12. July 2008 - The former time trial World Champion Kristin Armstrong was showing her strenth as well in the time trial of the Cascade Cycling Classic and won the race clearly 52 seconds ahead of Christine Thorburn. The third rank took Katheryn Mattis, 1.47min behind the winner. "The course was very similar to the one in Beijing," said Armstrong with the view to the season highlight - the Olympic Games. "This course was only a kilometre or so short than the one in Beijing and was the same up hill and down hill."
In the overall ranking Armstrong furthers her advantage with her great time trial performance to 1.55 min ahead of Christin Thorburn.
Result 3rd stage:
1 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 31.55.03min
2 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders 52 sek
3 Katheryn Mattis (USA) Webcor Builders 1.47min
Overall result after the 3rd stage:
1 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 7: 57.36h
2 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders 1.55 min
3 Julie Beveridge (CAN) Aarons 2.50 min
