18th Hewlett Packard International Women's Challenge - 2.9.1USA, June 13-24, 20Main page Results Previous stage Stage 9 - June 20: Twin Falls - Buhl, 107.2 kmBessette and Rossner 1-2Team Saturn continues to dominate the HP Women's Challenge with a 1-2 finish in today's 9th stage from Twin Falls to Buhl. Race leader Lyne Bessette strengthened her position by winning the stage from teammate Petra Rossner, with Germany's Judith Arndt taking third place. The ninth stage of the HP Women's Challenge dawned hot and dry. Beginning in Twin Falls, which overlooks the stunning gorge of the Snake River, the dwindling field of 82 riders headed out for 107 hilly kilometers of racing before ending in the quaint town of Buhl. Waiting for the riders at the finish in Buhl was the infamous Trout Fry, a treat from the local town-folk who wait all year to show off their claim to fame. Although Saturn’s Lyne Bessette had a strong grasp on the Blue Leader’s Jersey over Germany's Judith Arndt by over three minutes, the Saturn Team was not content to just race defensively. With a course profile that was up and down, the eighth day of racing was a difficult one. The course took the riders down to the river valley and back up the side of a 4 kilometer climb three times. Despite some accelerations from Jeannie Longo and others, there was still a good-sized bunch in the final kilometers of the race. However, the last long drag into the finish, Longo put the pressure on what had become a small group. With the group whittled down to five, Bessette saw an opportunity to attack at the 3 kilometer to go marker. A small hesitation with in the group allowed her to get enough of a gap to come across the finish line solo, with plenty of time to raise her hands in celebration. Behind Bessette a chase was on, and Saturn’s Petra Rossner benefited, being carried in perfect position to win the field sprint for second over Arndt. This was Bessette’s second stage win of the Tour. Tomorrow's 155 kilometers from Twin Falls to Mountain Home promises to test the Saturn team as they continue to ensure that the Blue Leader’s Jersey remains on Bessette’s shoulders. Report courtesy of Giana Roberge/Team Saturn Results1 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 2.43.49 2 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 3 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National 4 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 5 Ceris Gilfillan (GBr) British National 0.04 6 Jeannie Longo (Fra) Office Depot 7 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) Canadian/French Composite 8 Rasa Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 9 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 10 Caroline Alexander (GBr) Intersports 11 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 0.42 12 Roz Reekie-May (NZl) Boise Cascade Office Products 13 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National 0.46 14 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National 15 Katrina Berger (USA) AutoTrader.com 0.48 16 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Intersports 17 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Intersports 18 Amber Neben (USA) Earthlink 19 Krystyna Kras (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 20 Meshy Holt (NZl) Boise Cascade Office Products 1.27 20 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 22 Katia Longhin (Ita) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 23 Jessica Phillips (USA) Office Depot 24 Catherine Cardwell (USA) 800.com 25 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National 26 Jen Dial (USA) Office Depot 27 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Dutch National 28 Dotsie Cowden (USA) Earthlink 29 Rachel Heal (GBr) Contender Bicycles 30 Joan Wilson (USA) Office Depot 31 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) AutoTrader.com 32 Emily Thorne (USA) TREK 33 Kimberly Smith (USA) AutoTrader.com 34 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Dutch National 35 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Canadian/French Composite 36 Lysle Wilhelmi (USA) 800.com 37 Nicole Demars (Can) 800.com 38 Leah Goldstein (Can) 800.com 39 Sarah Konrad (USA) Boise Cascade Office Products 40 Julie Young (USA) AutoTrader.com 41 Susy Pryde (NZl) AutoTrader.com 42 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) 800.com 43 Stacey Peters (USA) 800.com 2.36 44 Gail Longenecker (USA) Boise Cascade Office Products 45 Suzanne Thomas (GBr) Contender Bicycles 46 Marielle van Scheppingen (Ned) Dutch National 47 Helen Kelly (Aus) Office Depot 48 Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 49 Alison Sydor (Can) Canadian/French Composite 50 Mary Ann Fleckenstein (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 4.19 51 Alison Bergeson (USA) Contender Bicycles 52 Jennifer Stevens (USA) Earthlink 10.27 53 Pam Wolkoff (USA) Earthlink 54 Mary McLaurin (USA) Contender Bicycles 55 Brenda Black (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 56 Becky Bjork (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 57 Sima Trapp (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 10.33 58 Cathy Moncassin (Fra) Canadian/French Composite 10.34 59 Katrina Davis (USA) TREK 60 Muffy Roy (USA) Voler 10.38 61 Elizabeth Emery (USA) Intersports 62 Laura Shuford (USA) TREK 63 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National 64 Mirella van Melis (Ned) Dutch National 65 Angela Hillenga (Ned) Dutch National 66 Charmain Breon (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 67 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 68 Anne Samplonius (Can) Intersports 69 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Intersports 70 Nicole Freedman (USA) Voler 71 Jaqueline Brabenetz (Ger) German National 72 Naomi Williams (Aus) Office Depot 73 Kristy Scrymgeour (Aus) Saturn 74 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 