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24th Tour de l'Aude - 2.2
France, May 16-25, 2008
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Stage 3 - May 19: Lezignan Corbières – Lezignan Corbières, 111 km
Zabirova breezes to solo victory
Kazakh wins stage; Arndt keeps yellow
By Ben Atkins in Lezignan Corbières
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Kazakhstan road and time trial champion Zulfia Zabirova (Bigla Cycling Team) won stage three of the Tour de l'Aude after an attack in the final 15km saw her bridge up to leader Angela Brodtka (DSB Bank) and drop her to win alone. Zabirova used her experience and strength as a time triallist to first escape, and the hold off a fast bunch on a very windy afternoon in southern France.
Brodtka successfully escaped with around 35km to go, not long after a crash had brought down pre-race favourite Amber Neben (United States) and Luise Keller (High Road). The German managed to pull out a gap of over a minute before the bunch cut it to just 15 seconds. Her persistence, and good blocking by her team-mates saw the gap rise back up to over a minute with around 15km to go, but she was no match for the rampaging Kazakh who caught and dropped her in the closing stages.
As in yesterday's team time trial, the wind proved to be a major factor in the stage, which zigged and zagged across the wine growing countryside of the Corbières region. On a day that was once again pronounced a good one for the Dutch, it was a German on a Dutch team that finally made a decisive break, but a Kazakh on a Swiss squad that took victory.
"Yesterday with the wind, I decided that this stage was good for me because I like the wind," said a delighted Zabirova to Cyclingnews at the finish.
"I attacked with 15km to go and [Brodtka and I] rode together for maybe seven kilometres," explained the Kazakh champion. "But my director told me on the radio that she is stronger than [me] in the sprint so be careful to arrive in the finish with her because she is faster than you. So I tried two times to leave her, and the third time I was successful."
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Dropping Brodtka close to the finish may have been a sensible move in terms of the sprint finish but with the wind as strong as it was, many riders would prefer some company to share the work. Not Zabirova though, as the Bigla rider preferred to go it alone, and was confident that she could make it to the finish "When I was alone I knew that I could win because I like to be alone," she continued, "with a few riders it is good, but I like to ride alone. It is good training for the time trial!" she added with a smile.
Behind Zabirova and Brodtka, the peloton was led in by a sprinting Diana Ziliute (Lihuania) ahead of Canadian Gina Grain (Webcor Builders) and Suzanne De Goede (Nürnberger Versicherung). All of the favourites finished in the main group and so the overall classification remained unchanged with Judith Arndt (High Road) leading Trixie Worrack (Nürnberger Versicherung) by 12 seconds and Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) by 40.
"Yes it was [very stressful], because of the wind," Arndt told Cyclingnews after the stage as she rushed to set off on the three-hour drive to tomorrow's stage start in Osseja. More stressful still will be the worry about the condition of team-mate Keller who should be a valuable supporter in tomorrow's stage, but crashed onto her knee this afternoon. Team High Road will be sincerely hoping that the German champion has not done any damage there.
Tomorrow's Osseja stage will be the first of two to take place outside the Aude department, situated as it is in the Pyrénées-Orientales department close to the border with Spain. This will be the queen stage of this year's Tour de l'Aude, taking in two hors category and one first category climbs in 101km.
How it unfolded
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105 Riders from 18 teams took the start on a hot, sunny but blustery afternoon in Lézignan Corbieres. The only abandon being Luxembourgoise Suzie Godart of Fenixs who failed to finish yesterday's team time trial, cutting the team down to three after just two stages.
From the start it was obvious that the wind that had been such a factor in yesterday's team time trial would play its part again. The consensus was that this would once again be a good stage for the teams from the Netherlands.
The first attack of the day came with in the first 5km as Kazakh champion Zulfia Zabirova (Bigla) and former World cyclo-cross champion Maryline Salvetat (France) tried to escape the clutches of the fast moving peloton. The move was not to last long though and they were reeled in by an attentive Menikini-Selle Italia team.
The next attempt was made by Nicki Egyed (Australia) after 24km, but once again the speed of the peloton was such that the DSB Bank team was able to pull her back without too much trouble.
