Arndt pulls closer to Giro Donne lead
By Cycling News published
Pooley dropped as Hausler takes over maglia rosa
Columbia-HTC's Judith Arndt put in a brilliant performance on the sixth stage of the Giro Donne, expertly maneuvering herself into second place overall just 12 seconds behind the new race leader, Claudia Hausler.
Arndt and teammate Mara Abbott went clear with three other riders on the second climb of the 119.3km stage, but left the morning's leader Emma Pooley (Cervelo TestTeam) behind on the descent.
With 40 kilometres still left to go to the finish, and Pooley's teammate Hausler poised to don the maglia rosa from the breakaway, the remaining four put more than five minutes into the peloton.
Arndt took the uphill sprint ahead of Hausler of Germany, with Bigla's Nicole Brandli taking third ahead of Abbott.
The Columbia-HTC women now occupy second and third overall, with Arndt 12 seconds and Abbott 38 seconds behind Hausler's lead with three stages to go.
"It's a close situation overall and anything could happen over the next three days," pointed out Columbia-HTC team director Ronny Lauke. "Two of the upcoming stages are really tough, whilst the third is flatter and shouldn't change much overall. But when the gaps are as small as this you never know."
"Today was a really big step forward for the team," Abbott commented. "The stage win was important because there are time bonuses, but the main objective was to open up a big gap overall and that's what we achieved."
"I finished fourth in the final sprint of four, but I wasn't worried. We'd agreed I'd work harder during the break so Judith could save her energy for the final sprint, and when the three came past me with about 500 metres to go I was happy to see them go!"
"We'd covered the attacks in the first part of the stage, then after the group of five formed Ronny told us to go for it on the descent because Pooley wasn't there. Afterwards it was very hard going, but it was exciting watching the lead gradually go up little by little, from 20 seconds to 25 to four minutes."
With two riders so close to the leader, Abbott says that Columbia-HTC "have two cards to play in the last few stages and that's an advantage."
"My form's getting stronger day by day, so that's good, too. It's certainly a great race!"
1 | Judith Arndt (Ger) Team Columbia HTC Women | 3:26:20 |
2 | Claudia Hausler (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam | |
3 | Nicole Brandli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team | 0:00:03 |
4 | Mara Abbott (USA) Team Columbia HTC Women | 0:00:14 |
5 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | 0:05:18 |
6 | Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 0:05:22 |
7 | Carla Ryan (Aus) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:05:29 |
8 | Emma Pooley (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:05:44 |
9 | Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs Edilsavino | 0:07:55 |
10 | Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | 0:07:57 |
11 | Kimberly Anderson (USA) Team Columbia HTC Women | |
12 | Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | 0:08:06 |
13 | Flavia Oliveira (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | |
14 | Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint | 0:08:11 |
15 | Linda Melanie Villumsen (Den) Team Columbia HTC Women | 0:08:12 |
16 | Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | |
17 | Kristin Armstrong (USA) Cervelo TestTeam | |
18 | Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | 0:14:37 |
19 | Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi | 0:14:39 |
20 | Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi | 0:14:42 |
21 | Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Team Cmax Dila' | 0:14:53 |
22 | Shelley Olds (USA) US National Team | 0:16:28 |
23 | Olena Oliynik (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | 0:16:30 |
24 | Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Bigla Cycling Team | |
25 | Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australia | 0:16:33 |
26 | Amber Halliday (Aus) Australia | |
27 | Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Selle Italia Ghezzi | |
28 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint | |
29 | Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:16:36 |
30 | Katheryn Curi Mattis (USA) US National Team | 0:16:37 |
31 | Monia Baccaille (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | |
32 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 0:16:44 |
33 | Valentina Carretta (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | |
34 | Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | 0:16:56 |
35 | Rosane Kirch (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 0:16:57 |
36 | Patricia Schwager (Swi) Cervelo TestTeam | |
37 | Shara Gillon (Aus) Australia | |
