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24th Tour de l'Aude - 2.2
France, May 16-25, 2008
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Stage 9 - May 25: Limoux – Limoux, 71 km
Arndt rains supreme in wet finale
German wins disputed sprint; Ljungskog confirmed as race winner
By Ben Atkins in Limoux
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High Road team leader Judith Arndt took her team's third victory of this year's Tour de l'Aude by outsprinting her three breakaway companions in a rainy final stage at Limoux. The German former World champion proved the fastest from an echapee royale made up of the race's four favourites: race leader Susanne Ljungskog (Menikini-Selle Italia), Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) and Trixie Worrack (Nürnberger Versicherung).
Cooke officially contested the result with the race's commissaires, claiming that Arndt had moved off her line, but the head of the race jury – who had been right behind the incident – ruled that Arndt had kept to a straight line and it was the narrowing finishing straight that made Arndt get closer to the barriers.
The four had escaped on the main obstacle of the day, the first category Côte de Villardebelle – halfway through the stage – as Worrack attacked. The Nürnberger Versicherung leader was still angry at having lost her third place to Irene Van Den Broek (AA Drink) on the stage at Castelnaudary and this attack was intended to take back at least the six seconds that she needed. She was quickly followed by the other three – but crucially not Van Den Broek – and continued to apply the pressure right to the finish.
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The next group of eleven riders arrived at the finish line 59 seconds later, led by DSB Bank sprinter Angela Brodtka. In this group was Van Den Broek, who saw her third place slip away as both Worrack and Cooke overtook her.
"I think I'm having a good season so far," said Arndt to Cyclingnews, "but if you don't do good at the Olympics, the whole season was s**t, so I hope I do a good race there – if I get nominated.
"Hey, but I'm not too happy about today," she continued, "because it doesn't feel to good to win like this, when somebody does protest and everything. Then I'd rather I don't win."
Rather than work to keep the breakaway away – which would have done her no good as all of her adversaries were in the group with her – Arndt acted in the interests of High Road team-mate Ina Teutenberg, the holder of the green points jersey. She decided not to work in the hope that they might be pulled back in so that Teutenberg cold win the stage and keep the jersey.
This tactic was unsuccessful though and despite Arndt victory Ljungskog's second place and Brodtka's fifth were enough for both riders to overtake Teutenberg in the points classification. The German – who was third behind the High Road super-sprinter yesterday – took the jersey. "We tried to defend the green jersey today," she explained, "that's why I didn't work in the breakaway – because it wasn't good for us – but I think we were not strong enough to defend the green jersey."
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"It was good because it was raining and I like this a lot," a delighted Trixie Worrack told Cyclingnews. "I think I have [taken third place from Irene Van Den Broek], because it was only about six or eight seconds." In fact, the 59 second gap that the foursome pulled out over the riders behind was more than enough to get the former German champion back onto the podium she'd been pushed off the day before, and also for Cooke to move up to fourth.
"A little bit [disappointed] of course," Irene Van Den Broek said, "for me it was really good – third place – it was unbelievable, but fifth place: I'm satisfied with this. They were better, I went after Trixie the whole time, but she was just stronger, so I have to be satisfied with this.
"They are the best – those four – so they deserve the best four places!" she laughed.
Once the attack containing the favourites had gone thought, the young Dutchwoman never lost hope that they might et be pulled back due to the differing interests of the four riders. "I hoped that Arndt and Ljungskog didn't really want to ride with Cooke and Worrack" she explained, "and we were chasing behind them but it was not enough."
For Claudia Hausler – Worrack's Nürnberger Versicherung team-mate – victory in the pink young rider's competition was sweet, but also whetted the young German's appetite for more victory. "It's always nice to win something," she smiled, "so I'm happy about this. It's the last year I can win this, and the next time I want to win something I think."
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For Hausler, and the Nürnberger Versicherung team, more important was the success in Worrack regaining that third place that she so unexpectedly lost two days ago. "We are really happy about this," she enthused, "because we were sad two days before because we didn't really realise that she's losing her place so we are really happy to get this back!"
The next big stage race for Hausler is the Giro d'Italia in early July, but personal glory may well be put to one side in favour of the team. "We will see," she explained, "we have to defend the victory from Edita, so this is very important for us."
Race winner Susanne Ljungskog can finally relax as she now keeps the jersey she has held since stage four's finish in Osseja, almost a week ago. "Feels very good, I'm happy and I feel a little bit tired now!" she smiled.
