Giro Donne 2009: Stage 8 Results

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Trixi Worrack soloed to victory on stage 8 of the Giro Donne. (Image credit: Giro Donne)

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Claudia Hausler (Cervelo) rides to secure her overall lead. (Image credit: Giro Donne)

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Hausler stays in pink after stage 8. (Image credit: Giro Donne)

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Eventual stage winner, Trixi Worrack (Equipe Nurnberger) leads a small group on a climb (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Claudia Hausler (Cervelo Test Team) rides with her team-mates (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Svetlana Bubnenkova (Fenixs) leads the group from which Trixi Worrack (Equiope Nurnberger) made her escape to solo stage victory (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Cervelo Test Team controlling the chase to the breakaway group (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Claudia Hausler (Cervelo Test Team) sits on the wheels of her team-mates (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Trixi Worrack (Equipe Nurnberger) wins Stage 8 of the Giro Donne (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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The stage podium : Shelley Olds (USA), Trixi Worrack (Equipe Nurnberger) and Svetlana Bubnenkova (Fenixs) (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

German Trixi Worrack rescued the Giro Donne for Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung by taking a fine solo victory on the eight stage to Pesco Sannita. After the team's leader Amber Neben crashed out of the race earlier this week, the team switched its focus to winning stages, and Worrack came through with aplomb.

Worrack attacked with 25km to go on the day's final climb, and by the line had opened up a 1'13 lead on a chasing group led home by American Shelley Olds.

Overall leader Claudia Hausler rolled across the line 2'57 behind Worrack, her lead not threatened by the five riders in front. The Cervelo rider's closest competition, Judith Arndt (Columbia-HTC), crashed out of the race on the stage, leaving her teammate Mara Abbott to take up the second place position on GC, 50" behind Hausler.

The race concludes Sunday.

Results
1	Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	3:05:26
2	Shelley Olds (USA) US National Team	0:01:13
3	Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs Edilsavino
4	Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint
5	Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox	0:01:15
6	Claudia Hausler (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam	0:02:57
7	Nicole Brandli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team
8	Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint
9	Monia Baccaille (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
10	Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi
11	Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi
12	Mara Abbott (USA) Team Columbia HTC Women
13	Amber Halliday (Aus) Australia	0:03:05
14	Kristin Armstrong (USA) Cervelo TestTeam
15	Emma Pooley (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam	0:04:11
16	Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam	0:05:58
17	Flavia Oliveira (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox	0:05:59
18	Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi	0:06:02
19	Valentina Carretta (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line	0:06:58
20	Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Team Cmax Dila'	0:07:01
21	Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	0:07:12
22	Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi
23	Carla Ryan (Aus) Cervelo TestTeam
24	Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team
25	Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Cervelo TestTeam
26	Kimberly Anderson (USA) Team Columbia HTC Women
27	Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi
28	Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago
29	Linda Melanie Villumsen (Den) Team Columbia HTC Women
30	Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia HTC Women
31	Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australia
32	Megan Guarnier (USA) US National Team
33	Saneila Biagi (Ita) Team Cmax Dila'
34	Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint
35	Jennifer Fiori (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line	0:07:29
36	Olena Oliynik (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	0:10:57
37	Karin Aune (Swe) Fenixs Edilsavino	0:11:12
38	Shara Gillon (Aus) Australia
39	Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi
40	Siobhan Dervan (Irl) Fenixs Edilsavino
41	Vera Koedooder (Ned) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam
42	Catherine Hare Willianson (GBr) Fenixs Edilsavino
43	Uenia Fernades Da Souza (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo
44	Ana Belen Garcia Antequera (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System
45	Giuseppina Grassi (Mex) Selle Italia Ghezzi
46	Kaytee Boyd (NZl) Selle Italia Ghezzi
47	Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago
48	Chiara Vanni (Ita) Team Cmax Dila'
49	Simona Frapporti (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo
50	Eneritz Iturriagaetxebarria Mazaga (Spa) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi
51	Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago
52	Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System
53	Carlee Taylor (Aus) Australia
54	Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Australia
55	Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago
56	Linn Torp (Nor) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam
57	Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam
58	Lauren Tamayo (USA) US National Team
59	Clemilda Fernandes Silva (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo
60	Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago
61	Katharine Carroll (USA) US National Team
62	Katheryn Curi Mattis (USA) US National Team
63	Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team
64	Laura Lorenza Morfin Macouzet (Mex) Fenixs Edilsavino
65	Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
66	Aleaksandra Lohvinova (Blr) Team System Data
67	Kirsten Wild (Ned) Cervelo TestTeam
68	Patricia Schwager (Swi) Cervelo TestTeam
69	Trine Schmidt (Den) Team Flexpoint
70	Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Selle Italia Ghezzi	0:11:20
71	Gloria Presti (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi	0:20:12
72	Francesca Faustini (Ita) Team Cmax Dila'
73	Sarah Duster (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam
74	Samantha Galassi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
75	Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam
76	Mireia Epelde Bikendi (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System
77	Tetyana Riabchenko (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo
78	Dorleta Zorrilla Braceras (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System
79	Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team
80	Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Fenixs Edilsavino
81	Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi
82	Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi
83	Laura Pisaneschi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line
84	Alessandra D' Ettorre (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line
85	Valentina Bastianelli (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line
86	Viktoria Vologdina (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo
87	Tetyana Mykhaylova (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo
88	Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
89	Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System
90	Marlen Johrend (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
91	Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Fenixs Edilsavino
92	Laura Bozzolo (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi
93	Rosane Kirch (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
94	Alona Andruk (Ukr) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi
95	Liz Hatch (USA) Team System Data
96	Lisa Racchetto (USA) Team System Data
97	Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi
98	Odette Bertolin (Ita) Team System Data	0:22:22
99	Alena Dylko (Blr) Team System Data
100	Silvia Tirado Marquez (Spa) Team Cmax Dila'
101	Bettina Kuhn (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team	0:22:29
102	Katherine Bates (Aus) Team Columbia HTC Women
103	Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Bigla Cycling Team
104	Luise Keller (Ger) Team Columbia HTC Women
105	Chantal Beltman (Ned) Team Columbia HTC Women
106	Marina Vinnikava (Blr) Team System Data	0:26:29
107	Sara Grifi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox	0:31:26
108	Meredith Miller (USA) US National Team	0:31:38
109	Chiara Bortolus (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	0:33:04
110	Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago
111	Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team
112	Brooke Miller (USA) US National Team	0:34:29
113	Diana Zamorano (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System
NF	Judith Arndt (Ger) Team Columbia HTC Women	1976
DNF	Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	1983

