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23rd Tour de l'Aude - 2.1
France, May 18-27, 2007
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Stage 3 - May 21: Lezignan Corbières - Lezignan Corbières, 122 km
Vos takes two
By Greg Johnson
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The women's cycling phenomenon that is Marianne Vos (Team DSB Bank) added another page to her amazing career story today, taking her second stage victory in the 23rd Tour de l'Aude. Despite being the 20 year-old's first attempt at what's dubbed the toughest race on the women's calendar, Vos has shown her incredible talent in full effect over the opening stages of the tour.
"I headed to the front of the group then after the last curve the line was only 150 metres," explained Vos. "Then I knew to hold it fully."
Despite her success with victories on stages one and three, Vos believes a general classification win is unlikely after loosing nearly three minutes on yesterday's team time trial. "The general classification appears a painful affair after the lost time in the team time trial yesterday," she confessed. "But that wasn't a target [for myself]."
The Dutch rider outsprinted Angela Brodtka (Germany) and Marina Jaunatre (France) to take victory in a lead bunch of 33 riders on the 122 kilometre stage.
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From the start line the course headed straight up on a short, sharp climb and Trixi Worrack (Equipe Nürnberger) attacked immediately. Despite the German rider's solo effort, the T-Mobile squad of general classification leader Judith Arndt pushed the peloton forward to bring Worrack back soon after.
Sprinters set the pace early in proceedings, with Tanja Hennes (Bigla) riding a particularly aggressive opening in an effort to protect her sprinter's jersey lead. Despite constant attempts nobody could escape the peloton, which was being watched closely by T-Mobile.
While the bunch was expected to fragment at kilometre 71 when the course hit the Col de Villerouge climb, it wasn't until the riders began to descend the other side that the riders broke apart. As the course entered the final 25 kilometres of narrow and winding roads the peloton fell in to three groups.
While T-Mobile put its second placed Linda Villumsen along with Anke Wichmann in the first group, its race leader Arndt was in the second group while Ina-Yoko Teutenberg performed the crucial roll of keeping an eye on two time winner Amber Neben (Team Flexpoint) in the third bunch.
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"Ina kept us informed of the situation at the back of the field. The two front groups regrouped and set a high tempo all the way to the finish", said T-Mobile sporting director Anna Wilson. "Amber is a classy climber and she certainly hasn't lost the race. She is very still very dangerous and will bide her time until the really hard climbs."
As the peloton thundered back into Lezignan Corbières the lead group stormed across the line some 1.41 ahead of the smaller second group with the third group, led by prologue winner Christiane Soeder (Raleigh Lifeforce), a further five seconds behind.
The fragmented finish of the peloton has had repercussions on the general classification standings. While Arndt remains in the yellow jersey with Villumsen still one second behind, defending champion Neben has dropped back to 27th, nearly two minutes behind. The American's tumble down the standings promotes Susanne Ljungskog (Team Flexpoint) to third on GC.
While Worrack, who has finished on the podium here in the past two editions, hasn't made up any time, she has capitalized on other's losses and jumped up four places into seventh.
Tomorrow's 107 kilometre stage will see the battle continue with a stage characterized by three climbs.
"It is a typical stage here, with plenty of climbs and gusty winds," noted Wilson of Stage 4. "We will have a lot of work to do to control the bunch."
