La Route de France 2010: Stage 3 Results

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Annemiek Van Vleuten (Nederland Bloeit) sprints to victory ahead of Sara Mustonen (Hitec Products) and Elizabeth Armitstead (Cervelo Test Team). Van Vleuten retained the race lead overall. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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A smile from Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Vienne Futuroscope) as she signs on in the rain. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Recent Thueringen Rundfahrt winner Olga Zabelinskaya (Safi-Pasta Zara). (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Annemiek Van Vleuten (Nederland Bloeit) sits in the brealaway. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Elizabeth Armitstead (Cervelo Test Team) in discussion with Kens Zemke. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Charlotte Becker (Cervelo Test Team) and Judith Arndt (HTC - Columbia Women) were invloved in a crash but both remounted and continued. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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After the crash involing Judith Arndt (HTC - Columbia Women) and Charlotte Becker (Cervelo Test Team), the break rolled along whilst waiting for them. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Adrie Visser helps Judith Arndt (HTC - Columbia Women) and Charlotte Becker (Cervelo Test Team) back to the break. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Young rider competition leader Elizabeth Armitstead (Cervelo Test Team). (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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The break crosses a bridge during the fourth stage of the 2010 Route de France. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Canadian road race champion Joelle Numainville (Canada). (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Kirsty Broun (Australia) takes the bunch sprint ahead of Lisa Brennaur (HPU). (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Stage winner and race leader Annemiek Van Vleuten (Nederland Bloeit) on the podium. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Yougn rider competition leader Elizabeth Armitstead (Cervelo Test Team) on the podium. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Early race leader Sarah Duester (Cervelo Test Team) is lying second on general classifiaction. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Elizabeth Armitstead (Cervelo Test Team) and Ina Yoko Teutenberg (HTC - Columbia Women) lead the break. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Third on general clasification Olga Zabelinskaya (Safi-Pasta Zara) is riding strongly at the Route de France. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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The break has just formed and over a minute gap was quickly gained. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Tatiana Antoshina (Team Valdarno) leads the break. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Race leader Annemiek Van Vleuten (Nederland Bloeit) was in the break. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Martine Bras (Gauss Rdz Ormu) has been riding strongly all season, particularly in recent weeks. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Anne Samplonius (Canada) could have been excused from the break today after her epic attack yesterday. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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The race leader Annemiek Van Vleuten (Nederland Bloeit). (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Cervelo Test Team and HTC - Columbia Women were constantly riding at the front of the breakaway. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Charlotte Becker (Cervelo Test Team) follows young rider competition leader and team-mate Elizabeth Armitstead. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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The bunch chases the leaders, who were over two minutes ahead. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Sole Aussie in the breakaway - Amanda Spratt. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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The break was driven mainly by Cervelo Test Team and HTC - Columbia Women. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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The stage was flat, covering farming roads. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Cervelo Test Team's Charlotte Becker takes her turn at the front. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

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Race leader Annemiek Van Vleuten (Nederland Bloeit) and young rider competition leader Elizabeth Armitstead (Cervelo Test Team) in their respective jerseys. (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

A successful breakaway saw Dutch rider Annemiek Van Vleuten (Nederland Bloeit) not only win the Route de France’s Stage 3, but extend her general classification lead. Wearing the orange jersey of race leader Van Vleuten held off seven remaining breakaway riders in a small sprint as the race arrived in Cloyes Sur Le Loir.

The breakaway quickly gained one minute on the peloton as 14 riders went clear early on the 115.8 kilometre stage. After a stage long breakaway one day earlier Anne Samplonius (Canada) was a surprise inclusion in the break, however even more surprising was the presence of race leader Van Vleuten.

With riders like Judith Arndt (HTC – Columbia Women) and Sarah Düster (Cervelo Test Team) in the lead group it had good odds of survival from the outset. Both women had team-mates in the move, including Adrie Visser and Ina-Yoko Teutenberg for HTC while Charlotte Becker and Elizabeth Armitstead were there for Cervelo, only adding to the odds of survival.

The move was compromised however when a crash took down Arndt and Becker. Teammates of the pair worked to get them back into the lead group, as the leaders eased the pace slightly to help.

