Posted by Editoress on 08/14/10
Armitstead wins La Route de France finale and best young rider
Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) who finished top five throughout this week’s La Route de France brought it all together today winning the mass sprint in the 118 km seventh and final stage of La Route de France. She also captured the best young rider jersey. Giorgia Bronzini (ITA - Gauss RDZ Ormu) took second today and Lisa Brennauer (GER -Hitec Products Uck) placed third. Overall Annemiek Van Vleuten (NED-Nederland Bloeit) won the GC, though Cervélo TestTeam had three of the four riders remaining in the race in the GC top ten – Armitstead in fourth, Charlotte Becker (GER) in sixth and Sarah Düster (GER) in tenth.
“Being the Sports Director and winning the last stage is always super nice as well as being on the podium and winning the jersey for the best young rider – well we accomplished what we expected to do,” said a satisfied Jens Zemke after today’s stage. “We rode aggressively and had two riders in the leading group of eleven and we were going very hard and if that group had arrived first we would have had Charlotte Becker on the podium and we would have won the team competition. But Nederland Bloiet chased really hard, they got company from Fenixs at the end so they were able to chase this group down.
“As the action started again, we were always there with lots of attacks. Then Lizzie attacked and at the end it came to a final sprint of maybe 30 riders and Lizzie beat all of them. It was her first win of a mass sprint beating many other fast riders. But she was really strong and the team did a fantastic job here with only four riders.”
“Sarah Düster was in a really good breakaway with Luise Keller (GER- HTC Columbia Women) the Safi rider Olga Zabelinskaia (RUS) brought the break back but it was really perfect riding from Sarah. Then when they came back I attacked but there were too many fresh girls ready for the sprint,” explained Lizzie Armitstead after winning the stage. “So I just held my position and Sarah, who is well known for how crazy she is in the corners, did a really good technical finish with three corners in the 750 meters. She went into the last corner full gas. I lost her wheel a little bit but it was also a little early so it was good and then there was nobody so I thought I’ll take this corner and take on the sprint a little bit early and see what happens and it worked. Winning today is really good for my confidence. I’ve been coming closer each day and I needed a hard day like today, the team was really perfect.”
Cervelo TestTeam press release
Top Canadian on the stage was Joelle Numainville (Team Canada) in 4th. Anne Samplonius (Team Canada) was top Canadian in the overall finishing 8th.
Team Canada finished 5th overall in the Team GC and Karol-Ann Canuel (Vienne Futurescope) finished 5th in the Young rider GC
Stage 7: Saint Die des Vosges to Vittel, 118 km | |
1 Elizabeth Armistead (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | 2:51:30 |
2 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu | |
3 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Hitec Products UCK | |
4 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team Canada | |
5 Adrie Visser (Ned) Team Columbia-HTC | |
6 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | |
7 Marianne Vos (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | |
8 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi | all s.t. |
9 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC | 0:03 |
10 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team | s.t. |
11 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:04 |
12 Cherise Taylor (RSA) Team MTN | |
13 Christel Ferrier Bruneau (Fra) Vienne Futurescope | |
14 Eugenie Mermillod (Fra) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion | |
15 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi | |
16 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ Ormu | |
17 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Vienne Futurescope | |
18 Anne Samplonius (Can) Team Canada | |
19 Sara Mustonen (Swe) Hitec Products UCK | |
20 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs Pedrogradets | |
21 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | |
22 Shara Gillow (Aus) Australian National Team | |
23 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs Pedrogradets | all s.t. |
24 Erinne Willock (Can) Team Canada | 0:06 |
25 Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi | s.t. |
26 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC | 0:14 |
27 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Team Columbia-HTC | |
28 Noortje Tabak (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | |
29 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Fenixs Pedrogradets | |
30 Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam | all s.t. |
31 Kimberly Anderson (USA) Team Columbia-HTC | 0:20 |
32 Martine Bras (Ned) Gauss RDZ Ormu | |
33 Eivgenia Vysotska (Ukr) Team Valdarno | both s.t. |
34 Fröydis Waersted (Nor) Hitec Products UCK | 0:46 |
35 Patricia Schwager (Sui) Cervelo TestTeam | s.t. |
36 Christine Majerus (Lux) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion | 2:30 |
37 Denise Ramsden (Can) Team Canada | 3:03 |
38 Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Fenixs Pedrogradets | 8:08 |
39 Emilie Blanquefort (Fra) French National Team | 12:00 |
DNF Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC | |
DNF Heather Logan-Spenger (Can) Team Canada | |
DNF Leah Guloien (Can) Team Canada | |
DNF Marion Azam (Fra) French National Team | |
DNF Marie Laure Cloarec (Fra) French National Team | |
DNF Ludivine Loze (Fra) French National Team | |
