1997 Results
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Brief:By the width of a tire, Ina Teutenberg edged Karen Bliss Livingston at the finish line of the 34.7-mile Idaho Statehouse Criterium Saturday at the International Women’s Challenge.After 45 laps, the finish between Teutenberg (Office Depot) and Livingston (Saturn) required examination of the photo finish to determine the winner. "She didn’t know and I didn’t know," said Teutenberg. Teutenberg, a German, moved into a spot behind a train of Saturn riders, led by Elizabeth Emery and including Karen Kurreck and Dede Demet. "It wasn’t easy to catch it, you know," said Teutenberg, the Tour de Vendee champion. Teutenberg followed the Saturn express around the final lap as Emery moved out of the lead spot after the opening corners, followed by Kurreck in the back stretch and Demet in the final corners. Teutenberg finally jumped around Livingston with two corners to go. "I hesitated just a little," Livingston said. "It made a difference in the end." Teutenberg came around the final corner with a length lead over Livingston, but the U.S. criterium champion closed the gap to whisker at the finish line. "She was faster, actually," Teutenberg said. Petra Rossner (Office Max) of Germany, the First Union Liberty Champion, was third, a bike length behind the top two riders. Overall leader Linda Jackson (Saeco-Timex) finished 23rd with the same time as the leaders, safely maintaining her 50-second lead over Teutenberg’s teammate, Valentina Polkhanova of Russia, with one stage to go. Jackson said the most dangerous moment of the criterium stage for her was a two-rider breakaway, involving Demet and Anna Wilson (Australia), both of whom are former overall winners of this race. The pair kept their lead for 13 laps, with Jackson’s teammates Susy Pryde, Kendra Wenzel and Pam Schuster ensuring that the break would not get away. "I panicked a little when Anna got off, but Kendra is such a calm captain," Jackson said. "They just brought it back." Once Demet was finally caught with 22 laps to go, the field seemed content to have the stage end in a field sprint. Only the final, 64 kms Emmett to Hyde Park Road Race remains between Jackson and the overall victory which eluded her a year ago. It will also be the final chance for an American to win a stage at the most important women’s race in the country. Anna Wilson's Report Well it was fast and furious and we actually broke the course record by one second! So a bonus of $500 to the winner. Unfortunately it wasn't me! Karen Barrow of Australia and Ina Teutenberg took off from the gun and were holding the bunch at 20 seconds for ages. I was aiming to secure the sprint jersey in the tour and so in the end Karen had to sit up and wait for the field so that I could get the points for the sprints. In the first sprint I finished second as Ina was still just away. Karen backed the bunch off behind me and Dede Demet and I ended up in a break. We hovered between 10 and 15 seconds for enough laps for me to collect the last two sprints. Dede was just a driver. My heart-rate was on 182 for ages and I was doing about 20 metre turns while Dede did about 800 metres. Anyway, after the last sprint I was just cooked and I tried to work more but the bunch was closing and in the end I just said to Dede "I can't do this any more" and I sat up. Sitting in the bunch was bliss after that! I spent a few laps recovering while Dede was straight back into the action - I don't know how she does it. Anyway, there was also a complicated prime for $600 up. There were 3 laps designated as sprint laps but you had to be the winner of the fastest lap to win the money. So you could win 2 of them and not get the money just because the bunch hadn't travelled fast enough on that lap. Well on the second one of these laps James Victor called us to go for it because we had come into the lap fast as someone had just attacked