Noemi Cantele (Bigla Cycling Team) claimed her first Giro Donne win yesterday by taking the 114km fifth stage, from Fossacesia to Cerro al Volturno, solo.
The Italian proved to be the strongest of a group of six that escaped midway through the stage. The group, which included Cantele’s teammate, Jennifer Hohl, Giorgia Bronzini (Safi Pasta Zara), Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Team Columbia), Sigrid Corneo (Selle Italy Ghezzi), and Julia Martisova (Gauss RDZ), would build up over a minute lead on the peloton heading into the final climb. But only Cantele would survive the finale that kicked up at 16% in some sections and was followed by a section of Pavè. Bronzini would cross the line in second just ahead of Teutenberg.
Stage 5 Results
1. Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team
2. Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Titanedi
3. Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia HTC Women
American chances took a serious hit as Amber Neben (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung) would crash out of the race. She sat in 5th place on the General Classification before the start of Stage 5.
Other Notables
18. Mara Abbott (USA) Team Columbia HTC Women
20. Flavia Oliveira (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
30. Lauren Tamayo (USA) US National Team
50. Megan Guarnier (USA) US National Team
51. Meredith Miller (USA) US National Team
72. Katharine Carroll (USA) US National Team
75. Katheryn Curi Mattis (USA) US National Team
81. Kimberly Anderson (USA) Team Columbia HTC Women
82. Shelley Olds (USA) US National Team
93. Lisa Racchetto (USA) Team System Data
117. Brooke Miller (USA) US National Team
118. Liz Hatch (USA) Team System Data
DNF Amber Neben (USA) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
Despite a ninth place finish on Stage 5, Emma Pooley (Cervelo TestTeam) remained on top of the General Classification standings and donned her third maglia rosa of the 20th Giro Donne.
General Classification After Stage 5
1. Emma Pooley (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam
2. Claudia Hausler (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam
3. Judith Arndt (Ger) Team Columbia HTC Women
4. Mara Abbott (USA) Team Columbia HTC Women
5. Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs Edilsavino
6. Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago
7. Carla Ryan (Aus) Cervelo TestTeam
8. Nicole Brandli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team
9. Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi
10. Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
Other Notables
15. Kristin Armstrong (USA) Cervelo TestTeam
21. Flavia Oliveira (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
34. Kimberly Anderson (USA) Team Columbia HTC Women
52. Katheryn Curi Mattis (USA) US National Team
58. Katharine Carroll (USA) US National Team
62. Meredith Miller (USA) US National Team
63. Lauren Tamayo (USA) US National Team
76. Shelley Olds (USA) US National Team
79. Megan Guarnier (USA) US National Team
88. Lisa Racchetto (USA) Team System Data
103. Brooke Miller (USA) US National Team
112. Liz Hatch (USA) Team System Data
Leader's Jerseys After Stage 5
maglia rosa - Emma Pooley (Cervelo Test Team)
maglia ciclamino - Judith Arndt (Team Columbia - HTC Women)
maglia verde - Mara Abbott (Team Columbia - HTC Women)
maglia bianca - Elizabeth Armitstead (Lotto Betisol Ladies Team)
Next: Stage 6 - Cerro al Volturno to Sannita Sant'Elena (119 km)
Photo: http://www.procm.ch/noemi-cantele/ (Cantele at the 2009 Tour de l'Aude)
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