38 | Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint | 0:17:06 |
39 | Ana Belen Garcia Antequera (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System | 0:17:09 |
40 | Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team | 0:17:11 |
41 | Luise Keller (Ger) Team Columbia HTC Women | |
42 | Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | |
43 | Tetyana Riabchenko (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | 0:29:50 |
44 | Laura Lorenza Morfin Macouzet (Mex) Fenixs Edilsavino | 0:36:17 |
45 | Tetyana Mykhaylova (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | |
46 | Gloria Presti (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 0:36:22 |
47 | Viktoria Vologdina (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | 0:36:25 |
48 | Lauren Tamayo (USA) US National Team | |
49 | Kaytee Boyd (NZl) Selle Italia Ghezzi | |
50 | Megan Guarnier (USA) US National Team | |
51 | Alena Dylko (Blr) Team System Data | 0:36:27 |
52 | Uenia Fernades Da Souza (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | |
53 | Catherine Hare Willianson (GBr) Fenixs Edilsavino | |
54 | Aleaksandra Lohvinova (Blr) Team System Data | |
55 | Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi | |
56 | Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team | |
57 | Vera Koedooder (Ned) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | |
58 | Chiara Vanni (Ita) Team Cmax Dila' | |
59 | Karin Aune (Swe) Fenixs Edilsavino | |
60 | Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | |
61 | Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team | |
62 | Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Fenixs Edilsavino | |
63 | Alessandra D' Ettorre (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | |
64 | Clemilda Fernandes Silva (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | |
65 | Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | |
66 | Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi | |
67 | Samantha Galassi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | |
68 | Carlee Taylor (Aus) Australia | |
69 | Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | |
70 | Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi | |
71 | Eneritz Iturriagaetxebarria Mazaga (Spa) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi | |
72 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi | |
73 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Australia | |
74 | Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System | |
75 | Meredith Miller (USA) US National Team | |
76 | Jennifer Fiori (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | |
77 | Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team | |
78 | Giuseppina Grassi (Mex) Selle Italia Ghezzi | |
79 | Katharine Carroll (USA) US National Team | |
80 | Alona Andruk (Ukr) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi | |
81 | Mireia Epelde Bikendi (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System | 0:36:37 |
82 | Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | |
83 | Sarah Duster (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:36:38 |
84 | Saneila Biagi (Ita) Team Cmax Dila' | |
85 | Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | |
86 | Laura Bozzolo (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | |
87 | Trine Schmidt (Den) Team Flexpoint | |
88 | Alessia Quarta (Ita) Team Cmax Dila' | |
89 | Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | 0:36:42 |
90 | Kirsten Wild (Ned) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:36:51 |
91 | Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia HTC Women | |
92 | Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | |
93 | Chantal Beltman (Ned) Team Columbia HTC Women | |
94 | Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | 0:38:12 |
95 | Katherine Bates (Aus) Team Columbia HTC Women | |
96 | Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | |
97 | Linn Torp (Nor) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | |
98 | Francesca Faustini (Ita) Team Cmax Dila' | |
99 | Belinda Goss (Aus) Australia | |
100 | Bettina Kuhn (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team | |
101 | Dorleta Zorrilla Braceras (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System | |
102 | Simona Frapporti (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | |
103 | Saskia Elemans (Ned) Team Flexpoint | |
104 | Brooke Miller (USA) US National Team | |
105 | Sara Grifi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | |
106 | Laura Pisaneschi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | |
107 | Marlen Johrend (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | |
108 | Myfanwy Galloway (Aus) Australia | |
109 | Lisa Racchetto (USA) Team System Data | |
110 | Odette Bertolin (Ita) Team System Data | |
