WomensCycling.net -Route De France 2010, Stage 4

Judith Arndt (HTC Columbia) was the fastest in the 24.3, stage 4, Individual Time Trial 15 seconds ahead of Tatiana Antoshina (Team Valdarno) and Olga Zabelinskaja (Safi Pasta Zara).

Arndt, the 2010 German TT champion looked comfortable throughout the ride to move herself just 1 second behind Annemiek van Vleuten (Nederland Bloiet) in the overall classification.

van Vleuten could only managed 9th fastest on the course. Stage 5 looks set to be a crunch race with three riders, van Vleuten, Arndt and Zabelinskaja all with a chance to take the overall.

Lizzi Armitstead (Cervelo Test Team) maintains her lead in the Young rider competition ahead of Emilia Fahlin (HTC Columbia) by 3 minutes 1 second.

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Post Race Comments

Judith Arndt (HTC Columbia) was a very happy winner of Stage 4, "It was a good race for me," said Arndt. "I felt good the whole way. The roads are dead here so maybe it helped that I've been training in Australia on similar roads, but overall it was a really nice course. A little bit windy and a few smaller hills.

Arndt gained precious time on some of her GC competitors in Wednesday's stage by making it into the 13 riders break that gained over three minutes on the field.

"We worked hard to get the advantage yesterday but towards the end of that stage I was able to save some energy and sit on because we also had Adrie [Visser] and Ina [Teutenberg] in the break and they worked to keep the gap high.

"However I'm still one second behind on Annemiek and she is riding well and can sprint really well. The next two stages are harder than the previous stages which is good. We'll have to sit down tonight and come up with a plan of how to take GC. I will try everything for sure, but it's not going to be easy."

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Results - Top 10 - Click here for full results

Position	Name	Team	Time/Gap
1	Judith Arndt	HTC Columbia Women	0:35:07
2	Tatiana Antoshina	Team Valdarno	0:00:15
3	Olga Zabelinskaia	Safi - Pasta Zara	0:00:17
4	Marianne Vos	Nederland Bloeit	0:00:19
5	Loes Gunnewijk	Nederland Bloeit	0:00:27
6	Emilia Fahlin	HTC Columbia Women	0:00:30
7	Charlotte Becker	Cervelo Test Team	0:00:31
8	Shara Gillow	Australia	0:00:34
9	Annemiek Van Vleuten	Nederland Bloeit	0:00:38
10	Elizabeth Armistead	Cervelo Test Team	0:00:56

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General Classification Top 10 - Click here for full results

Position	Name	Team	Time/Gap
1	Annemiek Van Vleuten	Nederland Bloeit	9:57:24
2	Judith Arndt	HTC Columbia Women	0:00:01
3	Olga Zabelinskaia	Safi - Pasta Zara	0:00:07
4	Loes Gunnewijk	Nederland Bloeit	0:00:41
5	Charlotte Becker	Cervelo Test Team	0:00:45
6	Elizabeth Armistead	Cervelo Test Team	0:00:52
7	Sarah Düster	Cervelo Test Team	0:01:05
8	Tatiana Antoshina	Team Valdarno	0:01:21
9	Anne Samplonius	Canada	0:02:14
10	Sara Mustonen	Hitec Products Uck	0:02:16

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