The HTC-Highroad women succeeded in winning the team time trial World Cup race in Vargarda, Sweden for the first time in the team's history.
The team consisting of Judith Arndt, Charlotte Becker, Emilia Fahlin, Amber Neben, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg and Ellen Van Dijk bested the next fastest team by 1:44 on the 42.5km course.
HTC-Highroad had placed second to three-time winners Cervelo each year in the event's history, but this time the Garmin-Cervélo squad could manage only third behind second placed AA Drink-Leontien.nl. Australia took fourth.
"We've been close several times here, three times second in previous years, and this time we finally got the win so we're very pleased," said HTC-Highroad team manager Ronny Lauke, "The whole team did a great job, they were amazing. We were already thirty-five seconds ahead of the rest of the field at the first checkpoint so that was really motivating because that was where we'd lost time last year.
"But we kept our feet on the ground and concentrated on keeping ahead of the field and I think we finally finished about ninety seconds ahead of the next squad."
The team had gotten special instructions on the race from Teutenberg's brother Lars, and had done specific training at the team's camp. Having national champions Arndt (Germany) and Fahlin (Sweden), as well as former world champion Neben on the team certainly helped.
"Everything worked out fine today day, no incidents of any kind, but there's been a lot of hard work behind the scenes too."
The result doesn't change the standings in the overall individual World Cup, which is still led by Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit).
Full Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HTC Highroad Women | 0:53:09 |
| Row 1 - Cell 0 | Judith Arndt (Ger) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| Row 2 - Cell 0 | Charlotte Becker (Ger) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| Row 3 - Cell 0 | Amber Neben (USA) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| Row 4 - Cell 0 | Eleonora Van Dijk (Ned) | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 2 | AA Drink - Leontien.nl Cycling Team | 0:01:37 |
| Row 6 - Cell 0 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| Row 7 - Cell 0 | Linda Melanie Villumsen (NZl) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| Row 8 - Cell 0 | Kirsten Wild (Ned) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| Row 9 - Cell 0 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Garmin-Cervélo | 0:01:43 |
| Row 11 - Cell 0 | Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| Row 12 - Cell 0 | Noemi Cantele (Ita) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| Row 13 - Cell 0 | Sharon Laws (GBr) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| Row 14 - Cell 0 | Emma Pooley (GBr) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| Row 15 - Cell 0 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| 4 | Australia | 0:01:44 |
| Row 17 - Cell 0 | Shara Gillow (Aus) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| Row 18 - Cell 0 | Belinda Goss (Aus) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| Row 19 - Cell 0 | Taryn Heather (Aus) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| Row 20 - Cell 0 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| Row 21 - Cell 0 | Jessie Maclean (Aus) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| Row 22 - Cell 0 | Amanda Spratt (Aus) | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Nederland Bloeit | 0:01:55 |
| Row 24 - Cell 0 | Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| Row 25 - Cell 0 | Patricia Schwager (Swi) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| Row 26 - Cell 0 | Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| Row 27 - Cell 0 | Marianne Vos (Ned) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Russia | 0:03:00 |
| Row 29 - Cell 0 | Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| Row 30 - Cell 0 | Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| Row 31 - Cell 0 | Yulia Iliynikh (Rus) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| Row 32 - Cell 0 | Olga Zabelinskaya (Rus) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Hitec Products - UCK | 0:03:13 |
| Row 34 - Cell 0 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| Row 35 - Cell 0 | Emma Johansson (Swe) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| Row 36 - Cell 0 | Emilie Moberg (Nor) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| Row 37 - Cell 0 | Sara Mustonen (Swe) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| Row 38 - Cell 0 | Lise Nöstvold (Nor) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Germany | 0:04:05 |
| Row 40 - Cell 0 | Elke Gebhardt (Ger) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| Row 41 - Cell 0 | Claudia Häusler (Ger) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| Row 42 - Cell 0 | Madeleine Sandig (Ger) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| Row 43 - Cell 0 | Ana Bianca Schnitzmeier (Ger) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Lotto Honda Team | 0:04:13 |
| Row 45 - Cell 0 | Robyn De Groot (Bel) | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
| Row 46 - Cell 0 | Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
