Adrie Visser (HTC-Columbia) sprinted to victory in stage three of Germany's Thuringen Rundfahrt on Thursday. The Dutchwoman bested Iris Slappendel (Cervélo TestTeam) and Marta Bastianelli (Fenixs-Petrogradets) in a small group sprint that decided the 128.7km circuit starting and finishing in Greiz.
"I'm feeling a lot more confident about my sprinting recently and that's made all the difference," said Visser. "Today I was away in a group of 11 with [teammates] Luise [Keller] and Noemi Cantele, so we were in a very good position strategically. It was a tough day, with maybe 1,800 metres of climbing in total, but after doing well in the previous stages, I felt good.
"Luise attacked 1,500 metres from the line, then Noemi led me through the pack from 500 metres to 200 metres to go. After all that hard work all I had to do was lift myself out of the saddle and use all the power I've got to get the win.
"It's my first win as an HTC-Columbia rider and it's a very good feeling finally to get that victory," said Visser. "Now we'll see what Noemi can do in the overall. She's third overall and with tomorrow's 19km time trial and two more tough days after that, I think she's got a good chance."
| 1 | Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | 3:37:46 |
| 2 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | |
| 3 | Marta Bastianelli (Rus) Fenixs-Petrogradets | |
| 4 | Olga Zabelinskaja (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | |
| 5 | Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | |
| 6 | Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ ORMU | |
| 7 | Andrea Bosman (Ned) Netherlands | |
| 8 | Petra Dijkman (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:00:03 |
| 9 | Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | |
| 10 | Irene van den Broek (Ned) Netherlands | |
| 11 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Noris Cycling | |
| 12 | Birgit Söllner (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | |
| 13 | Noemi Cantele (Ita) HTC-Columbia Women | |
| 14 | Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Fenixs-Petrogradets | 0:00:09 |
| 15 | Luise Keller (Ger) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:00:29 |
| 16 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Germany | 0:03:46 |
| 17 | Vena Koedoodor (Ned) Netherlands | |
| 18 | Romy Kasper (Ger) Noris Cycling | |
| 19 | Lesya Kalitovska (Ukr) Ukraine | |
| 20 | Laura Fouquet (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | |
| 21 | Karin Aune (Swe) Fenixs-Petrogradets | |
| 22 | Hanna Amend (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | |
| 23 | Regina Bruins (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | |
| 24 | Anne De Wildt (Ned) Netherlands | |
| 25 | Ganna Solovey (Ukr) Ukraine | |
| 26 | Alison Testroete (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | |
| 27 | Marie Lindberg (Swe) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 28 | Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr) Ukraine | |
| 29 | Alona Andruk (Ukr) Safi-Pasta Zara | |
| 30 | Charlotte Becker (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | |
| 31 | Veronique Bilodeau (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:06:46 |
| 32 | Emma Silversides (GBr) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:08:02 |
| 33 | Svetana Pauliukaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | 0:08:05 |
| 34 | Kimberly Anderson (USA) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:09:57 |
| 35 | Olena Sharga (Ukr) Ukraine | 0:10:17 |
| 36 | Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 0:14:48 |
| 37 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | |
| 38 | Stephanie Pohl (Ger) Noris Cycling | |
| 39 | Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:18:46 |
| 40 | Veronique Labonte (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | |
| 41 | Janine Bubner (Ger) Germany | 0:23:56 |
| 42 | Lisa Poller (Ger) Germany | |
| 43 | Vilija Sereikaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | |
| 44 | Valeriya Kononenko (Ukr) Ukraine | |
| 45 | Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | |
| 46 | Katharina Alberti (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | |
| 47 | Nora Schaufuß (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | |
| 48 | Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | |
| 49 | Emilie Aubry (Swi) Cervélo Test Team | |
| 50 | Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | |
| 51 | Janneke Kanis (Ned) Netherlands | |
| 52 | Lydia Wegemund (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | |
| 53 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) HTC-Columbia Women | |
| 54 | Anna Bianca Schnitzmeier (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | |
| 55 | Elizabeth Anmitstead (GBr) Cervélo Test Team | |
| 56 | Latoja Brulee (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 57 | Beate Zanner (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | |
| 58 | Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | |
| 59 | Krystal Jeffs (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | |
| 60 | Xiaoling Luo (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | |
| 61 | Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Noris Cycling | |
| 62 | Lina Shi (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | |
| 63 | Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | |
| 64 | Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | |
| 65 | Josien van Wingerden-van den Heerik (Ned) Netherlands | |
| 66 | Nina Köhn (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | |
| 67 | Joanie Caron (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | |
| 68 | Sarah-Lena Hofmann (Ger) Germany | |
| 69 | Theres Klein (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | |
| 70 | Fan Li Shen (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | |
| 71 | Anikó Révész (Hun) Hungary | |
| DNF | Marlen Jöhrend (Ger) Noris Cycling | |
| DNF | Wan Yiu Wong (HKg) Giant Pro Cycling | |
| DNF | Ausrine Trebaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | |
| DNF | Jyna Shpylyova (Ukr) Ukraine | |
| DNF | Anita Kenyó (Hun) Hungary | |
| DNF | Mónika Király (Hun) Hungary | |
| DNF | Anne Guzman (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | |
| DNF | Yvone Fiedler (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe |
| 1 | Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 3 | pts |
| 2 | Romy Kasper (Ger) Noris Cycling | 2 | |
| 3 | Olga Zabelinskaja (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | 1 |
| 1 | Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 3 | pts |
| 2 | Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 2 | |
| 3 | Romy Kasper (Ger) Noris Cycling | 1 |
| 1 | Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | 3 | pts |
| 2 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | 2 | |
| 3 | Marta Bastianelli (Rus) Fenixs-Petrogradets | 1 |
| 1 | Luise Keller (Ger) HTC-Columbia Women | 7 | pts |
| 2 | Irene van den Broek (Ned) Netherlands | 5 | |
| 3 | Olga Zabelinskaja (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | 3 | |
| 4 | Noemi Cantele (Ita) HTC-Columbia Women | 2 |
| 1 | Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 5 | pts |
| 2 | Irene van den Broek (Ned) Netherlands | 3 | |
| 3 | Petra Dijkman (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | 2 |
| 1 | Luise Keller (Ger) HTC-Columbia Women | 5 | pts |
| 2 | Irene van den Broek (Ned) Netherlands | 3 | |
| 3 | Noemi Cantele (Ita) HTC-Columbia Women | 2 |
| 1 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Germany | 3:41:32 |
| 2 | Romy Kasper (Ger) Noris Cycling | |
| 3 | Lesya Kalitovska (Ukr) Ukraine | |
| 4 | Laura Fouquet (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | |
| 5 | Hanna Amend (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | |
| 6 | Anne De Wildt (Ned) Netherlands | |
| 7 | Ganna Solovey (Ukr) Ukraine | |
| 8 | Veronique Bilodeau (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:03:00 |
| 9 | Janine Bubner (Ger) Germany | 0:20:10 |
| 10 | Lisa Poller (Ger) Germany | |
| 11 | Valeriya Kononenko (Ukr) Ukraine | |
| 12 | Nora Schaufuß (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | |
| 13 | Emilie Aubry (Swi) Cervélo Test Team | |
| 14 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) HTC-Columbia Women | |
| 15 | Anna Bianca Schnitzmeier (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | |
| 16 | Elizabeth Anmitstead (GBr) Cervélo Test Team | |
| 17 | Latoja Brulee (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 18 | Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | |
| 19 | Xiaoling Luo (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | |
| 20 | Lina Shi (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | |
| 21 | Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | |
| 22 | Sarah-Lena Hofmann (Ger) Germany | |
| 23 | Theres Klein (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | |
| 24 | Fan Li Shen (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling |
| 1 | Gauss RDZ ORMU | 10:53:21 |
| 2 | Team Columbia Highroad Women | 0:00:29 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 0:03:46 |
| 4 | Fenixs-Petrogradets | 0:03:52 |
