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24th Tour de l'Aude - 2.2
France, May 16-25, 2008
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Stage 6 - May 22: Rennes Les Bains - Axat, 117 km
Whitelaw lays down the Laws
Aussie takes breakaway win; Ljungskog attacked but holds on
By Ben Atkins in Axat
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Vicki Whitelaw (Australia) has taken her team's second win of this year's Tour de l'Aude - after Katie Mactier's prologue victory - by beating old friend Sharon Laws (Great Britain) and Regina Bruins (Netherlands) in a three woman sprint. Ten kilometres earlier, Whitelaw had bridged up to the two others, who had already been away for almost 30 kilometres. As the trio approached the uphill drag to the finish line in Axat, Bruins faded and Whitelaw proved the fresher of the other two riders, beating Laws by several lengths on the line. Lithuanian former world champion Edita Pucinskaite (Nürnberger Versicherung) slipped clear with six kilometres to go, and although she managed to finish clear of the peloton, she was unable to catch the leaders.
"There was a bit of a lull in the bunch and my director Nico said 'if you want to go, go now'," explained Whitelaw to Cyclingnews. "I'd been chasing all the way down the descent with a group of six, and I was like 'yeah, I'll just go'. When you're feeling weakest, you just pull out an attack!
"I bridged across and I was just reeling them in, nice and slowly, not trying to blow myself up," she continued. "I was told I should attack them, but I didn't have the legs for that so I though we'll carry all three of us to the line and backed myself for the sprint."
Because stage six is the only stage in this year's Tour de l'Aude that does not finish at the point that it started, many riders had no idea what to expect in the final metres of the race, Whitelaw included.
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"I had no idea what the sprint was like," she went on, "I hadn't really checked out the profile that much - because I wasn't really expecting a stage win! I was asking the director 'what's the sprint like?' and he said 'don't sprint too early' so I figured 'okay'. He was giving me a k to go when I saw 500 metres on the road and I'm thinking my best power comes from a long sprint - I'm not a short distance sprinter - so I gave it a fairly long sprint at about 400, up the hill."
That long sprint proved to be just enough to beat old friend and adversary Sharon Laws, who had been off the front of the peloton since the descent of the final climb with around 40 kilometres to go. This proved at last to be a successful attempt to escape the peloton after may earlier attempts.
"I just wanted to see what I could do really," Laws told Cyclingnews. "I didn't attack on the second climb and was a bit frustrated with myself that I hadn't, but I just wanted to make sure that I could get enough of a gap. I tried once on the last climb, and then went with Ljungskog when she attacked, in the hope that that would stay away - and that still didn't work.
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"Then, after there had been some attacks on the descent, Julian [Winn, GB Director] said to keep it up, so I thought I'd go and I must admit I didn't think it would stay away. Luckily there was a big Dutch girl! [Regina Bruins (Netherlands)] So we just worked together.
"I still wasn't convinced it was going to stay away. It was just when Vicki [Whitelaw] caught us up - I know Vicki from Australia - that she'd be keen on the win, and that she'd work."
For the second day in succession (after Ina Teutenberg (High Road) pulled an exhausted Charlotte Becker (Nürnberger Versicherung) to the line on stage five), a breakaway rider found herself too exhausted to contribute. "Then coming into the finish," said Laws, "the Dutch girl stopped working; I couldn't work out if she was going to come past us at the end or whether she was getting tired.
"It was a good day," she smiled. "I knew today had to be my day if I was going to do anything, because of the climbing. I've beaten her in the hills before," she said of old friend Whitelaw, "but not in a sprint finish. I must admit, I missed the one k marker, so it was a bit closer than I thought it was."
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Before Laws and Bruins - and later Whitelaw - had finally escaped the clutches of the fast moving peloton, the day had been marked by a series of attacks and counterattacks from the leaders in the overall classification. A succession of attacks from most of her rivals over the three first category climbs made this the hardest day so far for race leader Susanne Ljungskog (Menikini-Selle Italia), as she explained to Cyclingnews:
"There was a lot of attacks from Judith [Arndt (High Road)], and Trixie [Worrack (Nürnberger Versicherung)] and [Nicole] Cooke [Great Britain], and everybody, and so I can feel my legs now!" exclaimed the Swedish rider. "The first [climb] was pretty hard, but not that bad. I tried to attack in the last one, and I had a gap, because I think it's more easy to be alone than to take the attacks. But they catch me... But I try..."
