July 4/09 15:40 pm - Giro Donne: Stage 1
Posted by Editoress on 07/4/09
Edita Pucinskaite (Gauss RDZ Ormu Colnago) won today's stage by outsprinting Italian favourite Fabiana Luperini (Selle Italia Ghezzi) , former World Champ Judith Arndt (Team Columbia Highroad Woman) and Mara Abbott (Team Columbia Highroad Woman). Pucinskaite takes the lead in the overall.
Photo by Nicola Ianuale
| Stage 1: S. Piero A Sieve to Pratolino Di Vaglia, 99.9 km | |
| 1 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ Ormu Colnago | 2:46:21 |
| 2 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | |
| 3 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad Woman | |
| 4 Mara Abbott (USA) Team Columbia Highroad Woman | all s.t. |
| 5 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team | 0:03 |
| 6 Nicole Brandli (Sui) Bigla Cycling Team | 3 |
| 7 Amber Neben (USA) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | both s.t. |
| 8 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi Pasta Zara Titanedi | 0:05 |
| 9 Emma Pooley (GBr) Cervelo Test Team | s.t. |
| 10 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) S. C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 0:09 |
| 11 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs Edilsavino | s.t. |
| 12 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Cervelo Test Team | 0:17 |
| 13 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 0:21 |
| 14 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint | s.t. |
| 15 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad Woman | 0:26 |
| 16 Carla Ryan (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | |
| 17 Monia Baccaille (Ita) S. C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | |
| 18 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Team Columbia Highroad Woman | |
| 19 Karin Aune (Swe) Fenixs Edilsavino | all s.t. |
| 20 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu Colnago | 0:30 |
| 21 Alona Andruk (Ukr) Safi Pasta Zara Titanedi | |
| 22 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint | both s.t. |
| 23 Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Lotto Belisol Ladies Team | 0:37 |
| 24 Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi Pasta Zara Titanedi | |
| 25 Valentina Carretta (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | both s.t. |
| 26 Linda Melanie Villumsen (Den) Team Columbia Highroad Woman | 0:40 |
| 27 Flavia Oliveira (Bra) S. C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | s.t. |
| 28 Carlee Taylor (Aus) Australian National Team | 0:41 |
| 29 Edita Unguryte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forono d'Asolo | 0:45 |
| 30 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Selle Italia Ghezzi | s.t. |
| 31 Giuseppina Grassi (Mex) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 0:54 |
| 32 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Bigla Cycling Team | |
| 33 Katherine Carrol (USA) US National Team | |
| 34 Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Esp) Team Cmax Dila' | all s.t. |
| 35 Ariadna Tudel Cuberes (And) Bizkaia Durango Champion System | 1:01 |
| 36 Catherine Hare-Willianson (GBr) Fenixs Edilsavino | 1:03 |
| 37 Giulia Lazzerini (Ita) S. C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | |
| 38 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | |
| 39 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu Colnago | all s.t. |
| 40 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint | 1:07 |
| 41 Olena Oliynik (Ukr) USC Chirio Forono d'Asolo | |
| 42 Kimberly Anderson (USA) Team Columbia Highroad Woman | |
| 43 Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 44 Alessandra D'ettorre (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | 1:11 |
| 45 Laura Lorenza Morfinmacouzet (Mex) Fenixs Edilsavino | 1:15 |
| 46 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Fenixs Edilsavino | 1:17 |
| 47 Shara Gillon (Aus) Australian National Team | 1:20 |
| 48 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Lotto Belisol Ladies Team | 1:23 |
| 49 Rosane Kirch (Bra) S. C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 1:24 |
| 50 Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto Belisol Ladies Team | |
| 51 Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Australian National Team | |
| 52 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Esp) Bizkaia Durango Champion System | |
| 53 Amber Halliday (Aus) Australian National Team | |
| 54 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australian National Team | all s.t. |
| 55 Katheryn Curi-Mattis (USA) US National Team | 1:36 |
| 56 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | s.t. |
| 57 Jennifer Hohl (Sui) Bigla Cycling Team | 1:38 |
| 58 Myfanwy Galloway (Aus) Australian National Team | |
| 59 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team | both s.t. |
