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First Union Liberty Classic (CDM)Philadelphia, PA, June 10, 20012000 Results Results World Cup standings Preview Start list Past winners Rossner makes it Six
Saturn's German locomotive, Petra Rossner has won her fifth Liberty Classic in a row, and her sixth of all time as the race once again finished in a bunch sprint. It's almost a prerequisite of Rossner's contract to win the Liberty Classic, and she did not disappoint her hard working Saturn teammates. Saturn also managed to keep Anna Millward in the World Cup leader's jersey, as she sprinted to second place behind Rossner. The race started out with the American Autotrader.com Team fighting hard not to let the seemingly inevitable field sprint occur. Attack after attack, with sometimes two at a time, Autotrader attempted to launch one of their riders. However, the Saturn domestique team of Lyne Bessette, Suzanne Sonye, Ina Teutenberg and Kristy Scrymgeour were committed to Rossner winning yet another First Union Championship and they eventually succeeded.
Rossner's win marks an unbelievable fifth consecutive trip to the winner's podium at the First Union Liberty Classic, while Millward's second place ensured she kept the World Cup lead over Melchers. Rossner also now leads the US Pro Tour over teammate Teutenberg.
Results - 116 km1 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn-Timex 3.01.47 (38.29 km/h) 2 Anna Milward (Aus) Saturn-Timex 3 Debbie Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen-T-Interim Ladies Team 4 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Intersports 5 Mirjan Melchers (Ned) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 6 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen-T-Interim Ladies Team 7 Sara Symington (GBr) British National Team 8 Heidi Vandevijver (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim Ladies Team 9 Paula Macnamara (USA) Verizon Wireless 10 Joann Kiesandowski (NZl) Procter & Gamble 11 Gina Grain (Can) 800.com 12 Kerry Helmuth (USA) Carpe Diem-Itera 13 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National Team 14 Anne Samplonius (Can) Intersports 15 Erin Carter (Can) Intersports 16 Jen Dial (USA) Verizon Wireless 17 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Carpe Diem-Itera 18 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 19 Katia Longhin (Ita) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 20 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Dutch National Team 21 Charmaine Breon (USA) TalgoAmercia.com 22 Cheryl Binney (USA) Procter & Gamble 23 Suzy Pryde (NZl) Autotrader.com 24 Roz Reekie May (NZl) UPMC 25 Melissa Holt (NZl) UPMC 26 Mandy Poitras (Can) 800.com 27 Lara Ruthven (USA) Carpe Diem-Itera 28 Sophie St. Jacques (Can) UPMC 29 Cassandra Ramirez (USA) Tri State Velo 30 Cindy Bauwens (Bel) Verizon Wireless 31 Laura Van Gilder (USA) Verizon Wireless 32 Ceris Gilfillan (GBr) British National Team 33 Lauren Franges (USA) Tri State Velo 34 Meredith Miller (USA) Jane's Cosmetics 35 Katrina Davis (USA) Trek CYBC 36 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi) Carpe Diem-Itera 37 Andrea Hannos (Can) Verizon Wireless 38 Angela Hilenga (Ned) Dutch National Team 39 Jenny Eyerman (USA) Jane's Cosmetics 40 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim Ladies Team 41 Katrina Berger (USA) Autotrader.com 42 Joy Schaffer (USA) Credit Suisse First Boston 43 Marielle Van Scheppingen (Ned) Dutch National Team 44 Mina Pizzini (USA) Procter & Gamble 45 Caren Spore (USA) Jane's Cosmetics 46 Kori Kelly (USA) Procter & Gamble 47 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Autotrader.com 48 Emily Thorne (USA) Trek CYBC 49 Rhonda Quick (USA) Jane's Cosmetics 50 Rebecca Conzelman (USA) TalgoAmercia.com 51 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team 52 Gail Longenecker (USA) Boise Cascade 53 Elizabeth Begosh (USA) Tri State Velo 54 Kim Morrow (USA) TalgoAmercia.com 55 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Dutch