May 18/10 17:31 pm - Tour de l'Aude: Stage 4
Posted by Editoress on 05/18/10
Results from the 4th stage in France, won by Mara Abbot (US National Team)
In a tough fourth stage of the Tour de l’Aude, Cervélo TestTeam’s Emma Pooley (GBR) finished second and now takes the lead in the GC, 2:34 ahead of Adrie Visser (NED) of HTC-Columbia. Today’s 97km stage, was won by Mara Abbott (USA-Osseja). In third position in today’s stage was Evelyn Stevens (USA- HTC- Columbia).
“It was a nice day today, we had sun, no wind and now as well the yellow jersey,” said Egon van Kessel, Spot Director, Cervélo TestTeam. “A six rider break away that included Pooley, and teammates Sharon Laws (GBR) and Regina Bruins (NED) tried to make a go of it in the mountains. Out of the breakaway, Mara Abbott and Emma Pooley took over the lead close to the finish with Mara claiming the victory as Emma took the leader’s jersey. The peloton with our other riders reached the finish about 3:20 later so there are still five of our riders in a good overall position. Our team is in a comfortable position for the upcoming stages.”
“I am very happy today. It is always great to be in the leader’s jersey of Tour de l’Aude,” said Emma Pooley. “So far I have a good gap over Adrie Visser (NED). We still have some races to go, and something can always happen but I am confident.”
More breakaways are expected in tomorrow’s 104.5km fifth stage, around Amélie les Bains.
Cervélo TestTeam press release
| Stage 4: Osseja to Osseja, 97 km | |
| 1 Mara Abbot (USA) US National Team | 2:41:30 |
| 2 Emma Pooley (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | at s.t. |
| 3 Evelyn Stevens (USA) HTC Columbia Women | 0:43 |
| 4 Emma Johansson (Swe) Redsun Cycling Team | 1:57 |
| 5 Sharon Laws (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | 3:05 |
| 6 Marianne Vos (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | 3:15 |
| 7 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam | 3:15 |
| 8 Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | 3:19 |
| 9 Carla Ryan (Aus) Cervelo TestTeam | 3:23 |
| 10 Katheryn Mattis (USA) US National Team | |
| 11 Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC Columbia Women | both s.t. |
| 12 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Michela Fanini Record Rox | 3:25 |
| 13 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Leontien.Nl | |
| 14 Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | |
| 15 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Noris Cycling | |
| 16 Linda Melanie Villumsen (NZl) HTC Columbia Women | |
| 17 Regina Bruins (Ned) Cervelo TestTeam | |
| 18 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | |
| 19 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Leontien.Nl | all s.t. |
| 20 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | 3:35 |
| 21 Liesbet De Vocht (Bel) Nederland Bloeit | s.t. |
| 22 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Team Valdarmo | 3:43 |
| 23 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Lotto Ladies Team | 3:47 |
| 24 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Redsun Cycling Team | 4:16 |
| 25 Anriette Schoeman (RSA) Lotto Ladies Team | 5:13 |
| 26 Amanda Miller (USA) Tibco | s.t. |
| 27 Julie Beveridge (Can) Vienne Futuroscope | 6:53 |
| 28 Ruth Corset (Aus) Tibco | 9:22 |
| 29 Marijn De Vries (Ned) Leontien.Nl | 12:28 |
| 30 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | 16:07 |
| 31 Eugenie Mermillod (Fra) ESGL93-Gestion | |
| 32 Carla Swart (RSA) MTN Energade Ladies Team | |
| 33 Sylwia Kapusta (Pol) Safi-Pasta Zara | |
| 34 Martina Ruzickova (Cze) Michela Fanini Record Rox | |
| 35 Irina Molicheva (Rus) Fenixs-Petrogadets | |
| 36 Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Fenixs-Petrogadets | |
| 37 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Fenixs-Petrogadets | |
| 38 Marissa Van Der Merwe (RSA) MTN Energade Ladies Team | |
| 39 Carmen Small (USA) US National Team | |
| 40 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu | |
| 41 Noortje Tabak (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | |
| 42 Robyn De Groot (RSA) MTN Energade Ladies Team | |
| 43 Andrea Dvorak (USA) US National Team | |
| 44 Martine Bras (Ned) Gauss RDZ Ormu | |
