Thüringen Ladies Tour 2021 – Stage 3 [Highlights]

May 27, 2021

Thüringen Ladies Tour 2021 – Stage 3 WE – Dunkerque – Iwuy : 197,1 km

The 2021 Thüringen Ladies Tour (known as the Internationale LOTTO Thüringen Ladies Tour for sponsorship reasons) is the 32nd edition of the Thüringen Ladies Tour, a women’s road cycling stage race being held between 25 and 30 May 2021 in the state of Thuringia in central Germany. Given the cancellation of the 2020 edition, this edition is the first since its promotion after the 2019 season to a category 2.Pro event in the UCI Women’s ProSeries.

Lucinda Brand (Trek-Segafredo) held off a charging peloton to win stage 3 at the Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour. Overall race leader Emma Norsgaard (Movistar) won the bunch sprint for second place with Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) taking third place in Schleiz.

Brand formed part of a late-race breakaway with Liane Lippert (Team DSM) and the pair held a mere 23-second gap in the closing kilometres of the race as the peloton behind set up for a bunch kick.

Lippert made a last-ditch attack before being caught by the field, but Brand jumped and was able to power in just seconds ahead of the peloton.

“Just before the last kilometer, I attacked Liane because the group was so close behind, and I couldn’t wait longer. I just had to get through the pain and keep on fighting. It was really tough and close, but I am really happy that I could finish off the work of the team,” Brand said.

“Not the yellow jersey yet, but we still have some days to try and get that one – and we are going to fight for that!” she added.

Norsgaard maintained her overall lead in the general classification ahead of stage 4’s 101km race in Dörtendorf on Friday.

How it unfolded

The third stage at the Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour was a 116.5km race that started and finished at Schleiz and included three climbs – Seeback (20.5km), Gahma (76.5km) and Fahrklippe (100km), and there were two back-to-back intermediate sprints in Beulwitz (47.5km) and Koditz (53.5km).

An early move included Helena Bieber and Lydia Ventker (RSG Gießen Biehler), Caroline Andersson (Hitec), and Kristen Wild (Ceratizit-WNT), who gained more than two minutes on the main field in the opening 10km of the stage.

Ventker secured the maximum points over the top of the first ascent but that didn’t affect overall mountain leader Kathrin Hammes’ position in the classification. Bieber was second over the top and Wild third.

The peloton behind were content to let them go and the four-rider breakaway pushed their lead out to six minutes after 40km of racing.

Lisa Müllenberg (ASC) tried to bridge the gap to the breakaway but remained in between the two groups and on her own for much of that effort.

Andersson won the first intermediate sprints at Beulwitz and Wild won the second sprint at Koditz. The main goal was to stay ahead of the field to contest the final, and so the four riders worked well together to pushed the gap out to eight minutes. Wild started the day 3:39 behind Norsgaard in the overall classification and became the virtual leader on the road.

Wild set a blistering pace over the next ascent at Gahma, at the 75km mark, that caused Andersson to lose contact on the lower slopes. Bieber and Ventker hung on to Wild’s wheel as she crested the climb to take full points, and the trio continued out front. Ventker was the next to fall off pace heading the third and final ascent.

Wild and Bieber pushed on but their time gap was slashed down to two minutes by a chase group of 20 riders that had emerged over the climbs.

Lucinda Brand (Trek-Segafredo) and Liane Lippert (Team DSM) caught the two breakaway riders over the last climb up Fahrklippe with 16km to go, and while Wild was able to hang on to the new move, Bieber struggled with the higher pace and dropped off the back.

Five kilometres later, Wild too fell off the pace after a long day in the decisive breakaway. Lippert and Brand pushed on to contest one another for the stage glory just seconds ahead of a charging peloton.

Results :
1 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 3:18:52
2 Emma Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team Women 0:00:02
3 Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Belgium
4 Amy Pieters (Ned) Team SD Worx
5 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
6 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
7 Kristen Faulkner (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
8 Liane Lippert (Ger) Team DSM
9 Elizabeth Deignan (GBr) Trek-Segafredo
10 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing
11 Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:05
12 Marta Cavalli (Ita) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
13 Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (Ned) Team SD Worx 0:00:10
14 Christine Majerus (Lux) Team SD Worx
15 Janneke Ensing (Ned) Netherlands
16 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team DSM
17 Valerie Demey (Bel) Belgium
18 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:00:15
19 Sandra Levenez (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:00:16
20 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx 0:00:18
21 Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Germany 0:00:22
22 Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products
23 Léa Curinier (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:00:36
24 Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:00:44
25 Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:01:15
26 Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:01:32
27 Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:02:49
28 Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon-SRAM Racing
29 Helena Bieber (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle 0:03:07
30 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women 0:03:50
31 Anne Dorthe Ysland (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products
32 Sara Van De Vel (Bel) Belgium 0:03:58
33 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:04:30
34 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM 0:04:58
35 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Team DSM
36 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team DSM
37 Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
38 Lucie Jounier (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
39 Ann-Sophie Duyck (Bel) Belgium
40 Beate Zanner (Ger) Maxx-Solar Lindig
41 Clara Copponi (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
42 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women
43 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
44 Anna Henderson (GBr) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
45 Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team Women
46 Lonneke Uneken (Ned) Team SD Worx
47 Hannah Fandel (Ger) Maxx-Solar Lindig 0:09:00
48 Romy Kasper (Ger) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
49 Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
50 Clara Honsinger (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
51 Rozemarijn Ammerlaan (Ned) Netherlands 0:09:37
52 Eline van Rooijen (Ned) Netherlands
53 Friederike Stern (Ger) Germany
54 Svenja Betz (Ger) Germany
55 Typhaine Laurance (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
56 Ilse Pluimers (Ned) Netherlands
57 Ilse Grit (Ned) Netherlands
58 Katharina Hechler (Ger) Germany
59 Laura Süßemilch (Ger) Germany
60 Franziska Koch (Ger) Team DSM
61 Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
62 Katharina Fox (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle
63 Gladys Verhulst (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
64 Jolien D’Hoore (Bel) Team SD Worx
65 Shari Bossuyt (Bel) Belgium
66 Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
67 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
68 Thalita De Jong (Ned) Netherlands
69 Lydia Ventker (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle
70 Lone Meertens (Bel) Belgium
71 Tanja Erath (Ger) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:11:34
72 Lena Charlotte Reißner (Ger) Germany
73 Zsófia Szabó (Hun) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
74 Georgia Danford (NZl) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
75 Carolin Schiff (Ger) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
76 Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
77 Sandra Weiss (Swi) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
78 Jade Wiel (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
79 Caroline Andersson (Swe) Team Coop Hitec Products
80 Franziska Brauße (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
81 Julie Leth (Den) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
82 Christa Riffel (Ger) Team Coop Hitec Products
83 Mieke Kröger (Ger) Team Coop Hitec Products
84 Jip van den Bos (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
85 Aafke Soet (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
86 Adelheid Schütz (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle 0:16:40
87 Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Movistar Team Women
88 Amalie Lutro (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products
89 Lisa Fischer (Ger) Maxx-Solar Lindig
90 Bianca Bernhard (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle
91 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women
92 Amélie Hild (Ned) RSG Gießen Biehle
93 Lisa Müllenberg (Ned) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:20:04