National Team 56 Vanessa Cheatley (NZl) Vlaanderen-T-Interim Ladies Team 57 Sue Palmer Komer (Can) Jane's Cosmetics 58 Julie Young (USA) Autotrader.com 59 Tina Mayolo (USA) Autotrader.com 60 Jessica Phillips (USA) Intersports 61 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Intersports 62 Beth Leasure (USA) Boise Cascade 63 Stacey Spencer (Can) Procter & Gamble 64 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn-Timex 65 Darnelle Moore (Can) Verizon Wireless 66 Kim Smith (USA) Autotrader.com 67 Jola Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 0.09 68 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) 800.com 69 Kerry Soraci (USA) Boise Cascade 0.39 70 Laura Shuford (USA) Trek CYBC 0.43 71 Jody Diemar (USA) Boise Cascade 1.13 72 Vanja Vonckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim Ladies Team 2.09 73 Sandra Kolb (USA) Credit Suisse First Boston 74 Kristy Scrymgeour (Aus) Saturn-Timex 4.07 75 Suzanne Sonye (USA) Saturn-Timex Outside time limit 76 Julie Hutsevaut (Can) Jane's Cosmetics 11.59 77 Amy Babcock (USA) Credit Suisse First Boston 14.22 DNF Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn-Timex DNF Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie DNF Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie DNF Sue Carter (GBr) British National Team DNF Kate Farrell (USA) Trek CYBC DNF Odessa Osorio (USA) Trek CYBC DNF Alicia Genest (USA) Trek CYBC DNF Martha Myer (USA) Procter & Gamble DNF Annalisa Farrell (NZl) UPMC DNF Cindy Carroll (USA) 800.com DNF Sherri Stedje (USA) Credit Suisse First Boston DNF Allie Warfel (USA) Credit Suisse First Boston DNF Kathryn Wilder (USA) Credit Suisse First Boston DNF Maria Collazo (USA) Tri State Velo DNF Lenora Felker (USA) Tri State Velo DNF Tania Duff Miller (NZl) Tri State Velo DNF Tina Skelley (USA) TalgoAmercia.com DNF Elizabeth Sterling (USA) TalgoAmercia.com DNF Kelly Yoder (USA) TalgoAmercia.com DNS Yvonne Mcgregor (GBr) British National TeamWomen's World Cup standings after round 6 1 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn-Timex 268 pts 2 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 222 3 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen-T-Interim Ladies Team 160 4 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) Gas Sport Team 91 5 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Edilsavino 86 6 Sara Felloni (Ita) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 76 7 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn-Timex 75 8 Geneviève Jeanson (Can) Equipe Cycliste Rona 75 9 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim Ladies Team 75 10 Ceris Gilfillan (GBr) 54 11 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 45 12 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Autotrader.com 45 13 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 39 14 Sandy Espeseth (Can) 36 15 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen-T-Interim Ladies Team 35 16 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn-Timex 35 17 Trixi Worrack (Ger) 35 18 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) 35 19 Alison Wright (Aus) 34 20 Mari Holden (USA) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 33 21 Sarah Symington (GBr) 32 22 Sara Carrigan (Aus) 30 23 Simona Parente (Ita) Edilsavino 30 24 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim Ladies Team 29 25 Chantal Beltman (Ned) 28 26 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 25 27 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 25 28 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (Fra) 24 29 Miho Oki (Jpn) 24 30 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Edilsavino 24 31 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Farm Frites-Hartol 21 32 Bridget Evans (Aus) Carpe Diem-Itera 21 33 Rosalind Reekie-May (NZl) 19 34 Elisabeth Tadich (Aus) 18 35 Yvonne Mcgregor (GBr) 16 36 Paula Macnamara (USA) 15 37 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn-Timex 15 38 Melissa Holt (NZl) 13 39 Joanne Kiesandowski (NZl) 11 40 Susy Pryde (NZl) Autotrader.com 11 41 Lara Ruthven (USA) Carpe Diem-Itera 11 42 Fany Lecourtois (Fra) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 11 43 Gina Grain (Can) 10 44 Judith Arndt (Ger) 10 45 Kerry Ellen Hellmuth (USA) Carpe Diem-Itera 9 46 Melanie Sears (GBr) 8 47 Sophie Creux (Fra) 8 48 Jenny Algelid (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger 8 49 Sandra Wampfler (Swi) C.A. Mantes La Ville 78 8 50 Anne Samplonius (Can) 7 51 Rhonda Quick (USA) 7 52 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) 7 53 Erin Carter (Can) 6 54 Kym Shirley (Aus) 6 55 Anke Erlank (RSA) Saturn-Timex 6 56 Jennifer Dial (USA) 5 57 Vanessa Rochelle Cheatley (NZl) Vlaanderen-T-Interim Ladies Team 5 58 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Farm Frites-Hartol 5 59 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Carpe Diem-Itera 4 60 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Carpe Diem-Itera 4 61 Séverine Desbouys (Fra) Gas Sport Team 4 62 Luisiana Pegoraro (Ita) Carpe Diem-Itera 4 63 Emma James (Aus) 4 64 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 3 65 Cybil Di Guistini (Can) C.A. Mantes La Ville 78 3 66 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 3 67 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 3 68 Katia Longhin (Ita) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 2 69 Manon Jutras (Can) Equipe Cycliste Rona 2 70 Katie Mactier (Aus) 2 71 Vera Carrara (Ita) Carpe Diem-Itera 2 72 Melanie Doron (Can) 1 73 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi) Carpe Diem-Itera 1 74 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Alfa Lum R.S.M. 1 75 Pamela Schuster (USA) Autotrader.com 1 Preview: Can Rossner make it six?By Jeff Jones Despite the presence of the steep 17% Manayunk Wall in the First Union Liberty Classic in Philadelphia, Saturn's sprinting star Petra Rossner is still the main favourite for the 116 km, 5 lap race. She has, after all, won it four times in a row and will be backed by star studded line up including world number one Anna Millward, Tour de l'Aude winner Lyne Bessette, fellow German sprinter Ina Teutenberg, and strong domestiques Suzanne Sonye and Kristy Scrymgeour. Will they be able to lead out Rossner for her "trademark" race, which is also round 6 of the women's World Cup. Strong competition will come from the world's number one team, Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie, with Dutch champion Mirjam Melchers supported by compatriot Arenda Grimberg, Vera Hohlfeld, Katia Longhin and the Polikeviciute twins. The British team with Ceris Gilfillan and Sara Symington may not quite have the speed to match Rossner (who does?) but could be dangerous if in a break. Top Swedish rider Susanne Ljungskog has already won a round of the World Cup (La Primavera Rosa) and placed second last week in Montreal, and the Vlaanderen-T-Interim rider could produce another good ride in Philly tomorrow. Another team to watch is the interestingly named, and well performed Carpe Diem-Itera squad, with Russians Olga Sloussareva and Olga Zabelinskaja together with Lara Ruthven, Sigrid Corneo, Vera Carrara and Kerry Helmuth. The 'Olgas' recently cleaned up in several classifications in the Tour de l'Aude, and cannot be underestimated. One rider who will not be participating in this race is last week's winner in Montreal, Geneviève Jeanson (Equipe Rona). This comes as a surprise to some, given the way she demolished the world class field in Montreal. In addiiton, she will not be riding the rich and prestigious HP Women's Challenge (June 13-24) - a race quite well suited to her climbing abilities. Why is it so? When asked, she told Cyclingnews that "In Philly because I had a tough 2 weeks (before and after the World Cup) with the media and the preparation for the race. I'm smashed and the girls on the team too." "The HP Women's Challenge because it's way too long! 12 days...I'm not ready for that and I don't know how well I will recuperate after 12 days of racing."
