Posted by Editoress on 04/5/09
Victory for Teutenberg in Flanders
Columbia-Highroad press release
Photos by CJ Farquharson www.WomensCycling.net
Columbia-Highroad's sprinting ace Ina-Yoko Teutenberg has secured the team's first World Cup win of the season in the Tour of Flanders. Teutenberg blasted across the line ahead of nearly 20 riders to take her ninth victory of the season, and the fourteenth win netted by the Columbia-Highroad women's team in 2009.
"I never thought I could win this because it's a pretty hard race, but I got over the (key climb of) the Geraardsbergen in a group with (rival) Kristin Armstrong, and I thought maybe it was going to come back together," Teutenberg said afterwards. "It was a perfect scenario for me and so I tried to take advantage and enjoy it." Teutenberg added, "When (Columbia-Highroad teammate) Mark Cavendish won Milan-San Remo, I joked with him about taking up the challenge and winning a Monument as well. Now I've done it, so now we're even."
"We've got three really big races in Holland next week that really suit me. We've won a big World Cup race, so the pressure is off a bit. Now we can really play our cards without being under too much pressure."
Recapping the race, Teutenberg noted, "There weren't really many attacks early on, and I think the good weather played a role in that, so positioning wasn't a big factor. The attacks really started on the Geraardsbergen. There were four off the front and then four of us got across. I was there on my own and it was a big group so I had to be smart and I played off the other teams. I couldn't attack and knew I had to wait for the sprint. It worked out perfectly and I won it. It was a fast sprint and there is only one corner in the last kilometre, so it wasn't a problem for me to really go for it."
For Columbia-Highroad, Teutenberg's win was the team's second straight victory in the Tour of Flanders, following Judith Arndt's first place in 2008.
1 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia Women | 3:30:12 |
2 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Cervelo TestTeam | |
3 Emma Johansson (Swe) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
4 Nicole Cooke (Wal) Vision 1 Racing | |
5 Martine Bras (Ned) Selle Italia Ghezzi | |
6 Marianne Vos (Ned) DSB Bank - LTO | |
7 Yulia Martissova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | |
8 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team | |
9 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint | |
10 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | |
11 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | |
12 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint | |
13 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Cervelo TestTeam | |
14 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | |
15 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | all s.t. |
16 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Vision 1 Racing | 0:16 |
17 Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam | |
18 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Cervelo TestTeam | both s.t. |
19 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi | 2:01 |
20 Liesbeth De Vocht (Bel) DSB Bank - LTO | |
21 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
22 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | |
23 Marta Vilajosana (Esp) Team Dila' Kuota | |
24 Catherine Hare (GBr) Fenixs | |
25 Adrie Visser (Ned) DSB Bank - LTO | |
26 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Bigla Cycling Team | |
27 Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Vision 1 Racing | |
28 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | |
29 Sophie Creux (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion | |
30 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) DSB Bank - LTO | |
31 Kelly Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team | |
32 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Team Dila' Kuota | |
33 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Cervelo TestTeam | |
34 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Leontien.nl | |
35 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | |
36 Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
37 Nicole Brändli (Sui) Bigla Cycling Team | |
38 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | |
39 Jessica Allen (GBr) British National Team | |
40 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Leontien.nl | |
41 Sjoukje Dufoer (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team | |
42 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Team Columbia Women | |
43 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) Leontien.nl | |
44 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Leontien.nl | |
45 Loes Sels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team | |
46 Kim Anderson (USA) Team Columbia Women | |
47 Linda Serup Villumsen (Den) Team Columbia Women | |
48 Lea Davison (USA) US National Team | |
49 Amber Neben (USA) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | |
50 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam | |
51 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | all s.t. |
52 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | 3:03 |
53 Karin Aune (Swe) Fenixs | |
54 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Team Uniqa - ELK | |