With a virtually unassailable led going in to the final stage, Ljungskog had just one last attack to deal with from her main adversaries. "On the second climb, Trixie [Worrack] attacked and Judith [Arndt] was on her wheel," she explained, "and I was after. In the last 800 metres I knew it was really steep so I thought it was better that I make an attack because it's going down and I know Trixie is really good when it's raining, so it's better to have a gap there. I make an attack and I had [Nicole] Cooke on my wheel and we went together in the downhill but then Trixie and Judith came back – and then Trixie went because she wanted third place overall."
With nothing to gain for either Arndt or Ljungskog – they already held the first two places in the overall – neither rider contributed much to the pace of the breakaway. "We just sat on Trixie's wheel and had a nice time, enjoying," she added with a laugh.
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Having recently moved from the Flexpoint team to Menikini-Selle Italia, Ljungskog has had to get used to a new group of riders. She paid tribute to their efforts in helping her to secure her second successive Tour de l'Aude victory. "I think my team was doing a really, really good job," she said, "so I didn't have to do so much on my own. Of course it always takes a lot of energy to have the jersey, but I'm always thankful for my team." She later contacted Cyclingnews to specifically single out Australian Commonwealth champion Nathalie Bates as the rider who did the best job for her these last ten days.
With Ljungskog's main goals this season coming later, an emphatic victory such as this may be seen as peaking a bit too early. For Ljungskog though, the result comes simply as a morale boost on the long road towards those objectives. "I don't think I'm too good," she said, "because now I'm going home to take it easy for some days, and I will not be too happy about this because I knew that this was just a big bonus.
"I want to be the winner the Giro and I want to make a good Olympics, and for sure I want to be World champion again. That's my really big goal. This victory is very nice, but I have to be focused on the rest of the season."
How it unfolded
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Eighty-six riders from 18 teams took the start on the town of Limoux, to the South of Carcasonne. The rain that had been threatening for the past few days finally came to the Tour de l'Aude and after a wet morning, the stage began under heavy skies.
Sadly the race was to start without prologue winner Katie Mactier (Australia) who had abandoned yesterday's stage along with Charlotte Becker (Nürnberger Versicherung) and Magali le Floch (France). Not starting this morning was Susanne Ljungskog's Menikini-Selle Italia team-mate Sigrid Corneo.
The first 19km contained two sprints, the first was taken by current red jersey holder Monica Holler (Bigla) and the second by Elodie Touffet (Gauss RDZ Ormu) the only rider capable of denying Holler the title.
The second sprint served as a springboard for yet another attack from yesterday's second place Sara Carrigan (Lotto Belisol). She escaped the peloton alone and crossed the top of the second category Col du Pas de la Crousette alone.
After a false flat, the climb to the first category Côte de Villardebelle Trixi Worrack (Nürnberger Versicherung) attacked the peloton and was quickly followed by Nicole Cooke (Great Britain), Judith Arndt (High Road) and race leader Susanne Ljungskog (Menikini-Selle Italia).
On the descent back towards the start/finish town of Limoux, the four worked together – with by far the lion's share being done by Worrack – and they quickly opened a gap on the rest of the field.
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Crucially, current third placed Irene Van Den Broek (AA Drink) had missed the split and her slender six second lead over Worrack looked very precarious as the four pulled away.
On the flat run in to the finish the gap from the four leaders was over a minute and it was clear that the stage winner would come from this group. As they entered the finishing straight Arndt led out her sprint close to the right side of the road and Cooke tried to come around her on the right side.
In the final metres Cooke sat up and shouted at Arndt, feeling that the German had moved off her line towards the barriers on the right. This slowing allowed Ljungskog to come past on the line to take second behind the High Road rider. Worrack, exhausted from doing most of the work, finished fourth.
The next group arrived at the line 59 seconds later with the sprint for fifth taken by Angela Brodtka (DSB Bank). The group also contained Van Den Broek who had now lost her third place to Worrack, and also been overtaken by Cooke in the overall classification. Brodtka's fifth place and Ljungskog's second gave them the points they needed to overtake Ina Teutenberg (High Road) in the points classification, with the DSB Bank rider taking the jersey.
Also finishing in the second group was Claudia Hausler (Nürnberger Versicherung) who wins the pink jersey for young riders; Holler successfully held off Touffet to take the red sprints jersey; Arndt had already secured the mountains title and by finishing alongside her nearest rivals Ljungskog secures her second successive Tour de l'Aude yellow.
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- The race is provided rolling closed roads by the Gendarmerie. They are recruited from the region each year, some return regularly when duty permits
- Sara Carrigan (Lotto Belisol) on the way to the start.
