La Route de France 2009: Stage 4 Results

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Stage podium : Monica Baccaille (Michela Fanini), Evelyn Stevens (USA) and Kim Anderson (Team Columbia-HTC) (Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)

Evelyn Stevens has continued her dramatic rise towards the top of women's cycling after claiming stage four of the Route de France. Riding in France with the US National Team, Stevens out-sprinted Kim Anderson (Columbia-HTC) to the finishline of stage four in St. Pourcain.

"I'm really excited and pleased about how the day worked out," Anderson said afterwards. "I chased down an attack and then there were 10 of us ahead, and for some reason the bunch just didn't chase behind. Our lead grew really fast, about half of the break was working well, and then when Evelyn attacked I had to chase very hard to get her back. I didn't get the stage win, but taking a race lead for the first time ever in my career is really important."

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Full Results
1	Evelyn Stevens (USA) US National Team	4:01:05
2	Kimberly Anderson (USA) Team Columbia-HTC	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Monia Baccaille (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox	0:02:12
4	Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria Mazaga (Spa) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Selle Italia Ghezzi	0:03:14
6	Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Kaytee Boyd (NZl) Selle Italia Ghezzi	0:05:01
8	Magali Mocquery (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope	0:06:15
9	Egle Zablockyte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Kirsty Broun (Aus) Australia	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Mélodie Lesueur (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion	0:12:18
12	Flavia M. Oliveira (USA) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Edita Unguryte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	0:28:29
14	Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Fenixs	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Edita Janeliunaite (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	Row 16 - Cell 2
18	Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	Row 17 - Cell 2
19	Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs	Row 18 - Cell 2
20	Ally Stacher (USA) US National Team	Row 19 - Cell 2
21	Christine Majerus (Lux) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion	Row 20 - Cell 2
22	Carmen McNellis (USA) US National Team	Row 21 - Cell 2
23	Kim Schoonbaert (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam	Row 22 - Cell 2
24	Siobhan Dervan (Irl) Fenixs	Row 23 - Cell 2
25	Corine Hierckens (Bel) Fenixs	Row 24 - Cell 2
26	Uenia Fernandes Da Souza (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Fenixs	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	Eugenie Mermillod (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion	Row 27 - Cell 2
29	Gloria Presti (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi	Row 28 - Cell 2
30	Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	Row 29 - Cell 2
31	Kristin McGrath (USA) US National Team	Row 30 - Cell 2
32	Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope	Row 31 - Cell 2
33	Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope	Row 32 - Cell 2
34	Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	Row 33 - Cell 2
35	Florence Girardet (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope	Row 34 - Cell 2
36	Alison Starnes (USA) US National Team	Row 35 - Cell 2
37	Béatrice Thomas (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion	Row 36 - Cell 2
38	Serena Mensa (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox	Row 37 - Cell 2
39	Giuseppina Grassi (Mex) Selle Italia Ghezzi	Row 38 - Cell 2
40	Karine Gautard (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope	Row 39 - Cell 2
41	Audrey Cordon (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope	Row 40 - Cell 2
42	Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam	Row 41 - Cell 2
43	Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	Row 42 - Cell 2
44	Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australia	Row 43 - Cell 2
45	Audrey Lemieux (Can) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion	Row 44 - Cell 2
46	Shara Gillow (Aus) Australia	Row 45 - Cell 2
47	Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi	Row 46 - Cell 2
48	Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	Row 47 - Cell 2
49	Romy Kasper (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	Row 48 - Cell 2
50	Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi	Row 49 - Cell 2
51	Jenifer Letue (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion	Row 50 - Cell 2
52	Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Team Columbia-HTC	Row 51 - Cell 2
53	Chantal Beltman (Ned) Team Columbia-HTC	Row 52 - Cell 2
54	Rosane Kirch (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox	Row 53 - Cell 2
55	Marie Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	Row 54 - Cell 2
56	Anna Sanchis Chafer (Spa) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi	Row 55 - Cell 2
57	Simona Frapporti (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	Row 56 - Cell 2
58	Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox	Row 57 - Cell 2
59	Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi	Row 58 - Cell 2
60	Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi	Row 59 - Cell 2
61	Marlen Johrend (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	Row 60 - Cell 2
62	Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi	Row 61 - Cell 2
63	Ruth Corset (Aus) Australia	Row 62 - Cell 2
64	Katherine Bates (Aus) Team Columbia-HTC	Row 63 - Cell 2
65	Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	Row 64 - Cell 2
66	Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC	Row 65 - Cell 2
67	Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	Row 66 - Cell 2
68	Luise Keller (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC	Row 67 - Cell 2
DNF	Samantha Galassi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox	Row 68 - Cell 2
DNF	Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Selle Italia Ghezzi	Row 69 - Cell 2
DNF	Clemilda Fernandes Silva (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	Row 70 - Cell 2
DNF	Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Australia	Row 71 - Cell 2
DNF	Lindsay Myers (USA) US National Team	Row 72 - Cell 2

