May 16/09 17:08 pm - Tour de L'Aude: Stage 1
Posted by Editoress on 05/16/09
Columbia-Highroad sprinter Ina-Yoko Teutenberg scorched to her thirteen victory of the season in stage one of the Tour de L'Aude on Saturday.
Following Linda Villumsen's victory in the prologue, Teutenberg's win was Columbia-Highroad's second in two days in the top French stage race.
Now in the overall lead, Teutenberg also holds the all-time record for stage victories in the Tour de L'Aude - a total of 16, with the first taken back in the race in 1997. But although she was first across the line on Saturday, the German sprinter paid tribute to all of the Columbia-Highroad squad in her record-breaking sixteenth win.
“It was a real team effort today, in the last 40 kilometres all the riders had to work very hard to pull back a break,” Teutenberg said afterwards. “It was a flat stage, but only in comparison to the rest of the stages of the Tour de L'Aude - this whole race is always hilly.”
“It worked out perfectly. We caught the break with four kilometres to go and then Chantal Beltman led me up to 500 metres to the finish, I followed wheels and took off from there. I knew the finish from other years, this is a stage they have had lots of times in the Tour de L'Aude, so that was an advantage, too.”
Now in the lead overall, Teutenberg said Columbia-Highroad would make every effort to defend her yellow jersey in Sunday's 27 kilometre team time trial, but that it could be difficult.
“We made a decision before the stage, and result was that half the squad essentially did a team time trial today chasing down the breakaway. But we've held the jersey for two days and taken two stages. >From now on we could go for more stage victories. I'm sure Luise [Keller] and Linda [Villumsen] will do as well as they can overall, but basically from here on, whatever happens we've got nothing to lose.”
In a highly successful weekend's racing for Columbia-Highroad, the American team has now netted a total four wins in the space of two days - two in the men's Giro d'Italia thanks to Edvald Boasson Hagen and Konstantin Sivtsov, and two in the Tour de l'Aude thanks to Villumsen and Teutenberg.
Team Columbia Highroad press release
| Stage 3: Rieux Minervois to Rieux Minervois , 116:5km | |
| 1 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad Women | 3:06:34 |
| 2 Martine Bras (Ned) Selle Italia Guezzi | |
| 3 Marianne Vos (Ned) DSB Bank | |
| 4 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs | |
| 5 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | |
| 6 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Selle Italia Guezzi | |
| 7 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 8 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | |
| 9 Catherine Hare Willianson (GBr) Fenixs | |
| 10 Regina Bruins (Ned) Cervelo TestTeam | |
| 11 Lucy Martin (GBr) British National Team | |
| 12 Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 13 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | |
| 14 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Vision 1 Racing | |
| 15 Jennifer Hohl (Sui) Bigla Cycling Team | |
| 16 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | |
| 17 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint | |
| 18 Emma Johansson (Swe) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 19 Carrie Cartmill (Can) Canadian National Team | |
| 20 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
| 21 Denise Zuckermandel (Ger) German National Team | |
| 22 Petra Dijkman (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 23 Marina Romoli (Ita) Selle Italia Guezzi | |
| 24 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | |
| 25 Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Vision 1 Racing | |
| 26 Kaytee Boyd (NZl) Selle Italia Guezzi | |
| 27 Audrey Cordon (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | |
| 28 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | |
| 29 Leda Cox (GBr) ESGL93-GSD Gestion | |
| 30 Elisabeth Armitstead (GBr) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | |
| 31 Tina Liebig (Ger) DSB Bank | |
| 32 Laure Werner (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 33 Karin Aune (Swe) Fenixs | |
| 34 Jenny Trew (Can) Canadian National Team | |
| 35 Joelle Numainville (Can) ESGL93-GSD Gestion | |
| 36 Bianca Puratch-Knoepfle (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | |
| 37 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Vision 1 Racing | |
| 38 Noortje Tabak (Ned) DSB Bank | |
| 39 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team | |
| 40 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team | |
| 41 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | |
| 42 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam | |
| 43 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Selle Italia Guezzi | |
| 44 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint | |
| 45 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
| 46 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint | |
| 47 Elena Eggl (Ger) German National Team | |
| 48 Julie Beveridge (Can) Canadian National Team | |
| 49 Angela Hennig (Ger) DSB Bank | |
| 50 Noëmie Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team | |
| 51 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Cervelo TestTeam | |
