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2008 Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT

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2008 Open de Suède Vårgårda
Team time trial
2008 UCI Women's Road World Cup, race 9 of 11
Race details
Dates1 August 2008
Stages1
Distance32 km (19.88 mi)
Winning time38' 56"
Results
  Winner Cervélo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team
  Second Team Columbia Women
  Third Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
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The 2008 Open de Suède Vårgårda – team time trial was the first team time trial running on the Open de Suède Vårgårda. It was held on 1 August 2008 over a distance of 32 kilometres (19.9 miles) and was the ninth race of the 2008 UCI Women's Road World Cup season.[1]

Race

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Top Girls-Fassa Bortolo-Raxy Line was the first of the thirteen teams to set off due to its lowly position on the World Cup overall standings. The team returned with a time of 44:27.5, giving the others something to aim at. Third team to start, Norway, caught its Scandinavian rival Finland in the closing stages to take more than a minute off the Top Girls time with 43:13.7. The first really fast time was posted by the Vrienden Van Het Platteland team, pushing it closer to the 40 minute mark with 40:52.9. The very next team, Flexpoint pushed it still lower though with 40:26.4. Despite being outstanding favourites, the Cervelo-Lifeforce team was – because of its position in the World Cup standings – fourth from last to go. The team blitzed around the course knocking all but a minute and a half off the Flexpoint time with an incredible 38:26.7. The last two teams to go – Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung and Columbia – were the only ones who looked capable of besting the Cervelo-Lifeforce time, but although they were both faster than Flexpoint, neither were able to come within a minute of the Swiss team. Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung finished three seconds quicker than flexpoint to take a provisional second place, but Columbia were consistently faster all the way around and pushed them into third.

General standings (top 10)

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Team Cyclists Time World Cup
points
1 Cervélo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team  Priska Doppmann (SUI) 38' 56" 35
 Karin Thürig (SUI) 35
 Christiane Soeder (AUT) 35
 Carla Ryan (AUS) 35
2 Team Columbia Women  Luise Keller (GER) + 1' 14" 30
 Alexis Rhodes (AUS) 30
 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (GER) 30
 Linda Villumsen (NZL) 30
3 Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung  Charlotte Becker (GER) + 1' 27" 25
 Suzanne de Goede (NED) 25
 Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU) 25
 Larissa Kleinmann (GER) 25
4 Team Flexpoint  Loes Gunnewijk (NED) + 1' 30" 20
 Loes Markerink (NED) 20
 Trine Schmidt (DEN) 20
 Iris Slappendel (NED) 20
5 Vrienden van het Platteland  Ellen van Dijk (NED) + 1' 56" 16
 Liesbet De Vocht (BEL) 16
 An van Rie (BEL) 16
 Marit Huisman (NED) 16
 Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) 16
 Liesbeth Bakker (NED) 16
6 AA Drink Cycling Team + 2' 41" 15
7 Team DSB Bank + 2' 46" 14
8 Sweden + 3' 40" 13
9 Menikini–Selle Italia–Master Colors + 3' 49" 12
10 Ukraine + 4' 17" 11

Results from cqranking.com.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Open de Suède Vargarda T.T.T. (32 km)". CQ ranking. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
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