| 60 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu Colnago | 1:41 |
| 61 Kaytee Boyd (NZl) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 1:45 |
| 62 Jennifer Fiori (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | 1:46 |
| 63 Trine Schmidt (Den) Team Flexpoint | 1:49 |
| 64 Tetyana Riabchenko (Ukr) USC Chirio Forono d'Asolo | 1:52 |
| 65 Mazaga Eneritz Iturriagaetxebarria (Esp) Safi Pasta Zara Titanedi | 1:54 |
| 66 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi Pasta Zara Titanedi | 1:56 |
| 67 Samantha Galassi (Ita) S. C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | s.t. |
| 68 Uenia Ferdinandes Da Souza (Bra) USC Chirio Forono d'Asolo | 1:59 |
| 69 Lauren Tamayo (USA) US National Team | 2:04 |
| 70 Meredith Miller (USA) US National Team | |
| 71 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | |
| 72 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Cervelo Test Team | all s.t. |
| 73 Clemilda Ferdinandes Silva (Bra) USC Chirio Forono d'Asolo | 2:08 |
| 74 Laura Bozzolo (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | s.t. |
| 75 Gloria Presti (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 2:16 |
| 76 Anna Van Der Breggen (Ned) Team Flexpoint | 2:18 |
| 77 Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Safi Pasta Zara Titanedi | 2:20 |
| 78 Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi Pasta Zara Titanedi | |
| 79 Mireia Epelde Bikendi (Esp) Bizkaia Durango Champion System | both s.t. |
| 80 Vera Koedooder (Ned) Lotto Belisol Ladies Team | 2:24 |
| 81 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | 2:26 |
| 82 Marlen Johrend (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | s.t. |
| 83 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu Colnago | 2:32 |
| 84 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu Colnago | |
| 85 Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu Colnago | |
| 86 Chiara Rozzini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | all s.t. |
| 87 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 2:36 |
| 88 Lisa Racchetto (USA) Team System Data | 3:04 |
| 89 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi Pasta Zara Titanedi | 3:25 |
| 90 Brooke Miller (USA) US National Team | |
| 91 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad Woman | both s.t. |
| 92 Shelley Olds (USA) US National Team | 3:44 |
| 93 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | s.t. |
| 94 Valentina Bastianelli (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | 3:57 |
| 95 Megan Guarnier (USA) US National Team | s.t. |
| 96 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | 4:01 |
| 97 Patricia Schwager (Sui) Cervelo Test Team | 4:47 |
| 98 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Cervelo Test Team | 5:30 |
| 99 Sarah Duster (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 6:09 |
| 100 Ana Belen Garcia Antequera (Esp) Bizkaia Durango Champion System | 10:17 |
| 101 Viktoria Vologdina (Ukr) USC Chirio Forono d'Asolo | 10:19 |
| 102 Siobhan Dervan (Irl) Fenixs Edilsavino | s.t. |
| 103 Carly Hibberd (Aus) S. C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 10:29 |
| 104 Aliaksandra Lohvinava (Blr) Team System Data | 10:39 |
| 105 Dorleta Zorrilla Braceras (Esp) Bizkaia Durango Champion System | 10:41 |
| 106 Belinda Goss (Aus) Australian National Team | 10:43 |
| 107 Elizabeth Hatch (USA) Team System Data | s.t. |
| 108 Chloe Hoskings (Aus) Australian National Team | 10:59 |
| 109 Laura Pisaneschi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | 11:13 |
| 110 Simona Frapporti (Ita) USC Chirio Forono d'Asolo | s.t. |
| 111 Katherine Bates (Aus) Team Columbia Highroad Woman | 11:26 |
| 112 Chiara Bortolus (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu Colnago | 11:26 |
| 113 Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Esp) Bizkaia Durango Champion System | s.t. |
| 114 Marina Vinnikova (Blr) Team System Data | 11:32 |
| 115 Odette Bertolin (Ita) Team System Data | s.t. |
| 116 Alena Dylko (Blr) Team System Data | 12:33 |
| 117 Tetyana Mykhaylova (Ukr) USC Chirio Forono d'Asolo | 13:14 |
| 118 Saskia Elemans (Ned) Team Flexpoint | 15:14 |
| 119 Saneila Biagi (Ita) Team Cmax Dila' | |
| 120 Francesca Faustini (Ita) Team Cmax Dila' | |
| 121 Chiara Vanni (Ita) Team Cmax Dila' | |
| 122 Silvia Tirado Marquez (Esp) Team Cmax Dila' | all s.t. |
| 123 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team | 15:17 |
| 124 Linn Torp (Nor) Lotto Belisol Ladies Team | 15:20 |
| 125 Sara Grifi (Ita) S. C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 15:43 |
| 126 Alessia Quarta (Ita) Team Cmax Dila' | 15:48 |
| 127 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Fenixs Edilsavino | 15:57 |
| 128 Bettina Kuhn (Sui) Bigla Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 129 Diana Zamorano (Esp) Bizkaia Durango Champion System | 22:05 |
