Ladies Tour of Qatar

Trixi Worrack took the first UCI stage win of 2012 for Specialized-lululemon on Thursday, winning the second stage of Tour of Qatar from a two person break.

Worrack, who also made the break of the day on Wednesday in stage one, was able to make the break again in the famous cross-winds that make the Tour of Qatar what it is.

“I’m really happy with the way the team raced today,” said Team Director Jens Zemke. “Yesterday we had three in the break but made some tactical errors but today they made up for it.”

The Specialized-lululemon women along with the Green Edge team forced the race into the gutter from the stage start with the winning break escaping from the front group with 15km remaining in the race. Worrack and Judith Arndt went away with Adrie Visser and Kirsten Wild but were able to drop them with 12km to go and arrive at the finish line for a two-up sprint. Worrack won from Arndt and now sits in second place overall behind Arndt with one stage remaining.

“I’m really happy to win a stage here in my first race with Specialized-lululemon,” said Worrack. “It’s hard and fun racing here and we’re really enjoying racing together.”

Worrack’s team-mate, Chloe Hosking wears the Best Young Rider’s jersey and Specialized-lululemon leads the team classification.

Results and related stories

General Classification – 2nd Trixi Worrack, 4th – Ellen Van Dijk, 5th – Chloe Hosking
Trixi Worrack – winner of stage 2
Chloe Hosking – Overall Best Young Rider
Team Specialized-lululemon – Best Team