Ljungskog will have to defend against attacks from these same riders for a further three stages, starting with tomorrow's rolling 108km in Castelnaudary to the west of the Aude capital Carcassonne.
How it unfolded
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Ninety eight riders from 18 teams took the start from Rennes les Bains under partly cloudy skies. Rain in the morning had made conditions far from ideal, but the weather had cleared up and riders could expect to stay mostly dry - save from a few showers - throughout the race. Amanda Spratt (Australia) and Emilie Blanquefort (France) didn't start the stage.
Almost immediately the climb began to the first category Col de Valmigère, the high pace caused a number of groups to be dropped from the back of the peloton, but all of the main contenders crossed the summit together.
On the descent many of those dropped managed to regain contact, but after a while a group of three riders broke clear: former world cyclo-cross champion Maryline Salvetat, Olympic champion Sara Carrigan (Lotto Belisol) and Erinne Willock (Webcor Builders). The three were not allowed to get very far though and were reeled in before the second climb by a combined chase from High Road and Nürnberger Versicherung.
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Just as the second climb - the first category Col de la Fage - began, an attack came from German champion Luise Keller (High Road) who has seemingly recovered from her crash on stage three. Keller's attack was quickly reeled in by the peloton and the entire Nürnberger Versicherung team began to wind up the pace for the benefit of team leaders Trixie Worrack and Claudia Hausler.
As the main group approached the summit the overall contenders attempted to put maillot jaune Susanne Ljungskog (Menikini-Selle Italia) into difficulty with a series of attacks, but all were reeled back by the Swedish former world champion.
Almost as soon as the descent was over, the ascent to the final climb of the day - the first category Col du Paradis - began. In order to pre-empt the attacks of others, Ljungskog put in an attack of her own. She was joined by a number of others, including Sharon Laws (Great Britain), but this was soon reeled in by the other favourites.
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On the steep descent that followed, Laws managed to escape with former Dutch time trial champion Regina Bruins with around 40km remaining. The two worked together to build a small lead over the rest of the bunch.
With around 15km to go, with Laws' and Bruins' lead at around 40 seconds, Vicki Whitelaw (Australia) escaped the bunch during a brief slowing of pace. Over the next five kilometres she managed to steadily reel in the leading pair and joined them with around 10km to go. Together - with the fresher legs of Whitelaw - the three increased their lead to over a minute, with the main contenders behind seemingly willing to let them go.
With six kilometres remaining former world champion Edita Pucinskaite (Nürnberger Versicherung) attacked the main field in a late attempt to bridge to the three leaders. Ultimately Pucinskaite's effort was too late, however, and the three escapees entered the uphill 500 metre finishing straight together with a healthy lead over the Lithuanian.
As the sprint began, Bruins faded quickly and it was a head-to-head contest between Laws and Whitelaw - a repeat of many past encounters. Ultimately, Laws was no match for the slightly fresher Whitelaw, and the Australian took the victory a few lengths clear of the Briton. Bruins followed in third place six seconds back.
After a gap of 36 seconds, Pucinskaite crossed the line to take fourth on the stage. She was followed by the main field seven seconds later as Tina Liebig took fifth place.
Photography
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- Chrissie Ruitter (USA National Team) rides to the start.
- Susanne Ljungskog (Menikini Selle Italia) is interviewed for regional TV.
- Judith Arndt (High Road) signs on as mountains leader.
- Sara Carrigan (Lotto Belisol) stretches as she waits for the start.
- The bunch on the first climb of the day, the Col de Valmigere, with its striking red soil.
- Sigrid Corneo (Menikini Selle Italia) in the bunch.
- The Equipe Nurnberger team leading the bunch on the Col de la Fage. Nicole Cooke (Great Britain National Team) and Susanne Ljungskog (Menikini) follow.
- Suzanne De Goede (Equipe Nurnberger) on the front of the team train.
- The jersey wearers (l-r): Monica Holler (Bigla) and Angela Brodtka (DSB Bank).
- Marina Duvnjak (Team Swift)
- Vicki Whitelaw (Australian National Team) sprints to the finish ahead of Sharon Laws (Great Britain National Team) and Regina Bruins (Dutch National Team).
- A weary victory wave from Whitelaw.
- Carla Ryan (Australian National Team) is having a strong tour too. She finished just ahead of the main bunch today.
- Stage 5 winner Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (High Road) finishes with team-mate Luise Keller and Zoulfia Zabirova (Bigla).