| 45 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Redsun Cycling Team | |
| 46 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) German National Team | all s.t. |
| 47 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Noris Cycling | 16:20 |
| 48 Rebecca Much (USA) Tibco | |
| 49 Laura Bozzolo (Ita) Team Valdarmo | |
| 50 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Team Valdarmo | |
| 51 Luise Keller (Ger) HTC Columbia Women | all s.t. |
| 52 Marie Lindberg (Swe) Redsun Cycling Team | 23:36 |
| 53 Martina Zwick (Ger) German National Team | |
| 54 Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | |
| 55 Romy Kasper (Ger) Noris Cycling | |
| 56 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) Leontien.Nl | |
| 57 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Tibco | |
| 58 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) ESGL93-Gestion | |
| 59 Karol-ann Canuel (Can) Vienne Futuroscope | |
| 60 Katharine Carrol (USA) US National Team | |
| 61 Brooke Miller (USA) Tibco | |
| 62 Josien Van Wingerden (Ned) Leontien.Nl | all s.t. |
| 63 Stephanie Pohl (Ger) Noris Cycling | 23:40 |
| 64 Angela Hennig (Ger) Noris Cycling | |
| 65 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) HTC Columbia Women | both s.t. |
| 66 Petra Dijkman (Ned) Redsun Cycling Team | 28:04 |
| 67 Kristin Mac Grath (USA) US National Team | |
| 68 Carly Hibberd (Aus) Michela Fanini Record Rox | |
| 69 Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu | |
| 70 Emma Mackie (Aus) Tibco | |
| 71 Yulia Iliynikh (Rus) Fenixs-Petrogadets | |
| 72 Lorena Foresi (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara | |
| 73 Mélanie Bravard (Fra) ESGL93-Gestion | |
| 74 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Team Valdarmo | |
| 75 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu | |
| 76 Giada Borgato (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu | |
| 77 Nina Ovcharenko (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Rox | |
| 78 Monique Van De Ree (Ned) Leontien.Nl | |
| 79 Laura Dittmann (Ger) German National Team | |
| 80 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | |
| 81 Denise Zuckermandel (Ger) German National Team | |
| 82 Marlen Jöhrend (Ger) Noris Cycling | |
| 83 Jenifer Letue (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | |
| 84 Franziska Merten (Ger) German National Team | |
| 85 Audrey Lemieux (Can) ESGL93-Gestion | |
| 86 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Lotto Ladies Team | all s.t. |
| 87 Cashandra Slingerland (RSA) MTN Energade Ladies Team | 29:31 |
| 88 Lylanie Lauwrens (RSA) MTN Energade Ladies Team | s.t. |
| DNF Elizabeth Hatch (USA) Lotto Ladies Team | |
| DNF Lina-kristin Schink (Ger) German National Team | |
| GC | |
| 1 Emma Pooley (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | 9:44:05 |
| 2 Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC Columbia Women | at 2:34 |
| 3 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | 3:09 |
| 4 Emma Johansson (Swe) Redsun Cycling Team | 3:15 |
| 5 Evelyn Stevens (USA) HTC Columbia Women | 3:21 |
| 6 Sharon Laws (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | 3:27 |
| 7 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Leontien.Nl | 3:28 |
| 8 Regina Bruins (Ned) Cervelo TestTeam | 3:31 |
| 9 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam | 3:35 |
| 10 Mara Abbot (USA) US National Team | 3:45 |
| 11 Carla Ryan (Aus) Cervelo TestTeam | 3:55 |
| 12 Marianne Vos (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | 3:57 |
| 13 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | 4:09 |
| 14 Katheryn Mattis (USA) US National Team | 4:24 |
| 15 Liesbet De Vocht (Bel) Nederland Bloeit | 4:27 |
| 16 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Leontien.Nl | 4:35 |
| 17 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Noris Cycling | 5:10 |
| 18 Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | 5:23 |
| 19 Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | 5:54 |
| 20 Linda Melanie Villumsen (NZl) HTC Columbia Women | 6:31 |
| 21 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Michela Fanini Record Rox | 8:03 |
| 22 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Team Valdarmo | 8:31 |
