1997 Results
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Brief:The Dream Team won the day, but Linda Jackson kept a comfortable overall lead after the third stage of the Hewlett-Packard International Women’s Challenge.Lithuanian Diana Ziliute (HP Toner), one of eight members of the Italian-based Dream Team competing in this race, came from behind to win the sprint over 21 other riders at the end of the 104 km stage. Ziliute edged Dede Demet (Saturn) in the final 100 meters for the win. "It was very difficult and I didn’t ever believe I could win this race," Ziliute said through an interpreter. Ziliute was not among the first 15 riders to crest the 8,700-foot summit of Galena Pass, 50 kms into the windy, chilly race. First over the climb was Jeannie Longo (Longo-Ebly) followed by Jackson (Saeco-Timex) and Valentina Polkhanova (Office Depot). The trio led for six miles to the bottom of the climb, where they were joined by eight other riders, including four more Dream Team members. Soon four more riders, including Demet and Alison Dunlap (Office Max) -- winner of this stage each of the past two years -- joined the lead group. "I could still see the cars when I hit the top, so I thought I would go for it and catch them," Demet said. Throughout the final 32 kms, Demet, Mari Holden (Office Depot) and Kathy Watt (Texas Premier) kept pushing the pace as Ziliute was among a group of seven riders still chasing to catch them. That final group did not catch the leaders until the final three miles, setting up the final sprint. "Longo attacked with a kilometer to go," Demet said. "I was pretty far back and I just kind of snuck up the left side. Diana was all the way over on the right. She got me at the line." Demet was relegated to 22nd place -- last among the lead group -- for "cutting the course to gain an advantage in the sprint," a move noted by several other riders. The revised finish put Marie Holjer (Ralph’s-Klein) in second place, followed by Dunlap, one of three top mountain bikers to finish in the lead group. "I definitely wanted to win this," Dunlap said. "I just don’t have that snap anymore." For Jackson, who finished 12th in the stage, it was a perfect finish. By finishing with the same time as her competitors, she maintained her 50-second lead over Polkhanova. Rasa Polikeviciute (HP Toner) is 1:12 behind, followed by Ziliute, 1:15 behind. "Today was hump day for us, really," Jackson said. "It was a difficult stage for us and we were pretty vulnerable." During the stage’s opening stretch from Stanley to the base of Galena Pass, Jackson’s Saeco-Timex teammates were forced to work continually to bring small breaks back, mainly driven by an aggressive Australian team. Once those were absorbed, Polkhanova’s teammate Ina Teutenberg moved to the front and forced the tempo for about eight miles. The field reached the base of the Galena climb together. Tomorrow’s stage five is the Idaho Statehouse Criterium, covering 34.7-miles. Saturn’s Karen Bliss Livingston won this stage last year. Anna Wilson's Report Hi Bill, Well Stage 4 is over and it didn't go too well for us Aussies. Not a disaster though! In the middle of the stage was an 8km climb and once over that it was a pretty fast 50 km to the finish. The bunch was all together at the base of the climb and once over the top there were several groups. The front group consisted of all the climbers. Not far behind was a second group and I was part of a third group. We were chasing hard down the descent and then I broke a spoke and had to stop for a wheel change. Not long after that I was caught by a 4th group which contained Tracey Gaudry and pretty soon a 5th group caught us which contained