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23rd Tour de l'Aude - 2.1
France, May 18-27, 2007
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Stage 4 - May 22: Castelnaudary - Castelnaudary, 107 km
Vos comes into play as field divides
By Greg Johnson
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It ended in identical fashion to stages one and three, with a sprint, yet the 107 kilometre Stage 4 was the most action-packed day to date of the 23rd Tour de l'Aude. Despite the day of drama, as the lead bunch rolled back in to Castelnaudary, it was 20 year-old world champion Marianne Vos (Team DSB Bank) who was the first rider across the line.
The youngster was hard to miss in the green points jersey, as she rolled through metres ahead of second placed Judith Arndt (T-Mobile), who continues to hold the general classification lead. The Netherlands' Vos looked surprisingly refreshed as she rolled home, proudly holding three fingers skywards to signify her third stage win in the event.
The action had all started nearly exactly three hours beforehand in the same town, when the peloton rolled out for the 107 kilometre stage. The day's players were quickly unveiled when Équipe Nürnberger's Trixi Worrack made the first significant break of the day - signifying the former podium finisher has her eye on the top step of the dais when the event concludes on Sunday in Limoux.
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The teamwork which German squad T-Mobile showed to win Sunday's team time trial became even more crucial than when it took the yellow leaders jersey back then today, with a co-ordinated effort required to ensure it kept the yellow jersey in the magenta camp's hands. It was Ina-Yoko Teutenberg who did that work for the squad today, helping drive the lead bunch early on in the race, to recapture Worrack who had gained up to one minute on the bunch.
A high-pace at the front end in pursuit of Worrack forced the peloton to snap in half on today's stage, effectively ending any slim hope over half the peloton may have held of a GC victory. Even Teutenberg fell out of the lead bunch after Worrack had been recaptured. But when Worrack's teammate, Andrea Graus, went off the front, Teutenberg not only pulled herself back in to the lead group, she again helped drive it forward to neutralise the threat from the Équipe Nürnberger squad.
With Graus resisting the pursuing bunch down to the final kilometres, it was on for young and old - literally. Despite holding a noticeable margin some 200 metres out from the finish, 18 time German champion Arndt couldn't hold off Vos, who threw her fist into the air in celebration as she crossed the line.
"I'm looking forward to tomorrow, for I am curious as to what I can do on that stage with two high climbs," said Vos. "[But] after three wins, I must be naturally well satisfied, I feel very strong."
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New Zealand's Joanne Kiesanowski (Raleigh Lifeforce) crossed the line in third place while Russian Julia Martisova (FRW - Gauss) took fourth.
"It was a long day in the laughing group, and it wasn't very funny," said a disappointed Meshy Holt (Team Expresscopy.com), whose entire team finished in the second bunch some 21 minutes behind the leaders.
The day's result has a notable impact on the general classification standings, despite Arndt still holding a comfortable 18 second lead. The German rider's teammate Linda Villumsen, who had held second place, is all but out of contention having dropped some 21 minutes on Stage 4. The Denmark rider's tumble down the order elevates Susanne Ljungskog (Team Flexpoint) up into second place, while Kimberly Anderson (T-Mobile) holds third place.
While nothing change in the time differences, the fallout from the split field on today's stage sees both Vos and Worrack elevated well up the order. German Worrack holds fifth place, some 43 seconds behind Arndt, while Vos is a further 12 seconds adrift in ninth place.
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- Race leader Judith Arndt (T-Mobile) and Tanja Hennes (Bigla) chats before the start.
- Marina Duvnjak (New Zealand).
- Anne Garcia (Comunidad Valenciana).
- Judith Arndt (T-Mobile) and Marianne Vos (DSB Bank) roll along.
- Kim Anderson (T-Mobile).
- T-Mobile spent a long time at the front of the race today.
- The race leader sits on the wheel of teammate Ina-Yoko Teutenberg.
- Teutenberg (T-Mobile) created the pace for many kilometres in Stage 4
- Svetlana Bubnenkova (Fenixs).
- Amber Neben (Team Flexpoint) takes on some nourishment.
- Tanja Slater (Raleigh Lifeforce) was in the break.
- Any vantage point for spectators in Fanjeaux.
- Claudia Hausler (Nürnberger) is still in the mountains competition lead.
- Andrea Graus (Nürnberger) was caught from her solo break in the closing kilometres.
- The sprint: Judith Arndt in yellow was second, Marianne Vos (centre) won and Jo Kiesanowski (Raleigh Lifeforce)(right) was third.
- That makes it three wins at l'Aude for Vos.
- Tanja Hennes (Bigla) keeps the sprints jersey.
- Claudia Hausler (Nürnberger), mountains competition leader.
- Daiva Tuslaite (Lithuania), young rider competition leader.
- Marianne Vos (DSB Bank) is the points leader.
- A smile from the race leader Judith Arndt (T-Mobile).
- A breakaway on a climb.
- A French national team rider leads through a descent to the first climb of the day, Cote de Labecede Lauragais.
