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August 13, Stage 4: Vierzon - St. Pourcain 153.7km
Evelyn Stevens chalks up stage win in France
Anderson inherits race lead from teammate
Stage podium : Monica Baccaille (Michela Fanini), Evelyn Stevens (USA) and Kim Anderson (Team Columbia-HTC)
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Team Columbia-HTC's race leader, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg with team-mate, …
Kim Anderson (Team-Columbia-HTC) follows the wheel of Monica …
Evelyn Stevens (USA) grits her teeth after her attack and solo …
The Americans battle for the win in St Pourcain sur Sioule. …
The Americans battle for the win in St Pourcain sur Sioule. …
Evelyn Stevens has continued her dramatic rise towards the top of women's cycling after claiming stage four of the Route de France. Riding in France with the US National Team, Stevens out-sprinted Kim Anderson (Columbia-HTC) to the finishline of stage four in St. Pourcain.
Despite missing the stage victory, Anderson was the recipient of her first ever race leader's jersey as the duo finished 2:12 ahead of Monia Baccaille (Gauss RDZ Ormu – Colnago). Stevens also moved up into second place overall.
Anderson succeeded teammate Ina-Yoko Teutenberg as overall leader of the six-day race after forming part of a 10-rider break that gained up to 28 minutes on the peloton. Stevens launched her attack in the final 30 kilometres of the stage with Anderson the only rider able to catch her, 2.5 kilometres before the finish.
"I'm really excited and pleased about how the day worked out," Anderson said afterwards. "I chased down an attack and then there were 10 of us ahead, and for some reason the bunch just didn't chase behind. Our lead grew really fast, about half of the break was working well, and then when Evelyn attacked I had to chase very hard to get her back. I didn't get the stage win, but taking a race lead for the first time ever in my career is really important."
Anderson admitted that she would have to mark Stevens as she seeks to defend her race lead on Friday's 137-kilometre stage five from Blanzat to Chatelguyon.
"It's true that tomorrow is a tough stage, but we've got a strong team here and we'll do everything we can to keep it all under control," said Anderson. "I will have to watch Evelyn very closely but I'm very confident in my teammates. I'll do my best to make sure it all works out."
| 1 | Evelyn Stevens (USA) US National Team | 4:01:05 | |
| 2 | Kimberly Anderson (USA) Team Columbia-HTC | ||
| 3 | Monia Baccaille (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 0:02:12 | |
| 4 | Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria Mazaga (Spa) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi | ||
| 5 | Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 0:03:14 | |
| 6 | Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | ||
| 7 | Kaytee Boyd (NZl) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 0:05:01 | |
| 8 | Magali Mocquery (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | 0:06:15 | |
| 9 | Egle Zablockyte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | ||
| 10 | Kirsty Broun (Aus) Australia | ||
| 11 | Mélodie Lesueur (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion | 0:12:18 | |
| 12 | Flavia M. Oliveira (USA) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | ||
| 13 | Edita Unguryte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | 0:28:29 | |
| 14 | Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Fenixs | ||
| 15 | Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | ||
| 16 | Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | ||
| 17 | Edita Janeliunaite (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | ||
| 18 | Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | ||
| 19 | Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs | ||
| 20 | Ally Stacher (USA) US National Team | ||
| 21 | Christine Majerus (Lux) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion | ||
| 22 | Carmen McNellis (USA) US National Team | ||
| 23 | Kim Schoonbaert (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | ||
| 24 | Siobhan Dervan (Irl) Fenixs | ||
| 25 | Corine Hierckens (Bel) Fenixs | ||
| 26 | Uenia Fernandes Da Souza (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | ||
| 27 | Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Fenixs | ||
| 28 | Eugenie Mermillod (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion | ||
| 29 | Gloria Presti (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | ||
| 30 | Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | ||
| 31 | Kristin McGrath (USA) US National Team | ||
| 32 | Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | ||
| 33 | Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | ||
| 34 | Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | ||
| 35 | Florence Girardet (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | ||
| 36 | Alison Starnes (USA) US National Team | ||
| 37 | Béatrice Thomas (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion | ||
