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24th Tour de l'Aude - 2.2
France, May 16-25, 2008
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Stage 1 - May 17: Rieux Minervois – Rieux Minervois , 107 km
She's Back! Cooke storms to Aude victory
Briton wins stage; Ljungskog takes yellow
By Ben Atkins in Rieux Minervois
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Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) has taken her first victory of 2008 in magnificent style by winning the sprint from a group of five on the slightly downhill finish into Rieux Minervois. Just five kilometres from the line the British champion was in a group 30 seconds behind the leading four, consisting of the 2007 top three: Susanne Ljungskog (Menikini-Selle Italia), Trixi Worrack (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung) and Judith Arndt (High Road), and Cooke's Great Britain team-mate Sharon Laws. An attack from that second group saw Cooke catch the leaders with less than two kilometres to go and Laws successfully led her captain out for the sprint.
"It was teamwork! Really good!" exclaimed an ecstatic Cooke to Cyclingnews. "You saw the style of how I did it: bridge from the bunch... I think it was thirty seconds or something and I bridged it. We told Sharon [Laws] to stop working and I think that disrupted the leaders a little bit, and Sharon still had the go to lead it out."
"All I had to do was think about the sprint," she added.
In answer to the question on whether or not this victory means that her form is beginning to arrive, Cooke was far more circumspect. "It's a win," she replied candidly. "You don't ever knock a win do you?" she added laughing.
As for her attack, in the closing stages, Cooke revealed that the intention had never been to go solo, merely to start to add her own efforts to the chase."I didn't mean to attack the little break, I thought: 'Okay I'll help you guys now'. I got to the front and I was like: 'I'm alone!'"
"I went to the front because we'd told Sharon to stop working, and I just left them. Then I bridged and Sharon led it out."
Second placed Trixie Worrack was happy with the way the stage had turned out: "It was pretty hard," she told Cyclingnews on her way to the podium. "I wanted the group to stay away because otherwise the work would be for nothing – then we can go up the mountain slow, and then stay in the group and not go fast!
"I was surprised that she came back," Worrack said of Cooke's bridging across. "She's fast, so it's okay that she won the sprint, but I was surprised that she came back and then won the sprint. But she's strong," she added.
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Fourth placed Judith Arndt was also philosophical about her race: "Actually good, she said, "except the finish."
"It was a little bit too fast – the sprint – for me," she continued. "I think I would have needed an 11 today because it was a little bit downhill and I usually use a bigger gear in the sprint, so that was not good for me."
The pace of the front group had been strong, but – Arndt revealed – it was not due to equal shares of the work. "Actually," she said, "Trixie Worrack was mainly working, and the other three – sometimes we worked – but most of the work Trixie did.
"All of a sudden Cooke was there, and then all of a sudden it was the finish already. It was surprising that she came and also won. It looks like we were not really good enough for her," she added with a laugh.
With her third place on the stage Susanne Ljungskog has taken the yellow leaders jersey that she is defending from last year's race. It was a deliberate tactic for the Swedish two-time World champion. "This stage was a really hard one," said Ljungskog, "and I thought I had a good chance to take this jersey. And I did it and I'm really happy – good job!"
Earlier in the stage a break containing Sigrid Corneo (Menikini-Selle-Italia), Monica Holler (Bigla), Agne Bagdonaviciute (Lithuania) and Helen Wyman (Team Swift managed to build a lead of more than four minutes. The main climb of the day though, put paid to their efforts and they were reeled in a long way before the top. An attack from Ljungskog caused the front of the race to split and those two groups formed ahead of the main peloton.
Monica Holler didn't manage to stay away from the main peloton, and finished some way behind the winner, but is consoled with her main target for the race this year: the Red sprints jersey. "For sure, we saw that there was a gap behind and we thought that we would continue and maybe get a big gap enough before the mountain and stay in the front group," the young Swede told Cyclingnews. Unfortunately they caught us and we all got a little bit tired!"
"I'm the sprinter in the team. I cannot go on the attack in the mountains so I'm trying to go for the sprint jersey."
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British cyclo-cross champion Helen Wyman – also part of the break – was also pleased with her efforts of the day, and also realistic about the chances of them staying away once the climb started. "We were losing 20 seconds a kilometre on the climb!" she laughed. "But you saw the break, only one of them was a climber apart from me..."
Well, an attack went and sometimes they let stuff go in this [race]," she continued, "so I thought if I can get across to it – and ten seconds and I was on it – and by the time we'd got four and a half minutes I was thinking this could stay away... but it didn't quite work out, but it was fun all the same!"
Ljungskog now takes her yellow jersey into tomorrow's team time trial, where her Menikini-Selle Italia squad will come under pressure from teams like High Road – who won it last year as T-Mobile – and Nürnberger Versicherung.
