Recently on Cyclingnews.com |
 Mont Ventoux Photo ©: Sirotti |
19th Internationale Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen - 2.1 (W)
Germany, July 18-23, 2006
Main Page Results Overall standings Previous Stage Next Stage
Stage 1 - July 19: Zeulenroda-Triebes – Greiz, 129.9 km
Brodka takes stage, Kupfernagel moves into yellow
By Kristy Scrymgeour
|
In blistering heat, stage one of Thüringen-Rundfahrt came down to a 36 person sprint at the end of the 130km stage that finished in the town of Greiz. Taking the win was German sprinter Angela Brodka (AA Drink), with Henka Kupfernagel (German National Team) taking third place to earn enough time bonus seconds to move into the yellow jersey going into stage two.
On an undulating and technical course typical of the tour in Thüringen, the first part of the race was relatively uneventful due to the heat. Kimberly Bruckner (T-Mobile) put in a good attack gaining three minutes on the field but was later caught and Louise Keller (Buitenpoort- Flexpoint) attacked to take the first mountain sprint of the day but was also caught just over the top.
The most convincing break of the day came from Emanuela Azzini (Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas), who was away solo for about 40km. The first time the race came into Greiz however, with 20km remaining, the peloton was all together apart from a few dropped riders.
The final 20km loop was fast and aggressive and only a small group of 36 riders arrived at the finish in the front group to contest the sprint. Race leader Christiane Soeder (Univega) was in that group, but lost the overall lead to time bonuses on the line. Her teammate Nicole Cooke took second place in the stage and now sits on equal time with Soeder, only one second behind Kupfernagel in the general classification.
Tomorrow's stage starts in Greiz and travels 122.5km to the town Schleiz over very similar terrain.
Photography
For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net
- Jo Kiesanowski (Univega) checks the race manual prior to the start
- The bunch rolled along for the first hour
- Nicole Cooke (Univega) was in the blue jersey today
- Emanuela Azzini (Nobili) during her mid-stage break
- Angela Brodka (AA Drink) enjoyed her win
- Candice Sullivan (Australia) leads in Christiane Soeder (Univega) in yellow and Trixi Worrack (Nürnberger)
- "Cheers!" - Nicole Cooke (Univega), Angela Brodka (AA Drink) and Hanka Kupfernagel (Germany) celebrate their Stage 1 placings
- Hanka Kupfernagel (Germany) is the new race leader
- The race podium - L-R: Jenny McPherson (Australian national team, sprint leader), Theresa Senff (AA Drink, mountains), Angela Brodka (AA Drink, stage winner), Hanka Kupfernagel (Germany, overall), Emanuela Azzini (Nobili), Nicole Cooke (Univega, 2nd on stage), Marta Bastianelli (Safi)
Images by Florian Schaaf/www.cyclingpictures.de
- Angela Brodka (AA Drink) shows her tattoo
- Hanka Kupfernagel (German National Team) takes the yellow jersey
- Two of the chinese team will abandon already in this hot stage
- Strange signatures
- Theresa Senff (AA Drink) won the race last year
- Hanka Kupfernagel (German National Team) and her supporters club have a short meeting...
