11th Tour De Suisse Feminin 1999

Main Page Stage 1, Wednesday 22nd Sept , Schleitheim - Schleitheim (111.6 km) Stage Report from Karen Kurreck: Stage 1 was a circuit race with one climb for each of nine laps. The hard part was that most of the circuit was on roads no wider than a bike path and we have a field of 130+. Positioning was critical and you could never really relax at all the whole race. The good part was that if you could get to the front and stay there on the climb, then nobody else could move up either, so you stayed at the front! That was the tactic I tried to use. The first two laps, I was really feeling the prologue in my legs that I had done two hours earlier. Everyone else must have felt the same, though, because the pace was painful, but tolerable. The second time up the climb, Elena Tchalykh attacked and got away. She was helped by one of her teammates crashing near the front of the field in the corner going into the climb. Elena isn't really considered a climber or GC rider, so there wasn't an immediate chase. It seemed that Hanka's team and the Russians may be combining because Hanka didn't chase or send her team to the front like she usually does. Elena's gap grew to over three minutes by about the halfway point and we were definitely not going slow! Anna Wilson chased a bit and Lynne Bessette tried attacking on the climb but the Russians kept everything together. On the seventh lap, Jeannie Longo made her first appearance at the front and took matter into her own hands. She went to the front about 1km before the climb and set a really hard tempo all the way up. She doesn't really attack, she just goes hard and rides the field off her wheel. I happened to be on her wheel when she went which was lucky, but she creates zero draft! Things got better when I eventually drifted back a few spots. Longo couldn't get away, but she did bring the time gap way down and the field split. Actually, I think it split every time up the climb, but most people were able to get back on on the descent. The next lap, Hanka went hard up the climb. We caught Elena right at the start of the ninth and final lap. The last lap, it was Zabirova who attacked at the bottom, driving the pace up and the field split for good. The Russians kept the pace up on the descent and started a leadout train near the end. Vera Hohfeld continued her winning ways from Tuscany by taking the stage win from a group of 30 riders. Results, Stage 1 - 111.6 km: 1 Vera Hohlfeld Team Euregio 2.57.00 2 Sigrid Corneo S.C. Master Automazione 3 Goulnara Ivanov Team Russia 4 Hanka Kupfernagel The Greenery Hawk Team 5 Heidi Van De Vijver Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies 6 Mirjam Melchers Team Netherland 7 Karen Kurreck Team Usa 8 Marcia EicherVouets S.C. Master Automazione 9 Priska Doppmann Team Switzerland 10 Chantal Beltmann Team Netherland 11 Tracey Gaudry Team Ebly 12 Susanne Ljungskog Team Sweden 13 Barbara Heeb Equipe Nürnberger-Emmi 14 Susy Pryde Gs Omt-Lorina 15 Lyne Bessette Team Canada 16 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel Gs Omt-Lorina 17 Birgit Söllner Equipe Nürnberger-Emmi 18 Jolanta Polikeviciute Panevezys Ebly 19 Valentina Polkhanova Team Russia 20 Tatiana Stiazhkina Cicli Ghia Ticino Mixte 21 Géraldine Loewenguth Team France 22 Zoulfia Zabirova Team Russia 23 Nicole Brändli Cicli Ghia Ticino Mixte 24 Anke Erlank Gs Omt-Lorina 25 Alison Sydor Team Canada 26 Kim Smith Team Usa 27 Rasa Polikeviciute Panevezys Ebly 28 Chantal Daucourt Team Switzerland 29 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli Team Ebly 30 Valentina Guerassimova The Greenery Hawk Team 31 Marion Brauen Team Switzerland 0.3 32 Arenda Grimberg Team Netherland 33 Anna Wilson Team Australia 34 Marie Höljer Team Sweden 35 Sanna Lehtimaki The Greenery Hawk Team 36 Wenche Stensvold Team Norway 37 Sandra Wampfler Mazza Tege Fresh Fries 38 Laurence Restoin Team Ebly 39 Julie Young Team Usa 40 Cindy Pieters Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies 41 Madeleine Lindberg Team Sweden 