May 24/09 22:11 pm - Tour de L'Aude: Stage 9 and Final GC
Posted by Editoress on 05/24/09
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg sprinted out of a six person break on Sunday to win her eighteenth career stage of Tour de l’Aude and her third win at the 2009 race but dedicated her win purely to the work of teammate Chantal Beltman.
“Without Chantal in the break with me today I would not have survived,” Teutenberg explained. “ She worked hard all day in the group and at the end she rode the last five kilometers from the front covering all the attacks.”
A break of three that consisted of Beltman, Teutenberg and Loes Gunnewijk (Flexpoint) escaped only 8km into the race and was joined 12km later joined by Emma Johansson (Red Sun) and two Bigla riders Noeme Cantale and Modesta Vzesniauskaite(Bigla). The group of six worked well together fighting against the chasing Cervelo team over five climbs and rolling terrain to finish with only 15 seconds to spare.
“The group worked really well together,” said Teutenberg, “then over the final climb Bigla started attacking, which was when Chantal had to work really hard to keep the break together. She did the perfect job and delivered me to the line for the sprint.”
“I’m totally exhausted. The course was really tough [with five categorized climbs] and it was really hot. Even after drinking about six litres of water today I feel dehydrated, but it’s nice to finish Tour de l’Aude with a win.
Team director Ronny Lauke was also pleased with the outcome. “We won the prologue with Linda (Villumsen) and two sprint stages with Ina,” he explained. “Then the rest of the week our plan was to attack and go for stage wins. I think Ina was definitely the most aggressive rider of the race. She was in a break nearly every day. Today it finally worked today and with the help of Chantal she was able to take her 16th win of the season.”
The women’s team now heads to Montreal for the next round of the Women’s World Cup.
Team Columbia-Highroad press release
Joëlle Numainville (ESGL93-GSD Gestion) finished 13th on the stage and 42nd in the final overall.
"I am generally happy with the way things went this week, except the day I finished last. I had a great recovery. Here I am , capable of being among the best. I can not wait to see how I will perform next week at the World Cup in Montreal. It is a race with a dominant climb. I just hope I have enough time to get it right by next Saturday, "said Numainville.
| Stage 9: Limoux to Limoux , 87.5km | |
| 1 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad Women | 2:24:51 |
| 2 Noëmie Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team | |
| 3 Emma Johansson (Swe) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 4 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint | all s.t. |
| 5 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Bigla Cycling Team | 0:01 |
| 6 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Team Columbia Highroad Women | s.t. |
| 7 Marianne Vos (Ned) DSB Bank | 0:30 |
| 8 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs | |
| 9 Martine Bras (Ned) Selle Italia Guezzi | |
| 10 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Vision 1 Racing | |
| 11 Kaytee Boyd (NZl) Selle Italia Guezzi | |
| 12 Linda Villumsen (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad Women | |
| 13 Joelle Numainville (Can) ESGL93-GSD Gestion | |
| 14 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | |
| 15 Nikki Harris (GBr) British National Team | |
| 16 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
| 17 Catherine Hare Willianson (GBr) Fenixs | |
| 18 Jennifer Hohl (Sui) Bigla Cycling Team | |
| 19 Elisabeth Armitstead (GBr) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | |
| 20 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Vision 1 Racing | |
| 21 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
| 22 Karin Aune (Swe) Fenixs | |
| 23 Noortje Tabak (Ned) DSB Bank | |
| 24 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | all s.t. |
| 25 Regina Bruins (Ned) Cervelo Test Team | 0:33 |
| 26 Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Vision 1 Racing | |
| 27 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
| 28 Tina Liebig (Ger) DSB Bank | |
| 29 Petra Dijkman (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 30 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | |
| 31 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Team Columbia Highroad Women | |
| 32 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint | |
| 33 Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) DSB Bank | |
| 34 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | |
| 35 Amber Neben (USA) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | |
| 36 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | all s.t. |
| 37 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint | 0:38 |
| 38 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) ESGL93-GSD Gestion | 0:40 |
| 39 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
| 40 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Cervelo Test Team | |
| 41 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Cervelo Test Team | |
| 42 Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 43 Bianca Purath (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | |
| 44 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | |
| 45 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | |
| 46 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | |
| 47 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | |
| 48 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Selle Italia Guezzi | |
| 49 Trine Schmidt (Den) Team Flexpoint | |
| 50 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad Women | |
| 51 Lina-kristin Schink (Ger) German National Team | all s.t. |
| 52 Liesbeth De Vocht (Bel) DSB Bank | 0:53 |
| 53 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | 1:04 |
| 54 Virginia Hennig (Ger) German National Team | 1:21 |
| 55 Emma Pooley (GBr) Cervelo Test Team | 1:44 |
| 56 Debby Van Den Berg (Ned) Vision 1 Racing | 3:03 |
| 57 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Selle Italia Guezzi | 6:20 |
| 58 Marina Romoli (Ita) Selle Italia Guezzi | s.t. |
| 59 Saskia Elemans (Ned) Team Flexpoint | 7:25 |
| 60 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Selle Italia Guezzi | |
| 61 Leda Cox (GBr) ESGL93-GSD Gestion | |
| 62 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team | |
| 63 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) Dutch National Team | all s.t. |
| 64 Sarah Stewart (Can) Canadian National Team | 12:25 |
| 65 Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | |
| 66 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | |
| 67 Moriah MacGregor (Can) Canadian National Team | |