How it unfolded
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106 riders from 18 teams took the start under slightly cloudy skies in the village of Rieux Minervois with the wind that so dominated yesterday's Prologue having dropped significantly.
The first sprint of the day at Laure Minervois after just six kilometres in saw Sigrid Corneo (Menikini-Selle-Italia), Monica Holler (Bigla) and Agne Bagdonaviciute (Lithuania) break clear. Recognising the potential of the move, Helen Wyman (Team Swift) left the peloton to join them.
The four worked together well building a lead of over four minutes by the time they reached the base of the main obstacle of the day: the hors category Col de la Croix de Sous.
As the climb went on the four riders saw their lead reduced steadily as the peloton gradually increased it speed, and at around six kilometres to the top the escape was over as they were caught.
With the peloton together the favourites began sending their team-mates forward to increase the pace, and with around 2 km. to the summit Susanne Ljungskog (Menikini-Selle Italia) attacked and the bunch began to split into pieces.
Ahead of the main peloton, two groups formed. The front one consisted of Ljungskog, Trixi Worrack (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung), Judith Arndt (High Road) and Sharon Laws (Great Britain). Behind them another small group containing Amber Neben (United States), Christine Thorburn (Webcor Builders) Laws' team-mate Nicole Cooke, Worrack's team-mate Claudia Hausler, Arndt's team-mate Luise Keller and Carla Ryan (Australia).
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Because most of the following group had team-mates in the lead, the majority of the work was being done by Thorburn, Neben and Ryan. They were making little progress however in bringing back the leading quartet, led mostly by the impetus of Worrack.
Just outside the final five kilometres, Laws stopped working and Cooke launched herself off the front of the chasing group and managed to bridge across to the leaders on her own with two kilometres to go. As they approached the finish, Laws began to lead Cooke out and the Welshwoman won a close sprint over Worrack, Ljungskog and Arndt. Laws – job done – came in fifth.
Hausler led in Keller from the chasers with Ryan coming in ahead of the two Americans Thorburn and Neben.
With no sign of prologue winner Katie Mactier (Australia) or second placed Ellen Van Dijk (Netherlands), Ljungskog takes the leader's yellow jersey into tomorrow's team time trial.
Photography
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Images by CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net
- The Australian team ride to the sign on before the stage
- Points jersey wearer, Susanne Ljungskog Menikini Selle Italia) before the start
- Checking the gears are working - Webcor style
- The bunch rolls out, early in the stage
- Helen Wyman (Swift), prior to the breakaway which she was in for the first half of the race
- Race leader, Katie Mactier (AUS) lines up for the start
- The bunch negotiates a tight corner on a street in Bagnoles, typical of the Aude region
- Competition leaders, Mirjam Melchers van Poppel (left) and Alison Powers (right) in Bagnoles
- The breakaway group sprint for the finish, accompanied by a flotilla of race motos
- Nicole Cooke (GBR) celebrates as Trixi Worrack (Equipe Nurnberger) coasts in second
- Claudia Hausler (Equipe Nurnberger) leads the group in. She took over the young rider competition
- Nicole Cooke is interviewed on the podium
- Monica Holler (Bigla) wears the sprint jersey
- Judith Arndt (High Road) is the mountains competition leader
- Claudia Hausler (Equipe Nurnberger), the new pink jersey wearer
- Susanne Ljungskog (Menikini Selle Italia) took the race lead, thanks to a strong first stage
- Trixi Worrack, Susanne Ljungskog and Nicole Cooke on the podium
- Judith Arndt (High Road)
- The break on the early part of the climb
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- The bunch was content to let the break go, knowing the climb would be the make-or-break point in the stage
Results
1 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain National Team 3.15.04 (32.911 km/h) 2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 4 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 5 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0.01 6 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.39 7 Luise Keller (Ger) Team High Road Women 8 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 9 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 0.43 10 Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team 11 Emma Johansson (Swe) AA-Drink Cycling Team 2.41 12 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 13 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 14 Lorain Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 15 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 16 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Team DSB Bank 17 Sophie Goor (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 18 Regina Bruins (Ned) Dutch National Team 19 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu 20 Alexandra Wrubleski (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 21 Jessica Allen (GBr) Great Britain National Team 22 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 23 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs 24 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 25 Noemie Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 26 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 27 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 28 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Dutch National Team 29 Bianca Knopfle (Ger) German National Team 30 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 31 Linda Villumsen (Ger) Team High Road Women 32 Emma Pooley (GBr) Great Britain National Team 2.43 33 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team DSB Bank 34 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 4.19 35 Nikki Egyed (Aus) Australian National Team 36 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 37 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 38 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Fenixs 39 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 40 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 6.17 41 Corinna Thumm (Ger) German National Team 42 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 43 Christelle Ferrer-Bruneau (Fra) French National Team 44 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss RDZ Ormu 45 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) German National Team 46 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Selle Italia 47 Romy Kasper (Ger) German National Team 48 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 49 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 50 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 51 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team High Road Women 52 Helen Wyman (GBr) Swift Racing 9.54 53 Laure Werner (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 