42 Meike De Bruijn The Greenery Hawk Team 43 Bogumila Matusiak Team Pol/Austria 44 Yvonne Schnorf Team Switzerland 45 Elizabeth Emery Cicli Ghia Ticino Mixte 46 Leigh Hobson Team Canada 47 Juanita Feldhahn Panevezys Ebly 48 Mari Holden Cicli Ghia Ticino Mixte 49 Lenka Ilavska Lokomotiva Presov 50 Annie Gariepy Team Canada 51 Solarun Flataas Team Norway 52 Jenny Algelid Team Sweden 53 Karin Möbes Gs Omt-Lorina 54 Emily Robbins Team Usa 55 Kerstin Scheitle Equipe Nürnberger-Emmi 1.09 56 Sandrine Marcuz Team France 57 Bettina Schöke Red Bull Frankfurt 58 Floch Le Magali Team France 59 Sandra Rombouts Team Netherland 60 Vanja Vonckx Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies 61 Mandy Hampel Teag Euregio 62 Tina Liebig Teag Euregio 63 Elena Tchalykh Team Russia 1.56 64 Cornelia Gyrus Teag Euregio 65 Lensy Debboundt Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies 66 Marika Murer Team Switzerland 67 Karine Dalmais Team Ebly 68 Sara Carrigan Team Australia 69 Jorunn Kvalo Team Norway 70 Deirdre Demet Cicli Ghia Ticino Mixte 71 Kerry Hellmuth S.C. Master Automazione 4.3 72 Tanja Hennes Red Bull Frankfurt 9.36 73 Karla Polivkova Lokomotiva Presov 74 Olga Khortova Team Russia 9.38 75 Elfi Kunz Equipe Nürnberger-Emmi 12.1 76 Anne Samplonius Team Canada 12.11 77 Olena Budovitska Cicli Ghia Ticino Mixte 13.26 78 Margaret Hemsley Team Australia 79 Geraldine Denham Team Australia 80 Katie Compton Team Usa 17.37 81 Melis Van Mirella Team Netherland 82 Ayumu Otsuka Team Japan 83 Karen Dunne Team Usa 84 Mirjam Senn Gs Zollinger-Tigra 85 Ruth Demeijer Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies 86 Miho Oki Team Japan 87 Malgorrata Wysocka Team Pol/Austria 88 Denise Baumann Team Switzerland 89 Erika Vilunaite Panevezys Ebly 90 Ulrike Baumgartner Team Pol/Austria 91 Claudia Marietta S.C. Master Automazione 92 Ellen Wijnant Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies 93 Julie Pekarkova Lokomotiva Presov 94 Ita Kryjanovskaia The Greenery Hawk Team 95 Dorota Czynszak Team Pol/Austria 96 Isabella Wieser Team Pol/Austria 97 Akemi Morimoto Team Japan 98 Rita Merbutyte Panevezys Ebly 99 Magali Pache Gs Omt-Lorina 100 Alena Barillova Lokomotiva Presov 101 Irene Hostettler Mazza Tege Fresh Fries 102 Sari Saarelainen Lokomotiva Presov 103 Chantal Gorostegui Panevezys Ebly 104 Sylvie Riedle Team France 105 Anja Albasini Equipe Nürnberger-Emmi 106 Judith Arndt Red Bull Frankfurt 17.44 107 Cornelia Dreher Red Bull Frankfurt 108 Jacqueline Brabenetz Teag Euregio 109 Petra Rossner Teag Euregio 110 Anke Wichmann Red Bull Frankfurt 111 Clarisssa Breuer Equipe Nürnberger-Emmi 17.48 112 Marlene Stamm Gs Zollinger-Tigra 21.51 113 Alexandrine Petitpierre Gs Zollinger-Tigra 114 Andrea Hug Gs Zollinger-Tigra 24.09 115 Sandra Missbach The Greenery Hawk Team 32.11 116 Jacinta Coleman Mazza Tege Fresh Fries 35.11 General classification after Stage 1: 1 Hanka Kupfernagel The Greenery Hawk Team 3.00.0 2 Lyne Bessette Team Canada 0.06 3 Mirjam Melchers Team Netherland 0.06 4 Susanne Ljungskog Team Sweden 0.08 5 Karen Kurreck Team Usa 0.08 6 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli Team Ebly 0.1 7 Barbara Heeb Equipe Nürnberger-Emmi 0.1 8 Zoulfia Zabirova Team Russia 0.11 9 Chantal Beltmann Team Netherland 0.12 10 Tracy Gaudry Team Ebly 0.13 11 Nicole Brändli Cicli Ghia Ticino Mixte 0.14 12 Géraldine Loewenguth Team France 0.15 13 Heidi Van De Vijver Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies 0.15 14 Marcia Eicher-Vouets S.C. Master Automazione 0.17 15 Vera Hohlfeld Teag Euregio 0.17 16 Jolanta Polikeviciute Panevezys Ebly 0.17 17 Susy Pryde Gs Omt-Lorina 0.17 18 Goulnara Ivanov Team Russia 0.17 19 Sigrid Corneo S.C. Master Automazione 0.17 20 Tatiana Stiazhkina Cicli Ghia Ticino Mixte 0.17 21 Anke Erlank Gs Omt-Lorina 0.18 22 Priska Doppmann Team Switzerland 0.19 23 Valentina Guerassimova The Greenery Hawk Team 0.21 24 Valentina Polkhanova Team Russia 0.23 25 Chantal Daucourt Team Switzerland 0.23 26 Polikeviciute Rasa Panevezys Ebly 0.25 27 