- Canadian Road Champion Gina Grain (Webcor) was happy that it was the final stage.
- Judith Arndt (High Road) had the mountains jersey sewn up before the start of the final stage.
- Monica Holler (Bigla) lines up in the red sprints jersey.
- Susanne Ljungskog (Menikini - Selle Italia) waiting to start the final stage, aware that it would be fast and there would be a lot of action.
- Webcor's Christine Thorburn gets a last-minute rub on the start line.
- Claudia Hausler (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung) was pensive before the final stage.
- The Deputy Mayor of Limoux started the race.
- Sara Carrigan (Lotto Belisol) went on another solo attack on the final stage.
- The bunch rides up the first climb of the day.
- Judith Arndt (High Road) rolls across the line as stage winner, Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) disputes the line taken by Arndt 50 metres earlier.
- Susanne Ljungskog (Menikini-Selle Italia) wins the Tour de l'Aude with a second place on the stage.
- Angela Brodtka (DSB Bank) won the points jersey by winning the bunch sprint for fifth place behind the leaders.
- The final podium at Limoux: Angela Brodtka (Team DSB Bank), Monica Holler (Bigla Cycling Team), Claudia Hausler (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung), Susanne Ljungskog (Menikini - Selle Italia) and Judith Arndt (Team High Road Women).
- Angela Brodtka (DSB Bank) took the points jersey.
- Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) was awarded the stage winner's jersey despite finishing third as the first two wore other jerseys…ironic considering her appeal.
- Monica Holler (Bigla) was the sprint champion of Tour de l'Aude. She held the jersey from the first stage.
- Claudia Hausler (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung) was the best young rider in 2008.
- Susanne Ljungskog (Menikini - Selle Italia) successfully defended her 2007 title. She is seen here with the Vice President of the Aude Region's Sports Commission.
- Judith Arndt (High Road) won the stage and took the mountains jersey.
Results
1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 1.54.56 (37.06 km/h) 2 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 3 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain National Team 4 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 5 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team DSB Bank 0.59 6 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 7 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 8 Linda Villumsen (Ger) Team High Road Women 9 Emma Johansson (Swe) AA-Drink Cycling Team 10 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 11 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 12 Mirjam Melcherg (Ned) Dutch National Team 13 Regina Bruins (Ned) Dutch National Team 14 Noemie Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 15 Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team 16 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team DSB Bank 1.18 17 Alison Powers (USA) USA National Team 3.35 18 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3.41 19 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 20 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 21 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Fenixs 22 Jessica Allen (GBr) Great Britain National Team 23 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu 24 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 25 Amber Rais (USA) USA National Team 26 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 27 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 28 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 29 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 30 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 31 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team High Road Women 32 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 33 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 34 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 4.24 35 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 36 Laure Werner (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 37 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 38 Martine Bras (Ned) Dutch National Team 39 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss RDZ Ormu 40 Catherine Hare (GBr) Great Britain National Team 41 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 42 Corinna Thumm (Ger) German National Team 43 Bianca Knopfle (Ger) German National Team 44 Romy Kasper (Ger) German National Team 45 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) German National Team 46 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Team DSB Bank 47 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Selle Italia 48 Christina Ruitter (USA) USA National Team 49 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 8.35 50 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 51 Latoya Brulee (Ger) AA-Drink Cycling Team 52 Sophie Goor (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 53 Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) Team DSB Bank 9.06 54 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 55 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) AA-Drink Cycling Team 56 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 57 Leda Cox (GBr) Great Britain National Team 58 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 59 Christelle Ferrer-Bruneau (Fra) French National Team 60 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 61 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Team High Road Women 62 Luise Keller (Ger) Team High Road Women 63 Adrie Visser (Ned) Team DSB Bank 64 Agne Bagdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 10.57 65 Vera Koedooder (Ned) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 14.25 66 Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 67 Debby Van Den Berg (Ned) Swift Racing 68 Emma Davies-Jones (GBr) Swift Racing 69 Helen Wyman (GBr) Swift Racing 70 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Dutch National Team 71 Katherine Carroll (USA) USA National Team 72 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 73 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia 74 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Swift Racing 75 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs 76 Gina Grain (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 77 Thomas Béatrice (Fra) French National Team 78 Nathalie Bates (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia 79 Anke Wichmann (USA) Team High Road Women 80 Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 81 Marlen Johrend (Ger) German National Team 82 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 20.31 83 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 84 Marlijn Binnendijk (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team DNS Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Menikini - Selle Italia DNF Amy Dombroski (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team DNF Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam Sprints Sprint 1 - Pomas, 9km 1 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss RDZ Ormu 3 3 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 2 4 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1 Sprint 2- Villebazy, 19km 1 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss RDZ Ormu 5 pts 2 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs 3 3 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 2 4 Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team 1 Sprint 3 - Saint Hilaire, Rte de Ladern, 55km 1 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain National Team 5 pts 2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3 3 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 2 4 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 1 Mountains Mountain 1 - Col du Pas de la Crousette, 23.5km 1 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 5 pts 2 Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team 3 3 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 2 4 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 1 Mountain 2 - Côte de Villardebelle, 32.5km 1 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 8 pts 2 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain National Team 5 3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3 4 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 2 5 Mirjam Melcherg (Ned) Dutch National Team 1 Team 1 Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung 5.49.28 2 Great Britain National Team 3 Team High Road Women 4 AA-Drink Cycling Team 1.42 5 Netherlands National Team 6 Team DSB Bank 2.01 7 US National Team 3.35 8 Bigla Cycling Team 5.07 9 Gauss RDZ Ormu 6.23 10 German National Team 8.32 11 Lithuanian National Team 11.17 12 Menikini-Selle Italia 14.09 13 Webcor Builders Cycling 14.25 14 Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 17.25 15 French National Team 22.32 16 Swift Racing 38.35 HC Fenixs HC Australian National Team Final general classification 1 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 23.55.05 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 3.35 3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 4.02 4 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain National Team 4.23 5 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 4.57 6 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 5.11 7 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 5.42 8 Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team 6.07 9 Linda Villumsen (Ger) Team High Road Women 7.06 10 Regina Bruins (Ned) Dutch National Team 7.15 11 Mirjam Melcherg (Ned) Dutch National Team 7.24 12 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 7.39 13 Emma Johansson (Swe) AA-Drink Cycling Team 7.51 14 Noemie Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 8.50 15 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team DSB Bank 9.31 16 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 9.36 17 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 10.12 18 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 10.22 19 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 10.23 20 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu 12.03 21 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 13.39 22 Sophie Goor (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 17.01 23 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 18.54 24 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Team DSB Bank 22.11 25 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 24.01 26 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 30.34 27 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 34.00 28 Luise Keller (Ger) Team High Road Women 35.32 29 Bianca Knopfle (Ger) German National Team 35.47 30 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 35.56 31 Alison Powers (USA) USA National Team 38.38 32 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Fenixs 41.42 33 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 42.20 34 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team High Road Women 43.16 35 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 45.48 36 Jessica Allen (GBr) Great Britain National Team 46.52 37 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) German National Team 38 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs 47.18 39 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 49.59 40 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 50.42 41 Laure Werner (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 51.34 42 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Selle Italia 51.54 43 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 53.22 44 Amber Rais (USA) USA National Team 54.18 45 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 54.59 46 Christelle Ferrer-Bruneau (Fra) French National Team 55.30 47 Adrie Visser (Ned) Team DSB Bank 55.40 48 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) AA-Drink Cycling Team 55.44 49 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss RDZ Ormu 58.26 50 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 58.31 51 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 58.33 52 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 58.44 53 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team DSB Bank 1.03.55 54 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1.05.26 55 Helen Wyman (GBr) Swift Racing 1.06.30 56 Martine Bras (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.09.02 57 Christina Ruitter (USA) USA National Team 1.09.26 58 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 1.12.31 59 Corinna Thumm (Ger) German National Team 1.14.27 60 Nathalie Bates (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia 1.14.42 61 Romy Kasper (Ger) German National Team 1.14.50 62 Leda Cox (GBr) Great Britain National Team 1.15.38 63 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Team High Road Women 1.16.05 64 Thomas Béatrice (Fra) French National Team 1.18.28 65 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Swift Racing 1.23.59 66 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.28.03 67 Catherine Hare (GBr) Great Britain National Team 1.29.32 68 Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 1.38.08 69 Vera Koedooder (Ned) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 1.38.30 70 Latoya Brulee (Ger) AA-Drink Cycling Team 1.38.41 71 Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) Team DSB Bank 1.38.48 72 Anke Wichmann (USA) Team High Road Women 1.41.24 73 Katherine Carroll (USA) USA National Team 1.43.35 74 Marlen Johrend (Ger) German National Team 1.45.39 75 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.53.14 76 Marlijn Binnendijk (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 1.54.55 77 Agne Bagdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1.56.37 78 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 2.01.34 79 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia 2.01.51 80 Debby Van Den Berg (Ned) Swift Racing 2.02.52 81 Emma Davies-Jones (GBr) Swift Racing 2.12.30 82 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2.12.43 83 Gina Grain (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 2.22.13 84 Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 2.38.14 Points classification 1 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team DSB Bank 122 pts 2 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 114 3 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team High Road Women 109 4 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 107 5 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain National Team 97 6 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 