1997 Results
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Brief:Canadian Linda Jackson won the opening Bogus Basin Time Trial Tuesday, earning the leader’s jersey after the prologue of the International Women’s Challenge.Jackson (Saeco-Timex) covered the 2.75 kms, uphill course in seven minutes, 13 seconds despite a howling head wind estimated at a steady 32 km/h with gusts of much higher speed. "It’s a relief to have the jersey," Jackson said. "When I go back and tell the team, I think they’ll be really psyched." Lithuanians Edita Pucinskaite (Boise Cascade Office Products) and Diana Ziliute (HP Toner) finished second and third, respectively. Mari Holden (Office Depot) was the top American finisher in ninth place. Eight different nations were represented in the top 10 finishers. Defending champion Rasa Polikeviciute (HP Toner) of Lithuania finished 20th, 39 seconds behind Jackson. Polikeviciute was assessed a 15-second penalty for cutting the course as she rounded the final turn on the left side of the centre stripe. The performance marks a return to form for Jackson, who has not had a 1998 season equal to a year ago, when she won the Tour de L’Aude in France and was on the podium at the Tour Feminin and Giro d’Italia as well as the HP stage race. The story of the day was the conditions, especially the wind which hampered the 138 riders. Jackson’s time was 53 seconds off the record time of 6:20 set by Rebecca Twigg in 1986. "It was so hard," said Stacey Peters (LeMond). "Oh my god, I’m going to die." Peters finished 18th with a time of 7:51. Wednesday’s first stage is a 77 kms road race from Boise to Idaho City. Anna Wilson's Report Hi Bill - well just a brief note before I hit the sack to let you know the results of the prologue for the tour. I had a shocker - punctured 1 k into the 2.8 km prologue and rode a flat tyre to the finish. James Victor's Report - Australian Team Linda Jackson, the runner-up in this tour last year, has returned to some overdue form to take out the prologue of the International Womens Challenge. After a slow start to 1998, Jackson, 40 years of age from Canada, scorched up the demanding hill-climb into a roaring head-wind to win comfortable. Kathy Watt put in a respectable time to put herself in contention early, with the best Australian from the national team, A.I.S. cyclist, Tracey Gaudry. Anna Wilson had hopes of a good result to begin this tour, after a fantastic 5th place in the recent Montreal World Cup, plus being one of only four past winners of this tour endeavouring to win for the second time; a feat yet to be achieved. Wilson got away to a solid start, but 1 km into the 2.8 km course, Wilson suffered a rear tyre blow-out. Only neutral service was possible with the tight uphill course, so Wilson decided to ride the tyre flat for 1.8 km to the finish. No doubt a contender for an early top 10 start to the tour, but now the job is ahead of Wilson to try and make up the difference to the leaders. Tadich is still a little hesitant with her back injury, but everything is improving daily. Feldhahn rode solidly to place in the first half of the 140 starters. This being the first tour competition for the whole Australian team since Tour de Snowy in April, the Australians are looking for this tough racing to ready themselves for the 3 month European campaign that lies ahead, including the Commowealth Games in Malaysia in September. Stage 1, Boise Time Trial, 2.8 kms hill climb:
1. Linda Jackson (Can) Saeco-Timex 7.13
2. Edita Pucinskaite (Lit) Boise Cascade 7.19
3. Diana Ziliute (Lit) HP Toner 7.23
4. Jeannie Longo (Fra) Longo-Ebly 7.23
5. Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Office Depot 7.27
6. Kathy Watt (Aus) Texas Premier-SmartFuel 7.27
7. Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Boise Cascade 7.30
8. Meike de Bruin (Ned) Dutch National 7.35
9. Mari Holden (USA) Office Depot 7.36
10. Alison Sydor (Can) Canadian National 7.36
..
13. Joan Wilson (USA) Celestial Seasonings 7.48
17. Alison Dunlap (USA) Office Max 7.49
18. Stacey Peters (USA) LeMond 7.51
19. Louisa Jenkins (USA) Shaklee 7.51
..
