20th Internationale Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen - 2.1 (W)

Germany, July 24-29, 2007

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Stage 3 - July 26: Greiz – Greiz, 130.1 km

Pooley blasts to solo win

By Susan Westemeyer

Emma Pooley (Team Specialized) crowned an 80 kilometre long solo breakaway with the stage win in Thursday's third stage of the Thüringern Rundfahrt, taking over the leader's jersey. She finished a comfortable 4'46" ahead of T-Mobile's Oenone Wood, who broke out of the peloton shortly before the finish line. Rochelle Gilmore (Menikini - Gysko) won the mass sprint to place third. Wood is second overall and Joanne Kieseanowski (Raleigh) third.

"I never thought they would let me ride alone for so long," Pooley said happily at the finish.

During her nearly three-hour solo ride, Pooley had a lead of up to 12 minutes on the peloton. The 24 year-old Briton, who was also the 2004 duathlon world champion, now leads the race by 4'26", and also heads the sprints and mountains competitions as well as being named most aggressive rider.

Pooley took off on a short but steep climb at km 40, and was at first followed by Tanja Hennes (Team Bigla) and Natalie Bates (Getränke Hoffman), but they were unable to catch the flying Brit.

As her lead grew, the peloton waited for the Raleigh Team to lead the charge in defense of Emma Rickards' leader's jersey. "But they just shook their heads and expected us and the Nürnbergers to do the work," said Judith Arndt of T-Mobile.

Friday's fourth stage runs 128 kilometres around the city of Schleiz.

Photography

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Images by CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net

Josie Loane (Australian National Team)
Smiles from Susanne Ljungskog (Team Flexpoint).
Emma Pooley (Team Specialized) just after she broke away.
Susanne Ljungskog (Team Flexpoint) leads the chase, followed by Oenone Wood (T-Mobile).
AA Drink ride together.
The bunch in chase of Pooley.
Alexandra Nohles (Koga-Miyata) leads a team-mate.
Andrea Thürig (Team Bigla).
Natalie Bates (Getränke Hoffmann) and Tanja Hennes (Team Bigla) chase Pooley ahead of the bunch.
The narrow finishing straight, good job it was a solo victory and not a sprint!
The new race leader Emma Pooley, takes over from Emma Rickards.
Amber Neben (Team Flexpoint) at the sign on.
Emma Rickards (Raleigh) signs on for her day in yellow.
German National Team rider Hanka Kupfernagel gives a startline interview.
A smile from Sara Carrigan (Australian National Team) before the start.
Sandra Missbach (Getränke Hoffmann) leads an early break.
Some stunning architecture on the stage today in Thüringen.
A Team Bigla rider, spotted through an open gateway.
No doubting which sprinter these shoes belong to (Rochelle Gilmore, just incase you had any doubts...).
A victory salute from Emma Pooley (Team Specialized).
Oenone Wood (T-Mobile) sprinted to second place.
Rochelle Gilmore (Menikini Gysko) took third.
Podium (L-R): Oenone Wood (T-Mobile), Emma Pooley (Team Specialized) and Rochelle Gilmore (Menikini Gysko).