75 Sue Carter (GBr) British National 11.38 76 Tina Skelley-Kunstbeck (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 12.50 77 Ann Marie Miller (USA) Voler 13.06 78 Emily Westbrook (USA) Contender Bicycles 13.07 79 Troy Watson (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 14.53 80 Amy Williams (USA) Contender Bicycles 81 Liza Rachetto (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 15.15 82 Andrea Foster (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place DNF Alison Dunlap (USA) Boise Cascade Office Products Points 1 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 37 pts 2 Jeannie Longo (Fra) Office Depot 37 3 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 18 4 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National 18 5 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 13 6 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 11 7 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Intersports 10 8 Ceris Gilfillan (GBr) British National 9 9 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National 7 10 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Intersports 7 11 Nicole Freedman (USA) Voler 5 12 Naomi Williams (Aus) Office Depot 3 13 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Intersports 3 14 Rasa Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 2 15 Katrina Berger (USA) AutoTrader.com 2 16 Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 2 17 Amber Neben (USA) Earthlink 2 18 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 1 19 Caroline Alexander (GBr) Intersports 1 Mountains 1 Jeannie Longo (Fra) Office Depot 30 pts 2 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 17 3 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 13 4 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National 7 5 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National 5 6 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Intersports 3 7 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 2 8 Rasa Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 2 9 Katrina Berger (USA) AutoTrader.com 2 10 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 1 11 Caroline Alexander (GBr) Intersports 1 12 Amber Neben (USA) Earthlink 1 Sprints 1 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Intersports 10 pts 2 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Intersports 7 3 Nicole Freedman (USA) Voler 5 4 Naomi Williams (Aus) Office Depot 3 5 Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 2 6 Amber Neben (USA) Earthlink 1 Teams 1 Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 8.11.36 2 Saturn 0.34 3 German National 1.24 4 Intersports 1.31 5 British National 2.49 6 Office Depot 2.49 7 Boise Cascade Office Products 3.27 8 AutoTrader.com 3.33 9 Canadian/French Composite 3.58 10 800.com 4.12 11 Dutch National 5.21 12 Contender Bicycles 8.13 13 Earthlink 12.33 14 Goldy's/Grove Street Place 17.13 15 Webcor-AV/TALGO 21.44 16 TREK 22.30 17 Voler 34.13 General classification after stage 9 1 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 20.04.19 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National 3.20 3 Rasa Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 7.07 4 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 10.13 5 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 11.09 6 Jeannie Longo (Fra) Office Depot 11.42 7 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Dutch National 12.40 8 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 13.11 9 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) AutoTrader.com 14.19 10 Ceris Gilfillan (GBr) British National 16.17 11 Caroline Alexander (GBr) Intersports 17.38 12 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 18.06 13 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Intersports 20.48 14 Roz Reekie-May (NZl) Boise Cascade Office Products 21.48 15 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Intersports 21.58 16 Katrina Berger (USA) AutoTrader.com 22.35 17 Amber Neben (USA) Earthlink 23.29 18 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National 24.26 19 Rachel Heal (GBr) Contender Bicycles 24.48 20 Katia Longhin (Ita) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 26.59 21 Jessica Phillips (USA) Office Depot 28.19 22 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 29.00 23 Joan Wilson (USA) Office Depot 30.22 24 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) Canadian/French Composite 30.32 25 Nicole Demars (Can) 800.com 30.38 26 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Canadian/French Composite 32.43 27 Kimberly Smith (USA) AutoTrader.com 32.46 28 Leah Goldstein (Can) 800.com 33.02 29 Alison Sydor (Can) Canadian/French Composite 33.06 30 Susy Pryde (NZl) AutoTrader.com 33.24 31 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National 34.56 32 Sarah Konrad (USA) Boise Cascade Office Products 35.05 33 Dotsie Cowden (USA) Earthlink 36.13 34 Julie Young (USA) AutoTrader.com 36.27 35 Lysle Wilhelmi (USA) 800.com 37.16 36 Suzanne Thomas (GBr) Contender Bicycles 39.16 37 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) 800.com 39.33 38 Meshy Holt (NZl) Boise Cascade Office Products 41.54 39 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Dutch National 42.13 40 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National 42.23 41 Jen Dial (USA) Office Depot 44.06 42 Catherine Cardwell (USA) 800.com 46.00 43 Krystyna Kras (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 52.35 44 Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 53.30 45 Stacey Peters (USA) 800.com 56.04 46 Kristy Scrymgeour (Aus) Saturn 58.05 47 Gail Longenecker (USA) Boise Cascade Office Products 58.06 48 Pam Wolkoff (USA) Earthlink 58.09 49 Brenda Black (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 58.23 50 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 58.51 51 Emily Thorne (USA) TREK 