54 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Swift Racing 55 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 56 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 57 Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team 58 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 59 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 60 Alison Powers (USA) USA National Team 61 Catherine Hare (GBr) Great Britain National Team 62 Katherine Carroll (USA) USA National Team 63 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 64 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Team High Road Women 65 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Menikini - Selle Italia 66 Adrie Visser (Ned) Team DSB Bank 67 Nathalie Bates (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia 68 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 69 Amber Rais (USA) USA National Team 70 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) AA-Drink Cycling Team 71 Rebecca Much (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 72 Magali Le Floch (Fra) French National Team 73 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team DSB Bank 74 Latoya Brulee (Ger) AA-Drink Cycling Team 75 Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 76 Martine Bras (Ned) Dutch National Team 77 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 78 Virginia Hennig (Ger) German National Team 79 Leda Cox (GBr) Great Britain National Team 80 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team 81 Anke Wichmann (USA) Team High Road Women 14.17 82 Vera Koedooder (Ned) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 83 Marlen Johrend (Ger) German National Team 84 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Dutch National Team 85 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 86 Debby Van Den Berg (Ned) Swift Racing 87 Gina Grain (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 88 Katie Mactier (Aus) Australian National Team 89 Brooke Miller (USA) USA National Team 90 Thomas Béatrice (Fra) French National Team 91 Christina Ruitter (USA) USA National Team 92 Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) Team DSB Bank 93 Marlijn Binnendijk (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 16.58 94 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia 95 Nadezda Vlasova (Rus) Fenixs 20.26 96 Olga Slyvisareva (Rus) Menikini - Selle Italia 97 Florence Girardet (Fra) French National Team 98 Emma Davies-Jones (GBr) Swift Racing 99 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) Swift Racing 100 Agne Bagdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 101 Gabriella Day (GBr) Swift Racing 102 Emilie Blanquefort (Fra) French National Team 103 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 22.36 104 Suzie Godart (Lux) Fenixs 105 Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 106 Amy Dombroski (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team Sprints km. 6,5 - Laure Minervois, Av des Ecoles 1 Agne Bagdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 5 pts 2 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Menikini - Selle Italia 3 3 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 2 4 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss RDZ Ormu 1 km. 22 - Villedubert 1 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Agne Bagdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 3 3 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Menikini - Selle Italia 2 4 Helen Wyman (GBr) Swift Racing 1 km. 36,5 - Conques sur Orbiel, Av Montplaisir 1 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Agne Bagdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 3 3 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Menikini - Selle Italia 2 4 Helen Wyman (GBr) Swift Racing 1 km. 79,5 - Pradelles Cabardès 1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 5 pts 2 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 3 3 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 2 4 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 1 Mountains Col de la croix de Sous, (HC) km. 69 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 12 pts 2 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 8 3 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 5 4 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3 5 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain National Team 2 6 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 1 General classification after stage 1 1 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 3.20.04 2 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0.02 3 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 0.06 4 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.16 5 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0.17 6 Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team 0.48 7 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 0.52 8 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.00 9 Luise Keller (Ger) Team High Road Women 1.03 10 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 1.11 11 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Dutch National Team 2.46 12 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 2.52 13 Linda Villumsen (Ger) Team High Road Women 2.53 14 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 2.54 15 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu 2.55 16 Regina Bruins (Ned) Dutch National Team 2.58 17 Emma Pooley (GBr) Great Britain National Team 3.00 18 Alexandra Wrubleski (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 3.01 19 Noemie Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 20 Emma Johansson (Swe) AA-Drink Cycling Team 3.02 21 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 22 Lorain Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 3.04 23 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 24 Bianca Knopfle (Ger) German National Team 3.07 25 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 3.08 26 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Team DSB Bank 27 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs 28 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 3.09 29 Jessica Allen (GBr) Great Britain National Team 3.10 30 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 3.12 31 Sophie Goor (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 3.21 32 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team DSB Bank 3.22 33 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 3.24 34 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Fenixs 4.41 35 Nikki Egyed (Aus) Australian National Team 4.42 36 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 4.46 37 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 4.53 38 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 39 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 5.00 40 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team High Road Women 6.22 41 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 6.26 42 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 6.30 43 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 