Thüringen Rundfarht 2007

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Race Writeup

Amber Neben (Team Flexpoint) sprinted into the yellow jersey during the 18.6km time trial, 10 seconds ahead of Judith Arndt (T-Mobile). Noemi Cantele (Bigla Cycling) drops to third 2 minutes behind.  

The time trial from Schmölln was relatively flat, there was just the climb out of the town half way but was this didn’t trouble any of the riders. The fastest time didn’t come until towards the top 20 on general classification. Sara Carrigan (Australian National Team (AIS)) complete the course in a time of 28 minutes 41.523 seconds and held 1^st place for 29 seconds before the Raleigh Lifeforce Creation team’s fastest time trailers finished. Christiane Soeder, Karin Thürig and Priska Doppmann all  finished faster with Amber Neben the only rider to upset the 1,2 3.

There was a dramatic incident in the time trial. Edita Puckinskaite (Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung) seemed to stall as she rolled off  the starting ramp, falling off half way down and landed hard, her bike frame split in two and she landed hard. Medics were on the scene quickly, but Puckinskaite was taken to hospital for checks on head, face and possible dental injuries. WomensCycling.net wishes Puckinskaite a speedy recovery.