ger) Van Bemmelen-AA Drink 42 Katharina Blum (Ger) Team Stuttgart 43 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Univega Pro Cycling Team 44 Isabelle Wieser (Aut) Elk Haus Team 45 Caroline Ibele (Ger) German National Team 0.19 46 Sereina Trachsel (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team 47 Kathy Watt (Aus) Red Bull-Stadtwerke Frankfurt 48 Heike Schramm (Ger) Euregio Egrensis-Kraftstoff plus 49 Karen Steurs (Bel) Belgian National Team 50 Susanne Juranek (Ger) Toyota Motor Company 51 Marlen Jöhrend (Ger) German National Team 52 Virginia Henning (Ger) Toyota Motor Company 0.23 53 Luise Keller (Ger) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 54 Susanne Beyer (Ger) Red Bull-Stadtwerke Frankfurt 55 Miyoko Karami (Jpn) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 56 Stephanie Gronow (Ger) Red Bull-Stadtwerke Frankfurt 57 Kathy Ingels (Bel) Belgian National Team 0.54 58 Nicole Kampeter (Ger) Toyota Motor Company 1.08 59 Inge van den Broeck (Bel) Belgian National Team 60 Emma Rickards (Aus) Univega Pro Cycling Team 61 Caroline Humplik (Ger) Team Stuttgart 1.12 62 Johanna Stephan (Ger) Team Stuttgart 63 Claudia Hecht (Ger) Euregio Egrensis-Kraftstoff plus 64 Patricia Hempel (Ger) Elk Haus Team 1.14 65 Christina Becker (Ger) Red Bull-Stadtwerke Frankfurt 66 Caroline Noll (Ger) Euregio Egrensis-Kraftstoff plus 2.01 67 Alexandra Sontheimer (Ger) German National Team 68 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) Toyota Motor Company 69 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Van Bemmelen-AA Drink 3.01 70 Lien Beyen (Bel) Belgian National Team 10.14 71 Julia Claus (Ger) Toyota Motor Company 10.18 72 Alexandra Nöhles (Ger) Team Stuttgart 73 Christine Müller (Ger) Elk Haus Team 11.13 DNF Emanuela Brigati (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie-Menikini Cogeas DNF Katja Polzin (Ger) Red Bull-Stadtwerke Frankfurt DNS Olivia Gollan (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung DNS Anita Valen (Nor) Vlaanderen-Capri Sonne-T Interim DNS Emma Davies (GBr) Vlaanderen-Capri Sonne-T Interim DNS Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen-Capri Sonne-T Interim DNS Laura Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen-Capri Sonne-T Interim DNS Sharon Van Dromme (Bel) Vlaanderen-Capri Sonne-T Interim DNS Sofie Goor (Bel) Vlaanderen-Capri Sonne-T Interim DNS Christiane Soeder (Aut) Univega Pro Cycling Team DNS Natalie Bates (Aus) Van Bemmelen-AA Drink Mountains Climb 1 1 Theresa Senff (Ger) Van Bemmelen-AA Drink 3 pts 2 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team 2 3 Andrea Edmeier (Ger) Elk Haus Team 1 Climb 2 1 Theresa Senff (Ger) Van Bemmelen-AA Drink 3 pts 2 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie-Menikini Cogeas 2 3 Andrea Graus (Aut) Elk Haus Team 1 Sprints classification Sprint 1 1 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 3 pts 2 Daniela Fusar Poli (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie-Menikini Cogeas 2 3 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie-Menikini Cogeas 1 Sprint 2 1 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 3 pts 2 Daniela Fusar Poli (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie-Menikini Cogeas 2 3 Gunn- Rita Dahle (Nor) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 1 General classification after stage 3 1 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Van Bemmelen-AA Drink 7.13.16 2 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 0.04 3 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 4 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team 0.06 5 Oenone Wood (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.10 6 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 7 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Nobili Rubinetterie-Menikini Cogeas 8 Monica Holler (Swe) Elk Haus Team 9 Daniela Fusar Poli (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie-Menikini Cogeas 0.11 10 Gunn- Rita Dahle (Nor) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 0.14 11 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Van Bemmelen-AA Drink 0.15 12 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 