| 52 Linda Villumsen (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad Women | |
| 53 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Cervelo TestTeam | |
| 54 Amber Neben (USA) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | |
| 55 Mirjam Melchers Van Poppel (Ned) Team Flexpoint | |
| 56 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | |
| 57 Trine Schmidt (Den) Team Flexpoint | |
| 58 Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) DSB Bank | |
| 59 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | |
| 60 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Bigla Cycling Team | |
| 61 Saskia Elemans (Ned) Team Flexpoint | |
| 62 Moriah MacGregor (Can) Canadian National Team | |
| 63 Heather Logan (Can) Canadian National Team | |
| 64 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
| 65 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | |
| 66 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 67 Patricia Schwager (Ned) Cervelo TestTeam | |
| 68 Kim Schoonbaert (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | |
| 69 Emma Silversides (GBr) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | |
| 70 Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | |
| 71 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
| 72 Liesbeth De Vocht (Bel) DSB Bank | |
| 73 Katie Colclough (GBr) British National Team | |
| 74 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | |
| 75 Marlijn Binnendijk (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
| 76 Jennifer Fischer (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | |
| 77 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad Women | |
| 78 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Team Columbia Highroad Women | |
| 79 Emma Pooley (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | |
| 80 Valentina Bastianelli (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | |
| 81 Debby Van Den Berg (Ned) Vision 1 Racing | |
| 82 Helen Wyman (GBr) Vision 1 Racing | |
| 83 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs | |
| 84 Thomas Béatrice (Fra) ESGL93-GSD Gestion | |
| 85 Nikki Harris (GBr) British National Team | |
| 86 Lesueur Mélodie (Fra) ESGL93-GSD Gestion | |
| 87 Sarah Stewart (Can) Canadian National Team | all s.t. |
| 88 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Selle Italia Guezzi | 0:10 |
| 89 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Team Columbia Highroad Women | |
| 90 Audrey Lemieux (Can) ESGL93-GSD Gestion | |
| 91 Katherine Bates (Aus) Team Columbia Highroad Women | |
| 92 Veronica Alessio (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | |
| 93 Lina-Kristin Schink (Ger) German National Team | |
| 94 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | all s.t. |
| 95 Alexandra Greenfield (GBr) British National Team | 0:13 |
| 96 Virginia Hennig (Ger) German National Team | 0:16 |
| 97 Elise Depoorter (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | |
| 98 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) Dutch National Team | both s.t. |
| 99 Bettina Kuhn (Sui) Bigla Cycling Team | 1:21 |
| 100 Nadezda Vlasova (Rus) Fenixs | 12:46 |
| 101 Fiona Dutriaux (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | s.t. |
| 102 Janine Bubner (Ger) German National Team | 12:48 |
| 103 Jana Schemmer (Ger) German National Team | |
| 104 Jennifer Letue (Fra) ESGL93-GSD Gestion | both s.t. |
| 105 Gabriella Day (GBr) Vision 1 Racing | 13:44 |
| DNF Anne Blyth (GBr) British National Team | |
| GC | |
| 1 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad Women | 3:11:19 |
| 2 Marianne Vos (Ned) DSB Bank | at 0:03 |
| 3 Linda Villumsen (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad Women | 0:07 |
| 4 Regina Bruins (Ned) Cervelo TestTeam | s.t. |
| 5 Noëmie Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team | 0:08 |
| 6 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:10 |
| 7 Amber Neben (USA) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | s.t. |
| 8 Mirjam Melchers Van Poppel (Ned) Team Flexpoint | 0:14 |
| 9 Emma Johansson (Swe) Red Sun Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 10 Trine Schmidt (Den) Team Flexpoint | 0:15 |
| 11 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint | 0:16 |
| 12 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | 0:18 |
| 13 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | 0:19 |
| 14 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | s.t. |
| 15 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:20 |
| 16 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Bigla Cycling Team | |
| 17 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint | |
| 18 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Vision 1 Racing | |
| 19 Emma Pooley (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | all s.t. |
| 20 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | 0:21 |
| 21 Liesbeth De Vocht (Bel) DSB Bank | s.t. |
| 22 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Team Columbia Highroad Women | 0:22 |
| 23 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint | s.t. |
| 24 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Vision 1 Racing | 0:23 |
| 25 Nikki Harris (GBr) British National Team | 0:24 |
