June 13/10 10:41 am - Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira: Stage 4 and Final GC
Posted by Editoress on 06/13/10
Claudia Häusler wins Emakumeen Bira
Last year Claudia Häusler came second in the Emakumeen Bira. Heading into today’s final stage that’s where she sat, second. But today Häusler won it, in a decisive final stage that saw her place second in the stage where her compatriot and rival Judith Arndt (GER) lost five minutes. Annemiek Van Vleuten (NED-Netherland Bloeit) won the final stage and ended up second in the GC, 1:20 behind Häusler and 3:15 up on Arndt. Third in today’s stage went to Andrea Bosman (NED-Netherlands National Team) who along with van Vleuten and Häusler was part of the successful three rider break that eventually won the stage.
“Today’s last stage was a very hard stage, the hardest one all week, but a very nice stage for us,” said Egon van Kessel, Sports Director. “There were lots of mountains and 40km from the finish line there was a moment, I know it was fairly early, when Claudia tried to attack and she dropped Judith Arndt on the climb. At that moment there were two riders ahead, Bosman and Van Vleuten and they worked very well together with Claudia. There were four riders behind including Marianne Vos (NED-Netherland Bloeit), Emma Johansson (SWE-Red Sun), Arndt, and Vicki Whitelaw (AUS-Lotto-Ladies Team) but that group didn’t work as well together and at the end the three with Claudia had a big gap of some minutes. Van Vleuten won the race and Claudia came second but won the GC overall. So it was a great victory again. So we had a good campaign in Spain!”
“We said this morning we go for all or nothing. We wanted to win this race, and so we had to take some risks,” explained Claudia Häusler, after winning Emakumeen Bira. “There where two girls in front, van Vleuten and Bosman and I decided to gave it everything on the climb and I had a gap. So, I gave full gas and I was able to join them in front. We worked very well together though it was still a long way to the finish line. At the end the gap was pretty big. Annemiek van Vleuten won the stage and I had enough time to win the classification for the race. This race was important in my preparation for the Giro d’Italia. But it is also a big race, the biggest stage race in Spain. I have to say thanks to my team, all the riders worked really hard for me in the last days and did a fantastic job.”
Cervélo TestTeam press release
| Stage 4: Orduna to Orduna, 125.7 km | |
| 1 Annemiek V. Vleuten (Ned) Netherland Bloeit | 3:31:51 |
| 2 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | at 0:46 |
| 3 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Dutch National Team | 1:39 |
| 4 Marianne Vos (Ned) Netherland Bloeit | 4:56 |
| 5 Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara | 5:29 |
| 6 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | s.t. |
| 7 Martine Bras (Ned) Gauss RDZ Ormu | 5:33 |
| 8 Emma Johansson (Swe) Redsun Cycling Team | |
| 9 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Michela Fanini Rerco | |
| 10 Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | |
| 11 Judith Arndt (Ger) HTC Columbia Women | |
| 12 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Team Valdarno | |
| 13 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
| 14 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Netherland Bloeit | |
| 15 Elena Berlato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi | |
| 16 Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) Lotto-Ladies Team | |
| 17 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Lotto-Ladies Team | all s.t. |
| 18 Elena Kuchiskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu | 5:51 |
| 19 Susana Zorzi (Ita) S.N. Italia | 6:12 |
| 20 Vilija Sereikaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | 6:15 |
| 21 Marta Vilajosana (Esp) Team Valdarno | 6:16 |
| 22 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) Dutch National Team | s.t. |
| 23 Carla Ryan (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 6:34 |
| 24 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team | s.t. |
| 25 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi | 6:58 |
| 26 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Redsun Cycling Team | 7:06 |
| 27 Jessie Daams (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen | 7:16 |
| 28 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Cervelo Test Team | s.t. |
| 29 Valentina Carretta (Ita) Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi | 7:18 |
| 30 Luise Keller (Ger) HTC Columbia Women | 10:48 |
| 31 Alona Andruk (Ukr) Safi-Pasta Zara | s.t. |
| 32 Sjouke Dufoer (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen | 18:54 |