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel Gs Omt-Lorina 0.26 28 Kim Smith Team Usa 0.27 29 Birgit Söllner Equipe Nürnberger-Emmi 0.29 30 Alison Sydor Team Canada 0.3 31 Anna Wilson Team Australia 0.36 32 Karin Möbes Gs Omt-Lorina 0.41 33 Lenka Ilavska Lokomotiva Presov 0.42 34 Jenny Algelid Team Sweden 0.43 35 Mari Holden Cicli Ghia Ticino Mixte 0.43 36 Elizabeth Emery Cicli Ghia Ticino Mixte 0.45 37 Yvonne Schnorf Team Switzerland 0.46 38 Marion Brauen Team Switzerland 0.46 39 Emily Robbins Team Usa 0.47 40 Madeleine Lindberg Team Sweden 0.47 41 Arenda Grimberg Team Netherland 0.47 42 Solarun Flataas Team Norway 0.48 43 Julie Young Team Usa 0.49 44 Annie Gariepy Team Canada 0.5 45 Bogumila Matusiak Team Pol/Austria 0.52 46 Sandra Wampfler Mazza Tege Fresh Fries 0.53 47 Bruijn De Meike The Greenery Hawk Team 0.53 48 Leigh Hobson Team Canada 0.53 49 Juanita Feldhahn Panevezys Ebly 0.54 50 Marie Höljer Team Sweden 0.54 51 Laurence Restoin Team Ebly 0.54 52 Wenche Stensvold Team Norway 0.54 53 Sanna Lehtimaki The Greenery Hawk Team 0.54 54 Cindy Pieters Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies 0.57 55 Sandra Rombouts Team Netherland 1.27 56 Vanja Vonckx Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies 1.3 57 Mandy Hampel Teag Euregio 1.31 58 Bettina Schöke Red Bull Frankfurt 1.32 59 Floch Le Magali Team France 1.35 60 Kerstin Scheitle Equipe Nürnberger-Emmi 1.36 61 Tina Liebig Teag Euregio 1.49 62 Sandrine Marcuz Team France 1.5 63 Elena Tchalykh Team Russia 2.02 64 Sara Carrigan Team Australia 2.12 65 Jorunn Kvalo Team Norway 2.23 66 Cornelia Gyrus Teag Euregio 2.25 67 Karine Dalmais Team Ebly 2.26 68 Deirdre Demet Cicli Ghia Ticino Mixte 2.27 69 Marika Murer Team Switzerland 2.28 70 Lensy Debboundt Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies 2.34 71 Kerry Hellmuth S.C. Master Automazione 5.01 72 Karla Polivkova Lokomotiva Presov 10.02 73 Tanja Hennes Red Bull Frankfurt 10.08 74 Olga Khortova Team Russia 10.11 75 Anne Samplonius Team Canada 12.29 76 Elfi Kunz Equipe Nürnberger-Emmi 12.31 77 Margaret Hemsley Team Australia 13.42 78 Geraldine Denham Team Australia 13.51 79 Olena Budovitska Cicli Ghia Ticino Mixte 14.01 80 Karen Dunne Team Usa 17.53 81 Ita Kryjanovskaia The Greenery Hawk Team 17.55 82 Miho Oki Team Japan 17.56 83 Ayumu Otsuka Team Japan 17.59 84 Sari Saarelainen Lokomotiva Presov 18 85 Denise Baumann Team Switzerland 18 86 Magali Pache Gs Omt-Lorina 18.01 87 Melis Van Mirella Team Japan 18.03 89 Dorota Czynszak Team Pol/Austria 18.04 90 Mirjam Senn Gs Zollinger-Tigra 18.05 91 Katie Compton Team Usa 18.05 92 Sylvie Riedle Team France 18.05 93 Ruth Demeijer Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies 18.06 94 Ulrike Baumgartner Team Pol/Austria 18.08 95 Isabella Wieser Team Pol/Austria 18.08 96 Clarisssa Breuer Equipe Nürnberger-Emmi 18.1 97 Ellen Wijnant Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies 18.1 98 Claudia Marietta S.C. Master Automazione 18.1 99 Rita Merbutyte Panevezys Ebly 18.11 100 Erika Vilunaite Panevezys Ebly 18.11 101 Irene Hostettler Mazza Tege Fresh Fries 18.14 102 Alena Barillova Lokomotiva Presov 18.14 103 Judith Arndt Red Bull Frankfurt 18.15 104 Jacqueline Brabenetz Teag Euregio 18.15 105 Anja Albasini Equipe Nürnberger-Emmi 18.15 106 Malgorrata Wysocka Team Pol/Austria 18.16 107 Cornelia Dreher Red Bull Frankfurt 18.17 108 Chantal Gorostegui Panevezys Ebly 18.17 109 Julie Pekarkova Lokomotiva Presov 18.2 110 Anke Wichmann Red Bull Frankfurt 18.25 111 Petra Rossner Teag Euregio 18.25 112 Alexandrine Petitpierre Gs Zollinger-Tigra 22.24 113 Marlene Stamm Gs Zollinger-Tigra 22.27 114 Andrea Hug Gs Zollinger-Tigra 24.47 115 Sandra Missbach The Greenery Hawk Team 32.37 116 Jacinta Coleman Mazza Tege Fresh Fries 35.35 Mountains competition after Stage 1: 1. Elena Tchalych (Rus) 15 2. Lyne Bessette (Can) 13 3. Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger, Greenery Hawk Team) 8 Sprints competition after Stage 1: 1. Elena Tchalych (Rus) 20 2. Arenda Grimberg (Ned) 7 3. Vera Hohlfeld (Ger, Euergio) 6