15th Grande Boucle Féminine - 2.9.1France, August 5-18, 2001Main page Results Previous stage Stage 14 - August 19: Pierrelaye - Paris, 117.8 kmSomarriba triumphs, with the oddsBy Jeff Jones
Alfa Lum's Joane Somarriba has won her second successive Grande Boucle Feminine in dominating fashion, beating three-time winner Fabiana Luperini (Edil Savino) by a margin of 3'27 as the race finished in Paris today. Somarriba won the prologue and two more stages, and while Luperini also won three stages, she lost too much time in the time trials to be a threat to Somarriba. There were only two holders of the yellow jersey throughout the tour, such was Somarriba's dominance. The Spaniard lost her lead in stage 7, the longest of the race, to Lithuanian Rasa Polikeviciute (Acca Due O). But this turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as Alfa Lum were relieved of the pressure to defend the jersey every day. Somarriba was only a handful of seconds behind Polikeviciute, and crushed her in the stage 10 time trial to take the lead once and for all, keeping Luperini in check in the Alps and riding into Paris today in yellow.
The final stage from Pierrelaye to Paris was 117.8 kilometres, finishing with nine laps of a circuit of the avenue Foch in the western part of the city. After a quiet first hour, the race began when they hit the circuit. A number of Somarriba's Basque compatriots were out to cheer their star on to victory, and she did not disappoint. She stayed near the front of the bunch, assisted by her team, and finished safely in the bunch sprint that concluded the stage. Carpe Diem-Itera led the charge with Russian sprinting star Olga Slioussareva (winner of the points jersey) coming through with 500 metres to go to take her third stage win, clearly beating Regina Schleicher (Michela Fanini) and Susanne Ljungskog (Aliverti mixed). Slioussareva also finished 12th overall, quite impressive for a track sprinter in a race such as this.
The Russian team totally dominated the sprints classification as well, with Elena Tchalykh, Olga Slioussareva and Youlia Martissova making a clean sweep. Fabiana Luperini had to be satisfied with second place and the mountains jersey, while her Edil Savino team won the team's classification. The best young rider was another Spaniard Maribel Moreno Allue (Junkers-Noja), who finished 17th on GC. "I am very happy to have finally finished La Grande Boucle because of so many days of competition and the great pressure on me. More than last year," said Somarriba at the finish. "In five years, the level of the women's peloton has improved a lot and the riders are better and better prepared. Now, my next objective is the World Championships in Portugal".
Results1 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Carpe Diem Itera 2.49.22 (41.73 km/h) 2 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Michela Fanini Record Rox 3 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Aliverti Mixed 4 Judith Arndt (Ger) Junkers-Noja 5 Sara Felloni (Ita) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 6 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Farm Frites/USA 7 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Bik Toscany Sport 8 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 9 Rosa Maria Bravo Soba (Spa) Bik Toscany Sport 10 Alexandra Le Henaff (Fra) Bizkaia-Sabeco 11 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Team 24 12 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Catalonia 13 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Aliverti Mixed 14 Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 15 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Junkers-Noja 16 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 17 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Carpe Diem Itera 18 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Farm Frites/USA 19 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Rox 20 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gas Sport Team 21 Miho Oki (Jpn) CA Mantes-La-Ville 22 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Junkers-Noja 23 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 24 Lara Ruthven (USA) Carpe Diem Itera 25 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Carpe Diem Itera 26 Sandra Wampfler (Swi) CA Mantes-La-Ville 27 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Bik Toscany Sport 28 Gitana Gruodyte (Ltu) Aliverti Mixed 29 Joan Wilson (USA) Farm Frites/USA 30 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bik Toscany Sport 31 Jeannie Longo Ciprelli (Fra) Swam-Slovakia 32 Iryna Chuzhynova (Ukr) Edilsavino 33 Bettina Schöke (Ger) Junkers-Noja 34 Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Gas Sport Team 35 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Catalonia 36 Baukje Doedee (Ned) Bik Toscany Sport 37 Gemma Pascual Torrecilla (Spa) Bizkaia-Sabeco 38 Elena Tchalykh (Rus) Carpe Diem Itera 39 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team 40 Isabelle Carro (Fra) Bizkaia-Sabeco 41 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Edilsavino 42 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Edilsavino 43 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia-Sabeco 44 Cybil Diguistini (Can) CA Mantes-La-Ville 45 Sandra Santanyes (Spa) Catalonia 46 Simona Parente (Ita) Edilsavino 47 Emmanuelle Farcy (Fra) CA Mantes-La-Ville 48 Fatima Blazquez Lozano (Spa) Michela Fanini Record Rox 49 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 50 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Aliverti Mixed 51 Teodora Ruano Sanchon (Spa) Junkers-Noja 52 Lenka Ilavska (Svk) Swam-Slovakia 53 Elena