| 33 Ane Santesteban (Esp) Debabarrena-Kirolgi | |
| 34 Lucy Martin (GBr) British National Team | |
| 35 Ana Belen Garcia (Esp) Bizkaia-Durango | |
| 36 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | |
| 37 Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Redsun Cycling Team | |
| 38 Martina Ruzickova (Cze) Michela Fanini Rerco | |
| 39 Cristina Alcalde (Esp) Bizkaia-Durango | |
| 40 Janneke Kanis (Ned) Netherland Bloeit | |
| 41 Xiao Ling Luo (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | |
| 42 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) German National Team | |
| 43 Lucia Gonzalez (Esp) Lointek | |
| 44 Giada Borgato (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu | |
| 45 Anna V. Der Breggen (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
| 46 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ Ormu | all s.t. |
| 47 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Dutch National Team | 19:01 |
| 48 Emma Silversides (GBr) Redsun Cycling Team | |
| 49 Alice Marmorini (Ita) Michela Fanini Rerco | |
| 50 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu | |
| 51 Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu | |
| 52 Patricia Schwager (Sui) Cervelo Test Team | |
| 53 Silvia Valescchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi | |
| 54 Leire Olaberria (Esp) Debabarrena-Kirolgi | |
| 55 Jennifer Fiori (Ita) Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi | |
| 56 Veronia Andreasson (Swe) Lotto-Ladies Team | all s.t. |
| 57 Martina Corazza (Ita) Team Valdarno | 19:05 |
| 58 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) S.N. Italia | |
| 59 Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC Columbia Women | both s.t. |
| 60 Petra Dijkman (Ned) Redsun Cycling Team | 19:31 |
| 61 Amy Pieters (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
| 62 Carlee Taylor (Aus) Australian National Team | |
| 63 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australian National Team | |
| 64 Catherine Williamson (GBr) British National Team | all s.t. |
| 65 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 19:40 |
| 66 Noemi Cantele (Ita) HTC Columbia Women | 20:22 |
| 67 Leticia Gil (Esp) Lointek | 27:17 |
| 68 Judith Masdeu (Esp) Lointek | 27:19 |
| 69 Ester Alves (Por) Lointek | 28:09 |
| 70 Laura Dittmann (Ger) German National Team | |
| 71 Denise Zuckermandel (Ger) German National Team | |
| 72 Joana Eslava (Esp) Tolosa C.F | |
| 73 Dorleta Zorrilla (Esp) Bizkaia-Durango | |
| 74 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Team Valdarno | |
| 75 Isabella Arman (Ita) S.N. Italia | |
| 76 Lynette Burger (RSA) Lotto-Ladies Team | |
| 77 Carly M Hibberd (Aus) Michela Fanini Rerco | |
| 78 Nina Ovcharenko (Ukr) Michela Fanini Rerco | |
| 79 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Michela Fanini Rerco | all s.t. |
| 80 Kelly Druyts (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen | 28:12 |
| 81 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Redsun Cycling Team | 28:12 |
| 82 Ine Beyen (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen | 29:01 |
| 83 Josephine Tomic (Aus) Lotto-Ladies Team | 33:30 |
| DNF Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) HTC Columbia Women | |
| DNF Nicole Cooke (GBr) British National Team | |
| DNF Katie Colclough (GBr) British National Team | |
| DNF Loes Markerink (Ned) Netherland Bloeit | |
| DNF Elena Cecchini (Ita) S.N. Italia | |
| DNF Viviana Gatto (Ita) S.N. Italia | |
| DNF Giulia Ronchi (Ita) S.N. Italia | |
| DNF Gloria Presti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi | |
| DNF Ausrine Trebaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | |
| DNF Franziska Merten (Ger) German National Team | |
| DNF Anna B. Schnitzmeier (Ger) German National Team | |
| Final GC | |
| 1 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 11:26:58 |
| 2 Annemiek V. Vleuten (Ned) Netherland Bloeit | at 1:20 |
| 3 Judith Arndt (Ger) HTC Columbia Women | 4:35 |
| 4 Marianne Vos (Ned) Netherland Bloeit | 5:55 |
| 5 Emma Johansson (Swe) Redsun Cycling Team | 6:41 |
| 6 Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara | 7:12 |
| 7 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Lotto-Ladies Team | 7:17 |
| 8 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Netherland Bloeit | 7:27 |
| 9 Martine Bras (Ned) Gauss RDZ Ormu | 7:54 |
| 10 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | 13:05 |
| 11 Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) Lotto-Ladies Team | 14:14 |
| 12 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Dutch National Team | 14:59 |
| 13 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Michela Fanini Rerco | 15:52 |
| 14 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Team Valdarno | 15:52 |
