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COLUMBIA'S TEUTENBERG FINISHES THE GIRO WITH FOUR STAGE WINS AND THE POINTS JERSEY
Columbia’s Ina-Yoko Teutenberg won the final stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile today finishing the ten day tour with four stage wins and the Points Jersey.
“I think this week was something that happens once in a lifetime,” said Teutenberg. “I’ve never won four stages in a tour before and I’m pretty sure it won’t happen again. It was a great week and it’s really nice to finish in the Points Jersey.”
The final stage started with a climb and went directly into seven relatively flat stages around the city of Desio.
"We wanted to race aggressively to get a break up the road,” explained Teutenberg about the race plan. “Our back up plan was to go for a bunch sprint if the breaks weren’t sticking.”
Attacks were consistent and with one lap remaining in the race Bigla’s Zulfia Zabirova and Julia Martisova from Gauss RDZ Ormu had a 50 second advantage over the field.
Team Columbia put the team on the front in pursuit of the breakaway duo.
"It was the perfect chase and lead-out,” said Teutenberg. “The girls were amazing. We caught the break with 1.5km to go and the sprint ended up being pretty straight forward.”