2012 Emakumeen Bira - Stage 2-4
Judith Arndt takes overall win in Emakumeen Bira. Emma Johansson and Annemiek van Vleuten second and third. Stage wins for Emma Pooley, Linda Villumsen and Annemiek van Vleuten.
Stage 2: Lekeitio - Lekeitio, 97.8 km
Britain's Emma Pooley (AA Drink-Leontien.nl) has won the 97,8 km mountain stage in Lekeitio. Pooley managed to break away from the leading group on the final climb to gain her second win in a week. Earlier she was the best in the Emakumeen Saria in Durango. Annemiek van Vleuten won the sprint of the chasing group for second 20 seconds back. Trixi Worrack was third followed by Emma Johansson, Alena Amialiusik, Claudia Häusler, Lucinda Brand, Lizzie Armitstead, Judith Arndt and Sharon Laws. Due to her win Pooley took the leader's jersey from Ina Teutenberg who was not in the first group.
The first remarkable attack came from Linda Villumsen (Orica-GreenEdge) after 12 km into the stage. Villumsen rode in the lead for 25 km before teams like Hitec, Rabobank and AA Drink moved to the front to close ths gap. Villumsen was finally caught at the ascent of the second time up the category three climb Alto de Milloi.
After the second sprint after 44 km a leading group with Romy Kasper (Germany), Gracie Elvin (Australia), race leader Ina Teutenberg (Specialized-Lululemon), Amanda Spratt (GreenEdge), Emma Pooley, Lizzie Armitstead (AA Drink) and Emma Johansson (Hitec Products). 6 km ahead the seven were joined by 11 others including Christel Ferrier Bruneau and Eneritz Iturriaga. When the leading group entered the larger loop of Lekoitz the gap of the leading group was up to 1:30.
In the descent of the Lekoitz climb 13 riders powered away;
Emma. Pooley, Lucinda Brand, Sharon Laws and Lizzie Amitstead (AA Drink-Leontien.nl), Annemiek Van Vleuten (Rabobank), Trixi Worrack (Specialized lululemon), Emma Johansson (Hitec), Alena Amialiusik (Be Pink), Amanda Spratt, Claudia Hausler, Judith Arndt (Orica-Greenedge), Anna Sanchis (Bizkaia-Durango) and Mascha Pijnenborg (Dolmans-Boels).
On the final time over the Milloi climb 7 km before the finish Pooley broke clear from the lead group with Brand and Spratt. Pooley dropped both riders on the descent to finish. Spratt and Brand got caught by the chasing group but they ended up 20 seconds behind stage winner Pooley.
Result
1º 141 POOLEY, Emma GBR AA DRINK-LEONTIEN 2:35:31
2º 1 V. VLEUTEN, Annemiek NED STICHTING-RABO WOMEN a 20
3º 13 WORRACK, Trixi GER SPECIALIZED LULULEMO a 20
4º 21 JOHANSSON, Emma SWE HITEC PRODUCTS a 20
5º 123 AMIALIUSIK, Alena BLR BE PINK a 20
6º 102 HAUSLER, Claudia GER GREENEDGE-AIS a 20
7º 142 BRAND, Lucinda NED AA DRINK-LEONTIEN a 20
8º 144 AMITSTEAD, Lizzie GBR AA DRINK-LEONTIEN a 20
9º 101 ARNDT, Judith GER GREENEDGE-AIS a 20
10º 145 LAWS, Sharon GBR AA DRINK-LEONTIEN a 20
11º 171 SANCHIS, Anna ESP BIZKAIA-DURANGO a 20
12º 103 SPRATT, Amanda AUS GREENEDGE-AIS a 43
13º 54 PIJNENBORG, Mascha NED DOLMANS-BOELS C.T. a 44
14º 12 VAN DIJK, Eleonora NED SPECIALIZED LULULEMO a 01:20
15º 174 HOGAN, Joanne AUS BIZKAIA-DURANGO a 01:20
16º 146 OLDS, Shelley USA AA DRINK-LEONTIEN a 04:24
17º 25 FERRIER, Christel FRA HITEC PRODUCTS a 04:24
18º 46 KAAT, Hannes BEL LOTTO BELISOL LADIES a 04:24
19º 155 HOFMANN, Sarah-lena GER GERMAN NATIONAL TEAM a 04:24
20º 72 ITURRIAGA, Eneritz ESP LOINTEK a 04:24
Full result
Stage 3: Orduna - Orduna, 13.4 km
Orica-GreenEdge's Linda Villumsen has won the 13,4 km individual time trial in the Emakumeen Bira. Villumsen clocked a final time of 18:21 on the hilly course to win with a 3 seconds lead over ITT World Champion and teammate Judith Arndt. Ellen van Dijk finished in third 6 seconds down. Emma Pooley, Emma Johansson, Annemiek van Vleuten, Shelley Olds, Ina Teutenberg, Lizzie Armitstead and Silvia Valsecchi completed the top 10. Pooley retained her overall lead followed by Judith Arndt at 1 second going into the final stage. Johansson is third overall a few seconds further back.