Carbonell Font (Spa) Catalonia 54 Mari Holden (USA) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 55 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 56 Daniela Veronesi (Smr) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 57 Alena Barillova (Svk) Swam-Slovakia 58 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Edilsavino 59 Rhonda Quick (USA) Farm Frites/USA 60 Monica Ceccon (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Rox 61 Zlatica Gavlakova (Svk) Swam-Slovakia 62 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 63 Ruth Martinez Gomez (Spa) Junkers-Noja 64 Anna Ramirez (Spa) Catalonia 65 Alexandra Nohles (Ger) Aliverti Mixed 0.12 66 Sonia Rocca (Ita) Edilsavino 0.32 67 Marika Murer (Swi) Michela Fanini Record Rox 2.21 68 Patricia Zulato (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Rox 2.21 69 Tiziana Smorgon (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Rox 2.25 Final general classification 1 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 42.11.22 (36.97 km/h) 2 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Edilsavino 3.27 3 Judith Arndt (Ger) Junkers-Noja 5.34 4 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team 7.23 5 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 8.00 6 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Aliverti Mixed 9.45 7 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Edilsavino 12.10 8 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Aliverti Mixed 12.27 9 Jeannie Longo Ciprelli (Fra) Swam-Slovakia 19.27 10 Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Gas Sport Team 21.59 11 Teodora Ruano Sanchon (Spa) Junkers-Noja 22.21 12 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Carpe Diem Itera 23.49 13 Bettina Schöke (Ger) Junkers-Noja 27.45 14 Mari Holden (USA) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 29.09 15 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 30.06 16 Lara Ruthven (USA) Carpe Diem Itera 31.52 17 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Junkers-Noja 32.07 18 Simona Parente (Ita) Edilsavino 33.05 19 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 33.33 20 Fatima Blazquez Lozano (Spa) Michela Fanini Record Ro 34.15 21 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Rox 34.22 22 Cybil Diguistini (Can) CA Mantes-La-Ville 38.12 23 Gitana Gruodyte (Ltu) Aliverti Mixed 41.46 24 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Bik Toscany Sport 41.56 25 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Junkers-Noja 49.16 26 Baukje Doedee (Ned) Bik Toscany Sport 55.59 27 Sandra Wampfler (Swi) CA Mantes-La-Ville 56.34 28 Daniela Veronesi (Smr) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 56.43 29 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Carpe Diem Itera 57.37 30 Rhonda Quick (USA) Farm Frites/USA 59.43 31 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 1.00.04 32 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Farm Frites/USA 1.00.45 33 Elena Tchalykh (Rus) Carpe Diem Itera 34 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Carpe Diem Itera 1.00.49 35 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Team 24 1.00.53 36 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 1.01.24 37 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Farm Frites/USA 1.02.25 38 Sara Felloni (Ita) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 1.03.18 39 Lenka Ilavska (Svk) Swam-Slovakia 1.05.46 40 Miho Oki (Jpn) CA Mantes-La-Ville 1.07.11 41 Iryna Chuzhynova (Ukr) Edilsavino 1.08.47 42 Alexandra Le Henaff (Fra) Bizkaia-Sabeco 1.09.51 43 Joan Wilson (USA) Farm Frites/USA 1.11.01 44 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Aliverti Mixed 1.11.28 45 Ruth Martinez Gomez (Spa) Junkers-Noja 1.14.54 46 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Michela Fanini Record Rox 1.18.06 47 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bik Toscany Sport 1.18.56 48 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Catalonia 1.19.22 49 Rosa Maria Bravo Soba (Spa) Bik Toscany Sport 1.21.32 50 Anna Ramirez (Spa) Catalonia 1.35.07 51 Zlatica Gavlakova (Svk) Swam-Slovakia 1.37.34 52 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Bik Toscany Sport 1.41.48 53 Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 1.48.29 54 Alexandra Nohles (Ger) Aliverti Mixed 1.59.23 55 Gemma Pascual Torrecilla (Spa) Bizkaia-Sabeco 2.11.06 56 Marika Murer (Swi) Michela Fanini Record Rox 2.14.16 57 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gas Sport Team 2.14.18 58 Tiziana Smorgon (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Rox 2.19.46 59 Monica Ceccon (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Rox 2.31.09 60 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Edilsavino 2.36.01 61 Sonia Rocca (Ita) Edilsavino 2.37.22 62 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia-Sabeco 2.41.15 63 Sandra Santanyes (Spa) Catalonia 2.41.31 64 Emmanuelle Farcy (Fra) CA Mantes-La-Ville 2.56.17 65 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Catalonia 3.01.56 66 Patricia Zulato (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Rox 3.24.08 67 Isabelle Carro (Fra) Bizkaia-Sabeco 4.03.10 68 Elena Carbonell Font (Spa) Catalonia 4.27.09 69 Alena Barillova (Svk) Swam-Slovakia 4.45.37 Points classification 1 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Carpe Diem Itera 175 pts 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) Junkers-Noja 141 3 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Michela Fanini Record Rox 107 4 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 89 5 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 87 6 