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Redlands Cycling Classic 2009

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Stage 4- Teutenberg marks her place in history

Ina-Yoko Teutenberg succeeded in winning the Redlands Classic on Sunday in nail biting dramatic fashion. After taking third place in Thursday's uphill prologue, Teutenberg trailed Nurnberger's Amber Neben by 27 seconds. Gradually making up time over Friday and Saturday's stage Teutenberg went into the final stage still with two seconds to make up. The stage finished in a sprint with Alison Powers taking the win and Teutenberg finishing safely in the top ten to win the overall tour by a mere second.

On a difficult course that consisted of nine laps of a hilly neighbourhood course in Redlands , the Columbia-Highroad women went on the attack to gain seconds. Winning the first time bonus sprint of the race at the top of the first climb, Teutenberg moved into the race lead by one second. The Columbia team raced to protect the lead over the next eight laps. A feat that proved harder than it looked. As well as constant attacks from Neben to get the jersey back, Teutenberg was involved in two crashes and had two punctured wheels.

The final stage of the Redlands Classic, came down to a bunch sprint after 9 laps of the Sunset Circuit. Alex Rhodes (Webcor Builders) worked hard on the front to break up the bunch in the final laps and managed to get away. Rhodes gained a gap on the bunch but was reeled in the in the closing stages.

In the closing kilometres the leading bunch of 24 riders, including Alex Wrubleski, Ina Teutenberg, Amber Neben, Cath Caroll and Alison Powers. Teutenberg had gained a 3 second advantage over Neben on the course, having started the day 2 seconds behind, Teutenber was 1 second ahead going into the last 2km of the race.

With 1 km to go, Cath Caroll attacked from the front of the bunch. She was not allowed to get away and there was an immediate counter attack from Alison Powers. The USA Time Trial champion kept her head down and crossed the line in first place. In the chase for second and valuable time bonuses, Joanne Kiesanowski (Tibco) crossed ahead of Nikki Butterfield (Webcor Builders), Lauren Tamayo (Tibco), Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Team Columbia Highraod Women), finished 5^th. Amber Neben (Nurnberger Sho-air) finished 8^th.

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Post Race Comments

Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Team Columbia Highroad) was overjoyed to have won the Redlands Classic, "I couldn't have won this race today if I didn't have such a good team around me," said Teutenberg. "They kept the race together. They all stayed with me at all times to help me pacing on the climbs and get me in position for the next climb. The first time I punctured [on the penultimate lap], Emilia [Fahlin] gave me her wheel which was perfect. Unfortunately whilst we did that a girl came around the corner and crashed into us," added Teutenberg

"On the last lap I punctured my back wheel and had to go straight into a brick wall," continued Teutenberg. "Mara [Abbott] was right there with me and we swapped bikes. I rode to the finish on her bike and she came in on my bike which looked quite funny. We were also very happy with the way the field reacted to my crash on the last lap. They waited for me to get back up which was great sportsmanship," smiled Teutenberg

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Results - Top 10 - click here to see full result

Position	Name		Team	Time	Gap	Bonus
1	Alison	Powers	Team Type 1	2:53		12s
2	Joanne	Kiesanowski	Team Tibco	s.t.		6s
3	Nikki	Butterfield	Webcor Builders Cycling	s.t.		4s
4	Lauren	Tamayo	Team Tibco	s.t.
5	Ina Yoko	Teutenberg	Team Columbia Highroad Women	s.t.		3s
6	Kori	Seehafer	Team Type 1	s.t.
7	Kristen	LaSasso	Kahala La Grange	s.t.
8	Amber	Neben	Nurnberger Shoair	s.t.
9	Rebecca	Much	Webcor Builders Cycling	s.t.
10	Julie	Beveridge	Team Tibco	s.t.

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General Classification Top 10 - click here to see full GC

Position	Name		Team	Time	Gap
1	Ina Yoko	Teutenberg	Team Columbia Highroad Women	7:09:41
2	Amber	Neben	Nurnberger Shoair	7:09:42	at	0:01
3	Alison	Powers	Team Type 1	7:10:08	at	0:27
4	Mara	Abbott	Team Columbia Highroad Women	7:10:22	at	0:41
5	Katheryn	Mattis	Webcor Builders Cycling	7:10:45	at	1:04
6	Lauren	Tamayo	Team Tibco	7:10	at	1:09
7	Kristin	Sanders	Value Act Capital	7:10:51	at	1:10
8	Alex	Wrubleski	Team Columbia Highroad Women	s.t.
9	Meredith	Miller	Team Tibco	7:10	at	1:11
10	Christina	Ruiter	Value Act Capital	s.t.

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