| 5 | Cervélo Test Team | 0:07:29 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 0:11:15 |
| 7 | Safi-Pasta Zara | 0:11:48 |
| 8 | Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 9 | Noris Cycling | 0:18:34 |
| 10 | Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:29:15 |
| 11 | Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:31:25 |
| 12 | Germany | 0:42:27 |
| 13 | JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 0:47:52 |
| 14 | Giant Pro Cycling | 1:02:37 |
| 1 | Olga Zabelinskaja (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | 9:24:27 |
| 2 | Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 0:01:22 |
| 3 | Noemi Cantele (Ita) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:01:30 |
| 4 | Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 0:01:33 |
| 5 | Marta Bastianelli (Rus) Fenixs-Petrogradets | 0:02:54 |
| 6 | Irene van den Broek (Ned) Netherlands | 0:03:02 |
| 7 | Charlotte Becker (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | 0:06:19 |
| 8 | Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:09:00 |
| 9 | Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 0:09:09 |
| 10 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | 0:09:20 |
| 11 | Petra Dijkman (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:09:32 |
| 12 | Birgit Söllner (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | |
| 13 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Noris Cycling | 0:09:34 |
| 14 | Andrea Bosman (Ned) Netherlands | 0:09:40 |
| 15 | Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Fenixs-Petrogradets | 0:09:54 |
| 16 | Luise Keller (Ger) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:10:08 |
| 17 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Germany | 0:11:48 |
| 18 | Alona Andruk (Ukr) Safi-Pasta Zara | 0:13:06 |
| 19 | Romy Kasper (Ger) Noris Cycling | 0:13:07 |
| 20 | Marie Lindberg (Swe) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 21 | Karin Aune (Swe) Fenixs-Petrogradets | 0:13:12 |
| 22 | Laura Fouquet (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:13:13 |
| 23 | Alison Testroete (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:13:20 |
| 24 | Vena Koedoodor (Ned) Netherlands | 0:13:21 |
| 25 | Hanna Amend (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:13:25 |
| 26 | Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr) Ukraine | |
| 27 | Lesya Kalitovska (Ukr) Ukraine | |
| 28 | Regina Bruins (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | 0:13:26 |
| 29 | Ganna Solovey (Ukr) Ukraine | 0:13:27 |
| 30 | Anne De Wildt (Ned) Netherlands | 0:13:30 |
| 31 | Veronique Bilodeau (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:16:24 |
| 32 | Svetana Pauliukaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | 0:17:23 |
| 33 | Emma Silversides (GBr) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:17:49 |
| 34 | Kimberly Anderson (USA) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:19:41 |
| 35 | Olena Sharga (Ukr) Ukraine | 0:20:06 |
| 36 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 0:22:26 |
| 37 | Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 0:24:32 |
| 38 | Stephanie Pohl (Ger) Noris Cycling | |
| 39 | Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:28:05 |
| 40 | Veronique Labonte (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:28:31 |
| 41 | Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | 0:31:45 |
| 42 | Janneke Kanis (Ned) Netherlands | 0:32:16 |
| 43 | Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:33:11 |
| 44 | Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | 0:33:16 |
| 45 | Anna Bianca Schnitzmeier (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 0:33:22 |
| 46 | Elizabeth Anmitstead (GBr) Cervélo Test Team | 0:33:24 |
| 47 | Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 0:33:25 |
| 48 | Vilija Sereikaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | 0:33:26 |
| 49 | Emilie Aubry (Swi) Cervélo Test Team | 0:33:32 |
| 50 | Sarah-Lena Hofmann (Ger) Germany | 0:33:45 |
| 51 | Nina Köhn (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:33:48 |
| 52 | Lisa Poller (Ger) Germany | 0:38:17 |
| 53 | Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Noris Cycling | 0:44:37 |
| 54 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:59:21 |
| 55 | Joanie Caron (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | |
| 56 | Valeriya Kononenko (Ukr) Ukraine | 0:59:34 |
| 57 | Latoja Brulee (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:59:38 |
| 58 | Beate Zanner (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | |