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- Marianne Vos makes a startline change into the green (points) jersey
- Race leader - Judith Arndt (T-Mobile)
- Olivia Gollan (Menikini Gysko) the only Australian in the field
- Marianne Vos (DSB Bank) in the bunch
- Zoulfia Zabirova (Team Bigla) makes the pace on a climb
- Smiles at the front of the bunch - Nicole Brändli (Team Bigla) and Anke Wichmann (T-Mobile)
- The bunch together on a climb
- Marianne Vos (DSB Bank) wins stage number 2
- Vos has the white stage winner's jersey temporarily
- Vos has to pass the stage winner's jersey on to Angela Brodtka (Germany) to wear on Stage 4
- Villumsen (T-Mobile) Hausler (Nürnberger) and Vos (DSB Bank)
- Claudia Hausler (Nürnberger) is working hard to keep the mountains jersey
- Tanja Hennes (Team Bigla) has the sprints jersey
- Trixi Worrack (Nürnberger) leads on a climb
- The beautiful countryside around Lezignan Corbieres
- Worrack (Nürnberger) leads the bunch through a village
- A call for assistance from Silvi Tirado (Communidad Valencian)
- Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (T-Mobile)
- Tanja Hennes (Team Bigla) 'winds up' the sprint just before a sprint prime point
- The bunch all together
Results
1 Marianne Vos (Ned) Team DSB Bank 3.14.01 (37.73 km/h) 2 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Germany 3 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) France 4 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 5 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Bigla Cycling Team 6 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany 7 Romy Kasper (Ger) Germany 8 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 9 Julia Martisova (Rus) FRW - Gauss 10 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Team DSB Bank 11 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) T-Mobile Team - Women 12 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 13 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint 14 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 15 Sarah Düster (Ger) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 16 Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 17 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 18 Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) FRW - Gauss 19 Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) Lithuania 20 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 21 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Menikini - Gysko 22 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 23 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 24 Jaccolien Wallaard (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 25 Linda Villumsen Serup (Den) T-Mobile Team - Women 26 Michelle Hyland (NZl) New Zealand 27 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Team - Women 28 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 29 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) FRW - Gauss 30 Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) FRW - Gauss 31 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 32 Edita Janeliunaite (Ltu) Lithuania 33 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 34 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 0.07 35 Carissa Wilkes (NZl) New Zealand 36 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) New Zealand 37 Alexandra Sontheimer (Ger) Germany 38 Andrea Thürig (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 39 Zoulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 40 Marlen Johrend (Ger) Germany 41 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Gysko 42 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 43 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 44 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 45 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 0.17 46 Debby Van De Berg (Ned) Global Racing Team 1.41 47 Tanja Slater (GBr) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 48 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 49 Liane Bahler (Ger) Fenixs - HPB 50 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 1.46 51 Christelle Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 52 Li Ping (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 53 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint 54 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Team Flexpoint 55 Karine Gautard (Fra) France 56 Fanny Riberot (Fra) France 57 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 58 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) France 59 Eleonora Soldo (Ita) FRW - Gauss 60 Eleonora Van Dijk (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 61 Kettj Manfrin (Ita) FRW - Gauss 62 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 63 Ana Garcia Antequera (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 64 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 65 Helen Wyman (GBr) Global Racing Team 66 Amanda Shaw (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 67 Anne Samplonius (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 68 Fabienne Sandig (Ger) Germany 69 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Flexpoint 70 Maria Rosario Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 71 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) France 72 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 73 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Menikini - Gysko 74 Georgina Waibl (NZl) New Zealand 75 Janne Brok (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 76 Linn Torp (Nor) Global Racing Team 77 Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) Team DSB Bank 78 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 79 Jessica Phillips (USA) Team Expresscopy.com 80 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 81 Linda Van Rijen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 82 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 83 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 84 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 85 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Lithuania 86 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 87 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 88 Serena Sheridan (NZl) New Zealand 89 Melissa Holt (NZl) Team Expresscopy.com 90 Catherine Moncassin-Prime (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 91 Linda Ringlever (Ned) Global Racing Team 92 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) France 93 Silvia Tirado Marquez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 94 Marlyn Brinnendijk (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 95 Lina Skujaute (Ltu) Lithuania 2.24 96 Sufen Ma (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 2.28 97 Fei Wang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 2.54 98 Maria Auxiliadora Martin Morales (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.45 99 Agne Miliskeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania 4.04 100 Erinne Willock (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 4.08 101 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 102 Xiaoning Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 103 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand 4.10 104 Carina Ketonen (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 4.34 105 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 8.04 106 Xiong Ying Ruan (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 9.34 107 Aurore Jeudy (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 10.02 108 Céline Nivet (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 19.19 109 Agne Sukutyte (Ltu) Lithuania 110 Sigrid Jochems (Ned) Global Racing Team DNF Tiina Nieminen (Fin) Les Pruneaux D'Agen General classification 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 7.15.30 2 Linda Villumsen Serup (Den) T-Mobile Team - Women 0.01 3 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 0.10 4 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Team - Women 0.18 5 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint 0.21 6 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.34 7 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.37 8 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 