6.31 44 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) German National Team 6.33 45 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 6.35 46 Christelle Ferrer-Bruneau (Fra) French National Team 6.40 47 Corinna Thumm (Ger) German National Team 6.48 48 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 6.58 49 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss RDZ Ormu 7.00 50 Romy Kasper (Ger) German National Team 7.11 51 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Selle Italia 7.14 52 Alison Powers (USA) USA National Team 9.58 53 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Team High Road Women 10.01 54 Katherine Carroll (USA) USA National Team 10.07 55 Rebecca Much (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 10.11 56 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 57 Adrie Visser (Ned) Team DSB Bank 10.13 58 Amber Rais (USA) USA National Team 10.14 59 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team 10.15 60 Nathalie Bates (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia 10.17 61 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 10.18 62 Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team 63 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 10.25 64 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team DSB Bank 65 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) AA-Drink Cycling Team 10.26 66 Magali Le Floch (Fra) French National Team 10.27 67 Latoya Brulee (Ger) AA-Drink Cycling Team 68 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 69 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 70 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 10.29 71 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 72 Martine Bras (Ned) Dutch National Team 73 Helen Wyman (GBr) Swift Racing 10.30 74 Laure Werner (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 75 Catherine Hare (GBr) Great Britain National Team 10.33 76 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Swift Racing 10.42 77 Virginia Hennig (Ger) German National Team 78 Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 10.44 79 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Menikini - Selle Italia 80 Leda Cox (GBr) Great Britain National Team 10.56 81 Katie Mactier (Aus) Australian National Team 14.19 82 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 14.20 83 Brooke Miller (USA) USA National Team 14.37 84 Christina Ruitter (USA) USA National Team 14.38 85 Anke Wichmann (USA) Team High Road Women 14.40 86 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Dutch National Team 14.42 87 Vera Koedooder (Ned) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 14.46 88 Thomas Béatrice (Fra) French National Team 14.49 89 Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) Team DSB Bank 14.55 90 Marlen Johrend (Ger) German National Team 14.56 91 Gina Grain (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 15.04 92 Debby Van Den Berg (Ned) Swift Racing 15.15 93 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia 17.33 94 Marlijn Binnendijk (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 17.36 95 Agne Bagdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 20.48 96 Emma Davies-Jones (GBr) Swift Racing 20.50 97 Florence Girardet (Fra) French National Team 21.03 98 Olga Slyvisareva (Rus) Menikini - Selle Italia 21.06 99 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) Swift Racing 21.10 100 Emilie Blanquefort (Fra) French National Team 21.14 101 Nadezda Vlasova (Rus) Fenixs 21.16 102 Gabriella Day (GBr) Swift Racing 21.22 103 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 23.04 104 Amy Dombroski (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 23.31 105 Suzie Godart (Lux) Fenixs 23.42 106 Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 24.04 Young rider classification 1 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3.21.04 2 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 0.11 3 Linda Villumsen (Ger) Team High Road Women 1.53 4 Regina Bruins (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.58 5 Alexandra Wrubleski (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 2.01 6 Bianca Knopfle (Ger) German National Team 2.07 7 Jessica Allen (GBr) Great Britain National Team 2.10 8 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 2.24 9 Corinna Thumm (Ger) German National Team 5.48 10 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 5.58 11 Romy Kasper (Ger) German National Team 6.11 12 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Team High Road Women 9.01 13 Rebecca Much (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 9.11 14 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team 9.15 15 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 9.18 16 Latoya Brulee (Ger) AA-Drink Cycling Team 9.27 17 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 18 Virginia Hennig (Ger) German National Team 9.42 19 Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 9.44 20 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 13.20 21 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Dutch National Team 13.42 22 Marlen Johrend (Ger) German National Team 13.56 23 Marlijn Binnendijk (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 16.36 24 Agne Bagdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 19.48 25 Florence Girardet (Fra) French National Team 20.03 26 Emilie Blanquefort (Fra) French National Team 20.14 27 Gabriella Day (GBr) Swift Racing 20.22 28 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 22.04 29 Amy Dombroski (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 22.31 30 Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 23.04 Sprint classification 1 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 12 pts 2 Agne Bagdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 11 3 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Menikini - Selle Italia 7 4 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 5 5 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 3 6 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 2 7 Helen Wyman (GBr) Swift Racing 2 8 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 1 9 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss RDZ Ormu 1 Mountains classification 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 12 pts 2 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 8 3 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 5 4 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3 5 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain National Team 2 6 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 1 Teams classification 1 Team High Road Women 15.21 2 US National Team 0.01 3 Netherlands 0.04 4 Australia 0.15 5 Webcor Builders Cycling Team 0.25 6 Britain National Team 7 Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.34 8 Bigla Cycling Team 0.37 9 Lithuania 0.40 10 Menikini - Selle Italia 0.41 11 France 0.45 12 German National Team 0.52 13 Team DSB Bank 0.56 14 Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 1.00 15 AA-Drink Cycling Team 16 Gauss RDZ Ormu 1.01 17 Fenixs 1.18 18 Swift Racing 1.23
