Tour de Suisse Féminin - 2.9.1Switzerland, September 11-14, 2001Main Page Results Previous stage Stage 4 - September 14: Thun - Thun, 130.5 kmBy Giana Roberge, Assistant General Manager, Saturn Cycling Team The final stage of the Tour de Suisse finished underneath a stunning rainbow which was almost as brilliant as Tour winner Kimberly Bruckner's smile. The final 130 kilometre stage featured six circuits around the beautiful town of Thun. Although the course did not wander into the cloud shrouded rugged mountains surrounding the town, each lap featured a challenging 2.5 kilometer climb. However, with the Yellow Jersey on her shoulders by 13 seconds over Germany's Tina Liebig, Bruckner and the Saturn team did not allow any breaks to escape. With the assistance of powerful 'guest' riders Judith Arndt and Catherine Marsal, Anna Millward and Bruckner kept the field together for a final finishing sprint in which Germany's Trixi Worrack strutted her stuff, out sprinting Sponsor Serivce's Monica Valen. The Saturn team, already having won four of the five stages of the Tour of Switzerland, saved its collective energy in the final kilometres for the ninth and final World Cup race in Rotterdam on Sunday. As well as winning the Points Jersey, Anna Millward finished the Tour in Sixth place. This is Bruckner's second UCI Tour win of the 2001 season. The double USA National Champion is slated to represent her country at the World Championships in October in Portugal in both the Road Race and the Time Trial competitions. Completing its final preparation for World's with the Saturn Team, this group of the Women's roster will put the final touches on the final European campaign on Sunday by defending Millward's World Cup Jersey in the last race of the series. Photos provided by Pascal Meisser
Results1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 3.17.02 (39.74 km/h) 2 Monica Valen (Nor) Team Sponsorservice 3 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 4 Katia Longhin (Ita) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 5 Miho Oki (Jpn) Team Tri State Velo / Amoroso 6 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 7 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 8 Annette Beutler (Swi) Equipe Féminin Thömus Veloshop Fun 9 Rosalind Reekie-May (NZl) GS Chirio Montechiaro D'asti 10 Bogumila Matusiak (Pol) Polish National Team 11 Ragnhild Kostöl (Nor) Team Sponsorservice 12 Sarah Grab (Swi) Equipe Féminin Thömus Veloshop Fun 13 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Carpe Diem-Itera Cycling Team 14 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Carpe Diem-Itera Cycling Team 15 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Carpe Diem-Itera 16 Monika Tyburska (Pol) Polish National Team 17 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr) Team Alfa Lum-Ciegi-Vlaandern Mixed 18 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 19 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 20 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 21 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Swiss National Team 22 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Alfa Lum-Ciegi-Vlaandern Mixed 23 Bettina Kuhn (Swi) Team Swiss Phonak 24 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 25 Sandra Wampfler (Swi) Swiss National Team 26 Irene Hostettler (Swi) Equipe Féminin Thömus Veloshop Fun 27 Lisbeth Simper (Den) Carpe Diem-Itera Cycling Team 28 Nicole Freedman (USA) Los Gatos Bicycles Racing Club 29 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 30 Rhonda Quick (USA) Los Gatos Bicycles Racing Club 31 Lucille Hunkeler (Swi) Swiss National Team 0.06 32 Solrun Flataas (Nor) Team Sponsorservice 0.08 33 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 34 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi) Swiss National Team 2.52 35 Jorunn Kvalö (Nor) Team Sponsorservice 36 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn 4.03 37 Marika Murer (Swi) Swiss National Team 38 Janildes Da Silva Fernandes (Bra) GS Acca Due O Lorena Camice 5.19 39 Bridget Evans (Aus) Team Next 125 40 Malgorzata Wysocka (Pol) Polish National Team 11.10 41 Dotsie Cowden (USA) Los Gatos Bicycles Racing Club 42 Lauren Franges (USA) Team Tri State Velo / Amoroso 43 Marion Brauen (Swi) Team Swiss Phonak 44 Mirjam Senn (Swi) Equipe Féminin Thömus Veloshop Fun 45 Alexandra Born (Swi) Team Next 125 46 Sandra Kolb (USA) Los Gatos Bicycles Racing Club 47 Sabrina Bonoso (Ita) GS Chirio Montechiaro D'asti 48 Joy Shaffer (USA) Los Gatos Bicycles Racing Club 49 Daniela Kenty (Ger) Team Stuttgart 50 Andrea Knecht (Swi) Team Swiss Phonak 23.11 51 Leonora Felker (USA) Team Tri State Velo / Amoroso 26.18 52 Alexandrine Petitpierre (Swi) Team Next 125 53 Agathe Liniger (Swi) Swiss Post Velo Thömus 54 Diana Castor (USA) Team Tri State Velo / Amoroso 55 Ronel Van Wyk (RSA) Swiss Post Velo Thömus 56 Andrea Hess (Swi) Team Swiss Phonak 57 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Team Swiss Phonak 58 Anja Ritter (Ger) Team Stuttgart DNF Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie DNF Tetyana Andrushchenko (Ukr) Team Alfa Lum-Ciegi-Vlaandern Mixed DNF Natalya Moroz (Ukr) Team Alfa Lum-Ciegi Vlaandern Mixte DNF Natalya Kishchuk (Ukr) U.S.C.I. Chirio Forno D'asolo DNF Elena Mikailouk (Rus) U.S.C.I. Chirio Forno D'asolo DNF Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn DNF Doreen Weise (Ger) German National Team DNF Anna Sipurzynska (Pol) Polish National Team DNF Sarah Schläpfer (Swi) Swiss Post Velo Thömus DNF Rusca Maroussia (Swi) GS Rrc Nordwest Mazza DNF Cinzia Rossi (Ita) GS Chirio Montechiaro D'asti DNF Jenny Algelid (Swe) Nürnberger/Lol. Falster/Onder.V.Nat DNF Alexandra Nöhles (Ger) Nürnberger/Lol. Falster/Onder.V.Nat DNF Alexandra Vetter (Swi) Team Next 125 DNF Iris Zwahlen (Swi) Team Next 125 DNS Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie DNS Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Team Alfa