In the next kilometre French favourite Elodie Touffet (Gauss RDZ Ormu) tried her luck, but she was unable to get more than a few seconds before being pulled in once more.
After 40km Vicki Whitelaw (Australia) tried to do what her team-mate Egyed had failed to do earlier, but the French national team came to the front of the bunch and pulled her back in.
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6km later Touffet once again tried her luck, but once again DSB Bank pulled her back.
The first sprint came at 58km and was won by the current jersey holder Monica Holler (Bigla) from Touffet and Whitelaw. Touffet's team-mate Julia Martisova tried to use this to her advantage but the combined strength of the Bigla and Great Britain teams prevented her from getting anywhere.
A few kilometres further on Touffet tried yet again, but once again it came to nothing.
The second sprint at 67km was taken by Touffet as she made yet another move, she was followed over the line by Emma Mackie (Lotto-Belisol) and Brooke Millar (United States).
At 72km Adrie Visser (DSB Bank) managed to get away and carve out a gap of up to 7 seconds, but she too was soon picked up by a fast moving and attentive peloton.
A few kilometres later a crash in the bunch brought down a number of riders including Amber Neben and Katherine Carrol (both United States), Sharon Van Essen (DSB Bank) and Luise Keller (High Road). All managed to rejoin, although Van Essen was forced to chase alone for a while.
Soon afterwards Touffet tried to escape yet again, but it came to nothing. As she was reeled back in though, Angela Brodtka (DSB Bank) put in a move that finally proved successful and she quickly pulled out a gap.
Brodtka's gap grew quickly to over a minute by kilometre 83, but with 20km to the finish the combined impetus of the fast peloton and the swirling winds brought it down to just over 30 seconds.
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By the final sprint with 21km to go Brodka's lead was just 15 seconds, but good blocking from her team-mates – Visser took third behind the inevitable Touffet – saw it increase once again.
With 15km remaining – and with Brodtka's lead approaching a minute and a half – Zabirova launched another attack. The Kazakh quickly caught the still strong German and the pair worked together for a few kilometres.
Fearing the superior sprint of the DSB Bank rider, Zabirova put in several digs to try and drop her, the third of which worked and she quickly pulled away.
Zabirova continued to build her lead over Brodtka and the peloton and finally crossed the line alone 46 seconds ahead. Brodtka hung on to her second place and the peloton was led home by a fast finishing Diana Ziliute (Lithunia).
Judith Arndt (High Road) and all the other overall contenders finished safely inside the peloton, and so the German former World champion keeps the maiilot jaune for a second day as the race heads into the Pyrenees.
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- Early in the race, Zoulfia Zabirova (Bigla) was obvious at the front of the bunch
- The hills are in the background, but there were no long climbs today
- As the bunch negotiates a corner, Zabirova is still close to the front
- Race leader, Judith Arndt (High Road) tucked in the bunch, behind Claudia Hausler (Equipe Nurnberger)
- Sprinters Vera Koedooder (Lotto) and Gina Grain (Webcor) accelerate out of a corner
- Angela Brodtka (DSB Bank) bides her time in the bunch before launching a solo attack
- First race leader of 2008, Katie Mactier (AUS) in the bunch
- Russian Champion, Natalia Boyarskaya (Fenixs)
- Angela Brodtka (DSB Bank), away on her own. With a lead of about 45 seconds
- The chase group, including Zabirova and Diane Ziluite (Lithiania), who would go on to win the sprint for third.
- Team Swift enjoy the team talk before the start
- Webcor Builders team, ready to go
- Claudia Hausler (Equipe Nurnberger) puts on her track mitts at the start
- Race vehicles and the start / finish arch in Lezignan Corbieres
- Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (High Road) follows Sharon Laws (GB) in the blue mountains jersey
- Zoulfia Zabirova (Bigla) celebrates her win
- Angela Brodtka (DSB Bank) sits up as she crosses the line second
- Diane Ziluite (Lithuania) sprints in to take third.
