San Luis Obispo, CA – 27th March 2010 – Ina-Yoko Teutenberg put on an aggressive display in the criterium of Redlands Classic on Saturday, taking 1’12″ out of the field with her seven breakaway companions. Teutenberg took the yellow jersey from former race lead Amber Neben with one stage remaining and now leads by 33 second from Kat Carroll (Peanut Butter & Co.).

“Actually, it wasn’t our plan to attack today,” said Teutenberg. “Our focus was on the time bonus seconds but it turned out a lot better than that.

“My team did the perfect job keeping everything together for the first sprint at the half way mark and then led me out for the sprint. After the first sprint there was a counter attack and I jumped on it. The field was all strung out but it looked like it was going to come back together so I attacked again.

“After a couple of laps the gap went up and I knew I had to give it everything. The break worked well together. Tibco had three riders in the break so it was also in their interest to keep the break alive. I had to get as much time out of the bunch as possible.

“I think the race is still wide open because tomorrow’s stage is pretty hard to control for a team and if the legs don’t work, you can’t fake it. There are also a few girls still in contention so I’m sure it will be aggressive.”

Tomorrow’s final stage is a 100km circuit race around the hilly neighbourhoods of Redlands.