16th Tour de l'Aude - 2.9.1France, May 5-14, 2000Main Page Anna Wilson's report Results Previous stageStage 6 - May 11: Castelnaudary - Castelnaudary, 122 kmSmall sprint ends in victory for WilsonStage six of the Tour de L'Aude ended in another win for US team Saturn, as Australia's Anna Wilson claimed victory in the 122 km Castelnauary circuit race. The team are quite formidable when it comes to sprinters, having Petra Rossner who has already won two stages, as well as Wilson. Wilson preceeded Farm Frites-Hartol rider, Yvonne Brunen and Arenda Grimberg (Netherlands) in an eight rider sprint, after the group had broken clear very early on in the race. Today was a designated transition day before tomorrow's tough mountain stage to Font- Romeu, and the seven, including Vonckx (Vlaanderen 2002), Espeseth (Canada), Murenka (Ukraine), Beltman (Netherlands), and Polkanova (Russia) decided to make the most of it with their attack at the 2 kilometre point. Although their lead hovered at half a minute for quite some time, it eventually grew to over two and a half by the finish, and Wilson was able to move up to sixth on the general classification. She was still 11 minutes behind race leader Hanka Kupfernagel (Radteam Kupfernagel) who had no problems staying in the lead today. Anna Wilson's reportToday we raced 122 kms from Castelnaudary to Castelnaudary. Once again we were after a stage victory and we were aggressive from the start. About 30kms into the stage I got into a break of 8 - myself, two Dutch riders (Chantal Beltman and Arenda Grindberg) one Farm Frites rider (Yvonne Brunen), a Russian (Polkanova), a Canadian (Sandy Espeseth), a Ukrainian, and a Vlaanderen rider. Our break hovered at about 50 seconds for 50kms, until we crested the major climb of the day and then suddenly the gap shot out. With 10 kms to go we had 4 minutes and it was clear we were going to stay away. As we approached the finish the Dutch riders began to attack. Lucky for us they were both pretty tired and we were able to contain them. Polkanova also tried her hand, and so did Sandy Espeseth but we reached the final kilometre all together and I positioned myself on Brunen's wheel as I thought she would be the major threat in the sprint. The sprint is uphill and it is quite deceptive - it is easy to go too early because the finish line looks close but with the gradient it takes an unexpectedly long time to get there. Brunen started her sprint at 200 metres to go and provided me with the perfect leadout. I waited until 100 metres to go and kicked and took the stage. Yippee!! Tomorrow is going to be one big day for the tour. We only race 77kms but we climb to 1800 metres. It is by far the toughest day in the tour and I think everyone is pretty concerned about how hard it will be. It certainly could shake the overall classification right up.
Results1 Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn 3.23.10 (36.030 km/h)
2 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex
3 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Netherlands
4 Vanja Vonckx (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team
5 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australie
6 Yuliya Murenka (Ukr) Ukraine
7 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Russia
8 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Netherlands 0.06
9 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Germany 2.36
10 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Netherlands
11 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Radteam Kupfernagel
12 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Russia
13 Deirdre Demet-Barry (USA) Saturn Cycling Team
14 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team
15 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Ukraine
16 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team
17 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) France
18 Géraldine Loewenguth (Fra) France
19 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania
20 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania
21 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Ukraine
22 Juanita Feldhahn (Aus) Mixte 1 Canada/Australie
23 Laurence Restoin (Fra) France
24 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team
25 Mirella Van Melis (Ned) Netherlands
26 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex
27 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex
28 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi) Master Team Carpe Diem
29 Angela Hillenga (Ned) Netherlands 2.43
30 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) France
31 Meike De Bruijn (Ned) Radteam Kupfernagel
32 Leigh Hobson (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australie
33 Tetyana Andrushchenko (Ukr) Ukraine
34 Aline Camboulives (Fra) France
35 Cybil Di Guistini (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australie
36 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) France
37 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Germany
38 Rikka Olsen (Den) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex
39 Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned) Radteam Kupfernagel
40 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Aliverti Immobilione
41 Sanna Lehtimaki (Fin) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex
42 Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) Russia
43 Rasa Mazeikyte (Ltu) Team Aliverti Immobilione
44 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team
45 Valetyna Karpenko (Ukr) Ukraine
46 Kym Shirley (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team
47 Vanessa Cheatley (NZl) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team
48 Kerstin Scheitle (Ger) Germany
49 Clara Hughes (Can) Saturn Cycling Team
50 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Russia 2.56
51 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex
52 Claudia Marietta (Ita) Master Team Carpe Diem 3.15
53 Cornélia Dreher (Ger) Germany 3.32
54 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 3.50
55 Judith Arndt (Ger) Germany 6.04
56 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Netherlands 7.44
57 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuania 7.56
58 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Russia 11.03
59 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Master Team Carpe Diem
60 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Russia 11.14
61 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Radteam Kupfernagel
62 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Radteam Kupfernagel
63 Ita Kryjanovskaïa (Rus) Radteam Kupfernagel
64 Nataliya Yuganiyk (Ukr) Ukraine 14.16
65 Annie Gariepy (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australie 27.31
66 Rita Narbutyte (Ltu) Lithuania
General classification after stage 6:
1 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Radteam Kupfernagel 18.09.09
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 Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 11.07
7 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 12.40
8 Juanita Feldhahn (Aus) Mixte 1 Canada/Australie 12.50
9 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Netherlands 13.24
10 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 13.33
11 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australie 13.50
12 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 13.54
13 Aline Camboulives (Fra) France 14.10
14 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 15.36
15 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Russia 15.44
16 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) France 15.57
17 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Russia 16.11
18 Meike De Bruijn (Ned) Radteam Kupfernagel 17.04
19 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Netherlands 17.05
20 Leigh Hobson (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australie 17.49
21 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) France 17.53
22 Cybil Di Guistini (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australie 18.00
