17th Hewlett Packard LaserJet International Women's Challenge - 2.9.1USA, June 8- 18, 2000Main Page Results Previous stageStage 6 - June 13: Burley - Buhl Road Race, 84.2 mi/135 kmZiliute back to the leadBy Michelle Witter, cyclingnews.com correspondent Diana Ziliute (HP European) regained possession of the blue leader's jersey in the sixth stage of the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet Women's Challenge, beating Longo-Ciprelli to the finish by 2:30, and accumulating time bonuses along the way. The stage started in brutally gusting winds, and racers battled either a crosswind or headwind for nearly the entire 135 km (84.2 mile) race. A dangerous break went early with eight riders represented - Diana Ziliute (HP European), Zita Urbonaite (HP European), Anna Wilson (Saturn), Megan Hughes (British National), Sarah Ulmer (Elita), Dede Demet-Barry (Saturn), Vera Hohlfeld (German National), and Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (German National). This group continued to gain time on the main peloton throughout the race, to a maximum of 4:04. While there were attempts to reel the break back into the pack, the efforts were interrupted by Ziliute's team. The eight-rider break fractured at around 9 km. Ziliute, Wilson, and Urbonaite rode in to the finishing straight together, setting up a 500 meter sprint between Wilson and Ziliute. Ziliute took the stage win, edging out Wilson at the line. The two were followed by Urbonaite, Uhlmer, Hohlfeld, Teutenberg, Demet-Barry, and Hughes, in that order. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli, first in the overall classification at the start of the race, accelerated away from the main peloton during the final 6k, hoping to minimize the damage done by the leaders. It was too little, too late though, as Longo-Ciprelli crossed the line 2:30 behind Ziliute, relinquishing the blue leader's jersey. Longo-Ciprelli finished the stage in 9th place. Lyne Bessette (Saturn) outsprinted Jolanta Polikeviciute (HP European) for a place on the podium. After the race, Longo-Ciprelli said that she did not expect to keep the jersey, as her team is "nice, but not strong enough [to help me]." She referred to the other teams as "kind of a Mafia," as she believes there were three teams working together to ensure her defeat. Ziliute is happy to be back in the jersey, although she was surprised the break stayed away. The original goal of the break was to accrue time bonuses at the designated sprints, and Ziliute expected the break would eventually be reeled in by an aggressive pack. Ziliute will make no predictions regarding the race winner, because the last time she made such a prediction, she lost the jersey. Still, she retains confidence in her team, calling it "strong and unified." She agrees with Longo-Ciprelli's assessment of the situation. "Longo's really strong, but she's here without a team." Many riders succumbed to the wind, with riders dropping off the back at a steady rate. For many racers, this stage will undoubtedly be their last, as time cuts will be enforced. In addition, Marie Holjer (Charles Schwab) failed to start the stage, and Karen Dunne (Elita) dropped out of the race, apparently due to injuries suffered in a crash in yesterday's race to Pomerelle ski resort. Tomorrow's stage, Twin Falls to Glenns Ferry, is a 123 km (76.7 mile) road race featuring two short climbs and numerous opportunities for time bonuses.
