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HTC-Highroad's Teutenberg takes stage one victory in yellow at Thuringen Rundfahrt

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Published on Tuesday, 19 July 2011 19:20

Written by Luca Salvatelli

Ina-yoko Teutenberg crossed the line today with a strong victory for the HTC-Highroad women in stage one of Thüringen Rundfahrt. After winning the leader's jersey in the prologue on Monday, the team is determined to defend their lead. With Teutenberg now at fourteen seconds ahead of HTC-Highroad's Judith Arndt, stage one was concluded successfully.

"The girls did a fantastic job today," says sport director, Jens Zemke, "We were quite busy in this stage, with a few crashes."

"Chloe [Hosking] went down and had to swap bikes, and Ina crashed also but luckily had no mechanical issues."

"There was a break of three minutes with one rider toward the end, and Chloe and Adrie [Visser] spent the last ten kilometers reeling her in."

"We had four girls controlling the pack while the other two brought the break in, and then they set up the leadout. It was perfectly timed, and Ina came across the line with a ten second time bonus and the yellow jersey."

With five more stages to go, the HTC-Highroad women intend to continue to bolster their lead with Teutenberg and Arndt in first and second for GC. This marks the forty-second win for the HTC-Highroad women's team this year.