| 130 Zaira De Luca (Ita) Team System Data | 22:18 |
| 131 Silvia Trovellesi (Ita) Team System Data | 22:18 |
| DNS Nadejda Vlasova (Rus) Fenixs Edilsavino | |
| GC | |
| 1 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu ) Gauss RDZ Ormu Colnago | 2:49:28 |
| 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad Woman | at 0:01 |
| 3 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team | 0:09 |
| 4 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | s.t. |
| 5 Amber Neben (USA) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | 0:11 |
| 6 Emma Pooley (GBr) Cervelo Test Team | 0:12 |
| 7 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi Pasta Zara Titanedi | 0:13 |
| 8 Nicole Brandli (Sui) Bigla Cycling Team | 0:14 |
| 9 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs Edilsavino | 0:18 |
| 10 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Cervelo Test Team | 0:19 |
| 11 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) S. C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 0:21 |
| 12 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint | 0:26 |
| 13 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 0:31 |
| 14 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Team Columbia Highroad Woman | s.t. |
| 15 Mara Abbott (USA) Team Columbia Highroad Woman | 0:33 |
| 16 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint | 0:38 |
| 17 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu Colnago | s.t. |
| 18 Carla Ryan (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 0:40 |
| 19 Karin Aune (Swe) Fenixs Edilsavino | s.t. |
| 20 Monia Baccaille (Ita) S. C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 0:41 |
| 21 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad Woman | 0:43 |
| 22 Linda Melanie Villumsen (Den) Team Columbia Highroad Woman | s.t. |
| 23 Alona Andruk (Ukr) Safi Pasta Zara Titanedi | 0:45 |
| 24 Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Lotto Belisol Ladies Team | 0:50 |
| 25 Valentina Carretta (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | s.t. |
| 26 Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi Pasta Zara Titanedi | 0:52 |
| 27 Carlee Taylor (Aus) Australian National Team | 0:55 |
| 28 Katherine Carrol (USA) US National Team | 0:58 |
| 29 Flavia Oliveira (Bra) S. C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 1:00 |
| 30 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Bigla Cycling Team | 1:03 |
| 31 Edita Unguryte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forono d'Asolo | 1:04 |
| 32 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | 1:07 |
| 33 Giuseppina Grassi (Mex) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 1:09 |
| 34 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint | 1:12 |
| 35 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 1:12 |
| 36 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu Colnago | 1:16 |
| 37 Kimberly Anderson (USA) Team Columbia Highroad Woman | 1:19 |
| 38 Alessandra D'ettorre (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | 1:20 |
| 39 Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team | 1:22 |
| 40 Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Esp) Team Cmax Dila' | 1:23 |
| 41 Ariadna Tudel Cuberes (And) Bizkaia Durango Champion System | 1:26 |
| 42 Giulia Lazzerini (Ita) S. C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 1:29 |
| 43 Catherine Hare-Willianson (GBr) Fenixs Edilsavino | 1:29 |
| 44 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australian National Team | 1:34 |
| 45 Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Australian National Team | 1:35 |
| 46 Shara Gillon (Aus) Australian National Team | 1:35 |
| 47 Olena Oliynik (Ukr) USC Chirio Forono d'Asolo | 1:38 |
| 48 Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto Belisol Ladies Team | 1:41 |
| 49 Amber Halliday (Aus) Australian National Team | 1:41 |
| 50 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Lotto Belisol Ladies Team | 1:43 |
| 51 Laura Lorenza Morfin Macouzet (Mex) Fenixs Edilsavino | 1:44 |
| 52 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Fenixs Edilsavino | 1:46 |
| 53 Rosane Kirch (Bra) S. C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 1:46 |
| 54 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Esp) Bizkaia Durango Champion System | 1:46 |
| 55 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | 1:47 |
| 56 Katheryn Curi-Mattis (USA) US National Team | 1:52 |
| 57 Jennifer Hohl (Sui) Bigla Cycling Team | 1:53 |
| 58 Trine Schmidt (Den) Team Flexpoint | 1:54 |
| 59 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu Colnago | 1:58 |
| 60 Myfanwy Galloway (Aus) Australian National Team | 2:00 |
| 61 Kaytee Boyd (NZl) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 2:00 |
| 62 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Cervelo Test Team | 2:03 |
