WomensCycling.net - race coverage, Stage 3 - Tour of New Zealand, Wellington, 2007

There was not too much hard racing on the thirds stage of the Tour of New Zealand. There were some breakaway attempts, but T-Mobile didn't seem to want to let anything go and they were brought back relatively quickly.

The bunch rode tempo around the 'lumpy' 30 kilometre circuit for most of the stage. Some legs were still trying to recover from the hills on Stage 2 and many were probably thinking about the 12 kilometre mountain-top finish on Stage 4. A finish which requires 12km of climbing to the line.

The bunch sprint was won by Oenone Wood (T-Mobile) - her second in a row. The race lead was retained by Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (T-Mobile). The magenta team has won every stage so far in this tour and held the jersey since the victory by Teutenberg on Stage 1.

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Post-race Comments

Ina-Yoko Teutenberg was realistic about her chances of taking the leader's jersey to the top of Admiral Hill and retaining it. "I don't think I'll have this jersey at the end of tomorrow's stage," she told race commentator, Marty Hewson. "We have some options in the team and there are some other riders going well at the moment too."

When asked if she subscribed to the fears about the finish at Admiral Hill, Oenone Wood said "I think any fears about the climb are justified."

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Results - Top 10 - click here to see full result

Place	Surname	First Name	Team	Time/Gap
1	WOOD	Oenone	TMO	3 h 22'55''
2	KLEINMANN	Larissa	GER	á 0'00''
3	MACPHERSON	Jenny	AIS	á 0'00''
4	VAN GILDER	Laura	CHE	á 0'00''
5	EGYED	Nikki	AIS	á 0'00''
6	MARKERINK	Loës	FLE	á 0'00''
7	CHEATLEY	Catherine	CHE	á 0'00''
8	HARE	Catherine	INF	á 0'00''
9	KIESANOWSKI	Joanne	TRH	á 0'00''
10	BEUTLER	Annette	FLE	á 0'00''

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General Classification Top 10 - click here to see full GC

Place	Surname	First Name	Team	Time/Gap
1	TEUTENBERG	Ina-Yoko	TMO	7 h 19'19''
2	KIESANOWSKI	Joanne	TRH	á 0'04''
3	VAN GILDER	Laura	CHE	á 0'04''
4	BECKER	Charlotte	GER	á 0'06''
5	EGYED	Nikki	AIS	á 0'10''
6	HOBSON	Leigh	CHE	á 0'10''
7	ARNDT	Judith	TMO	á 0'10''
8	GUNNEWIJK	Loës	FLE	á 0'10''
9	LJUNGSKOG	Susanne	FLE	á 0'10''
10	CHEATLEY	Catherine	CHE	á 0'17''

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