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Stage 3

Lezignan Corbieres 111km

Race Writeup

This transition stage between the climbs yesterday and the Pyrenean "queen" stage 4 was relatively flat. A circuit around the villages close to Carcassonne provided some narrow roads for the bunch to negotiate.

The major break of the day was made by Angela Brodtka (DSB Bank), she escaped in the latter part of the stage and quickly gained almost a minute on the chasing group. The bunch were further behind at this point. In the chasing group was Zoulfia Zabirova (Bigla), who was attentive at the front all day.

Within the final 20 kilometres, the bunch caught the chasing group. But a brave move by Zabirova saw her bridge across to Brodtka. The Kazakhstan road champion was able to leave Brodtka on the way in to the finish at Lezignan Corbieres and finished solo. Brodtka was able to stay away and finished second. Diane Ziliute (Lithuania) led the bunch around the final, 90 degree, corner at 150 metres to go. She took the wide line, kept on going because she was able to maintain more of her speed into the corner and managed to take third.

Judith Arndt (High Road) finished in the bunch and held on to her race leader's yellow jersey. The other competition leaders remained unchanged too : Ljungskog; points, Holler, sprints, Hausler; young rider, Laws; mountains.

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Results - Top 10 - click here to see full result

Position	Name		Team	Time	Gap	Bonus
1	ZABIROVA	Zulfia	BCT	02h52'54"		10"
2	BRODTKA	Angela	DSB	02h53'40"	46"	9"
3	ZILIUTE	Diana	LTU	02h53'55"	01'01"	4"
4	GRAIN	Gina	WEB	02h53'55"	01'01"
5	DE GOEDE	Suzanne	NUR	02h53'55"	01'01"
6	MARTISOVA	Julia	GAU	02h53'55"	01'01"
7	BECKER	Charlotte	NUR	02h53'55"	01'01"
8	BELVEDERESI	Tania	GAU	02h53'55"	01'01"
9	MILLER	Brooke	USA	02h53'55"	01'01"
10	LE FLOCH	Magali	FRA	02h53'55"	01'01"

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General Classification Top 10 - click here to see full GC

Position	Name		Team	Time	Gap
1	ARNDT	Judith	TMP	06h49'55"
2	WORRACK	Trixi	NUR	06h50'07"	12"
3	COOKE	Nicole	GRB	06h50'35"	40"
4	LJUNGSKOG	Susanne	MSI	06h50'48"	53"
5	*HAUSLER	Claudia	NUR	06h50'51"	56"
6	KELLER	Luise	TMP	06h50'52"	57"
7	NEBEN	Amber	USA	06h51'11"	01'16"
8	THORBURN	Christine	WEB	06h51'35"	01'40"
9	LAWS	Sharon	GRB	06h52'16"	02'21"
10	*RYAN	Carla	AUS	06h52'29"	02'34"

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