| 23 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Lotto Ladies Team | 8:49 |
| 24 Julie Beveridge (Can) Vienne Futuroscope | 12:46 |
| 25 Ruth Corset (Aus) Tibco | 13:14 |
| 26 Anriette Schoeman (RSA) Lotto Ladies Team | 15:32 |
| 27 Marijn De Vries (Ned) Leontien.Nl | 16:43 |
| 28 Martine Bras (Ned) Gauss RDZ Ormu | 16:52 |
| 29 Carmen Small (USA) US National Team | 16:54 |
| 30 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Redsun Cycling Team | 17:22 |
| 31 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Noris Cycling | 18:05 |
| 32 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | 19:01 |
| 33 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) German National Team | 19:05 |
| 34 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu | 19:12 |
| 35 Amanda Miller (USA) Tibco | 19:13 |
| 36 Rebecca Much (USA) Tibco | 20:21 |
| 37 Carla Swart (RSA) MTN Energade Ladies Team | 21:10 |
| 38 Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Fenixs-Petrogadets | 21:36 |
| 39 Noortje Tabak (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | 22:13 |
| 40 Luise Keller (Ger) HTC Columbia Women | 22:26 |
| 41 Sylwia Kapusta (Pol) Safi-Pasta Zara | 24:17 |
| 42 Irina Molicheva (Rus) Fenixs-Petrogadets | 25:28 |
| 43 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Fenixs-Petrogadets | 25:51 |
| 44 Robyn De Groot (RSA) MTN Energade Ladies Team | 26:49 |
| 45 Andrea Dvorak (USA) US National Team | 27:01 |
| 46 Eugenie Mermillod (Fra) ESGL93-Gestion | 27:06 |
| 47 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Tibco | 27:37 |
| 48 Marie Lindberg (Swe) Redsun Cycling Team | 27:37 |
| 49 Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | 27:45 |
| 50 Martina Ruzickova (Cze) Michela Fanini Record Rox | 27:57 |
| 51 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Team Valdarmo | 28:09 |
| 52 Martina Zwick (Ger) German National Team | 28:25 |
| 53 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Redsun Cycling Team | 29:35 |
| 54 Marissa Van Der Merwe (RSA) MTN Energade Ladies Team | 29:50 |
| 55 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) HTC Columbia Women | 29:51 |
| 56 Petra Dijkman (Ned) Redsun Cycling Team | 31:05 |
| 57 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) Leontien.Nl | 31:34 |
| 58 Katharine Carrol (USA) US National Team | 32:18 |
| 59 Josien Van Wingerden (Ned) Leontien.Nl | 32:19 |
| 60 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) ESGL93-Gestion | 32:29 |
| 61 Angela Hennig (Ger) Noris Cycling | 33:48 |
| 62 Brooke Miller (USA) Tibco | 34:32 |
| 63 Stephanie Pohl (Ger) Noris Cycling | 35:14 |
| 64 Karol-ann Canuel (Can) Vienne Futuroscope | 35:47 |
| 65 Emma Mackie (Aus) Tibco | 37:11 |
| 66 Romy Kasper (Ger) Noris Cycling | 37:45 |
| 67 Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu | 37:52 |
| 68 Mélanie Bravard (Fra) ESGL93-Gestion | 38:04 |
| 69 Carly Hibberd (Aus) Michela Fanini Record Rox | 38:06 |
| 70 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Lotto Ladies Team | 38:07 |
| 71 Laura Bozzolo (Ita) Team Valdarmo | 38:08 |
| 72 Laura Dittmann (Ger) German National Team | 40:11 |
| 73 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | 40:56 |
| 74 Marlen Jöhrend (Ger) Noris Cycling | 42:59 |
| 75 Denise Zuckermandel (Ger) German National Team | 43:15 |
| 76 Audrey Lemieux (Can) ESGL93-Gestion | 43:46 |
| 77 Nina Ovcharenko (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Rox | 43:56 |
| 78 Giada Borgato (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu | 45:49 |
| 79 Yulia Iliynikh (Rus) Fenixs-Petrogadets | 46:23 |
| 80 Franziska Merten (Ger) German National Team | 47:58 |
| 81 Kristin Mac Grath (USA) US National Team | 48:25 |
| 82 Monique Van De Ree (Ned) Leontien.Nl | 48:32 |
| 83 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu | 49:39 |
| 84 Cashandra Slingerland (RSA) MTN Energade Ladies Team | 50:24 |
| 85 Jenifer Letue (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | 52:06 |
| 86 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Team Valdarmo | 54:19 |
| 87 Lorena Foresi (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara | 54:33 |
| 88 Lylanie Lauwrens (RSA) MTN Energade Ladies Team | 55:53 |
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