Results1 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 4.04.49 (33.09 km/h) 2 Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn 3 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 0.05 4 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Elita 0.16 5 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) German National 0.38 6 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) German National 7 Dede Demet Barry (USA) Saturn 8 Megan Hughes (GBr) British National 1.18 9 Jeannie Longo (Fra) Office Depot 2.31 10 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 2.43 11 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 12 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National 2.53 13 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 14 Ceris Gilfillan (GBr) British National 15 Juanita Feldhahn (Aus) Jayco Australia 16 Yvonne McGregor (GBr) British National 17 Clara Hughes (Can) Saturn 3.18 18 Leigh Hobson (Can) Charles Schwab 19 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Elita 20 Lara Ruthven (USA) US National 21 Julie Young (USA) AutoTrader.com 22 Simone Klewitz (Ger) Jane Cosmetics 23 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi) Master Team - Carpe Diem 3.39 24 Annie Gariepy (Can) Elita 25 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Boise Cascade Office Products 26 Karen Kurreck (USA) US National 27 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Jayco Australia 28 Susy Pryde (NZl) Saturn 29 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Master Team - Carpe Diem 3.59 30 Karine Dalmais (Fra) Office Depot 31 Kerry Hellmuth (USA) Master Team - Carpe Diem 32 Jennifer Eyerman (USA) Jane Cosmetics 33 Tina Mayolo (USA) AutoTrader.com 34 Mari Holden (USA) Timex 35 Katia Longhin (Ita) Master Team - Carpe Diem 36 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) AutoTrader.com 4.08 37 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) AutoTrader.com 38 Alison Bergeson (USA) Goldy's 39 Sophie St. Jacques (Can) Elita 40 Roz Reekie-May (NZl) Office Depot 41 Katrina Berger (USA) Charles Schwab 42 Kimberly Smith (USA) Timex 43 Sara Symington (GBr) British National 44 Pam Schuster (USA) AutoTrader.com 45 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National 46 Jen Dial (USA) Office Depot 4.32 47 Lysle Wilhelmi (USA) 800.COM 4.40 48 Sanna Lehtimaki (Fin) Timex 49 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 4.56 50 Katie Mactier (Aus) Jayco Australia 51 Elizabeth Emery (USA) Charles Schwab 52 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 53 Kori Kelly (USA) Procter & Gamble Women's Health 54 Liz Tadich (Aus) Jayco Australia 55 Becky Bjork (USA) Goldy's 5.12 56 Catherine Cardwell (USA) Charles Schwab 57 Cheryl Binney (USA) Procter & Gamble Women's Health 58 Erin Carter (Can) Elita 59 Sally Boyden (GBr) Boise Cascade Office Products 5.28 60 Nicole Gingles (Can) 800.COM 61 Gail Longenecker (USA) Cure/Schwab Cycles 62 Sarah Konrad (USA) Cure/Schwab Cycles 63 Leah Goldstein (Can) 800.COM 64 Stacey Peters (USA) 800.COM 65 Heather Cole (Can) Jane Cosmetics 66 Mina Pizzini (USA) Procter & Gamble Women's Health 67 Nicole Freedman (USA) Charles Schwab 5.35 68 Carmen Richardson (USA) Goldy's 5.46 69 Sue Carter (GBr) British National 5.53 70 Gina Hall (USA) US National 6.34 71 Melanie McQuaid (Can) Office Depot 7.25 72 Kathleen Scully Wiener (USA) Voler 7.41 73 Erin Veenstra-Mirabella (USA) Timex 8.02 74 Cindy Carroll (USA) Team Anaerobia 9.06 75 Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Goldy's 76 Annabelle Vowels (Aus) Boise Cascade Office Products 77 Maureen Vergara (ESv) 800.COM 78 Tracey Gaudry (Aus) Timex 79 Anke Wichmann (Ger) German National 80 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 81 Ljudmila Corneo (Ita) Master Team - Carpe Diem 9.51 82 Leah Toffolon (USA) US National 10.16 83 Kathleen Lenno (USA) Team Anaerobia 10.40 84 Odessa Gunn (Can) Timex 10.46 85 Ashley McCullough (USA) Procter & Gamble Women's Heal 12.28 86 Naomi Williams (Aus) Jayco Australia 87 Samanta Loschi (Ita) Master Team - Carpe Diem 15.22 88 Emily Thorne (USA) Boise Cascade Office Products 16.22 89 Daphne Wilhelm (USA) Procter & Gamble Women's Health 17.35 90 Jenna Loyd (USA) Procter & Gamble Women's Health 17.35 91 Andrea Foster (USA) 800.COM 22.37 92 Deirdre Murphy (Irl) Voler 28.05 93 Rene Marshman (USA) US National 94 Brenda Black (USA) Cure/Schwab Cycles 40.21 95 Rhonda Quick (USA) Voler 41.21 96 Erika Nelson-Wong (USA) Cure/Schwab Cycles 43.38 97 Sue Latshaw (USA) Office Depot 44.29 98 Weatherly Stroh (USA) Cure/Schwab Cycles 45.31 99 Stacey Spencer (Can) Jane Cosmetics 100 Rebecca McClintock (USA) Jane Cosmetics 49.10 101 Ann Marie Miller (USA) Voler 1.10.50 102 Theresa Korn (USA) Team Anaerobia 1.10.56 103 Elizabeth Benishen (USA) Team Anaerobia 1.11.53 104 Laura Shuford (USA) AutoTrader.com 105 Liz LaFemina (USA) Team Anaerobia 1.13.18 TC Laura Shuford (USA) AutoTrader.com TC Elizabeth Benishen (USA) Team Anaerobia TC Liz LaFemina (USA) Team Anaerobia TC Theresa Korn (USA) Team Anaerobia TC Ann Marie Miller (USA) Voler DNF Michele Weidner (USA) Goldy's DNF Karen Dunne (USA) Elita DNF Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Jane Cosmetics DNF Geraldine Denham (Aus) Jayco Australia DNF Bianca Netzler (Sam) Boise Cascade Office Products DNF Sandra Kolb (USA) Voler DNS Marie Holjer (Swe) Charles Schwab Points: 1 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 50 pts 2 Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn 31 3 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Elita 25 4 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 23 5 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) German National 11 6 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) German National 10 7 Megan Hughes (GBr) British National 5 8 Dede Demet Barry (USA) Saturn 5 Mountains: 1 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 10 pts 2 Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn 7 3 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 5 4 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) German National 3 5 Dede Demet Barry (USA) Saturn 2 6 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) German National 1 Sprints: 1 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 20 pts 2 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Elita 14 3 Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn 8 4 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 5 5 Megan Hughes (GBr) British National 5 6 Dede Demet Barry (USA) Saturn 3 7 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) German National 1 Teams: 1 HP Lithuania/France 12.17.15 2 Saturn 0.33 3 German National 1.21 4 British National 4.16 5 Elita 4.25 6 Office Depot 7.50 7 AutoTrader.com 8.37 8 Jayco Australia 8.40 9 Master Team - Carpe Diem 8.49 10 Charles Schwab 9.34 11 Jane Cosmetics 9.57 12 Timex 9.59 13 US National 10.43 14 Goldy's 11.28 15 800.COM 12.48 16 Procter & Gamble Women's Health 12.48 17 Boise Cascade Office Products 15.25 18 Cure/Schwab Cycles 48.29 19 Voler 1.14.19 20 Team Anaerobia 1.27.54 General classification after stage 6: 1 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 13.42.19 2 Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn 1.37 3 Jeannie Longo (Fra) Office Depot 2.44 4 Kimberly Smith (USA) Timex 7.21 5 Ceris Gilfillan (GBr) British National 7.36 6 Clara Hughes (Can) Saturn 8.08 7 Mari Holden (USA) Timex 8.31 8 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 8.34 9 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Elita 8.39 10 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 8.52 11 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National 8.59 12 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 9.15 13 Yvonne McGregor (GBr) British National 9.28 14 Juanita Feldhahn (Aus) Jayco Australia 10.28 15 Lara Ruthven (USA) US National 11.08 16 Karen Kurreck (USA) US National 11.20 17 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National 11.23 18 Pam Schuster (USA) AutoTrader.com 13.08 19 Julie Young (USA) AutoTrader.com 13.11 20 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Boise Cascade Office Products 13.17 21 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) German National 13.18 22 Lysle Wilhelmi (USA) 800.COM 13.38 23 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Elita 13.49 24 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi) Master Team - Carpe Diem 13.54 25 Leigh Hobson (Can) Charles Schwab 14.03 26 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) AutoTrader.com 14.30 27 Catherine Cardwell (USA) Charles Schwab 16.45 28 Karine Dalmais (Fra) Office Depot 16.57 29 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 19.41 30 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) AutoTrader.com 23.18 31 Susy Pryde (NZl) Saturn 24.10 32 Katia Longhin (Ita) Master Team - Carpe Diem 24.28 33 Tina Mayolo (USA) AutoTrader.com 24.37 34 Sarah Konrad (USA) Cure/Schwab Cycles 25.20 35 Roz Reekie-May (NZl) Office Depot 25.32 36 Simone Klewitz (Ger) Jane Cosmetics 26.09 37 Sara Symington (GBr) British National 26.13 38 Stacey Peters (USA) 800.COM 27.11 39 Tracey Gaudry (Aus) Timex 28.01 40 Sanna Lehtimaki (Fin) Timex 28.37 41 Jennifer Eyerman (USA) Jane Cosmetics 29.09 42 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Jayco Australia 29.20 43 Annie Gariepy (Can) Elita 29.31 44 Kerry Hellmuth (USA) Master Team - Carpe Diem 30.29 45 Megan Hughes (GBr) British National 31.10 46 Erin Veenstra-Mirabella (USA) Timex 33.10 47 Leah Goldstein (Can) 800.COM 33.56 48 Alison Bergeson (USA) Goldy's 35.46 49 Odessa Gunn (Can) Timex 38.06 50 Becky Bjork (USA) Goldy's 39.08 51 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Master Team - Carpe Diem 39.47 52 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 42.32 53 Dede Demet Barry (USA) Saturn 42.45 54 Melanie McQuaid (Can) Office Depot 43.11 55 Liz Tadich (Aus) Jayco Australia 43.21 56 Sophie St. Jacques (Can) Elita 43.49 57 Cheryl Binney (USA) Procter & Gamble Women's Health 44.26 58 Carmen Richardson (USA) Goldy's 45.26 59 Sue Carter (GBr) British National 45.42 60 Jen Dial (USA) Office Depot 45.56 61 Nicole Gingles (Can) 800.COM 46.38 62 Kori Kelly (USA) Procter & Gamble Women's Health 47.27 63 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) German National 48.24 64 Katie Mactier (Aus) Jayco Australia 48.26 65 Katrina Berger (USA) Charles Schwab 49.08 66 Elizabeth Emery (USA) Charles Schwab 49.17 67 Gina Hall (USA) US National 50.10 68 Mina Pizzini (USA) Procter & Gamble Women's Health 50.26 69 Maureen Vergara (ESv) 800.COM 54.22 70 Rene Marshman (USA) US National 1.01.15 71 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 1.01.42 72 Emily Thorne (USA) Boise Cascade Office Products 1.01.45 73 Heather Cole (Can) Jane Cosmetics 1.02.12 74 Ljudmila Corneo (Ita) Master Team - Carpe Diem 1.03.56 75 Anke Wichmann (Ger) German National 1.03.58 76 Daphne Wilhelm (USA) Procter & Gamble Women's Health 1.04.01 77 Gail Longenecker (USA) Cure/Schwab Cycles 1.04.15 78 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 1.04.55 79 Leah Toffolon (USA) US National 1.08.26 80 Jenna Loyd (USA) Procter & Gamble Women's Health 1.10.21 81 Rhonda Quick (USA) Voler 1.11.13 82 Sally Boyden (GBr) Boise Cascade Office Products 1.11.42 83 Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Goldy's 1.12.09 84 Erin Carter (Can) Elita 1.12.42 85 Nicole Freedman (USA) Charles Schwab 1.13.43 86 Kathleen Lenno (USA) Team Anaerobia 1.15.15 87 Andrea Foster (USA) 800.COM 1.16.49 88 Annabelle Vowels (Aus) Boise Cascade Office Products 1.18.45 89 Brenda Black (USA) Cure/Schwab Cycles 1.20.57 90 Kathleen Scully Wiener (USA) Voler 1.26.59 91 Samanta Loschi (Ita) Master Team - Carpe Diem 1.28.51 92 Stacey Spencer (Can) Jane Cosmetics 1.31.10 93 Ashley McCullough (USA) Procter & Gamble Women's Heal 1.33.47 94 Rebecca McClintock (USA) Jane Cosmetics 1.35.24 95 Erika Nelson-Wong (USA) Cure/Schwab Cycles 1.37.49 96 Naomi Williams (Aus) Jayco Australia 1.48.07 97 Sue Latshaw (USA) Office Depot 1.52.12 98 Deirdre Murphy (Irl) Voler 1.52.52 99 Cindy Carroll (USA) Team Anaerobia 1.59.49 100 Weatherly Stroh (USA) Cure/Schwab