Van Vleuten delivers second straight win for team
Dutchwoman increases GC lead
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.
1 | Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | 2:56:28 |
2 | Sara Mustonen (Swe) Hitec Products Uck | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Cervelo Test Team | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Judith Arndt (Ger) HTC Columbia Women | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Martine Bras (Ned) Gauss RDZ Ormu | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Safi - Pasta Zara | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australia | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | 0:00:05 |
10 | Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Team Valdarno | 0:00:14 |
11 | Anne Samplonius (Can) Canada | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Charlotte Becker (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) HTC Columbia Women | 0:02:01 |
14 | Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC Columbia Women | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Kirsty Broun (Aus) Australia | 0:03:09 |
16 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Hitec Products Uck | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Safi - Pasta Zara | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Julie Beveridge (Can) Vienne Futuroscope | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Fenixs - Petrogradets | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Esgl 93 - Gsd Gestion | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Marianne Vos (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Christel Ferrier Bruneau (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Isabelle Söderberg (Swe) Hitec Products Uck | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Gabriela Slamova (Cze) Vienne Futuroscope | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Janneke Kanis (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Fröydis Waersted (Nor) Hitec Products Uck | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Kimberly Anderson (USA) HTC Columbia Women | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Luise Keller (Ger) HTC Columbia Women | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Emilia Fahlin (Swe) HTC Columbia Women | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ Ormu | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Monia Baccaille (Ita) Team Valdarno | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Denise Ramsden (Can) Canada | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Joelle Numainville (Can) Canada | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Team Valdarno | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Pascale Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs - Petrogradets | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Australia | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Shara Gillow (Aus) Australia | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Lorena Foresi (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Erinne Willock (Can) Canada | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs - Petrogradets | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Carla Swart (RSA) Team MTN | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Lina Shi (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Noortje Tabak (Ned) Nederland Bloeit | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Marie Laure Cloarec (Fra) France | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Vienne Futuroscope | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Chiara Bortolus (Ita) Team Valdarno | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
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 | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Lylanie Lauwrens (RSA) Team MTN | 0:08:17 |
59 | Xiao Ling Luo (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Jacqueline Hahn (Aut) Hitec Products Uck | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Marion Azam (Fra) France | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
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 | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Leah Guloien (Can) Canada | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Suzie Godart (Lux) Fenixs - Petrogradets | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope | 0:19:57 |
69 | Siobhan Horgan (Irl) Esgl 93 - Gsd Gestion | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Robyn De Groot (RSA) Team MTN | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Beatrice Thomas (Fra) Esgl 93 - Gsd Gestion | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Rachel Neylan (Aus) Australia | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Emilie Blanquefort (Fra) France | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Eivgenia Vysotska (Ukr) Team Valdarno | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) Esgl 93 - Gsd Gestion | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Ludivine Loze (Fra) France | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Mélodie Lesueur (Fra) Esgl 93 - Gsd Gestion | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Fenixs - Petrogradets | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Laura Bozzolo (Ita) Team Valdarno | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Fan Li Shen (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Cervelo Test Team | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Sylvie Riedle (Fra) France | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Fenixs - Petrogradets | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
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 | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Gauss RDZ Ormu | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Australia | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Team Valdarno | 0:06:18 |
9 | Canada | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Vienne Futuroscope | 0:09:13 |
11 | Fenixs - Petrogradets | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
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 |
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 | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
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 | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
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 | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
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 | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
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 | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
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 | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
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 |
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 |
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