0.44 9 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 0.45 10 Sarah Düster (Ger) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 0.46 11 Zoulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 0.54 12 Andrea Thürig (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 0.55 13 Marianne Vos (Ned) Team DSB Bank 0.56 14 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany 15 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 0.59 16 Alexandra Sontheimer (Ger) Germany 1.07 17 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) France 1.20 18 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Team DSB Bank 1.29 19 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) T-Mobile Team - Women 1.30 20 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 1.32 21 Romy Kasper (Ger) Germany 1.33 22 Julia Martisova (Rus) FRW - Gauss 1.38 23 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 1.42 24 Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) FRW - Gauss 1.43 25 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 26 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Gysko 1.54 27 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 1.55 28 Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) Lithuania 2.00 29 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Team Flexpoint 2.07 30 Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) FRW - Gauss 31 Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 2.14 32 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 2.17 33 Carissa Wilkes (NZl) New Zealand 2.18 34 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Flexpoint 2.19 35 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 2.23 36 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 2.24 37 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) New Zealand 2.25 38 Michelle Hyland (NZl) New Zealand 2.26 39 Tanja Slater (GBr) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 2.43 40 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Bigla Cycling Team 2.55 41 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) France 3.01 42 Eleonora Van Dijk (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 3.07 43 Karine Gautard (Fra) France 3.09 44 Fabienne Sandig (Ger) Germany 3.16 45 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 46 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) France 3.19 47 Marlyn Brinnendijk (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 3.25 48 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Menikini - Gysko 3.26 49 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) France 3.27 50 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 3.32 51 Anne Samplonius (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 3.34 52 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 53 Jessica Phillips (USA) Team Expresscopy.com 3.44 54 Melissa Holt (NZl) Team Expresscopy.com 3.47 55 Georgina Waibl (NZl) New Zealand 3.59 56 Maria Rosario Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4.01 57 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4.10 58 Ana Garcia Antequera (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 59 Serena Sheridan (NZl) New Zealand 4.11 60 Debby Van De Berg (Ned) Global Racing Team 4.13 61 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 4.31 62 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 4.36 63 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 4.48 64 Jaccolien Wallaard (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 5.11 65 Edita Janeliunaite (Ltu) Lithuania 5.19 66 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 6.04 67 Liane Bahler (Ger) Fenixs - HPB 6.07 68 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Menikini - Gysko 6.12 69 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 6.20 70 Amanda Shaw (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 6.50 71 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Lithuania 6.56 72 Christelle Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 7.08 73 Linda Ringlever (Ned) Global Racing Team 7.23 74 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint 8.04 75 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 8.53 76 Fei Wang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 77 Janne Brok (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 9.37 78 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 9.42 79 Carina Ketonen (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 10.12 80 Xiaoning Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 10.17 81 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 10.29 82 Silvia Tirado Marquez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11.10 83 Helen Wyman (GBr) Global Racing Team 11.22 84 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 11.26 85 Catherine Moncassin-Prime (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 11.39 86 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Germany 12.26 87 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 12.33 88 Fanny Riberot (Fra) France 13.13 89 Sufen Ma (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 13.16 90 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand 13.38 91 Linn Torp (Nor) Global Racing Team 14.12 92 Li Ping (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 14.37 93 Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) Team DSB Bank 14.45 94 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 15.46 95 Marlen Johrend (Ger) Germany 15.52 96 Maria Auxiliadora Martin Morales (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 15.57 97 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 16.29 98 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 16.57 99 Lina Skujaute (Ltu) Lithuania 17.00 100 Erinne Willock (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 17.40 101 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) FRW - Gauss 18.17 102 Kettj Manfrin (Ita) FRW - Gauss 23.13 103 Linda Van Rijen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 23.24 104 Aurore Jeudy (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 27.06 105 Xiong Ying Ruan (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 28.27 106 Eleonora Soldo (Ita) FRW - Gauss 34.15 107 Agne Miliskeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania 36.43 108 Agne Sukutyte (Ltu) Lithuania 48.00 109 Céline Nivet (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 51.07 110 Sigrid Jochems (Ned) Global Racing Team 54.29 Young rider classification 1 Linda Villumsen Serup (Den) T-Mobile Team - Women 7.15.31 2 Marianne Vos (Ned) Team DSB Bank 0.55 3 Alexandra Sontheimer (Ger) Germany 1.06 4 Romy Kasper (Ger) Germany 1.32 5 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 1.41 6 Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) FRW - Gauss 1.42 7 Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) Lithuania 1.59 8 Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) FRW - Gauss 2.06 9 Eleonora Van Dijk (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 3.06 10 Karine Gautard (Fra) France 3.08 11 Fabienne Sandig (Ger) Germany 3.15 12 Marlyn Brinnendijk (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 3.24 13 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) France 3.26 14 Serena Sheridan (NZl) New Zealand 4.10 15 Edita Janeliunaite (Ltu) Lithuania 5.18 16 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 6.03 17 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Lithuania 6.55 18 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint 8.03 19 Fei Wang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 8.52 20 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 10.28 21 Silvia Tirado Marquez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11.09 22 Sufen Ma (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 13.15 23 Marlen Johrend (Ger) Germany 15.51 24 Maria Auxiliadora Martin Morales (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 15.56 25 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 16.28 26 Lina Skujaute (Ltu) Lithuania 16.59 27 Linda Van Rijen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 23.23 28 Agne Miliskeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania 36.42 29 Agne Sukutyte (Ltu) Lithuania 47.59 30 Sigrid Jochems (Ned) Global Racing Team 54.28
