Düster wins in Schmölln
Zabelinskaja remains in race lead
Sarah Düster (Cervélo TestTeam) won the fifth stage of the International Thüringen Rundfahrt, outsprinting breakaway companions Hanka Kupfernagel (Germany) and Adrie Visser (HTC-Columbia Women). Olga Zabelinskaja (Safi-Pasta Zara) remains atop the general classification with one stage remaining.
"I'm very happy with my victory today," said Düster. "I haven't felt that strong during the first few days of this Tour as the heat really got to me. But now, since yesterday as the temperatures have gotten lower I feel good.
"Today, it was tough for me as I had to close so many gaps, but I felt strong. My tactic for the final, which was a light downhill run with a curve, was to stay at the wheel of Hanka Kupfernagel and attack from there. All in all, I am very satisfied with my race and I have also to say thank you to my teammates as they did a really good job for me."
"Today we had quite a bit of activity in the first half of the race. A group of seventeen riders broke away at the beginning and soon after ten riders escaped from them, including Sarah Düster," said Egon von Kessel, Sports Director, Cervélo TestTeam. "Sarah was very much on the offensive and tried many attacks towards the finish. Though she was strong, she couldn't develop a big gap.
"At the finish, there was a very close sprint. After the judges reviewed it they awarded Sarah first place. It was a good race for us. Tomorrow our goal will be again to go for a stage win but we will not to take too many risks."
The sixth and final stage will take place on Sunday as the peloton faces a 134.5km course around Zeulenroda.
1 | Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | 3:02:14 |
2 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Noris Cycling | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Andrea Bosman (Ned) Netherlands | 0:00:01 |
6 | Vena Koedoodor (Ned) Netherlands | 0:00:02 |
7 | Petra Dijkman (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 0:00:12 |
9 | Luise Keller (Ger) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:00:25 |
10 | Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Noris Cycling | 0:00:52 |
11 | Olga Zabelinskaja (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | 0:01:56 |
12 | Birgit Söllner (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Alison Testroete (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:01:57 |
14 | Irene van den Broek (Ned) Netherlands | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ ORMU | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Germany | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Anna Bianca Schnitzmeier (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 0:01:58 |
18 | Laura Fouquet (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Noemi Cantele (Ita) HTC-Columbia Women | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 0:01:59 |
21 | Regina Bruins (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Karin Aune (Swe) Fenixs-Petrogradets | 0:02:00 |
24 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Lesya Kalitovska (Ukr) Ukraine | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Latoja Brulee (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:02:01 |
27 | Kimberly Anderson (USA) HTC-Columbia Women | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Svetana Pauliukaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Anne De Wildt (Ned) Netherlands | 0:02:02 |
30 | Marta Bastianelli (Rus) Fenixs-Petrogradets | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Vilija Sereikaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Marie Lindberg (Swe) Red Sun Cycling Team | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr) Ukraine | 0:02:03 |
34 | Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | 0:02:26 |
36 | Emilie Aubry (Swi) Cervélo Test Team | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Nina Köhn (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:02:27 |
38 | Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Josien van Wingerden-van den Heerik (Ned) Netherlands | 0:02:28 |
40 | Janneke Kanis (Ned) Netherlands | 0:03:00 |
41 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:03:35 |
42 | Alona Andruk (Ukr) Safi-Pasta Zara | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 0:04:23 |
44 | Olena Sharga (Ukr) Ukraine | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 0:04:24 |
46 | Nora Schaufuß (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 0:10:15 |
47 | Xiaoling Luo (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Hanna Amend (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:10:16 |
49 | Beate Zanner (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Emma Silversides (GBr) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:10:17 |
51 | Veronique Labonte (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:13:10 |
52 | Janine Bubner (Ger) Germany | 0:13:11 |
53 | Lydia Wegemund (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Veronique Bilodeau (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Theres Klein (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Lina Shi (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 0:13:12 |
57 | Katharina Alberti (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Anikó Révész (Hun) Hungary | 0:13:13 |
59 | Fan Li Shen (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 0:13:14 |
DNF | Stephanie Pohl (Ger) Noris Cycling | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Romy Kasper (Ger) Noris Cycling | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Charlotte Becker (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Fenixs-Petrogradets | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Valeriya Kononenko (Ukr) Ukraine | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ganna Solovey (Ukr) Ukraine | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Krystal Jeffs (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Joanie Caron (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