- Gina Grain (Webcor) knows she didn't beat Ziluite
- Monica Holler (Bigla) retained the sprints jersey
- Arndt, Zabirova and Laws - the jersey wearers
- Susanne Ljungskog and Claudia Hausler on the podium
Results
1 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 2.52.54 (38.51 km/h) 2 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team DSB Bank 0.46 3 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1.01 4 Gina Grain (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 5 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 6 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu 7 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 8 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 9 Brooke Miller (USA) USA National Team 10 Magali Le Floch (Fra) French National Team 11 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Team DSB Bank 12 Martine Bras (Ned) Dutch National Team 13 Laure Werner (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 14 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 15 Catherine Hare (GBr) Great Britain National Team 16 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 17 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Dutch National Team 18 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 19 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 20 Olga Slyvisareva (Rus) Menikini - Selle Italia 21 Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 22 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 23 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 24 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 25 Luise Keller (Ger) Team High Road Women 26 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 27 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Dutch National Team 28 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 29 Lorain Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 30 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 31 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 32 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain National Team 33 Marlen Johrend (Ger) German National Team 34 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 35 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 36 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Selle Italia 37 Corinna Thumm (Ger) German National Team 38 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 39 Agne Bagdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 40 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 41 Emma Johansson (Swe) AA-Drink Cycling Team 42 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 43 Alexandra Wrubleski (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 44 Adrie Visser (Ned) Team DSB Bank 45 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 46 Romy Kasper (Ger) German National Team 47 Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team 48 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss RDZ Ormu 49 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 50 Leda Cox (GBr) Great Britain National Team 51 Bianca Knopfle (Ger) German National Team 52 Jessica Allen (GBr) Great Britain National Team 53 Christelle Ferrer-Bruneau (Fra) French National Team 54 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) German National Team 55 Noemie Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 56 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 57 Sophie Goor (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 58 Katherine Carroll (USA) USA National Team 59 Thomas Béatrice (Fra) French National Team 60 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) AA-Drink Cycling Team 61 Virginia Hennig (Ger) German National Team 62 Emma Davies-Jones (GBr) Swift Racing 63 Alison Powers (USA) USA National Team 64 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Swift Racing 65 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 66 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 67 Vera Koedooder (Ned) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 68 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 69 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team 70 Anke Wichmann (USA) Team High Road Women 71 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team High Road Women 72 Regina Bruins (Ned) Dutch National Team 73 Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) Team DSB Bank 74 Linda Villumsen (Ger) Team High Road Women 75 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team DSB Bank 76 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 77 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Menikini - Selle Italia 78 Katie Mactier (Aus) Australian National Team 79 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 80 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 81 Amber Rais (USA) USA National Team 82 Latoya Brulee (Ger) AA-Drink Cycling Team 83 Nathalie Bates (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia 84 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 85 Christina Ruitter (USA) USA National Team 86 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs 87 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 88 Debby Van Den Berg (Ned) Swift Racing 89 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Team High Road Women 90 Helen Wyman (GBr) Swift Racing 91 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) Swift Racing 92 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Fenixs 93 Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team 94 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia 1.17 95 Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 96 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 97 Marlijn Binnendijk (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 1.51 98 Emma Pooley (GBr) Great Britain National Team 99 Nikki Egyed (Aus) Australian National Team 1.01 100 Amy Dombroski (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 6.33 101 Nadezda Vlasova (Rus) Fenixs 7.04 102 Florence Girardet (Fra) French National Team 8.55 103 Gabriella Day (GBr) Swift Racing 104 Emilie Blanquefort (Fra) French National Team 105 Rebecca Much (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 10.07 Sprints Marseillette - km. 58 1 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss RDZ Ormu 3 3 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 2 4 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1 Douzens - km. 67 1 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss RDZ Ormu 5 pts 2 Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 3 3 Brooke Miller (USA) USA National Team 2 4 Laure Werner (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 1 Thézan des Corbières - km. 90 1 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team DSB Bank 5 pts 2 Nikki Egyed (Aus) Australian National Team 3 3 Adrie Visser (Ned) Team DSB Bank 2 4 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1 Teams 1 Bigla Cycling Team 8.40.44 2 Team DSB Bank 0.46 3 Gauss RDZ Ormu 1.01 4 Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 5 Netherlands 6 Lithuania 7 British National Team 8 Webcor Builders Cycling Team 9 AA-Drink Cycling Team 10 France 11 Team High Road Women 12 US National Team 13 Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 14 German National Team 15 Menikini - Selle Italia 16 Austrlian National Team 17 Swift Racing 18 Fenixs 7.04 General classification after stage 3 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 6.49.55 2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.12 3 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0.40 4 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 0.53 5 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.56 6 Luise Keller (Ger) Team High Road Women 0.57 7 Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team 1.16 8 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 1.40 9 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 2.21 10 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 2.34 11 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Dutch National Team 12 Regina Bruins (Ned) Dutch National Team 2.46 13 Linda Villumsen (Ger) Team High Road Women 2.47 14 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3.00 15 Jessica Allen (GBr) Great Britain National Team 3.48 16 Alexandra Wrubleski (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 3.49 17 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 3.56 18 Noemie Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 3.59 19 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 4.00 20 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 4.04 21 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Team DSB Bank 4.11 22 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 4.16 23 Emma Johansson (Swe) AA-Drink Cycling Team 4.20 24 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu 4.23 25 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team DSB Bank 4.25 26 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 4.27 27 Lorain Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 28 Emma Pooley (GBr) Great Britain National Team 4.28 29 Sophie Goor (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 4.34 30 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 4.37 31 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs 4.46 32 Bianca Knopfle (Ger) German National Team 4.50 33 Nikki Egyed (Aus) Australian National Team 6.03 34 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 6.06 35 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 36 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team High Road Women 6.16 37 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 6.18 38 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Fenixs 6.19 39 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 6.26 40 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 41 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 6.33 42 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 7.48 43 Christelle Ferrer-Bruneau (Fra) French National Team 44 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 7.55 45 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Selle Italia 8.07 46 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) German National Team 8.16 47 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 8.26 48 Corinna Thumm (Ger) German National Team 8.31 49 Romy Kasper (Ger) German National Team 8.54 50 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss RDZ Ormu 9.18 51 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 9.42 52 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Team High Road Women 9.55 53 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 10.02 54 Alison Powers (USA) USA National Team 10.26 55 Amber Rais (USA) USA National Team 10.42 56 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team DSB Bank 11.07 57 Nathalie Bates (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia 11.10 58 Katherine Carroll (USA) USA National Team 11.12 59 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 11.13 60 Adrie Visser (Ned) Team DSB Bank 11.15 61 Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team 11.16 62 Magali Le Floch (Fra) French National Team 11.35 63 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team 11.38 64 Latoya Brulee (Ger) AA-Drink Cycling Team 11.45 65 Laure Werner (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 11.48 66 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 11.55 67 Martine Bras (Ned) Dutch National Team 12.05 68 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 12.06 69 Helen Wyman (GBr) Swift Racing 12.18 70 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Swift Racing 12.30 71 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) AA-Drink Cycling Team 12.47 72 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 13.39 73 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 14.08 74 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 14.16 75 Virginia Hennig (Ger) German National Team 14.25 76 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 15.26 77 Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 15.37 78 Katie Mactier (Aus) Australian National Team 15.42 79 Thomas Béatrice (Fra) French National Team 15.57 80 Vera Koedooder (Ned) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 15.59 81 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Dutch National Team 16.18 82 Brooke Miller (USA) USA National Team 16.55 83 Christina Ruitter (USA) USA National Team 16.56 84 Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) Team DSB Bank 17.00 85 Catherine Hare (GBr) Great Britain National Team 17.02 86 Debby Van Den Berg (Ned) Swift Racing 17.03 87 Leda Cox (GBr) Great Britain National Team 17.25 88 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Menikini - Selle Italia 17.39 89 Marlen Johrend (Ger) German National Team 18.40 90 Anke Wichmann (USA) Team High Road Women 18.53 91 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia 21.32 92 Gina Grain (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 22.02 93 Emma Davies-Jones (GBr) Swift Racing 22.38 94 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) Swift Racing 22.58 95 Agne Bagdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 23.42 96 Marlijn Binnendijk (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 23.52 97 Olga Slyvisareva (Rus) Menikini - Selle Italia 24.49 98 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 26.14 99 Rebecca Much (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 26.15 100 Nadezda Vlasova (Rus) Fenixs 28.57 101 Gabriella Day (GBr) Swift Racing 31.04 102 Florence Girardet (Fra) French National Team 33.39 103 Emilie Blanquefort (Fra) French National Team 33.50 104 Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 34.02 105 Amy Dombroski (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 36.01 Points classification 1 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 50 pts 2 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain National Team 42 3 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 40 4 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 7 5 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 30 6 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 34 7 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team DSB Bank 34 8 Katie Mactier (Aus) Australian National Team 30 9 Gina Grain (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 26 10 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 24 11 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 23 12 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 23 13 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu 20 14 Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team 21 15 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 21 16 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 20 17 Luise Keller (Ger) Team High Road Women 18 18 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Dutch National Team 4 19 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 18 20 Alison Powers (USA) USA National Team 17 21 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 16 22 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 16 23 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Team DSB Bank 10 24 Brooke Miller (USA) USA National Team 14 25 Magali Le Floch (Fra) French National Team 12 26 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2 27 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team High Road Women 11 28 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 10 29 Emma Johansson (Swe) AA-Drink Cycling Team 10 30 Martine Bras (Ned) Dutch National Team 9 31 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 8 32 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Team High Road Women 8 33 Laure Werner (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 8 34 Lorain Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 7 35 Catherine Hare (GBr) Great Britain National Team 6 36 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 5 37 Sophie Goor (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 4 38 Regina Bruins (Ned) Dutch National Team 3 39 Linda Villumsen (Ger) Team High Road Women 3 40 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 3 41 Alexandra Wrubleski (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 1 42 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 1 43 Olga Slyvisareva (Rus) Menikini - Selle Italia 1 Sprint classification 1 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 17 pts 2 Agne Bagdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 11 3 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss RDZ Ormu 9 4 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Menikini - Selle Italia 7 5 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 5 6 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team DSB Bank 5 7 Nikki Egyed (Aus) Australian National Team 3 8 Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 3 9 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 3 10 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 2 11 Brooke Miller (USA) USA National Team 2 12 Adrie Visser (Ned) Team DSB Bank 2 13 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 2 14 Helen Wyman (GBr) Swift Racing 2 15 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 1 16 Laure Werner (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 1 17 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1 18 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1 Young rider classification 1 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 6.50.51 2 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 1.38 3 Regina Bruins (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.50 4 Linda Villumsen (Ger) Team High Road Women 1.51 5 Jessica Allen (GBr) Great Britain National Team 2.52 6 Alexandra Wrubleski (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 2.53 7 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 3.41 8 Bianca Knopfle (Ger) German National Team 3.54 9 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 7.30 10 Corinna Thumm (Ger) German National Team 7.35 11 Romy Kasper (Ger) German National Team 7.58 12 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Team High Road Women 8.59 13 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 10.17 14 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team 10.42 15 Latoya Brulee (Ger) AA-Drink Cycling Team 10.49 16 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 12.43 17 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 13.12 18 Virginia Hennig (Ger) German National Team 13.29 19 Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 14.41 20 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Dutch National Team 15.22 21 Marlen Johrend (Ger) German National Team 17.44 22 Agne Bagdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 22.46 23 Marlijn Binnendijk (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 22.56 24 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 25.18 25 Rebecca Much (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 25.19 26 Gabriella Day (GBr) Swift Racing 30.08 27 Florence Girardet (Fra) French National Team 32.43 28 Emilie Blanquefort (Fra) French National Team 32.54 29 Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 33.06 30 Amy Dombroski (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 35.05 Teams classification 1 Team High Road Women 20.33.08 2 Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.40 3 British National Team 3.32 4 Webcor Builders Cycling Team 7.40 5 Australia 8.50 6 Netherlands 11.42 7 Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 12.45 8 Lithuania 17.00 9 Team DSB Bank 17.45 10 Menikini - Selle Italia 18.17 11 AA-Drink Cycling Team 18.32 12 Gauss RDZ Ormu 19.50 13 Bigla Cycling Team 19.56 14 US National Team 19.57 15 France 21.32 16 Germany 23.41 17 Fenixs 40.27 18 Swift Racing 45.50