24. Tracey Gaudry (Aus) AIS Team 7.54
30. Anna Wilson (Aus) AIS Team 7.58
39. Liz Tadich (Aus) AIS Team 8.02
50. Juanita Feldhahn (Aus) AIS Team 8.09
.. Kim Palmer (Aus) Bob's Bikes 8.50
.. Karen Barrow (Aus) Bob's Bikes 8.58
GC after Stage 1
1. Linda Jackson USA 7.13 0.00 2. Edita Pucinskaite LIT 7.19 0.06 3. Diana Ziliute LIT 7.23 0.10 4. Jeannie Longo FRA 7.23 0.10 5. Valentina Polkhanova RUS 7.27 0.14 6. Kathy Watt AUS 7.27 0.14 7. Alessandra Cappellotto ITA 7.30 0.17 8. Meike de Bruijn NED 7.35 0.22 9. Mari Holden USA 7.36 0.23 10. Alison Sydor CAN 7.36 0.23 11. Jolanta Polikeviciute LIT 7.39 0.26 12. Barbara Heeb SWZ 7.40 0.27 13. Joan Wilson USA 7.48 0.35 14. Zulfija Zabirova RUS 7.48 0.35 14. Rebecca Bailey NZL 7.48 0.35 16. Heidi Van De Vijver BEL 7.49 0.36 17. Alison Dunlap USA 7.49 0.36 18. Stacey Peters USA 7.51 0.38 19. Louisa Jenkins USA 7.51 0.38 20. Rasa Polikeviciute LIT 7.52 0.39 21. Mirjam Melchers NED 7.53 0.40 22. Vera Hohlfeld GER 7.53 0.40 23. Lyne Bessett CAN 7.54 0.41 24. Tracey Gaudry AUS 7.54 0.41 25. Jacinta Coleman NZL 7.54 0.41 26. Zita Urbonaite LIT 7.57 0.44 27. Geraldine Loewenguth FRA 7.58 0.45 28. Marie Holjer SWE 7.58 0.45 29. Susy Pryde NZL 7.58 0.45 30. Anna Wilson AUS 7.59 0.46 31. Karen Kurreck USA 8.00 0.47 32. Albine Caille FRA 8.00 0.47 33. Pam Schuster USA 8.00 0.47 34. Leigh Hobson CAN 8.02 0.49 35. Yvonne Brunen NED 8.02 0.49 36. Julie Young USA 8.02 0.49 37. Dede Demet USA 8.03 0.50 38. Svetlana Samokhvalova RUS 8.04 0.51 39. Giana Roberge USA 8.05 0.52 40. Cybil Di Guistini CAN 8.07 0.54 41. Elizabeth Tadich AUS 8.07 0.54 42. Joanna Lawn NZL 8.08 0.55 43. Sandy Espeseth CAN 8.08 0.55 44. Ward Griffiths USA 8.11 0.58 45. Anne Samplonius CAN 8.11 0.58 46. Sarah Ulmer USA 8.13 1.00 47. Evi Gensheimer GER 8.13 1.00 48. Alla Epifanova RUS 8.14 1.01 49. Cheryl Binney USA 8.14 1.01 50. Carmen Richardson USA 8.14 1.01 51. Kathleen Gleason USA 8.15 1.02 52. Annie Gariepy CAN 8.17 1.04 53. Kim Langton CAN 8.17 1.04 54. Ruthie Matthes USA 8.19 1.06 55. Kendra Wenzel USA 8.19 1.06 56. Darnelle Moore CAN 8.20 1.07 57. Tammy Jacques USA 8.20 1.07 58. Petra Rossner GER 8.20 1.07 59. Chantal Knapp USA 8.21 1.08 60. Lesley Tomlinson CAN 8.21 1.08 61. Kim Boester USA 8.23 1.10 62. Juanita Feldhahn AUS 8.23 1.10 63. Elizabeth Emery USA 8.23 1.10 64. Emily Robbins USA 8.24 1.11 65. Jennifer Dial USA 8.25 1.12 66. Inge Aiken USA 