Result
1º 104 VILLUMSEN, Linda NZL GREENEDGE-AIS 0:18:21
2º 101 ARNDT, Judith GER GREENEDGE-AIS a 03
3º 12 VAN DIJK, Eleonora NED SPECIALIZED LULULEMO a 06
4º 141 POOLEY, Emma GBR AA DRINK-LEONTIEN a 10
5º 21 JOHANSSON, Emma SWE HITEC PRODUCTS a 10
6º 1 V. VLEUTEN, Annemiek NED STICHTING-RABO WOMEN a 18
7º 146 OLDS, Shelley USA AA DRINK-LEONTIEN a 21
8º 11 TEUTENBERG, Ina Yoko GER SPECIALIZED LULULEMO a 28
9º 144 AMITSTEAD, Lizzie GBR AA DRINK-LEONTIEN a 36
10º 122 VALSECCHI, Silvia ITA BE PINK a 41
11º 123 AMIALIUSIK, Alena BLR BE PINK a 42
12º 145 LAWS, Sharon GBR AA DRINK-LEONTIEN a 42
13º 14 BECKER, Charlotte GER SPECIALIZED LULULEMO a 43
14º 102 HAUSLER, Claudia GER GREENEDGE-AIS a 43
15º 113 PIETERS, Amy NED SKILL-ARGOS a 44
16º 42 DUYCK, Ann- Sophie BEL LOTTO BELISOL LADIES a 52
17º 126 GEBHARDT, Elke GER BE PINK a 56
18º 142 BRAND, Lucinda NED AA DRINK-LEONTIEN a 58
19º 181 COOKE, Nicole GBR FAREN HONDA TEAM a 01:03
20º 106 CROMWELL, Tiffany AUS GREENEDGE-AIS a 01:04
Full result
Stage 4: Orduna - Iurreta, 116 km
Annemiek van Vleuten (Rabobank) has won the final stage in the Emakumeen Bira. In the 116 km stage to Iurreta Van Vleuten outsprinted the leading group to win the stage. Emma Johansson finished in second with Trixi Worrack in third. Judith Arndt was awarded the overall win despite a crash in the last 3 km. Race leader Emma Pooley didn't made the break and lost almost two minutes on the wet and tricky roads. Arndt was given the same time as Van Vleuten due to the 3 km rule which denied Johansson the overall win.
The stage was animated by a break of two Australians Carlee Taylor and Australian road champion Amanda Spratt. The duo broke clear after 39 km after a first attempt of Spratt with Olds and Van Dijk was chased down. The pair gathered a maximum lead of almost three minutes before AA Drink and Rabobank started to chase.
On the Alto de Zumeltza (56 km) the gap was down to 1.40 as heavy showers started to come down. In the descent the bunch split into three groups. Emma Pooley got stuck in the third group but the groups came back together in the valley. Ellen van Dijk (Specialized-Lululemon) bridged across to the leaders and climbed the Urkiola together By the time the three leaders passed the 20 km to go banner the gap was down to 20 seconds.
On the last climb the Alto de Duna Judith Arndt took control and after the top a group of 16 riders was formed and reduced to just seven with 5 km to go. The seven included Emma Johansson, Annemiek van Vleuten, Trixi Worrack, Sharon Laws, Judith Arndt, Alena Amialiusik and Anna Sanchis. The latter one dropped a little later going into the final 3 km with six leaders.
Race leader Emma Pooley once again missed the break and finished almost two minutes down.
Just after the 3 km to go banner Amialiusik and Arndt crashed. They both continued knowing they will get the same time as the group they were in due to the 3 km rule.
Van Vleuten took victory in the sprint over Johansson and Worrack. For a while Johansson thought she had taken the overall but due to the rules Arndt was given the win.