DNF Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Team Valdarno | |
DNF Monia Baccaille (Ita) Team Valdarno | |
DNF Chiara Bortolus (Ita) Team Valdarno | |
DNF Laura Bozzolo (Ita) Team Valdarno | |
DNF Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Team Valdarno | |
DNF Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu | |
DNF Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu | |
DNF Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu | |
DNF Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi | |
DNF Lorena Foresi (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi | |
DNF Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi | |
DNF Suzie Godart (Lux) Fenixs Pedrogradets | |
DNF Mélodie Lesueur (Fra) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion | |
DNF Beatrice Thomas (Fra) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion | |
DNF Siobhan Horgan (Irl) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion | |
DNF Roxane Fournier (Fra) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion | |
DNF Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | |
DNF Xiao Ling Luo (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | |
DNF Lina Shi (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | |
DNF Fan Li Shen (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | |
DNF Wan Yiu Wong (HKg) Giant Pro Cycling | |
DNF Kirsty Broun (Aus) Australian National Team | |
DNF Rachel Neylan (Aus) Australian National Team | |
DNF Julie Beveridge (Can) Vienne Futurescope | |
DNF Gabriela Slamova (Cze) Vienne Futurescope | |
DNF Pascale Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futurescope | |
DNF Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futurescope | |
DNF Isabelle Söderberg (Swe) Hitec Products UCK | |
DNF Trine Schmidt (Den) Hitec Products UCK | |
DNF Carla Swart (RSA) Team MTN | |
DNF Marissa Van Der Merwe (RSA) Team MTN | |
DNF Robyn De Groot (RSA) Team MTN | |
DNF Lylanie Lauwrens (RSA) Team MTN | |
DNF Janneke Kanis (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | |
Final GC | |
1 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | 15:48:29 |
2 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC | at 0:06 |
3 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi | 0:20 |
4 Elizabeth Armistead (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:48 |
5 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | 0:54 |
6 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam | 1:38 |
7 Marianne Vos (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | 3:05 |
8 Anne Samplonius (Can) Team Canada | 3:57 |
9 Sara Mustonen (Swe) Hitec Products UCK | 3:59 |
10 Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam | 4:34 |
11 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team | 4:57 |
12 Shara Gillow (Aus) Australian National Team | 5:11 |
13 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs Pedrogradets | 5:52 |
14 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi | 6:10 |
15 Martine Bras (Ned) Gauss RDZ Ormu | 6:21 |
16 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ Ormu | 6:31 |
17 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Hitec Products UCK | 6:37 |
18 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs Pedrogradets | 7:10 |
19 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Team Columbia-HTC | 7:22 |
20 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team Canada | 7:28 |
21 Erinne Willock (Can) Team Canada | 7:36 |
22 Christel Ferrier Bruneau (Fra) Vienne Futurescope | 7:51 |
23 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Vienne Futurescope | 8:07 |
24 Adrie Visser (Ned) Team Columbia-HTC | 8:24 |
25 Fröydis Waersted (Nor) Hitec Products UCK | 8:54 |
26 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC | 9:00 |
27 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu | 9:07 |
28 Kimberly Anderson (USA) Team Columbia-HTC | 9:27 |
29 Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi | 10:26 |
30 Patricia Schwager (Sui) Cervelo TestTeam | 10:28 |
31 Denise Ramsden (Can) Team Canada | 14:06 |
32 Christine Majerus (Lux) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion | 14:32 |
33 Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Fenixs Pedrogradets | 16:10 |
34 Noortje Tabak (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | 18:13 |
35 Cherise Taylor (RSA) Team MTN | 26:23 |
36 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Fenixs Pedrogradets | 26:36 |
37 Eugenie Mermillod (Fra) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion | 27:20 |
38 Eivgenia Vysotska (Ukr) Team Valdarno | 28:18 |
39 Emilie Blanquefort (Fra) French National Team | 39:47 |
Young Rider GC | |
1 Elizabeth Armistead (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | 15:49:17 |
2 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi | at 5:22 |
3 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Hitec Products UCK | 5:49 |
4 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Team Columbia-HTC | 6:34 |
5 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Vienne Futurescope | 7:19 |
6 Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi | 9:38 |
7 Denise Ramsden (Can) Team Canada | 13:18 |
8 Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Fenixs Pedrogradets | 15:22 |
9 Noortje Tabak (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | 17:25 |
10 Cherise Taylor (RSA) Team MTN | 25:35 |
11 Emilie Blanquefort (Fra) French National Team | 38:59 |
Team GC | |
1 Nederland Bloeit | 45:43:25 |
2 Cervelo TestTeam | at 0:29 |
3 Team Columbia-HTC | 5:27 |
4 Safi - Pasta Zara | 5:57 |
5 Team Canada | 7:50 |
6 Gauss Rdz Ormu | 8:36 |
7 Hitec Products UCK | 8:45 |
8 Fenixs - Petrogradets | 9:41 |
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