18th Hewlett Packard International Women's Challenge - 2.9.1USA, June 13-24, 20Main page Results Previous stage Stage 8 - June 19: Burley - Magic Mountain, 97.1 kmBessette maintains her lead, Bruckner outThe eighth stage of the HP Women's Challenge was a new one to the Tour. Beginning in Burley the athletes rode the first 47 miles through the arid and open area of Idaho. The road then began to increase in grade, averaging 5% for the remaining 13 miles finishing in the Magic Mountain Ski Area. Saturn's Lyne Bessette came into Stage Eight wearing the Blue Leader's Jersey with a lead of 3:13 to Germany's Judith Arndt Bessette's teammate Kimberly Bruckner was in third, 4:01 back from Bessette. However, Bruckner was forced to withdraw from the race due to an injury. She will be back on the bike in time for the next BMC event in Arlington. The first half of the race was mundane, with the racers taking it easy after many hard days of racing behind them. Without much scenery to look at, and very little wind to fight, the six-person break that escaped was barely noticed. The highest ranked rider in the overall classification in the break was Intersport's Pia Sunstedt. Saturn’s Kristy Scrymgeour marked the break, but had no incentive to work in it as Bessette was back in the field. Scrymgeour remained with the break until a small group containing Bessette, Jeannie Longo, and Judith Arndt caught her group. As the grade increased and the pace picked up in the last kilometre, Scrymgeour gradually fell off the pace, but still managed an impressive top 15 finish. Amber Neben won the stage, the second American win of this year's HP Women's Challenge. Nicole Demars followed her across the line for second over Dutchwoman Ghita Beltman. Bessette finished in fifth, with little change to her overall lead. The Saturn Team still leads the Team Standings, and Bessette remains the Points Leader. Tomorrow’s Burley to Buhl race will give the riders plenty of challenging terrain to test their fortitude. Fortunately there is the infamous local Trout Fry at the finish in Buhl. Report courtesy of Giana Roberge/Team Saturn Results1 Amber Neben (USA) Earthlink 2.47.08 2 Nicole Demars (Can) 800.com 1.29 3 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Dutch National 4 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 5 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 1.35 6 Jeannie Longo (Fra) Office Depot 7 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National 8 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 9 Alison Dunlap (USA) Boise Cascade Office Products 10 Ceris Gilfillan (GBr) British National 1.41 11 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National 2.00 12 Caroline Alexander (GBr) Intersports 2.17 13 Kristy Scrymgeour (Aus) Saturn 14 Kimberly Smith (USA) AutoTrader.com 15 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Intersports 2.24 16 Rasa Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 3.28 17 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 4.09 18 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Intersports 19 Alison Sydor (Can) Canadian/French Composite 20 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 21 Roz Reekie-May (NZl) Boise Cascade Office Products 22 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National 23 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) Canadian/French Composite 24 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Dutch National 25 Jen Dial (USA) Office Depot 26 Rachel Heal (GBr) Contender Bicycles 27 Katrina Berger (USA) AutoTrader.com 4.25 28 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) AutoTrader.com 29 Leah Goldstein (Can) 800.com 30 Jessica Phillips (USA) Office Depot 31 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Canadian/French Composite 4.44 32 Joan Wilson (USA) Office Depot 4.53 33 Marielle van Scheppingen (Ned) Dutch National 5.02 34 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 5.11 35 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) 800.com 36 Sarah Konrad (USA) Boise Cascade Office Products 5.32 37 Catherine Cardwell (USA) 800.com 38 Julie Young (USA) AutoTrader.com 39 Katia Longhin (Ita) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 40 Meshy Holt (NZl) Boise Cascade Office Products 6.37 41 Krystyna Kras (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 6.48 42 Suzanne Thomas (GBr) Contender Bicycles 7.16 43 Emily Thorne (USA) TREK 44 Gail Longenecker (USA) Boise Cascade Office Products 45 Lysle Wilhelmi (USA) 800.com 46 Pam Wolkoff (USA) Earthlink 47 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National 48 Dotsie Cowden (USA) Earthlink 7.26 49 Laura Shuford (USA) TREK 7.39 50 Alison Bergeson (USA) Contender Bicycles 7.42 51 Brenda Black (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 8.20 52 Susy Pryde (NZl) AutoTrader.com 53 Mary McLaurin (USA) Contender Bicycles 54 Muffy Roy (USA) Voler 55 Katrina Davis (USA) TREK 8.35 56 Becky Bjork (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 8.43 57 Sima Trapp (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 8.45 58 Anne Samplonius (Can) Intersports 59 Jennifer Stevens (USA) Earthlink 8.55 60 Helen Kelly (Aus) Office Depot 9.04 61 Angela Hillenga (Ned) Dutch National 9.14 62 Amy Williams (USA) Contender Bicycles 9.49 63 Elizabeth Emery (USA) Intersports 10.39 64 Charmain Breon (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 65 Naomi Williams (Aus) Office Depot 66 Stacey Peters (USA) 800.com 11.03 67 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 11.40 68 Tina Skelley-Kunstbeck (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 11.40 69 Mirella van Melis (Ned) Dutch National 12.54 70 Sue Carter (GBr) British National 13.04 71 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Intersports 72 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 73 Emily Westbrook (USA) Contender Bicycles 74 Jaqueline Brabenetz (Ger) German National 75 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National 