8.26 1.13 67. Trish Sinclair CAN 8.26 1.13 68. Maureen Kaila Vergara USA 8.28 1.15 69. Kim Smith USA 8.29 1.16 70. Melanie McQuaid CAN 8.29 1.16 71. Michelle Orem USA 8.29 1.16 72. Sandra Kolb USA 8.30 1.17 73. Stacey Spencer CAN 8.31 1.18 74. Chrissy Redden CAN 8.31 1.18 75. Tana Stone USA 8.31 1.18 76. Sandra Rombouts NED 8.32 1.19 77. Tina Mayolo USA 8.32 1.19 78. Jane Despas AUS 8.33 1.20 79. Maria Hassan NZL 8.34 1.21 80. Kris Walker USA 8.34 1.21 81. Carolyn Donnelly USA 8.35 1.22 82. Kim Erdoes USA 8.35 1.22 83. Raydeen Stevens USA 8.36 1.23 84. Leigh Fulwood USA 8.38 1.25 85. Lisa Klein USA 8.38 1.25 86. Muffy Roy USA 8.39 1.26 87. Marg Fedyna CAN 8.39 1.26 88. Leah Goldstein CAN 8.40 1.27 89. Angela Roderiguez USA 8.41 1.28 90. Christy Nicholson USA 8.41 1.28 91. Kelly Crawford USA 8.41 1.28 92. Karen Livingston USA 8.42 1.29 93. Debby Mansveld NED 8.43 1.30 94. Keri Silk USA 8.43 1.30 95. Brooke Blackwelder USA 8.44 1.31 96. Ellen Krimmel USA 8.44 1.31 97. Aileen Loe USA 8.44 1.31 98. Marjon Marik USA 8.45 1.32 99. Mandy Poitras CAN 8.45 1.32 100. Marisa Vande Velt USA 8.46 1.33 101. Sophie St. Jacques CAN 8.46 1.33 102. Page Oliver USA 8.46 1.33 103. Valentina Gerassimova RUS 8.47 1.34 104. Bettina Younge USA 8.48 1.35 105. Kim Palmer AUS 8.50 1.37 106. Katrina Frederick USA 8.51 1.38 107. Nicole Freedman USA 8.53 1.40 108. M.C. Jenni USA 8.54 1.41 109. Eve Marie Mochel FRA 8.54 1.41 110. Angela Hillinga NED 8.56 1.43 111. Miranda Briggs USA 9.00 1.47 112. Bonnie Breeze USA 9.01 1.48 113. Beth Mundy USA 9.01 1.48 114. Karen Barrow AUS 9.02 1.49 115. Odessa Gunn USA 9.02 1.49 116. Nicole Gingles CAN 9.03 1.50 117. Olge Slyoussatera RUS 9.03 1.50 118. Elizabeth Benishin USA 9.05 1.52 119. Cynthia Ferguson USA 9.06 1.53 120. Louise Penkman CAN 9.07 1.54 121. Mary Hearn USA 9.08 1.55 122. Allison Beall USA 9.08 1.55 123. Ina Teutenberg GER 9.09 1.56 124. Karen Timewell CAN 9.13 2.00 125. Annette Kamm USA 9.15 2.02 126. Heather Johnston USA 9.15 2.02 127. Wanda Howlett USA 9.18 2.05 128. Shannon Greenhill USA 9.19 2.06 129. Carol Breed USA 9.19 2.06 130. Gina Grain CAN 9.19 2.06 131. Kristi Hill USA 9.19 2.06 132. Rachael Pendleton-Casto USA 9.24 2.11 133. Jennifer Davidson USA 9.26 2.13 134. Lenora Felker GER 9.28 2.15 135. Jessica Haddock USA 9.32 2.19 136. Suzie Forsyth USA 9.33 2.20 137. Sherri Stedje USA 9.42 2.29 138. Courtney Hagg USA 9.47 2.34 |