Liz Tadich and Juanita Feldhahn. So with all the Australians present we set out to catch the three groups in front. The three front groups ended up merging not far from the finish and Diana Ziluite won the sprint from Dede Demet. Our group never quite got there - we finished about 15 seconds behind. So we had a pretty hard day for not a lot of reward. Tomorrow is the criterium which I am looking forward to. Linda Jackson is looking good for the tour win at this stage with only a criterium and a pretty short final stage to go. Stage 4, Stanley - Ketchum, 102 kms:1. Diana Ziliute LIT 2.31.27 2. Marie Holjer SWE 3. Alison Dunlap USA 4. Susy Pryde NZL 5. Mari Holden USA 6. Alessandra Cappellotto ITA 7. Karen Kurreck USA 8. Julie Young USA 9. Edita Pucinskaite LIT 10. Valentina Polkhanova RUS 11. Rasa Polikeviciute LIT 12. Linda Jackson CAN 13. Tammy Jacques USA 14. Barbara Heeb SWZ 15. Jolanta Polikeviciute LIT 16. Mirjam Melchers NED 17. Meike de Bruijn NED 18. Kathy Watt AUS 19. Jeannie Longo FRA 20. Rebecca Bailey NZL 21. Alison Sydor CAN s.t. 22. Dede Demet USA 0.02 23. Yvonne Brunen NED 0.40 24. Svetlana Samokhvalova RUS 0.40 25. Evi Gensheimer GER 0.40 26. Carmen Richardson USA 0.40 27. Stacey Peters USA 0.40 28. Vera Hohlfeld GER 0.40 29. Cheryl Binney USA 0.40 30. Joan Wilson USA 0.40 31. Melanie McQuaid CAN 0.40 32. Alla Epifanova RUS 0.40 33. Chrissy Redden CAN 0.40 34. Tana Stone USA 0.40 35. Jacinta Coleman NZL 0.40 36. Leigh Hobson CAN 0.40 37. Sarah Ulmer NZL 0.40 38. Maureen Kaila Vergara USA 0.40 39. Heidi Van De Vijver BEL 0.40 40. Zita Urbonaite LIT 0.40 41. Juanita Feldhahn AUS 0.40 42. Sandra Rombouts NED 0.40 43. Joanna Lawn NZL 0.40 44. Elizabeth Tadich AUS 0.40 45. Pam Schuster USA 0.40 46. Ruthie Matthes USA 0.40 47. Lyne Bessett CAN 0.40 48. Anna Wilson AUS 0.40 49. Louisa Jenkins USA 0.40 50. Zulfija Zabirova RUS 0.40 51. Muffy Roy CAN 0.40 52. Tracey Gaudry AUS 0.40 53. Carolyn Donnelly USA 0.40 54. Miranda Briggs USA 6.31 55. Stacey Spencer CAN 6.31 56. Cybil Di Guistini CAN 6.31 57. Debby Mansveld NED 6.31 58. Leah Goldstein CAN 6.31 59. Michelle Orem USA 6.31 60. Eve Marie Mochel FRA 6.31 61. Sandy Espeseth CAN 6.31 62. Carol Breed USA 6.31 63. Jane Despas AUS 6.31 64. Kelly Crawford USA 6.31 65. Katrina Frederick USA 6.31 66. Brooke Blackwelder USA 6.31 67. Kim Boester USA 6.31 68. Cynthia Ferguson USA 6.31 69. Emily Robbins USA 6.31 70. Sandra Kolb USA 6.31 71. Nicole Gingles CAN 6.31 72. Lesley Tomlinson CAN 6.31 73. Inge Aiken USA 6.31 74. Bettina Younge USA 8.25 75. Kathleen Gleason USA 8.28 76. Marg Fedyna CAN 8.28 77. Kim Erdoes USA 8.28 78. Tina Mayolo USA 8.28 79. Elizabeth Emery USA 8.28 80. Kim Langton CAN 8.28 81. Christy Nicholson USA 8.28 82. Annette Kamm USA 8.28 83. Annie Gariepy CAN 8.28 84. Karen Timewell CAN 8.28 85. Petra Rossner GER 8.28 86. Lisa Klein USA 8.28 87. Karen Barrow AUS 10.57 88. Olge Slyoussatera RUS 10.57 89. Gina Grain CAN 10.57 90. Maria Hassan NZL 10.57 91. Marjon Marik USA 10.57 92. Beth Mundy USA 10.57 93. Angela Hillinga NED 10.57 94. Odessa Gunn USA 10.57 95. Marisa Vande Velde USA 10.57 96. Ward Griffiths USA 10.57 97. Angela Roderiguez USA 10.57 98. Raydeen Stevens USA 10.57 99. Aileen Loe USA 10.57 100. Keri Silk USA 10.57 101. Wanda Howlett USA 10.57 102. Bonnie Breeze USA 10.57 103. Giana Roberge USA 10.57 104. Kendra Wenzel USA 10.57 105. Karen Livingston USA 10.57 106. Trish Sinclair CAN 14.43 107. M.C. Jenni USA 14.57 108. Kim Palmer AUS 14.57 109. Sophie St. Jacques CAN 14.57 110. Kim Smith USA 14.57 111. Kristi Hill USA 14.57 112. Heather Johnston USA 16.15 113. Ina Teutenberg GER 16.15 114. Anne Samplonius CAN 16.15 115. Mandy Poitras CAN 16.15 116. Jennifer Davidson USA 16.15 117. Leigh Fulwood USA 16.15 118. Sherri Stedje USA 16.15 119. Allison Beall USA 16.15 120. Suzie Forsyth USA 29.30 121. Elizabeth Benishin USA 31.13 122. Rachael Pendleton-Casto USA 36.30 123. Lenora Felker GER 38.57 GC after Stage 4