Cycles 2.03.25 Points classification: 1 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 167 pts 2 Jeannie Longo (Fra) Office Depot 133 3 Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn 97 4 Mari Holden (USA) Timex 64 5 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Elita 57 6 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 56 7 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 31 8 Megan Hughes (GBr) British National 31 9 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National 29 10 Nicole Freedman (USA) Charles Schwab 27 11 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) German National 25 12 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) German National 24 13 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 22 14 Karen Kurreck (USA) US National 22 15 Sara Symington (GBr) British National 22 16 Kimberly Smith (USA) Timex 18 17 Ceris Gilfillan (GBr) British National 16 18 Dede Demet Barry (USA) Saturn 15 19 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 10 20 Katia Longhin (Ita) Master Team - Carpe Diem 9 21 Simone Klewitz (Ger) Jane Cosmetics 8 22 Juanita Feldhahn (Aus) Jayco Australia 7 23 Lara Ruthven (USA) US National 7 24 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National 2 25 Elizabeth Emery (USA) Charles Schwab 2 26 Julie Young (USA) AutoTrader.com 1 Mountains classification: 1 Jeannie Longo (Fra) Office Depot 47 pts 2 Mari Holden (USA) Timex 43 3 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 41 4 Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn 29 5 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 26 6 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 12 7 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 10 8 Kimberly Smith (USA) Timex 7 9 Juanita Feldhahn (Aus) Jayco Australia 7 10 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 6 11 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National 5 12 Ceris Gilfillan (GBr) British National 5 13 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) German National 3 14 Dede Demet Barry (USA) Saturn 3 15 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Elita 2 16 Karen Kurreck (USA) US National 2 17 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) German National 1 18 Simone Klewitz (Ger) Jane Cosmetics 1 19 Julie Young (USA) AutoTrader.com 1 20 Megan Hughes (GBr) British National 1 Sprints classification: 1 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 34 pts 2 Nicole Freedman (USA) Charles Schwab 27 3 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Elita 26 4 Sara Symington (GBr) British National 22 5 Megan Hughes (GBr) British National 19 6 Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn 12 7 Jeannie Longo (Fra) Office Depot 10 8 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 10 9 Katia Longhin (Ita) Master Team - Carpe Diem 9 10 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 5 11 Mari Holden (USA) Timex 5 12 Dede Demet Barry (USA) Saturn 3 13 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) HP Lithuania/France 3 14 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) German National 2 15 Elizabeth Emery (USA) Charles Schwab 2 16 Ceris Gilfillan (GBr) British National 2 17 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National 2 18 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) German National 1 Teams classification: 1 HP Lithuania/France 17.22.36 2 Saturn 0.26 3 German National 11.27 4 Timex 14.59 5 British National 21.18 6 AutoTrader.com 23.24 7 Elita 28.17 8 Office Depot 28.47 9 US National 44.17 10 Master Team - Carpe Diem 46.46 11 Charles Schwab 47.56 12 800.COM 57.25 13 Jayco Australia 1.00.18 14 Jane Cosmetics 1.23.47 15 Goldy's 1.39.46 16 Boise Cascade Office Products 1.56.19 17 Procter & Gamble Women's Health 2.01.49 18 Cure/Schwab Cycles 2.26.31 19 Voler 3.13.09 For more information, please visit the official site |