In the second stage of the Tour de Feminin the Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team were again very active. The selected rider for the Olympic Games 2008, Priska Doppmann, was racing over approx. 40 km of the total 112,8 km long stage in front and collected several mountain prize points.

The newcomer in the Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team, the Australian Carla Ryan edged out of the podium and finished fourth after the winner Marianne Vos (NED), Mara Abbott (USA, 2nd place) and Angela Hennig (GER, 3rd place). With Sarah Düster on position six, another Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team rider took a place among the top ten.

In the overall ranking are Carla Ryan and Sarah Düster on fourth and sixth place while Priska Doppmann is on second place in the mountain prize overall ranking. The next races of the Tour de Feminin, the time trial over 21,2 km in Poland and a road race over 73,5 km will take place tomorrow.

In the Cascade Cycling Classic in Oregon (USA), Kristin Armstrong defended her overall lead. In the second race - a road race over 78,5 miles (approx. 126 km) finished the 34-year-old U.S. American fourth with a gap of 1.44 min to the winner Kristin Sanders. Armstrong started the ascent more than five minutes behind the front group of six riders and caught three before the finish line. Race leader Armstrong increased her overall advantage to Julie Beveridge to 47 seconds.

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Krasna Lipa – Tour de Feminin

Result 2nd stage:

1 Marianne Vos (NED) DSB Bank                                             3:14.56h
2 Mara Abbott (USA) Team Columbia                                           0.00
3 Angela Hennig (GER) DSB Bank                                                  0.56
4 Carla Ryan (AUS) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team                 0.56
….
6 Sarah Düster (GER) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team               1.24
20 Patricia Schwager (SUI) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team       1.45
33 Priska Doppmann (SUI) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team       3.40
75 Pascale Schnider (SUI) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team       16.37

Overall ranking after 2nd stage:

1 Mara Abbott (USA) Team Columbia                                    6:21.15 h
2 Marianne Vos (NED) DSB Bank                                                  0.40
3 Angela Hennig (GER) DSB Bank                                                 1.19
4 Carla Ryan (AUS) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team                1.32
….
6 Sarah Düster (GER) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team            1.59
19 Patricia Schwager (SUI) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team    2.36
33 Priska Doppmann (SUI) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team    6.29
65 Pascale Schnider (SUI) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team    19.26

Points ranking (overall) after 2nd stage

1 Mara Abbott (USA) Team Columbia                                                     45pts
2 Angela Hennig (GER) DSB Bank                                                36pts
3 Marianne Vos (NED) DSB Bank                                                 25pts
….
5 Sarah Düster (GER) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team           22pts
6 Carla Ryan (AUS) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team              17pts

Mountain prize ranking (overall) after 2nd stage

1 Angela Hennig (GER) DSB Bank                                             21pts
2 Priska Doppmann (SUI) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team   15pts
3 Mara Abbott (USA) Team Columbia                                       12pts
…
10 Carla Ryan (AUS) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team           1pts
12 Sarah Düster (GER) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team       1pts

Cascade Cycling Classic

Results 2nd stage

1 Kristin Sanders (USA) Aarons                                        3:44.20h
2 Gina Grain (CAN) Webcor                                                     0.30
3 Brooke Miller (USA) Tibco                                                     1.34
4 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team  1.44

Overall ranking after 2nd stage:

1 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 7:25.41h
2 Julie Beveridge (CAN) Aarons                                                 0.47
3 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor                                           1.03

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