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Trust House Women's Tour - 2.2

New Zealand, March 7-11, 2007

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Stage 3 - March 9: Gladstone circuit, 120 km

T-Mobile still the best...but stage four still to come

By Jorge Sandoval

Oenone Wood (T-Mobile)
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Another hot stage and another T-Mobile win. And yet again it was Oenone Wood who took the bunch finish to net her second stage in as many days and give the Australian's confidence a boost going into tomorrow's decisive mountain top finish at Admiral Hill.

Today's stage was run under very hot conditions. Temperatures soared to thirty degrees, cooled only by light breezes, without a single cloud in the sky all day.

Sarah Ulmer's crash 15km into the stage did nothing to stop her helping teammate Marina Duvnjak claim the sprint jersey. Ulmer led Duvnjak out in all three sprints ensuring that the Trust House team took the sprint jersey by a single point from Australian National Team rider Jocelyn Loane.

Sarah Ulmer
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The T-Mobile team road a conservative race, hiding in the bunch for much of the stage and allowing other teams to fight out the mountains and sprints jerseys. But just like the previous two days, the magenta train came to the front when it mattered most, blitzing the final few kilometres and setting up Wood for the bunch finish.

T-Mobile sprinter Ina-Yoko Teutenberg retained her yellow jersey but admitted after the stage she wasn't confident of keeping hold of it until the race's conclusion in Wellington on Sunday. "I'm not a GC rider," said Teutenberg. "We want to wait and see but I think that Judith Arndt or Oenone Wood could do the job for us and win the tour in Sunday's individual time trial."

Three days down, two to go and still the race for GC is wide open - less than a minute separates the top 30 riders. Tomorrow is a very rugged mountain stage followed on Sunday by a short, twisting coastal time trial and an inner-city criterium right in the middle of Wellington.