55 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi | |
56 Eneritz Iturriaga (Esp) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi | |
57 Carmen Mcnellis (USA) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | |
58 Petra Dijkman (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
59 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Selle Italia Ghezzi | |
60 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint | |
61 Lien Lanssens (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | |
62 Audrey Cordon (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | |
63 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | |
64 Karin Thürig (Sui) Bigla Cycling Team | |
65 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Columbia Women | |
66 Trine Schmidt (Den) Team Flexpoint | all s.t. |
67 Jessie Daams (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team | 4:54 |
68 Katie Colclough (GBr) British National Team | |
69 Kim Schoonbaert (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | |
70 Denise Zuckermandel (Ger) German National Team | |
71 Martina Ruzickova (Cze) Team Uniqa - ELK | |
72 Monique Van De Ree (Ned) Leontien.nl | |
73 Laure Werner (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
74 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | |
75 Kaytee Boyd (NZl) Selle Italia Ghezzi | |
76 Tina Liebig (Ger) DSB Bank - LTO | |
77 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Team Columbia Women | |
78 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | |
79 Sigrid Corneo (Svn) Selle Italia Ghezzi | |
80 Olena Andruk (Ukr) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi | |
81 Saskia Elemans (Ned) Team Flexpoint | |
82 Angela Hennig (Ger) DSB Bank - LTO | 7:12 |
83 Jacobien Kanis (Ned) Team Flexpoint | |
DNF Christina Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | |
DNF Marlen Jöhrend (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | |
DNF Jennifer Hohl (Sui) Bigla Cycling Team | |
DNF Bettina Kuhn (Sui) Bigla Cycling Team | |
DNF Agne Bagdonaviciute (Ltu) Selle Italia Ghezzi | |
DNF Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | |
DNF Latoya Brulée (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
DNF Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi | |
DNF Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi | |
DNF Gabriella Day (GBr) Vision 1 Racing | |
DNF Debby Van De Berg (Ned) Vision 1 Racing | |
DNF Danielle King (GBr) Vision 1 Racing | |
DNF Sofie De Vuyst (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | |
DNF Saneila Biagi (Ita) Team Dila' Kuota | |
DNF Silvia Tirado (Esp) Team Dila' Kuota | |
DNF Alice Donadoni (Ita) Team Dila' Kuota | |
DNF Francesca Faustini (Ita) Team Dila' Kuota | |
DNF Natalia Boiarskaia (Rus) Fenixs | |
DNF Suzie Godart (Lux) Fenixs | |
DNF Corine Hierckens (Bel) Fenixs | |
DNF Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Fenixs | |
DNF Marlijn Binnendijk (Ned) Leontien.nl | |
DNF Florence Girardet (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | |
DNF Alessia Quarta (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | |
DNF Rosane Kirch (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | |
DNF Flavia Oliveira (USA) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | |
DNF Carly Hibberd (Aus) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | |
DNF Giulia Lazzerini (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | |
DNF Manuela Grunzweil (Aut) Team Uniqa - ELK | |
DNF Bernadette Schober (Aut) Team Uniqa - ELK | |
DNF Nathalie Lamborelle (Lux) Team Uniqa - ELK | |
DNF Stefanie Degle (Ger) Team Uniqa - ELK | |
DNF Béatrice Thomas (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion | |
DNF Christine Majerus (Lux) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion | |
DNF Estelle Patou (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion | |
DNF Mélodie Lesueur (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion | |
DNF Katrien Van Looy (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team | |
DNF Jolien D'hoore (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team | |
DNF Daniëlle Bekkering (Ned) Team Hitec Products UCK | |
DNF Evelien Bekkering (Ned) Team Hitec Products UCK | |
DNF Tone Hatteland (Nor) Team Hitec Products UCK | |
DNF Bjorg Eva Jensen (Nor) Team Hitec Products UCK | |
DNF Isabelle Söderberg (Swe) Team Hitec Products UCK | |
DNF Margriet Kloppenburg (Den) Team Hitec Products UCK | |
DNF Hannah Amend (Ger) German National Team | |
DNF Jana Schemmer (Ger) German National Team | |
DNF Laura Dittmann (Ger) German National Team | |
DNF Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
DNF Sissy Van Alebeek (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
DNF Anne Eversdijk (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
DNF Hannah Welter (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
DNF Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
DNF Jessica Phillips (USA) US National Team | |
DNF Ally Stacher (USA) US National Team | |
DNF Kristin Mcgrath (USA) US National Team | |
DNF Amber Rais (USA) US National Team | |
DNF Lucy Martin (GBr) British National Team | |
DNF Alexandra Greenfield (GBr) British National Team | |
DNF Joanna Rowsell (GBr) British National Team |
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