| Row 47 - Cell 0 | Josephine Tomic (Aus) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| Row 48 - Cell 0 | Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | SC MCipollini Giambenini | 0:04:19 |
| Row 50 - Cell 0 | Monia Baccaille (Ita) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
| Row 51 - Cell 0 | Nicole Cooke (GBr) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
| Row 52 - Cell 0 | Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
| Row 53 - Cell 0 | Jennifer Hohl (Swi) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 0:04:32 |
| Row 55 - Cell 0 | Regina Bruins (Ned) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
| Row 56 - Cell 0 | Roxane Knetemann (Ned) | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
| Row 57 - Cell 0 | Vera Koedooder (Ned) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
| Row 58 - Cell 0 | Anna Van Der Breggen (Ned) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
| 12 | Ukraine | 0:04:38 |
| Row 60 - Cell 0 | Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
| Row 61 - Cell 0 | Lesya Kalitovska (Ukr) | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
| Row 62 - Cell 0 | Anna Nagirna (Ukr) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
| Row 63 - Cell 0 | Olena Sharga (Ukr) | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 0:05:00 |
| Row 65 - Cell 0 | Elena Berlato (Ita) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
| Row 66 - Cell 0 | Valentina Carretta (Ita) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
| Row 67 - Cell 0 | Simona Frapporti (Ita) | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
| Row 68 - Cell 0 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
| Row 69 - Cell 0 | Giulia Ronchi (Ita) | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
| 14 | Sweden | 0:05:25 |
| Row 71 - Cell 0 | Karin Aune (Swe) | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
| Row 72 - Cell 0 | Linea Fredäng (Swe) | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
| Row 73 - Cell 0 | Marie Lindberg (Swe) | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
| Row 74 - Cell 0 | Hanna Nilsson (Swe) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
| Row 75 - Cell 0 | Martina Thomasson (Swe) | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
| 15 | Alriksson Go:Green | 0:06:05 |
| Row 77 - Cell 0 | Madeleine Olsson (Swe) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
| Row 78 - Cell 0 | Malin Rydlund (Swe) | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
| Row 79 - Cell 0 | Linnea Sjöblom (Swe) | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
| Row 80 - Cell 0 | Isabelle Söderberg (Swe) | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
| 16 | Juvederm - Specialized | 0:06:07 |
| Row 82 - Cell 0 | Lex Albrecht (Can) | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
| Row 83 - Cell 0 | Veronique Labonte (Can) | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
| Row 84 - Cell 0 | Moriah Macgregor (Can) | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
| Row 85 - Cell 0 | Denise Ramsden (Can) | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
| Row 86 - Cell 0 | Mary Zider (USA) | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
| 17 | Topsport Vlaanderen 2012 - Ridley Team | 0:06:14 |
| Row 88 - Cell 0 | Latoya Brulee (Bel) | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
| Row 89 - Cell 0 | Jolien D'Hoore (Bel) | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
| Row 90 - Cell 0 | Kelly Druyts (Bel) | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
| Row 91 - Cell 0 | Grace Verbeke (Bel) | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
| 18 | Dolmans Landscaping Team | 0:06:29 |
| Row 93 - Cell 0 | Martine Bras (Ned) | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
| Row 94 - Cell 0 | Petra Dijkman (Ned) | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
| Row 95 - Cell 0 | Janneke Ensing (Ned) | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
| Row 96 - Cell 0 | Birgit Lavrijssen (Ned) | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
| Row 97 - Cell 0 | Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
| 19 | Denmark | 0:06:34 |
| Row 99 - Cell 0 | Henriette Christensen (Den) | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
| Row 100 - Cell 0 | Michelle Lauge Jensen (Den) | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
| Row 101 - Cell 0 | Julie Leth (Den) | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
| Row 102 - Cell 0 | Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
| 20 | Vienne Futuroscope | 0:06:45 |
| Row 104 - Cell 0 | Julie Beveridge (Can) | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
| Row 105 - Cell 0 | Karol-Ann Canuel (Fra) | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
| Row 106 - Cell 0 | Pascale Jeuland (Fra) | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
| Row 107 - Cell 0 | Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
| 21 | Vaiano Solaristech | 0:07:09 |
| Row 109 - Cell 0 | Valentina Bastianelli (Ita) | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
| Row 110 - Cell 0 | Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
| Row 111 - Cell 0 | Flavia Oliveira (Bra) | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
| Row 112 - Cell 0 | Katarzyna Sosna (Ltu) | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
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