- Trixi Worrack (Nürnberger) made a solo breakaway and had an advantage approaching one minute.
- Ina-Yoko Teutenberg leads T-Mobile's chase of Worrack to defend the yellow jersey for Judith Arndt.
- Sigrid Corneo (Menikini Gysko) in the break.
- Edita Puckinskaite (Nürnberger) takes a corner.
- An Aude ruin.
- The Kiwis have a base in the Aude region - in Limoux.
- Teutenberg driving the pace, again.
- Andrea Thürig (Bigla).
- The effort shows for Andrea Graus during her solo break.
Results
1 Marianne Vos (Ned) Team DSB Bank 3.00.52 (35.496 km/h) 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 3 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 4 Julia Martisova (Rus) FRW - Gauss 5 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Bigla Cycling Team 6 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 7 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 8 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 9 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Menikini - Gysko 10 Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) Lithuania 11 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany 12 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) France 13 Karine Gautard (Fra) France 14 Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) FRW - Gauss 15 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) New Zealand 16 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 17 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 18 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) T-Mobile Team - Women 19 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 20 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) France 21 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 22 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 23 Georgina Waibl (NZl) New Zealand 24 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 25 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Team - Women 26 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 27 Serena Sheridan (NZl) New Zealand 28 Sarah Düster (Ger) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 29 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint 30 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 31 Tanja Slater (GBr) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 32 Andrea Thürig (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 33 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Flexpoint 34 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Team DSB Bank 35 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 0.07 36 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 2.17 37 Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) FRW - Gauss 6.50 38 Helen Wyman (GBr) Global Racing Team 39 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 40 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 41 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 42 Debby Van De Berg (Ned) Global Racing Team 43 Maria Rosario Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 44 Edita Janeliunaite (Ltu) Lithuania 21.03 45 Lina Skujaute (Ltu) Lithuania 46 Fanny Riberot (Fra) France 47 Agne Miliskeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania 48 Sigrid Jochems (Ned) Global Racing Team 49 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 50 Agne Sukutyte (Ltu) Lithuania 51 Céline Nivet (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 52 Jaccolien Wallaard (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 53 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 54 Michelle Hyland (NZl) New Zealand 55 Aurore Jeudy (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 56 Catherine Moncassin-Prime (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 57 Kettj Manfrin (Ita) FRW - Gauss 58 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) France 59 Fei Wang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 60 Carissa Wilkes (NZl) New Zealand 61 Eleonora Soldo (Ita) FRW - Gauss 62 Ana Garcia Antequera (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 63 Sufen Ma (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 64 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) France 65 Marlen Johrend (Ger) Germany 66 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Team Flexpoint 67 Linn Torp (Nor) Global Racing Team 68 Eleonora Van Dijk (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 69 Xiaoning Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 70 Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) Team DSB Bank 71 Xiong Ying Ruan (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 72 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 73 Maria Auxiliadora Martin Morales (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 74 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) FRW - Gauss 75 Christelle Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 76 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 77 Silvia Tirado Marquez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 78 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint 79 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 80 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 81 Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 82 Zoulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 83 Romy Kasper (Ger) Germany 84 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 85 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 86 Liane Bahler (Ger) Fenixs - HPB 87 Carina Ketonen (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 88 Linda Van Rijen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 89 Alexandra Sontheimer (Ger) Germany 90 Fabienne Sandig (Ger) Germany 91 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 92 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Gysko 93 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Lithuania 94 Amanda Shaw (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 95 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Germany 96 Li Ping (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 97 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 98 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Menikini - Gysko 99 Janne Brok (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 100 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 101 Linda Villumsen Serup (Den) T-Mobile Team - Women 102 Jessica Phillips (USA) Team Expresscopy.com 103 Marlyn Brinnendijk (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 104 Erinne Willock (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 105 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 106 Linda Ringlever (Ned) Global Racing Team 107 Melissa Holt (NZl) Team Expresscopy.com 108 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand 109 Anne Samplonius (Can) Team Expresscopy.com DNS Christiane Soeder (Aut) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team General classification after stage four 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 10.16.13 2 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 0.18 3 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Team - Women 0.27 4 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint 0.30 5 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.43 6 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 0.49 7 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 0.54 8 Sarah Düster (Ger) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 0.55 9 Marianne Vos (Ned) Team DSB Bank 10 Andrea Thürig (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 1.04 11 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany 1.05 12 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 1.07 13 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) France 1.29 14 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Team DSB Bank 1.38 15 