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Stage 4b

Schmöln, 4 laps of 18.7km circuit, 74.4km

Race Writeup

Nicole Cooke continued her domination of the Thüringen Rundfarht on Saturday afternoon. She won the road stage which took in 4 laps of the morning's time trial stage (Click here for coverage). The stage was relatively quiet in the intense heat which has gripped the east of Germany this week. The afternoon stage did not start until 16:30hrs, but temperatures were still well in excess of 38'C, the 'magic' 100'F.

An attack in the start / finish town of Schmoln with one lap to go came to nothing. There were some incidents on the road, one of which affected Amber Neben (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint), but this was not enough to put her off, she took second in the sprint behind Nicole Cooke.

Overall, Theresa Senff (AA Drink) retained her grip on the mountains jersey, as did Liane Bahler (Colnago Fenixs) on the sprints jersey. The points jersey was taken over by Angela Brodka (AA Drink) and the best young rider became Marta Bastianelli (Safi), after Linda Villumsen (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint) did not start the afternoon's stage.

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Post Race Comments

Nicole Cooke : "This course was custom-made for me."

Liane Bahler : "With 18 points, I would hope that my grip on this competition is assured."

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Results - Top 10 - click here to see full result

Position	Surname / Name	Team	Time	Gap	Bonus
1.	Cooke Nicole	Univega Pro Cycling Team - UPT	2.03'01"		6"
2.	Neben Amber	Buitenpoort- Flexpoint Team – BFL	2.03'01"		4"
3.	Worrack Trixi	Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung - NUR	2.03'01"		2"
4.	Senff Theresa	AA Drink Cycling Team - AAD	2.03'02"	1"
5.	Pucinskaite Edita	Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas - NMC	2.03'02"	1"
6.	Holler Monica	Bigla Cycling Team - BCT	2.03'07"	6"
7.	Tamanini Luisa	Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten - SAF	2.03'08"	7"
8.	Ziliute Diana	Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten - SAF	2.03'08"	7"
9.	Corneo Sigrid	Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas - NMC	2.03'08"	7"
10.	Hennes Tanja	Buitenpoort- Flexpoint Team – BFL	2.03'08"	7"	1"

Did Not Finish

Surname / Name	Team
Ruan Xiong Ying	Giant Pro Cycling - GPC
Liu Yong Li	Giant Pro Cycling - GPC
Sels Loes	Belgian Cycling Team - BEL

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General Classification Top 10 - click here to see full GC

Position	Surname / Name	Team	Time	Gap
1	Cooke Nicole	Univega Pro Cycling Team - UPT	13.37'44"
2.	Soeder Christiane	Univega Pro Cycling Team - UPT	13.38'34"	50"
3.	Neben Amber	Buitenpoort- Flexpoint Team – BFL	13.38'38"	54"
4.	Zabirova Zulfia	Bigla Cycling Team - BCT	13.38'42"	58"
5.	Worrack Trixi	Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung - NUR	13.39'09"	1'25"
6.	Thürig Karin	Univega Pro Cycling Team - UPT	13.39'36"	1'52"
7.	Pucinskaite Edita	Nobili Rubinetterie Menkini Cogeas - NMC	13.40'06"	2'22"
8.	Ziliute Diana	Safi – Pasta Zara Manhatten - SAF	13.40'11"	2'27"
9.	Senff Theresa	AA Drink Cycling Team - AAD	13.40'16"	2'32"
10.	Beutler Annette	Buitenpoort- Flexpoint Team – BFL	13.41'03"	3'19"

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