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22nd Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira - 1.2W
Spain, June 11-14, 2009
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Stage 1 - June 11: Iurreta-Irrueta, 75.9 Km
Arndt's season finally gets going
Following an injury-blighted first half of the season, Team Columbia-Highroad's Judith Arndt has taken her first victory of 2009 in stage one of the Bira in Spain. The Columbia-Highroad rider was the fastest in a 19-rider sprint that decided the 78-kilometre stage starting and finishing in Iurreta, and is now race leader of the Spanish event.
Second was Great Britain's Nicole Cooke and third Emma Johannson of Sweden.
"It was a great day's riding by the team and payday for Judith after working so hard to come back ," said team sports director Ronny Lauke. "Mara [Abbott] went for it with an attack on the last climb of the day, and then when part of the race came back together, [Kim] Anderson gave Judith the perfect lead-out in the sprint finish.
"We could see that she was getting better and better after taking second in a one-day race in Spain earlier this week," he added. "Then today it all came together in a big way."
Arndt had a very tough spring, in which she first broke a collarbone and then was unlucky enough to fracture her wrist in a crash in her first race back in April. She returned to racing in the GP Montreal in Canada and since then has made fast progress towards top condition.
Arndt was delighted to have taken her first victory since the Tour of Tuscany last September. "It was a tough sprint because you never know what's going to happen with rivals as tough as Johannsen and Cooke," she said. "But I thought I would give it a try and it all worked out fine in the end."
Results
1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Columbia Highroad Women 1.59.40 (38.105 km/h) 2 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Vision 1 Racing 3 Emma Johansson (Swe) Red Sun Cycling Team 4 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Netherlands National Team 5 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss Rdz Ormu-C. 6 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 7 Carla Ryan (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 8 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss Rdz Ormu-C. 9 Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi 10 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Vision 1 Racing 11 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team 12 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 13 Christelle Ferrier (Fra) Vision 1 Racing 14 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Red Sun Cycling Team 15 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi 16 Rosane Kirch (Bra) Michela Fanini R. Rox 17 Mara Abbott (USA) Columbia Highroad Women 18 Kimberly Anderson (USA) Columbia Highroad Women 19 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0.54 20 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Michela Fanini R. Rox 21 Marta Vilajosana (Spa) Team Cmax Dila 22 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Netherlands National Team 23 Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team 24 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Cervelo Test Team 25 Valentina Carretta (Ita) Italian National Team 26 Mirjan Melchers (Ned) Team Flexpoint 27 Alona Andruk (Ukr) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi 28 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi 1.09 29 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Nürnberger Versicherung 30 Rossella Callovi (Ita) Italian National Team 31 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi 32 Jessie Daams (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 33 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Selle Italia Ghezzi 34 Kaytee Boyd (NZl) Selle Italia Ghezzi 35 Laure Werner (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team 36 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Netherlands National Team 37 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 38 Ana Garcia (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 39 Catrine Josefsson (Swe) Bizkaia-Durango 40 Linda Villumsen (Den) Columbia Highroad Women 41 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 42 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 43 Marie Lindberg (Swe) Nürnberger Versicherung 44 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi 45 Flavia Oliveira (Bra) Michela Fanini R. Rox 46 Emilie Aubry (Swi) Cervelo Test Team 47 Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team 48 Marlen Johrend (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 49 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 50 Alice Donadoni (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 51 Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi 52 Romy Kasper (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 53 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team 54 Saskia Elemans (Ned) Team Flexpoint 55 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Michela Fanini R. Rox 56 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Columbia Highroad Women 57 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss Rdz Ormu-C. 58 Kelly Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2.26 59 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Columbia Highroad Women 60 Ester Alves (Por) 4 Life- Freebike 61 Ane Santesteban (Spa) Debabarrena-Kirolgi 62 Loes Sels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 63 Cristina Alcalde (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 64 Nikki Harris (GBr) Team Flexpoint 65 Leticia Gil (Spa) Lointek 66 Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) Vision 1 Racing 67 Debby Van Den Gerg (Ned) Vision 1 Racing 68 Saneila Biagi (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 69 Sabrina Zogli (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi 70 Rossella Gobbo (Ita) Italian National Team 71 Katrien Van Looy (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 4.36 72 Cristina Navarro (Spa) Lointek 73 Lorena Foresi (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi 74 Itsaso Leunda (Spa) Debabarrena-Kirolgi 4.40 75 Eva Ledesma (Spa) Debabarrena-Kirolgi 5.03 76 M R. Rodriguez (Spa) Lointek 77 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Italian National Team 6.13 78 Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss Rdz Ormu-C. 79 Inma Rafael (Spa) Debabarrena-Kirolgi 7.02 80 Katharina Alberti (Ger) Cervelo Test Team 81 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Italian National Team 82 Adrie Viser (Ned) Netherlands National Team 83 Arien Torsius (RSA) Team Cmax Dila 84 Carly Hibberd (Aus) Michela Fanini R. Rox 85 Silvia Tirado (Spa) Team Cmax Dila 86 Ine Beyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 87 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 88 Linda Van Rijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 89 Chiara Bortolus (Ita) Gauss Rdz Ormu-C. 90 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Italian National Team 91 Francesca Faustini (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 92 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Gauss Rdz Ormu-C. 93 Giulia Lazzerini (Ita) Michela Fanini R. Rox 94 Gema Pascual (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 95 Diana Zamorano (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 96 Mireia Epelde (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 97 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint 98 Christina Becker (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 99 Bettina Kuhn (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 8.29 100 Debora Galvez (Spa) Lointek 9.19 101 Trine Schmidt (Den) Team Flexpoint 9.43 102 Angela Fernandes (Por) 4 Life- Freebike 11.41 103 Ana Vicario (Por) 4 Life- Freebike 104 Fanny Riberot (Fra) Lointek 105 Rute Costa (Por) 4 Life- Freebike 106 Maria Diez (Spa) Lointek 107 Saioa Olite (Spa) Debabarrena-Kirolgi 108 Solera Mar (Spa) Tolosa C.F. 13.29 109 Helena Maillo (Spa) Tolosa C.F. 110 Julia Alvarez (Spa) Tolosa C.F. 111 Joana Patricio (Por) 4 Life- Freebike 21.28 112 Marta Barbero (Spa) Tolosa C.F. 113 Ana Valido (Por) 4 Life- Freebike 114 Izaro Lasa (Spa) Debabarrena-Kirolgi 115 Lide Larrañaga (Spa) Tolosa C.F. Points 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Columbia Highroad Women 25 pts 2 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Vision 1 Racing 20 3 Emma Johansson (Swe) Red Sun Cycling Team 16 4 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Netherlands National Team 14 5 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss Rdz Ormu-C. 12 6 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 10 7 Carla Ryan (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 9 8 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss Rdz Ormu-C. 8 9 Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi 7 10 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Vision 1 Racing 6 11 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team 5 12 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 4 13 Christelle Ferrier (Fra) Vision 1 Racing 3 14 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Red Sun Cycling Team 2 15 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi 1 Mountains Aretxabalagane, Cat 3, 48.6 km 1 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi 3 pts 2 Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi 2 3 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team 1 Autzagane, Cat 3, 63.8 km 1 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi 3 pts 2 Mara Abbott (USA) Columbia Highroad Women 2 3 Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi 1 Sprints Elorrio, km 10.3 1 Adrie Viser (Ned) Netherlands National Team 5 pts 2 Lorena Foresi (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi 3 3 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint 1 Larrabetzu, km 42.8 1 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint 3 3 Adrie Viser (Ned) Netherlands National Team 1 Teams 1 Vision 1 Racing 5.59.00 2 Columbia Highroad. 