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General classification after stage 4
1	Kimberly Anderson (USA) Team Columbia-HTC	10:22:02
2	Evelyn Stevens (USA) US National Team	0:01:19
3	Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria Mazaga (Spa) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi	0:03:19
4	Monia Baccaille (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox	0:03:43
5	Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	0:04:39
6	Kaytee Boyd (NZl) Selle Italia Ghezzi	0:05:54
7	Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Selle Italia Ghezzi	0:06:00
8	Kirsty Broun (Aus) Australia	0:08:37
9	Egle Zablockyte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	0:08:50
10	Magali Mocquery (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope	0:11:42
11	Mélodie Lesueur (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion	0:12:54
12	Flavia M. Oliveira (USA) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox	0:14:34
13	Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC	0:27:38
14	Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australia	0:27:43
15	Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi	0:27:48
16	Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	0:27:51
17	Kristin McGrath (USA) US National Team	0:28:15
18	Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam	0:28:19
19	Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	0:28:23
20	Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox	0:28:24
21	Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	0:28:36
22	Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Team Columbia-HTC	0:28:39
23	Ruth Corset (Aus) Australia	0:28:43
24	Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	0:28:48
25	Luise Keller (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC	0:28:49
26	Karine Gautard (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope	0:28:51
27	Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs	0:28:54
28	Chantal Beltman (Ned) Team Columbia-HTC	0:29:09
29	Edita Unguryte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	Row 28 - Cell 2
30	Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi	0:29:14
31	Carmen McNellis (USA) US National Team	0:29:19
32	Giuseppina Grassi (Mex) Selle Italia Ghezzi	0:29:26
33	Audrey Lemieux (Can) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion	0:29:41
34	Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi	0:29:45
35	Audrey Cordon (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope	0:29:50
36	Shara Gillow (Aus) Australia	Row 35 - Cell 2
37	Gloria Presti (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi	Row 36 - Cell 2
38	Alison Starnes (USA) US National Team	0:29:51
39	Christine Majerus (Lux) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion	0:29:52
40	Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi	0:30:05
41	Simona Frapporti (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	0:30:07
42	Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam	0:30:09
43	Corine Hierckens (Bel) Fenixs	0:30:10
44	Romy Kasper (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	Row 43 - Cell 2
45	Edita Janeliunaite (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	0:30:13
46	Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope	0:30:25
47	Uenia Fernandes Da Souza (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	0:30:29
48	Ally Stacher (USA) US National Team	Row 47 - Cell 2
49	Marlen Johrend (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	0:30:33
50	Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam	0:30:39
51	Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi	0:30:40
52	Eugenie Mermillod (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion	0:30:44
53	Katherine Bates (Aus) Team Columbia-HTC	0:30:46
54	Siobhan Dervan (Irl) Fenixs	0:30:56
55	Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope	0:31:02
56	Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	0:31:11
57	Jenifer Letue (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion	0:31:22
58	Marie Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	0:31:49
59	Serena Mensa (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox	0:31:51
60	Béatrice Thomas (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion	0:31:54
61	Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	0:31:58
62	Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Fenixs	0:31:59
63	Kim Schoonbaert (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam	0:32:05
64	Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Fenixs	0:32:12
65	Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	0:33:08
66	Anna Sanchis Chafer (Spa) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi	0:34:28
67	Rosane Kirch (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox	0:34:40
68	Florence Girardet (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope	0:49:12

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Young rider classification
1	Egle Zablockyte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	10:30:52
2	Mélodie Lesueur (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion	0:04:04
3	Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australia	0:18:53
4	Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Team Columbia-HTC	0:19:49
5	Edita Unguryte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	0:20:19
6	Audrey Cordon (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope	0:21:00
7	Shara Gillow (Aus) Australia	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Gloria Presti (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Christine Majerus (Lux) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion	0:21:02
10	Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi	0:21:15
11	Simona Frapporti (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	0:21:17
12	Romy Kasper (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	0:21:20
13	Edita Janeliunaite (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo	0:21:23
14	Ally Stacher (USA) US National Team	0:21:39
15	Alice Donadoni (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	0:22:21
16	Jenifer Letue (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion	0:22:32
17	Marie Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	0:22:59
18	Serena Mensa (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox	0:23:01
19	Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago	0:24:18
20	Anna Sanchis Chafer (Spa) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi	0:25:38

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Teams classification
1	SELLE ITALIA GHEZZI	31:43:47
2	S.C. MICHELA FANINI RECORD ROX	0:08:51
3	TEAM COLUMBIA - HTC WOMEN	0:18:24
4	US NATIONAL TEAM	0:19:58
5	GAUSS RDZ ORMU - COLNAGO	0:21:52
6	SAFI -PASTA ZARA TITANEDI	0:22:58
7	AUSTRALIA NATIONAL TEAM	0:25:07
8	USC CHIRIO FORNO D'ASOLO	0:28:53
9	VIENNE FUTUROSCOPE	0:29:01
10	ESGL	0:34:41
11	LOTTO-BELISOL LADIESTEAM	0:49:20
12	EQUIPE NÜRNBERGER VERSICHERUNG	0:50:40
13	FENIXS	0:52:08