Iris Slappendel (Cervélo TestTeam) soloed to victory in the 134.5km final stage of the International Thüringen Rundfahrt. The Dutchwoman arrived in Zeulenroda 1:34 ahead of her former breakaway companions Trixi Worrack (Noris Cycling) and Andrea Bosman (Netherlands).
Olga Zabelinskaja (Safi-Pasta Zara) secured her overall victory with an 18th place finish on the final stage. The Russian bested runner-up Edita Pucinskaite (Gauss RDZ ORMU) by 2:56 and third-placed Noemi Cantele (HTC-Columbia Women) by 3:02.
"I am just so happy," said Slappendel. "It was my nicest victory ever. It is a fantastic day. When I made the final attack out of the breakaway, which was not working well anymore, I just took my chance and pushed.
"I made the gap very quickly and 10km ahead of the finish I had 50 seconds. I kept on going full speed towards the finish. I really enjoyed the last 2km as I was sure that I would win the race."
"It was an amazing win today," said Egon van Kessel, Sports Director, Cervélo TestTeam. "It was one of the nicest victories I have seen this season, it was just very impressive.
"The race today fit very well with our tactics. We wanted to have a breakaway and it worked. A breakaway with about 8 riders, including Iris, formed about 60km from the finish. When the second group came closer, Iris attacked and pushed all the way to the finish. The attack came with about 20km to go and Iris was really strong and confident and never looked back."
| 1 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | 3:50:26 |
| 2 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Noris Cycling | 0:01:34 |
| 3 | Andrea Bosman (Ned) Netherlands | |
| 4 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 0:01:36 |
| 5 | Petra Dijkman (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 6 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Germany | |
| 7 | Luise Keller (Ger) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:01:43 |
| 8 | Marta Bastianelli (Rus) Fenixs-Petrogradets | 0:02:26 |
| 9 | Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | |
| 10 | Vena Koedoodor (Ned) Netherlands | |
| 11 | Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | |
| 12 | Regina Bruins (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | |
| 13 | Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Noris Cycling | |
| 14 | Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | |
| 15 | Irene van den Broek (Ned) Netherlands | |
| 16 | Svetana Pauliukaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | |
| 17 | Anne De Wildt (Ned) Netherlands | |
| 18 | Olga Zabelinskaja (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | |
| 19 | Lesya Kalitovska (Ukr) Ukraine | |
| 20 | Karin Aune (Swe) Fenixs-Petrogradets | |
| 21 | Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ ORMU | |
| 22 | Laura Fouquet (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | |
| 23 | Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 24 | Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | |
| 25 | Olena Sharga (Ukr) Ukraine | |
| 26 | Anna Bianca Schnitzmeier (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | |
| 27 | Veronique Bilodeau (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | |
| 28 | Alison Testroete (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | |
| 29 | Birgit Söllner (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | |
| 30 | Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr) Ukraine | |
| 31 | Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | |
| 32 | Vilija Sereikaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | |
| 33 | Kimberly Anderson (USA) HTC-Columbia Women | |
| 34 | Noemi Cantele (Ita) HTC-Columbia Women | |
| 35 | Alona Andruk (Ukr) Safi-Pasta Zara | |
| 36 | Lydia Wegemund (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:08:41 |
| 37 | Marie Lindberg (Swe) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 38 | Latoja Brulee (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 39 | Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | |
| 40 | Beate Zanner (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | |
| 41 | Nina Köhn (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | |
| 42 | Emilie Aubry (Swi) Cervélo Test Team | |
| 43 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) HTC-Columbia Women | |
| 44 | Emma Silversides (GBr) Red Sun Cycling Team | |
| 45 | Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | |
| 46 | Nora Schaufuß (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | |
| 47 | Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | |
| 48 | Janine Bubner (Ger) Germany | |
| 49 | Hanna Amend (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | |
| 50 | Theres Klein (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | |
| 51 | Janneke Kanis (Ned) Netherlands | |
| 52 | Veronique Labonte (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | |
| 53 | Xiaoling Luo (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | |
| 54 | Josien van Wingerden-van den Heerik (Ned) Netherlands | |
| 55 | Lina Shi (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | |
| 56 | Fan Li Shen (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | |
| 57 | Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | |
| DNF | Anikó Révész (Hun) Hungary |
| 1 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 3 | pts |
| 2 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Germany | 2 | |