| 15 Vilija Sereikaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | 16:13 |
| 16 Valentina Carretta (Ita) Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi | 16:15 |
| 17 Jessie Daams (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen | 16:30 |
| 18 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Cervelo Test Team | 17:10 |
| 19 Elena Kuchiskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu | 17:22 |
| 20 Elena Berlato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi | 18:33 |
| 21 Marta Vilajosana (Esp) Team Valdarno | 19:23 |
| 22 Alona Andruk (Ukr) Safi-Pasta Zara | 20:57 |
| 23 Susana Zorzi (Ita) S.N. Italia | 22:15 |
| 24 Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | 22:15 |
| 25 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) Dutch National Team | 23:27 |
| 26 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi | 24:34 |
| 27 Luise Keller (Ger) HTC Columbia Women | 28:59 |
| 28 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 29:07 |
| 29 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Dutch National Team | 29:50 |
| 30 Noemi Cantele (Ita) HTC Columbia Women | 30:13 |
| 31 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Dutch National Team | 35:12 |
| 32 Patricia Schwager (Sui) Cervelo Test Team | 35:45 |
| 33 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) German National Team. | 35:50 |
| 34 Silvia Valescchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi | 36:06 |
| 35 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu | 36:10 |
| 36 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ Ormu | 36:24 |
| 37 Petra Dijkman (Ned) Redsun Cycling Team | 36:28 |
| 38 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australian National Team | 36:32 |
| 39 Amy Pieters (Ned) Dutch National Team | 36:43 |
| 40 Anna V. Der Breggen (Ned) Dutch National Team | 36:46 |
| 41 Sjouke Dufoer (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen | 37:01 |
| 42 Catherine Williamson (GBr) British National Team | 37:06 |
| 43 Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC Columbia Women | 37:07 |
| 44 Giada Borgato (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu | 37:18 |
| 45 Carla Ryan (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 37:32 |
| 46 Cristina Alcalde (Esp) Bizkaia-Durango | 38:19 |
| 47 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team | 38:38 |
| 48 Kelly Druyts (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen | 45:43 |
| 49 Nina Ovcharenko (Ukr) Michela Fanini Rerco | 46:18 |
| 50 Martina Ruzickova (Cze) Michela Fanini Rerco | 48:51 |
| 51 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Redsun Cycling Team | 49:04 |
| 52 Emma Silversides (GBr) Redsun Cycling Team | 50:35 |
| 53 Carlee Taylor (Aus) Australian National Team | 50:43 |
| 54 Leire Olaberria (Esp) Debabarrena-Kirolgi | 50:59 |
| 55 Ane Santesteban (Esp) Debabarrena-Kirolgi | 51:03 |
| 56 Janneke Kanis (Ned) Netherland Bloeit | 51:32 |
| 57 Lucy Martin (GBr) British National Team | 51:37 |
| 58 Alice Marmorini (Ita) Michela Fanini Rerco | 52:01 |
| 59 Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu | 56:45 |
| 60 Xiao Ling Luo (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 57:09 |
| 61 Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Redsun Cycling Team | 59:19 |
| 62 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) S.N. Italia | 59:39 |
| 63 Jennifer Fiori (Ita) Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi | 1:02:06 |
| 64 Martina Corazza (Ita) Team Valdarno | 1:02:31 |
| 65 Laura Dittmann (Ger) German National Team. | 1:02:47 |
| 66 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 1:03:14 |
| 67 Ana Belen Garcia (Esp) Bizkaia-Durango | 1:03:26 |
| 68 Veronia Andreasson (Swe) Lotto-Ladies Team | 1:04:02 |
| 69 Denise Zuckermandel (Ger) German National Team. | 1:05:40 |
| 70 Leticia Gil (Esp) Lointek | 1:06:12 |
| 71 Lucia Gonzalez (Esp) Lointek | 1:06:27 |
| 72 Judith Masdeu (Esp) Lointek | 1:10:08 |
| 73 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Redsun Cycling Team | 1:11:17 |
| 74 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Team Valdarno | 1:12:34 |
| 75 Ine Beyen (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen | 1:12:34 |
| 76 Dorleta Zorrilla (Esp) Bizkaia-Durango | 1:12:39 |
| 77 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Michela Fanini Rerco | 1:17:07 |
| 78 Isabella Arman (Ita) S.N. Italia | 1:20:00 |
| 79 Joana Eslava (Esp) Tolosa C.F. | 1:21:46 |
| 80 Lynette Burger (RSA) Lotto-Ladies Team | 1:22:40 |
| 81 Carly M Hibberd (Aus) Michela Fanini Rerco | 1:24:42 |
| 82 Josephine Tomic (Aus) Lotto-Ladies Team | 1:25:52 |
| 83 Ester Alves (Por) Lointek | 1:28:16 |
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