Results and Reports for September 9-10

Russia

Pre-Olympic Time Trial

Pre-Olympic Time Trial

Moscow, Russia, September 10, 2000

Zulfia Zabirova rode her last race before the Olympics, a 23 kilometre time trial in Moscow. Svetlana Bubnenkova did not start because her knee is bad. Zabirova feels tired after the Tour de Suisse but still won the race by two minutes.

Today Zabirova and Bubnenkova will travel to Chita - a Russian city in the east. They will stay there until September 23 and 24 before coming to Sydney. In Chita a road course was prepared especially for them, being similar to that in Sydney: with many turns and small rises. The time difference between Chita and Sydney is only one hour which will help them adjust quite quickly to the jet lag. The men's team will help them with their training.

Results:

1 Zulfia Zabirova (Acca Due O-Lorena Camicie)   32.34.32 (44.5 km/h)
2 Svetlana Stepanova 				 1.58.30
3 Polina Bakova 				 3.09.02

Courtesy of the Russian Cycling Federation