Cervelo TestTeam's sprinter ace Kirsten Wild earlier today won the last stage of the 2010 Women's Tour of Qatar today and thanks to this stage win was also victorious in the final overall tour rankings. As well as successfully defending her championship from last year, Wild also provided Cervelo TestTeam with their first victory in 2010 very early in the new season.
"It was a pretty exciting day today," race winner Kirsten Wild said after the stage. "We started with 4 seconds behind leader Bronzini and I was able to close that gap by 1 second in the intermediate sprints. Then I knew that it all depended on the last sprint. My teammates (Sarah Düster and Regina Bruins, ed.) did an incredible good job in the final. They brought me into the perfect position and I was able to win the sprint."
"This was a great team effort and a perfect start for the 2010 season. I came through the winter well and with this team we are really confident about the season ahead. Tomorrow we travel to Portugal to prepare ourselves for the classics season that begin on February 28 with the Omloop het Nieuwsblad."
"It was an exciting race today, early in the stage there was a break from Lisa Brennauer (German National Team)," Cervelo TestTeam sports director Egon van Kessel commented. van Kessel added "She achieved a maximum gap of three and half minutes and then the other teams forced us to close the gap. After we took her back Emilia Fahlin (HTC - Columbia) attacked and because she was still dangerous in the General Classification, leader Giorgia Bronzini's team (Italian National Team) was forced to close the gap, That took a lot of effort on their part and in the final we took over the lead and brought Kirsten into a perfect position where she was able to win both the stage and the GC."
Cervelo TestTeam's Elizabeth "Lizzie" Armitstead, who crashed in stage 1 is recovering fast from her crash and will fly back to Europe with her teammates after celebrating the race victory tonight.
Februar 5, 2010: Sealine Beach Resort - Doha Corniche (95 km): 1 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Cervelo TestTeam 02:45:40 2 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Italy 3 Lauren Tamayo (USA) US National Team 4 Martine Bras (Ned) Netherlands 5 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) France 6 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Germany 7 Monique Van De Ree (Ned) Netherlands 8 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Nederland Bloeit 9 Angela Hennig (Ger) Germany 10 Xin Liu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 11 Sophie Creux (Fra) France 12 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Nederland Bloeit 13 Shelley Olds (USA) US National Team 14 Loes Markerink (Ned) Nederland Bloeit 15 Kirsty Broun (Aus) Australia 16 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Germany 17 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Italy 18 Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Manhattan 19 Marlen Johrend (Ger) Germany 20 Judith Arndt (Ger) HTC Columbia Women 21 Sinead Miller (USA) US National Team 22 Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC Columbia Women 23 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team 24 Noemi Cantele (Ita) HTC Columbia Women 25 Marie Lindberg (Swe) Red Sun Cycling Team 26 Liesbeth De Vocht (Ger) Nederland Bloeit 27 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Lotto Ladies Team 28 Kim Schoonbaert (Ger) Lotto Ladies Team 29 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australia 30 Birgit Lavrijssen (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team 31 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 32 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) HTC Columbia Women 33 Carly Light (Aus) Australia 34 Trine Schmidt (Den) Team MTN 35 Fiona Dutriaux (Fra) France 36 Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Australia 37 Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam 38 Regina Bruins (Ned) Cervelo TestTeam 0:00:16 39 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Italy 40 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam 0:00:26 41 Vera Koedooder (Ned) Netherlands 42 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Italy 43 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 44 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Safi -Pasta Zara Manhattan 45 Janel Holcomb (USA) US National Team 0:00:44 46 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Italy 47 Inge Klep (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team 0:00:51 48 Janneke Kanis (Ned) Nederland Bloeit 49 Ruth Corset (Aus) Australia 0:00:54 50 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) HTC Columbia Women 0:00:57 51 Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi -Pasta Zara Manhattan 52 Pascale Schnider (Swi) Switzerland 0:01:24 53 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Italy 54 Marissa Van Der Merwe (RSA) Team MTN 0:01:30 55 Marina Romoli (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Manhattan 56 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Safi -Pasta Zara Manhattan 57 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Lotto Ladies Team 58 Sarah Roy (Aus) Australia 59 Amy Pieters (Ned) Netherlands 0:08:25 60 Anna Van Der Breggen (Ned) Netherlands 61 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Germany 62 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Cervelo TestTeam 63 Mélanie Bravard (Fra) France 64 Liesbeth Bakker (Ned) Nederland