59.02 52 Becky Bjork (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 59.29 53 Alison Bergeson (USA) Contender Bicycles 59.56 54 Marielle van Scheppingen (Ned) Dutch National 59.59 55 Anne Samplonius (Can) Intersports 1.02.06 56 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Intersports 1.02.58 57 Elizabeth Emery (USA) Intersports 1.03.38 58 Muffy Roy (USA) Voler 1.07.25 59 Helen Kelly (Aus) Office Depot 1.08.38 60 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 1.12.30 61 Katrina Davis (USA) TREK 1.14.03 62 Sima Trapp (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 1.15.00 63 Charmain Breon (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 1.15.10 64 Angela Hillenga (Ned) Dutch National 1.16.57 65 Naomi Williams (Aus) Office Depot 1.19.02 66 Jaqueline Brabenetz (Ger) German National 1.23.13 67 Mary Ann Fleckenstein (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 1.23.41 68 Jennifer Stevens (USA) Earthlink 1.24.10 69 Mary McLaurin (USA) Contender Bicycles 1.25.10 70 Laura Shuford (USA) TREK 1.26.57 71 Sue Carter (GBr) British National 1.31.33 72 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National 1.32.52 73 Tina Skelley-Kunstbeck (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 1.36.50 74 Cathy Moncassin (Fra) Canadian/French Composite 1.40.39 75 Nicole Freedman (USA) Voler 1.42.46 76 Liza Rachetto (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 1.46.03 77 Ann Marie Miller (USA) Voler 1.48.19 78 Mirella van Melis (Ned) Dutch National 1.51.26 79 Amy Williams (USA) Contender Bicycles 1.52.12 80 Andrea Foster (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 1.57.56 81 Emily Westbrook (USA) Contender Bicycles 2.23.09 82 Troy Watson (USA) Webcor-AV/TALGO 2.32.40 Points classification 1 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 188 pts 2 Jeannie Longo (Fra) Office Depot 160 3 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National 97 4 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 76 5 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Intersports 65 6 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National 61 7 Amber Neben (USA) Earthlink 55 8 Rasa Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 48 9 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 46 10 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 46 11 Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 44 12 Nicole Freedman (USA) Voler 40 13 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Dutch National 36 14 Joan Wilson (USA) Office Depot 35 15 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Intersports 28 16 Nicole Demars (Can) 800.com 25 17 Katrina Berger (USA) AutoTrader.com 25 18 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 23 19 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Dutch National 23 20 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 22 21 Ceris Gilfillan (GBr) British National 17 22 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 17 23 Andrea Ratkovic (USA) 800.com 12 24 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Intersports 12 25 Catherine Cardwell (USA) 800.com 8 26 Susy Pryde (NZl) AutoTrader.com 7 27 Alison Sydor (Can) Canadian/French Composite 6 28 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) AutoTrader.com 3 29 Mary Ann Fleckenstein (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 3 30 Andrea Foster (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 3 31 Naomi Williams (Aus) Office Depot 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 39 Caroline Alexander (GBr) Intersports 1 Mountains classification 1 Jeannie Longo (Fra) Office Depot 67 pts 2 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn 49 3 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 46 4 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National 28 5 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 23 6 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Intersports 23 7 Amber Neben (USA) Earthlink 22 8 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 20 9 Katrina Berger (USA) AutoTrader.com 16 10 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National 16 11 Rasa Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 10 12 Joan Wilson (USA) Office Depot 10 13 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Dutch National 10 14 Nicole Demars (Can) 800.com 9 15 Catherine Cardwell (USA) 800.com 7 16 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 6 17 Alison Sydor (Can) Canadian/French Composite 6 18 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 2 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 23 Caroline Alexander (GBr) Intersports 1 Sprints classification 1 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Intersports 52 pts 2 Nicole Freedman (USA) Voler 40 3 Brooke Blackwelder (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 33 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 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Intersports 12 9 Rasa Polikeviciute (Lit) Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 9 10 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 5 11 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Intersports 5 12 Amber Neben (USA) Earthlink 4 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 Place 3 16 Andrea Foster (USA) Goldy's/Grove Street Place 3 17 Naomi Williams (Aus) Office Depot 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 60.30.03 2 Acca Due O Hewlett - Packard 19.36 3 Intersports 33.40 4 AutoTrader.com 44.27 5 German National 46.19 6 Office Depot 50.11 7 Boise Cascade Office Products 1.03.40 8 British National 1.05.56 9 800.com 1.19.17 10 Canadian/French Composite 1.19.18 11 Dutch National 1.25.25 12 Earthlink 1.40.49 13 Contender Bicycles 1.42.28 14 Goldy's/Grove Street Place 2.39.37 15 Webcor-AV/TALGO 2.49.22 16 TREK 3.23.06 17 Voler 4.21.31 Results courtesy of www.womenschallenge.com |