and I was right behind Tracey so we were well positioned for it. I called to Tracey to go for it and she took me round and then a Russian attacked which was probably good because it kept the speed high and I went with her and rolled her on the line. In the finish, all the Saturn riders were up there to try and get Karen Bliss up for the win. I was feeling pretty spent by then and realised I wouldn't have the legs to be competitive in the finish. I just tried to stay near the front. With 1 and a half laps to go I was well and truly out of contention and Saturn were doing a great job for Karen. The field was starting to gap with the pace. I was dead and went backwards very quickly and would have lost a few seconds in the finish. Saturn continued to lead Karen Bliss out but with 2 corners left Ina Teutenberg jumped round her. Karen Bliss got her wheel but Ina backed into her and they both sprinted out of the final corner. It was a photo finish and Ina was awarded the victory over Karen Bliss. Petra was third. Tomorrow is the final day and Linda Jackson still has her commanding lead so she looks good for the tour win. I now have the sprint jersey secured so the only thing left to go for is the final stage win. Stage 5, Idaho Statehouse Criterium, 64 kms:1. Ina Teutenberg GER 1.21.26 2. Karen Livingston USA 3. Petra Rossner GER 4. Debby Mansveld NED 5. Kendra Wenzel USA 6. Dede Demet USA 7. Carmen Richardson USA 8. Svetlana Samokhvalova RUS 9. Jolanta Polikeviciute LIT 10. Karen Kurreck USA 11. Heidi Van De Vijver BEL 12. Sherri Stedje USA 13. Evi Gensheimer GER 14. Pam Schuster USA 15. Julie Young USA 16. Marie Holjer SWE 17. Mari Holden USA 18. Susy Pryde NZL 19. Jacinta Coleman NZL 20. Zita Urbonaite LIT 21. Anne Samplonius CAN 22. Cheryl Binney USA 23. Linda Jackson CAN 24. Stacey Peters USA 25. Angela Hillinga NED 26. Tammy Jacques USA 27. Jeannie Longo FRA 28. Mirjam Melchers NED 29. Kathy Watt AUS 30. Vera Hohlfeld GER 31. Annette Kamm USA 32. Diana Ziliute LIT 33. Alla Epifanova RUS 34. Alessandra Cappellotto ITA 35. Alison Sydor CAN 36. Leigh Hobson CAN 37. Sarah Ulmer NZL 38. Elizabeth Emery USA 39. Sandra Rombouts NED 40. Valentina Polkhanova RUS 41. Chrissy Redden CAN 42. Eve Marie Mochel FRA 43. Elizabeth Tadich AUS 44. Anna Wilson AUS s.t. 45. Melanie McQuaid CAN 0.19 46. Edita Pucinskaite LIT 0.19 47. Rasa Polikeviciute LIT 0.19 48. Miranda Briggs USA 0.19 49. Louisa Jenkins USA 0.19 50. Joan Wilson USA 0.19 51. Tina Mayolo USA 0.19 52. Christy Nicholson USA 0.19 53. Brooke Blackwelder USA 0.19 54. Lesley Tomlinson CAN 0.19 55. Gina Grain CAN 0.19 56. Leah Goldstein CAN 0.19 57. Michelle Orem USA 0.19 58. Maureen Kaila Vergara USA 0.19 59. Juanita Feldhahn AUS 0.19 60. Bettina Younge USA 0.19 61. Ruthie Matthes USA 0.19 62. Kim Erdoes USA 0.19 63. Giana Roberge USA 0.19 64. Kim Langton CAN 0.19 65. Keri Silk USA 0.19 66. Tana Stone USA 0.19 67. Alison Dunlap USA 0.19 68. Sophie St. Jacques CAN 0.19 69. Odessa Gunn USA 0.19 70. Aileen Loe USA 0.19 71. Joanna Lawn NZL 0.19 72. Angela Roderiguez USA 0.19 73. Cybil Di Guistini CAN 0.19 74. Ward Griffiths USA 0.19 75. Cynthia Ferguson USA 0.19 76. Meike de Bruijn NED 0.19 77. Bonnie Breeze USA 0.19 78. Karen Timewell CAN 0.19 79. Wanda Howlett USA 0.19 80. Sandra Kolb USA 0.19 81. Tracey Gaudry AUS 0.19 82. Yvonne Brunen NED 0.19 83. Marisa Vande Velde USA 0.19 84. Stacey Spencer CAN 0.19 85. Zulfija Zabirova RUS 0.19 86. Nicole Gingles CAN 0.19 87. Inge Aiken USA 0.19 88. Karen Barrow AUS 0.19 89. Kim Boester USA 0.19 90. Barbara Heeb SWZ 1.11 91. Emily Robbins USA 1.56 92. Annie Gariepy CAN 2.02 93. Katrina Frederick USA 2.02 94. Sandy Espeseth CAN 2.08 95. Mandy Poitras CAN 2.28 96. Kathleen Gleason USA 2.28 97. Raydeen Stevens USA 3.15 98. Marjon Marik USA 3.42 99. Lisa Klein USA 3.52 100. Leigh Fulwood USA 3.52 101. Kim Palmer AUS 3.52 102. Muffy Roy CAN 3.52 103. Heather Johnston USA 3.52 104. Jane Despas AUS 3.52 105. Beth Mundy USA 3.52 106. Jennifer Davidson USA 3.52 107. Suzie Forsyth USA 3.52 108. Kelly Crawford USA 3.52 109. Carolyn Donnelly USA 3.52 110. Carol Breed USA 3.52 111. M.C. Jenni USA 3.52 112. Rebecca Bailey NZL 4.31 113. Maria Hassan NZL 4.31 114. Allison Beall USA 5.05 115. Kristi Hill USA 5.05 116. Marg Fedyna CAN 5.05 117. Kim Smith USA 5.25 118. Lyne Bessett CAN 5.49 119. Trish Sinclair CAN 5.49 120. Elizabeth Benishin USA 6.15 121. Olge Slyoussatera RUS 6.15 GC after Stage 5
