Armstrong captures win in Switzerland, Neben third in Italy

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The United States Womenandrsquo;s National Team turned in two podium performances on Sunday as Kristin Armstrong won the Souvenir Magali Pache Lausanne, a 20.4-kilometer time trial event in Switzerland, and Amber Neben closed out the three-day Giro di San Marino with a third-place overall finish. Armstrong, the reigning world time trial champion, bested Christine Soeder of Austria and Karen Thurig of Switzerland in the race against the clock while American Christine Thorburn placed seventh. In Italy, Neben placed third in the opening prologue and retained her position throughout the following two stages.

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