1 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 3 | pts |
2 | Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 3 | pts |
2 | Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 3 | pts |
2 | Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | 3 | pts |
2 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 5 | pts |
2 | Irene van den Broek (Ned) Netherlands | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Olga Zabelinskaja (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Irene van den Broek (Ned) Netherlands | 5 | pts |
2 | Olga Zabelinskaja (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 5 | pts |
2 | Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Vena Koedoodor (Ned) Netherlands | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Germany | 3:04:11 |
2 | Anna Bianca Schnitzmeier (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 0:00:01 |
3 | Laura Fouquet (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Lesya Kalitovska (Ukr) Ukraine | 0:00:03 |
5 | Latoja Brulee (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:00:04 |
6 | Anne De Wildt (Ned) Netherlands | 0:00:05 |
7 | Emilie Aubry (Swi) Cervélo Test Team | 0:00:29 |
8 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:01:38 |
9 | Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 0:02:26 |
10 | Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 0:02:27 |
11 | Nora Schaufuß (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 0:08:18 |
12 | Xiaoling Luo (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Hanna Amend (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:08:19 |
14 | Janine Bubner (Ger) Germany | 0:11:14 |
15 | Veronique Bilodeau (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Theres Klein (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Lina Shi (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 0:11:15 |
18 | Fan Li Shen (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 0:11:17 |
1 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 3 | pts |
2 | Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Vena Koedoodor (Ned) Netherlands | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Netherlands | 9:08:42 |
2 | Team Columbia Highroad Women | 0:00:23 |
3 | Cervélo Test Team | 0:01:59 |
4 | Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:02:05 |
5 | Gauss RDZ ORMU | 0:02:08 |
6 | Safi-Pasta Zara | 0:03:59 |
7 | Ukraine | 0:06:26 |
8 | JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 0:12:09 |
9 | Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:12:41 |
10 | Germany | 0:13:08 |
11 | Giant Pro Cycling | 0:23:54 |
12 | Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:26:18 |
1 | Olga Zabelinskaja (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | 13:01:30 |
2 | Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 0:02:56 |
3 | Noemi Cantele (Ita) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:03:02 |
4 | Irene van den Broek (Ned) Netherlands | 0:03:38 |
5 | Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 0:03:53 |
6 | Marta Bastianelli (Rus) Fenixs-Petrogradets | 0:07:19 |
7 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Noris Cycling | 0:07:46 |
8 | Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:09:08 |
9 | Petra Dijkman (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:09:39 |
10 | Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 0:10:01 |
11 | Luise Keller (Ger) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:10:14 |
12 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | 0:10:26 |
13 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Germany | 0:12:32 |
14 | Andrea Bosman (Ned) Netherlands | 0:12:38 |
15 | Birgit Söllner (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 0:12:55 |
16 | Regina Bruins (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | 0:13:13 |
17 | Vena Koedoodor (Ned) Netherlands | 0:13:37 |
18 | Marie Lindberg (Swe) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:14:24 |
19 | Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr) Ukraine | 0:14:29 |
20 | Lesya Kalitovska (Ukr) Ukraine | 0:14:39 |
21 | Karin Aune (Swe) Fenixs-Petrogradets | 0:15:34 |
22 | Anne De Wildt (Ned) Netherlands | 0:15:58 |
23 | Laura Fouquet (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:16:36 |
24 | Alison Testroete (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:18:15 |
25 | Alona Andruk (Ukr) Safi-Pasta Zara | 0:19:36 |
26 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 0:19:49 |
27 | Svetana Pauliukaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | 0:20:23 |
28 | Kimberly Anderson (USA) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:23:12 |
29 | Olena Sharga (Ukr) Ukraine | 0:24:30 |
30 | Hanna Amend (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:26:55 |
31 | Emma Silversides (GBr) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:28:44 |
32 | Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | 0:30:13 |
33 | Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 0:31:06 |
34 | Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:31:57 |
35 | Veronique Bilodeau (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:31:58 |
36 | Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:33:52 |
37 | Vilija Sereikaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | 0:36:55 |
38 | Emilie Aubry (Swi) Cervélo Test Team | 0:37:12 |
39 | Anna Bianca Schnitzmeier (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 0:37:18 |
