August 12, 2008 – Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia Women won the Prologue of the Route de France Féminine international women’s road stage race on Sunday. She completed the 3.2km in Dijon, France in 4:33:28 and averaged just over 42km/h. Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam took second spot, followed by Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team Pro Feminin Les Carroz in third. There are three Canadians in the tour, including Joelle Numainville (Can) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion, who placed 32nd, Moriah Mac Gregor (Can) Vienne Futuroscope in 34th, and Audrey Lemieux (Can) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion in 64th.

Yesterday, it was Teutenberg on top again. She won the 82.5km Stage 1 of the tour, followed by Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O in second, and Alona Andruk (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d’Asolo in third. Numainville was the best Canadian on the day, finishing 13th. Lemieux finished 31st and Mac Gregor was 64th.

Teutenberg leads the GC by one second over Verbeke and three seconds ahead of third place, Pitel. Numainville sits in 31st overall, Mac Gregor is 32nd, and Lemieux is 62nd.

Results

August 10 – Prologue – 3.2km – Dijon-Dijon

1. Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia Women 4:33:28
2. Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 0:01:63
3. Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team Pro Feminin Les Carroz 0:03:24
4. Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 0:06:81
5. Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Menikini-Selle Italia 0:06:88
6. Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 0:07:78
7. Kori Kelley Seehafer (USA) Menikini-Selle Italia 0:08:12
8. Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 0:08:63
9. Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Team Columbia Women 0:09:41
10. Karine Gautard (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 0:10:23
11. Luise Keller (Ger) Team Columbia Women 0:10:42
12. Sophie Creux (Fra) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion 0:12:51
13. Leda Cox (GBr) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion 0:12:82
14. Anke Wichmann (Ger) Team Columbia Women 0:12:93
15. Kimberly Anderson (USA) Team Columbia Women 0:14:14
16. Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Team Columbia Women 0:14:24
17. Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 0:14:39
18. Rosane Kirch (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 0:15:48
19. Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 0:16:75
20. Linn Torp (Nor) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 0:16:79
21. Alona Andruk (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d’Asolo 0:17:22
22. Gloria Presti (Ita) Menikini-Selle Italia 0:17:76
23. Edita Unguryte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d’Asolo 0:18:25
24. Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Fenixs 0:18:85
25. Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss RDZ Ormu 0:18:93
26. Monia Baccaille (Ita) Fenixs 0:20:10
27. Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 0:20:99
28. Fanny Riberot (Fra) Team Pro Feminin Les Carroz 0:21:70
29. Audrey Cordon (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 0:22:02
30. Verónica Leal Balderas (Mex) Gauss RDZ Ormu 0:22:34
31. Magali Le Floch (Fra) Inter Region EST 0:22:50
32. Joelle Numainville (Can) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion 0:23:06
33. Stéphanie Baud (Fra) Cyclisme Bourgogne 0:23:08
34. Moriah Mac Gregor (Can) Vienne Futuroscope 0:23:62
35. Siobhan Dervan (Irl) Fenixs 0:23:72
36. Maja Adamsen (Den) Team Pro Feminin Les Carroz 0:24:15
37. Eugenie Mermillod (Fra) Team Pro Feminin Les Carroz 0:24:51
38. Magali Mocquery (Fra) Inter Region EST 0:24:71
39. Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 0:25:02
40. Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 0:25:16
41. Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d’Asolo 0:25:29
42. Kathryn Watt (Aus) Team Lot-et-Garonne 0:25:66
43. Mélanie Bravard (Fra) Team Lot-et-Garonne 0:26:72
44. Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 0:26:81
45. Simona Frapporti (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 0:26:94
46. Béatrice Thomas (Fra) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion 0:27:72
47. Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 0:28:12
48. Uenia Fernandes Da Souza (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d’Asolo 0:28:96
49. Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 0:29:42
50. Elodie Henriette (Fra) Team Lot-et-Garonne 0:30:50
51. Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 0:30:69
52. Estelle Patou (Fra) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion 0:31:64
53. Lorena Foresi (Ita) Menikini-Selle Italia 0:32:23
54. Fiona Dutriaux (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 0:32:39
55. Adeline Gourgin (Fra) Cyclisme Bourgogne 0:32:72
56. Saneila Biagi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 0:32:76
57. Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) Inter Region EST 0:33:03
58. Martina Scoppa (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu 0:33:63
59. Line Foss (Nor) Cyclisme Bourgogne 0:34:75
60. Carina Ketonen (Fin) Team Lot-et-Garonne 0:35:03
61. Catherine Hare (GBr) Fenixs 0:35:06
62. Suzie Godart (Lux) Fenixs 0:35:22
63. Sylvie Gaillon (Fra) Cyclisme Bourgogne 0:35:92
64. Audrey Lemieux (Can) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion 0:36:21
65. Kim Schoonbaert (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 0:36:76
66. Brei Gudsell (NZl) Team Pro Feminin Les Carroz 0:36:99
67. Veronica Alessio (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 0:37:73
68. Giulia Lazzerini (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 0:37:85
69. Janildes Fernandes Silva (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d’Asolo 0:38:54
70. Alessia Quarta (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d’Asolo 0:38:89
71. Yolandi Du Toit (RSA) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 0:39:15
72. Emilie Lebrun (Fra) Team Lot-et-Garonne 0:39:60
73. Eleonora Soldo (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 0:43:21
74. Claire Maugras (Fra) Cyclisme Bourgogne 0:43:72
75. Nadežda Vlasova (Rus) Fenixs 0:45:07
76. Cécile Quillacq (Fra) Inter Region EST 0:45:74
77. Marlène Petitgirard (Fra) Inter Region EST 0:49:41
78. Aude Pollet (Fra) Team Pro Feminin Les Carroz 0:50:38
79. Elise Bazourdy (Fra) Cyclisme Bourgogne 0:50:54
80. Honorine Martin (Fra) Team Lot-et-Garonne 0:58:90

