1999 HP Women's Challenge, Cat 2.9.1

Main Page Giana Roberge reports: The first thing that struck me as we drove to the time trial course was the remote location. Jim Rabdou must have looked with desperation for this particular desolate, hell stricken, barren section of forty kilometer road. There would be prevailing head winds, bumpy roads, cattle guards, and rolling (big rollers) hills to contend with. And I did not even know the half of it. As we neared the sign for team parking it became evident that the first five kilometers would be climbing. I would estimate it was about a category three climb, 12 percent grade for a 668 foot elevation gain. It was a climb that would shatter the peloton in a road race. It was not an enjoyable way to begin a time trial, and a forty kilometer point to point at that. I will save you all the illustrative description of the suffering, the body racking road quality, and the relentless head and cross winds. We were in the desert and it was arid, windy and hot. There was a lot of carnage roadside; and, I don't mean the just the dead animals. People were suffering. Cybil did the job she needed to do, taking the jersey the team had positioned her for. Sarah and Annie both had competitive rides, moving Team Elita into eighth in the team competition. Kim, Sophie and I survived, saving ourselves to help defend Cybil's young rider's jersey the next two days. Elizabeth Emery (Celestial Seasonings - 1997 Time Trial Champion) had a stunning second place ride to Jeannie Longo. I cannot give EE enough accolades as she is one of the kindest, funniest and toughest in the bunch. Kim Bruckner (Cox Velo) also had a great ride, finishing fourth. It is great to see a new team on the podium. Anna Wilson finished third; albeit with a Camel Bak... she may have been the smartest of the starters. Stage 11, Swan Falls to Melba, ITT, 39.7 kms: 1. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (Fra) Ebly 1.03.13 2. Elizabeth Emery (USA) Celestial Seasonings 0.55 3. Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn 1.47 4. Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Cox Atlanta Velo 1.56 5. Tracey Gaudry (Aus) Ebly 1.59 6. Maureen Vergara (Esa) OfficeMax 2.01 7. Zoulfija Zabirova (Rus) HP Toner 2.07 8. Mari Holden (USA) HP Toner 2.29 9. Andrea Ratkovic-Bowman (USA) Scapin 3.01 10. Alison Dunlap (USA) Staples 3.04 11. Anne Samplonius (Can) Canadian National 3.12 12. Clara Hughes (Can) Saturn 3.17 13. Kathy Watt (Aus) Boise Cascade Office Products 3.23 14. Tina Mayolo (USA) Celestial Seasonings 3.32 15. Sarah Ulmer (NZ) Elita 3.39 16. Anke Erlank (RSA) Timex 4.12 17. Barbara Heeb (Swi) Equipe Nurnberger-Emmi 4.12 18. Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadian National 4.51 19. Linda Jackson (Can) Timex 4.54 20. Ceris Gilfillan (GB) British National 4.59 21. Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Boise Cascade Office Products 5.02 22. Cybil Diguistini (Can) Elita 5.14 23. Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National 5.31 24. Pam Schuster (USA) Timex 5.31 25. Susy Pryde (NZ) Saturn 5.38 26. Dianna Rast (Swi) Equipe Nurnberger-Emmi 6.11 27. Annie Gariepy (Can) Elita 6.21 28. Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Staples 6.39 29. Chrissy Redden (Can) Canadian National 6.56 30. Aileen Loe (USA) Goldy's 6.58 31. Alison Sydor (Can) Canadian National 7.07 32. Mina Pizzini (USA) GU/Stoneyfield 7.10 33. Caroline Alexander (GB) British National 7.15 34. Juanita Feldhan (Aus) Ebly 7.22 35. Katrina Friedrich (USA) GU/Stoneyfield 7.29 36. Odessa Gunn (Can) Charles Schwab/Flexiblock 7.30 37. Marie Holjer (Swe) Charles Schwab/Flexiblock 7.34 38. Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) HP Toner 7.36 39. Jamie Nicholson (USA) GU/Stoneyfield 7.36 40. Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 7.42 41. Leah Goldstein (Can) Physical Culture 7.49 42. Carianne Pullar (USA) Saturn of Bellevue 7.55 43. Julie Young (USA) Timex 8.00 44. Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) HP Toner 8.01 45. Giana Roberge (USA) Elita 8.12 46. Jennifer Buntz (USA) Landis/Toyota Everyday 8.12 47. Marisa VandeVelde (USA) Celestial Seasonings 8.15 48. Leigh Hobson (Can) Charles Schwab/Flexiblock 8.20 49. Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Staples 8.27 50. Stacey Peters (USA) Physical Culture 8.29 51. Magali LeFloch (Fra) Office Depot 8.38 52. Mary Georgetti (USA) GU/Stoneyfield 8.49 53. Sue Shook-Byrnes (USA) OfficeMax 8.50 54. Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) HP Toner 8.54 55. Carol Breed (USA) Goldy's 9.04 56. Kerstin Scheitle (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger-Emmi 9.10 57. Lucia Pizzolotto (Ita) Office Depot 9.11 58. Erin Veenstra (USA) Scapin 9.17 59. Jen Dial (USA) Scapin 9.28 60. Roz Reekie-May (NZ) Celestial Seasonings 9.33 61. Laurence Restoin (Fra) Ebly 9.37 62. Kerry Hellmuth (USA) Scapin 9.41 63. Candice Blickem (USA) Saturn of Bellevue 9.41 64. Ljudmila Corneo (Ita) Office Depot 9.43 65. Cynthia Ferguson (USA) Charles Schwab/Flexiblock 9.49 66. Christy Nicholson (USA) OfficeMax 9.53 67. Barbara Delvai (Ita) Office Depot 10.03 68. Bridget Evans (Aus) OfficeMax 10.04 69. Elisabeth Chevannes-Brun (Fra) Staples 10.08 70. Leah Toffolon (USA) Celestial Seasonings 10.11 71. Evi Genshiemer (Ger) Staples 10.16 72. Bianca Netzler (Sam) OfficeMax 10.28 73. Muffy Roy (USA) Physical Culture 10.30 74. Marg Fedyna (Can) Physical Culture 10.36 75. Nikki Gugliotta (USA) Cox Atlanta Velo 10.38 76. Laura Shufford (USA) Cox Atlanta Velo 10.39 77. Jane Despas (Aus) OfficeMax 10.40 78. Angie Vargas (USA) Cox Atlanta Velo 11.15 79. Iona Wynter (Jam) Cox Atlanta Velo 11.58 80. Natascha Klewitz (Ger) German National 12.16 81. Kim Smith (USA) Boise Cascade Office Products 12.19 82. Karen Timewell (Can) Physical Culture 12.20 83. Erica Green (RSA) Boise Cascade Office Products 12.39 84. Sophie St.Jacques (Can) Elita 12.57 85. Andrea Foster (USA) Scapin 13.12 86. Cecelia Potts (USA) Celestial Seasonings 13.19 87. Angela Hunter (GB) British National 13.47 88. Carolyn Donnelly (USA) Landis/Toyota Everyday 13.50 89. Brenda Black (USA) Scapin 13.50 90. Gina Grain (Can) Physical Culture 13.54 91. Sabrina Arhab (Fra) Ebly 13.57 92. Silvia Zoller (Swi) Equipe Nurnberger-Emmi 14.19 93. Tina Liebig (Ger) German National 14.33 94. Vanessa Cheatley (NZ) Boise Cascade Office Products 14.35 95. Tracy Timms (USA) Goldy's 15.26 96. Melissa Lemke (USA) Landis/Toyota Everyday 16.28 97. Marjon Marik (USA) Cox Atlanta Velo 16.47 98. Liz Tadich (Aus) Staples 17.11 99. Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Goldy's 17.15 100. Laurie Furman (USA) Landis/Toyota Everyday 17.15 101. Laura Moffett (USA) Landis/Toyota Everyday 18.38 102. Kim Langton (Can) Elita 20.11 103. Jennifer McRae (USA) Timex 20.12 104. Connie Dreher (Ger) German National 20.18 105. M.C. Jenni (USA) Goldy's 20.20 106. Kendra Wenzel (USA) Timex 21.04 107. Cheryl Binney (USA) Charles Schwab/Flexiblock 22.05 108. Petra Rossner (Ger) German National 22.47 109. Ina Teutenberg (Ger) German National 23.02 110. Karen Dunne (USA) Goldy's 26.08 Points: 1. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (Fra) Ebly 30 2. Elizabeth Emery (USA) Celestial Seasonings 24 3. Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn 20 4. Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Cox Atlanta Velo 18 5. Tracey Gaudry (Aus) Ebly 16 6. Maureen Vergara (Esa) OfficeMax 14 GC after Stage 11 1. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (Fra) Ebly 24.06.09 2. Mari Holden (USA) HP Toner 3.44 3. Zoulfija Zabirova (Rus) HP Toner 5.02 4. Alison Dunlap (USA) Staples 5.23 5. Linda Jackson (Can) Timex 6.05 6. Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Boise Cascade Office Prod 7.32 7. Barbara Heeb (Swi) Equipe Nurnberger-Emmi 9.04 8. Tracey Gaudry (Aus) Ebly 9.35 9. Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) HP Toner 9.39 10. Caroline Alexander (Gbr) British National 9.54 11. Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Cox Atlanta Velo 9.59 12. Sarah Ulmer (Nzl) Elita 10.54 13. Kathy Watt (Aus) Boise Cascade Office Prod 11.22 14. Andrea Ratkovic-Bowman (USA) Scapin 11.41 15. Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) HP Toner 12.28 16. Susy Pryde (Nzl) Saturn 12.31 17. Elizabeth Emery (USA) Celestial Seasonings 13.08 18. Cybil Diguistini (Can) Elita 14.05 19. Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Staples 14.36 20. Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 14.58 21. Alison Sydor (Can) Canadian National 15.23 22. Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadian National 15.31 23. Anke Erlank (RSA) Timex 15.43 24. Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn 16.10 25. Elisabeth Chevannes-Brunel (Fra) Staples 16.23 26. Leigh Hobson (Can) Charles Schwab/Flexiblock 16.41 27. Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National 16.45 28. Kerstin Scheitle (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger-Emmi 16.47 29. Kim Smith (USA) Boise Cascade Office Prod 16.54 30. Roz Reekie-May (Nzl) Celestial Seasonings 17.12 31. Chrissy Redden (Can) Canadian National 17.38 32. Lucia Pizzolotto (Ita) Office Depot 18.03 33. Marie Holjer (Swe) Charles Schwab/Flexiblock 18.29 34. Magali LeFloch (Fra) Office Depot 19.26 35. Jen Dial (USA) Scapin 20.23 36. Julie Young (USA) Timex 20.29 37. Pam Schuster (USA) Timex 21.02 38. Maureen Vergara (Esa) OfficeMax 21.54 39. Muffy Roy (USA) Physical Culture 22.50 40. Jamie Nicholson (USA) GU/Stoneyfield 23.21 41. Tina Mayolo (USA) Celestial Seasonings 24.19 42. Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Staples 24.36 43. Juanita Feldhan (Aus) Ebly 26.04 44. Bridget Evans (Aus) OfficeMax 26.22 45. Carol Breed (USA) Goldy's 26.38 46. Nikki Gugliotta (USA) Cox Atlanta Velo 26.50 47. Giana Roberge (USA) Elita 27.21 48. Erin Veenstra (USA) Scapin 27.45 49. Tina Liebig (Ger) German National 27.55 50. Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) HP Toner 28.07 51. Laurence Restoin (Fra) Ebly 29.05 52. Odessa Gunn (Can) Charles Schwab/Flexiblock 29.46 53. Clara Hughes (Can) Saturn 31.01 54. Barbara Delvai (Ita) Office Depot 31.47 55. Ceris Gilfillan (GB) British National 32.11 56. Natascha Klewitz (Ger) German National 32.51 57. Aileen Loe (USA) Goldy's 33.50 58. Jane Despas (Aus) OfficeMax 36.03 59. Sophie St.Jacques (Can) Elita 37.58 60. Katrina Friedrich (USA) GU/Stoneyfield 39.03 61. Kerry Hellmuth (USA) Scapin 39.51 62. Laura Shufford (USA) Cox Atlanta Velo 43.00 63. Brenda Black (USA) Scapin 44.08 64. Evi Genshiemer (Ger) Staples 45.51 65. Mina Pizzini (USA) GU/Stoneyfield 46.00 66. Annie Gariepy (Can) Elita 46.54 67. Erica Green (RSA) Boise Cascade Office Prod 47.12 68. Angie Vargas (USA) Cox Atlanta Velo 52.26 69. Leah Goldstein (Can) Physical Culture 53.30 70. Carianne Pullar (USA) Saturn of Bellevue 54.44 71. Vanessa Cheatley (Nzl) Boise Cascade Office Prod 56.11 72. Silvia Zoller (Swi) Equipe Nurnberger-Emmi 56.45 73. Laurie Furman (USA) Landis/Toyota Everyday 58.14 74. Christy Nicholson (USA) OfficeMax 58.58 75. Liz Tadich (Aus) Staples 1.01.28 76. Cynthia Ferguson (USA) Charles Schwab/Flexiblock 1.03.15 77. Jennifer McRae (USA) Timex 1.03.43 78. Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Goldy's 1.05.14 79. Anne Samplonius (Can) Canadian National 1.05.57 80. Karen Timewell (Can) Physical Culture 1.07.21 81. Sue Shook-Byrnes (USA) OfficeMax 1.07.25 82. Kim Langton (Can) Elita 1.07.59 83. Carolyn Donnelly (USA) Landis/Toyota Everyday 1.09.28 84. Leah Toffolon (USA) Celestial Seasonings 1.10.13 85. Cecelia Potts (USA) Celestial Seasonings 1.10.41 86. Karen Dunne (USA) Goldy's 1.15.50 87. Angela Hunter (GB) British National 1.16.12 88. Dianna Rast (Swi) Equipe Nurnberger-Emmi 1.16.33 89. Gina Grain (Can) Physical Culture 1.17.00 90. Stacey Peters (USA) Physical Culture 1.17.01 91. Connie Dreher (Ger) German National 1.18.29 92. Tracy Timms (USA) Goldy's 1.18.44 93. Marjon Marik (USA) Cox Atlanta Velo 1.21.48 94. Iona Wynter (Jam) Cox Atlanta Velo 1.25.17 95. Petra Rossner (Ger) German National 1.27.31 96. Bianca Netzler (Sam) OfficeMax 1.27.50 97. Kendra Wenzel (USA) Timex 1.32.02 98. Andrea Foster (USA) Scapin 1.32.46 99. Marisa VandeVelde (USA) Celestial Seasonings 1.33.04 100. Marg Fedyna (Can) Physical Culture 1.33.35 101. Cheryl Binney (USA) Charles Schwab/Flexiblock 1.34.01 102. Sabrina Arhab (Fra) Ebly 1.34.46 103. Ljudmila Corneo (Ita) Office Depot 1.34.49 104. Ina Teutenberg (Ger) German National 1.35.07 105. Laura Moffett (USA) Landis/Toyota Everyday 1.59.07 106. Mary Georgetti (USA) GU/Stoneyfield 2.16.39 107. Candice Blickem (USA) Saturn of Bellevue 2.17.17 108. Jennifer Buntz (USA) Landis/Toyota Everyday 2.28.35 109. M.C. Jenni (USA) Goldy's 2.29.43 110. Melissa Lemke (USA) Landis/Toyota Everyday 2.47.58 Overall Points: 1. Mari Holden (USA) HP Toner 326 2. Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn 322 3. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (Fra) Ebly 239 4. Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 137 5. Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) HP Toner 136 6. Karen Dunne (USA) Goldy's 129 7. Linda Jackson (Can) Timex 122 8. Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) HP Toner 112 9. Susy Pryde (Nzl) Saturn 92 10. Barbara Delvai (Ita) Office Depot 85 11. Caroline Alexander (Gbr) British National 83 12. Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Boise Cascade Office Prod 83 13. Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Goldy's 71 14. Sarah Ulmer (Nzl) Elita 66 15. Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) HP Toner 65 16. Ina Teutenberg (Ger) German National 59 17. Kathy Watt (Aus) Boise Cascade Office Prod 55 18. Julie Young (USA) Timex 55 19. Zoulfija Zabirova (Rus) HP Toner 54 20. Petra Rossner (Ger) German National 53 21. Elisabeth Chevannes-Brunel (Fra) Staples 53 22. Alison Dunlap (USA) Staples 42 23. Marie Holjer (Swe) Charles Schwab/Flexiblock 42 24. Clara Hughes (Can) Saturn 38 25. Kendra Wenzel (USA) Timex 38 26. Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadian National 37 27. Tina Liebig (Ger) German National 30 28. Andrea Ratkovic-Bowman (USA) Scapin 25 29. Tina Mayolo (USA) Celestial Seasonings 25 30. Elizabeth Emery (USA) Celestial Seasonings 24 31. Silvia Zoller (Swi) Equipe Nurnberger-Emmi 24 32. Tracey Gaudry (Aus) Ebly 21 33. Alison Sydor (Can) Canadian National 21 34. Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Cox Atlanta Velo 18 35. Magali LeFloch (Fra) Office Depot 18 36. Bridget Evans (Aus) OfficeMax 16 37. Juanita Feldhan (Aus) Ebly 15 38. Maureen Vergara (Esa) OfficeMax 14 39. Roz Reekie-May (Nzl) Celestial Seasonings 12 40. Evi Genshiemer (Ger) Staples 11 41. Annie Gariepy (Can) Elita 10 42. Dianna Rast (Swi) Equipe Nurnberger-Emmi 8 43. Tracy Timms (USA) Goldy's 8 44. Lucia Pizzolotto (Ita) Office Depot 7 45. Barbara Heeb (Swi) Equipe Nurnberger-Emmi 6 46. Carol Breed (USA) Goldy's 4 47. Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Staples 3 Overall Mountains: 1. Mari Holden (USA) HP Toner 158 2. Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn 120 3. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (Fra) Ebly 89 4. Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 80 5. Caroline Alexander (Gbr) British National 69 6. Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Boise Cascade Office Prod 55 7. Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) HP Toner 54 8. Linda Jackson (Can) Timex 49 9. Barbara Delvai (Ita) Office Depot 47 10. Elisabeth Chevannes-Brunel (Fra) Staples 33 11. Susy Pryde (Nzl) Saturn 30 12. Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) HP Toner 21 13. Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) HP Toner 19 14. Andrea Ratkovic-Bowman (USA) Scapin 15 15. Juanita Feldhan (Aus) Ebly 15 16. Alison Sydor (Can) Canadian National 15 17. Sarah Ulmer (Nzl) Elita 12 18. Roz Reekie-May (Nzl) Celestial Seasonings 12 19. Kathy Watt (Aus) Boise Cascade Office Prod 10 20. Annie Gariepy (Can) Elita 10 21. Alison Dunlap (USA) Staples 10 22. Julie Young (USA) Timex 8 23. Dianna Rast (Swi) Equipe Nurnberger-Emmi 8 24. Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadian National 6 25. Barbara Heeb (Swi) Equipe Nurnberger-Emmi 6 26. Tina Liebig (Ger) German National 5 27. Petra Rossner (Ger) German National 5 Overall Hot Spot Sprints: 1. Karen Dunne (USA) Goldy's 111 2. Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) HP Toner 77 3. Mari Holden (USA) HP Toner 70 4. Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn 66 5. Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Goldy's 51 6. Susy Pryde (Nzl) Saturn 42 7. Barbara Delvai (Ita) Office Depot 38 8. Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 33 9. Julie Young (USA) Timex 29 10. Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) HP Toner 28 11. Petra Rossner (Ger) German National 24 12. Sarah Ulmer (Nzl) Elita 24 13. Linda Jackson (Can) Timex 23 14. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (Fra) Ebly 22 15. Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) HP Toner 20 16. Clara Hughes (Can) Saturn 18 17. Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadian National 15 18. Tina Liebig (Ger) German National 11 19. Evi Genshiemer (Ger) Staples 11 20. Andrea Ratkovic-Bowman (USA) Scapin 10 21. Tina Mayolo (USA) Celestial Seasonings 9 22. Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Boise Cascade Office Prod 8 23. Tracy Timms (USA) Goldy's 8 24. Lucia Pizzolotto (Ita) Office Depot 7 25. Zoulfija Zabirova (Rus) HP Toner 6 26. Alison Sydor (Can) Canadian National 6 27. Kathy Watt (Aus) Boise Cascade Office Prod 5 28. Tracey Gaudry (Aus) Ebly 5 29. Ina Teutenberg (Ger) German National 5 30. Carol Breed (USA) Goldy's 4 31. Silvia Zoller (Swi) Equipe Nurnberger-Emmi 4 32. Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Staples 3 Overall Teams: 1. HP Toner 73.37.55 2. Ebly 6.11 3. Staples 16.09 4. Saturn 16.36 5. Timex 20.26 6. Boise Cascade Office Products 22.01 7. Canadian National 22.52 8. Elita 30.22 9. Celestial Seasonings 34.49 10. Office Depot 39.16 11. Scapin 45.19 12. Charles Schwab/Flexiblocks 47.32 13. Cox Atlanta Velo 49.45 14. Equipe Nurnberger-Emmi 56.03 15. OfficeMax 1.05.28 16. British National 1.16.14 17. GU/Stoneyfield 1.23.53 18. Physical Culture 1.34.49 19. Goldy's 1.44.55 20. German National 2.08.29 21. Landis/Toyota Everyday 3.25.52