| 59 | Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | |
| 60 | Xiaoling Luo (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 0:59:42 |
| 61 | Theres Klein (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:59:50 |
| 62 | Lydia Wegemund (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 1:00:11 |
| 63 | Josien van Wingerden-van den Heerik (Ned) Netherlands | 1:00:12 |
| 64 | Lina Shi (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 1:01:22 |
| 65 | Janine Bubner (Ger) Germany | 1:10:36 |
| 66 | Nora Schaufuß (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 1:10:41 |
| 67 | Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | |
| 68 | Anikó Révész (Hun) Hungary | |
| 69 | Fan Li Shen (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 1:10:47 |
| 70 | Krystal Jeffs (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | 1:10:49 |
| 71 | Katharina Alberti (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe |
| 1 | Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 10 | pts |
| 2 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 8 | |
| 3 | Olga Zabelinskaja (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | 7 | |
| 4 | Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 7 | |
| 5 | Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | 7 | |
| 6 | Charlotte Becker (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | 4 | |
| 7 | Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 3 | |
| 8 | Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | 3 | |
| 9 | Romy Kasper (Ger) Noris Cycling | 3 | |
| 10 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | 2 | |
| 11 | Marta Bastianelli (Rus) Fenixs-Petrogradets | 1 | |
| 12 | Noemi Cantele (Ita) HTC-Columbia Women | 1 | |
| 13 | Irene van den Broek (Ned) Netherlands | 1 |
| 1 | Irene van den Broek (Ned) Netherlands | 18 | pts |
| 2 | Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 16 | |
| 3 | Luise Keller (Ger) HTC-Columbia Women | 12 | |
| 4 | Olga Zabelinskaja (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | 8 | |
| 5 | Noemi Cantele (Ita) HTC-Columbia Women | 7 | |
| 6 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 7 | |
| 7 | Petra Dijkman (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | 2 | |
| 8 | Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | 2 |
| 1 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Germany | 9:36:15 |
| 2 | Romy Kasper (Ger) Noris Cycling | 0:01:19 |
| 3 | Laura Fouquet (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:01:25 |
| 4 | Hanna Amend (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:01:37 |
| 5 | Lesya Kalitovska (Ukr) Ukraine | |
| 6 | Ganna Solovey (Ukr) Ukraine | 0:01:39 |
| 7 | Anne De Wildt (Ned) Netherlands | 0:01:42 |
| 8 | Veronique Bilodeau (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:04:36 |
| 9 | Anna Bianca Schnitzmeier (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 0:21:34 |
| 10 | Elizabeth Anmitstead (GBr) Cervélo Test Team | 0:21:36 |
| 11 | Emilie Aubry (Swi) Cervélo Test Team | 0:21:44 |
| 12 | Sarah-Lena Hofmann (Ger) Germany | 0:21:57 |
| 13 | Lisa Poller (Ger) Germany | 0:26:29 |
| 14 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:47:33 |
| 15 | Valeriya Kononenko (Ukr) Ukraine | 0:47:46 |
| 16 | Latoja Brulee (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:47:50 |
| 17 | Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | |
| 18 | Xiaoling Luo (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 0:47:54 |
| 19 | Theres Klein (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:48:02 |
| 20 | Lina Shi (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 0:49:34 |
| 21 | Janine Bubner (Ger) Germany | 0:58:48 |
| 22 | Nora Schaufuß (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 0:58:53 |
| 23 | Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | |
| 24 | Fan Li Shen (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 0:58:59 |
| 1 | Gauss RDZ ORMU | 28:25:51 |
| 2 | Team Columbia Highroad Women | 0:08:01 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 0:12:10 |
| 4 | Fenixs-Petrogradets | 0:13:35 |
| 5 | Cervélo Test Team | 0:14:58 |
| 6 | Safi-Pasta Zara | 0:18:05 |
| 7 | Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:25:50 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 0:27:27 |
| 9 | Noris Cycling | 0:34:45 |
| 10 | Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:45:28 |
| 11 | Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:47:44 |
| 12 | Germany | 0:55:33 |
| 13 | Jenatec-Spanner Brennstoffe | 1:41:05 |
| 14 | Giant Pro Cycling | 2:13:06 |
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