90 7 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 81 8 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 79 9 Emma Johansson (Swe) AA-Drink Cycling Team 70 10 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu 64 11 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 60 12 Martine Bras (Ned) Dutch National Team 57 13 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 56 14 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 50 15 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 48 16 Alison Powers (USA) USA National Team 45 17 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 40 18 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 38 19 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Team DSB Bank 38 20 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) German National Team 36 21 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 35 22 Mirjam Melcherg (Ned) Dutch National Team 35 23 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 34 24 Katherine Carroll (USA) USA National Team 34 25 Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team 32 26 Regina Bruins (Ned) Dutch National Team 31 27 Laure Werner (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 29 28 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 29 29 Linda Villumsen (Ger) Team High Road Women 27 30 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 27 31 Gina Grain (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 26 32 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 25 33 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 24 34 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 24 35 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss RDZ Ormu 23 36 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team DSB Bank 21 37 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 21 38 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 21 39 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 20 40 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 20 41 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 19 42 Luise Keller (Ger) Team High Road Women 18 43 Adrie Visser (Ned) Team DSB Bank 16 44 Noemie Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 13 45 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Team High Road Women 8 46 Catherine Hare (GBr) Great Britain National Team 6 47 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Dutch National Team 6 48 Sophie Goor (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 4 49 Corinna Thumm (Ger) German National Team 1 Sprint classification 1 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 33 pts 2 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss RDZ Ormu 24 3 Agne Bagdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 11 4 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 11 5 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 8 6 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 8 7 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 7 8 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 7 9 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Menikini - Selle Italia 7 10 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 7 11 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 6 12 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team DSB Bank 5 13 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain National Team 5 14 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 4 15 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 4 16 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 4 17 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs 3 18 Regina Bruins (Ned) Dutch National Team 3 19 Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 3 20 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 3 21 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 3 22 Adrie Visser (Ned) Team DSB Bank 2 23 Mirjam Melcherg (Ned) Dutch National Team 2 24 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 2 25 Helen Wyman (GBr) Swift Racing 2 26 Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team 2 27 Laure Werner (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 1 28 Linda Villumsen (Ger) Team High Road Women 1 29 Emma Johansson (Swe) AA-Drink Cycling Team 1 30 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team High Road Women 1 31 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1 32 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1 Mountain classification 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 74 pts 2 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia 61 3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 17 4 Sharon Laws (GBr) Great Britain National Team 16 5 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 16 6 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 16 7 Adrie Visser (Ned) Team DSB Bank 13 8 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 11 9 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain National Team 9 10 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team High Road Women 8 11 Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team 6 12 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 6 13 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 5 14 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 5 15 Emma Johansson (Swe) AA-Drink Cycling Team 3 16 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 3 17 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 1 18 Mirjam Melcherg (Ned) Dutch National Team 1 19 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 1 Best young rider classification 1 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 24.00.47 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 4.30 5 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 18.19 6 Bianca Knopfle (Ger) German National Team 30.05 7 Jessica Allen (GBr) Great Britain National Team 41.10 8 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 47.40 9 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 1.06.49 10 Corinna Thumm (Ger) German National Team 1.08.45 11 Romy Kasper (Ger) German National Team 1.09.08 12 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Team High Road Women 1.10.23 13 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.22.21 14 Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 1.32.26 15 Latoya Brulee (Ger) AA-Drink Cycling Team 1.32.59 16 Marlen Johrend (Ger) German National Team 1.39.57 17 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.47.32 18 Marlijn Binnendijk (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 1.49.13 19 Agne Bagdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1.50.55 20 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2.07.01 21 Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 2.32.32 Team classification 1 Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung 72.01.01 2 Team High Road Women 15.27 3 AA-Drink Cycling Team 39.06 4 Great Britain National Team 40.59 5 Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 43.04 6 Netherlands National Team 48.03 7 Team DSB Bank 59.35 8 Gauss RDZ Ormu 1.04.15 9 Webcor Builders Cycling 1.04.23 10 Bigla Cycling Team 1.11.51 11 US National Team 1.19.20 12 Lithuanian National Team 1.41.43 13 Menikini-Selle Italia 1.43.01 14 French National Team 1.57.04 15 German National Team 2.26.47 16 Swift Racing 4.10.37 HC Fenixs HC Australian National Team