Start listSaturn Cycling Team Acca Due O-Lorena Camicie 1 Petra Rossner (Ger) 11 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) 2 Lyne Bessette (Can) 12 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) 3 Suzanne Sonye (USA) 13 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) 4 Anna Milward (Aus) 14 Katia Longhin (Ita) 5 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) 15 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) 6 Kristy Scrymgeour (Aus) 16 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) British National Autotrader.com 21 Yvone McGregor (GBr) 31 Suzy Pryde (NZl) 22 Ceris Gilfillan (GBr) 32 Sarah Ulmer (Can) 23 Sara Symington (GBr) 33 Julie Young (USA) 24 Melanie Sears (GBr) 34 Kim Smith (USA) 25 Sue Carter (GBr) 36 Tina Mayolo (USA) 26 Emma Davies (GBr) 37 Katrina Berger (USA) Vlaanderen T Interim Trek CYBC 41 Debby Mansveld (Ned) 51 Emily Thorne (USA) 42 Veronique Belleter (Bel) 52 Katrina Davis (USA) 43 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) 53 Laura Shuford (USA) 44 Vanja Vonckx (Bel) 54 Kate Farrell (USA) 45 Vanessa Cheatley (NZl) 55 Janine Vaerstraeten (USA) 46 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) 56 Alicia Genest (USA) Procter & Gamble Jane Cosmetics 61 Cheryl Binney (USA) 71 Julie Hutsebaut (Can) 62 Kori Kelly (USA) 72 Jenny Eyerman (USA) 63 Martha Meyer (USA) 73 Sue Palmer Komar (USA) 64 Stacey Spencer (Can) 74 Rhonda Quick (USA) 65 Joanne Kiesandowski (NZl) 75 Caren Spore (USA) 66 Mini Pizzini (USA) UPMC Boise Cascade 81 Roz Reekie May (NZ) 91 Gail Longenecker (USA) 82 Annalisa Farrell (NZl) 92 Kerry Soraci (USA) 83 Tracy Clark (NZl) 93 Heather Peck (USA) 84 Melissa Holt (NZl) 94 Beth Leasure (USA) 85 Sophie St Jacques (Can) 95 Jody Diemar (USA) 86 Andrea Foster (USA) Verizon Wireless 800.com 101 Laura Van Gilder (USA) 111 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) 102 Cindy Bauwens (Bel) 112 Gina Grain (USA) 103 Andrea Hannos (Can) 113 Cindy Carroll (USA) 104 Paula MacNamara (USA) 114 Nicole Demars (USA) 105 Jen Dial (USA) 115 Mandy Poitras (USA) 106 Darnelle Moore (Can) Credit Suisse First Boston Team Intersports 121 131 Anne Samplonius (Can) 122 Sandra Kolb (USA) 132 Sandy Espeseth (Can) 123 Allie Warfel (USA) 133 Erin Carter (Can) 124 Amy Babcock (USA) 134 Jessica Phillips (USA) 125 Joy Schaffer (USA) 135 Catherine Marsal (Fra) 126 Krystyna Krass (USA) Tri State Velo Dutch National 141 Elizabeth Begosh (USA) 151 Chantal Beltman (Ned) 142 Maria Collazo (USA) 152 Ghita Beltman (Ned) 143 Lenora Felker (USA) 153 Angela Hilenga (Ned) 144 Lauren Franges (USA) 154 Mirella van Melis (Ned) 145 Cassandra Ramirez (USA) 155 Marielle van Scheppingen (Ned) 146 Tania Duff Miller (NZl) Carpe Diem-Itera Team Talgoamerica.com 161 Vera Carrara (Ita) 171 Kim Morrow (USA) 162 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) 172 Tina Skelley (USA) 163 Olga Zabelinskaja (Rus) 173 Charmian Breon (USA) 164 Kerry Helmuth (USA) 174 Elizabeth Sterling (USA) 165 Lara Ruthven (USA) 175 Rebecca Conzelman (USA) 166 Olga Sloussareva (Rus) 176 Kelly Yoder (USA) Past winners2000 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 116.9 kms in 3.00.02 (38.68 km/h) 1999 Petra Rossner (Ger) German National Team 116.9 kms in 3.01.23 1998 Petra Rossner (Ger)
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