Femte sejr på to dage til Team Columbia

nullTeam Columbia - HTC vander i succes både i Tour de France og i Tour of Austia (Østrig Rundt). Efter to sejre på to dage i begge løb, så var kontoen oppe på fire sejre. I dag kunne Team Columbia-HTCs kvindehold også snuppe en sejr i kvindernes Giro d'Italia.

På den hårde bjergetape fra Calcinaia til Monte Serra over 106,4 kilometer kunne Mara Abbott (Team Columbia HTC Women) sejre foran Emma Pooley (Cervelo TestTeam). De to ryttere kørte resten af feltet agter ud.

Imens Mara Abbott snuppede sejren, så kunne Emma Pooley glæde sig over, at hun overtager førertrøjen samlet.

Danske Linda Villumse kørte også en flot etape og var faktisk nede og hente Mara Abbott op til feltet efter, at hun var styrtet på de våde italienske veje. Linda Villumsen blev selv nummer 12 på dagens etape. Den anden danske i løbet Trine Schmidt blev nummer 72.

Resultat af 3. etape
1 Mara Abbott - Team Columbia HTC Women 2.55.32
2 Emma Pooley - Cervelo TestTeam
3 Claudia Hausler - Cervelo TestTeam 0.36
4 Judith Arndt - Team Columbia HTC Women 1.24
5 Svetlana Bubnenkova - Fenixs Edilsavino
6 Carla Ryan - Cervelo TestTeam 1.32
7 Edita Pucinskaite - Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago 2.00
8 Amber Neben - Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 2.05
9 Nicole Brandli - Bigla Cycling Team 2.47
10 Fabiana Luperini - Selle Italia Ghezzi
11 Tatiana Guderzo - S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 3.40
12 Linda Melanie Villumsen - Team Columbia HTC Women 4.43
13 Ana Belen Garcia Antequera - Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System 5.33
14 Susanne Ljungskog - Team Flexpoint 5.38
15 Tatiana Antoshina - Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago 5.44
16 Elizabeth Armitstead - Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 5.56
17 Elena Berlato - Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi
18 Tiffany Cromwell - Australia 6.06
19 Flavia Oliveira - S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 6.45
20 Olena Oliynik - USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 7.01
21 Luise Keller - Team Columbia HTC Women
22 Diana Ziliute - Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi 7.37
23 Marta Vilajosana Andreu - Team Cmax Dila'
24 Valentina Carretta - Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 7.44
25 Shara Gillon - Australia 7.58
26 Sigrid Corneo - Selle Italia Ghezzi 8.12
27 Kristin Armstrong - Cervelo TestTeam
28 Giuseppina Grassi - Selle Italia Ghezzi
29 Saneila Biagi - Team Cmax Dila' 8.53
30 Iris Slappendel - Team Flexpoint
31 Alona Andruk - Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi
32 Rosane Kirch - S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 8.56
33 Noemi Cantele - Bigla Cycling Team 9.05
34 Carlee Taylor - Australia 10.26
35 Edita Unguryte - USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo
36 Clemilda Fernandes Silva - USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo
37 Monia Baccaille - S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
38 Luisa Tamanini - Selle Italia Ghezzi 11.07
39 Kimberly Anderson - Team Columbia HTC Women 11.09
40 Loes Gunnewijk - Team Flexpoint 11.11
41 Karin Aune - Fenixs Edilsavino 11.54
42 Amber Halliday - Australia 12.50
43 Laura Lorenza Morfin Macouzet - Fenixs Edilsavino
44 Ariadna Tudel Cuberes - Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System 12.54
45 Anna Van Der Breggen - Team Flexpoint 12.58
46 Patricia Schwager - Cervelo TestTeam 13.40
47 Alessandra D' Ettorre - Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 13.56
48 Samantha Galassi - S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 14.18
49 Trixi Worrack - Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 15.00
50 Suzanne De Goede - Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
51 Erika Vilunaite - Fenixs Edilsavino 15.31
52 Uenia Fernades Da Souza - USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo
53 Jennifer Fiori - Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line
54 Charlotte Becker - Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 16.57
55 Jennifer Hohl - Bigla Cycling Team 18.30
56 Siobhan Dervan - Fenixs Edilsavino
57 Catherine Hare Willianson - Fenixs Edilsavino
58 Vera Koedooder - Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam
59 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos - Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System
60 Katheryn Curi Mattis - US National Team
