Pooley moves up to third in Giro Donne

Women race escape group, British road race National Championships 2012
Nigel Wynn
By Nigel Wynn
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British rider Emma Pooley has moved up to third overall in the 2012 Giro Donne after Sunday's third stage.

Pooley (AA Drink-leontien.nl) sits 31 seconds behind overall race leader Evelyn Stevens (Specialized Lululemon) and 19 seconds behind stage one and two winner Marianne Vos (Stichting Rabobank). Vos won the race overall in 2011.

Stevens won Sunday's mountainous 124km stage from Vernio to Castiglione dei Pepoli which featured two categorised peaks and an uphill finish.

The race stays in the mountains for Monday's fourth leg from Montecatini Terme and finishing atop Montecatini Alto. The 2012 edition of the race finishes in Bergamo on Saturday, July 7.

Results

Stage one, Napoli to Terracina, 139.1km

1. Marianne Vos (Ned) Stichting Rabobank

Stage two, Rome to Rome, 7.2km

1. Marianne Vos (Ned) Stichting Rabobank

Stage three, Vernio to Castiglione dei Pepoli, 124km

1. Evelyn Stevens (USA) Specialized Lululemon

Overall classification after stage three

1. Evelyn Stevens (USA) Specialized Lululemon

2. Marianne Vos (Ned) Stichting Rabobank at 12 secs

3. Emma Pooley (GBr) AA Drink-leontien.nl at 31 secs

4. Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Faren Honda Team at 1-01

5. Judith Arndt (Ger) Orica-GreenEdge at 2-35

6. Claudia Hausler (Ger) Orica-GreenEdge at 2-39

7. Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) MCipollini Giambenini at 2-41

8. Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Hitec Products Mistral at 2-51

9. Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) Lotto Belisol at 5-30

10. Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Stichting Rabobank at 5-30 

Related links

British stars Pooley, Cooke, Armitstead and Laws line up for Giro Donne

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Nigel Wynn
Nigel Wynn
Former Associate Editor

Nigel Wynn worked as associate editor on CyclingWeekly.com, he worked almost single-handedly on the Cycling Weekly website in its early days. His passion for cycling, his writing and his creativity, as well as his hard work and dedication, were the original driving force behind the website’s success. Without him, CyclingWeekly.com would certainly not exist on the size and scale that it enjoys today. Nigel sadly passed away, following a brave battle with a cancer-related illness, in 2018. He was a highly valued colleague, and more importantly, n exceptional person to work with - his presence is sorely missed. 

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