Posted by Editoress on 02/2/12
Stage two of the Ladies Tour of Qatar, competed in the same very windy conditions as on the previous day, saw two German riders triumph. While stage victory went to Specialized-Lululemon rider Trixi Worrack, the golden jersey changed shoulders with Judith Arndt taking command of the overall classification.
Different stage, same conditions. Although this time coming from the north, strong winds were again present for day 2 of the Ladies’ Tour of Qatar. Gathered at the start by the splendid Al Zubarah Fort, the 88 remaining riders (one non-starter: Brennauer (SLU)) knew that they would face another demanding stage.
Indeed, straight from the start, just after noon, the pack broke up into several groups as soon as the first kilometres. Like on the previous day, a group of 11 and then 9 riders managed to power away. At km 28, the group including Van Dijk, white jersey Hosking, Worrack (all SLU), Golden jersey WIld (NED), Duster (RBW), Guderzo (MCG), Arndt, Gunnewijk (all GEW) and Bruins (SKI) could enjoy a 28" lead over a first slim bunch of chasers.
The first bonus sprint (km 23.5) was claimed by race leader Kirsten WIld ahead of Van Dijk and Arndt, while their advantage grew to 45". That gap grew to a maximum 1’20 at km 44 as the riders had to struggle against a strong head-wind.
Eventually, as the riders entered the final circuit around Madinat Al Shamal, the leaders lost ground with the wind blowing sideways. At the second intermediate sprint (first passage on the line, km 78), won by Arndt ahead of Wild and Van Dijk, the gap had dropped down to 20".
The leaders were finally caught at km 85 and over 40 riders were bunched together again.
Despite several attempts, the pack remained together until the second passage on the line. At km 89, Worrack, Arndt, Wild and Visser managed to take off. Two kilometres later, the first two insisted and the gaps grew: 20" over Wild and Visser and 50" over the peloton.
With just four kilometres left, Worrack and Arndt could enjoy a 1’15 advantage over the first two chasers and 1’35 over the pack. Victory finally went to Trixi Worrack outsprinting her day’s rival and claiming her first success in Qatar while Judith Arndt captured the overall leader’s Golden jersey. Wild and Visser made it to the line with a 2’20 deficit while the main pack finished close to 3’ adrift.
After day two of the event and before the final 92.5km stage, Arndt leads the overall with a tiny 2" lead over Worrack. Kirsten Wild keeps command of the points’ standings and Chloé Hosking (SLU) remains the best young rider of the Tour of Qatar.
Courtesy ASO
Team Specialized Lululemon report
Worrack Wins 1st UCI Stage of 2012 for Lululemon
Trixi Worrack took the first UCI stage win of 2012 for Specialized-lululemon on Thursday, winning the second stage of Tour of Qatar from a two person break.
Worrack, who also made the break of the day on Wednesday in stage one, was able to make the break again in the famous cross-winds that make the Tour of Qatar what it is.
"I'm really happy with the way the team raced today," said Team Director Jens Zemke. "Yesterday we had three in the break but made some tactical errors but today they made up for it."
The Specialized-lululemon women along with the Green Edge team forced the race into the gutter from the stage start with the winning break escaping from the front group with 15km remaining in the race. Worrack and Judith Arndt went away with Adrie Visser and Kirsten Wild but were able to drop them with 12km to go and arrive at the finish line for a two-up sprint. Worrack won from Arndt and now sits in second place overall behind Arndt with one stage remaining.
"I'm really happy to win a stage here in my first race with Specialized-lululemon," said Worrack. "It's hard and fun racing here and we're really enjoying racing together."
Worrack's team-mate, Chloe Hosking wears the Best Young Rider's jersey and Specialized-lululemon leads the team classification.
