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Hausler Finishes In Pink, Bookends For Wild – 20th Giro Donne Stage 9
To say that the women of Cervelo Test Team had an outstanding ten days at the Giro d’Italia Femminile would perhaps be an understatement.
The team proved utterly dominant, winning the Prologue and 2 other stages, and leading the General Classification, including on the final stage, for eight (8) out of ten (10) days.
Kirsten Wild would [...]
Trixi, A Speed Racer – 20th Giro Donne Stage 8
Trixi Worrack (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung) soloed to victory on the eighth stage of the 2009 Giro Donne from San Marco dei Cavoti to Pesco Sannita.
The highly motivated German would set out on her solo sojourn right after the start of today’s stage in San Marco dei Cavoti. A group of four, including Shelley [...]
Role Reversal, Hausler Takes Stage Ahead of Arndt – 20th Giro Donne Stage 7
The winner of this year’s Tour de L’Aude, Claudia Hausler (Cervelo Test Team) is one step closer to winning the 20th Giro Donne and achieving the monumental double.
In an effort reminiscent of the stage before, Hausler and Team Columbia -HTC teammates Judith Arndt and Mara Abbott would separate themselves from the peloton. But unlike yesterday, [...]
Hoch soll Arndt leben! – 20th Giro Donne Stage 6
Team Columbia – HTC’s Judith Arndt wins the sixth stage as Cervelo passes around the maglia rosa
With only three stages left until the completion of the 2009 Giro Donne, Stage 6 from Cerro al Volturno to Sannita Sant’Elena would prove to be decisive.
The 119 km route, marked by a series of long climbs in the [...]
Cantele Lane – 20th Giro Donne Stage 5
Noemi Cantele (Bigla Cycling Team) claimed her first Giro Donne win yesterday by taking the 114km fifth stage, from Fossacesia to Cerro al Volturno, solo.
The Italian proved to be the strongest of a group of six that escaped midway through the stage. The group, which included Cantele’s teammate, Jennifer Hohl, Giorgia Bronzini (Safi Pasta Zara), [...]
Teutenberg Takes Twentieth – 20th Giro Donne Stage 4
With all due respect to Mark Cavendish, but he may not even be the best sprinter on Team Columbia – HTC. That distinction belongs to Ina Yoko-Teutenberg (Columbia – HTC Women), who won yesterday’s 109.2km Stage 4 of the 20th Giro Donne in Porto Sant’Elpidio.
The victory was Teutenberg’s 20th on the year. Kirsten [...]
Abbott Tops On Monte Serra, Pooley in Pink – 20th Giro Donne Stage 3
Mara Abbott (Team Columbia – HTC Women) won today’s 106.4km Stage 3 of the 20th Giro Donne by outlasting Cervelo Test Team teammates Emma Pooley and Clauda Hausler to the top of the Category 2 climb of Monte Serra. By taking today’s stage, the 23-year old Abbott would move up to second in the [...]
Neben Claims Stage, Moves Into Overall Lead – 20th Giro Donne Stage 2
Americans Amber Neben and Kristin Armstrong finish 1st and 2nd in Individual Time Trial
Yesterday, Amber Neben (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung) won Stage 2 of the 20th Giro Donne ahead of compatriot and fellow Olympian, Kristin Armstrong. With her victory in the 13.5 km Individual Time Trial from Pontedera to Santa Maria a Monte, Neben would [...]
Pucinskaite Back From Neverland – 20th Giro Donne Stage 1
The 2007 Giro Donne Champion sprints to victory on Stage 1, Take Overall Lead
Edita “Peter Pan” Pucinskaite, the 2007 winner of the Giro Donne, reclaimed her place amongst the elite of the women’s peloton by taking the difficult 99.9km Stage 1 of the 2009 Giro Donne from San Piero a Sieve to Pratolini di [...]
Wild Knifes Through As Cervelo Test Team Finishes 1-2 – 20th Giro Donne Prologue
The 20th Giro Donne, the women’s version of the Giro d’Italia, or Giro d’Italia Femminile, began this Friday with a 2.5km Prologue in the municipality of Scarperia, the city of knives.
Kirsten Wild (Cervelo Test Team) was fastest over the distance covering it in 3′06 seconds at an average speed of 48.387 km/h. The 26-year [...]
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