| 26 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | s.t. |
| 27 Denise Zuckermandel (Ger) German National Team | 0:25 |
| 28 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs | s.t. |
| 29 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Dutch National Team | 0:27 |
| 30 Julie Beveridge (Can) Canadian National Team | 0:28 |
| 31 Elisabeth Armitstead (GBr) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | |
| 32 Katherine Bates (Aus) Team Columbia Highroad Women | both s.t. |
| 33 Kaytee Boyd (NZl) Selle Italia Guezzi | 0:29 |
| 34 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | 0:30 |
| 35 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | |
| 36 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Selle Italia Guezzi | both s.t. |
| 37 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Dutch National Team | 0:31 |
| 38 Heather Logan (Can) Canadian National Team | 0:32 |
| 39 Angela Hennig (Ger) DSB Bank | |
| 40 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs | both s.t. |
| 41 Katie Colclough (GBr) British National Team | 0:33 |
| 42 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 43 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:34 |
| 44 Jennifer Fischer (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | 0:35 |
| 45 Martine Bras (Ned) Selle Italia Guezzi | |
| 46 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | |
| 47 Patricia Schwager (Ned) Cervelo TestTeam | |
| 48 Saskia Elemans (Ned) Team Flexpoint | all s.t. |
| 49 Lucy Martin (GBr) British National Team | 0:36 |
| 50 Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Vision 1 Racing | |
| 51 Tina Liebig (Ger) DSB Bank | both s.t. |
| 52 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad Women | 0:37 |
| 53 Joelle Numainville (Can) ESGL93-GSD Gestion | |
| 54 Leda Cox (GBr) ESGL93-GSD Gestion | 0:38 |
| 55 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Dutch National Team | s.t. |
| 56 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Team Columbia Highroad Women | 0:39 |
| 57 Noortje Tabak (Ned) DSB Bank | |
| 58 Moriah MacGregor (Can) Canadian National Team | both s.t. |
| 59 Helen Wyman (GBr) Vision 1 Racing | 0:40 |
| 60 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Selle Italia Guezzi | 0:41 |
| 61 Audrey Cordon (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | |
| 62 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team | both s.t. |
| 63 Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:42 |
| 64 Laure Werner (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 65 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | both s.t. |
| 66 Lina-Kristin Schink (Ger) German National Team | 0:43 |
| 67 Marlijn Binnendijk (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
| 68 Karin Aune (Swe) Fenixs | |
| 69 Jenny Trew (Can) Canadian National Team | all s.t. |
| 70 Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) DSB Bank | 0:44 |
| 71 Valentina Bastianelli (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | 0:45 |
| 72 Sarah Stewart (Can) Canadian National Team | |
| 73 Audrey Lemieux (Can) ESGL93-GSD Gestion | both s.t. |
| 74 Jennifer Hohl (Sui) Bigla Cycling Team | 0:47 |
| 75 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:48 |
| 76 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Cervelo TestTeam | |
| 77 Thomas Béatrice (Fra) ESGL93-GSD Gestion | |
| 78 Alexandra Greenfield (GBr) British National Team | all s.t. |
| 79 Catherine Hare Willianson (GBr) Fenixs | 0:49 |
| 80 Marina Romoli (Ita) Selle Italia Guezzi | 0:50 |
| 81 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | s.t. |
| 82 Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | 0:51 |
| 83 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | |
| 84 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Dutch National Team | both s.t. |
| 85 Lesueur Mélodie (Fra) ESGL93-GSD Gestion | 0:52 |
| 86 Petra Dijkman (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:54 |
| 87 Debby Van Den Berg (Ned) Vision 1 Racing | 0:56 |
| 88 Bianca Puratch-Knoepfle (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung | 0:57 |
| 89 Carrie Cartmill (Can) Canadian National Team | s.t. |
| 90 Virginia Hennig (Ger) German National Team | 0:59 |
| 91 Kim Schoonbaert (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | 1:04 |
| 92 Veronica Alessio (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago | 1:05 |
| 93 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Selle Italia Guezzi | s.t. |
| 94 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | 1:09 |
| 95 Elise Depoorter (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | s.t. |
| 96 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) Dutch National Team | 1:12 |
| 97 Emma Silversides (GBr) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | 1:17 |
| 98 Elena Eggl (Ger) German National Team | s.t. |
| 99 Bettina Kuhn (Sui) Bigla Cycling Team | 2:01 |
| 100 Fiona Dutriaux (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | 13:29 |
| 101 Janine Bubner (Ger) German National Team | 13:30 |
| 102 Jana Schemmer (Ger) German National Team | 13:35 |
| 103 Nadezda Vlasova (Rus) Fenixs | 13:37 |
| 104 Jennifer Letue (Fra) ESGL93-GSD Gestion | 13:50 |
| 105 Gabriella Day (GBr) Vision 1 Racing | 14:36 |
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