| 63 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team | 2:03 |
| 64 Jennifer Fiori (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | 2:12 |
| 65 Lauren Tamayo (USA) US National Team | 2:13 |
| 66 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi Pasta Zara Titanedi | 2:17 |
| 67 Meredith Miller (USA) US National Team | 2:18 |
| 68 Tetyana Riabchenko (Ukr) USC Chirio Forono d'Asolo | 2:19 |
| 69 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 2:20 |
| 70 Mazaga Eneritz Iturriagaetxebarria (Esp) Safi Pasta Zara Titanedi | 2:20 |
| 71 Uenia Ferdinandes Da Souza (Bra) USC Chirio Forono d'Asolo | 2:25 |
| 72 Gloria Presti (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 2:30 |
| 73 Samantha Galassi (Ita) S. C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 2:31 |
| 74 Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi Pasta Zara Titanedi | 2:31 |
| 75 Clemilda Ferdinandes Silva (Bra) USC Chirio Forono d'Asolo | 2:32 |
| 76 Laura Bozzolo (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 2:32 |
| 77 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | 2:37 |
| 78 Anna Van Der Breggen (Ned) Team Flexpoint | 2:38 |
| 79 Marlen Johrend (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | 2:39 |
| 80 Vera Koedooder (Ned) Lotto Belisol Ladies Team | 2:40 |
| 81 Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Safi Pasta Zara Titanedi | 2:40 |
| 82 Mireia Epelde Bikendi (Esp) Bizkaia Durango Champion System | 2:46 |
| 83 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu Colnago | 2:47 |
| 84 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu Colnago | 2:48 |
| 85 Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu Colnago | 2:52 |
| 86 Chiara Rozzini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | 2:57 |
| 87 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 3:00 |
| 88 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad Woman | 3:28 |
| 89 Lisa Racchetto (USA) Team System Data | 3:30 |
| 90 Brooke Miller (USA) US National Team | 3:39 |
| 91 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi Pasta Zara Titanedi | 3:43 |
| 92 Shelley Olds (USA) US National Team | 3:59 |
| 93 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | 4:01 |
| 94 Valentina Bastianelli (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | 4:15 |
| 95 Megan Guarnier (USA) US National Team | 4:20 |
| 96 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | 4:24 |
| 97 Patricia Schwager (Sui) Cervelo Test Team | 5:03 |
| 98 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Cervelo Test Team | 5:47 |
| 99 Sarah Duster (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 6:18 |
| 100 Viktoria Vologdina (Ukr) USC Chirio Forono d'Asolo | 10:34 |
| 101 Siobhan Dervan (Irl) Fenixs Edilsavino | 10:43 |
| 102 Ana Belen Garcia Antequera (Esp) Bizkaia Durango Champion System | 10:47 |
| 103 Elizabeth Hatch (USA) Team System Data | 10:54 |
| 104 Carly Hibberd (Aus) S. C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 10:56 |
| 105 Belinda Goss (Aus) Australian National Team | 11:00 |
| 106 Dorleta Zorrilla Braceras (Esp) Bizkaia Durango Champion System | 11:03 |
| 107 Aliaksandra Lohvinava (Blr) Team System Data | 11:07 |
| 108 Chloe Hoskings (Aus) Australian National Team | 11:17 |
| 109 Katherine Bates (Aus) Team Columbia Highroad Woman | 11:35 |
| 110 Simona Frapporti (Ita) USC Chirio Forono d'Asolo | 11:39 |
| 111 Laura Pisaneschi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | 11:45 |
| 112 Chiara Bortolus (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu Colnago | 11:46 |
| 113 Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Esp) Bizkaia Durango Champion System | 11:49 |
| 114 Marina Vinnikova (Blr) Team System Data | 11:58 |
| 115 Odette Bertolin (Ita) Team System Data | 12:00 |
| 116 Alena Dylko (Blr) Team System Data | 12:52 |
| 117 Tetyana Mykhaylova (Ukr) USC Chirio Forono d'Asolo | 13:32 |
| 118 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team | 15:24 |
| 119 Saskia Elemans (Ned) Team Flexpoint | 15:29 |
| 120 Francesca Faustini (Ita) Team Cmax Dila' | 15:35 |
| 121 Linn Torp (Nor) Lotto Belisol Ladies Team | 15:37 |
| 122 Silvia Tirado Marquez (Esp) Team Cmax Dila' | 15:48 |
| 123 Saneila Biagi (Ita) Team Cmax Dila' | 15:54 |
| 124 Chiara Vanni (Ita) Team Cmax Dila' | 15:56 |
| 125 Sara Grifi (Ita) S. C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 16:08 |
| 126 Bettina Kuhn (Sui) Bigla Cycling Team | 16:09 |
| 127 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Fenixs Edilsavino | 16:16 |
| 128 Alessia Quarta (Ita) Team Cmax Dila' | 16:27 |
| 129 Zaira De Luca (Ita) Team System Data | 22:48 |
| 130 Diana Zamorano (Esp) Bizkaia Durango Champion System | 22:55 |
| 131 Silvia Trovellesi (Ita Team System Data | 22:56 |
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