111 | Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System | |
112 | Chiara Bortolus (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | |
113 | Marina Vinnikava (Blr) Team System Data | |
114 | Silvia Tirado Marquez (Spa) Team Cmax Dila' | |
115 | Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team | |
116 | Diana Zamorano (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System | |
117 | Valentina Bastianelli (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | |
118 | Siobhan Dervan (Irl) Fenixs Edilsavino | |
119 | Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Fenixs Edilsavino | |
120 | Liz Hatch (USA) Team System Data | |
DNF | Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | 1989 |
DNF | Chloe Hoskings (Aus) Australia | 1990 |
DNF | Giulia Lazzerini (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 1988 |
1 | Claudia Hausler (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam | 15:50:43 |
2 | Judith Arndt (Ger) Team Columbia HTC Women | 0:00:12 |
3 | Mara Abbott (USA) Team Columbia HTC Women | 0:00:38 |
4 | Nicole Brandli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team | 0:02:33 |
5 | Emma Pooley (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:04:39 |
6 | Carla Ryan (Aus) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:07:50 |
7 | Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 0:08:49 |
8 | Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs Edilsavino | 0:08:56 |
9 | Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | 0:09:19 |
10 | Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 0:12:15 |
11 | Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | 0:13:55 |
12 | Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint | 0:14:21 |
13 | Linda Melanie Villumsen (Den) Team Columbia HTC Women | 0:15:38 |
14 | Kristin Armstrong (USA) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:15:59 |
15 | Flavia Oliveira (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 0:18:23 |
16 | Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi | 0:22:31 |
17 | Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | 0:23:12 |
18 | Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi | 0:23:55 |
19 | Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team | 0:23:59 |
20 | Kimberly Anderson (USA) Team Columbia HTC Women | 0:24:03 |
21 | Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 0:25:54 |
22 | Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Team Cmax Dila' | |
23 | Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australia | 0:26:35 |
24 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | 0:26:44 |
25 | Luise Keller (Ger) Team Columbia HTC Women | 0:27:45 |
26 | Valentina Carretta (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | 0:29:00 |
27 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint | 0:29:01 |
28 | Olena Oliynik (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | 0:30:11 |
29 | Monia Baccaille (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 0:30:58 |
30 | Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint | 0:31:19 |
31 | Shara Gillon (Aus) Australia | 0:31:38 |
32 | Amber Halliday (Aus) Australia | 0:33:47 |
33 | Rosane Kirch (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 0:35:19 |
34 | Ana Belen Garcia Antequera (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System | 0:40:25 |
35 | Katheryn Curi Mattis (USA) US National Team | 0:40:33 |
36 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 0:40:36 |
37 | Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Bigla Cycling Team | 0:45:22 |
38 | Patricia Schwager (Swi) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:48:04 |
39 | Giuseppina Grassi (Mex) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 0:48:19 |
40 | Shelley Olds (USA) US National Team | 0:48:53 |
41 | Alona Andruk (Ukr) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi | 0:49:46 |
42 | Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | 0:50:15 |
43 | Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Cervelo TestTeam | 0:51:02 |
44 | Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | 0:51:52 |
45 | Karin Aune (Swe) Fenixs Edilsavino | 0:51:53 |
46 | Carlee Taylor (Aus) Australia | 0:52:32 |
47 | Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 0:54:03 |
48 | Clemilda Fernandes Silva (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | 0:54:06 |
49 | Alessandra D' Ettorre (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | 0:54:40 |
50 | Laura Lorenza Morfin Macouzet (Mex) Fenixs Edilsavino | 0:56:07 |
51 | Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | 0:56:08 |
52 | Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | 0:56:17 |
53 | Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team | 0:58:13 |
54 | Uenia Fernades Da Souza (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | 0:58:38 |