23 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) France 18.07
24 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 18.41
25 Yuliya Murenka (Ukr) Ukraine 19.17
26 Deirdre Demet-Barry (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 19.45
27 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Germany 20.04
28 Laurence Restoin (Fra) France 20.39
29 Clara Hughes (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 21.10
30 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania 22.27
31 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi) Master Team Carpe Diem 23.03
32 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Germany 23.10
33 Vanessa Cheatley (NZl) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 26.22
34 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Netherlands 26.49
35 Vanja Vonckx (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 27.26
36 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Russia 27.42
37 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Ukraine 28.22
38 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania 28.23
39 Tetyana Andrushchenko (Ukr) Ukraine 28.32
40 Valetyna Karpenko (Ukr) Ukraine 28.34
41 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Russia 30.01
42 Sanna Lehtimaki (Fin) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 30.17
43 Mirella Van Melis (Ned) Netherlands 31.11
44 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Radteam Kupfernagel 31.37
45 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 31.52
46 Kym Shirley (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 32.25
47 Angela Hillenga (Ned) Netherlands 33.20
48 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Aliverti Immobilione 33.24
49 Kerstin Scheitle (Ger) Germany 34.08
50 Rasa Mazeikyte (Ltu) Team Aliverti Immobilione 34.08
51 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 34.34
52 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Russia 38.59
53 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 40.04
54 Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned) Radteam Kupfernagel 40.14
55 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Radteam Kupfernagel 42.17
56 Judith Arndt (Ger) Germany 44.52
57 Annie Gariepy (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australie 47.48
58 Rikka Olsen (Den) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 50.29
59 Cornélia Dreher (Ger) Germany 55.51
60 Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) Russia 1.04.25
61 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Master Team Carpe Diem 1.04.40
62 Nataliya Yuganiyk (Ukr) Ukraine 1.08.24
63 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuania 1.08.39
64 Ita Kryjanovskaïa (Rus) Radteam Kupfernagel 1.12.48
65 Claudia Marietta (Ita) Master Team Carpe Diem 1.16.39
66 Rita Narbutyte (Ltu) Lithuania 1.57.50
Mountains:
1 Géraldine Loewenguth (Fra) France 24
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 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Russia 8
8 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 8
9 Yuliya Murenka (Ukr) Ukraine 5
10 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) France 5
11 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 5
12 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 5
13 Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 3
14 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australie 3
15 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Germany 3
16 Aline Camboulives (Fra) France 3
17 Juanita Feldhahn (Aus) Mixte 1 Canada/Australie 3
18 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) France 2
19 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Netherlands 2
20 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Netherlands 2
21 Deirdre Demet-Barry (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 1
Points classification:
1 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Germany 87
2 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Netherlands 77
3 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Radteam Kupfernagel 71
4 Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 58
5 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 57
6 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) France 56
7 Géraldine Loewenguth (Fra) France 37
8 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 37
9 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 35
10 Mirella Van Melis (Ned) Netherlands 34
11 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Ukraine 33
12 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 32
13 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Netherlands 30
14 Vanja Vonckx (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 25
15 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Russia 23
16 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Russia 20
17 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australie 18
18 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Russia 18
19 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Radteam Kupfernagel 15
20 Yuliya Murenka (Ukr) Ukraine 15
21 Juanita Feldhahn (Aus) Mixte 1 Canada/Australie 14
22 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Master Team Carpe Diem 13
23 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania 13
24 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 12
25 Deirdre Demet-Barry (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 11
26 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) France 11
27 Aline Camboulives (Fra) France 10
28 Clara Hughes (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 9
29 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Russia 9
30 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 9
31 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Netherlands 9
32 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Russia 8
33 Nataliya Yuganiyk (Ukr) Ukraine 7
34 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) France 5
35 Angela Hillenga (Ned) Netherlands 5
36 Meike De Bruijn (Ned) Radteam Kupfernagel 4
37 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Germany 3
38 Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) Russia 3
39 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 2
Sprints:
1 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Russia 28
2 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Russia 23
3 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Netherlands 22
4 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Radteam Kupfernagel 21
5 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 15
6 Anna Wilson (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 15
7 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Netherlands 13
8 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) France 11
9 Clara Hughes (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 10
10 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 10
11 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Ukraine 9
12 Yuliya Murenka (Ukr) Ukraine 8
13 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 5
14 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Mixte 1 Canada/Australie 5
15 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania 4
16 Deirdre Demet-Barry (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 3
17 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Russia 2
18 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) France 2
19 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Ladies Team 2
20 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Germany 2
21 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) France 1
22 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania 1
23 Valetyna Karpenko (Ukr) Ukraine 1
Teams classification:
1 France 55.1.19
2 Netherlands 0.53
3 Radteam Kupfernagel 5.33
4 Vlaanderen 2002 8.35
5 Mixte 1 Canada/Australia 10.15
6 Saturn 10.51
7 Mixte 2 Farm Frites/Timex 13.17
8 Ukraine 14.12
9 Russia 16.15
10 Germany 34.56
11 Lithuania 50.18
12 Master Team 2.04.41
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