13 Mirjam Melchers van Poppel (Ned) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 14 Guiseppina Grassi (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 15 Eva Lutz (Ger) Euregio Egrensis-Kraftstoff plus 16 Fabienne Sandig (Ger) Euregio Egrensis-Kraftstoff plus 17 Sarah Düster (Ger) Red Bull-Stadtwerke Frankfurt 18 Andrea Graus (Aut) Elk Haus Team 19 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie-Menikini Cogeas 0.17 20 Linda Serup (Den) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 0.18 21 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 22 Edita Pucinskaitei (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie-Menikini Cogeas 23 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 24 Anna Gusmini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie-Menikini Cogeas 25 Tina Liebig (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 26 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 27 Sarah Grab (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team 28 Anna Zugno (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 29 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Euregio Egrensis-Kraftstoff plus 30 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Univega Pro Cycling Team 31 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 32 Josephine Groenveld (Ned) Van Bemmelen-AA Drink 33 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) German National Team 34 Theresa Senff (Ger) Van Bemmelen-AA Drink 35 Bianca Knöpfle (Ger) German National Team 36 Corine Hierckens (Bel) Belgian National Team 37 Sabine Fischer (Ger) German National Team 38 Birgit Söllner (Ger) Toyota Motor Company 39 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Belgian National Team 40 Desiree Schuler (Ger) Team Stuttgart 41 Andrea Edmeier (Ger) Elk Haus Team 42 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) Team Stuttgart 43 Katharina Blum (Ger) Team Stuttgart 44 Isabelle Wieser (Aut) Elk Haus Team 45 Kathy Watt (Aus) Red Bull-Stadtwerke Frankfurt 0.29 46 Sereina Trachsel (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team 47 Heike Schramm (Ger) Euregio Egrensis-Kraftstoff plus 48 Caroline Ibele (Ger) German National Team 49 Marlen Jöhrend (Ger) German National Team 50 Karen Steurs (Bel) Belgian National Team 51 Susanne Juranek (Ger) Toyota Motor Company 52 Luise Keller (Ger) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 0.33 53 Miyoko Karami (Jpn) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 54 Susanne Beyer (Ger) Red Bull-Stadtwerke Frankfurt 55 Stephanie Gronow (Ger) Red Bull-Stadtwerke Frankfurt 56 Virginia Henning (Ger) Toyota Motor Company 57 Kathy Ingels (Bel) Belgian National Team 1.04 58 Emma Rickards (Aus) Univega Pro Cycling Team 1.18 59 Inge van den Broeck (Bel) Belgian National Team 60 Nicole Kampeter (Ger) Toyota Motor Company 61 Claudia Hecht (Ger) Euregio Egrensis-Kraftstoff plus 1.22 62 Caroline Humplik (Ger) Team Stuttgart 63 Johanna Stephan (Ger) Team Stuttgart 64 Christina Becker (Ger) Red Bull-Stadtwerke Frankfurt 1.24 65 Patricia Hempel (Ger) Elk Haus Team 66 Caroline Noll (Ger) Euregio Egrensis-Kraftstoff plus 2.11 67 Alexandra Sontheimer (Ger) German National Team 68 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) Toyota Motor Company 69 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Van Bemmelen-AA Drink 3.11 70 Lien Beyen (Bel) Belgian National Team 10.24 71 Julia Claus (Ger) Toyota Motor Company 10.28 72 Alexandra Nöhles (Ger) Team Stuttgart 73 Christine Müller (Ger) Elk Haus Team 11.23 Mountains classification 1 Theresa Senff (Ger) Van Bemmelen-AA Drink 6 pts 2 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team 2 3 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie-Menikini Cogeas 2 4 Andrea Graus (Aut) Elk Haus Team 1 5 Andrea Edmeier (Ger) Elk Haus Team 1 Sprints classification 1 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 6 pts 2 Daniela Fusar Poli (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie-Menikini Cogeas 4 3 Gunn- Rita Dahle (Nor) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 1 4 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie-Menikini Cogeas 1
