17th Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin - 2.9.1France, May 18-27, 2001Main page Results Previous stage Stage 9 - May 27: Limoux - Limoux, 120 kmFinal victory to BessetteDespite a determined attempt by Judith Arndt (German National Team) to unseat her, Canadian Lyne Bessette held onto her lead to win the overall classification of the Tour de l'Aude for the second time in her career. Arndt won the final stage, 5 seconds ahead of Bessette, with La Primavera Rosa winner Susanne Ljungskog (Vlaanderen) in third. The remainder of the peloton finished over 5 minutes behind. Lungskog had tried to go for the solo win with 40 kilometres to go, but Arndt and Bessette chased her down, leaving the pack in their wake. The three rode together until the finish, where Arndt claimed the stage victory. Lungskog benefited from the attack, moving into third place overall on the final GC. In the other classifications, Olga Slioussareva (Carpe Diem) finished on top in the points and sprints classifications, while Bessette won the mountains jersey. Best young rider was Olga Zabelinskaia (Carpe Diem), with most combative going to Bettina Schöke (German National Team). Edita Pucinskaite's Alfa Lum RSM team held onto the team classification, by a mere 11 seconds from the Canadian National Team.
Results1 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National Team 3.27.09 (34.091 km/h) 2 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 0.05 3 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen T Interim 4 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Carpe Diem - Itera 5.18 5 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Dutch National Team 6 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr) Ciegi Professional Cycling Team 7 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 8 Julie Young (USA) Autotrader.Com Cycling Team 9 Valentina Gerasimova (Rus) Ciegi Professional Cycling Team 10 Vanessa Cheatley (NZl) Vlaanderen T Interim 11 Wenche Stensvold (Nor) Team Sponsor Service 12 Cybil Diguistini (Can) C.A Mantes La Ville 13 Sandra Wampfler (Swi) C.A Mantes La Ville 14 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Alfa Lum Rsm 15 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National Team 16 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Carpe Diem - Itera 17 Katrina Berger (USA) Autotrader.Com Cycling Team 18 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Alfa Lum Rsm 19 Tetyana Andrushchenko (Ukr) Ciegi Professional Cycling Team 20 Kym Shirley (Aus) Australian National Team 21 Fany Lecourtois (Fra) Alfa Lum Rsm 22 Kimberly Smith (USA) Autotrader.Com Cycling Team 23 Susan Palmer Komar (Can) Canadian National Team 24 Laurence Restoin (Fra) Team Sponsor Service 8.57 25 Bettina Schöke (Ger) German National Team 15.22 26 Mariëlle Van Scheppingen (Ned) Dutch National Team 15.54 27 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Carpe Diem - Itera 28 Angela Hillenga (Ned) Dutch National Team 29 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 30 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Carpe Diem - Itera 31 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 32 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 33 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen T Interim 34 Alison Wright (Aus) Australian National Team 25.55 35 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Dutch National Team 36 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Autotrader.Com Cycling Team 37 Areke Hassink (Ned) Dutch National Team 38 Emmanuelle Farcy (Fra) C.A Mantes La Ville 39 Anna Millward (Aus) Australian National Team 40 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Team Sponsor Service 38.52 41 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Australian National Team 42 Jorunn Kvalo (Nor) Team Sponsor Service 43 Anne Samplonius (Can) Canadian National Team 44 Petra Rossner (Ger) German National Team Final general classification 1 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 26.28.58 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National Team 1.11 3 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen T Interim 7.52 4 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Carpe Diem - Itera 8.31 5 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Alfa Lum Rsm 8.49 6 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Dutch National Team 13.12 7 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Carpe Diem - Itera 13.20 8 Fany Lecourtois (Fra) Alfa Lum Rsm 13.46 9 Sandra Wampfler (Swi) C.A Mantes La Ville 14.23 10 Cybil Diguistini (Can) C.A Mantes La Ville 14.25 11 Julie Young (USA) Autotrader.Com Cycling Team 15.16 12 Katrina Berger (USA) Autotrader.Com Cycling Team 15.38 13 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Alfa Lum Rsm 16.05 14 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National Team 17.11 15 Susan Palmer Komar (Can) Canadian National Team 18.08 16 Vanessa Cheatley (NZl) Vlaanderen T Interim 18.09 17 Kym Shirley (Aus) Australian National Team 20.54 18 Kimberly Smith (USA) Autotrader.Com Cycling Team 24.32 19 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 25.13 20 Valentina Gerasimova (Rus) Ciegi Professional Cycling Team 28.21 21 Laurence Restoin (Fra) Team Sponsor Service 28.25 22 Wenche Stensvold (Nor) Team Sponsor Service 29.50 23 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Carpe Diem - Itera 31.44 24 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Carpe Diem - Itera 31.54 25 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr) Ciegi Professional Cycling Team 37.15 26 Tetyana Andrushchenko (Ukr) Ciegi Professional Cycling Team 42.26 27 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 47.13 28 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Autotrader.Com Cycling Team 52.15 29 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 53.06 30 Alison Wright (Aus) Australian National Team 54.07 31 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Dutch National Team 56.35 32 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 