16th Tour de l'Aude - 2.9.1France, May 5-14, 2000Main Page Anna Wilson's report Results Previous stageStage 5 - May 10: Castelnaudary ITT, 26.5 kmKupfernagel continues to dominateThe current leader of the Tour de L'Aude, Hanka Kupfernagel showed once again that she is the strongest rider in the race by winning the stage 5 time trial around Castelnaudary today. In wet conditions, Kupfernagel averaged over 42 kilometres an hour to beat teammate Lada Kozlikova (Czech Republic) by nearly a minute and a half nad Russia's Zoulfia Zabirova by 1.48. This meant that Kupfernagel extended her GC lead to four minutes over Géraldine Loewenguth and Mirjam Melchers, with the latter moving up to second overall today after placing fourth in the time trial. Kupfernagel posted the quickest time at the halfway point, and continued to extend her lead until the finish. With four stages to go, she holds a commanding position in the tour. Tomorrow's stage 6 is 122 kilometres in length and will be ridden around a circuit starting and finishing in Castelnaudary. Anna Wilson's reportToday was the time trial - 26 kms on a really good course. It had a little bit of everything. Started out nice and flat and fast, then it climbed for a bit, had a bit of a technical descent and then fast into the finish again. Or it would have been fast if the wind hadn't been blowing an absolute hooly. I was giving it everything I had into the headwind and was struggling to get over 30 km per hour. Pretty sad stuff! Anyway, Hanka Kupfernagel had an absolutely dominating ride to win by nearly a minute and a half from her nearest rival. In fact it was one of her team-mates who finished second. Renowned time triallist Zulfia Zabirova was third, Miriam Melchers 4th, Dede Demet (Saturn) 5th, I was 6th at 2 minutes 22 seconds back and Lyne Bessette came in 8th. So the Saturn team did pretty well but we couldn't match the power of Hanka. With that performance Hanka has increased her overall lead in the tour to nearly 4 minutes. Miriam Melchers is now in second place and is also impressing people with her riding. Tomorrow we race 122 kms and it's a pretty tough course. We hope to gain another stage victory there since we are really out of the running for the overall placings. Results1 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Radteam Kupfernagel 37.47.47 (42.073 km/h) 2 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Radteam Kupfernagel 1.26 3 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Russia 1.48 4 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Netherlands 1.56 5 Deirdre Demet-Barry (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 1.59 6 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Russia 2.03 7 Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 2.07 8 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 2.14 9 Juanita Feldhahn (Aus) Mixte 1 Canada/Australia 2.22 10 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 2.22 11 Géraldine Loewenguth (Fra) France 2.34 12 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Russia 2.36 13 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Netherlands 2.36 14 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 3.02 15 Vanessa Cheatley (NZl) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 3.04 16 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Russia 3.07 17 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 3.13 18 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) France 3.16 19 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi) Master Team Carpe Diem 3.22 20 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 3.23 21 Clara Hughes (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 3.26 22 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australia 3.27 23 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Netherlands 3.34 24 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Germany 3.36 25 Rasa Mazeikyte (Ltu) Team Aliverti Immobilione 3.37 26 Aline Camboulives (Fra) France 3.37 27 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Netherlands 3.53 28 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Ukraine 4.02 29 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Russia 4.05 30 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Ukraine 4.05 31 Yuliya Murenka (Ukr) Ukraine 4.11 32 Meike De Bruijn (Ned) Radteam Kupfernagel 4.29 33 Leigh Hobson (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australia 4.33 34 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 4.38 35 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) France 4.43 36 Cybil Di Guistini (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australia 4.44 37 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania 4.44 38 Laurence Restoin (Fra) France 4.51 39 Vanja Vonckx (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 4.55 40 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania 4.56 41 Judith Arndt (Ger) Germany 5.03 42 Annie Gariepy (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australia 5.10 43 Tetyana Andrushchenko (Ukr) Ukraine 5.11 44 Leah Goldstein (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australia 5.11 45 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Germany 5.17 46 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) France 5.19 47 Valetyna Karpenko (Ukr) Ukraine 5.27 48 Kerstin Scheitle (Ger) Germany 5.29 49 Kristina Obrucova (Cze) Team Aliverti Immobilione 5.39 50 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 5.52 51 Mirella Van Melis (Ned) Netherlands 6.04 52 Angela Hillenga (Ned) Netherlands 6.05 53 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Aliverti Immobilione 6.21 54 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 6.32 55 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Master Team Carpe Diem 6.34 56 Kym Shirley (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 6.43 57 Sanna Lehtimaki (Fin) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 6.48 58 Ita Kryjanovskaïa (Rus) Radteam Kupfernagel 6.57 59 Cornélia Dreher (Ger) Germany 7.03 60 Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) Russia 7.07 61 Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned) Radteam Kupfernagel 7.10 62 Rita Narbutyte (Ltu) Lithuania 7.31 63 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Radteam Kupfernagel 8.02 64 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuania 8.03 65 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 8.41 66 Claudia Marietta (Ita) Master Team Carpe Diem 8.51 67 Rikka Olsen (Den) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 9.02 68 Nataliya Yuganiyk (Ukr) Ukraine 9.07 General classification after stage 5: 1 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Radteam Kupfernagel 14.43.23 (34.843 km/h) 2 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Netherlands 3.56 3 Géraldine Loewenguth (Fra) France 4.28 4 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 5.19 5 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Ukraine 7.01 6 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 12.40 7 Juanita Feldhahn (Aus) Mixte 1 Canada/Australia 12.50 8 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 13.33 9 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 13.47 10 Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 13.57 11 Aline Camboulives (Fra) France 14.03 12 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 15.36 13 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Netherlands 15.54 14 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) France 15.57 15 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Russia 16.11 16 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australia 16.27 17 Meike De Bruijn (Ned) Radteam Kupfernagel 16.57 18 Leigh Hobson (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australia 17.42 19 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) France 17.46 20 Cybil Di Guistini (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australia 17.53 21 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) France 18.00 22 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Russia 18.26 23 Deirdre Demet-Barry (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 19.45 24 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Netherlands 19.50 25 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Germany 20.04 26 Laurence Restoin (Fra) France 20.39 27 Clara Hughes (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 21.03 28 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 21.23 29 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Russia 21.34 30 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Netherlands 21.41 31 Yuliya Murenka (Ukr) Ukraine 21.55 32 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania 22.27 33 Annie Gariepy (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australia 22.53 34 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Radteam Kupfernagel 22.59 35 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi) Master Team Carpe Diem 23.03 36 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Germany 23.03 37 Vanessa Cheatley (NZl) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 26.15 38 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Russia 27.22 39 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Ukraine 28.22 40 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania 28.23 41 Tetyana Andrushchenko (Ukr) Ukraine 28.25 42 Valetyna Karpenko (Ukr) Ukraine 28.27 43 Vanja Vonckx (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 30.02 44 Sanna Lehtimaki (Fin) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 30.10 45 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Russia 30.21 46 Mirella Van Melis (Ned) Netherlands 31.11 47 Kristina Obrucova (Cze) Team Aliverti Immobilione 31.39 48 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 31.52 49 Kym Shirley (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 32.18 50 Angela Hillenga (Ned) Netherlands 33.13 51 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Aliverti Immobilione 33.17 52 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 33.20 53 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Radteam Kupfernagel 33.39 54 Kerstin Scheitle (Ger) Germany 34.01 55 Rasa Mazeikyte (Ltu) Team Aliverti Immobilione 34.01 56 Leah Goldstein (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australia 39.18 57 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 39.44 58 Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned) Radteam Kupfernagel 40.07 59 Judith Arndt (Ger) Germany 41.24 60 Rikka Olsen (Den) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 50.22 61 Cornélia Dreher (Ger) Germany 54.55 62 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Master Team Carpe Diem 56.13 63 Nataliya Yuganiyk (Ukr) Ukraine 56.44 64 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuania 1.03.19 65 Ita Kryjanovskaïa (Rus) Radteam Kupfernagel 1.04.10 66 Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) Russia 1.04.18 67 Claudia Marietta (Ita) Master Team Carpe Diem 1.16.00 68 Rita Narbutyte (Ltu) Lithuania 1.32.55 Points classication: 1 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Germany 80 pts 2 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Netherlands 71 3 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Radteam Kupfernagel 66 4 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 57 5 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) France 56 6 Géraldine Loewenguth (Fra) France 37 7 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 35 8 Mirella Van Melis (Ned) Netherlands 34 9 Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 33 10 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Ukraine 32 11 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 32 12 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Russia 23 13 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Russia 20 14 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Radteam Kupfernagel 15 15 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 15 16 Juanita Feldhahn (Aus) Mixte 1 Canada/Australia 14 17 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Netherlands 14 18 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Russia 14 19 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Master Team Carpe Diem 13 20 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania 13 21 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 12 22 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) France 11 23 Vanja Vonckx (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 11 24 Aline Camboulives (Fra) France 10 25 Clara Hughes (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 9 26 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 9 27 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Russia 8 28 Deirdre Demet-Barry (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 8 29 Nataliya Yuganiyk (Ukr) Ukraine 7 30 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australia 6 31 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) France 5 32 Angela Hillenga (Ned) Netherlands 5 33 Yuliya Murenka (Ukr) Ukraine 5 34 Meike De Bruijn (Ned) Radteam Kupfernagel 4 35 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Germany 3 36 Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) Russia 3 37 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 2 38 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Netherlands 1 Mountains classification: 1 Géraldine Loewenguth (Fra) France 24 pts 2 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Ukraine 23 3 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Radteam Kupfernagel 18 4 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Russia 17 5 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Netherlands 12 6 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 11 7 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 8 8 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) France 5 9 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 5 10 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 5 11 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Germany 3 12 Aline Camboulives (Fra) France 3 13 Juanita Feldhahn (Aus) Mixte 1 Canada/Australia 3 14 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) France 2 15 Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 2 16 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Netherlands 2 17 Deirdre Demet-Barry (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 1 Hot spots classification: 1 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Russia 28 pts 2 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Radteam Kupfernagel 21 3 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 15 4 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Netherlands 13 5 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) France 11 6 Clara Hughes (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 10 7 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 10 8 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Netherlands 9 9 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Ukraine 9 10 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Russia 6 11 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 5 12 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania 4 13 Deirdre Demet-Barry (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 3 14 Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 3 15 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Russia 2 16 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) France 2 17 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 2 18 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Germany 2 19 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) France 1 20 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania 1 21 Valetyna Karpenko (Ukr) Ukraine 1 Teams classification: 1 France 44.44.01 2 Radteam Kupfernagel 5.19 3 Netherlands 5.59 4 Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 11.11 5 Mixte 1 Canada/Australia 12.44 6 Saturn Cycling Team 13.20 7 Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 15.53 8 Ukraine 16.48 9 Russia 18.44 10 Germany 34.42 11 Lithuania 44.58 12 Team Aliverti Immobilione 1.04.45 13 Master Team Carpe Diem 1.55.35 |