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Route de France Féminine - 2.1 (W)
France, August 11-18, 2007
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Stage 4b - August 15: Amilly - Amilly, 22.4 km
Neben gets jersey back for USA
American Amber Neben stormed to a stage win in the Route de France with a spectacular time trial in Amilly. Neben rode a blistering 44.26 kilometres per hour on the 22.4 km long parcours, bettering her nearest competition, Svetlana Bubnenkova (Fenixs-HPB) by more than a minute. Neben regained the lead in the overall classification which her team-mate Kori Seehafer had held until stage three.
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- Amber Neben rides to victory in the stage 4b time trial
- Prologue winner Kori Seehafer was 7th in the longer time trial
Results
1 Amber Neben (USA) US National Team 30.22 (44.259 km/h) 2 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 1.07 3 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 1.15 4 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 1.28 5 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 1.31 6 Stephanie Pohl (Ger) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 1.45 7 Kori Seehafer (USA) US National Team 2.11 8 Mara Abbott (USA) US National Team 2.21 9 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 2.20 10 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 2.27 11 Christina Becker (Ger) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 2.29 12 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto - Belisol 2.33 13 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 2.39 14 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 2.42 15 Katheryn Curi (USA) US National Team 2.51 16 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 2.53 17 Eneritz Iturriaga Echevarria Mazag (Spa) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 3.05 18 Ombretta Ugolini (Ita) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 3.06 19 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 3.13 20 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto - Belisol 3.34 21 Peta Mullens (Aus) Australian National Team 3.36 22 Kate Mercer (Aus) Australian National Team 3.36 23 Ras Polikeviciute (Lut) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 3.50 24 Yongli Liu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 3.50 25 Siobhan Dervan (Irl) Lotto - Belisol 4.07 26 Magali Le Floch (Fra) French National Team 4.10 27 Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 4.15 28 Sophie Creux (Fra) French National Team 4.33 29 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) French National Team 4.37 30 Julie Krasniak (Fra) French National Team 4.43 31 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lut) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 4.45 32 Corine Hierckens (Bel) Lotto - Belisol 4.46 33 Uenia Fernandes (Bra) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 4.50 34 Mélanie Bravard (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 4.50 35 Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 4.52 36 Arantzazu Azpiroz (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 5.01 37 Sonia Bazire (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 5.03 38 Nadejda Vlasova (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 5.03 39 Meredith Miller (USA) US National Team 5.03 40 Deborah Mascelli (Ita) Fenixs - HPB 5.06 41 Mireia Epelde (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 5.09 42 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 5.12 43 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 5.17 44 Xiaomei Huang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 5.18 45 Louise Kerr (Aus) Australian National Team 5.29 46 Clémilda Fernandes (Bra) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 5.34 47 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 5.34 48 Magali Mocquery (Fra) French National Team 5.39 49 Kateryna Krasova (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 5.40 50 Amber Rais (USA) US National Team 5.41 51 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australian National Team 5.45 52 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team 5.47 53 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 5.51 54 Jennifer Boissiere (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 6.06 55 Ione Mujika (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 6.06 56 Michelle Hyland (NZl) New Zealand National Team 6.17 57 Suzie Godart (Lux) Fenixs - HPB 6.23 58 Yolandi Du Toit (RSA) Lotto - Belisol 6.25 59 Oxana Kashchyshyna (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 6.32 60 Olga Polkhovska (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 6.38 61 Carissa France Wilkes (NZl) New Zealand National Team 7.00 62 Olena Sharha (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 7.23 63 You Mei Wu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 7.29 64 Laura Lozano (Col) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 7.31 65 Brei Gudsell (NZl) New Zealand National Team 8.08 66 Fei Wang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 8.24 DNF Eke Gebhardt (Ger) Team Getranke - Hoffmann DNF Laura Lorenza Morfin (Mex) Fenixs - HPB General classification after stage 4b 1 Amber Neben (USA) US National Team 12.15.31 2 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 1.06 3 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 1.16 4 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 1.29 5 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 1.33 6 Stephanie Pohl (Ger) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 1.46 7 Kori Seehafer (USA) US National Team 2.08 8 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 2.20 9 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 2.28 10 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto - Belisol 2.36 11 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 2.44 12 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 2.46 13 Mara Abbott (USA) US National Team 3.02 14 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 3.05 15 Ombretta Ugolini (Ita) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 3.14 16 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 3.22 17 Katheryn Curi (USA) US National Team 3.40 18 Peta Mullens (Aus) Australian National Team 19 Kate Mercer (Aus) Australian National Team 3.45 20 Eneritz Iturriaga Echevarria Mazag (Spa) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 4.00 21 Sophie Creux (Fra) French National Team 4.01 22 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 4.03 23 Michelle Hyland (NZl) New Zealand National Team 4.04 24 Ras Polikeviciute (Lut) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 25 Carissa France Wilkes (NZl) New Zealand National Team 4.06 26 You Mei Wu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 27 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team 28 Julie Krasniak (Fra) French National Team 4.08 29 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australian National Team 30 Corine Hierckens (Bel) Lotto - Belisol 31 Clémilda Fernandes (Bra) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 32 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) French National Team 4.09 33 Uenia Fernandes (Bra) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 4.10 34 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 4.11 35 Louise Kerr (Aus) Australian National Team 4.12 36 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lut) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 37 Magali Le Floch (Fra) French National Team 38 Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 4.13 39 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 4.14 40 Mélanie Bravard (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 4.17 41 Siobhan Dervan (Irl) Lotto - Belisol 4.20 42 Yongli Liu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 4.21 43 Kateryna Krasova (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 4.23 44 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto - Belisol 45 Amber Rais (USA) US National Team 4.45 46 Magali Mocquery (Fra) French National Team 4.49 47 Brei Gudsell (NZl) New Zealand National Team 4.54 48 Sonia Bazire (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 4.57 49 Olga Polkhovska (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 4.58 50 Christina Becker (Ger) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 51 Meredith Miller (USA) US National Team 5.24 52 Xiaomei Huang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 5.28 53 Arantzazu Azpiroz (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 5.29 54 Mireia Epelde (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 5.35 55 Oxana Kashchyshyna (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 5.48 56 Nadejda Vlasova (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 5.51 57 Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 5.59 58 Olena Sharha (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 59 Yolandi Du Toit (RSA) Lotto - Belisol 6.54 60 Deborah Mascelli (Ita) Fenixs - HPB 9.51 61 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 10.46 62 Fei Wang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 18.09 63 Laura Lozano (Col) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 21.49 64 Ione Mujika (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 27.03 65 Suzie Godart (Lux) Fenixs - HPB 30.39 66 Jennifer Boissiere (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 30.47 Young rider classification 1 Stephanie Pohl (Ger) Team Getranke - Hoffmann 12.17.17 2 Mara Abbott (USA) US National Team 1.16 3 Peta Mullens (Aus) Australian National Team 1.54 4 Carissa France Wilkes (NZl) New Zealand National Team 2.20 5 You Mei Wu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 6 Julie Krasniak (Fra) French National Team 2.22 7 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australian National Team 8 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 2.25 9 Louise Kerr (Aus) Australian National Team 2.26 10 Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 2.27 11 Mélanie Bravard (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 2.31 12 Olga Polkhovska (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 3.12 13 Mireia Epelde (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 3.49 14 Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 4.13 15 Olena Sharha (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 16 Yolandi Du Toit (RSA) Lotto - Belisol 5.08 17 Deborah Mascelli (Ita) Fenixs - HPB 8.05 18 Fei Wang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 16.23 19 Laura Lozano (Col) USC Chirio Forno Asolo 20.03