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Edilsavino 86 7 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Farm Frites/USA 83 8 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team 76 9 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Bik Toscany Sport 54 10 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Aliverti Mixed 51 11 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Edilsavino 47 12 Simona Parente (Ita) Edilsavino 44 13 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Carpe Diem Itera 37 14 Rosa Maria Bravo Soba (Spa) Bik Toscany Sport 36 15 Gitana Gruodyte (Ltu) Aliverti Mixed 30 16 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Aliverti Mixed 29 17 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 27 18 Sara Felloni (Ita) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 26 19 Mari Holden (USA) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 24 20 Bettina Schöke (Ger) Junkers-Noja 24 21 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Aliverti Mixed 24 22 Jeannie Longo Ciprelli (Fra) Swam-Slovakia 22 23 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Rox 19 24 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bik Toscany Sport 19 25 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 17 26 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Carpe Diem Itera 15 27 Teodora Ruano Sanchon (Spa) Junkers-Noja 15 28 Elena Tchalykh (Rus) Carpe Diem Itera 14 29 Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Gas Sport Team 14 30 Fatima Blazquez Lozano (Spa) Michela Fanini Record Ro 13 31 Lenka Ilavska (Svk) Swam-Slovakia 12 32 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 12 33 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Team 24 12 34 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Farm Frites/USA 10 35 Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 10 36 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 9 37 Daniela Veronesi (Smr) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 9 38 Iryna Chuzhynova (Ukr) Edilsavino 7 39 Alexandra Le Henaff (Fra) Bizkaia-Sabeco 6 40 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Catalonia 4 41 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Junkers-Noja 4 42 Sandra Wampfler (Swi) CA Mantes-La-Ville 4 43 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Junkers-Noja 4 44 Cybil Diguistini (Can) CA Mantes-La-Ville 3 45 Lara Ruthven (USA) Carpe Diem Itera 2 46 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Bik Toscany Sport 2 47 Ruth Martinez Gomez (Spa) Junkers-Noja 2 48 Miho Oki (Jpn) CA Mantes-La-Ville 1 Mountains classification 1 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Edilsavino 113 pts 2 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 72 3 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 49 4 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Aliverti Mixed 40 5 Judith Arndt (Ger) Junkers-Noja 30 6 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Gas Sport Team 27 7 Jeannie Longo Ciprelli (Fra) Swam-Slovakia 19 8 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Edilsavino 16 9 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Aliverti Mixed 15 10 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Carpe Diem Itera 15 11 Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Gas Sport Team 12 12 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 10 13 Teodora Ruano Sanchon (Spa) Junkers-Noja 9 14 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Junkers-Noja 7 15 Marika Murer (Swi) Michela Fanini Record Rox 4 16 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Michela Fanini Record Rox 4 17 Elena Tchalykh (Rus) Carpe Diem Itera 2 18 Simona Parente (Ita) Edilsavino 1 Sprints classification 1 Elena Tchalykh (Rus) Carpe Diem Itera 52 pts 2 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Carpe Diem Itera 42 3 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Carpe Diem Itera 26 4 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 22 5 Sara Felloni (Ita) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 10 6 Judith Arndt (Ger) Junkers-Noja 8 7 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Edilsavino 6 8 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 6 9 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 5 10 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Michela Fanini Record Rox 5 11 Mari Holden (USA) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 5 12 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Aliverti Mixed 3 13 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Edilsavino 3 14 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gas Sport Team 1 15 Jeannie Longo Ciprelli (Fra) Swam-Slovakia 1 16 Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 1 Espoirs classification 1 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Junkers-Noja 42.43.29 2 Gitana Gruodyte (Ltu) Aliverti Mixed 9.39 3 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Acca Due-O H.P Lorena 29.17 4 Anna Ramirez (Spa) Catalonia 1.03.00 5 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Bik Toscany Sport 1.09.41 6 Gemma Pascual Torrecilla (Spa) Bizkaia-Sabeco 1.38.59 7 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Edilsavino 2.03.54 8 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia-Sabeco 2.09.08 Teams classification 1 Edil Savino 127.20.43 2 Junkers - Noja 2.49 3 Aliverti 17.23 4 Alfa Lum RSM 23.00 5 Acca Due O - HP - Lorena 24.14 6 Carpe Diem - Itera 32.53 7 Gas Sport 37.03 8 Swam 1.30.16 9 Michela Fanini 1.34.08 10 Farm Frites - USA 1.43.34 11 CA Mantes la Ville 1.50.23 12 Bik - Toscany 1.57.19 13 Catalonia 3.25.46 14 Bizkaia - Sabeco 5.05.39 |