Arndt stayed with the lead group to the finish line, taking fourth place behind Van Vleuten, Sara Mustonen (Hitec Products UCK) and Armitstead. Australian National Team rider Amanda Spratt was the last to remain with the lead group in eighth place, before the remnants of the move trickled in up to two minutes behind.

Spratt’s teammate Kirsty Broun led the peloton across the line as it rolled in more than three minutes behind the stage winner. The group included Stage 2 winner Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit), who dropped from second overall to 15th as a result.

Van Vleuten now leads the race by 21 seconds over Düster, while Russia’s Olga Zabelinskaia (Safi - Pasta Zara) sits in third place at 28 seconds. Great Britain’s Armitstead moved up in to fourth overall at 34 seconds and continues to lead the young rider classification.

Full Results
1	Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Nederland Bloeit	2:56:28
2	Sara Mustonen (Swe) Hitec Products Uck
3	Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Cervelo Test Team
4	Judith Arndt (Ger) HTC Columbia Women
5	Martine Bras (Ned) Gauss RDZ Ormu
6	Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Safi - Pasta Zara
7	Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervelo Test Team
8	Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australia
9	Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Nederland Bloeit	0:00:05
10	Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Team Valdarno	0:00:14
11	Anne Samplonius (Can) Canada
12	Charlotte Becker (Ger) Cervelo Test Team
13	Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) HTC Columbia Women	0:02:01
14	Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC Columbia Women
15	Kirsty Broun (Aus) Australia	0:03:09
16	Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Hitec Products Uck
17	Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu
18	Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Safi - Pasta Zara
19	Julie Beveridge (Can) Vienne Futuroscope
20	Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Fenixs - Petrogradets
21	Christine Majerus (Lux) Esgl 93 - Gsd Gestion
22	Marianne Vos (Ned) Nederland Bloeit
23	Christel Ferrier Bruneau (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope
24	Isabelle Söderberg (Swe) Hitec Products Uck
25	Gabriela Slamova (Cze) Vienne Futuroscope
26	Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara
27	Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara
28	Janneke Kanis (Ned) Nederland Bloeit
29	Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara
30	Fröydis Waersted (Nor) Hitec Products Uck
31	Kimberly Anderson (USA) HTC Columbia Women
32	Luise Keller (Ger) HTC Columbia Women
33	Emilia Fahlin (Swe) HTC Columbia Women
34	Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ Ormu
35	Monia Baccaille (Ita) Team Valdarno
36	Denise Ramsden (Can) Canada
37	Joelle Numainville (Can) Canada
38	Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling
39	Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Team Valdarno
40	Pascale Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope
41	Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs - Petrogradets
42	Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu
43	Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Australia
44	Shara Gillow (Aus) Australia
45	Lorena Foresi (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara
46	Erinne Willock (Can) Canada
47	Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs - Petrogradets
48	Carla Swart (RSA) Team MTN
49	Lina Shi (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling
50	Noortje Tabak (Ned) Nederland Bloeit
51	Marie Laure Cloarec (Fra) France
52	Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Vienne Futuroscope
53	Chiara Bortolus (Ita) Team Valdarno
54	Trine Schmidt (Den) Hitec Products Uck	0:03:34
55	Wan Yiu Jamie Wong (HKg) Giant Pro Cycling	0:04:40
56	Patricia Schwager (Swi) Cervelo Test Team	0:05:05
57	Marissa Van Der Merwe (RSA) Team MTN
58	Lylanie Lauwrens (RSA) Team MTN	0:08:17
59	Xiao Ling Luo (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling
60	Jacqueline Hahn (Aut) Hitec Products Uck
61	Marion Azam (Fra) France
62	Agnieta Francke (Ned) Nederland Bloeit	0:15:31
63	Cherise Taylor (RSA) Team MTN	0:17:16
64	Eugenie Mermillod (Fra) Esgl 93 - Gsd Gestion	0:19:45
65	Heather Logan-Sprenger (Can) Canada
66	Leah Guloien (Can) Canada
67	Suzie Godart (Lux) Fenixs - Petrogradets
68	Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope	0:19:57
69	Siobhan Horgan (Irl) Esgl 93 - Gsd Gestion
70	Robyn De Groot (RSA) Team MTN
71	Beatrice Thomas (Fra) Esgl 93 - Gsd Gestion
72	Rachel Neylan (Aus) Australia
73	Emilie Blanquefort (Fra) France
74	Eivgenia Vysotska (Ukr) Team Valdarno
75	Roxane Fournier (Fra) Esgl 93 - Gsd Gestion
76	Ludivine Loze (Fra) France
77	Mélodie Lesueur (Fra) Esgl 93 - Gsd Gestion
78	Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu
79	Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Fenixs - Petrogradets
80	Laura Bozzolo (Ita) Team Valdarno
81	Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu
82	Fan Li Shen (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling
DNS	Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Cervelo Test Team
DNS	Sylvie Riedle (Fra) France
DNS	Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Fenixs - Petrogradets