13.14 76 Troy Watson (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 13.29 77 Nicole Freedman (USA) Voler 13.41 78 Cathy Moncassin (Fra) Canadian/French Composite 13.50 79 Ann Marie Miller (USA) Voler 80 Mary Ann Fleckenstein (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 20.02 81 Andrea Foster (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 82 Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 83 Liza Rachetto (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place DNS Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn DNS Theresa Korn (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO DNF Pam Schuster (USA) AutoTrader.com Mountains 1 Amber Neben (USA) Earthlink 17 pts 2 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Dutch National 10 3 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Intersports 10 4 Nicole Demars (Can) 800.com 9 5 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 6 6 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 2 7 Kristy Scrymgeour (Aus) Saturn 1 8 Jeannie Longo (Fra) Office Depot 1 Sprints 1 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Intersports 10 pts 2 Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 7 3 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Intersports 5 4 Mary Ann Fleckenstein (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 3 5 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Intersports 2 6 Becky Bjork (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 1 Teams 1 German National 8.29.08 2 Saturn 0.17 3 Intersports 1.06 4 Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 1.28 5 Office Depot 2.25 6 British National 2.42 7 Dutch National 2.56 8 800.com 3.21 9 AutoTrader.com 3.23 10 Boise Cascade Office Products 3.32 11 Canadian/French Composite 5.18 12 Earthlink 6.58 13 Contender Bicycles 11.23 14 TREK 15.46 15 Webcor-AV/TALGO 18.03 16 Voler 28.07 17 Goldy's/Grove Street Place 29.46 General classification after stage 8 1 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 17.20.40 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National 3.13 3 Rasa Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 6.53 4 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 10.08 5 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 10.58 6 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Dutch National 11.03 7 Jeannie Longo (Fra) Office Depot 11.31 8 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 12.19 9 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) AutoTrader.com 12.42 10 Ceris Gilfillan (GBr) British National 16.03 11 Caroline Alexander (GBr) Intersports 17.24 12 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Pack 17.53 13 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Intersports 19.50 14 Roz Reekie-May (NZl) Boise Cascade Office Products 20.56 15 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Intersports 21.02 16 Katrina Berger (USA) AutoTrader.com 21.37 17 Amber Neben (USA) Earthlink 22.31 18 Alison Dunlap (USA) Boise Cascade Office Products 22.50 19 Rachel Heal (GBr) Contender Bicycles 23.11 20 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National 23.32 21 Katia Longhin (Ita) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 25.22 22 Jessica Phillips (USA) Office Depot 26.42 23 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 27.23 24 Joan Wilson (USA) Office Depot 28.45 25 Nicole Demars (Can) 800.com 29.01 26 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) Canadian/French Composite 30.18 27 Alison Sydor (Can) Canadian/French Composite 30.20 28 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Canadian/French Composite 31.06 29 Kimberly Smith (USA) AutoTrader.com 31.09 30 Leah Goldstein (Can) 800.com 31.25 31 Susy Pryde (NZl) AutoTrader.com 31.47 32 Sarah Konrad (USA) Boise Cascade Office Products 33.28 33 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National 34.00 34 Dotsie Cowden (USA) Earthlink 34.36 35 Julie Young (USA) AutoTrader.com 34.50 36 Lysle Wilhelmi (USA) 800.com 35.39 37 Suzanne Thomas (GBr) Contender Bicycles 36.30 38 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) 800.com 37.56 39 Meshy Holt (NZl) Boise Cascade Office Products 40.17 40 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Dutch National 40.36 41 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National 40.46 42 Jen Dial (USA) Office Depot 42.29 43 Catherine Cardwell (USA) 800.com 44.23 44 Kristy Scrymgeour (Aus) Saturn 47.17 45 Pam Wolkoff (USA) Earthlink 47.32 46 Brenda Black (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 47.46 47 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 48.03 48 Becky Bjork (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 48.52 49 Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 50.44 50 Anne Samplonius (Can) Intersports 51.18 51 Krystyna Kras (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 51.37 52 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Intersports 52.13 53 Elizabeth Emery (USA) Intersports 52.50 54 Stacey Peters (USA) 800.com 53.18 55 Gail Longenecker (USA) Boise Cascade Office Products 55.20 56 Alison Bergeson (USA) Contender Bicycles 55.27 57 Muffy Roy (USA) Voler 56.37 58 Marielle van Scheppingen (Ned) Dutch National 57.13 59 Emily Thorne (USA) TREK 57.25 60 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packar 1.01.42 61 Katrina Davis (USA) TREK 1.03.19 62 Sima Trapp (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 1.04.17 63 Charmain Breon (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 1.04.22 64 Helen Kelly (Aus) Office Depot 1.05.52 65 Angela Hillenga (Ned) Dutch National 1.06.09 66 Naomi Williams (Aus) Office Depot 1.08.14 67 Jaqueline Brabenetz (Ger) German National 1.12.25 68 Jennifer Stevens (USA) Earthlink 1.13.33 69 Mary McLaurin (USA) Contender Bicycles 1.14.33 70 Laura Shuford (USA) TREK 1.16.09 71 Mary Ann Fleckenstein (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Plac 1.19.12 72 Sue Carter (GBr) British National 1.19.45 73 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National 1.22.04 74 Tina Skelley-Kunstbeck (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 1.23.50 75 Cathy Moncassin (Fra) Canadian/French Composite 1.29.55 76 Liza Rachetto (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 1.30.38 77 Nicole Freedman (USA) Voler 1.31.59 78 Ann Marie Miller (USA) Voler 1.35.03 79 Amy Williams (USA) Contender Bicycles 1.37.09 80 Mirella van Melis (Ned) Dutch National 1.40.38 81 Andrea Foster (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 1.42.31 82 Emily Westbrook (USA) Contender Bicycles 2.09.52 83 Troy Watson (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 2.17.37 Points classification 1 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 151 pts 2 Jeannie Longo (Fra) Office Depot 123 3 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National 79 4 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 58 5 Alison Dunlap (USA) Boise Cascade Office Products 58 6 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Intersports 55 7 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National 54 8 Amber Neben (USA) Earthlink 53 9 Rasa Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 46 10 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 45 11 Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 42 12 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Dutch National 36 13 Joan Wilson (USA) Office Depot 35 14 Nicole Freedman (USA) Voler 35 15 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Pack 33 16 Nicole Demars (Can) 800.com 25 17 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Intersports 25 18 Katrina Berger (USA) AutoTrader.com 23 19 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Dutch National 23 20 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 22 21 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 17 22 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 12 23 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) 800.com 12 24 Catherine Cardwell (USA) 800.com 8 25 Ceris Gilfillan (GBr) British National 8 26 Susy Pryde (NZl) AutoTrader.com 7 27 Alison Sydor (Can) Canadian/French Composite 6 28 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Intersports 5 29 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) AutoTrader.com 3 30 Mary Ann Fleckenstein (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Plac 3 31 Andrea Foster (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 3 32 Sarah Konrad (USA) Boise Cascade Office Products 2 33 Becky Bjork (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 2 34 Marielle van Scheppingen (Ned) Dutch National 2 35 Brenda Black (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 2 36 Muffy Roy (USA) Voler 2 37 Kristy Scrymgeour (Aus) Saturn 1 38 Kimberly Smith (USA) AutoTrader.com 1 Mountains classification 1 Jeannie Longo (Fra) Office Depot 37 pts 2 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packa 33 3 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 32 4 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 22 5 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National 21 6 Amber Neben (USA) Earthlink 21 7 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 20 8 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Intersports 20 9 Katrina Berger (USA) AutoTrader.com 14 10 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National 11 11 Joan Wilson (USA) Office Depot 10 12 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Dutch National 10 13 Nicole Demars (Can) 800.com 9 14 Rasa Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 8 15 Alison Dunlap (USA) Boise Cascade Office Products 8 16 Catherine Cardwell (USA) 800.com 7 17 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 6 18 Alison Sydor (Can) Canadian/French Composite 6 19 Sarah Konrad (USA) Boise Cascade Office Products 2 20 Kristy Scrymgeour (Aus) Saturn 1 21 Kimberly Smith (USA) AutoTrader.com 1 22 Ceris Gilfillan (GBr) British National 1 Sprints classification 1 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Intersports 42 pts 2 Nicole Freedman (USA) Voler 35 3 Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 31 4 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 26 5 Jeannie Longo (Fra) Office Depot 17 6 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National 12 7 Joan Wilson (USA) Office Depot 12 8 Rasa Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 9 9 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 5 10 Alison Dunlap (USA) Boise Cascade Office Products 5 11 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Intersports 5 12 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Intersports 5 13 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 3 14 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) AutoTrader.com 3 15 Mary Ann Fleckenstein (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Plac 3 16 Andrea Foster (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 3 17 Amber Neben (USA) Earthlink 3 18 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 2 19 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National 2 20 Becky Bjork (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 2 21 Marielle van Scheppingen (Ned) Dutch National 2 22 Brenda Black (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 2 23 Muffy Roy (USA) Voler 2 24 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) 800.com 1 25 Catherine Cardwell (USA) 800.com 1 Teams classification 1 Saturn 52.17.53 2 Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 20.10 3 Intersports 32.43 4 AutoTrader.com 41.28 5 German National 45.29 6 Office Depot 47.56 7 Boise Cascade Office Products 1.00.47 8 British National 1.03.41 9 800.com 1.15.39 10 Canadian/French Composite 1.15.54 11 Dutch National 1.20.38 12 Earthlink 1.28.50 13 Contender Bicycles 1.34.49 14 Goldy's/Grove Street Place 2.22.58 15 Webcor-AV/TALGO 2.28.12 16 TREK 3.01.10 17 Voler 3.47.52 |