55 | Jennifer Fiori (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | 0:58:44 |
56 | Samantha Galassi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 0:58:50 |
57 | Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Fenixs Edilsavino | 0:59:19 |
58 | Kaytee Boyd (NZl) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 0:59:52 |
59 | Vera Koedooder (Ned) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | 1:01:38 |
60 | Laura Bozzolo (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 1:01:53 |
61 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi | 1:02:44 |
62 | Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | 1:03:16 |
63 | Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System | 1:04:17 |
64 | Katharine Carroll (USA) US National Team | 1:05:02 |
65 | Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team | 1:05:36 |
66 | Meredith Miller (USA) US National Team | 1:06:06 |
67 | Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia HTC Women | |
68 | Lauren Tamayo (USA) US National Team | 1:06:14 |
69 | Trine Schmidt (Den) Team Flexpoint | 1:06:38 |
70 | Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi | 1:06:50 |
71 | Eneritz Iturriagaetxebarria Mazaga (Spa) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi | 1:06:59 |
72 | Catherine Hare Willianson (GBr) Fenixs Edilsavino | 1:07:28 |
73 | Saneila Biagi (Ita) Team Cmax Dila' | 1:07:31 |
74 | Gloria Presti (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi | 1:08:02 |
75 | Kirsten Wild (Ned) Cervelo TestTeam | 1:08:04 |
76 | Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | 1:08:07 |
77 | Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi | 1:08:32 |
78 | Tetyana Riabchenko (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | 1:08:37 |
79 | Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | 1:09:03 |
80 | Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | 1:09:06 |
81 | Megan Guarnier (USA) US National Team | 1:09:30 |
82 | Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team | 1:10:08 |
83 | Marlen Johrend (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | 1:10:48 |
84 | Siobhan Dervan (Irl) Fenixs Edilsavino | 1:11:41 |
85 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Australia | 1:12:58 |
86 | Sarah Duster (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam | 1:13:02 |
87 | Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi | 1:13:34 |
88 | Valentina Bastianelli (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | 1:14:03 |
89 | Aleaksandra Lohvinova (Blr) Team System Data | 1:14:48 |
90 | Lisa Racchetto (USA) Team System Data | 1:15:08 |
91 | Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | 1:17:08 |
92 | Chantal Beltman (Ned) Team Columbia HTC Women | 1:18:16 |
93 | Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System | 1:23:17 |
94 | Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | 1:25:45 |
95 | Belinda Goss (Aus) Australia | 1:28:48 |
96 | Chiara Bortolus (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago | 1:30:22 |
97 | Laura Pisaneschi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line | 1:31:08 |
98 | Tetyana Mykhaylova (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | 1:31:47 |
99 | Simona Frapporti (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | 1:32:16 |
100 | Francesca Faustini (Ita) Team Cmax Dila' | 1:33:09 |
101 | Brooke Miller (USA) US National Team | 1:34:27 |
102 | Chiara Vanni (Ita) Team Cmax Dila' | 1:35:15 |
103 | Myfanwy Galloway (Aus) Australia | 1:35:34 |
104 | Dorleta Zorrilla Braceras (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System | 1:35:54 |
105 | Bettina Kuhn (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team | 1:36:14 |
106 | Mireia Epelde Bikendi (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System | 1:36:37 |
107 | Viktoria Vologdina (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo | 1:36:45 |
108 | Saskia Elemans (Ned) Team Flexpoint | 1:37:13 |
109 | Odette Bertolin (Ita) Team System Data | 1:41:47 |
110 | Alena Dylko (Blr) Team System Data | 1:43:41 |
111 | Liz Hatch (USA) Team System Data | 1:44:09 |
112 | Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team | 1:44:11 |
113 | Linn Torp (Nor) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam | 1:51:05 |
114 | Silvia Tirado Marquez (Spa) Team Cmax Dila' | 1:55:40 |
115 | Katherine Bates (Aus) Team Columbia HTC Women | 1:57:45 |
116 | Marina Vinnikava (Blr) Team System Data | 1:58:42 |
117 | Alessia Quarta (Ita) Team Cmax Dila' | 1:59:58 |
118 | Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Fenixs Edilsavino | 2:00:44 |
119 | Sara Grifi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox | 2:01:44 |
120 | Diana Zamorano (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System | 2:01:53 |

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