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23rd Tour de l'Aude - 2.1
France, May 18-27, 2007
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Stage 6 - May 24: Rieux Minervois - Rieux Minervois, 113 km
Status quo as Villumsen takes stage win
By Greg Johnson
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Riders in general classification contention at the 23rd Tour de l'Aude allowed a comparatively sedate race compared to recent days on Stage 6, allowing non GC threatening riders to go down the road and battle for stage honours. Denmark's Linda Villumsen Serup (T-Mobile) was the first of the freed six to cross the line, winning the one-on-one sprint from New Zealand's Joanne Kiesanowski (Raleigh Lifeforce). Loes Gunnewijk (Team Flexpoint) took third place, 20 seconds behind the pair, with Svetlana Bubnenkova (Fenixs - HPB), Julia Martisova (FRW - Gauss), and Marlen Johrend (Germany) a further nine seconds back.
The 113 kilometre stage featured a neutralised start as the peloton rolled out of Rieux Minervois, where it would return some two and a half hours later. The opening kilometres were neutralised by race officials due to a completely unrelated, but serious, car accident which had occurred on the course.
Once riders were given the all clear, it was all systems go as Eva Lutz (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung), Andrea Thürig (Bigla), Villumsen and Gunnewijk formed an early break. The main bunch allowed it to gain over 15 seconds before brining it back.
Before long, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (T-Mobile) made a solo dash over the short, sharp climbs which littered Stage 6. The German, clearly still feeling strong despite a hard slog to keep the magenta crew in the yellow on Stage 4, was allowed to stay off the front for awhile before being brought back by the peloton.
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The stage's decisive attack came when Villumsen and Gunnewijk joined a movement initiated by Kiesanowski. While Bubnenkova, Martisova and Johrend later bridged to the trio's escape, the peloton made little in the way of a serious effort to bring the six back.
After Villumsen outsprinted Kiesanowski to take T-Mobile's second stage win of the event, the main bunch containing the top 10 GC riders rolled across the line two and a half minutes behind. Russian Olga Slyusareva (Fenixs - HPB) won the main bunch sprint for seventh place from triple stage winner Marianne Vos (Team DSB Bank).
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Judith Arndt (T-Mobile) continues to hold the yellow jersey, with only minor changes in the GC standings as a result of Stage 6. Nicole Brändli (Bigla) dropped back a single place to fifth, with Priska Doppman (Raleigh Lifeforce) moving up into fourth. Her strong second place sees Kiesanowski take over the final place in the top 10 on GC, after moving up from 12th place.
Having spent a day on simmer, the action should return to the boil on tomorrow's 104 kilometre Stage 7. The stage, from Arques to Rennes Les Bains, features two tough climbs and ascents, the most notable of which is the 731 metre high Col de la Fage.
From there the event heads into a series of three sixty-something kilometre stages over the next two days, with the final stage featuring a flat 30 kilometres to setup a sprint finish in to Limoux.
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- The race was neutralised for the opening kilometres, due to a (unrelated) traffic accident on the parcours.
- Judith Arndt (T-Mobile) in the bunch.
- Amber Neben (Flexpoint).
- An early attack from Marlyn Binnendijk (Netherlands) woke some legs up.
- The bunch rolls along.
- Loës Gunnewijk (Flexpoint), Andrea Thürig (Bigla), Eva Lutz (Nürnberger) and Linda Villumsen (T-Mobile) escaped from the bunch.
- Loës Gunnewijk (Flexpoint) rides in the break.
- Linda Villumsen (T-Mobile) leads team-mates Ina-Yoko Teutenberg and Judith Arndt.
- New Zealander Marina Duvnjak.
- TV interest in the race has been high, with daily coverage.
- Jo Kiesanowski had her birthday on Stage 6.
- The chasing group is sprayed with dust as team cars are moved up into the gap behind the break.
- Linda Villumsen (T-Mobile) wins in Rieux-Minervois.
- The sprint for fifth.
- Villumsen puts on the stage winner's white jersey.
- Villumsen in the white stage winner's jersey.
- Tanja Hennes did not start Stage 6 so the sprints jersey passed to Julia Martissova (AS Team FRW).
- The young rider's competition jersey went to Eléna Kuchinskaya (AS Team FRW).
- Judith Arndt kept the race lead.
- Winner of Stage 5, Fabiana Luperini (Menikini Gysko).
- Villumsen and Arndt await the presentation ceremony whilst a local dignitary takes a picture of the photographers.
