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Giro d'Italia Femminile - 2.1 (W)
Italy, July 5-13, 2008
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Stage 4 - July 9: Calcinaia - Prato A Calci/Monte Serra , 106.4 km
Local Luperini flies the flag
Italian champion takes stage and race lead in solo style
By Ben Atkins at Monte Serra
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Fabiana Luperini (Menikini-Selle Italia-Master Colors) has laid down her challenge for overall victory in this year's Giro Donne with an emphatic win in her home region of Pisa today. Taking advantage of her unrivalled knowledge of the area, and a very partisan crowd turned out to support the local rider, the newly re-crowned Italian champion was the strongest rider on both of the day's categorised climbs. She finished alone at the summit of Monte Serra almost a minute clear of 2007 race winner Edita Pucinskaite (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung). Italian time trial champion Tatiana Guderzo (Gauss RDZ Ormu) finished third, a further 27 seconds back.
"It was very hard today," said defending champion Pucinskaite to Cyclingnews. "All the next days will be very difficult: tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and Saturday. Three days, very hard. My favourite [for overall victory] is Fabiana [Luperini]."
When asked about her own prospects in the overall after losing almost a minute to the new race leader, the former world champion was circumspect and looked to the challenge posed by her other rivals. "Tomorrow is just 9km so will do nothing for the classification," she explained, "but after it's good for Fabiana: two big climbs and a long descent. Nicole Brändli and Bigla will attack and attack."
But would the Lithuanian be able to complete her hat-trick of Giro victories this weekend? "It"s possible, it's possible," she smiled, "but the big climbs on Saturday are good for Fabiana. I might win, but I think that I will be in the first three."
"She was amazing!" said American Kimberley Anderson (Columbia) about Luperini. "[It was a] really tough day."
"I couldn't tell you [about the first climb], I was too far back at that point," she continued. "Just hanging on to [team-mate] Judith [Arndt], Judith was kind of pacing me today so I couldn't even tell you what happened. She paced me all the way up to the group again and to the bottom [of the last climb] and then he sat up and I attempted to try and stay on."
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Pucinskaite's Nürnberger Versicherung team-mate Claudia Hausler finished fourth, just 19 seconds behind third placed finisher Guderzo. The young German ends the day fourth overall and takes a commanding lead in the young riders' white jersey competition.
"I think we are both really good," she said of herself and Pucinskaite, "and there are three more hard days. The time trial of course tomorrow and there are two more mountain days, so it's good to have two of us in front so we can play with the others."
However, Hausler was realistic about her team's chances against a powerful Luperini. "I think she noticed she was alone," she said of the front group's catching of the Italian champion, "and in the back we would catch her, and so I think she waited. She was really, really strong today. It's her home mountain here, she lives in the city down here, so it's really her race today.
As for her own chances of holding on to the white jersey and possibly challenging for pink: "I don't really like time trials, but I'll do my best," she said confidently.
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After victory in the previous three stages, sprinter Ina Teutenberg (Team Columbia) lost the pink jersey of race leader to Luperini. "It wasn't really a surprise that I lost my pink [jersey]," she told Cyclingnews, "they were pretty hard mountains we had to climb today."
The German can console herself with the ciclamino points jersey though, and is confident that providing she can get herself around the next few days, she should hold it to the finish. "I don't know, I first have to survive!" she laughed. "There are a couple more hard days, but I try to."
How it unfolded
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The peloton took the start under almost unbroken skies in the town of Calcinaia to the west of Pisa in the Toscana region. The course was to take in two loops of an entirely flat 21.4km figure eight shaped circuit before tackling the first category Prato a Ceragiola, to finish atop the second category Monte Serra after 106.4km.
The first significant attack came after 43km from Danish champion Linda Villumsen (Columbia). She managed to build a lead of up to 21 seconds but was pulled back by kilometre 57.
After 60km, 15 riders got clear on the lower slopes of the first category Prato a Ceragiola. The group comprised: Edita Pucinskaite, Claudia Hausler (both Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung), Nicole Brändli, Noemi Cantele (both Bigla Cycling Team), Miriajm Melchers Van Poppel, Amber Neben (both Flexpoint), Maribel Moreno Allue (Spanish National Team), Fabiana Luperini (Menikini Selle Italia Master Colors), Marta Bastianelli (Team CMax-Dilà), Tatiana Guderzo (Gauss RDZ Ormu) and Monia Baccaille (Fenixs).