3 Red Sun Cycling Team 5.59.54 4 Cervelo Test Team 5 Gauss Rdz Ormu-C. 6.00.09 6 Netherlans National 6.00.48 7 Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi 6.01.03 8 Michela Fanini R. Rox 9 Team Flexpoint 10 Selle Italia Ghezzi 6.01.18 11 Bigla Cycling Team 12 Nürnberger Verscherung 6.02.27 13 Squadra N. Italia 6.03.29 14 Team Cmax Dila 15 Bizkaia-Durango 6.03.44 16 Topsport Vlaanderen. 6.05.01 17 Lointek 6.11.05 18 Debabarrena-Kirolgi 6.11.09 19 4 Life- Freebike 6.24.48 20 Tolosa C.F. 6.39.27 General Classification after Stage 1 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Columbia Highroad Women 1.59.40 2 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Vision 1 Racing 3 Emma Johansson (Swe) Red Sun Cycling Team 4 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Netherlands National Team 5 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss Rdz Ormu-C. 6 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 7 Carla Ryan (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 8 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss Rdz Ormu-C. 9 Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi 10 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Vision 1 Racing 11 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team 12 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 13 Christelle Ferrier (Fra) Vision 1 Racing 14 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Red Sun Cycling Team 15 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi 16 Rosane Kirch (Bra) Michela Fanini R. Rox 17 Mara Abbott (USA) Columbia Highroad Women 18 Kimberly Anderson (USA) Columbia Highroad Women 19 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0.54 20 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Michela Fanini R. Rox 21 Marta Vilajosana (Spa) Team Cmax Dila 22 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Netherlands National Team 23 Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team 24 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Cervelo Test Team 25 Valentina Carretta (Ita) Italian National Team 26 Mirjan Melchers (Ned) Team Flexpoint 27 Alona Andruk (Ukr) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi 28 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi 1.09 29 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Nürnberger Versicherung 30 Rossella Callovi (Ita) Italian National Team 31 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi 32 Jessie Daams (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 33 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Selle Italia Ghezzi 34 Kaytee Boyd (NZl) Selle Italia Ghezzi 35 Laure Werner (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team 36 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Netherlands National Team 37 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 38 Ana Garcia (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 39 Catrine Josefsson (Swe) Bizkaia-Durango 40 Linda Villumsen (Den) Columbia Highroad Women 41 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 42 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 43 Marie Lindberg (Swe) Nürnberger Versicherung 44 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi 45 Flavia Oliveira (Bra) Michela Fanini R. Rox 46 Emilie Aubry (Swi) Cervelo Test Team 47 Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team 48 Marlen Johrend (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 49 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 50 Alice Donadoni (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 51 Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi 52 Romy Kasper (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 53 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team 54 Saskia Elemans (Ned) Team Flexpoint 55 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Michela Fanini R. Rox 56 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Columbia Highroad Women 57 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss Rdz Ormu-C. 58 Kelly Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2.26 59 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Columbia Highroad Women 60 Ester Alves (Por) 4 Life- Freebike 61 Ane Santesteban (Spa) Debabarrena-Kirolgi 62 Loes Sels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 63 Cristina Alcalde (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 64 Nikki Harris (GBr) Team Flexpoint 65 Leticia Gil (Spa) Lointek 66 Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) Vision 1 Racing 67 Debby Van Den Gerg (Ned) Vision 1 Racing 68 Saneila Biagi (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 69 Sabrina Zogli (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi 70 Rossella Gobbo (Ita) Italian National Team 71 Katrien Van Looy (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 4.36 72 Cristina Navarro (Spa) Lointek 73 Lorena Foresi (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi 74 Itsaso Leunda (Spa) Debabarrena-Kirolgi 4.40 75 Eva Ledesma (Spa) Debabarrena-Kirolgi 5.03 76 M R. Rodriguez (Spa) Lointek 77 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Italian National Team 6.13 78 Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss Rdz Ormu-C. 79 Inma Rafael (Spa) Debabarrena-Kirolgi 7.02 80 Katharina Alberti (Ger) Cervelo Test Team 81 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Italian National Team 82 Adrie Viser (Ned) Netherlands National Team 83 Arien Torsius (RSA) Team Cmax Dila 84 Carly Hibberd (Aus) Michela Fanini R. Rox 85 Silvia Tirado (Spa) Team Cmax Dila 86 Ine Beyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 87 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 88 Linda Van Rijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 89 Chiara Bortolus (Ita) Gauss Rdz Ormu-C. 90 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Italian National Team 91 Francesca Faustini (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 92 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Gauss Rdz Ormu-C. 93 Giulia Lazzerini (Ita) Michela Fanini R. Rox 94 Gema Pascual (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 95 Diana Zamorano (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 96 Mireia Epelde (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango 97 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint 98 Christina Becker (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung 99 Bettina Kuhn (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 8.29 100 Debora Galvez (Spa) Lointek 9.19 101 Trine Schmidt (Den) Team Flexpoint 9.43 102 Angela Fernandes (Por) 4 Life- Freebike 11.41 103 Ana Vicario (Por) 4 Life- Freebike 104 Fanny Riberot (Fra) Lointek 105 Rute Costa (Por) 4 Life- Freebike 106 Maria Diez (Spa) Lointek 107 Saioa Olite (Spa) Debabarrena-Kirolgi 108 Solera Mar (Spa) Tolosa C.F. 13.29 109 Helena Maillo (Spa) Tolosa C.F. 110 Julia Alvarez (Spa) Tolosa C.F. 111 Joana Patricio (Por) 4 Life- Freebike 21.28 112 Marta Barbero (Spa) Tolosa C.F. 113 Ana Valido (Por) 4 Life- Freebike 114 Izaro Lasa (Spa) Debabarrena-Kirolgi 115 Lide Larrañaga (Spa) Tolosa C.F. Points classification 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Columbia Highroad Women 25 pts 2 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Vision 1 Racing 20 3 Emma Johansson (Swe) Red Sun Cycling Team 16 4 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Netherlands National Team 14 5 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss Rdz Ormu-C. 12 6 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 10 7 Carla Ryan (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 9 8 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss Rdz Ormu-C. 8 9 Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi 7 10 Adrie Viser (Ned) Netherlands National Team 6 11 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Vision 1 Racing 6 12 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 5 13 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team 5 14 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 4 15 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint 4 16 Christelle Ferrier (Fra) Vision 1 Racing 3 17 Lorena Foresi (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi 3 18 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Red Sun Cycling Team 2 19 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi 1 Mountains classification 1 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi 6 pts 2 Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi 3 3 Mara Abbott (USA) Columbia Highroad Women 2 4 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team 1 Sprints classification 1 Adrie Viser (Ned) Netherlands National Team 6 pts 2 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 5 3 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint 4 4 Lorena Foresi (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi 3 Teams classification 1 Vision 1 Racing 5.59.00 2 Columbia Highroad 3 Red Sun Cycling Team 5.59.54 4 Cervelo Test Team 5 Gauss Rdz Ormu-C. 6.00.09 6 Netherlans National 6.00.48 7 Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi 6.01.03 8 Michela Fanini R. Rox 9 Team Flexpoint 10 Selle Italia Ghezzi 6.01.18 11 Bigla Cycling Team 12 Nürnberger Verscherung 6.02.27 13 Squadra N. Italia 6.03.29 14 Team Cmax Dila 15 Bizkaia-Durango 6.03.44 16 Topsport Vlaanderen T. 6.05.01 17 Lointek 6.11.05 18 Debabarrena-Kirolgi 6.11.09 19 4 Life- Freebike 6.24.48 20 Tolosa C.F. 6.39.27