Results
1 Linda Villumsen Serup (Den) T-Mobile Team - Women 2.42.50 2 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 3 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint 0.20 4 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 0.29 5 Julia Martisova (Rus) FRW - Gauss 6 Marlen Johrend (Ger) Germany 7 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 2.33 8 Marianne Vos (Ned) Team DSB Bank 9 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 10 Sarah Düster (Ger) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 11 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) FRW - Gauss 12 Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 13 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 14 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 15 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 16 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) France 17 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) New Zealand 18 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Menikini - Gysko 19 Eleonora Van Dijk (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 20 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany 21 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 22 Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) FRW - Gauss 23 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) France 24 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 25 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 26 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 27 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) France 28 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) T-Mobile Team - Women 29 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 30 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 31 Georgina Waibl (NZl) New Zealand 32 Andrea Thürig (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 33 Kettj Manfrin (Ita) FRW - Gauss 34 Serena Sheridan (NZl) New Zealand 35 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 36 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint 37 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 38 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Team DSB Bank 39 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Menikini - Gysko 40 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Team - Women 41 Tanja Slater (GBr) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 42 Marlyn Brinnendijk (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 43 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 44 Anne Samplonius (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 45 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Germany 46 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 47 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 48 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 49 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Flexpoint 50 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 51 Melissa Holt (NZl) Team Expresscopy.com 52 Zoulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 53 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 2.43 54 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 55 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Lithuania 3.34 56 Carissa Wilkes (NZl) New Zealand 57 Debby Van De Berg (Ned) Global Racing Team 58 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 59 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 60 Carina Ketonen (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 10.26 61 Edita Janeliunaite (Ltu) Lithuania 13.04 62 Lina Skujaute (Ltu) Lithuania 13.06 63 Agne Sukutyte (Ltu) Lithuania 64 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 65 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 66 Fanny Riberot (Fra) France 67 Fei Wang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 68 Xiaoning Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 69 Sufen Ma (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 70 Karine Gautard (Fra) France 71 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) France 72 Helen Wyman (GBr) Global Racing Team 73 Jaccolien Wallaard (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 74 Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) Team DSB Bank 75 Silvia Tirado Marquez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 76 Amanda Shaw (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 77 Linda Ringlever (Ned) Global Racing Team 78 Erinne Willock (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 79 Liane Bahler (Ger) Fenixs - HPB 80 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 81 Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) FRW - Gauss 82 Ana Garcia Antequera (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 83 Maria Rosario Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 84 Alexandra Sontheimer (Ger) Germany 85 Christelle Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 86 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 87 Janne Brok (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 88 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 89 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand 90 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Gysko 91 Fabienne Sandig (Ger) Germany 92 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 93 Li Ping (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 15.05 94 Céline Nivet (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 95 Agne Miliskeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania 96 Xiong Ying Ruan (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team DNF Catherine Moncassin-Prime (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen DNS Tanja Hennes (Ger) Bigla Cycling Team DNF Linda Van Rijen (Ned) Team DSB Bank DNS Jessica Phillips (USA) Team Expresscopy.com DNF Linn Torp (Nor) Global Racing Team General Classification after stage 6 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 16.19.19 2 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 0.18 3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.43 4 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 1.07 5 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 1.08 6 Marianne Vos (Ned) Team DSB Bank 1.11 7 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Team DSB Bank 1.59 8 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 2.03 9 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 2.48 10 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 2.52 11 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) France 3.01 12 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 4.22 13 Julia Martisova (Rus) FRW - Gauss 4.24 14 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Team - Women 5.19 15 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany 5.50 16 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) France 6.14 17 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 6.37 18 Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) FRW - Gauss 7.05 19 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 7.25 20 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) New Zealand 7.26 21 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint 8.05 22 Sarah Düster (Ger) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 10.49 23 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) T-Mobile Team - Women 11.43 24 Serena Sheridan (NZl) New Zealand 14.17 25 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Menikini - Gysko 16.18 26 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 16.23 27 Tanja Slater (GBr) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 19.52 28 Andrea Thürig (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 21.12 29 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 21.57 30 Debby Van De Berg (Ned) Global Racing Team 22.10 31 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 23.51 32 Georgina Waibl (NZl) New Zealand 24.16 33 Linda Villumsen Serup (Den) T-Mobile Team - Women 28.26 34 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 31.43 35 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 31.55 36 Zoulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 32.05 37 Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 33.20 38 Karine Gautard (Fra) France 33.59 39 Marlyn Brinnendijk (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 34.31 40 Anne Samplonius (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 34.43 41 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Flexpoint 34.50 42 Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) FRW - Gauss 36.16 43 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 37.10 44 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 37.32 45 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 39.22 46 Maria Rosario Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 41.41 47 Christelle Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 43.38 48 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 44.36 49 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) France 44.39 50 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Menikini - Gysko 44.46 51 Fabienne Sandig (Ger) Germany 44.58 52 Melissa Holt (NZl) Team Expresscopy.com 45.07 53 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 45.41 54 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 45.51 55 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 46.15 56 Helen Wyman (GBr) Global Racing Team 49.02 57 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 50.13 58 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 52.56 59 Ana Garcia Antequera (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 60 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 54.12 61 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 56.09 62 Eleonora Van Dijk (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 56.41 63 Carissa Wilkes (NZl) New Zealand 56.53 64 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Lithuania 59.46 65 Janne Brok (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 1.01.30 66 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint 1.01.48 67 Liane Bahler (Ger) Fenixs - HPB 1.01.51 68 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 1.03.19 69 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) FRW - Gauss 1.03.28 70 Marlen Johrend (Ger) Germany 1.07.22 71 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) France 1.07.34 72 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 1.09.18 73 Alexandra Sontheimer (Ger) Germany 1.09.28 74 Erinne Willock (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 1.09.33 75 Carina Ketonen (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 1.09.54 76 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Germany 1.10.14 77 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Gysko 1.10.15 78 Linda Ringlever (Ned) Global Racing Team 1.11.30 79 Jaccolien Wallaard (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 1.13.32 80 Edita Janeliunaite (Ltu) Lithuania 1.13.34 81 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 1.14.45 82 Kettj Manfrin (Ita) FRW - Gauss 1.16.47 83 Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) Team DSB Bank 1.17.07 84 Fei Wang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 1.17.14 85 Fanny Riberot (Fra) France 1.17.20 86 Sufen Ma (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 1.17.23 87 Lina Skujaute (Ltu) Lithuania 1.18.32 88 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand 1.21.59 89 Amanda Shaw (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 1.25.39 90 Silvia Tirado Marquez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.27.06 91 Xiaoning Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 1.29.50 92 Li Ping (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 1.36.09 93 Xiong Ying Ruan (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 1.38.43 94 Agne Miliskeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania 1.46.59 95 Agne Sukutyte (Ltu) Lithuania 1.56.17 96 Céline Nivet (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 2.12.39
