Posted by Editoress on 05/27/12
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg of Specialized-lululemon won the bunch sprint of Exergy Tour's Queen Stage on Sunday taking the stage victory from Leah Kirchmann of Optum/Kelly Benefits and Megan Guarnier of Team TIBCO. Team-mate Amber Neben finished safely in the bunch to retain the yellow leader's jersey going into the final stage on Monday.
"It was a hard day for me," said Teutenberg, referring to the 4500 feet of climbing they tackled during the stage. "I was suffering for 80% of the day.
"Leah also made the sprint really hard. It was a drag race for a while so I was happy to get around her and win the stage."
The 100km mountain stage was aggressive out of the blocks. A break of eight riders got away on the first climb in a move that looked like it could be the decisive move of the day.
"We had Trixi in that break," said Team director Ronny Lauke, "so we were happy with the situation but a couple of good teams in the field missed the break so eventually it was reeled in and the race descended quickly into the town of Idaho City for a 35 person sprint."
Monday will see the final stage take place in the Boise suburb of Hyde Park. A challenging circuit race with another 3700 feet of climbing will make for an exciting finale.
Specialized-lululemon report
Stage 3: Crouch to Idaho City, 93 km | |
1 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Team Specialized-lululemon | 2:29:23 |
2 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
3 Megan Guarnier (USA) Team TIBCO - To the Top | |
4 Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Diadora-Pasta Zara | |
5 Claudia Häusler (Ger) GreenEDGE-AIS | |
6 Jennifer Hohl (Sui) Faren Honda Team | |
7 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) GreenEDGE-AIS | |
8 Alison Powers (USA) NOW and Novartis for MS | |
9 Maaike Polspoel (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 | |
10 Flavia Oliveira (Bra) Forno D'Asolo Colavita | |
11 Jasmin Glaesser (Can) Canadian National Team | |
12 Julie Beveridge (Can) Canadian National Team | |
13 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Team Specialized-lululemon | |
14 Shara Gillow (Aus) GreenEDGE-AIS | |
15 Tayler Wiles (USA) Exergy Twenty12 | |
16 Tara Whitten (Can) Team TIBCO - To the Top | |
17 Denise Ramsden (Can) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
18 Kristin Mcgrath (USA) Exergy Twenty12 | |
19 Polona Batagelj (Slo) Diadora-Pasta Zara | |
20 Evelyn Stevens (USA) Team Specialized-lululemon | |
21 Carmen Small (USA) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
22 Clara Hughes (Can) Team Specialized-lululemon | |
23 Rachel Neylan (Aus) ABUS Nutrixxion | |
24 Maria-Luisa Calle (Col) EspnW Pro Cycling | |
25 Amber Neben (USA) Team Specialized-lululemon | |
26 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Canadian National Team | |
27 Andrea Dvorak (USA) Exergy Twenty12 | |
28 Jacquelyn Crowell (USA) Exergy Twenty12 | |
29 Amanda Miller (USA) Team TIBCO - To the Top | |
30 Courteney Lowe (NZl) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
31 Jade Wilcoxson (USA) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
32 Anne Samplonius (Can) NOW and Novartis for MS | |
33 Lindsay Myers (USA) Team TIBCO - To the Top | |
34 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Faren Honda Team | |
35 Elizabeth Newell (USA) NOW and Novartis for MS | all s.t. |
36 Rhae Shaw (Can) Exergy Twenty12 | 1:12 |
37 Gillian Carleton (Can) Canadian National Team | |
38 Devon Gorry (USA) NOW and Novartis for MS | |
39 Robin Farina (USA) NOW and Novartis for MS | |
40 Emily Kachorek (USA) Primal/MapMyRide p/b BH Bikes Pro Women's racing | |
41 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Faren Honda Team | all s.t. |