- Vicki Whitelaw (Australian National Team) wearing the stage winner's jersey.
- Monica Holler (Bigla) is still in the sprinter's jersey.
- Judith Arndt (High Road) kept the mountains jersey.
- Claudia Hausler (Equipe Nurnberger) wears the young rider's competition jersey.
- Race leader Susanne Ljungskog (Menikini Selle Italia) could be unbeatable now the major climbs are over in 2008.
Results
1 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 3.10.16 (36.89 km/h) 2 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 3 Regina Bruins (Ned) Dutch National Team 0.06 4 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.36 5 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team DSB Bank 0.43 6 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 0.45 7 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0.47 8 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 9 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 10 Noemie Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 11 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu 12 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Dutch National Team 13 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 14 Emma Johansson (Swe) AA-Drink Cycling Team 15 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 16 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 17 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 18 Linda Villumsen (Ger) Team High Road Women 19 Sophie Goor (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 20 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 21 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 22 Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team 23 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs 24 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 25 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 26 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 27 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Team DSB Bank 2.29 28 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 9.08 29 Lorain Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 9.11 30 Luise Keller (Ger) Team High Road Women 31 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team High Road Women 32 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 33 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) AA-Drink Cycling Team 12.09 34 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 13.29 35 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 17.50 36 Christelle Ferrer-Bruneau (Fra) French National Team 37 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 38 Latoya Brulee (Ger) AA-Drink Cycling Team 23.05 39 Agne Bagdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 40 Corinna Thumm (Ger) German National Team 41 Jessica Allen (GBr) Great Britain National Team 42 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 43 Bianca Knopfle (Ger) German National Team 44 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Fenixs 45 Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) Team DSB Bank 46 Catherine Hare (GBr) Great Britain National Team 47 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Swift Racing 48 Helen Wyman (GBr) Swift Racing 49 Vera Koedooder (Ned) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 50 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Selle Italia 51 Katie Mactier (Aus) Australian National Team 52 Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 53 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 54 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 55 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 56 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 57 Leda Cox (GBr) Great Britain National Team 58 Katherine Carroll (USA) USA National Team 59 Amy Dombroski (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 60 Emma Pooley (GBr) Great Britain National Team 61 Debby Van Den Berg (Ned) Swift Racing 62 Anke Wichmann (USA) Team High Road Women 63 Romy Kasper (Ger) German National Team 64 Alison Powers (USA) USA National Team 65 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Menikini - Selle Italia 66 Marlen Johrend (Ger) German National Team 67 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) German National Team 68 Laure Werner (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 69 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss RDZ Ormu 70 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 71 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 72 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 73 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia 74 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Dutch National Team 75 Amber Rais (USA) USA National Team 76 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 77 Martine Bras (Ned) Dutch National Team 78 Nathalie Bates (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia 79 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Team High Road Women 80 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team DSB Bank 81 Adrie Visser (Ned) Team DSB Bank 82 Marlijn Binnendijk (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 83 Magali Le Floch (Fra) French National Team 84 Thomas Béatrice (Fra) French National Team 85 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 86 Christina Ruitter (USA) USA National Team 87 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 88 Emma Davies-Jones (GBr) Swift Racing 33.55 89 Gina Grain (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 90 Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 91 Gabriella Day (GBr) Swift Racing 92 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 93 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 94 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) Swift Racing 37.23 95 Olga Slyvisareva (Rus) Menikini - Selle Italia 96 Nadezda Vlasova (Rus) Fenixs DNF Virginia Hennig (Ger) German National Team DNF Alexandra Wrubleski (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team DNS Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team DNS Emilie Blanquefort (Fra) French National Team Sprints Sprint 1 - Km34 - Couiza 1 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 5 pts 2 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 3 3 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 2 4 Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team 1 Sprint 2 - Km42 - Rennes les Bains 1 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 3 3 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 2 4 Linda Villumsen (Ger) Team High Road Women 1 Sprint 3 - Km102 - Quillan 1 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 5 pts 2 Regina Bruins (Ned) Dutch National Team 3 3 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 2 4 Emma Johansson (Swe) AA-Drink Cycling Team 1 Mountains Mountains 1 - Km14,5 - Col de Valmigère 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 8 pts 2 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 5 3 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 3 4 Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team 2 5 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 