WomensCycling.net - race coverage, Stage 5 - Tour de l'Aude 2008, Stage 5

After the first climb, where there had been several Équipe Nürnberger attacks, several riders broke away. For the second day in a row, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Team Columbia) made the break. This time she took others with her.

On the 18 kilometre main climb, Teutenberg was a driving force for keeping the break away, but behind her, Emma Pooley (Cervelo Test Team) was riding against her - working at the front of the bunch to bring the break back.

A maximum gap of 1 minute 40 seconds was eroded to nothing by a couple of kilometres before the summit.

On the way down the 30 km descent to the finish, Americans Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo Test Team) and Amber Neben (Équipe Nürnberger) broke away with Grace Verbeke (Lotto Belisol). The young Belgian was dropped in the final run-in and at the end, Armstrong was too strong for Neben.

Cervelo Test Team took three jerseys - the white, stage winner jersey for Armstrong, Regina Bruins in the yellow leader's jersey and Emma Pooley kept the mountains lead. They also maintain their lead in the team competition ahead of Équipe Nürnberger and Team Columbia Highroad.

Teutenberg retained the sprint jersey, Whitelaw the points jersey and Vos the young rider jersey.

Another big climbing stage for Stage 6, from Osseja around the Pyrenees and back to Osseja.

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Results - Top 10 - click here to see full result

Position	Name		Team	Time	Gap	Bonus
1	Kristin	ARMSTRONG	CERVELO TEST TEAM	2.42' 3"		10"
2	Amber	NEBEN	EQUIPE NURNBERGER VERSICHERUNG	2.42' 3"		6"
3	Grace	VERBEKE	GERMAN NATIONAL TEAM	2.42'15"	12"	4"
4	Ina	TEUTENBERG	TEAM COLUMBIA HIGHROAD WOMEN	2.42'43"	40"
5	Marianne	*VOS	DSB BANK	2.42'43"	40"
6	Emilia	*FAHLIN	TEAM COLUMBIA HIGHROAD WOMEN	2.42'43"	40"
7	Chantal	*BLAAK	SELLE ITALIA GUEZZI	2.42'43"	40"
8	Emma	JOHANSSON	RED SUN CYCLING TEAM	2.42'43"	40"
9	Nicole	COOKE	VISION 1 Racing	2.42'43"	40"
10	Susanne	LJUNGSKOG	TEAM FLEXPOINT	2.42'43"	40"

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General Classification Top 10 - click here to see full GC

Position	Name		Team	Time	Gap
1	Regina	BRUINS	CERVELO TEST TEAM	12.23'03"
2	Claudia	HAUSLER	CERVELO TEST TEAM	12.23'11"	08"
3	Marianne	*VOS	DSB BANK	12.23'23"	20"
4	Kristin	ARMSTRONG	CERVELO TEST TEAM	12.24'18"	01'15"
5	Nicole	COOKE	VISION 1 Racing	12.24'22"	01'19"
6	Amber	NEBEN	EQUIPE NURNBERGER VERSICHERUNG	12.24'28"	01'25"
7	Trixi	WORRACK	EQUIPE NURNBERGER VERSICHERUNG	12.25'05"	02'02"
8	Susanne	LJUNGSKOG	TEAM FLEXPOINT	12.25'32"	02'29"
9	Noëmie	CANTELE	BIGLA CYCLING TEAM	12.26'03"	03'00"
10	Emma	JOHANSSON	RED SUN CYCLING TEAM	12.26'14"	03'11"

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