Teams
1	Cervelo TestTeam	8:49:38
2	Nederland Bloeit	0:03:00
3	HTC Columbia Women	0:03:48
4	Hitec Products Uck	0:06:04
5	Safi - Pasta Zara
6	Gauss RDZ Ormu
7	Australia
8	Team Valdarno	0:06:18
9	Canada
10	Vienne Futuroscope	0:09:13
11	Fenixs - Petrogradets
12	Giant Pro Cycling	0:10:44
13	Team MTN	0:16:17
14	France	0:31:09
15	Esgl 93 - GSD Gestion	0:42:37

General classification after stage 3
1	Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Nederland Bloeit	9:21:39
2	Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervelo Test Team	0:00:21
3	Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Safi - Pasta Zara	0:00:28
4	Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Cervelo Test Team	0:00:34
5	Judith Arndt (Ger) HTC Columbia Women	0:00:39
6	Charlotte Becker (Ger) Cervelo Test Team	0:00:52
7	Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Nederland Bloeit
8	Sara Mustonen (Swe) Hitec Products Uck	0:00:58
9	Martine Bras (Ned) Gauss RDZ Ormu	0:01:19
10	Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australia	0:01:22
11	Anne Samplonius (Can) Canada	0:01:38
12	Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Team Valdarno	0:01:44
13	Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) HTC Columbia Women	0:02:26
14	Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC Columbia Women	0:02:43
15	Marianne Vos (Ned) Nederland Bloeit	0:03:28
16	Joelle Numainville (Can) Canada	0:03:48
17	Kirsty Broun (Aus) Australia	0:03:55
18	Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs - Petrogradets	0:03:56
19	Julie Beveridge (Can) Vienne Futuroscope
20	Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs - Petrogradets	0:04:00
21	Emilia Fahlin (Swe) HTC Columbia Women	0:04:01
22	Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Australia	0:04:02
23	Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Fenixs - Petrogradets	0:04:05
24	Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara	0:04:07
25	Erinne Willock (Can) Canada	0:04:12
26	Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Safi - Pasta Zara
27	Christel Ferrier Bruneau (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope	0:04:16
28	Carla Swart (RSA) Team MTN	0:04:19
29	Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ Ormu	0:04:20
30	Fröydis Waersted (Nor) Hitec Products Uck	0:04:21
31	Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu	0:04:22
32	Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara	0:04:26
33	Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Hitec Products Uck	0:04:28
34	Kimberly Anderson (USA) HTC Columbia Women	0:04:30
35	Pascale Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope	0:04:31
36	Luise Keller (Ger) HTC Columbia Women	0:04:36
37	Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara
38	Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu	0:04:37
39	Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Team Valdarno	0:04:40
40	Shara Gillow (Aus) Australia	0:04:44
41	Denise Ramsden (Can) Canada	0:04:45
42	Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Vienne Futuroscope	0:04:46
43	Monia Baccaille (Ita) Team Valdarno
44	Isabelle Söderberg (Swe) Hitec Products Uck	0:04:49
45	Lorena Foresi (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara	0:04:54
46	Janneke Kanis (Ned) Nederland Bloeit	0:05:09
47	Trine Schmidt (Den) Hitec Products Uck	0:05:11
48	Christine Majerus (Lux) Esgl 93 - Gsd Gestion	0:05:28
49	Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling	0:05:29
50	Noortje Tabak (Ned) Nederland Bloeit	0:05:52
51	Gabriela Slamova (Cze) Vienne Futuroscope	0:06:33
52	Lina Shi (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling	0:06:34
53	Patricia Schwager (Swi) Cervelo Test Team	0:06:38
54	Marie Laure Cloarec (Fra) France	0:07:07
55	Wan Yiu Jamie Wong (HKg) Giant Pro Cycling	0:08:12
56	Marissa Van Der Merwe (RSA) Team MTN	0:08:36
57	Xiao Ling Luo (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling	0:11:30
58	Jacqueline Hahn (Aut) Hitec Products Uck	0:11:40
59	Marion Azam (Fra) France	0:12:20
60	Lylanie Lauwrens (RSA) Team MTN	0:13:20
61	Chiara Bortolus (Ita) Team Valdarno	0:14:12
62	Cherise Taylor (RSA) Team MTN	0:18:30
63	Mélodie Lesueur (Fra) Esgl 93 - Gsd Gestion	0:20:59
64	Heather Logan-Sprenger (Can) Canada	0:21:26
65	Rachel Neylan (Aus) Australia	0:21:48
66	Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope	0:21:51
67	Eugenie Mermillod (Fra) Esgl 93 - Gsd Gestion	0:21:58
68	Beatrice Thomas (Fra) Esgl 93 - Gsd Gestion	0:21:59
69	Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Fenixs - Petrogradets	0:22:03
70	Siobhan Horgan (Irl) Esgl 93 - Gsd Gestion	0:22:06
71	Eivgenia Vysotska (Ukr) Team Valdarno	0:22:10
72	Emilie Blanquefort (Fra) France	0:22:11
73	Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu	0:22:13
74	Roxane Fournier (Fra) Esgl 93 - Gsd Gestion	0:22:19
75	Leah Guloien (Can) Canada	0:22:23
76	Laura Bozzolo (Ita) Team Valdarno	0:22:50
77	Robyn De Groot (RSA) Team MTN
78	Fan Li Shen (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling	0:23:54
79	Ludivine Loze (Fra) France	0:24:07
80	Suzie Godart (Lux) Fenixs - Petrogradets	0:25:01
81	Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu	0:25:30
82	Agnieta Francke (Ned) Nederland Bloeit	0:27:45

