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20th Internationale Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen - 2.1 (W)
Germany, July 24-29, 2007
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Stage 5b - July 28: Schmölln circuit, 90.6 km
Worrack wins stage despite weather, Neben and Arndt fight it out
By Susan Westemeyer
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Trixi Worrack (Equipe Nürnberger) won Saturday's second half-stage in the Thüringen Rundfahrt, attacking out of the last intermediate sprint to win the stage by 53 seconds. Judith Arndt (T-Mobile) took second to cut her time difference to overall leader Amber Neben (Team Flexpoint). The weather made the race more difficult for the riders, with exceptionally heavy rains stopping the race for about 12 minutes.
Arndt, who lost the leader's jersey to Neben in the morning's time trial, fought to make up the failing 10 seconds to Neben, won the first intermediate sprint and took the time bonus. Shortly thereafter, Priska Doppman (Raleigh) broke away and got a lead of up to 30 seconds before the weather put a change to plans.
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It was drizzling at the start, but turned into a "Saxon hurricane" by the time the peloton reached Meerane, with lightning, heav wind gusts and blowing rain. "The rain blew directly into our faces," said T-Mobile's Anke Wichmann on Radsport-aktiv.de. "We had to literally tread water, because all the low points in the road had turned into little lakes. We rode through ankle-deep water."
When the race started again, Doppman was given a lead but was overtaken by the peloton as it went into the last lap of the closing round course. Arndt won the final intermediate sprint ahead of Worrack and Neben, and Worrack took advantage of the opportunity to attack. She was able to get away and won the race by 53 seconds.
Behind her, in the duel for the overall lead, Arndt attacked out of the following group. Neben and Noemi Cantele, third overall, followed. The German was able to finish one second ahead of her rivals, added to the time bonuses which she picked up underway, Arndt was able to cut Neben's overall lead from 10 seconds to two seconds.
The fight will continue in the race's last stage on Sunday, 108.7km around Zeulenroda, Germany, on a course which features three ranked climbs and two intermediate sprints.
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- Priska Doppmann (Raleigh) already has a small gap on the bunch.
- Trixi Worrack (Nürnberger) looks at Oenone Wood (T-Mobile) as the latter attacks.
- Carla Ryan (Australian National).
- Susanne Ljungskog (Team Flexpoint) in the bunch.
- The cobbled hill was treacherous in the wet, hence neutralised.
- Doppmann continues with a 30 second advantage after the neutralisation.
- The yellow jersey was temporarily covered with a rain jacket.
- Doppmann continues ahead of the bunch.
- With about 18km to go, Amber Neben is in the front break.
- Trixi Worrack (Nürnberger), clearly tired, waits for the awards ceremony.
- The stage winners celebrate with a beer Judith Arndt (T-Mobile), Trixi Worrack (Nürnberger), and Noemi Cantele (Bigla).
- Dripping wet legs - and this was only the sign on.
- These wet roads seemed unpalatable enough...
- ...then the rain came down properly!
- Virginia Hennig (Getränke Hoffmann) before the storms.
- Josie Loane (Australian National) picks her way up the street as day turns into night.
- Catrine Josefsson (Team Specialized Design) in the heavy rain.
- Priska Doppmann (Raleigh) is stopped, to wait for the bunch before the race is neutralised.
- Emma Pooley (Team Specialized) maybe cannot quite believe it.
- A photo-call for Carla Ryan and Sara Carrigan (Australian National).
- Any way up on the wet, slippery cobbles.
- Judith Arndt (T-Mobile) descends carefully.
- Trixi Worrack (Équipe Nürnberger) in control with about 12km to go.
- Worrack (Nürnberger) enjoys her win.
- Judith Arndt (T-Mobile) sprints to second place to gain some time bonus seconds in the fight to catch Amber Neben on GC.
- Judith Arndt (T-Mobile), Amber Neben (Team Flexpoint) and Emma Pooley (Team Specialized Design).
- The colourful podium.
Results
1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 2.16.51 (39.459 km/h) 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 0.53 3 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 0.54 4 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 5 Sarah Düster (Ger) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 6 Monica Höller (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 7 Anita Valen (Nor) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 0.58 8 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 9 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 10 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 11 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women 12 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 13 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 14 Karen Steurs (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 15 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 16 An Van Rie (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 17 Wang Fei (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 1.03 18 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 19 Inge Van den Broeck (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 20 Nina Göhl (Ger) German National Team 21 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team 22 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 23 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team Uniqa 24 Virginia Hennig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 25 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 26 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women 1.10 27 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Gysko 1.11 28 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) German National Team 1.14 29 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Gysko 30 Karin Aune (Swe) Menikini - Gysko 31 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Team - Women 1.39 32 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 1.41 33 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Team Flexpoint 2.49 34 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 2.56 35 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 36 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Flexpoint 3.47 37 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Menikini - Gysko 4.28 38 Jaccolien Wallaard (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 4.30 39 Sarah Grab (Swi) Team Specialized Designs For Women 40 Claudia Seidel (Ger) German National Team 4.32 41 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 42 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 43 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 44 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Team Uniqa 45 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 46 Andrea Thürig (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 47 Britta Martin (Ger) Team Stuttgart 48 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Team Uniqa 49 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 4.36 50 Karin Thürig (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 51 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint 4.38 52 Sandra Dietel (Ger) Team Stuttgart 53 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women 4.40 54 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 55 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) AA-Drink Cycling Team 56 Nicole Heine (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team 4.44 57 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team 5.51 58 Catrine Josefsson (Swe) Team Specialized Designs For Women 8.49 59 Marina Romoli (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 60 Jana Schemmer (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team 61 Katharina Blum (Ger) German National Team 9.29 62 Alexandra Nöhles (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team 9.33 63 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 9.54 64 Rosmarie Mayer (Ger) Team Specialized Designs For Women 10.52 65 Britta Nadler (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team 12.51 66 Janne Brok (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 13.40 67 Sabine Fischer (Ger) Team Stuttgart 68 Xiao Mei Huang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 69 Emma Mackie (Aus) Vrienden Van Het Platteland DNF Emma Rickards (Aus) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team DNF Tanja Hennes (Ger) Bigla Cycling Team DNF Sandra Mißbach (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann DNF Yong Li Liu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team Sprints 1 1 