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Preview, Start List, & History
Photography
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Canberra, Australia, March 12, 2000
Photgrapher Tom Balks was at round one of the women's World Cup and supplied cyclingnews.com with the series of photos below. Please contact him for copyright details of these pictures.
- The opening - The peloton is calm
- Geneviève Jeanson - Thoughtful before the start
- Jacinta Coleman - On the attack for New Zealand
- Odessa Gunn - A smile or a grimace?
- Geneviève Jeanson - Working hard in the sun
- Kim Smith - Leads teammate Tracey Gaudry
- Mirjam Melchers - A big part of the Dutch success
- Dede Demet - Driving hard for Saturn, Karen Kurreck follows
- Anna Wilson's finish - Clearly the best
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- The Saturn team - Contemplates the task in front
- The Dutch team - A little more casual
- All the riders line up - Fairly relaxed again
- Just before the start - The tension is evident
- Lap two - All together still
- Bunch descends - Lap four
- Bunch descends - Behind shot
- Odessa Gunn - Makes the early pace
- Geneviève Jeanson - Heavily marked by the Dutch
- Geneviève Jeanson - Strings them out
- Cresting the hill - The Dutch and Canadians to the fore
- A dangerous move - Melchers leads Coleman, Holden
- Bunch - (l to r) Smith, van Scheppingen, Mactier, Demet
- Odessa Gunn - Close up, climbing hard
- Odessa Gunn - Side on view
- Odessa Gunn - Head down, a gap to the pack
- Arenda Grimberg - At the head of the chase
- Two to go - Jeanson leads Melchers
- One lap to go - Just after the start/finish
- The final sprint - Anna Wilson triumphs
- The podium - Silent for the anthem
- The winners - Wilson flanked by van Melis (l) and Melchers (r)
- That winning smile - Anna Wilson