61 Emma Mackie - Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam
62 Kaytee Boyd - Selle Italia Ghezzi
63 Laura Bozzolo - Selle Italia Ghezzi
64 Silvia Valsecchi - Selle Italia Ghezzi
65 Julia Martisova - Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago
66 Giulia Lazzerini - S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 18.50
67 Tetyana Riabchenko - USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 19.22
68 Viktoria Vologdina - USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 19.32
69 Valentina Bastianelli - Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 20.09
70 Liz Hatch - Team System Data 20.24
71 Tetyana Mykhaylova - USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 21.07
72 Francesca Faustini - Team Cmax Dila'
73 Lisa Racchetto - Team System Data
74 Chiara Vanni - Team Cmax Dila'
75 Andrea Graus - Bigla Cycling Team
76 Aleaksandra Lohvinova - Team System Data
77 Myfanwy Galloway - Australia
78 Lauren Kitchen - Australia
79 Trine Schmidt - Team Flexpoint 24.42
80 Lieselot Decroix - Cervelo TestTeam
81 Saskia Elemans - Team Flexpoint
82 Simona Frapporti - USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo
83 Megan Guarnier - US National Team
84 Ina Yoko Teutenberg - Team Columbia HTC Women
85 Meredith Miller - US National Team
86 Dorleta Zorrilla Braceras - Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System
87 Rochelle Gilmore - Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam
88 Eleonora Patuzzo - Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi
89 Lauren Tamayo - US National Team
90 Linn Torp - Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam
91 Monica Holler - Bigla Cycling Team
92 Modesta Vzesniauskaite - Bigla Cycling Team
93 Giorgia Bronzini - Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi
94 Eneritz Iturriagaetxebarria Mazaga - Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi
95 Alessandra Borchi - Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi
96 Regina Schleicher - Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
97 Inga Cilvinaite - Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi
98 Alessia Quarta - Team Cmax Dila'
99 Carly Hibberd - S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
100 Sarah Duster - Cervelo TestTeam
101 Kirsten Wild - Cervelo TestTeam
102 Laura Pisaneschi - Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line
103 Marlen Johrend - Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
104 Alice Donadoni - Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago
105 Martina Corazza - Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago
106 Veronica Andreasson - Bigla Cycling Team
107 Chiara Rozzini - Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line
108 Marta Tagliaferro - Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line
109 Emanuela Azzini - Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago
110 Gloria Presti - Selle Italia Ghezzi
111 Odette Bertolin - Team System Data
112 Belinda Goss - Australia
113 Sara Grifi - S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
114 Chloe Hoskings - Australia
115 Katharine Carroll - US National Team
116 Silvia Tirado Marquez - Team Cmax Dila'
117 Brooke Miller - US National Team
118 Shelley Olds - US National Team
119 Urte Juodvalkyte - Fenixs Edilsavino
120 Chantal Beltman - Team Columbia HTC Women
121 Bettina Kuhn - Bigla Cycling Team 25.07
122 Alena Dylko - Team System Data 25.23
123 Diana Zamorano - Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System
124 Marina Vinnikava - Team System Data
125 Zaira De Luca - Team System Data
126 Silvia Trovellesi - Team System Data
127 Gema Pascual Torrecilla - Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System
128 Chiara Bortolus - Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago
129 Katherine Bates - Team Columbia HTC Women 26.16
130 Tania Belvederesi - Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago 24.42
131 Mireia Epelde Bikendi - Bizkaia - Durango - Champion System

Samlet stilling
1 Emma Pooley - Cervelo Test Team 6.06.15
2 Mara Abbott - Team Columbia Highroad 1.07
3 Claudia Häusler - Cervelo Test Team 1.18
4 Judith Arndt - Equipe Nürnberger 1.40
5 Amber Neben - Team Columbia Highroad 1.34
6 Svetlana Bubnenkova - Fenixs Edilsavino 1.45
7 Edita Pucinskaite - Gauss Rdz Ormu Colnago 2.22
8 Carla Ryan - Cervelo Test Team 3.04
9 Nicole Brändli - Team Bigla 3.34
10 Fabiana Luperini - Selle Italia Ghezzi 4.12