After pressure from Luperini, the group began to split until the Italian champion was alone. She crossed the summit of the climb with a gap of 22 seconds over a group of four consisting of Pucinskaite, Hausler, Brändli and Guderzo. The were followed a few seconds back by Neben.
On the decent Neben joined the other four in their pursuit of Luperini, eventually reeling her in by kilometre 89. On the flat section before the final ascent to the finish, more riders joined the lead group until they numbered 21 as the 10.7km climb began. On the first hairpins of the final climb Luperini attacked, opening a gap of 10 seconds with 9km remaining.
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As the climb to the finish continued, Luperini continued to build her advantage over the scattered riders behind her. The remainder of the chasing group split into several pieces with Pucinskaite, Hausler, Brändli and Guderzo once again leading the chase.
Luperini proved uncatchable however, and finished alone in front of a partisan local crowd, taking both the pink jersey of race leader and green jersey for best climber.
Pucinskaite escaped her companions to come in 54 seconds later and Guderzo came home another 27 seconds back. Hausler finished another 19 seconds later to take fourth on the stage and a strong lead in the white jersey competition for young riders.
Overnight leader Ina Teutenberg (Columbia) finished in the grupetto with the rest of the sprinters several minutes behind Pucinskaite. Despite losing the race lead the German maintains a strong lead in the ciclamino jersey points competition.
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- Race leader, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Team Columbia) made the first break of the day, just a few kilometres from the start
- Runner up in 2006, Susanne Ljungskog (Team Flexpoint) in the bunch
- The bunch rolls along on the flat, the first mountains of the Giro 2008 await
- Another breakaway attempt keeps the pace high before the climbs
- Yet another breakaway, Linda Villumsen (Team Columbia) just ahead of the bunch
- Fabiana Luperini (Menikini) on the first climb from Calci, at the front of the race
- Claudia Hausler (Equipe Nurnberger) was next over the GPM point
- Nicole Brandli (Team Bigla) and Edita Puckinskaite (Equipe Nurnberger), both previous winners chase Luperini
- Puckinskaite puts the effort in
- A novel approach to the feed zone for World Champion, Marta Bastianelli (Dila)
- Christina Becker (Equipe Nurnberger) rides in the shade of the trees on the climb
- Race leader, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Team Columbia) knew she would concede her jersey to a climber today
- Eva Lutz (Equipe Nurnberger) stays cool before the start
- Fabiana Luperini (Menikini) shows the effort as she wins on Monte Serra, close to her home
- Edita Puckinskaite (Equipe Nurnberger) finished second, 54 seconds down on Luperini
- Tatiana Guderzo (RDZ Gauss) was third, just over a minute after Luperini
- The stage podium - Puckinskaite, Luperini, Guderzo in the sun on the mountaintop podium
Results
1 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia 2.54.06 (36.67 km/h) 2 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.54 3 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 1.21 4 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.40 5 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 1.44 6 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Spanish National Team 2.20 7 Rosane Kirch (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 3.15 8 Anna Sanchis Chafer (Spa) Spanish National Team 3.21 9 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 3.27 10 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 3.33 11 Mirjam Melchers Van Poppel (Ned) Team Flexpoint 3.54 12 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 4.05 13 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Fenixs 14 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs 4.14 15 Kimberly Anderson (USA) Columbia Women 4.18 16 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 4.43 17 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) AA-Drink Cycling Team 5.12 18 Giuseppina Grassi (Mex) Team System Data 5.20 19 Judith Arndt (Ger) Columbia Women 5.51 20 Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Team Cmax Dila 5.53 21 Sereina Trachsel (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 8.07 22 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 8.23 23 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 8.24 24 Kori Kelley Seehafer (USA) Menikini - Selle Italia 8.28 25 Oenone Wood (Aus) Columbia Women 8.48 26 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Fenixs 8.51 27 Alona Andruk (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 9.10 28 Uenia Fernandes Souza (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 29 Inge Van Den Broeck (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 9.47 30 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia 10.07 31 Carlee Taylor (Aus) Australian National Team 10.31 32 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 33 Evelyn Garcia (ESa) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 10.52 34 Inge Van Den Broeck (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 10.57 35 Grete Treier (Est) Gauss RDZ Ormu 11.16 36 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu 11.36 37 Clemilda Fernandes Silva (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 12.02 38 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 12.56 39 Julia Blindyuk (Rus) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 13.11 40 Verónica Leal Balderas (Mex) Gauss RDZ Ormu 13.32 41 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 14.02 42 Alessandra d'Ettorre (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 43 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 44 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Selle Italia 45 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 46 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 47 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 48 Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 49 Alice Donadoni (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 50 Laura Bozzolo (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 51 Elisabeth Braam (Ned) Team Flexpoint 52 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australian National Team 53 Nikki Egyed (Aus) Australian National Team 54 Andrea Thürig (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 55 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 56 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Columbia Women 57 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Team System Data 14.56 58 Gintare Gaivenyte (Ltu) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 59 Iturriagaetxebarria Mazaga E (Spa) Spanish National Team 60 Ana Garcia Antequera (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 61 Leticia Gil Parra (Spa) Spanish National Team 17.56 62 Edita Unguryte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 18.36 63 Deborah Mascelli (Ita) Team System Data 18.56 64 Francesca Tognali (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 19.34 65 Samantha Galassi (Ita) Fenixs 20.00 66 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Menikini - Selle Italia 21.29 67 Nathalie Bates (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia 68 Andrea Wolfer (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 69 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia 70 Anna Zugno (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 71 Siobhan Dervan (Irl) Fenixs 72 Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 73 Linda Villumsen (Den) Columbia Women 74 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Columbia Women 75 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 76 Vera Carrara (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 77 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 78 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 79 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 80 Zulfiya Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 81 Arien Torsius (RSA) Team Cmax Dila 82 Serena Danesi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 83 Jennifer Fiori (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 84 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 85 Christina Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 86 Alessia Massacesi (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 87 Catrine Josefsson (Swe) Bizkaia - Durango 88 Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 89 Peta Mullens (Aus) Australian National Team 90 Laura Pisaneschi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 91 Josune Murillo Elcano (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 92 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 93 Alice Marmorini (Ita) Fenixs 94 Belen Lopez Morales (Spa) Spanish National Team 95 Kirsten Wild (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 96 Mireia Epelde Bikendi (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 97 Miluse Flaskova Glave (Cze) Fenixs 98 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint 99 Arantzazu Azpiroz (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 100 Janildes Fernandes Silva (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 101 Katherine Bates (Aus) Columbia Women 22.39 102 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia 103 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint 22.41 104 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Columbia Women 23.08 105 Agne Bagdanoviciute (Ltu) Team System Data 23.20 106 Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 24.17 107 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 108 Eleonora Soldo (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 24.28 109 Simona Frapporti (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 110 Silvia Tirado Marquez (Spa) Spanish National Team 111 Dorleta Zorrilla Braceras (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 112 Valentina Bastianelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 113 Marika Piacenzi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 114 Trine Schmidt (Den) Team Flexpoint 24.33 115 Sara Ortiz Mato (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 25.18 116 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 25.19 DNF Antonina Siracusa (Ita) Team System Data DNF Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss RDZ Ormu DNF Nadežda Vlasova (Rus) Fenixs Young rider 1 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 2.55.46 2 Anna Sanchis Chafer (Spa) Spanish National Team 1.41 3 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 3.03 4 Alona Andruk (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 7.30 5 Carlee Taylor (Aus) Australian National Team 8.51 6 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 12.22 7 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 8 Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 9 Alice Donadoni (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 10 Laura Bozzolo (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 11 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australian National Team 12 Gintare Gaivenyte (Ltu) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 13.16 13 Edita Unguryte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 16.56 14 Deborah Mascelli (Ita) Team System Data 17.16 15 Francesca Tognali (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 17.54 16 Samantha Galassi (Ita) Fenixs 18.20 17 Andrea Wolfer (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 19.49 18 Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 19 Linda Villumsen (Den) Columbia Women 20 Arien Torsius (RSA) Team Cmax Dila 21 Serena Danesi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 22 Jennifer Fiori (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 23 Alessia Massacesi (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 24 Catrine Josefsson (Swe) Bizkaia - Durango 25 Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 26 Peta Mullens (Aus) Australian National Team 27 Alice Marmorini (Ita) Fenixs 28 Mireia Epelde Bikendi (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 29 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint 30 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint 21.01 31 Agne Bagdanoviciute (Ltu) Team System Data 21.40 32 Simona Frapporti (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 22.48 33 Silvia Tirado Marquez (Spa) Spanish National Team 34 Dorleta Zorrilla Braceras (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 35 Valentina Bastianelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 36 Marika Piacenzi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 37 Trine Schmidt (Den) Team Flexpoint 22.53 38 Sara Ortiz Mato (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 23.38 39 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 23.39 General classification after stage 4 1 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia 12.46.12 2 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.57 3 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 1.26 4 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.49 5 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 1.50 6 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Spanish National Team 2.41 7 Rosane Kirch (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 3.31 8 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 3.41 9 Anna Sanchis Chafer (Spa) Spanish National Team 3.43 10 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 3.44 11 Mirjam Melchers Van Poppel (Ned) Team Flexpoint 3.58 12 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 4.11 13 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Fenixs 4.15 14 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs 4.27 15 Kimberly Anderson (USA) Columbia Women 4.29 16 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 4.55 17 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) AA-Drink Cycling Team 5.25 18 Giuseppina Grassi (Mex) Team System Data 5.33 19 Judith Arndt (Ger) Columbia Women 5.58 20 Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Team Cmax Dila 6.03 21 Sereina Trachsel (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 8.18 22 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 8.31 23 Kori Kelley Seehafer (USA) Menikini - Selle Italia 8.37 24 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 8.44 25 Oenone Wood (Aus) Columbia Women 8.57 26 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Fenixs 9.06 27 Alona Andruk (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 9.26 28 Uenia Fernandes Souza (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 9.30 29 Inge Van Den Broeck (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 10.00 30 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia 10.21 31 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 10.41 32 Carlee Taylor (Aus) Australian National Team 10.46 33 Evelyn Garcia (ESa) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 11.05 34 Inge Van Den Broeck (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 11.07 35 Grete Treier (Est) Gauss RDZ Ormu 11.23 36 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu 11.48 37 Clemilda Fernandes Silva (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 12.16 38 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 13.03 39 Julia Blindyuk (Rus) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 13.29 40 Verónica Leal Balderas (Mex) Gauss RDZ Ormu 13.47 41 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Columbia Women 14.09 42 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 43 Nikki Egyed (Aus) Australian National Team 14.10 44 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 14.11 45 Alessandra d'Ettorre (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 46 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 47 Andrea Thürig (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 48 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 14.13 49 Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 50 Elisabeth Braam (Ned) Team Flexpoint 14.14 51 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australian National Team 14.16 52 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 14.17 53 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Selle Italia 54 Alice Donadoni (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 14.18 55 Laura Bozzolo (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 56 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 14.24 57 Gintare Gaivenyte (Ltu) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 15.08 58 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Team System Data 15.12 59 Iturriagaetxebarria Mazaga E (Spa) Spanish National Team 15.15 60 Ana Garcia Antequera (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 61 Leticia Gil Parra (Spa) Spanish National Team 18.20 62 Edita Unguryte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 18.49 63 Deborah Mascelli (Ita) Team System Data 19.13 64 Francesca Tognali (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 19.49 65 Samantha Galassi (Ita) Fenixs 20.21 66 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Columbia Women 21.05 67 Kirsten Wild (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 21.22 68 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 21.29 69 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 21.33 70 Vera Carrara (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 71 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 21.35 72 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia 21.36 73 Linda Villumsen (Den) Columbia Women 21.37 74 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint 75 Christina Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 21.38 76 Peta Mullens (Aus) Australian National Team 21.39 77 Zulfiya Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 78 Andrea Wolfer (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 21.40 79 Anna Zugno (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 21.41 80 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 81 Arantzazu Azpiroz (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 82 Nathalie Bates (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia 21.42 83 Alessia Massacesi (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 84 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 85 Serena Danesi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 21.43 86 Mireia Epelde Bikendi (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 87 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 88 