24 July, 2008 – On the today’s Thursday, the third stage of the International “Thüringen Rundfahrt” with a 104,5 km course around the town Greiz took place. Priska Doppmann started after her yesterday’s success with the yellow leader jersey. The Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team were really active but at the end the Italian rider Noemi Cantele was able to finish solo and claimed victory ahead of Emma Johnsson (SWE) and Kimberly Anderson (USA). Carla Ryan finished together with the first group on position five only 47 seconds behind the winner. Christiane Soeder and Karin Thürig were completing the good result of the team with taking the ninth and the tenth rank. Priska Doppmann finishes with the peloton on position 24th and lost the leader jersey to Noemi Cantele.
Karin Thürig collected at all sprint points today some points for the overall sprint ranking and is now there on position three. The Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cylcing Team is leading still the overall team ranking and increased their advantage to 51 seconds. Tomorrow the fourth stage of the competition series will take place around Schleiz and includes 124,5 race kilometers.
More information: http://www.thueringenrundfahrt-frauen.de
Results 3rd stage
1 Noemi Cantele (ITA) Bigla Cycling Team 2:57.31h
2 Emma Johansson (SWE) Swedish National Team 0.47
3 Kimberly Anderson (USA) Team Columbia 0.47
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5 Carla Ryan (AUS) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 0.47
9 Christiane Soeder (AUT) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 0.52
10 Karin Thürig (SUI) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 1.37
13 Sarah Düster (GER) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 2.21
24 Priska Doppmann (SUI) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 2.21
50 Patricia Schwager (SUI) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 2.42
Overall ranking after third stage:
1 Noemi Cantele (ITA) Bigla Racing Team 7:18.33h
2 Emma Johansson (SWE) Swedish National Team 0.52
3 Judith Arndt (GER) Team Columbia 1.08
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8 Carla Ryan (AUS) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 1.19
9 Christiane Soeder (AUT) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 1.24
10 Karin Thürig (SUI) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 2.04
11 Priska Doppmann (SUI) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 2.15
17 Sarah Düster (GER) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 4.46
44 Patricia Schwager (SUI) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 3.17
Sprint ranking (overall)
1 Emma Johansson (SWE) Swedish National Team 9pts
2 Noemi Cantele (ITA) Bigla Cycling Team 8pts
3 Karin Thürig (SUI) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cylcing Team 8pts
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6 Priska Doppmann (SUI) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 3pts
Mountain ranking (overall)
1 Felicia Gomez (CAN) Canadian Cycling 11pts
2 Trixi Worrack (GER) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherungen 9pts
3 Noemi Cantele (ITA) Bigla Cycling Team 8pts
4 Karin Thürig (SUI) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 8pts
8 Carla Ryan (AUS) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 3pts
Team ranking (overall)
1 Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 21:59.59h
2 Gauss 0.51
3 Team Columbia 1.01