Results

1 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women        3.50.22 (33.885 km/h)
2 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women                        4.46
3 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Gysko                        4.48
4 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                        
5 Anita Valen (Nor) Vrienden Van Het Platteland                      
6 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team                             
7 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team         
8 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team        
9 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women                           
10 An Van Rie (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team                            
11 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint                            
12 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung                
13 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team                           
14 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung            
15 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung                 
16 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint                                  
17 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team Uniqa                                     
18 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team          
19 Inge Van den Broeck (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team                   
20 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                          
21 Karin Thürig (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team             
22 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) German National Team                  5.08
23 Sarah Düster (Ger) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team         6.22
24 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) German National Team                      
25 Karen Steurs (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team                          
26 Wang Fei (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                             
27 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team                            
28 Claudia Seidel (Ger) German National Team                         
29 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Gysko                                   
30 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Menikini - Gysko                      
31 Karin Aune (Swe) Menikini - Gysko                                 
32 Katie Mactier (Aus) Australian National Team                      
33 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                            
34 Nina Göhl (Ger) German National Team                          6.26
35 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                        
36 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung             
37 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) AA-Drink Cycling Team                   6.28
38 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Team Uniqa                               
39 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team                         
40 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                              
41 Virginia Hennig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                  8.35
42 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Flexpoint                                 
43 Yong Li Liu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                      9.04
44 Nicole Heine (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                  10.14
45 Andrea Thürig (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team                            
46 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team                      
47 Monica Höller (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team                            
48 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Team Flexpoint                             
49 Marina Romoli (Ita) Menikini - Gysko                              
50 Sarah Grab (Swi) Team Specialized Designs For Women               
51 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team                      
52 Catrine Josefsson (Swe) Team Specialized Designs For Women        
53 Britta Nadler (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                      
54 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                        
55 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team                      
56 Emma Rickards (Aus) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team            
57 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung            
58 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint                              
59 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Team - Women                     
60 Alexandra Nöhles (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                   
61 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Team Uniqa                               
62 Sandra Mißbach (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                       
63 Xiao Mei Huang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                       
64 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women                    12.34
65 Katherine Bates (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women                       
66 Katrin Leumann (Swi) Team Specialized Designs For Women           
67 Jaccolien Wallaard (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland              
68 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Bigla Cycling Team                             
69 Rosmarie Mayer (Ger) Team Specialized Designs For Women           
70 Emma Mackie (Aus) Vrienden Van Het Platteland                     
71 Janne Brok (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland                      
72 Sandra Dietel (Ger) Team Stuttgart                                
73 Jana Schemmer (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                      
74 Britta Martin (Ger) Team Stuttgart                                
75 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung               
76 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women                    16.31
77 Katharina Blum (Ger) German National Team                    20.36
78 Anna-Maria Beyer (Ger) Team Stuttgart                             
79 Sabine Fischer (Ger) Team Stuttgart                               
80 Eneritz Iturriaga Echevarria Mazag (Spa) Menikini - Gysko         
81 Claudia Meyer (Ger) Team Stuttgart                           22.57
 
Sprints
 
1
1 Monica Höller (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team                            3 pts
2 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) German National Team                      2
3 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                        1
 
2
1 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women              3 pts
2 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                        2
3 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Bigla Cycling Team                             1
 
3
1 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women              3 pts
2 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                        2
3 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung            1
 
Finish
1 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women              3 pts
2 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women                           2
3 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Gysko                           1
 
Mountains
 
1
1 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women              5 pts
2 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung                 3
3 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint                            2
 
2
1 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women              3 pts
2 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                        2
3 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Bigla Cycling Team                             1
 
3
1 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women              5 pts
2 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                        3
3 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung                 2
 