Young riders classification
1	Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Cervelo Test Team	9:22:13
2	Julie Beveridge (Can) Vienne Futuroscope	0:03:22
3	Emilia Fahlin (Swe) HTC Columbia Women	0:03:27
4	Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Fenixs - Petrogradets	0:03:31
5	Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara	0:03:33
6	Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Safi - Pasta Zara	0:03:38
7	Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Hitec Products Uck	0:03:54
8	Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara	0:04:02
9	Denise Ramsden (Can) Canada	0:04:11
10	Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Vienne Futuroscope	0:04:12
11	Isabelle Söderberg (Swe) Hitec Products Uck	0:04:15
12	Lorena Foresi (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara	0:04:20
13	Trine Schmidt (Den) Hitec Products Uck	0:04:37
14	Noortje Tabak (Ned) Nederland Bloeit	0:05:18
15	Gabriela Slamova (Cze) Vienne Futuroscope	0:05:59
16	Lina Shi (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling	0:06:00
17	Xiao Ling Luo (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling	0:10:56
18	Jacqueline Hahn (Aut) Hitec Products Uck	0:11:06
19	Marion Azam (Fra) France	0:11:46
20	Chiara Bortolus (Ita) Team Valdarno	0:13:38
21	Cherise Taylor (RSA) Team MTN	0:17:56
22	Mélodie Lesueur (Fra) Esgl 93 - Gsd Gestion	0:20:25
23	Emilie Blanquefort (Fra) France	0:21:37
24	Roxane Fournier (Fra) Esgl 93 - Gsd Gestion	0:21:45
25	Fan Li Shen (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling	0:23:20
26	Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu	0:24:56
27	Agnieta Francke (Ned) Nederland Bloeit	0:27:11