General classification after stage
1	Claudia Hausler (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam	22:25:04
2	Mara Abbott (USA) Team Columbia HTC Women	0:00:50
3	Nicole Brandli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team	0:02:53
4	Emma Pooley (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam	0:06:55
5	Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs Edilsavino	0:07:32
6	Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi	0:09:13
7	Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox	0:11:17
8	Carla Ryan (Aus) Cervelo TestTeam	0:12:49
9	Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint	0:14:45
10	Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	0:14:55
11	Kristin Armstrong (USA) Cervelo TestTeam	0:16:31
12	Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	0:20:06
13	Linda Melanie Villumsen (Den) Team Columbia HTC Women	0:21:14
14	Flavia Oliveira (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox	0:22:34
15	Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	0:27:25
16	Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam	0:27:41
17	Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi	0:27:46
18	Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi	0:28:28
19	Kimberly Anderson (USA) Team Columbia HTC Women	0:29:37
20	Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Team Cmax Dila'	0:31:07
21	Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint	0:31:21
22	Monia Baccaille (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox	0:32:38
23	Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australia	0:32:59
24	Valentina Carretta (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line	0:34:38
25	Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint	0:35:02
26	Amber Halliday (Aus) Australia	0:35:28
27	Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Selle Italia Ghezzi	0:37:53
28	Olena Oliynik (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	0:39:48
29	Shara Gillon (Aus) Australia	0:41:57
30	Shelley Olds (USA) US National Team	0:48:49
31	Ana Belen Garcia Antequera (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System	0:49:49
32	Luise Keller (Ger) Team Columbia HTC Women	0:54:12
33	Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Cervelo TestTeam	0:57:19
34	Giuseppina Grassi (Mex) Selle Italia Ghezzi	0:58:20
35	Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	0:59:39
36	Patricia Schwager (Swi) Cervelo TestTeam	0:59:55
37	Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi	1:00:36
38	Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi	1:01:27
39	Karin Aune (Swe) Fenixs Edilsavino	1:01:45
40	Katheryn Curi Mattis (USA) US National Team	1:02:20
41	Carlee Taylor (Aus) Australia	1:02:27
42	Jennifer Fiori (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line	1:05:02
43	Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team	1:06:04
44	Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	1:06:05
45	Rosane Kirch (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox	1:06:06
46	Laura Lorenza Morfin Macouzet (Mex) Fenixs Edilsavino	1:06:44
47	Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Bigla Cycling Team	1:06:56
48	Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	1:07:08
49	Uenia Fernades Da Souza (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	1:08:39
50	Kaytee Boyd (NZl) Selle Italia Ghezzi	1:11:43
51	Alona Andruk (Ukr) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi	1:12:00
52	Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi	1:12:08
53	Vera Koedooder (Ned) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam	1:12:15
54	Saneila Biagi (Ita) Team Cmax Dila'	1:13:23
55	Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam	1:15:07
56	Clemilda Fernandes Silva (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	1:15:53
57	Lauren Tamayo (USA) US National Team	1:16:15
58	Katharine Carroll (USA) US National Team	1:16:53
59	Alessandra D' Ettorre (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line	1:16:54
60	Catherine Hare Willianson (GBr) Fenixs Edilsavino	1:17:45
61	Trine Schmidt (Den) Team Flexpoint	1:18:29
62	Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi	1:18:41
63	Eneritz Iturriagaetxebarria Mazaga (Spa) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi	1:18:50
64	Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team
65	Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Fenixs Edilsavino	1:19:15
66	Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia HTC Women	1:19:17
67	Samantha Galassi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox	1:19:41
68	Kirsten Wild (Ned) Cervelo TestTeam	1:19:55
69	Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	1:21:21
70	Siobhan Dervan (Irl) Fenixs Edilsavino	1:21:42
71	Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	1:22:17
72	Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Australia	1:24:49
73	Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi	1:24:58
74	Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System	1:26:04
75	Megan Guarnier (USA) US National Team	1:27:17
76	Gloria Presti (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi	1:27:35
77	Marlen Johrend (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	1:31:39
78	Laura Bozzolo (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi	1:32:40
79	Sarah Duster (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam	1:33:07
80	Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi	1:35:48
81	Meredith Miller (USA) US National Team	1:36:27
82	Aleaksandra Lohvinova (Blr) Team System Data	1:36:35
83	Tetyana Riabchenko (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	1:39:24
84	Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam	1:39:53
85	Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team	1:43:51
86	Valentina Bastianelli (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line	1:44:50
87	Chiara Vanni (Ita) Team Cmax Dila'	1:45:48
88	Lisa Racchetto (USA) Team System Data	1:45:55
89	Chantal Beltman (Ned) Team Columbia HTC Women	1:46:44
90	Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	1:49:54
91	Laura Pisaneschi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line	1:53:22
92	Simona Frapporti (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	1:54:03
93	Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System	1:54:04
94	Viktoria Vologdina (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	1:56:52
95	Mireia Epelde Bikendi (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System	1:57:28
96	Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	2:00:47
97	Tetyana Mykhaylova (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	2:02:34
98	Francesca Faustini (Ita) Team Cmax Dila'	2:03:56
99	Dorleta Zorrilla Braceras (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System	2:06:41
100	Bettina Kuhn (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team	2:09:18
101	Linn Torp (Nor) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam	2:12:52
102	Chiara Bortolus (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	2:14:01
103	Liz Hatch (USA) Team System Data	2:14:56
104	Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team	2:14:58
105	Odette Bertolin (Ita) Team System Data	2:16:09
106	Alena Dylko (Blr) Team System Data	2:16:38
107	Brooke Miller (USA) US National Team	2:19:31
108	Silvia Tirado Marquez (Spa) Team Cmax Dila'	2:29:19
109	Katherine Bates (Aus) Team Columbia HTC Women	2:30:49
110	Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Fenixs Edilsavino	2:31:31
111	Marina Vinnikava (Blr) Team System Data	2:37:55
112	Sara Grifi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox	2:44:39
113	Diana Zamorano (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System	2:48:22