Result
1º 1 V. VLEUTEN, Annemiek NED STICHTING-RABO WOMEN 3:06:59
2º 21 JOHANSSON, Emma SWE HITEC PRODUCTS a 01
3º 13 WORRACK, Trixi GER SPECIALIZED LULULEMO a 01
4º 145 LAWS, Sharon GBR AA DRINK-LEONTIEN a 04
5º 123 AMIALIUSIK, Alena BLR BE PINK a 01
6º 101 ARNDT, Judith GER GREENEDGE-AIS a 01
7º 171 SANCHIS, Anna ESP BIZKAIA-DURANGO a 48
8º 102 HAUSLER, Claudia GER GREENEDGE-AIS a 01:51
9º 25 FERRIER, Christel FRA HITEC PRODUCTS a 01:51
10º 46 KAAT, Hannes BEL LOTTO BELISOL LADIES a 01:52
11º 174 HOGAN, Joanne AUS BIZKAIA-DURANGO a 01:52
12º 84 CAUZ, Francesca ITA FASSA BORTOLO-SERVET a 01:52
13º 141 POOLEY, Emma GBR AA DRINK-LEONTIEN a 01:52
14º 11 TEUTENBERG, Ina Yoko GER SPECIALIZED LULULEMO a 01:56
15º 12 VAN DIKJ, Eleonora NED SPECIALIZED LULULEMO a 01:56
16º 113 PIETERS, Amy NED SKILL-ARGOS a 01:56
17º 196 TAYLOR, Carlee AUS AUSTRALIA N.T. a 02:03
18º 106 CROMWELL, Tiffany AUS GREENEDGE-AIS a 02:03
19º 15 BRENNAUER, Lisa GER SPECIALIZED LULULEMO a 02:07
20º 153 KASPER, Romy GER GERMAN NATIONAL TEAM a 02:15
Full result
Final Ranking
1º 101 ARNDT, Judith GER GREENEDGE-AIS 08:30:59
2º 21 JOHANSSON, Emma SWE HITEC PRODUCTS a 07
3º 1 V. VLEUTEN, Annemiek NED STICHTING-RABO WOMEN a 14
4º 123 AMIALIUSIK, Alena BLR BE PINK a 39
5º 145 LAWS, Sharon GBR AA DRINK-LEONTIEN a 42
6º 142 BRAND, Lucinda NED AA DRINK-LEONTIEN a 55
7º 13 WORRACK, Trixi GER SPECIALIZED LULULEMO a 01:21
8º 141 POOLEY, Emma GBR AA DRINK-LEONTIEN a 01:50
9º 171 SANCHIS, Anna ESP BIZKAIA-DURANGO a 02:05
10º 102 HAUSLER, Claudia GER GREENEDGE-AIS a 02:30
11º 12 VAN DIKJ, Eleonora NED SPECIALIZED LULULEMO a 03:10
12º 174 HOGAN, Joanne AUS BIZKAIA-DURANGO a 03:59
13º 54 PIJNENBORG, Mascha NED DOLMANS-BOELS C.T. a 04:07
14º 144 AMITSTEAD, Lizzie GBR AA DRINK-LEONTIEN a 04:22
15º 103 SPRATT, Amanda AUS GREENEDGE-AIS a 06:36
16º 113 PIETERS, Amy NED SKILL-ARGOS a 06:40
17º 106 CROMWELL, Tiffany AUS GREENEDGE-AIS a 07:07
18º 196 TAYLOR, Carlee AUS AUSTRALIA N.T. a 07:14
19º 25 FERRIER, Christel FRA HITEC PRODUCTS a 07:19
20º 181 COOKE, Nicole GBR FAREN HONDA TEAM a 07:22
21º 155 HOFMANN, Srah-lena GER GERMAN NATIONAL TEAM a 07:29
22º 104 VILLUMSEN, Linda NZL GREENEDGE-AIS a 07:30
23º 46 KAAT, Hannes BEL LOTTO BELISOL LADIES a 07:36
24º 52 KOSTER, Anouska NED DOLMANS-BOELS C.T. a 07:45
25º 14 BECKER, Charlotte GER SPECIALIZED LULULEMO a 08:13
26º 6 DE VOCHT, Liesbet BEL STICHTING-RABO WOMEN a 08:38
27º 72 ITURRIAGA, Eneritz ESP LOINTEK a 08:49
28º 11 TEUTENBERG, Ina Yoko GER SPECIALIZED LULULEMO a 08:50
29º 33 BORGATO, Giada ITA DIADORA-PASTA ZARA a 10:02
30º 15 BRENNAUER, Lisa GER SPECIALIZED LULULEMO a 10:08
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