42 Anna Sanders (USA) Primal/MapMyRide p/b BH Bikes Pro Women's racing | 1:16 |
43 Sari Saarelainen (Fin) Forno D'Asolo Colavita | s.t. |
44 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) GreenEDGE-AIS | 1:19 |
45 Joelle Numainville (Can) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. |
46 Janel Holcomb (USA) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. |
47 Els Belmans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 | 5:54 |
48 Lex Albrecht (Can) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 6:10 |
49 Ho Hsun Huang (Tpe) Axman Team Taiwan | 8:34 |
50 Alessandra D'Ettorre (Ita) Diadora-Pasta Zara | s.t. |
51 Lauren Hall (USA) Team TIBCO - To the Top | 8:37 |
52 Mary Zider (USA) EspnW Pro Cycling | |
53 Leah Guloien (Can) EspnW Pro Cycling | |
54 Jen Weinbrecht (USA) Primal/MapMyRide p/b BH Bikes Pro Women's racing | |
55 Gerrike Schreurs (Ned) Sengers Ladies Cycling Team | |
56 Laura Brown (Can) Canadian National Team | |
57 Amber Pierce (USA) Diadora-Pasta Zara | |
58 Liza Racchetto (USA) Forno D'Asolo Colavita | |
59 Olivia Dillon (Irl) NOW and Novartis for MS | |
60 Marlen Jöhrend (Ger) ABUS Nutrixxion | all s.t. |
61 Kristen Lasasso (USA) Primal/MapMyRide p/b BH Bikes Pro Women's racing | 8:48 |
62 Alison Tetrick (USA) Exergy Twenty12 | 9:14 |
63 Jolien D'hoore (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 | 12:29 |
64 Ana Bianca Schnitzmeier (Ger) ABUS Nutrixxion | |
65 Ine Beyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 | |
66 Theresa Cliff-Ryan (USA) Exergy Twenty12 | |
67 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Diadora-Pasta Zara | |
68 Addyson Albershardt (USA) NOW and Novartis for MS | |
69 Alisha Welsh (USA) Primal/MapMyRide p/b BH Bikes Pro Women's racing | all s.t. |
DNF Rebecca Werner (Aus) Primal/MapMyRide p/b BH Bikes Pro Women's racing | |
DNF Moriah MacGregor (Can) EspnW Pro Cycling | |
DNF Kathryn Donovan (USA) EspnW Pro Cycling | |
DNF Kathryn Bertine (Skn) EspnW Pro Cycling | |
DNF Joanie Caron (Can) EspnW Pro Cycling | |
DNF Jamie Dinkins-Bookwalter (USA) EspnW Pro Cycling | |
DNF Christina Gokey-Smith (USA) NOW and Novartis for MS | |
DNF Stephanie Roorda (Can) Canadian National Team | |
DNF Jennifer Purcell (USA) Team TIBCO - To the Top | |
DNF Mei Yu Hsiao (Tpe) Axman Team Taiwan | |
DNF Celine Van Severen (Bel) Sengers Ladies Cycling Team | |
DNF Belinda Goss (Aus) ABUS Nutrixxion | |
DNF Emma Mackie (Aus) ABUS Nutrixxion | |
DNF Jessica Uebelhart (Sui) Forno D'Asolo Colavita | |
DNF Whitney Gaggioli (USA) Forno D'Asolo Colavita | |
DNF Jessie Maclean (Aus) GreenEDGE-AIS | |
DNF Kelly Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 | |
DNF Rowena Fry (Aus) GreenEDGE-AIS | |
DNF Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Team Specialized-lululemon | |
DNF Ally Stacher (USA) Team Specialized-lululemon | |
DNF Loren Rowney (Aus) Team Specialized-lululemon | |
DNF Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Faren Honda Team | |
DNF Myfanwy Galloway (Aus) Faren Honda Team | |
DNF Chiara Nadalutti (Ita) Faren Honda Team | |
DNF Jackie Kurth (USA) Primal/MapMyRide p/b BH Bikes Pro Women's racing | |
GC | |
1 Amber Neben (USA) Team Specialized-lululemon | 6:11:24 |
2 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Team Specialized-lululemon | at 0:09 |
3 Evelyn Stevens (USA) Team Specialized-lululemon | 0:11 |
4 Clara Hughes (Can) Team Specialized-lululemon | 0:14 |
5 Shara Gillow (Aus) GreenEDGE-AIS | 0:26 |
6 Alison Powers (USA) NOW and Novartis for MS | 0:33 |
7 Tara Whitten (Can) Team TIBCO - To the Top | 0:38 |
8 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Team Specialized-lululemon | 0:41 |
9 Jasmin Glaesser (Can) Canadian National Team | 1:04 |
10 Jade Wilcoxson (USA) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 1:09 |