1. Linda Jackson CAN 9.35.22 2. Valentina Polkhanova RUS 0.50 3. Diana Ziliute LIT 1.15 4. Jeannie Longo FRA 1.22 5. Rasa Polikeviciute LIT 1.31 6. Edita Pucinskaite LIT 1.37 7. Alessandra Cappellotto ITA 1.39 8. Alison Sydor CAN 2.05 9. Meike de Bruijn NED 2.07 10. Jolanta Polikeviciute LIT 2.08 11. Susy Pryde NZL 2.27 12. Kathy Watt AUS 2.33 13. Zulfija Zabirova RUS 2.39 14. Anna Wilson AUS 2.42 15. Mari Holden USA 2.42 16. Barbara Heeb SWZ 2.50 17. Marie Holjer SWE 3.04 18. Julie Young USA 3.22 19. Alison Dunlap USA 3.46 20. Karen Kurreck USA 3.55 21. Tammy Jacques USA 3.58 22. Vera Hohlfeld GER 4.11 23. Dede Demet USA 4.37 24. Svetlana Samokhvalova RUS 4.39 25. Heidi Van De Vijver BEL 4.40 26. Joanna Lawn NZL 4.41 27. Jacinta Coleman NZL 4.45 28. Evi Gensheimer GER 4.48 29. Chrissy Redden CAN 5.02 30. Leigh Hobson CAN 5.07 31. Tana Stone USA 5.08 32. Alla Epifanova RUS 5.14 33. Elizabeth Tadich AUS 5.29 34. Tracey Gaudry AUS 5.35 35. Cheryl Binney USA 5.36 36. Pam Schuster USA 5.37 37. Joan Wilson USA 5.41 38. Carmen Richardson USA 5.51 39. Melanie McQuaid CAN 6.29 40. Zita Urbonaite LIT 6.39 41. Maureen Kaila Vergara USA 6.51 42. Stacey Peters USA 6.54 43. Juanita Feldhahn AUS 6.56 44. Sandra Rombouts NED 6.58 45. Rebecca Bailey NZL 7.32 46. Sarah Ulmer NZL 8.01 47. Carolyn Donnelly USA 9.18 48. Lyne Bessett CAN 9.29 49. Mirjam Melchers NED 10.00 50. Ruthie Matthes USA 11.25 51. Muffy Roy CAN 11.34 52. Cybil Di Guistini CAN 14.26 53. Lesley Tomlinson CAN 14.30 54. Kim Langton CAN 14.50 55. Emily Robbins USA 14.53 56. Elizabeth Emery USA 14.53 57. Petra Rossner GER 15.56 58. Sandy Espeseth CAN 16.16 59. Giana Roberge USA 17.23 60. Louisa Jenkins USA 18.20 61. Yvonne Brunen NED 19.39 62. Inge Aiken USA 20.18 63. Sandra Kolb USA 21.16 64. Odessa Gunn USA 21.20 65. Leah Goldstein CAN 21.47 66. Tina Mayolo USA 21.47 67. Jane Despas AUS 23.11 68. Stacey Spencer CAN 27.48 69. Ward Griffiths USA 27.48 70. Miranda Briggs USA 30.05 71. Kathleen Gleason USA 30.30 72. Brooke Blackwelder USA 30.55 73. Kim Boester USA 30.59 74. Kim Smith USA 33.27 75. Annie Gariepy CAN 33.32 76. Carol Breed USA 33.54 77. Michelle Orem USA 34.01 78. Keri Silk USA 34.24 79. Kim Erdoes USA 34.47 80. Trish Sinclair CAN 35.29 81. Kendra Wenzel USA 35.55 82. Karen Livingston USA 36.18 83. Raydeen Stevens USA 37.03 84. Cynthia Ferguson USA 37.08 85. Marg Fedyna CAN 37.14 86. Christy Nicholson USA 38.07 87. Kelly Crawford USA 38.40 88. Angela Roderiguez USA 39.10 89. Debby Mansveld NED 39.14 90. Nicole Gingles CAN 40.03 91. Katrina Frederick USA 40.22 92. Karen Timewell CAN 40.34 93. Lisa Klein USA 41.28 94. Maria Hassan NZL 42.20 95. Sophie St. Jacques CAN 42.40 96. Marjon Marik USA 43.37 97. Bettina Younge USA 44.27 98. Kim Palmer AUS 44.37 99. Eve Marie Mochel FRA 44.57 100. Beth Mundy USA 45.47 101. Mandy Poitras CAN 46.00 102. Angela Hillinga NED 47.52 103. Wanda Howlett USA 48.10 104. Annette Kamm USA 49.21 105. Gina Grain CAN 49.37 106. Anne Samplonius CAN 50.34 107. Ina Teutenberg GER 51.32 108. Kristi Hill USA 51.42 109. Marisa Vande Velde USA 53.27 110. Aileen Loe USA 53.38 111. Olge Slyoussatera RUS 54.49 112. M.C. Jenni USA 55.37 113. Karen Barrow AUS 56.09 114. Leigh Fulwood USA 58.32 115. Heather Johnston USA 58.39 116. Sherri Stedje USA 1.09.20 117. Bonnie Breeze USA 1.10.50 118. Allison Beall USA 1.11.45 119. Suzie Forsyth USA 1.15.40 120. Elizabeth Benishin USA 1.17.41 121. Jennifer Davidson USA 1.19.19 |