Bloeit 0:09:21 65 Elise Van Hage (Ned) Netherlands 66 Andrea Wolfer (Swi) Switzerland 67 Xiaoling Luo (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 68 Emma Silversides (GBr) Red Sun Cycling Team 69 Annelies Van Doorslaer (Ger) Lotto Ladies Team 70 Florence Girardet (Fra) France 71 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) France 0:19:16 72 Elizabeth Hatch (USA) Lotto Ladies Team 73 Lorena Foresi (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Manhattan 74 Latoya Brulee (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team 0:19:16 75 Yiu Wong Wan (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 76 Doris Schweizer (Swi) Switzerland 77 Huili Gu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 78 Robyn De Groot (RSA) Team MTN 79 Chrissie Viljoen (RSA) Team MTN DNF Chloe Hosking (Aus) HTC Columbia Women DNF Katharine Carroll (USA) US National Team DNS Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team MTN DNS Bianca Purath (Ger) Germany
Final overall rankings: 1 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Cervelo TestTeam 08:18:39 2 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Italy 0:00:04 3 Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Safi -Pasta Zara Manhattan 0:00:17 4 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Lotto Ladies Team 0:00:19 5 Martine Bras (Ned) Netherlands 0:00:23 6 Lauren Tamayo (USA) US National Team 7 Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC Columbia Women 8 Kirsty Broun (Aus) Australia 9 Monique Van De Ree (Ned) Netherlands 0:00:24 10 Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam 11 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Nederland Bloeit 0:00:26 12 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) France 0:00:27 13 Angela Hennig (Ger) Germany 14 Xin Liu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 15 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Nederland Bloeit 16 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australia 17 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Germany 18 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Germany 19 Sophie Creux (Fra) France 20 Liesbeth De Vocht (Ger) Nederland Bloeit 21 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) HTC Columbia Women 22 Kim Schoonbaert (Ger) Lotto Ladies Team 23 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Italy 24 Judith Arndt (Ger) HTC Columbia Women 25 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Safi -Pasta Zara Manhattan 26 Noemi Cantele (Ita) HTC Columbia Women 27 Marlen Johrend (Ger) Germany 28 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Italy 29 Trine Schmidt (Den) Team MTN 30 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Lotto Ladies Team 31 Marina Romoli (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Manhattan 32 Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Australia 33 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 0:00:33 34 Vera Koedooder (Ned) Netherlands 0:00:39 35 Sarah Roy (Aus) Australia 36 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Italy 37 Regina Bruins (Ned) Cervelo TestTeam 0:00:43 38 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Italy 0:00:51 39 Loes Markerink (Ned) Nederland Bloeit 0:00:57 40 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam 0:01:09 41 Janneke Kanis (Ned) Nederland Bloeit 0:01:18 42 Inge Klep (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team 43 Marissa Van Der Merwe (RSA) Team MTN 0:01:57 44 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Italy 0:02:07 45 Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Manhattan 0:02:25 46 Shelley Olds (USA) US National Team 0:02:26 47 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team 48 Marie Lindberg (Swe) Red Sun Cycling Team 49 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 50 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) HTC Columbia Women 0:02:31 51 Elizabeth Hatch (USA) Lotto Ladies Team 0:02:46 52 Janel Holcomb (USA) US National Team 0:03:10 53 Ruth Corset (Aus) Australia 0:03:20 54 Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi -Pasta Zara Manhattan 0:03:23 55 Carly Light (Aus) Australia 0:03:52 56 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Germany 0:09:04 57 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Cervelo TestTeam 0:09:16 58 Andrea Wolfer (Swi) Switzerland 0:09:48 59 Amy Pieters (Ned) Netherlands 0:10:51 60 Mélanie Bravard (Fra) France 61 Annelies Van Doorslaer (Ger) Lotto Ladies Team 0:11:47 62 Elise Van Hage (Ned) Netherlands 63 Xiaoling Luo (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 64 Liesbeth Bakker (Ned) Nederland Bloeit 65 Florence Girardet (Fra) France 66 Sinead Miller (USA) US National Team 0:15:10 67 Fiona Dutriaux (Fra) France 68 Birgit Lavrijssen (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team 69 Lorena Foresi (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Manhattan 70 Pascale Schnider (Swi) Switzerland 0:16:34 71 Robyn De Groot (RSA) Team MTN 0:21:36 72 Chrissie Viljoen (RSA) Team MTN 0:21:42 73 Anna Van Der Breggen (Ned) Netherlands 0:23:35 74 Emma Silversides (GBr) Red Sun Cycling Team 0:24:31 75 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) France 0:34:26 76 Huili Gu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 77 Yiu Wong Wan (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 0:35:47 78 Latoya Brulee (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team 0:39:33 79 Doris Schweizer (Swi) Switzerland 0:39:36