| 38 | Serena Mensa (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | ||
| 39 | Giuseppina Grassi (Mex) Selle Italia Ghezzi | ||
| 40 | Karine Gautard (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | ||
| 41 | Audrey Cordon (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | ||
| 42 | Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | ||
| 43 | Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | ||
| 44 | Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australia | ||
| 45 | Audrey Lemieux (Can) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion | ||
| 46 | Shara Gillow (Aus) Australia | ||
| 47 | Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi | ||
| 48 | Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | ||
| 49 | Romy Kasper (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | ||
| 50 | Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi | ||
| 51 | Jenifer Letue (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion | ||
| 52 | Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Team Columbia-HTC | ||
| 53 | Chantal Beltman (Ned) Team Columbia-HTC | ||
| 54 | Rosane Kirch (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | ||
| 55 | Marie Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | ||
| 56 | Anna Sanchis Chafer (Spa) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi | ||
| 57 | Simona Frapporti (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | ||
| 58 | Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | ||
| 59 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi | ||
| 60 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | ||
| 61 | Marlen Johrend (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | ||
| 62 | Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi | ||
| 63 | Ruth Corset (Aus) Australia | ||
| 64 | Katherine Bates (Aus) Team Columbia-HTC | ||
| 65 | Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | ||
| 66 | Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC | ||
| 67 | Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | ||
| 68 | Luise Keller (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC | ||
| DNF | Samantha Galassi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | ||
| DNF | Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Selle Italia Ghezzi | ||
| DNF | Clemilda Fernandes Silva (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | ||
| DNF | Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Australia | ||
| DNF | Lindsay Myers (USA) US National Team |
| 1 | Kimberly Anderson (USA) Team Columbia-HTC | 10:22:02 | |
| 2 | Evelyn Stevens (USA) US National Team | 0:01:19 | |
| 3 | Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria Mazaga (Spa) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi | 0:03:19 | |
| 4 | Monia Baccaille (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 0:03:43 | |
| 5 | Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | 0:04:39 | |
| 6 | Kaytee Boyd (NZl) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 0:05:54 | |
| 7 | Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 0:06:00 | |
| 8 | Kirsty Broun (Aus) Australia | 0:08:37 | |
| 9 | Egle Zablockyte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | 0:08:50 | |
| 10 | Magali Mocquery (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | 0:11:42 | |
| 11 | Mélodie Lesueur (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion | 0:12:54 | |
| 12 | Flavia M. Oliveira (USA) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 0:14:34 | |
| 13 | Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC | 0:27:38 | |
| 14 | Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australia | 0:27:43 | |
| 15 | Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi | 0:27:48 | |
| 16 | Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | 0:27:51 | |
| 17 | Kristin McGrath (USA) US National Team | 0:28:15 | |
| 18 | Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | 0:28:19 | |
| 19 | Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | 0:28:23 | |
| 20 | Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 0:28:24 | |
| 21 | Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | 0:28:36 | |
| 22 | Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Team Columbia-HTC | 0:28:39 | |
| 23 | Ruth Corset (Aus) Australia | 0:28:43 | |
| 24 | Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | 0:28:48 | |
| 25 | Luise Keller (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC | 0:28:49 | |
| 26 | Karine Gautard (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | 0:28:51 | |
| 27 | Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs | 0:28:54 | |
| 28 | Chantal Beltman (Ned) Team Columbia-HTC | 0:29:09 | |
| 29 | Edita Unguryte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | ||
| 30 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 0:29:14 | |
| 31 | Carmen McNellis (USA) US National Team | 0:29:19 | |
| 32 | Giuseppina Grassi (Mex) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 0:29:26 | |