| 3 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | 1 |
| 1 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 3 | pts |
| 2 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Germany | 2 | |
| 3 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | 1 |
| 1 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | 3 | pts |
| 2 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Noris Cycling | 2 | |
| 3 | Andrea Bosman (Ned) Netherlands | 1 |
| 1 | Irene van den Broek (Ned) Netherlands | 7 | pts |
| 2 | Noemi Cantele (Ita) HTC-Columbia Women | 5 | |
| 3 | Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 3 | |
| 4 | Regina Bruins (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | 2 |
| 1 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Noris Cycling | 7 | pts |
| 2 | Luise Keller (Ger) HTC-Columbia Women | 5 | |
| 3 | Petra Dijkman (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | 3 | |
| 4 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 2 |
| 1 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | 7 | pts |
| 2 | Luise Keller (Ger) HTC-Columbia Women | 5 | |
| 3 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 3 | |
| 4 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Noris Cycling | 2 |
| 1 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Germany | 3:52:02 |
| 2 | Anne De Wildt (Ned) Netherlands | 0:00:50 |
| 3 | Lesya Kalitovska (Ukr) Ukraine | |
| 4 | Laura Fouquet (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | |
| 5 | Anna Bianca Schnitzmeier (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | |
| 6 | Veronique Bilodeau (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | |
| 7 | Latoja Brulee (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:07:05 |
| 8 | Emilie Aubry (Swi) Cervélo Test Team | |
| 9 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) HTC-Columbia Women | |
| 10 | Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | |
| 11 | Nora Schaufuß (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | |
| 12 | Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | |
| 13 | Janine Bubner (Ger) Germany | |
| 14 | Hanna Amend (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | |
| 15 | Theres Klein (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | |
| 16 | Xiaoling Luo (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | |
| 17 | Lina Shi (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | |
| 18 | Fan Li Shen (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling |
| 1 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | 3 | pts |
| 2 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 2 | |
| 3 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Noris Cycling | 1 |
| 1 | Olga Zabelinskaja (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | 16:54:22 |
| 2 | Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 0:02:56 |
| 3 | Noemi Cantele (Ita) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:03:02 |
| 4 | Irene van den Broek (Ned) Netherlands | 0:03:38 |
| 5 | Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 0:03:53 |
| 6 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Noris Cycling | 0:06:48 |
| 7 | Marta Bastianelli (Rus) Fenixs-Petrogradets | 0:07:19 |
| 8 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | 0:07:48 |
| 9 | Petra Dijkman (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:08:49 |
| 10 | Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:09:08 |
| 11 | Luise Keller (Ger) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:09:31 |
| 12 | Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 0:10:01 |
| 13 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Germany | 0:11:38 |
| 14 | Andrea Bosman (Ned) Netherlands | 0:11:42 |
| 15 | Birgit Söllner (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 0:12:55 |
| 16 | Regina Bruins (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | 0:13:13 |
| 17 | Vena Koedoodor (Ned) Netherlands | 0:13:37 |
| 18 | Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr) Ukraine | 0:14:29 |
| 19 | Lesya Kalitovska (Ukr) Ukraine | 0:14:39 |
| 20 | Karin Aune (Swe) Fenixs-Petrogradets | 0:15:34 |
| 21 | Anne De Wildt (Ned) Netherlands | 0:15:58 |
| 22 | Laura Fouquet (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:16:36 |
| 23 | Alison Testroete (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:18:15 |
| 24 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 0:18:53 |
| 25 | Alona Andruk (Ukr) Safi-Pasta Zara | 0:19:36 |
| 26 | Svetana Pauliukaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | 0:20:23 |
| 27 | Marie Lindberg (Swe) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:20:39 |
| 28 | Kimberly Anderson (USA) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:23:12 |
| 29 | Olena Sharga (Ukr) Ukraine | 0:24:30 |
| 30 | Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | 0:30:13 |
| 31 | Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 0:31:06 |
| 32 | Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:31:57 |
| 33 | Veronique Bilodeau (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:31:58 |
| 34 | Hanna Amend (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:33:10 |
| 35 | Emma Silversides (GBr) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:34:59 |
| 36 | Vilija Sereikaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | 0:36:55 |
| 37 | Anna Bianca Schnitzmeier (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 0:37:18 |