11 Kristin Mcgrath (USA) Exergy Twenty12 | 1:11 |
12 Jacquelyn Crowell (USA) Exergy Twenty12 | 1:13 |
13 Anne Samplonius (Can) NOW and Novartis for MS | 1:16 |
14 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) GreenEDGE-AIS | 1:17 |
15 Carmen Small (USA) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 1:22 |
16 Tayler Wiles (USA) Exergy Twenty12 | 1:30 |
17 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 1:35 |
18 Gillian Carleton (Can) Canadian National Team | 1:36 |
19 Megan Guarnier (USA) Team TIBCO - To the Top | 1:42 |
20 Julie Beveridge (Can) Canadian National Team | 1:43 |
21 Maria-Luisa Calle (Col) EspnW Pro Cycling | 1:47 |
22 Claudia Häusler (Ger) GreenEDGE-AIS | 1:55 |
23 Amanda Miller (USA) Team TIBCO - To the Top | 2:02 |
24 Rachel Neylan (Aus) ABUS Nutrixxion | 2:03 |
25 Janel Holcomb (USA) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 2:03 |
26 Denise Ramsden (Can) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 2:14 |
27 Rhae Shaw (Can) Exergy Twenty12 | 2:21 |
28 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) GreenEDGE-AIS | 2:44 |
29 Andrea Dvorak (USA) Exergy Twenty12 | 2:46 |
30 Elizabeth Newell (USA) NOW and Novartis for MS | 2:47 |
31 Robin Farina (USA) NOW and Novartis for MS | 2:54 |
32 Devon Gorry (USA) NOW and Novartis for MS | 3:22 |
33 Courteney Lowe (NZl) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 3:30 |
34 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Canadian National Team | 3:33 |
35 Polona Batagelj (Slo) Diadora-Pasta Zara | 3:56 |
36 Joelle Numainville (Can) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 3:56 |
37 Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Diadora-Pasta Zara | 3:56 |
38 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Faren Honda Team | 3:59 |
39 Sari Saarelainen (Fin) Forno D'Asolo Colavita | 4:00 |
40 Emily Kachorek (USA) Primal/MapMyRide p/b BH Bikes Pro Women's racing | 4:07 |
41 Maaike Polspoel (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 | 4:21 |
42 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Faren Honda Team | 4:53 |
43 Lindsay Myers (USA) Team TIBCO - To the Top | 5:00 |
44 Flavia Oliveira (Bra) Forno D'Asolo Colavita | 5:18 |
45 Jennifer Hohl (Sui) Faren Honda Team | 5:28 |
46 Anna Sanders (USA) Primal/MapMyRide p/b BH Bikes Pro Women's racing | 5:52 |
47 Lex Albrecht (Can) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 8:40 |
48 Laura Brown (Can) Canadian National Team | 10:16 |
49 Els Belmans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 | 10:32 |
50 Olivia Dillon (Irl) NOW and Novartis for MS | 10:36 |
51 Lauren Hall (USA) Team TIBCO - To the Top | 10:39 |
52 Gerrike Schreurs (Ned) Sengers Ladies Cycling Team | 12:19 |
53 Jen Weinbrecht (USA) Primal/MapMyRide p/b BH Bikes Pro Women's racing | 12:20 |
54 Liza Racchetto (USA) Forno D'Asolo Colavita | 12:43 |
55 Alison Tetrick (USA) Exergy Twenty12 | 12:46 |
56 Leah Guloien (Can) EspnW Pro Cycling | 12:47 |
57 Kristen Lasasso (USA) Primal/MapMyRide p/b BH Bikes Pro Women's racing | 13:28 |
58 Mary Zider (USA) EspnW Pro Cycling | 13:39 |
59 Alessandra D'Ettorre (Ita) Diadora-Pasta Zara | 13:57 |
60 Marlen Jöhrend (Ger) ABUS Nutrixxion | 14:11 |
61 Theresa Cliff-Ryan (USA) Exergy Twenty12 | 14:24 |
62 Ana Bianca Schnitzmeier (Ger) ABUS Nutrixxion | 15:59 |
63 Amber Pierce (USA) Diadora-Pasta Zara | 16:41 |
64 Jolien D'hoore (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 | 16:43 |
65 Ho Hsun Huang (Tpe) Axman Team Taiwan | 17:26 |
66 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Diadora-Pasta Zara | 17:29 |
67 Ine Beyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 | 17:49 |
68 Alisha Welsh (USA) Primal/MapMyRide p/b BH Bikes Pro Women's racing | 18:30 |
69 Addyson Albershardt (USA) NOW and Novartis for MS | 21:43 |