Photography

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Results

1 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Team                          3.22.55
2 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) German National Team                    
3 Jenny Macpherson (Aus) Australian National Team                 
4 Laura Van Gilder (USA) Cheerwine - USA                          
5 Nikki Egyed (Aus) Australian National Team                      
6 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexipoint                            
7 Catherine Cheatley (NZl) Cheerwine - USA                        
8 Catherine Hare (GBr) Infinity Solutions Team                    
9 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Trust House New Zealand                
10 Annette Beutler (Swi) Team Flexipoint                          
11 Leigh Hobson (Can) Cheerwine - USA                             
12 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport           
13 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexipoint                           
14 Betina Hold (Can) Cheerwine - USA                              
15 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team                   
16 Peta Mullens (Aus) Infinity Solutions Team                     
17 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team                   
18 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport              
19 Amy Mosen (NZl) Wellington Star Mercedes Benz                  
20 Michelle Kiesanowski (NZl) Wellington Star Mercedes Benz       
21 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
22 Rachel O'connell (Aus) Cheerwine - USA                         
23 Nicola Cox (NZl) Exodus Gym Team                               
24 Tracy Clark (NZl) Wellington Beds Team                         
25 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team                
26 Jennifer Fay (Irl) Infinity Solutions Team                     
27 Charlotte Becker (Ger) German National Team                    
28 Gina Waibl (NZl) Samsung New Zealand                           
29 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport             
30 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexipoint                        
31 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport              
32 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Team Flexipoint                         
33 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport                 
34 Linda Villumsen (Den) T-Mobile Team                            
35 Sophie Ruderman (GBr) Infinity Solutions Team                  
36 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Trust House New Zealand                    
37 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team                   
38 Rushlee Buchanan (NZl) Samsung New Zealand                     
39 Brei Gudsell (NZl) Samsung New Zealand                         
40 Rosara Joseph (NZl) Trust House New Zealand                    
41 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Team                        
42 Alex Rhodes (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                
43 Virginia Hennig (Ger) German National Team                     
44 Kerr Louise (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport                
45 Lauren Webb (NZl) Exodus Gym Team                              
46 Michelle Hyland (NZl) Trust House New Zealand                  
47 Tara Allerton (NZl) Wellington Beds Team                       
48 Brooke Ourada (USA) Cheerwine - USA                            
49 Kerri-Anne Torckler (NZl) Samsung New Zealand                  
50 Yvette Hill-Willis (NZl) Wellington Star Mercedes Benz         
51 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Trust House New Zealand                  0.10
52 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) Trust House New Zealand                   
53 Tracey Herbert (NZl) Wellington Beds Team                  8.04
54 Amy-Kelly Horsfall (NZl) Exodus Gym Team                  12.21
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Team                  7.19.19
2 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Trust House New Zealand            0.04
3 Laura Van Gilder (USA) Cheerwine - USA                          
4 Charlotte Becker (Ger) German National Team                 0.06
5 Nikki Egyed (Aus) Australian National Team                  0.10
6 Leigh Hobson (Can) Cheerwine - USA                              
7 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
8 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexipoint                            
9 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexipoint                         
10 Catherine Cheatley (NZl) Cheerwine - USA                   0.17
11 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Team                            0.28
12 Jenny Macpherson (Aus) Australian National Team            0.44
13 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexipoint                           
14 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Trust House New Zealand                0.48
15 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team                
16 Annette Beutler (Swi) Team Flexipoint                          
17 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport              
18 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport           
19 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport              
20 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport             
21 Gina Waibl (NZl) Samsung New Zealand                           
22 Catherine Hare (GBr) Infinity Solutions Team                   
23 Peta Mullens (Aus) Infinity Solutions Team                     
24 Michelle Hyland (NZl) Trust House New Zealand              0.55
25 Betina Hold (Can) Cheerwine - USA                              
26 Alex Rhodes (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                
27 Linda Villumsen (Den) T-Mobile Team                            
28 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Team Flexipoint                         
29 Tracy Clark (NZl) Wellington Beds Team                         
30 Amy Mosen (NZl) Wellington Star Mercedes Benz                  
31 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) German National Team               1.01
32 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport             1.07
33 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team               1.14
34 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Trust House New Zealand                  1.17
35 Kerr Louise (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport            1.28
36 Rosara Joseph (NZl) Trust House New Zealand                1.35
37 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team               1.48
38 Jennifer Fay (Irl) Infinity Solutions Team                 6.50
39 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team               6.52
40 Rushlee Buchanan (NZl) Samsung New Zealand                     
41 Michelle Kiesanowski (NZl) Wellington Star Mercedes Benz       
42 Brei Gudsell (NZl) Samsung New Zealand                     6.57
43 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) Trust House New Zealand               7.02
44 Virginia Hennig (Ger) German National Team                 7.30
45 Brooke Ourada (USA) Cheerwine - USA                        7.37
46 Lauren Webb (NZl) Exodus Gym Team                          9.32
47 Yvette Hill-Willis (NZl) Wellington Star Mercedes Benz    12.52
48 Tara Allerton (NZl) Wellington Beds Team                  16.12
49 Rachel O'connell (Aus) Cheerwine - USA                    18.42
50 Nicola Cox (NZl) Exodus Gym Team                          19.09
51 Sophie Ruderman (GBr) Infinity Solutions Team             20.51
52 Tracey Herbert (NZl) Wellington Beds Team                 28.08
53 Kerri-Anne Torckler (NZl) Samsung New Zealand             32.29
54 Amy-Kelly Horsfall (NZl) Exodus Gym Team                  45.25
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Leigh Hobson (Can) Cheerwine - USA                            12 pts
2 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport                12
3 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team                  10
4 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               2
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) Trust House New Zealand                  10 pts
2 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team                   9
3 Nikki Egyed (Aus) Australian National Team                     6
4 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Trust House New Zealand                      5
5 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Trust House New Zealand                    3
6 Alex Rhodes (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                2
7 Jenny Macpherson (Aus) Australian National Team                2
8 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team                   1
9 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               1
10 Charlotte Becker (Ger) German National Team                   1
11 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport                1
12 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Team Flexipoint                        1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Cheerwine - USA                                         21.58.34
2 Team Flexipoint                                             0.31
3 T-Mobile Team                                                   
4 Australian Institute of Sport                               1.09
5 Trust House New Zealand                                     1.16
6 Australian National Team                                    1.47
7 Infinity Solutions Team                                     7.49
8 German National Team                                        8.10
9 Samsung New Zealand                                        14.00
10 Wellington Star Mercedes Benz                             20.02
11 Wellington Beds Team                                      41.18
12 Exodus Gym Team                                         1.13.29

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