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) T-Mobile Team - Women 1.39 16 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 1.41 17 Julia Martisova (Rus) FRW - Gauss 1.45 18 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 1.52 19 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 2.02 20 Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) Lithuania 2.09 21 Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) FRW - Gauss 2.16 22 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Flexpoint 2.28 23 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 2.32 24 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 2.33 25 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) New Zealand 2.34 26 Tanja Slater (GBr) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 2.52 27 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Bigla Cycling Team 3.04 28 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) France 3.10 29 Karine Gautard (Fra) France 3.18 30 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 3.43 31 Georgina Waibl (NZl) New Zealand 4.08 32 Serena Sheridan (NZl) New Zealand 4.20 33 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Menikini - Gysko 6.21 34 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 8.41 35 Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) FRW - Gauss 8.42 36 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 9.58 37 Maria Rosario Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11.00 38 Debby Van De Berg (Ned) Global Racing Team 11.12 39 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 11.47 40 Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 13.19 41 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 16.38 42 Helen Wyman (GBr) Global Racing Team 18.21 43 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 19.23 44 Linda Villumsen Serup (Den) T-Mobile Team - Women 21.13 45 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 21.46 46 Zoulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 22.06 47 Alexandra Sontheimer (Ger) Germany 22.19 48 Romy Kasper (Ger) Germany 22.45 49 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Gysko 23.06 50 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Team Flexpoint 23.19 51 Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 23.26 52 Carissa Wilkes (NZl) New Zealand 23.30 53 Michelle Hyland (NZl) New Zealand 23.38 54 Eleonora Van Dijk (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 24.19 55 Fabienne Sandig (Ger) Germany 24.28 56 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 57 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) France 24.31 58 Marlyn Brinnendijk (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 24.37 59 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Menikini - Gysko 24.38 60 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) France 24.39 61 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 24.44 62 Anne Samplonius (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 24.46 63 Jessica Phillips (USA) Team Expresscopy.com 24.56 64 Melissa Holt (NZl) Team Expresscopy.com 24.59 65 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 25.22 66 Ana Garcia Antequera (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 67 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 25.43 68 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 25.48 69 Jaccolien Wallaard (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 26.23 70 Edita Janeliunaite (Ltu) Lithuania 26.31 71 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 27.16 72 Liane Bahler (Ger) Fenixs - HPB 27.19 73 Amanda Shaw (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 28.02 74 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Lithuania 28.08 75 Christelle Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 28.20 76 Linda Ringlever (Ned) Global Racing Team 28.35 77 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint 29.16 78 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 30.05 79 Fei Wang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 80 Janne Brok (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 30.49 81 Carina Ketonen (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 31.24 82 Xiaoning Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 31.29 83 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 31.41 84 Silvia Tirado Marquez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32.22 85 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 32.38 86 Catherine Moncassin-Prime (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 32.51 87 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Germany 33.38 88 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 33.45 89 Fanny Riberot (Fra) France 34.25 90 Sufen Ma (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 34.28 91 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand 34.50 92 Linn Torp (Nor) Global Racing Team 35.24 93 Li Ping (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 35.49 94 Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) Team DSB Bank 35.57 95 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 36.58 96 Marlen Johrend (Ger) Germany 37.04 97 Maria Auxiliadora Martin Morales (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 37.09 98 Lina Skujaute (Ltu) Lithuania 38.12 99 Erinne Willock (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 38.52 100 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) FRW - Gauss 39.29 101 Kettj Manfrin (Ita) FRW - Gauss 44.25 102 Linda Van Rijen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 44.36 103 Aurore Jeudy (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 48.18 104 Xiong Ying Ruan (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 49.39 105 Eleonora Soldo (Ita) FRW - Gauss 55.27 106 Agne Miliskeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania 57.55 107 Agne Sukutyte (Ltu) Lithuania 1.09.12 108 Céline Nivet (Fra) Les Pruneaux D'Agen 1.12.19 109 Sigrid Jochems (Ned) Global Racing Team 1.15.41 Young rider classification 1 Marianne Vos (Ned) Team DSB Bank 10.17.08 2 Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) Lithuania 1.14 3 Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) FRW - Gauss 1.21 4 Karine Gautard (Fra) France 2.23 5 Serena Sheridan (NZl) New Zealand 3.25 6 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 7.46 7 Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) FRW - Gauss 7.47 8 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 15.43 9 Linda Villumsen Serup (Den) T-Mobile Team - Women 20.18 10 Alexandra Sontheimer (Ger) Germany 21.24 11 Romy Kasper (Ger) Germany 21.50 12 Carissa Wilkes (NZl) New Zealand 22.35 13 Eleonora Van Dijk (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 23.24 14 Fabienne Sandig (Ger) Germany 23.33 15 Marlyn Brinnendijk (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 23.42 16 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) France 23.44 17 Edita Janeliunaite (Ltu) Lithuania 25.36 18 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 26.21 19 Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Lithuania 27.13 20 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint 28.21 21 Fei Wang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 29.10 22 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team Expresscopy.com 30.46 23 Silvia Tirado Marquez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 31.27 24 Sufen Ma (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 33.33 25 Marlen Johrend (Ger) Germany 36.09 26 Maria Auxiliadora Martin Morales (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 36.14 27 Lina Skujaute (Ltu) Lithuania 37.17 28 Linda Van Rijen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 43.41 29 Agne Miliskeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania 57.00 30 Agne Sukutyte (Ltu) Lithuania 1.08.17 31 Sigrid Jochems (Ned) Global Racing Team 1.14.46