August 11 – Stage 1 – Dijon-Louhans Chateaurenard – 82.5km

1. Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia Women 2:05:42
2. Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O
3. Alona Andruk (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d’Asolo
4. Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Menikini-Selle Italia
5. Monia Baccaille (Ita) Fenixs
6. Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu
7. Sophie Creux (Fra) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion
8. Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss RDZ Ormu
9. Karine Gautard (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope
10. Magali Mocquery (Fra) Inter Region EST
11. Fanny Riberot (Fra) Team Pro Feminin Les Carroz
12. Edita Unguryte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d’Asolo
13. Joelle Numainville (Can) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion
14. Anke Wichmann (Ger) Team Columbia Women
15. Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam
16. Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team Pro Feminin Les Carroz
17. Uenia Fernandes Da Souza (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d’Asolo
18. Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu
19. Verónica Leal Balderas (Mex) Gauss RDZ Ormu
20. Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Team Columbia Women
21. Catherine Hare (GBr) Fenixs
22. Alessia Quarta (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d’Asolo
23. Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O
24. Rosane Kirch (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
25. Kimberly Anderson (USA) Team Columbia Women
26. Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O
27. Gloria Presti (Ita) Menikini-Selle Italia
28. Lorena Foresi (Ita) Menikini-Selle Italia
29. Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope
30. Giulia Lazzerini (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
31. Audrey Lemieux (Can) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion
32. Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Fenixs
33. Veronica Alessio (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
34. Magali Le Floch (Fra) Inter Region EST
35. Linn Torp (Nor) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam
36. Adeline Gourgin (Fra) Cyclisme Bourgogne
37. Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam
38. Leda Cox (GBr) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion
39. Mélanie Bravard (Fra) Team Lot-et-Garonne
40. Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam
41. Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d’Asolo
42. Moriah Mac Gregor (Can) Vienne Futuroscope
43. Maja Adamsen (Den) Team Pro Feminin Les Carroz
44. Martina Scoppa (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu
45. Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu
46. Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope
47. Marlène Petitgirard (Fra) Inter Region EST
48. Sylvie Gaillon (Fra) Cyclisme Bourgogne
49. Aude Pollet (Fra) Team Pro Feminin Les Carroz
50. Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Team Columbia Women
51. Nadežda Vlasova (Rus) Fenixs
52. Elodie Henriette (Fra) Team Lot-et-Garonne
53. Siobhan Dervan (Irl) Fenixs
54. Fiona Dutriaux (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope
55. Simona Frapporti (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O
56. Emilie Lebrun (Fra) Team Lot-et-Garonne
57. Audrey Cordon (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope
58. Saneila Biagi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
59. Janildes Fernandes Silva (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d’Asolo
60. Yolandi Du Toit (RSA) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam
61. Line Foss (Nor) Cyclisme Bourgogne
62. Luise Keller (Ger) Team Columbia Women
63. Carina Ketonen (Fin) Team Lot-et-Garonne
64. Brei Gudsell (NZl) Team Pro Feminin Les Carroz
65. Eugenie Mermillod (Fra) Team Pro Feminin Les Carroz
66. Suzie Godart (Lux) Fenixs
67. Kim Schoonbaert (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam
68. Béatrice Thomas (Fra) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion
69. Honorine Martin (Fra) Team Lot-et-Garonne
70. Estelle Patou (Fra) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion
71. Cécile Quillacq (Fra) Inter Region EST
72. Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
73. Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) Inter Region EST
74. Elise Bazourdy (Fra) Cyclisme Bourgogne 0:24
75. Eleonora Soldo (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 0:37
76. Kathryn Watt (Aus) Team Lot-et-Garonne 0:42
77. Kori Kelley Seehafer (USA) Menikini-Selle Italia
78. Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
DNF Claire Maugras (Fra) Cyclisme Bourgogne
DNS Claire Maugras (Fra) Cyclisme Bourgogne
DNS Stéphanie Baud (Fra) Cyclisme Bourgogne

