The 2013 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen is the 26th edition of the

Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen Thuringia (; officially the Free State of Thuringia, ) is one of Germany, Germany's 16 States of Germany, states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. Er ...

, a women's cycling stage race in Germany. It is rated by the UCI as a category 2.1 race and is held between 15 and 21 July

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

Stages

Stage 1

;15 July 2013 –

Schleusingen Schleusingen is a town in the Hildburghausen (district), district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 10 km north of Hildburghausen, and 12 km southeast of Suhl. Geography The town of Schleusingen in the Henneber ...

to Schleusingen,

Linda Villumsen Linda Melanie Villumsen Serup (born 9 April 1985) is a Denmark, Danish-born road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's Team . Villumsen became a New Zealand citizen in 2009 and has ridden under a Kiwi licence from 2010. Career Born in H ...

rode away from the bunch in the final , got a 35-second lead but was pulled back by the pack 500m from the finish.

Emma Johansson Emma Karolina Johansson (born 23 September 1983) is a Swedish retired professional racing cyclist. Nicknamed ''Silver Emma'', Johansson accumulated many second and third places at major championships and one-day classics. In 2013 in women's roa ...

won the uphill finale ahead of

Lizzie Armitstead Elizabeth Mary Deignan (née Armitstead; born 18 December 1988) is an English professional world champion track cycling, track and Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . She was the 2 ...

and

Annemiek van Vleuten Annemiek van Vleuten (; born 8 October 1982) is a retired Dutch professional Bicycle racing, road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Van Vleuten is twice a winner of both the UCI Road World Cha ...

. With the bonification seconds earned during sprints Johansson has a six-second lead on Van Vleuten and a nine-second lead on Armitstead.

Stage 2

;16 July 2013 – Hermsdorf to Hermsdorf,

Chloe McConville Chloe McConville (born 1 October 1987) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. She rides for the Orica–AIS team. Before becoming a cyclist, McConville was a cross-country skier, racing for the Australian national team from 2002 to 2009, ...

and Anna-Bianca Schnitzmeier rode away together during the stage and build up a 3' 35" lead. After a 40 km breakaway they were caught by the pack with 10 km to go. In the final kilometres there was a crash and Dutch national time trialist

Ellen van Dijk Eleonora Maria "Ellen" van Dijk (; born 11 February 1987) is a Dutch professional Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Besides road cycling she was also a track cycling, tr ...

, one of the favourites for the ovarall classification, lost 55 seconds. The race ended in a bunch sprint won by rider

Carmen Small Carmen Small (born April 22, 1980) is an American former racing cyclist, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Outside of cycling, Small was a founding member of The Cyclists' Alliance and served as vice direc ...

. With earning time bonuses during sprints,

extended her lead in the general classification.

Stage 3

;17 July 2013, –

Schleiz Schleiz () is a town in the Districts of Germany, district of Saale-Orla-Kreis in Thuringia, Germany. The former municipality Crispendorf was merged into Schleiz in January 2019, and Burgk in December 2019. Location Schleiz is in the Thuring ...

to Schleiz, In the first part of the stage every breakaway was pulled back by the pack. On the first climb

Andrea Braus Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that re ...

escaped and built up a seven minutes lead. With to go however, she was pulled back by a 24 riders leading group but earned the most active riders jersey and moved up to the second place in the mountain classification.

Stage 4

;18 July 2013 –

Gera Gera () is a city in the German state of Thuringia. With around 93,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city in Thuringia after Erfurt and Jena as well as the easternmost city of the ''Thüringer Städtekette'', an almost straight string of ...

to Gera (

individual time trial An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: ''contre la montre'' – literally "against the watch", in Italian: ''tappa a cronometro'' "stopwatch stage"). There are also trac ...

Stage 5

;19 July 2013 –

Altenburg Altenburg () is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located south of Leipzig, west of Dresden and east of Erfurt. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district and part of a polycentric old-industrial textile and metal production region betw ...

to Altenburg,

Stage 6

;20 July 2013 –

Schmölln Schmölln () is a town in Thuringia, Germany, landkreis of Altenburger Land. It lies on the river Sprotte. Geography Neighboring municipalities Municipalities in the district of Altenburger Land neighboring Schmölln include: Starkenberg, ...

to Schmölln,

Stage 7

;21 July 2013 –

Zeulenroda-Triebes Zeulenroda-Triebes () is a German town in the district of Greiz in the state of Thuringia. Zeulenroda-Triebes is situated in the south of Greiz in the mountains of the Thuringian Slate Mountains (Thüringer Schiefergebirge), on the border with S ...

to Zeulenroda-Triebes,

Classification leadership

References

External links

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