40 | Janneke Kanis (Ned) Netherlands | 0:37:46 |
41 | Nina Köhn (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:38:21 |
42 | Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara | 0:38:43 |
43 | Veronique Labonte (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:43:30 |
44 | Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Noris Cycling | 0:44:51 |
45 | Latoja Brulee (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | 1:00:29 |
46 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) HTC-Columbia Women | 1:04:44 |
47 | Josien van Wingerden-van den Heerik (Ned) Netherlands | 1:04:48 |
48 | Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 1:08:39 |
49 | Beate Zanner (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 1:11:50 |
50 | Xiaoling Luo (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 1:12:29 |
51 | Lydia Wegemund (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 1:15:57 |
52 | Theres Klein (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 1:16:04 |
53 | Lina Shi (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 1:17:41 |
54 | Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 1:18:48 |
55 | Nora Schaufuß (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 1:23:04 |
56 | Anikó Révész (Hun) Hungary | 1:26:12 |
57 | Janine Bubner (Ger) Germany | 1:26:21 |
58 | Katharina Alberti (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 1:26:24 |
59 | Fan Li Shen (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 1:27:32 |
1 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 19 | pts |
2 | Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | 13 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 12 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 9 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Olga Zabelinskaja (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | 7 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | 6 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 3 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) Cervélo Test Team | 2 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Marta Bastianelli (Rus) Fenixs-Petrogradets | 1 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Noemi Cantele (Ita) HTC-Columbia Women | 1 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Irene van den Broek (Ned) Netherlands | 1 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
1 | Irene van den Broek (Ned) Netherlands | 26 | pts |
2 | Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 21 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 14 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Olga Zabelinskaja (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | 13 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Luise Keller (Ger) HTC-Columbia Women | 12 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Noemi Cantele (Ita) HTC-Columbia Women | 7 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | 3 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Vena Koedoodor (Ned) Netherlands | 2 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | 2 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Petra Dijkman (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team | 2 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
1 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Germany | 13:14:02 |
2 | Lesya Kalitovska (Ukr) Ukraine | 0:02:07 |
3 | Anne De Wildt (Ned) Netherlands | 0:03:26 |
4 | Laura Fouquet (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:04:04 |
5 | Hanna Amend (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 0:14:23 |
6 | Veronique Bilodeau (Can) Team Nanoblur-Gears | 0:19:26 |
7 | Emilie Aubry (Swi) Cervélo Test Team | 0:24:40 |
8 | Anna Bianca Schnitzmeier (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 0:24:46 |
9 | Latoja Brulee (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:47:57 |
10 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) HTC-Columbia Women | 0:52:12 |
11 | Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 0:56:07 |
12 | Xiaoling Luo (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 0:59:57 |
13 | Theres Klein (Ger) Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 1:03:32 |
14 | Lina Shi (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 1:05:09 |
15 | Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 1:06:16 |
16 | Nora Schaufuß (Ger) JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 1:10:32 |
17 | Janine Bubner (Ger) Germany | 1:13:49 |
18 | Fan Li Shen (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling | 1:15:00 |
1 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany | 5 | pts |
2 | Olga Zabelinskaja (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara | 4 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Luise Keller (Ger) HTC-Columbia Women | 3 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | 2 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC-Columbia Women | 2 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 2 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Elena Kuchinskaya (Rus) Gauss RDZ ORMU | 2 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Vena Koedoodor (Ned) Netherlands | 1 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
1 | Gauss RDZ ORMU | 39:21:55 |
2 | Team Columbia Highroad Women | 0:03:26 |
3 | Netherlands | 0:08:34 |
4 | Cervélo Test Team | 0:09:35 |
5 | Safi-Pasta Zara | 0:19:39 |
6 | Red Sun Cycling Team | 0:23:10 |
7 | Ukraine | 0:27:18 |
8 | Germany | 1:02:50 |
9 | Team Haibike Rügen Sachsen | 1:02:57 |
10 | Team Nanoblur-Gears | 1:16:01 |
11 | JENATEC-Spanner Brennstoffe | 1:55:52 |
12 | Giant Pro Cycling | 2:43:15 |
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