Stage 2: Al Zubara Fort to Madinat Al Shamal, 101.5 | |
1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Team Specialized Lululemon | 3:05:37 |
2 Judith Arndt (Ger) Greenedge - AIS | at s.t. |
3 Adriana Visser (Ned) Skil-1T4I | 2:20 |
4 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Dutch National Team | s.t. |
5 Shelley Olds (USA) US National Team | 2:49 |
6 Martine Bras (Ned) Dutch National Team | 2:51 |
7 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Mcipollini Giambenini | |
8 Latoya Brulee (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 | |
9 Jessie Maclean (Aus) Greenedge - AIS | |
10 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Italian National Team | |
11 Cherise Taylor (RSA) Lotto Belisol Ladies | |
12 Katie Colclough (GBr) Team Specialized Lululemon | |
13 Romy Kasper (Ger) German National Team | |
14 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) German National Team | |
15 Janneke Kanis (Ned) Skil-1T4I | |
16 Xin Liu (Chn) China Chongming-Giant | |
17 Elen Van Dijk (Ned) Team Specialized Lululemon | |
18 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Mcipollini Giambenini | |
19 Anna Van Der Breggen (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
20 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Team Specialized Lululemon | |
21 Roxanne Knetemann (Ned) Stichting Rabo Women | |
22 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Mcipollini Giambenini | |
23 Laura Van Der Kamp (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
24 Sarah Düster (Ger) Stichting Rabo Women | |
25 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Mcipollini Giambenini | |
26 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Stichting Rabo Women | |
27 Liesbeth De Vocht (Bel) Stichting Rabo Women | |
28 Lise Nostvold (Nor) Hitec Products-Mistral Home | |
29 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Greenedge - AIS | |
30 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Greenedge - AIS | |
31 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Greenedge - AIS | |
32 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Greenedge - AIS | |
33 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Mcipollini Giambenini | |
34 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Mcipollini Giambenini | |
35 Dongyan Huang (Chn) China Chongming-Giant | |
36 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Hitec Products-Mistral Home | |
37 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Diadora-Pasta Zara | all s.t. |
38 Esra Tromp (Ned) Skil-1T4I | 6:13 |
39 Sara Mustonen (Swe) Hitec Products-Mistral Home | |
40 Regina Bruins (Ned) Skil-1T4I | both s.t. |
41 Aude Biannic (Fra) French National Team | 13:20 |
42 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) French National Team | |
43 Kendall Ryan (USA) US National Team | |
44 Giulia Donato (Ita) Diadora-Pasta Zara | all s.t. |
45 Maaike Polspoel (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 | 13:22 |
46 Tone Hatteland (Nor) Hitec Products-Mistral Home | |
47 Ine Beyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 | |
48 Birgit Lavrijssen (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
49 Winanda Spoor (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
50 Audrey Cordon (Fra) French National Team | |
51 Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Diadora-Pasta Zara | |
52 Edita Janeliunaite (Ltu) Diadora-Pasta Zara | |
53 Polona Batagelj (Slo) Diadora-Pasta Zara | |
54 Kaat Hannes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | |
55 Janine Bubner (Ger) German National Team | |
56 Amy Pieters (Ned) Skil-1T4I | |
57 Coryn Rivera (USA) US National Team | |
58 Xiaoling Luo (Chn) China Chongming-Giant | |
59 Li Chen (Chn) China Chongming-Giant | |
60 Ann-Sophie Duyck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | |
61 Yunyun Yuan (Chn) China Chongming-Giant | |
62 Jacquelyn Crowell (USA) US National Team | |
63 Samantha Schneider (USA) US National Team | |
64 Aniska Vekemans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 | |
65 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Italian National Team | |
66 Edith Vanden Brande (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 | |
67 Gilke Croket (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 | |
68 Johanne Bergseth (Nor) Hitec Products-Mistral Home | |
69 Froydis Waersted (Nor) Hitec Products-Mistral Home | |
70 Béatrice Bartelloni (Ita) Italian National Team | |
71 Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) French National Team | |
72 Rebecca Talen (Ned) Stichting Rabo Women | |
73 Chiara Vannucci (Ita) Italian National Team | |
74 Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Italian National Team | |
75 Melodie Lesueur (Fra) French National Team | |
76 Tayler Wiles (USA) US National Team | |
77 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Italian National Team | |
78 Kim Schoonbaert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | |
79 Katrien Van Looy (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | |
80 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) French National Team | |
81 Stephanie Pohl (Ger) German National Team | |
82 Anna Bianca Schnitzmeier (Ger) German National Team | all s.t. |
83 Linda Van Rijen (Ned) Skil-1T4I | 13:34 |
84 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Team Specialized Lululemon | |
85 Alona Andruk (Ukr) Diadora-Pasta Zara | |
86 Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Stichting Rabo Women | all s.t. |
87 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | 13:40 |
DNF Elke Gebhardt (Ger) German National Team | |
DNS Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Team Specialized Lululemon | |
GC | |
1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Greenedge - AIS | 5:22:12 |