1.01.19 33 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Australian National Team 1.01.38 34 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen T Interim 1.01.47 35 Jorunn Kvalo (Nor) Team Sponsor Service 1.16.41 36 Areke Hassink (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.17.39 37 Bettina Schöke (Ger) German National Team 1.28.06 38 Anna Millward (Aus) Australian National Team 1.32.14 39 Mariëlle Van Scheppingen (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.38.45 40 Angela Hillenga (Ned) Dutch National Team 1.55.11 41 Emmanuelle Farcy (Fra) C.A Mantes La Ville 2.05.53 42 Petra Rossner (Ger) German National Team 2.10.38 43 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Team Sponsor Service 2.28.36 44 Anne Samplonius (Can) Canadian National Team 2.34.18 Points classification 1 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Carpe Diem - Itera 158 pts 2 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 111 3 Anna Millward (Aus) Australian National Team 102 4 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Dutch National Team 101 5 Petra Rossner (Ger) German National Team 93 6 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National Team 83 7 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Alfa Lum Rsm 64 8 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen T Interim 50 9 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 49 10 Julie Young (USA) Autotrader.Com Cycling Team 44 11 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Carpe Diem - Itera 44 12 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Autotrader.Com Cycling Team 42 13 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen T Interim 38 14 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 37 15 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Carpe Diem - Itera 33 16 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Carpe Diem - Itera 31 17 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Alfa Lum Rsm 25 18 Fany Lecourtois (Fra) Alfa Lum Rsm 25 19 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 20 20 Sandra Wampfler (Swi) C.A Mantes La Ville 19 21 Cybil Diguistini (Can) C.A Mantes La Ville 19 22 Katrina Berger (USA) Autotrader.Com Cycling Team 19 23 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National Team 18 24 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr) Ciegi Professional Cycling Team 16 25 Mariëlle Van Scheppingen (Ned) Dutch National Team 13 26 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Australian National Team 12 27 Vanessa Cheatley (NZl) Vlaanderen T Interim 11 28 Wenche Stensvold (Nor) Team Sponsor Service 10 29 Susan Palmer Komar (Can) Canadian National Team 9 30 Valentina Gerasimova (Rus) Ciegi Professional Cycling Team 7 31 Alison Wright (Aus) Australian National Team 6 32 Jorunn Kvalo (Nor) Team Sponsor Service 5 33 Angela Hillenga (Ned) Dutch National Team 4 34 Areke Hassink (Ned) Dutch National Team 3 35 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 2 36 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Dutch National Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 79 pts 2 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Autotrader.Com Cycling Team 36 3 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Alfa Lum Rsm 34 4 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National Team 24 5 Bettina Schöke (Ger) German National Team 23 6 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Carpe Diem - Itera 20 7 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen T Interim 19 8 Katrina Berger (USA) Autotrader.Com Cycling Team 15 9 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Carpe Diem - Itera 11 10 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Dutch National Team 11 11 Fany Lecourtois (Fra) Alfa Lum Rsm 9 12 Julie Young (USA) Autotrader.Com Cycling Team 5 13 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 5 14 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Carpe Diem - Itera 3 15 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Alfa Lum Rsm 3 16 Cybil Diguistini (Can) C.A Mantes La Ville 3 17 Wenche Stensvold (Nor) Team Sponsor Service 2 18 Susan Palmer Komar (Can) Canadian National Team 2 19 Petra Rossner (Ger) German National Team 1 20 Valentina Gerasimova (Rus) Ciegi Professional Cycling Team 1 Sprints classification 1 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Carpe Diem - Itera 55 pts 2 Alison Wright (Aus) Australian National Team 39 3 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen T Interim 34 4 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Carpe Diem - Itera 28 5 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 14 6 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Autotrader.Com Cycling Team 11 7 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National Team 9 8 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Alfa Lum Rsm 7 9 Bettina Schöke (Ger) German National Team 5 10 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 5 11 Anna Millward (Aus) Australian National Team 5 12 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Carpe Diem - Itera 4 13 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen T Interim 3 14 Cybil Diguistini (Can) C.A Mantes La Ville 3 15 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr) Ciegi Professional Cycling Team 3 16 Fany Lecourtois (Fra) Alfa Lum Rsm 1 17 Petra Rossner (Ger) German National Team 1 18 Mariëlle Van Scheppingen (Ned) Dutch National Team 1 19 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Carpe Diem - Itera 1 Best young rider 1 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Carpe Diem-Itera Most Combative rider 1 Bettina Schöke (Ger) German National Team Teams classification 1 Team Alfa Lum RSM 80.02.23 2 Canadian National Team 0.11 3 Vlaanderen T Interim 7.54 4 Autotrader.Com Cycling Team 12.33 5 Carpe Diem - Itera 15.27 6 Australian National Team 1.00.07 7 C.A Mantes La Ville 1.02.38 8 Ciegi Professional Cycling Team 1.12.33 9 Dutch National Team 1.28.38 10 Team Sponsor.Service 1.30.14 11 German National Team 2.23.54 |