- Regina Schleicher (Nuernberger) was still happy despite the temperatures
- Oenone Wood (Nuernberger) is one of the big stars of this race
- All the jerseys at the start
- The start at Zeulenroda
- The bunch is still compact at the first mountain classification
- Christiane Soeder (Univega) in her yellow jersey
- The air boiled and the streets melted on this hot day
- Christiane Soeder realized that it will be hard to defend the jersey
Results
1 Angela Brodka (Ger) AA Drink 3.47.47 2 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Univega 3 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) German national team 4 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nürnberger Versicherung 5 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 6 Annette Beutler (Swi) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 7 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 8 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 9 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian national team 10 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 11 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla 12 Kate Mercer (Aus) Australian national team 13 Li Liu Yong (Chn) Giant 14 Magali Le Floch (Fra) T-Mobile 15 Kate Nichols (Aus) Australian national team 16 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian national team 17 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 18 An Van Rie (Bel) Belgian national team 19 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Univega 20 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 21 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla 22 Linda Villumsen (Den) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 23 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 24 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 25 Luise Keller (Ger) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 26 Kimberly Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile 27 Karin Thürig (Swi) Univega 28 Theresa Senff (Ger) AA Drink 29 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 30 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Austrian national team 31 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Univega 0.10 32 Monica Schachl (Aut) Austrian national team 33 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Univega 34 Natalie Bates (Aus) AA Drink 35 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 36 Liane Bahler (Ger) Fenixs – Colnago 2.15 37 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant 38 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 39 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 2.18 40 Fang Li Mei (Chn) Giant 41 Monica Furrer (Swi) Bigla 42 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile 43 Andrea Knecht (Swi) Bigla 44 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Fenixs – Colnago 45 Ying Ruan Xiong (Chn) Giant 3.28 46 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Austrian national team 47 Kathleen Sterckx (Bel) Belgian national team 4.39 48 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) Team Stuttgart 49 Claudia Seidel (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 4.40 50 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Belgian national team 51 Jenny Mc Pherson (Aus) Australian national team 52 Caroline Humplik (Ger) Team Stuttgart 53 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla 54 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Team Stuttgart 4.47 55 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 56 Ilaria Rinaldi (Ita) Fenixs – Colnago 5.12 57 Karen Steurs (Bel) Belgian national team 58 Rosmarie Mayer (Ger) Team Stuttgart 59 Stephanie Gronow (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 60 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) German national team 61 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 62 Corine Hierckens (Bel) AA Drink 63 Sandra Missbach (Ger) AA Drink 5.15 64 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian national team 65 Loes Sels (Bel) Belgian national team 66 Katherine Bates (Aus) Nürnberger Versicherung 5.22 67 Emma Rickards (Aus) Univega 10.01 68 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 69 Ine Wannijn (Bel) Belgian national team 70 Katharina Blum (Ger) German national team 71 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 72 Kirsten Wild (Ned) AA Drink 11.34 73 Romy Kasper (Ger) German national team 14.20 74 Stephanie Rechenbach (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 75 Lisa Weissenseel (Ger) German national team 76 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 77 Marta Vilajosana (Spa) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 78 Veronika Sprügl (Aut) Austrian national team 79 Susi Tosch (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 14.31 80 Denise Zuckermandel (Ger) German national team 81 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile 14.34 DNF Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint DNF Christina Becker (Ger) T-Mobile DNF Elenia Lazzaro (Ita) Fenixs – Colnago DNF Gintare Gaivenyte (Ltu) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten DNF Yanxia Jiang (Chn) Giant DNF Yunmei Wu (Chn) Giant DNF Anna-Maria Beyer (Ger) Team Stuttgart DNF Gina Haatz (Ger) Team Stuttgart Mountains Climb 1 1 Luise Keller (Ger) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 3 pts 2 Annette Beutler (Swi) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 2 3 Theresa Senff (Ger) AA Drink 1 Climb 2 1 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 3 pts 2 Theresa Senff (Ger) AA Drink 2 3 Luise Keller (Ger) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 1 Climb 3 1 Theresa Senff (Ger) AA Drink 3 pts 2 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 2 3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 1 Sprints Sprint 1 1 Jenny Mc Pherson (Aus) Australian national team 3 pts 2 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) German national team 2 3 Liane Bahler (Ger) Fenixs – Colnago 1 Sprint 2 1 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 3 pts 2 Jenny Mc Pherson (Aus) Australian national team 2 3 Liane Bahler (Ger) Fenixs – Colnago 1 General classification after stage 1 1 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) German national team 3.52.56 2 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Univega 0.01 3 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Univega 4 Linda Villumsen (Den) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 0.05 5 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla 0.08 6 Karin Thürig (Swi) Univega 0.12 7 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 0.14 8 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 9 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 10 An Van Rie (Bel) Belgian national team 0.15 11 Theresa Senff (Ger) AA Drink 12 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 0.16 13 Angela Brodka (Ger) AA Drink 14 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nürnberger Versicherung 0.17 15 Annette Beutler (Swi) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 0.19 16 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla 0.21 17 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 0.22 18 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 19 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Univega 0.23 20 Kimberly Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile 21 Luise Keller (Ger) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 0.26 22 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 0.28 23 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Austrian national team 24 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Univega 0.29 25 Kate Nichols (Aus) Australian national team 0.32 26 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 27 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 0.34 28 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 29 Natalie Bates (Aus) AA Drink 0.36 30 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian national team 0.37 31 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian national team 0.39 32 Kate Mercer (Aus) Australian national team 33 Magali Le Floch (Fra) T-Mobile 0.41 34 Monica Schachl (Aut) Austrian national team 0.43 35 Li Liu Yong (Chn) Giant 36 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 2.28 37 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Fenixs – Colnago 2.34 38 Liane Bahler (Ger) Fenixs – Colnago 2.43 39 Monica Furrer (Swi) Bigla 2.46 40 Fang Li Mei (Chn) Giant 2.47 41 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 2.50 42 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile 2.53 43 Andrea Knecht (Swi) Bigla 3.01 44 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant 3.06 45 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Austrian national team 4.15 46 Ying Ruan Xiong (Chn) Giant 4.24 47 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) Team Stuttgart 5.04 48 Jenny Mc Pherson (Aus) Australian national team 5.10 49 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla 5.11 50 Kathleen Sterckx (Bel) Belgian national team 5.17 51 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Belgian national team 5.18 52 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Team Stuttgart 5.20 53 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 5.32 54 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) German national team 5.33 55 Katherine Bates (Aus) Nürnberger Versicherung 5.37 56 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 5.38 57 Claudia Seidel (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 5.40 58 Caroline Humplik (Ger) Team Stuttgart 59 Stephanie Gronow (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 5.43 60 Rosmarie Mayer (Ger) Team Stuttgart 5.44 61 Sandra Missbach (Ger) AA Drink 62 Karen Steurs (Bel) Belgian national team 5.45 63 Loes Sels (Bel) Belgian national team 6.03 64 Corine Hierckens (Bel) AA Drink 65 Ilaria Rinaldi (Ita) Fenixs – Colnago 6.04 66 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian national team 67 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 10.33 68 Ine Wannijn (Bel) Belgian national team 10.34 69 Emma Rickards (Aus) Univega 70 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 71 Katharina Blum (Ger) German national team 10.52 72 Kirsten Wild (Ned) AA Drink 12.00 73 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile 14.49 74 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 14.53 75 Romy Kasper (Ger) German national team 14.54 76 Veronika Sprügl (Aut) Austrian national team 77 Marta Vilajosana (Spa) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 14.59 78 Lisa Weissenseel (Ger) German national team 15.02 79 Susi Tosch (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 15.07 80 Denise Zuckermandel (Ger) German national team 15.09 81 Stephanie Rechenbach (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 15.14 Mountains classification 1 Theresa Senff (Ger) AA Drink 6 pts 2 Luise Keller (Ger) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 4 3 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas 3 4 Annette Beutler (Swi) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 2 5 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 2 6 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 1 Sprints classification 1 Jenny Mc Pherson (Aus) Australian national team 5 pts 2 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 3 3 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) German national team 2 4 Liane Bahler (Ger) Fenixs – Colnago 2 Young rider classification 1 Linda Villumsen (Den) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 3.53.01 2 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla 0.16 3 Luise Keller (Ger) Buitenpoort- Flexpoint 0.21 4 Kate Nichols (Aus) Australian national team 0.27 5 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten 6 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian national team 0.34 7 Monica Furrer (Swi) Bigla 2.41 8 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant 3.01 9 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Austrian national team 4.10 10 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla 5.06 11 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Team Stuttgart 5.15 12 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) German national team 5.28 13 Loes Sels (Bel) Belgian national team 5.58 14 Ilaria Rinaldi (Ita) Fenixs – Colnago 5.59 15 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian national team 16 Katharina Blum (Ger) German national team 10.47 17 Romy Kasper (Ger) German national team 14.49 18 Veronika Sprügl (Aut) Austrian national team 19 Lisa Weissenseel (Ger) German national team 14.57 20 Susi Tosch (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 15.02 21 Denise Zuckermandel (Ger) German national team 15.04 22 Stephanie Rechenbach (Ger) Team Euregio Egrensis 15.09