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Menikini - Selle Italia 21.44 89 Janildes Fernandes Silva (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 90 Siobhan Dervan (Irl) Fenixs 21.45 91 Belen Lopez Morales (Spa) Spanish National Team 92 Josune Murillo Elcano (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 93 Arien Torsius (RSA) Team Cmax Dila 21.46 94 Laura Pisaneschi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 95 Alice Marmorini (Ita) Fenixs 21.47 96 Jennifer Fiori (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 97 Catrine Josefsson (Swe) Bizkaia - Durango 21.50 98 Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 99 Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 22.08 100 Katherine Bates (Aus) Columbia Women 22.46 101 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint 22.47 102 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia 22.49 103 Miluse Flaskova Glave (Cze) Fenixs 22.59 104 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Columbia Women 23.20 105 Agne Bagdanoviciute (Ltu) Team System Data 23.29 106 Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 24.30 107 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 108 Trine Schmidt (Den) Team Flexpoint 24.42 109 Valentina Bastianelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 24.43 110 Simona Frapporti (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 111 Eleonora Soldo (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 24.44 112 Marika Piacenzi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 24.47 113 Silvia Tirado Marquez (Spa) Spanish National Team 114 Dorleta Zorrilla Braceras (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 24.48 115 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 25.31 116 Sara Ortiz Mato (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 27.06 Points classification 1 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Columbia Women 45 pts 2 Kirsten Wild (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 30 3 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 26 4 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia 22 5 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia 15 6 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 15 7 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 12 8 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 10 9 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 10 10 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint 10 11 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 8 12 Grete Treier (Est) Gauss RDZ Ormu 8 13 Oenone Wood (Aus) Columbia Women 7 14 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 6 15 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 6 16 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Spanish National Team 5 17 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Fenixs 5 18 Alice Marmorini (Ita) Fenixs 5 19 Rosane Kirch (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 4 20 Arantzazu Azpiroz (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 4 21 Anna Sanchis Chafer (Spa) Spanish National Team 3 22 Agne Bagdanoviciute (Ltu) Team System Data 3 23 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 2 24 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 1 25 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu 1 26 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 1 Mountains classification 1 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia 21 pts 2 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 13 3 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 11 4 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 11 5 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 9 Young rider classification 1 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 12.48.01 2 Anna Sanchis Chafer (Spa) Spanish National Team 1.54 3 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 3.06 4 Alona Andruk (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 7.37 5 Carlee Taylor (Aus) Australian National Team 8.57 6 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 12.24 7 Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 8 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australian National Team 12.27 9 Alice Donadoni (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 12.29 10 Laura Bozzolo (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 11 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 12.35 12 Gintare Gaivenyte (Ltu) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 13.19 13 Edita Unguryte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 17.00 14 Deborah Mascelli (Ita) Team System Data 17.24 15 Francesca Tognali (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 18.00 16 Samantha Galassi (Ita) Fenixs 18.32 17 Linda Villumsen (Den) Columbia Women 19.48 18 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint 19 Peta Mullens (Aus) Australian National Team 19.50 20 Andrea Wolfer (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 19.51 21 Alessia Massacesi (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 19.53 22 Serena Danesi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 19.54 23 Mireia Epelde Bikendi (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 24 Arien Torsius (RSA) Team Cmax Dila 19.57 25 Alice Marmorini (Ita) Fenixs 19.58 26 Jennifer Fiori (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 27 Catrine Josefsson (Swe) Bizkaia - Durango 20.01 28 Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 29 Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 20.19 30 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint 20.58 31 Agne Bagdanoviciute (Ltu) Team System Data 21.40 32 Trine Schmidt (Den) Team Flexpoint 22.53 33 Valentina Bastianelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 22.54 34 Simona Frapporti (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 35 Marika Piacenzi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 22.58 36 Silvia Tirado Marquez (Spa) Spanish National Team 37 Dorleta Zorrilla Braceras (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 22.59 38 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 23.42 39 Sara Ortiz Mato (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango 25.17