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Emma Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team Women 9:00:24
2 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:06
3 Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Belgium 0:00:12
4 Amy Pieters (Ned) Team SD Worx 0:00:22
5 Liane Lippert (Ger) Team DSM 0:00:23
6 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:00:25
7 Elizabeth Deignan (GBr) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:27
8 Kristen Faulkner (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:00:29
9 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:00:30
10 Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:41
11 Christine Majerus (Lux) Team SD Worx 0:00:42
12 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
13 Valerie Demey (Bel) Belgium 0:00:46
14 Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Germany 0:00:58
15 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:01:30
16 Marta Cavalli (Ita) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:01:33
17 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team DSM 0:01:38
18 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx 0:01:43
19 Sandra Levenez (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:01:44
20 Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products 0:01:47
21 Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (Ned) Team SD Worx 0:01:51
22 Léa Curinier (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:02:04
23 Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:02:12
24 Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:02:43
25 Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:03:00
26 Janneke Ensing (Ned) Netherlands 0:03:07
27 Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:03:25
28 Anna Henderson (GBr) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:05:18
29 Anne Dorthe Ysland (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products
30 Sara Van De Vel (Bel) Belgium 0:05:39
31 Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:05:40
32 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM 0:06:12
33 Clara Copponi (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:06:23
34 Lucie Jounier (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:06:26
35 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team DSM
36 Lonneke Uneken (Ned) Team SD Worx
37 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Team DSM 0:06:39
38 Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
39 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
40 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women 0:06:45
41 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:08:02
42 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:08:10
43 Romy Kasper (Ger) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:09:36
44 Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:10:28
45 Clara Honsinger (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:10:41
46 Franziska Koch (Ger) Team DSM 0:11:02
47 Helena Bieber (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle 0:11:16
48 Gladys Verhulst (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:11:18
49 Laura Süßemilch (Ger) Germany
50 Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
51 Katharina Hechler (Ger) Germany
52 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:12:41
53 Lone Meertens (Bel) Belgium 0:12:56
54 Jade Wiel (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:13:15
55 Shari Bossuyt (Bel) Belgium 0:13:42
56 Julie Leth (Den) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:14:12
57 Carolin Schiff (Ger) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:14:29
58 Jip van den Bos (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:14:53
59 Ann-Sophie Duyck (Bel) Belgium 0:15:24
60 Beate Zanner (Ger) Maxx-Solar Lindig
61 Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team Women
62 Friederike Stern (Ger) Germany 0:16:21
63 Ilse Pluimers (Ned) Netherlands
64 Jolien D’Hoore (Bel) Team SD Worx 0:16:25
65 Typhaine Laurance (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
66 Eline van Rooijen (Ned) Netherlands 0:17:48
67 Thalita De Jong (Ned) Netherlands
68 Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:18:18
69 Amalie Lutro (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products 0:18:21
70 Caroline Andersson (Swe) Team Coop Hitec Products 0:19:44
71 Tanja Erath (Ger) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:19:45
72 Svenja Betz (Ger) Germany 0:20:03
73 Ilse Grit (Ned) Netherlands 0:21:26
74 Rozemarijn Ammerlaan (Ned) Netherlands 0:21:30
75 Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
76 Katharina Fox (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle 0:21:35
77 Lydia Ventker (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle 0:21:43
78 Georgia Danford (NZl) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:23:27
79 Lena Charlotte Reißner (Ger) Germany
80 Sandra Weiss (Swi) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
81 Christa Riffel (Ger) Team Coop Hitec Products
82 Franziska Brauße (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
83 Aafke Soet (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:23:38
84 Mieke Kröger (Ger) Team Coop Hitec Products 0:23:42
85 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women 0:27:06
86 Lisa Fischer (Ger) Maxx-Solar Lindig 0:28:33
87 Bianca Bernhard (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle
88 Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:28:44
89 Zsófia Szabó (Hun) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:31:17
90 Hannah Fandel (Ger) Maxx-Solar Lindig 0:34:29
91 Lisa Müllenberg (Ned) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:39:47
92 Amélie Hild (Ned) RSG Gießen Biehle 0:45:17
93 Adelheid Schütz (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle 0:46:38