| 33 | Audrey Lemieux (Can) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion | 0:29:41 | |
| 34 | Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi | 0:29:45 | |
| 35 | Audrey Cordon (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | 0:29:50 | |
| 36 | Shara Gillow (Aus) Australia | ||
| 37 | Gloria Presti (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | ||
| 38 | Alison Starnes (USA) US National Team | 0:29:51 | |
| 39 | Christine Majerus (Lux) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion | 0:29:52 | |
| 40 | Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi | 0:30:05 | |
| 41 | Simona Frapporti (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | 0:30:07 | |
| 42 | Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | 0:30:09 | |
| 43 | Corine Hierckens (Bel) Fenixs | 0:30:10 | |
| 44 | Romy Kasper (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | ||
| 45 | Edita Janeliunaite (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | 0:30:13 | |
| 46 | Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | 0:30:25 | |
| 47 | Uenia Fernandes Da Souza (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | 0:30:29 | |
| 48 | Ally Stacher (USA) US National Team | ||
| 49 | Marlen Johrend (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | 0:30:33 | |
| 50 | Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | 0:30:39 | |
| 51 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi | 0:30:40 | |
| 52 | Eugenie Mermillod (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion | 0:30:44 | |
| 53 | Katherine Bates (Aus) Team Columbia-HTC | 0:30:46 | |
| 54 | Siobhan Dervan (Irl) Fenixs | 0:30:56 | |
| 55 | Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | 0:31:02 | |
| 56 | Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | 0:31:11 | |
| 57 | Jenifer Letue (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion | 0:31:22 | |
| 58 | Marie Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | 0:31:49 | |
| 59 | Serena Mensa (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 0:31:51 | |
| 60 | Béatrice Thomas (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion | 0:31:54 | |
| 61 | Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | 0:31:58 | |
| 62 | Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Fenixs | 0:31:59 | |
| 63 | Kim Schoonbaert (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | 0:32:05 | |
| 64 | Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Fenixs | 0:32:12 | |
| 65 | Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | 0:33:08 | |
| 66 | Anna Sanchis Chafer (Spa) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi | 0:34:28 | |
| 67 | Rosane Kirch (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 0:34:40 | |
| 68 | Florence Girardet (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | 0:49:12 |
| 1 | Egle Zablockyte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | 10:30:52 | |
| 2 | Mélodie Lesueur (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion | 0:04:04 | |
| 3 | Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australia | 0:18:53 | |
| 4 | Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Team Columbia-HTC | 0:19:49 | |
| 5 | Edita Unguryte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | 0:20:19 | |
| 6 | Audrey Cordon (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | 0:21:00 | |
| 7 | Shara Gillow (Aus) Australia | ||
| 8 | Gloria Presti (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | ||
| 9 | Christine Majerus (Lux) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion | 0:21:02 | |
| 10 | Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi | 0:21:15 | |
| 11 | Simona Frapporti (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | 0:21:17 | |
| 12 | Romy Kasper (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | 0:21:20 | |
| 13 | Edita Janeliunaite (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | 0:21:23 | |
| 14 | Ally Stacher (USA) US National Team | 0:21:39 | |
| 15 | Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | 0:22:21 | |
| 16 | Jenifer Letue (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion | 0:22:32 | |
| 17 | Marie Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | 0:22:59 | |
| 18 | Serena Mensa (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 0:23:01 | |
| 19 | Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | 0:24:18 | |
| 20 | Anna Sanchis Chafer (Spa) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi | 0:25:38 |
| 1 | SELLE ITALIA GHEZZI | 31:43:47 | |
| 2 | S.C. MICHELA FANINI RECORD ROX | 0:08:51 | |
| 3 | TEAM COLUMBIA - HTC WOMEN | 0:18:24 | |
| 4 | US NATIONAL TEAM | 0:19:58 | |
| 5 | GAUSS RDZ ORMU - COLNAGO | 0:21:52 | |
| 6 | SAFI -PASTA ZARA TITANEDI | 0:22:58 | |
| 7 | AUSTRALIA NATIONAL TEAM | 0:25:07 | |
| 8 | USC CHIRIO FORNO D'ASOLO | 0:28:53 | |
| 9 | VIENNE FUTUROSCOPE | 0:29:01 | |
| 10 | ESGL | 0:34:41 | |
| 11 | LOTTO-BELISOL LADIESTEAM | 0:49:20 | |
| 12 | EQUIPE NÜRNBERGER VERSICHERUNG | 0:50:40 | |
| 13 | FENIXS | 0:52:08 |