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Junior Women's Road RaceFriday, October 13, 2000, 9:15The local time in Plouay is |
Plouay: Circuit Jean Yves-Perron, 70.8 km (5 laps)Preview Start List Route Description Profile PreviewThe junior women will be the first to tackle the 14.1 kilometre Jean Yves-Perron circuit that the road races are held on in Plouay. They have to complete five laps of the tough, undulating course and the race is certain not to end in a bunch sprint. The course suits power climbers, and the favourites are likely to be those that rode well in the final section of the time trial. Winner in that event, Juliette Vandekerckhove stands an excellent chance, but she will be hard pressed by the Polish team led by Magdalena Sadlecka. Germany's Sarah Düster is one to look out for, as is Clare Hall-Patch from Canada. Australia's Kate Bates may suffer more on the hillier terrain, but teammate Jessica Amy could come into her own. Others to look for include Ine Wannijn (Bel), Bettina Kuhn (Swi), Bertine Spijkerman (Ned) and Lisa Gatto (Ita). Start List1 Erica Drew (Can) 2 Clare Hall-Patch (Can) 3 Raphaele Lemieux (Can) 4 Liane Bahler (Ger) 5 Sarah Düster (Ger) 6 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) 7 Susan Thiele (Ger) 8 Valentina Alessio (Ita) 9 Serena Cavicchi (Ita) 10 Lisa Gatto (Ita) 11 Anna Gusmini (Ita) 12 Wioletta Balawajder (Pol) 13 Magdalena Sadlecka (Pol) 14 Anna Sipurzynska (Pol) 15 Emilia Skawinska (Pol) 16 Izaskun Alboniga Pena (Spa) 17 Leticia Gil Parra (Spa) 18 Rosa Maria Membrives Gimenez (Spa) 19 Marta Plata Rodriguez (Spa) 20 Corine Hierckens (Bel) 21 Kathy Ingels (Bel) 22 Nele Van Den Bossche (Bel) 23 Ine Wannijn (Bel) 24 Andrea Hess (Swi) 25 Andrea Knecht (Swi) 26 Bettina Kuhn (Swi) 27 Sonja Traxel (Swi) 28 Justina Dieninyte (Ltu) 29 Diana Elmentaite (Ltu) 30 Indre Januleviciute (Ltu) 31 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) 32 Natalia Boiarskaia (Rus) 33 Elena Chalaeva (Rus) 34 Ekaterina Malomoura (Rus) 35 Natalia Tretiakova (Rus) 36 Josephine Groenveld (Ned) 37 Bertine Spijkerman (Ned) 38 Frederika Van Der Wiel (Ned) 39 Cornelia Van Haastert (Ned) 40 Jessica Amy (Aus) 41 Katherine Bates (Aus) 42 Katie Brown (Aus) 43 Fiona Dwyer (Aus) 44 Pamela Garnier (Fra) 45 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) 46 Camille Valla (Fra) 47 Juliette Vandekerckhove (Fra) 48 Pavla Havlikova (Cze) 49 Zdenka Havlikova (Cze) 50 Volha Hayeva (Blr) 51 Volha Kushniarevich (Blr) 52 Katarina Dolinska (Svk) 53 Eva Potocna (Svk) 54 Patricia Palencia Aleman (Mex) 55 Andrea Balint (Hun) 56 Mette Fischer Andreasen (Den) 57 Laura Bissell (GBr) 58 Nicole Cooke (GBr) 59 Claire Dixon (GBr) 60 Lorna Webb (GBr) 61 Megan Elliott (USA) 62 Lauren Franges (USA) 63 Odessa Osorio (USA) 64 Sarah Uhl (USA) 65 Helene Tveter (Nor) 66 Engela Conradie (RSA) 67 Adriana Fouche (RSA) 68 Samantha Serfontein (RSA) Route DescriptionWhat a great, classic road world's circuit; a tough, technical and unpredictable parcours that will crown worthy champions. Named after Jean-Yves Perron, the organizer of the Grand Prix de l'Ouest, it's a 14.150 km tour through the arriere-pays of Morbihan. The parcours heads southeast with a tailwind right away, up the fast first climb, a côte of 1.5km long and 6% average grade, with the last 300m to Le Harras steeper at 8% gradient. Here's where the attacks will start on Circuit Perron after 2.2 km. This is followed by a short descent, then another quick leg-sapping climb of 300m at 10%. After a tight technical descent through Kerscoulic and Questenen to Poulhibet, the third and perhaps most crucial climb of Circuit Perron heads towards the finish in Plouay. With 3.5km to go, the final cote is a wide-open, windy 1.5km haul with an average gradient of 8%. When counter-moves get away on the second climb and the descent to Poulhibet, the chasers will feel empowered to bring them back up the final climb. Once the last climb is crested, there are 2.15 km to go on a fast, rolling tailwind section to the finish. Beware, the final 1 km is downhill for much of the way, with a tricky uphill finish that may be difficult to judge. Profile |