2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Team Specialized Lululemon | at 0:02 |
3 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Dutch National Team | 2:16 |
4 Elen Van Dijk (Ned) Team Specialized Lululemon | 2:59 |
5 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Team Specialized Lululemon | 3:00 |
6 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Greenedge - AIS | 3:06 |
7 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Greenedge - AIS | 3:06 |
8 Jessie Maclean (Aus) Greenedge - AIS | 5:22 |
9 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Mcipollini Giambenini | 5:22 |
10 Sarah Düster (Ger) Stichting Rabo Women | 5:22 |
11 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Mcipollini Giambenini | 5:22 |
12 Liesbeth De Vocht (Bel) Stichting Rabo Women | 5:22 |
13 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Mcipollini Giambenini | 5:22 |
14 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Stichting Rabo Women | 5:22 |
15 Dongyan Huang (Chn) China Chongming-Giant | 5:22 |
16 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Greenedge - AIS | 5:22 |
17 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Mcipollini Giambenini | 5:22 |
18 Regina Bruins (Ned) Skil-1T4I | 8:44 |
19 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Team Specialized Lululemon | 16:05 |
20 Adriana Visser (Ned) Skil-1T4I | 16:23 |
21 Shelley Olds (USA) US National Team | 16:56 |
22 Martine Bras (Ned) Dutch National Team | 16:58 |
23 Latoya Brulee (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 | 16:58 |
24 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Mcipollini Giambenini | 16:58 |
25 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) German National Team | 16:58 |
26 Xin Liu (Chn) China Chongming-Giant | 16:58 |
27 Romy Kasper (Ger) German National Team | 16:58 |
28 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Italian National Team | 16:58 |
29 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Mcipollini Giambenini | 16:58 |
30 Laura Van Der Kamp (Ned) Dutch National Team | 16:58 |
31 Anna Van Der Breggen (Ned) Dutch National Team | 16:58 |
32 Cherise Taylor (RSA) Lotto Belisol Ladies | 16:58 |
33 Janneke Kanis (Ned) Skil-1T4I | 16:58 |
34 Roxanne Knetemann (Ned) Stichting Rabo Women | 16:58 |
35 Lise Nostvold (Nor) Hitec Products-Mistral Home | 16:58 |
36 Katie Colclough (GBr) Team Specialized Lululemon | 16:58 |
37 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Hitec Products-Mistral Home | 16:58 |
38 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Diadora-Pasta Zara | 16:58 |
39 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Greenedge - AIS | 16:58 |
40 Sara Mustonen (Swe) Hitec Products-Mistral Home | 20:20 |
41 Esra Tromp (Ned) Skil-1T4I | 20:20 |
42 Yunyun Yuan (Chn) China Chongming-Giant | 27:22 |
43 Aude Biannic (Fra) French National Team | 27:27 |
44 Kendall Ryan (USA) US National Team | 27:27 |
45 Giulia Donato (Ita) Diadora-Pasta Zara | 27:27 |
46 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) French National Team | 27:27 |
47 Maaike Polspoel (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 | 27:29 |
48 Amy Pieters (Ned) Skil-1T4I | 27:29 |
49 Li Chen (Chn) China Chongming-Giant | 27:29 |
50 Winanda Spoor (Ned) Dutch National Team | 27:29 |
51 Ine Beyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 | 27:29 |
52 Tone Hatteland (Nor) Hitec Products-Mistral Home | 27:29 |
53 Kaat Hannes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | 27:29 |
54 Audrey Cordon (Fra) French National Team | 27:29 |
55 Janine Bubner (Ger) German National Team | 27:29 |
56 Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) French National Team | 27:29 |
57 Edita Janeliunaite (Ltu) Diadora-Pasta Zara | 27:29 |
58 Polona Batagelj (Slo) Diadora-Pasta Zara | 27:29 |
59 Ann-Sophie Duyck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | 27:29 |
60 Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Diadora-Pasta Zara | 27:29 |
61 Samantha Schneider (USA) US National Team | 27:29 |
62 Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Italian National Team | 27:29 |
63 Froydis Waersted (Nor) Hitec Products-Mistral Home | 27:29 |
64 Béatrice Bartelloni (Ita) Italian National Team | 27:29 |
65 Aniska Vekemans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 | 27:29 |
66 Kim Schoonbaert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | 27:29 |
67 Xiaoling Luo (Chn) China Chongming-Giant | 27:29 |
68 Stephanie Pohl (Ger) German National Team | 27:29 |
69 Gilke Croket (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 | 27:29 |
70 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Italian National Team | 27:29 |
71 Rebecca Talen (Ned) Stichting Rabo Women | 27:29 |
72 Melodie Lesueur (Fra) French National Team | 27:29 |
73 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) French National Team | 27:29 |
74 Anna Bianca Schnitzmeier (Ger) German National Team | 27:29 |
75 Jacquelyn Crowell (USA) US National Team | 27:37 |
76 Katrien Van Looy (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | 27:37 |
77 Birgit Lavrijssen (Ned) Dutch National Team | 27:38 |
78 Edith Vanden Brande (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 | 27:38 |
79 Tayler Wiles (USA) US National Team | 27:38 |
80 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Italian National Team | 27:41 |
81 Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Stichting Rabo Women | 27:41 |
82 Chiara Vannucci (Ita) Italian National Team | 27:41 |
83 Alona Andruk (Ukr) Diadora-Pasta Zara | 27:41 |
84 Johanne Bergseth (Nor) Hitec Products-Mistral Home | 27:48 |
85 Linda Van Rijen (Ned) Skil-1T4I | 27:53 |
86 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Lotto Belisol Ladies | 27:59 |
87 Coryn Rivera (USA) US National Team | 28:26 |
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