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25th Tour de l'Aude - 2.2 WE
France, May 15-24, 2009
Photography
Stage 9 - May 24: Limoux – Limoux , 87.5km
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- Claudia Hausler (Cervelo Test Team) is the winner of the 2009 Tour de l'Aude.
- Cervelo Test Team lead Claudia Hausler to her overall victory.
- Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Columbia-Highroad Women) wins stage nine.
- Claudia Hausler (Cervelo Test Team) winner of the 2009 Tour de l'Aude.
- Cervelo Test Team's Claudia Hausler, the Tour de l'Aude winner, and her team-mates.
Stage 8 - May 23: Axat - Espezel, 101km
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- Amber Neben (Equipe Nurnberger) leads team-mate Trixi Worrack who is second on GC. Also in the group, protecting her overall lead is Claudia Hausler (Cervelo Test Team).
- Marianne Vos (DSB Bank). She was coasting in the breakaway group, ready to go with the four-rider attack
- Emma Pooley (Cervelo Test Team) sets the pace for Claudia Hausler in the race leader's jersey
- The group of four with 20km to go. Svetlana Bubnenkova, Grace Verbeke, Marianne Vos. Nicole Cooke obscured.
- Claudia Hausler (Cervelo Test Team) starts the final stage with a two-minute gap ahead of Trixi Worrack (Equipe Nurnberger)
Stage 7 - May 22: Saint-Hilaire - Montreal d'Aude, 102.5km
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- Linda Villumsen, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Team Columbia Women) and Claudia Hausler (Cervelo Test Team) keep an eye on each other.
- Susanne Ljungskog (Team Flexpoint) had a solo break which lasted 20km.
- Claudia Hausler (Cervelo Test Team) on the first time up the hill to Montreal.
- Trixi Worrack (Equipe Nurnberger) leads Marianne Vos (DSB Bank) and Claudia Hausler (Cervelo Test Team).
- Marianne Vos (DSB Bank) wins alone. after a big effort.
- Claudia Hausler (Cervelo Test Team) hung on to finish second, nine seconds down.
Stage 6 - May 21: Osseja - Osseja, 92km
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- Cervelo Test Team had Emma Pooley in the mountains jersey and Regina Bruins in the overall lead on stage six.
- Claudia Hausler (Cervelo Test Team) on goes to the front of the break with Trixi Worrack and Kristin Armstrong.
- Regina Bruins (Cervelo Test Team) relinquished the leader's jersey to her team-mate, Claudia Hausler on stage six.
- Cervelo Test Team's Emma Pooley and Regina Bruins lead the chasers on the way back to Osseja.
- Trixi Worrack (Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung) enjoys her win ahead of Claudia Hausler and Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo Test Team).
- Claudia Hausler (Cervelo Test Team) is the new race leader.
Stage 5 - May 20: Amelie les Bains - Amelie les Bains, 104km
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- Emma Pooley (Cervelo Test Team) was busy at the front of the chases on the climbs throughout the stage.
- Regina Bruins (Cervelo Test Team) retained her yellow jersey on the first big climbing day.
- Ina Teutenberg (Team Columbia Women) spent a long time hauling the break along and up the climb.
- Ina Teutenberg (Team Columbia Women) did plenty of work hauling the break along and up the climb.
- Regina Bruins (Cervelo Test Team) kept the leader's jersey after Stage five.
- Armstrong, Pooley and Bruins... theCervelo Test Team together on the podium.
Stage 4 - May 19: Castelnaudary – Castelnaudary , 109km
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- Equipe Nurnberger keep race leader, Amber Neben, out of trouble at the front of the race.
- Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Team Columbia - Highroad) on her own during a solo break.
- Equipe Nurnberger still keeping the pace high as they chase Ina-Yoko Teutenberg to protect the race lead of Amber Neben.
- Marianne Vos (DSB Bank) has the better of Nicole Cooke (Vision 1 Racing) at Castelnaudary.
- Regina Bruins (Cervelo Test Team) took over the race lead after stage four.
- Regina Bruins (Cervelo Test Team) in the leader's yellow jersey.
Stage 3 - May 18: Lezignan Corbières – Lezignan Corbières , 116km
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- Cervelo TestTeam are at the front to protect the break by Pooley, whilst Amber Neben (Equipe Nurnberger) and Team Columbia move to the front to chase.
- Emma Pooley (Cervelo TestTeam) rode strongly breaking away on the climb and staying away for 45 kilometres.
- Madeline Sandig and Eva Lutz (Equipe Nurnberger) at the front of the chase of Emma Pooley
- Race leader, Amber Neben (Equipe Nurnberger) was towards the front whilst Pooley was away, with her team who were driving the chase.
- Ina- Yoko Teutenberg wins the stage into Lezignan Corbieres to take her 17th Aude career win and her second in 2009.
- Whitelaw (Vision 1 Racing), Schmidt (Team Flexpoint), Belvederesi (Gauss RDZ), Teutenberg (Team Columbia Women), Pooley (Cervelo Test Team). Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, was awarded the leader's jersey, although Amber Neben (Equipe Nurnberger) actually retained the race lead.
Stage 2 - May 17: Port La Nouvelle – Port La Nouvelle (TTT), 27 km
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- DSB Bank with Marianne Vos at the front.
- Equipe Nurnberger led by Bianca Puratch.
- Cervelo Test Team change over from Kristin Amrstrong to Claudia Hausler.
- Trine Schmidt (Team Flexpoint) took over the young rider competition from Marianne Vos.
- Team Columbia Women 4km from the finish with Teutenberg leading.
- Equipe Nurnberger - the winning team (l-r): Sandig, Neben, Worrack, Puratch, Charlotte Becker, Lutz
Stage 1 - May 16: Rieux Minervois – Rieux Minervois , 116.5km
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- Vikki Whitelaw (Vision 1 Racing) made a long, brave solo break on stage one.
- Vikki Whitelaw (Vision 1 Racing) continued to ride alone on the climb.
- Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Team Columbia-Highroad Women) follows Swedish champion and team-mate Emilia Fahlin.
- Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Team Columbia-Highroad Women) wins her 16th career stage in l'Aude, the most stage wins by one rider. Her win was enough to also take the race lead.
- Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Team Columbia-Highroad Women) is the new race leader in the 25th Tour de l'Aude.
Prologue - May 15: Gruissan – Gruissan (ITT), 3.9km
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- Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Team Columbia-Highroad Women) heads off on the short time trial, she finished fifth.
- Regina Bruins (Cervelo Test Team) was just half a second behind Linda Villumsen to take second place.
- Noemi Cantele (Bigla Cycling Team) was third, just one second behind Linda Villumsen.
- Linda Villumsen (Team Columbia-Highroad Women) is the Danish time trial champion. She used her skills today to take victory in the prologue.
- Olympic time trial champion Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo Test Team) finished fourth fastest on the short 3.9km test.
- Linda Villumsen (Team Columbia-Highroad Women) wears the first leader's jersey of the 25th anniversary Tour de l'Aude.