1. Linda Jackson CAN 8.13.56 2. Valentina Polkhanova RUS 0.50 3. Rasa Polikeviciute LIT 1.12 4. Diana Ziliute LIT 1.15 5. Edita Pucinskaite LIT 1.18 6. Jeannie Longo FRA 1.22 7. Alessandra Cappellotto ITA 1.39 8. Barbara Heeb SWZ 1.39 9. Meike de Bruijn NED 1.48 10. Alison Sydor CAN 2.05 11. Jolanta Polikeviciute LIT 2.08 12. Zulfija Zabirova RUS 2.20 13. Susy Pryde NZL 2.27 14. Kathy Watt AUS 2.33 15. Anna Wilson AUS 2.42 16. Mari Holden USA 2.42 17. Rebecca Bailey NZL 3.01 18. Marie Holjer SWE 3.04 19. Julie Young USA 3.22 20. Alison Dunlap USA 3.27 21. Lyne Bessett CAN 3.40 22. Karen Kurreck USA 3.55 23. Tammy Jacques USA 3.58 24. Vera Hohlfeld GER 4.11 25. Joanna Lawn NZL 4.22 26. Dede Demet USA 4.37 27. Svetlana Samokhvalova RUS 4.39 28. Heidi Van De Vijver BEL 4.40 29. Jacinta Coleman NZL 4.45 30. Evi Gensheimer GER 4.48 31. Tana Stone USA 4.49 32. Chrissy Redden CAN 5.02 33. Leigh Hobson CAN 5.07 34. Alla Epifanova RUS 5.14 35. Tracey Gaudry AUS 5.16 36. Joan Wilson USA 5.22 37. Carolyn Donnelly USA 5.26 38. Elizabeth Tadich AUS 5.29 39. Cheryl Binney USA 5.36 40. Pam Schuster USA 5.37 41. Carmen Richardson USA 5.51 42. Melanie McQuaid CAN 6.10 43. Maureen Kaila Vergara USA 6.32 44. Juanita Feldhahn AUS 6.37 45. Zita Urbonaite LIT 6.39 46. Stacey Peters USA 6.54 47. Sandra Rombouts NED 6.58 48. Muffy Roy CAN 7.42 49. Sarah Ulmer NZL 8.01 50. Mirjam Melchers NED 10.00 51. Ruthie Matthes USA 11.06 52. Emily Robbins USA 12.57 53. Cybil Di Guistini CAN 14.07 54. Sandy Espeseth CAN 14.08 55. Lesley Tomlinson CAN 14.11 56. Kim Langton CAN 14.31 57. Elizabeth Emery USA 14.53 58. Petra Rossner GER 15.56 59. Giana Roberge USA 17.04 60. Louisa Jenkins USA 18.01 61. Jane Despas AUS 19.19 62. Yvonne Brunen NED 19.20 63. Inge Aiken USA 19.59 64. Sandra Kolb USA 20.57 65. Odessa Gunn USA 21.01 66. Leah Goldstein CAN 21.28 67. Tina Mayolo USA 21.28 68. Stacey Spencer CAN 27.29 69. Ward Griffiths USA 27.29 70. Kathleen Gleason USA 28.02 71. Kim Smith USA 28.02 72. Trish Sinclair CAN 29.40 73. Miranda Briggs USA 29.46 74. Carol Breed USA 30.02 75. Brooke Blackwelder USA 30.36 76. Kim Boester USA 30.40 77. Annie Gariepy CAN 31.30 78. Marg Fedyna CAN 32.09 79. Michelle Orem USA 33.42 80. Raydeen Stevens USA 33.48 81. Keri Silk USA 34.05 82. Kim Erdoes USA 34.28 83. Kelly Crawford USA 34.48 84. Kendra Wenzel USA 35.55 85. Karen Livingston USA 36.18 86. Cynthia Ferguson USA 36.49 87. Lisa Klein USA 37.36 88. Christy Nicholson USA 37.48 89. Maria Hassan NZL 37.49 90. Katrina Frederick USA 38.20 91. Angela Hillinga NED 38.27 92. Angela Roderiguez USA 38.51 93. Debby Mansveld NED 39.14 94. Nicole Gingles CAN 39.44 95. Marjon Marik USA 39.55 96. Karen Timewell CAN 40.15 97. Kim Palmer AUS 40.45 98. Beth Mundy USA 41.55 99. Sophie St. Jacques CAN 42.21 100. Bettina Younge USA 44.08 101. Eve Marie Mochel FRA 44.57 102. Anne Samplonius CAN 46.27 103. Kristi Hill USA 46.37 104. Ina Teutenberg GER 47.25 105. Wanda Howlett USA 47.51 106. Olge Slyoussatera RUS 48.34 107. Mandy Poitras CAN 48.50 108. Gina Grain CAN 49.18 109. Annette Kamm USA 49.21 110. M.C. Jenni USA 51.45 111. Marisa Vande Velde USA 53.08 112. Aileen Loe USA 53.19 113. Heather Johnston USA 54.47 114. Karen Barrow AUS 55.50 115. Leigh Fulwood USA 59.58 116. Bonnie Breeze USA 1.01.06 117. Allison Beall USA 1.02.33 118. Sherri Stedje USA 1.05.13 119. Jennifer Davidson USA 1.11.20 120. Elizabeth Benishin USA 1.11.26 121. Suzie Forsyth USA 1.11.48 |