Teams
 
1 Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team                         11.45.30
2 Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung                                     
3 Bigla Cycling Team                                             1.34
4 AA-Drink Cycling Team                                              
5 Team Getränke-Hoffmann                                         1.38
6 Menikini - Gysko                                               3.08
7 German National Team                                           3.28
8 Team Flexpoint                                                 3.47
9 Giant Pro Cycling Team                                         4.48
10 T-Mobile Team - Women                                         5.24
11 Team Specialized Designs For Women                            6.04
12 Team Uniqa                                                    7.06
13 Australian National Team                                      8.40
14 Vrienden Van Het Platteland                                  15.32
15 Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                                     16.18
16 Team Stuttgart                                               31.20
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women        7.13.28
2 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women                        4.22
3 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team    4.27
4 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team       4.28
5 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team         
6 Karin Thürig (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team              
7 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team                        4.31
8 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women                       4.34
9 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung             
10 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung             4.37
11 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung                
12 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint                        4.43
13 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint                                  
14 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                       
15 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team                        4.44
16 Inge Van den Broeck (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team               4.46
17 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Gysko                       4.47
18 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) German National Team                  5.00
19 Anita Valen (Nor) Vrienden Van Het Platteland                 5.01
20 An Van Rie (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team                            
21 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                      5.04
22 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team Uniqa                                 5.13
23 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung         6.12
24 Karen Steurs (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team                      6.20
25 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team                            
26 Sarah Düster (Ger) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team         6.24
27 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) AA-Drink Cycling Team                   6.26
28 Claudia Seidel (Ger) German National Team                     6.29
29 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                        6.32
30 Nina Göhl (Ger) German National Team                          6.33
31 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) German National Team                  6.34
32 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Menikini - Gysko                  6.41
33 Karin Aune (Swe) Menikini - Gysko                                 
34 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                        
35 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team                     6.50
36 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                          6.53
37 Wang Fei (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                         7.06
38 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Team Uniqa                           7.15
39 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Gysko                               8.02
40 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Flexpoint                             8.45
41 Virginia Hennig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                  8.58
42 Yong Li Liu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                      9.21
43 Emma Rickards (Aus) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team        9.52
44 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung        9.53
45 Monica Höller (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team                       10.07
46 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Team Flexpoint                        10.16
47 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Team - Women                10.18
48 Marina Romoli (Ita) Menikini - Gysko                         10.25
49 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint                         10.31
50 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team                 10.42
51 Alexandra Nöhles (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team              10.55
52 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team                 11.57
53 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team                      
54 Katherine Bates (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women                  13.56
55 Sandra Mißbach (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                  14.00
56 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women                    17.30
57 Sandra Dietel (Ger) Team Stuttgart                           21.01
58 Katie Mactier (Aus) Australian National Team                 22.12
59 Andrea Thürig (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team                       25.24
60 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                   25.42
61 Xiao Mei Huang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                  25.51
62 Sarah Grab (Swi) Team Specialized Designs For Women          25.57
63 Catrine Josefsson (Swe) Team Specialized Designs For Women        
64 Nicole Heine (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                  26.00
65 Britta Nadler (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                      
66 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Team Uniqa                          26.06
67 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Bigla Cycling Team                        27.43
68 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung          27.50
69 Emma Mackie (Aus) Vrienden Van Het Platteland                28.14
70 Janne Brok (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland                      
71 Rosmarie Mayer (Ger) Team Specialized Designs For Women      28.17
72 Katrin Leumann (Swi) Team Specialized Designs For Women           
73 Jaccolien Wallaard (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland         29.16
74 Jana Schemmer (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                 29.22
75 Britta Martin (Ger) Team Stuttgart                           29.25
76 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women                    33.24
77 Anna-Maria Beyer (Ger) Team Stuttgart                        36.25
78 Eneritz Iturriaga Echevarria Mazag (Spa) Menikini - Gysko    37.09
79 Sabine Fischer (Ger) Team Stuttgart                          37.27
80 Katharina Blum (Ger) German National Team                    38.03
81 Claudia Meyer (Ger) Team Stuttgart                           38.46
 
Points classification
 
1 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women              9 pts
2 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                        8
3 Monica Höller (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team                            5
4 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women                           3
5 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung            3
6 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung             3
7 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung            3
8 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women                         3
9 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                       2
10 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Gysko                          2
11 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) German National Team                     2
12 Emma Rickards (Aus) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team           2
13 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team      1
14 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team                     1
15 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Bigla Cycling Team                            1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women             18 pts
2 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                        9
3 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung                 5
4 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team        3
5 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint                            2
6 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                            2
7 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team                         2
8 Katie Mactier (Aus) Australian National Team                      2
9 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Bigla Cycling Team                             1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Wang Fei (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team                       7.20.34
2 Virginia Hennig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann                   1.52
3 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Team Flexpoint                          3.10
4 Marina Romoli (Ita) Menikini - Gysko                           3.19
5 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team                   4.51
6 Jana Schemmer (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                  22.16
 
Team classification
 
1 Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team                         21.53.48
2 Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung                                 0.27
3 Bigla Cycling Team                                             2.11
4 AA-Drink Cycling Team                                          2.28
5 Team Getränke-Hoffmann                                         3.18
6 German National Team                                           4.34
7 Team Flexpoint                                                 4.39
8 Menikini - Gysko                                               4.42
9 T-Mobile Team - Women                                          6.00
10 Giant Pro Cycling Team                                        6.40
11 Australian National Team                                     12.14
12 Team Uniqa                                                   25.10
13 Team Specialized Designs For Women                           38.46
14 Vrienden Van Het Platteland                                  48.05
15 Koga-Miyata Cycling Team                                     49.31
16 Team Stuttgart                                             1.12.25