1 Mountains 2 - Km54 - Col de la Fage 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 8 pts 2 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 5 3 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 3 4 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 2 5 Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team 1 Mountains 3 - Km74,5 - Col du Paradis 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 8 pts 2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 5 3 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 3 4 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 2 5 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain National Team 1 Teams 1 Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung 9.32.58 2 Australian National Team 7.46 3 Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 8.32 4 Team High Road Women 8.35 5 AA-Drink Cycling Team 11.33 6 British National Team 21.42 7 Pays-Bas 21.48 8 Gauss RDZ Ormu 22.29 9 Webcor Builders Cycling 10 Team DSB Bank 24.07 11 Bigla Cycling Team 30.53 12 French National Team 39.32 13 Lithuanian National Team 44.47 14 Menikini-Selle Italia 15 US National Team 16 Fenixs 59.05 17 German National Team 1.07.05 18 Swift Racing General classification after stage 6 1 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 15.50.51 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 3.39 3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3.55 4 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 4.03 5 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain National Team 4.21 6 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 4.34 7 Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team 4.59 8 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 5.46 9 Linda Villumsen (Ger) Team High Road Women 5.58 10 Regina Bruins (Ned) Dutch National Team 6.07 11 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Dutch National Team 6.17 12 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 6.22 13 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 6.31 14 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 6.32 15 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 6.33 16 Emma Johansson (Swe) AA-Drink Cycling Team 6.43 17 Noemie Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 7.42 18 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team DSB Bank 8.04 19 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu 8.13 20 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 8.16 21 Sophie Goor (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 8.17 22 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 8.20 23 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 9.49 24 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 15.04 25 Lorain Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 16.41 26 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Team DSB Bank 17.38 27 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 20.11 28 Luise Keller (Ger) Team High Road Women 21.06 29 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 24.52 30 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 26.12 31 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 26.27 32 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs 27.33 33 Bianca Knopfle (Ger) German National Team 31.14 34 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Fenixs 32.41 35 Alison Powers (USA) USA National Team 34.54 36 Christelle Ferrer-Bruneau (Fra) French National Team 36.36 37 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) AA-Drink Cycling Team 36.50 38 Jessica Allen (GBr) Great Britain National Team 37.51 39 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 38.30 40 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 40.21 41 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 41.58 42 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Selle Italia 42.10 43 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) German National Team 42.19 44 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team High Road Women 43.52 45 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 44.05 46 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 44.18 47 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 45.14 48 Amber Rais (USA) USA National Team 45.17 49 Adrie Visser (Ned) Team DSB Bank 45.18 50 Magali Le Floch (Fra) French National Team 45.38 51 Laure Werner (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 45.51 52 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 45.58 53 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 46.09 54 Helen Wyman (GBr) Swift Racing 46.45 55 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 47.42 56 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 49.29 57 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 51.31 58 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Menikini - Selle Italia 51.42 59 Emma Pooley (GBr) Great Britain National Team 51.54 60 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss RDZ Ormu 53.05 61 Nathalie Bates (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia 54.57 62 Thomas Béatrice (Fra) French National Team 58.43 63 Christina Ruitter (USA) USA National Team 59.42 64 Corinna Thumm (Ger) German National Team 1.00.15 65 Romy Kasper (Ger) German National Team 1.00.38 66 Leda Cox (GBr) Great Britain National Team 1.01.12 67 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Team High Road Women 1.01.39 68 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team DSB Bank 1.02.51 69 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 1.02.53 70 Martine Bras (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.03.49 71 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Swift Racing 1.04.14 72 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.05.52 73 Katherine Carroll (USA) USA National Team 1.13.58 74 Latoya Brulee (Ger) AA-Drink Cycling Team 1.14.31 75 Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 1.18.23 76 Vera Koedooder (Ned) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 1.18.45 77 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.19.04 78 Catherine Hare (GBr) Great Britain National Team 1.19.48 79 Marlen Johrend (Ger) German National Team 1.21.26 80 Anke Wichmann (USA) Team High Road Women 1.21.39 81 Katie Mactier (Aus) Australian National Team 1.23.53 82 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia 1.24.18 83 Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) Team DSB Bank 1.24.22 84 Marlijn Binnendijk (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 1.26.38 85 Agne Bagdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1.31.04 86 Debby Van Den Berg (Ned) Swift Racing 1.32.52 87 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 1.33.17 88 Emma Davies-Jones (GBr) Swift Racing 1.36.14 89 Amy Dombroski (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 1.38.47 90 Gina Grain (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 1.40.14 91 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1.44.26 92 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) Swift Racing 1.53.05 93 Olga Slyvisareva (Rus) Menikini - Selle Italia 1.54.56 