| 38 | Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:40:07 |
| 39 | Emilie Aubry (Swi) Cervélo Test Team | 0:43:27 |
| 40 | Janneke Kanis (Ned) Netherlands | 0:44:01 |
| 41 | Nina Köhn (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:44:36 |
| 42 | Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Noris Cycling | 0:44:51 |
| 43 | Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | 0:44:58 |
| 44 | Veronique Labonte (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:49:45 |
| 45 | Latoja Brulee (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | 1:06:44 |
| 46 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) HTC-Columbia Women | 1:10:59 |
| 47 | Josien van Wingerden-van den Heerik (Ned) Netherlands | 1:11:03 |
| 48 | Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 1:14:54 |
| 49 | Beate Zanner (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 1:18:05 |
| 50 | Xiaoling Luo (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 1:18:44 |
| 51 | Lydia Wegemund (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 1:22:12 |
| 52 | Theres Klein (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 1:22:19 |
| 53 | Lina Shi (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 1:23:56 |
| 54 | Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 1:25:03 |
| 55 | Nora Schaufuß (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 1:29:19 |
| 56 | Janine Bubner (Ger) Germany | 1:32:36 |
| 57 | Fan Li Shen (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 1:33:47 |
| 1 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 25 | pts |
| 2 | Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | 13 | |
| 3 | Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 12 | |
| 4 | Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 9 | |
| 5 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | 7 | |
| 6 | Olga Zabelinskaja (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | 7 | |
| 7 | Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | 6 | |
| 8 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Germany | 4 | |
| 9 | Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 3 | |
| 10 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Noris Cycling | 2 | |
| 11 | Marta Bastianelli (Rus) Fenixs-Petrogradets | 1 | |
| 12 | Andrea Bosman (Ned) Netherlands | 1 | |
| 13 | Noemi Cantele (Ita) HTC-Columbia Women | 1 | |
| 14 | Irene van den Broek (Ned) Netherlands | 1 |
| 1 | Irene van den Broek (Ned) Netherlands | 33 | pts |
| 2 | Luise Keller (Ger) HTC-Columbia Women | 22 | |
| 3 | Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 21 | |
| 4 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 19 | |
| 5 | Olga Zabelinskaja (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | 13 | |
| 6 | Noemi Cantele (Ita) HTC-Columbia Women | 12 | |
| 7 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Noris Cycling | 9 | |
| 8 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | 7 | |
| 9 | Petra Dijkman (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | 5 | |
| 10 | Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | 3 | |
| 11 | Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 3 | |
| 12 | Vena Koedoodor (Ned) Netherlands | 2 | |
| 13 | Regina Bruins (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | 2 | |
| 14 | Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | 2 |
| 1 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Germany | 17:06:00 |
| 2 | Lesya Kalitovska (Ukr) Ukraine | 0:03:01 |
| 3 | Anne De Wildt (Ned) Netherlands | 0:04:20 |
| 4 | Laura Fouquet (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:04:58 |
| 5 | Veronique Bilodeau (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:20:20 |
| 6 | Hanna Amend (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:21:32 |
| 7 | Anna Bianca Schnitzmeier (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 0:25:40 |
| 8 | Emilie Aubry (Swi) Cervélo Test Team | 0:31:49 |
| 9 | Latoja Brulee (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:55:06 |
| 10 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:59:21 |
| 11 | Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 1:03:16 |
| 12 | Xiaoling Luo (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 1:07:06 |
| 13 | Theres Klein (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 1:10:41 |
| 14 | Lina Shi (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 1:12:18 |
| 15 | Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 1:13:25 |
| 16 | Nora Schaufuß (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 1:17:41 |
| 17 | Janine Bubner (Ger) Germany | 1:20:58 |
| 18 | Fan Li Shen (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 1:22:09 |
| 1 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 7 | pts |
| 2 | Olga Zabelinskaja (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | 4 | |
| 3 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | 3 | |
| 4 | Luise Keller (Ger) HTC-Columbia Women | 3 | |
| 5 | Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | 2 | |
| 6 | Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | 2 | |
| 7 | Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 2 | |
| 8 | Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 2 | |
| 9 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Noris Cycling | 1 | |
| 10 | Vena Koedoodor (Ned) Netherlands | 1 |
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