| 68 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
| 69 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs | |
| 70 Bettina Kuhn (Sui) Bigla Cycling Team | |
| 71 Lucy Martin (GBr) British National Team | |
| 72 Patricia Schwager (Ned) Cervelo Test Team | |
| 73 Katie Colclough (GBr) British National Team | |
| 74 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 75 Carrie Cartmill (Can) Canadian National Team | |
| 76 Laure Werner (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 77 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 78 Elise Depoorter (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | all s.t. |
| 79 Jenny Trew (Can) Canadian National Team | 22:53 |
| 80 Alexandra Greenfield (GBr) British National Team | |
| 81 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | |
| 82 Nadezda Vlasova (Rus) Fenixs | |
| 83 Valentina Bastianelli (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | |
| 84 Audrey Lemieux (Can) ESGL93-GSD Gestion | |
| 85 Fiona Dutriaux (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | |
| 86 Audrey Cordon (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | all s.t. |
| 87 Marlijn Binnendijk (Ned) Dutch National Team | 24:55 |
| DNS Helen Wyman (GBr) Vision 1 Racing | |
| DNF Veronica Alessio (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | |
| Final GC | |
| 1 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 22:49:10 |
| 2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | at 2:06 |
| 3 Marianne Vos (Ned) DSB Bank | 3:50 |
| 4 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Cervelo Test Team | 4:09 |
| 5 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Vision 1 Racing | 7:58 |
| 6 Amber Neben (USA) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | 10:33 |
| 7 Regina Bruins (Ned) Cervelo Test Team | 12:17 |
| 8 Tina Liebig (Ger) DSB Bank | 13:22 |
| 9 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint | 13:49 |
| 10 Linda Villumsen (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad Women | 14:19 |
| 11 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint | 14:28 |
| 12 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs | 16:51 |
| 13 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | 17:57 |
| 14 Elisabeth Armitstead (GBr) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | 18:30 |
| 15 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | 21:30 |
| 16 Bianca Purath (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | 22:11 |
| 17 Emma Johansson (Swe) Red Sun Cycling Team | 22:57 |
| 18 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Team Columbia Highroad Women | 35:54 |
| 19 Noëmie Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team | 36:23 |
| 20 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Bigla Cycling Team | 36:30 |
| 21 Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Vision 1 Racing | 38:44 |
| 22 Karin Aune (Swe) Fenixs | 39:09 |
| 23 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | 40:10 |
| 24 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | 41:17 |
| 25 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad Women | 42:14 |
| 26 Noortje Tabak (Ned) DSB Bank | 42:27 |
| 27 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Vision 1 Racing | 42:47 |
| 28 Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | 43:18 |
| 29 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | 44:23 |
| 30 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Dutch National Team | 47:01 |
| 31 Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) DSB Bank | 47:23 |
| 32 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | 48:35 |
| 33 Emma Pooley (GBr) Cervelo Test Team | 51:04 |
| 34 Martine Bras (Ned) Selle Italia Guezzi | 51:29 |
| 35 Nikki Harris (GBr) British National Team | 53:04 |
| 36 Petra Dijkman (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | 54:24 |
| 37 Kaytee Boyd (NZl) Selle Italia Guezzi | 54:53 |
| 38 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | 55:01 |
| 39 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Dutch National Team | 55:14 |
| 40 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | 55:18 |
| 41 Liesbeth De Vocht (Bel) DSB Bank | 55:40 |
| 42 Joelle Numainville (Can) ESGL93-GSD Gestion | 56:33 |
| 43 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Dutch National Team | 58:26 |
| 44 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Team Columbia Highroad Women | 59:43 |
| 45 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Selle Italia Guezzi | 1:00:28 |
| 46 Saskia Elemans (Ned) Team Flexpoint | 1:02:02 |
| 47 Virginia Hennig (Ger) German National Team | 1:03:40 |
| 48 Jennifer Hohl (Sui) Bigla Cycling Team | 1:03:57 |
| 49 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | 1:04:09 |
| 50 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad Women | 1:04:26 |
| 51 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint | 1:05:34 |
| 52 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Selle Italia Guezzi | 1:09:51 |
| 53 Catherine Hare Willianson (GBr) Fenixs | 1:11:56 |
| 54 Trine Schmidt (Den) Team Flexpoint | 1:14:00 |
| 55 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) ESGL93-GSD Gestion | 1:15:15 |
| 56 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Selle Italia Guezzi | 1:16:46 |
| 57 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Red Sun Cycling Team | 1:16:52 |
| 58 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Cervelo Test Team | 1:20:10 |
| 59 Marina Romoli (Ita) Selle Italia Guezzi | 1:22:33 |
| 60 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | 1:24:09 |
| 61 Lina-kristin Schink (Ger) German National Team | 1:24:27 |
| 62 Debby Van Den Berg (Ned) Vision 1 Racing | 1:25:29 |
| 63 Patricia Schwager (Ned) Cervelo Test Team | 1:27:49 |
| 64 Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | 1:28:08 |
| 65 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Dutch National Team | 1:28:17 |
| 66 Carrie Cartmill (Can) Canadian National Team | 1:34:45 |
| 67 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | 1:35:29 |
| 68 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team | 1:36:05 |
| 69 Sarah Stewart (Can) Canadian National Team | 1:36:11 |
| 70 Leda Cox (GBr) ESGL93-GSD Gestion | 1:36:24 |
| 71 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) Dutch National Team | 1:36:37 |
| 72 Laure Werner (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | 1:39:44 |
| 73 Lucy Martin (GBr) British National Team | 1:41:07 |
| 74 Bettina Kuhn (Sui) Bigla Cycling Team | 1:41:20 |
| 75 Katie Colclough (GBr) British National Team | 1:41:24 |
| 76 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs | 1:49:43 |
| 77 Moriah MacGregor (Can) Canadian National Team | 1:50:17 |
| 78 Elise Depoorter (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | 2:09:06 |
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