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 3 pts 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 2 3 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 1 2 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 3 pts 2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 2 3 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 1 Finish 1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3 pts 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 2 3 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 1 Mountains 1 1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3 pts 2 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women 2 3 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 1 2 1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3 pts 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 2 3 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 1 Teams 1 Bigla Cycling Team 6.53.24 2 Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 0.04 3 AA-Drink Cycling Team 0.08 4 Team Getränke-Hoffmann 0.13 5 T-Mobile Team - Women 0.39 6 Menikini - Gysko 0.48 7 Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.03 8 Team Flexpoint 1.50 9 Australian National Team 3.42 10 German National Team 3.58 11 Team Uniqa 7.16 12 Giant Pro Cycling Team 9.04 13 Team Specialized Designs For Women 11.38 14 Vrienden Van Het Platteland 16.17 15 Team Stuttgart 19.59 16 Koga-Miyata Cycling Team 20.15 General classification after stage 5b 1 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 13.37.06 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 0.02 3 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 2.00 4 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women 4.10 5 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 6.03 6 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 6.54 7 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 7.29 8 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 8.00 9 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team Uniqa 8.17 10 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women 8.41 11 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 9.33 12 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 9.54 13 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 17.16 14 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) AA-Drink Cycling Team 21.18 15 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 36.54 16 An Van Rie (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 38.11 17 Anita Valen (Nor) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 39.06 18 Inge Van den Broeck (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 39.11 19 Sarah Düster (Ger) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 39.35 20 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 39.48 21 Karin Thürig (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 40.16 22 Karen Steurs (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 40.37 23 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 41.02 24 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Gysko 41.12 25 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) German National Team 41.22 26 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 42.13 27 Karin Aune (Swe) Menikini - Gysko 42.30 28 Nina Göhl (Ger) German National Team 42.52 29 Wang Fei (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 43.02 30 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 43.09 31 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Gysko 43.32 32 Virginia Hennig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 44.12 33 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 44.58 34 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 45.05 35 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team 45.21 36 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Flexpoint 45.37 37 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Team - Women 45.39 38 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Menikini - Gysko 46.00 39 Monica Höller (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 46.02 40 Claudia Seidel (Ger) German National Team 46.18 41 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 46.46 42 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Team Flexpoint 47.12 43 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Team Uniqa 47.40 44 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint 48.50 45 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 48.58 46 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team 51.37 47 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 53.27 48 Marina Romoli (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 55.15 49 Alexandra Nöhles (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team 55.23 50 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 57.36 51 Sandra Dietel (Ger) Team Stuttgart 1.01.14 52 Andrea Thürig (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 1.02.36 53 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 1.03.44 54 Sarah Grab (Swi) Team Specialized Designs For Women 1.05.19 55 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Team Uniqa 1.06.22 56 Nicole Heine (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team 1.06.24 57 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.08.42 58 Britta Martin (Ger) Team Stuttgart 1.09.25 59 Jaccolien Wallaard (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 1.09.54 60 Catrine Josefsson (Swe) Team Specialized Designs For Women 1.11.05 61 Jana Schemmer (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team 1.13.21 62 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women 1.13.50 63 Britta Nadler (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team 1.14.44 64 Rosmarie Mayer (Ger) Team Specialized Designs For Women 1.15.20 65 Xiao Mei Huang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 1.15.55 66 Emma Mackie (Aus) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 1.18.53 67 Janne Brok (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 1.18.54 68 Katharina Blum (Ger) German National Team 1.24.16 69 Sabine Fischer (Ger) Team Stuttgart 1.27.58 Sprint classification 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 15 pts 2 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women 9 3 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 8 4 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 8 5 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 6 6 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 6 7 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 5 8 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women 5 9 Monica Höller (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 5 10 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3 11 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3 12 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 3 13 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 2 14 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Gysko 2 15 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) German National Team 2 16 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 1 17 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Emma Pooley (GBr) Team Specialized Designs For Women 27 pts 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 23 3 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 12 4 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 11 5 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 9 6 Natalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 9 7 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 7 8 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 3 9 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 2 10 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 2 11 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 2 Young rider classification 1 Wang Fei (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 14.20.08 2 Virginia Hennig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 1.10 3 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team 2.19 4 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Team Flexpoint 4.10 5 Marina Romoli (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 12.13 6 Jana Schemmer (Ger) Koga-Miyata Cycling Team 30.19 Team classification 1 Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 41.14.30 2 Bigla Cycling Team 26.22 3 Team Flexpoint 28.30 4 T-Mobile Team - Women 31.46 5 Team Getränke-Hoffmann 37.06 6 Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 1.06.49 7 AA-Drink Cycling Team 1.10.53 8 Team Uniqa 1.39.07 9 Menikini - Gysko 1.42.15 10 German National Team 1.45.42 11 Australian National Team 1.46.32 12 Giant Pro Cycling Team 1.53.34 13 Team Specialized Designs For Women 1.57.30 14 Vrienden Van Het Platteland 2.43.39 15 Koga-Miyata Cycling Team 2.48.34 16 Team Stuttgart 3.13.21