GC after Stage 1

1. Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia Women 2:10:15
2. Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 0:01
3. Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team Pro Feminin Les Carroz 0:03
4. Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 0:07
5. Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Menikini-Selle Italia
6. Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 0:08
7. Kori Kelley Seehafer (USA) Menikini-Selle Italia
8. Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
9. Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Team Columbia Women 0:09
10. Karine Gautard (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 0:10
11. Luise Keller (Ger) Team Columbia Women
12. Sophie Creux (Fra) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion 0:12
13. Anke Wichmann (Ger) Team Columbia Women 0:13
14. Kimberly Anderson (USA) Team Columbia Women 0:14
15. Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Team Columbia Women
16. Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu
17. Rosane Kirch (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 0:15
18. Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 0:17
19. Linn Torp (Nor) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam
20. Alona Andruk (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d’Asolo
21. Gloria Presti (Ita) Menikini-Selle Italia 0:18
22. Edita Unguryte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d’Asolo
23. Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Fenixs 0:19
24. Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss RDZ Ormu
25. Monia Baccaille (Ita) Fenixs 0:20
26. Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 0:21
27. Fanny Riberot (Fra) Team Pro Feminin Les Carroz
28. Audrey Cordon (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 0:22
29. Verónica Leal Balderas (Mex) Gauss RDZ Ormu
30. Magali Le Floch (Fra) Inter Region EST
31. Joelle Numainville (Can) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion 0:23
32. Moriah Mac Gregor (Can) Vienne Futuroscope
33. Siobhan Dervan (Irl) Fenixs 0:24
34. Maja Adamsen (Den) Team Pro Feminin Les Carroz
35. Eugenie Mermillod (Fra) Team Pro Feminin Les Carroz
36. Magali Mocquery (Fra) Inter Region EST
37. Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 0:25
38. Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope
39. Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d’Asolo
40. Mélanie Bravard (Fra) Team Lot-et-Garonne 0:27
41. Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope
42. Simona Frapporti (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O
43. Béatrice Thomas (Fra) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion 0:28
44. Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O
45. Uenia Fernandes Da Souza (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d’Asolo 0:29
46. Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu
47. Elodie Henriette (Fra) Team Lot-et-Garonne 0:30
48. Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu
49. Estelle Patou (Fra) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion 0:31
50. Lorena Foresi (Ita) Menikini-Selle Italia 0:32
51. Fiona Dutriaux (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope
52. Adeline Gourgin (Fra) Cyclisme Bourgogne 0:33
53. Saneila Biagi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
54. Leda Cox (GBr) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion
55. Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) Inter Region EST
56. Martina Scoppa (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu
57. Line Foss (Nor) Cyclisme Bourgogne 0:35
58. Carina Ketonen (Fin) Team Lot-et-Garonne
59. Catherine Hare (GBr) Fenixs
60. Suzie Godart (Lux) Fenixs
61. Sylvie Gaillon (Fra) Cyclisme Bourgogne 0:36
62. Audrey Lemieux (Can) ESGL 93-GSD Gestion
63. Kim Schoonbaert (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 0:37
64. Brei Gudsell (NZl) Team Pro Feminin Les Carroz
65. Veronica Alessio (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 0:38
66. Giulia Lazzerini (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
67. Janildes Fernandes Silva (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d’Asolo
68. Alessia Quarta (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d’Asolo 0:39
69. Yolandi Du Toit (RSA) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam
70. Emilie Lebrun (Fra) Team Lot-et-Garonne
71. Nadežda Vlasova (Rus) Fenixs 0:45
72. Cécile Quillacq (Fra) Inter Region EST 0:46
73. Marlène Petitgirard (Fra) Inter Region EST 0:49
74. Aude Pollet (Fra) Team Pro Feminin Les Carroz 0:50
75. Honorine Martin (Fra) Team Lot-et-Garonne 0:59
76. Elise Bazourdy (Fra) Cyclisme Bourgogne 1:14
77. Eleonora Soldo (Ita) Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O 1:20
78. Kathryn Watt (Aus) Team Lot-et-Garonne 1:27