94 Gabriella Day (GBr) Swift Racing 1.57.43 95 Nadezda Vlasova (Rus) Fenixs 1.59.04 96 Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 2.00.41 Points classification 1 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 80 pts 2 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain National Team 67 3 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 61 4 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team DSB Bank 60 5 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 59 6 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 52 7 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team High Road Women 51 8 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu 47 9 Alison Powers (USA) USA National Team 41 10 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 40 11 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 39 12 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 39 13 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 39 14 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 35 15 Emma Johansson (Swe) AA-Drink Cycling Team 34 16 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 33 17 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 31 18 Katie Mactier (Aus) Australian National Team 30 19 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 27 20 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 27 21 Martine Bras (Ned) Dutch National Team 27 22 Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team 26 23 Magali Le Floch (Fra) French National Team 26 24 Gina Grain (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 26 25 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 24 26 Regina Bruins (Ned) Dutch National Team 23 27 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) German National Team 23 28 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Dutch National Team 22 29 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 21 30 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 21 31 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 20 32 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 18 33 Luise Keller (Ger) Team High Road Women 18 34 Laure Werner (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 17 35 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team DSB Bank 16 36 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Team DSB Bank 15 37 Lorain Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 13 38 Linda Villumsen (Ger) Team High Road Women 11 39 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 11 40 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 9 41 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Team High Road Women 8 42 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 7 43 Noemie Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 6 44 Catherine Hare (GBr) Great Britain National Team 6 45 Sophie Goor (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 4 46 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 3 47 Corinna Thumm (Ger) German National Team 1 48 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 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 8 5 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 7 6 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 7 7 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Menikini - Selle Italia 7 8 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 6 9 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team DSB Bank 5 10 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 5 11 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 4 12 Regina Bruins (Ned) Dutch National Team 3 13 Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 3 14 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 2 15 Adrie Visser (Ned) Team DSB Bank 2 16 Helen Wyman (GBr) Swift Racing 2 17 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1 18 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1 19 Linda Villumsen (Ger) Team High Road Women 1 20 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 1 21 Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team 1 22 Emma Johansson (Swe) AA-Drink Cycling Team 1 23 Laure Werner (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 64 pts 2 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 50 3 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 16 4 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 14 5 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 11 6 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 11 7 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 10 8 Emma Pooley (GBr) Great Britain National Team 5 9 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain National Team 3 10 Emma Johansson (Swe) AA-Drink Cycling Team 3 11 Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team 3 12 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team High Road Women 3 13 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 2 14 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 1 15 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 1 Best young rider classification 1 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 15.55.25 2 Linda Villumsen (Ger) Team High Road Women 1.24 3 Regina Bruins (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.33 4 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 1.48 5 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 3.46 6 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 15.37 7 Bianca Knopfle (Ger) German National Team 26.40 8 Jessica Allen (GBr) Great Britain National Team 33.17 9 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 43.08 10 Corinna Thumm (Ger) German National Team 55.41 11 Romy Kasper (Ger) German National Team 56.04 12 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Team High Road Women 57.05 13 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 58.19 14 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.01.18 15 Latoya Brulee (Ger) AA-Drink Cycling Team 1.09.57 16 Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 1.13.49 17 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.14.30 18 Marlen Johrend (Ger) German National Team 1.16.52 19 Marlijn Binnendijk (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 1.22.04 20 Agne Bagdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1.26.30 21 Amy Dombroski (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 1.34.13 22 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1.39.52 23 Gabriella Day (GBr) Swift Racing 1.53.09 24 Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 1.56.07 Team classification 1 Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung 47.47.28 2 Australian National Team 15.02 3 Team High Road Women 15.27 4 Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 21.23 5 British National Team 31.32 6 Webcor Builders Cycling 32.42 7 AA-Drink Cycling Team 36.23 8 Pays-Bas 41.21 9 Team DSB Bank 57.22 10 Gauss RDZ Ormu 57.56 11 Bigla Cycling Team 1.06.19 12 US National Team 1.10.45 13 Menikini-Selle Italia 1.14.14 14 French National Team 1.15.26 15 Lithuanian National Team 1.20.59 16 German National Team 2.04.20 17 Fenixs 2.48.11 18 Swift Racing 3.03.15
