GP Féminine International du Québec - 2.9.2Canada, August 22-26, 2001Main page Results Previous stage Stage 6 - August 26: Sutton - Mount Sutton, 90 kmNeben wins the Stage, but Sundstedt wins the overallThe sixth and final stage of the GP Fem du Quebec started and finished on the top of Mt. Sutton. With two major climbs and a finish at the altitude of 520 meters, the 21 seocnd gap between Intersport's Pia Sunstedt and Saturn's Anke Erlank was likley to be challenged. Mind you, Erlank began the stage still suffering from injuries sustained after a car hit her, whilst she was warming up for yesterday's time trial. Starting off under crystal clear skies, the remaining field of 71 headed out to race the 90 kilometers of challenging terrain. The attacks began immediately. Amber Neben (Autotrader.com), a non factor in the overall results, was allowed to go up the road, and soon had a gap of thirty seconds. Great Britain's Rachel Seal and Rona's Meshy Holt, also both over 20 minutes off of the Leader's time, bridged to Neben, and the three were away for the remainder of the race. With 25 kilometers to go, the steepness of the hills increased and Bessette began to attack Sunstedt. With the advantage of riding with teammate Erlank , Bessette managed to get away from Sunstedt on the final climb, but there was not enough time to be had in the final kilometers. Sunstedt rode smartly, limiting the time gap, while maintaining a steady rhythm . Neben won the stage over Seal, Bessette finished third about 15 seconds ahead of Sunstedt. Erlank maintained her second spot in the overall, with Bessette finishing in third. Bessette also won the Points Jersey, and the Saturn Team won the Team Classification.
Results1 Amber Neben (USA) Autotrader.com 2.31.29 2 Rachel Heal (GBr) GBr Nationals 1.50 3 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Timex 2.59 4 Sara Symington (GBr) GBr Nationals 3.03 5 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Intersports 3.07 6 Anke Erlank (RSA) Saturn Timex 7 Nicole Cooke (GBr) GBr Nationals 3.31 8 Manon Jutras (Can) RONA 3.41 9 Susan Palmer Komar (Can) Intersports 3.44 10 Julie Young (USA) Autotrader.com 3.47 Final general classification 1 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Intersports International 12.26.35 2 Anke Erlank (RSA) Saturn 0.21 3 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 1.06 4 Katrina Berger (USA) Autotrader.com Cycling Team 4.55 5 Nicole Demars (Can) 800.com 6.20 6 Julie Young (USA) Autotrader.com Cycling Team 7.15 7 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain 8.16 8 Ara Symington (GBr) Great Britain 9.45 9 Manon Jutras (Can) Rona 9.53 10 Leah Toffolon (USA) Amoroso's/Tristate Velo 10.45 11 Leah Goldstein (Can) 800.com 10.46 12 Jessica Phillips (USA) Intersports International 10.58 13 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Intersports International 11.14 14 Suzanne Palmar Komar (Can) Intersports International 11.27 15 Karinne Dalmais (Fra) France 12.28 16 Melanie Nadeau (Can) Rona 13.41 17 Amber Neben (USA) Autotrader.com Cycling Team 14.52 18 Rachel Heal (GBr) Great Britain 18.17 19 Stacey Peters (USA) 800.com 22.19 20 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 22.54 21 Andrea Hannos (Can) Verizon Wireless 24.36 22 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona 24.39 23 Charlotte Hopkinson (GBr) Great Britain 26.05 24 Clara Hugues (Can) Saturn 26.06 25 Emily Thorne (USA) Trek 26.23 26 Nicole Freedman (USA) Credit Suisse First Boston 27.04 27 Sonia Huguet (Fra) France 27.28 28 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Intersports International 28.44 29 Franceline Catherine (Fra) France 28.56 30 Erin Willock (Can) Canada 29.08 31 Brenda Black (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 29.30 32 Lisa Magness (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 29.42 33 Katrina Davis (USA) Trek 29.43 34 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 29.59 35 Geraldine Ollivier (Fra) Bretagne 30.46 36 Emily Westbrook (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 31.22 37 Raphaele Lemieux (Can) Rona 31.56 38 Daniella Moonen (Ned) Prowinn Essent 33.54 39 Sophie St-Jacques (Can) Trek 33.56 40 Petra Ford (USA) Verizon Wireless 34.09 41 Kim Davidge (Can) Saturn 35.05 42 Stephanie Reymond (Fra) France 36.02 43 Sima Trapp (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 36.51 44 Anne Samplonius (Can) Intersports International 36.53 45 Gina Grain (Can) 800.com 37.28 46 Liza Rachetto (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 37.29 47 Irene Vanden Broek (Ned) Prowinn Essent 38.22 48 Liz Begosh (USA) Amoroso's/Tristate Velo 39.07 49 Jennifer Weaver (USA) Amoroso's/Tristate Velo 40.43 50 Joanne Cavill (GBr) Great Britain 41.31 51 Laura Schmidt (USA) Verizon Wireless 43.02 52 Odessa Osorio (USA) Trek 43.16 53 Catherine Powers (USA) 800.com 46.07 54 Hiroko Shimada (USA) Verizon Wireless 46.28 55 Stephanie Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne 47.50 56 Julia Hawley (Ber) Verizon Wireless 49.07 57 Lauren Gaffney (USA) Credit Suisse First Boston 50.21 58 Erica Drew (Can) Canada 52.11 59 Carrie Tuck (Can) Canada 57.18 60 Jeanne Mc Fall (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 57.22 61 Mandy Poitras (Can) 800.com 1.00.52 62 Sabrina Payen (Fra) Bretagne 1.09.32 63 Julie Hutsebaut (Can) Canada 1.09.45 64 Danielle Bekkering (Ned) Prowinn Essent 1.29.34 65 Lenora Felker (USA) Amoroso's/Tristate Velo 1.31.55 Points classification 1 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 66 pts 2 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Intersports International 55 3 Julie Young (USA) Autotrader.com Cycling Team 54 4 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain 53 5 Anke Erlank (RSA) Saturn 44 6 Amber Neben (USA) Autotrader.com Cycling Team 32 7 Katrina Berger (USA) Autotrader.com Cycling Team 27 8 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Intersports International 25 9 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 25 10 Rachel Heal (GBr) Great Britain 24 11 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 20 12 Gina Grain (Can) 800.com 18 13 Nicole Demars (Can) 800.com 16 14 Suzanne Palmar Komar (Can) Intersports International 15 15 Ara Symington (GBr) Great Britain 15 16 Mandy Poitras (Can) 800.com 13 17 Nicole Freedman (USA) Credit Suisse First Boston 13 18 Andrea Hannos (Can) Verizon Wireless 13 19 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona 10 20 Charlotte Hopkinson (GBr) Great Britain 10 21 Karinne Dalmais (Fra) France 9 22 Manon Jutras (Can) Rona 9 23 Melanie Nadeau (Can) Rona 8 24 Stacey Peters (USA) 800.com 8 25 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Intersports International 7 26 Clara Hugues (Can) Saturn 6 27 Leah Goldstein (Can) 800.com 4 28 Anne Samplonius (Can) Intersports International 4 29 Stephanie Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne 3 30 Joanne Cavill (GBr) Great Britain 2 31 Leah Toffolon (USA) Amoroso's/Tristate Velo 2 32 Raphaele Lemieux (Can) Rona 1 Mountains classification 1 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Great Britain 44 pts 2 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Intersports International 41 3 Amber Neben (USA) Autotrader.com Cycling Team 34 4 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 26 5 Anke Erlank (RSA) Saturn 20 6 Rachel Heal (GBr) Great Britain 14 7 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona 13 8 Karinne Dalmais (Fra) France 10 9 Julie Young (USA) Autotrader.com Cycling Team 7 10 Katrina Berger (USA) Autotrader.com Cycling Team 7 11 Manon Jutras (Can) Rona 6 12 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 5 13 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Intersports International 4 14 Nicole Demars (Can) 800.com 3 15 Clara Hugues (Can) Saturn 3 16 Ara Symington (GBr) Great Britain 1 17 Nicole Freedman (USA) Credit Suisse First Boston 1 18 Melanie Nadeau (Can) Rona 1 19 Andrea Hannos (Can) Verizon Wireless 1 20 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Intersports International 1 Teams classification 1 Saturn 37.30.20 2 Autotrader.com Cycling Team 5.06 3 Intersports International 5.46 4 Great Britain 15.19 5 Rona 18.34 6 800.com 28.30 7 France 58.17 8 Verizon Wireless 1.11.45 9 Trek 1.19.27 10 Amoroso's/Tristate Velo 1.19.38 11 Goldy's/Grove Street Place 1.19.43 12 Canada 1.32.02 13 Prowinn Essent 1.50.51 14 Bretagne 2.17.33 |