Lum-Ciegi-Vlaandern Mixed DNS Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Team Alfa Lum-Ciegi-Vlaandern Mixed DNS Youlia Razenkova (Rus) U.S.C.I. Chirio Forno D'asolo DNS Patricia Hempel (Ger) Nürnberger/Lol. Falster/Onder.V.Nat DNS Tanja Hennes (Ger) Nürnberger/Lol. Falster/Onder.V.Nat Points 1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 20 pts 2 Monica Valen (Nor) Team Sponsorservice 18 3 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 16 4 Katia Longhin (Ita) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 14 5 Miho Oki (Jpn) Team Tri State Velo / Amoroso 12 6 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 10 7 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 8 8 Annette Beutler (Swi) Equipe Féminin Thömus Veloshop Fun 6 9 Rosalind Reekie-May (NZl) GS Chirio Montechiaro D'asti 4 10 Bogumila Matusiak (Pol) Polish National Team 3 11 Ragnhild Kostöl (Nor) Team Sponsorservice 2 12 Sarah Grab (Swi) Equipe Féminin Thömus Veloshop Fun 1 Mountains Höfen Lap 1 - 5.8 km 1 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 6 pts 2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 4 3 Solrun Flataas (Nor) Team Sponsorservice 2 4 Bogumila Matusiak (Pol) Polish National Team 1 Höfen Lap 2 - 27.6 km 1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 6 pts 2 Marika Murer (Swi) Swiss National Team 4 3 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 2 4 Miho Oki (Jpn) Team Tri State Velo / Amoroso 1 Höfen Lap 3 - 49.3 km 1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 6 pts 2 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 4 3 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr) Team Alfa Lum-Ciegi-Vlaandern Mixed 2 4 Sarah Grab (Swi) Equipe Féminin Thömus Veloshop Fun 1 Höfen Lap 4 - 71.1 km 1 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 6 pts 2 Miho Oki (Jpn) Team Tri State Velo / Amoroso 4 3 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 2 4 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 1 Höfen Lap 5 - 92.8 km 1 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Carpe Diem-Itera 6 pts 2 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr) Team Alfa Lum-Ciegi-Vlaandern Mixed 4 3 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Carpe Diem-Itera Cycling Team 2 4 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 1 Höfen Lap 6 - 114.6 km 1 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr) Team Alfa Lum-Ciegi-Vlaandern Mixed 6 pts 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 4 3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 2 4 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 1 Sprints Kärselen Lap 1 - 12.4 km 1 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 6 pts 2 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 4 3 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 2 4 Alexandra Born (Swi) Team Next 125 1 Kärselen Lap 2 - 34.1 km 1 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 6 pts 2 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 4 3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 2 4 Solrun Flataas (Nor) Team Sponsorservice 1 Kärselen Lap 3 - 55.9 km 1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 6 pts 2 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 4 3 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn 2 4 Miho Oki (Jpn) Team Tri State Velo / Amoroso 1 Kärselen Lap 4 - 77.6 km 1 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 6 pts 2 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Carpe Diem-Itera 4 3 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 2 4 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 1 Kärselen Lap 5 - 99.4 km 1 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 6 pts 2 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Carpe Diem-Itera 4 3 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn 2 4 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 1 Kärselen Lap 6 - 121.2 km 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 6 pts 2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 4 3 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 2 4 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 1 Final general classification 1 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 11.56.20 2 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 0.13 3 Ragnhild Kostöl (Nor) Team Sponsorservice 0.34 4 Katia Longhin (Ita) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 0.55 5 Lucille Hunkeler (Swi) Swiss National Team 3.17 6 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 5.25 7 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Swiss National Team 5.33 8 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Alfa Lum-Ciegi-Vlaandern Mixed 5.37 9 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 5.40 10 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 5.45 11 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 5.48 12 Monica Valen (Nor) Team Sponsorservice 5.55 13 Annette Beutler (Swi) Equipe Féminin Thömus Veloshop Fun 6.00 14 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 6.01 15 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Carpe Diem-Itera 6.03 16 Lisbeth Simper (Den) Carpe Diem-Itera Cycling Team 6.04 17 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 6.05 18 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 6.08 19 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Carpe Diem-Itera Cycling Team 6.09 20 Miho Oki (Jpn) Team Tri State Velo / Amoroso 21 Monika Tyburska (Pol) Polish National Team 6.14 22 Bettina Kuhn (Swi) Team Swiss Phonak 6.17 23 Rosalind Reekie-May (NZl) GS Chirio Montechiaro D'asti 6.18 24 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Carpe Diem-Itera Cycling Team 6.20 25 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr) Team Alfa Lum-Ciegi-Vlaandern Mixed 6.23 26 Solrun Flataas (Nor) Team Sponsorservice 6.25 27 Sandra Wampfler (Swi) Swiss National Team 6.39 28 Jorunn Kvalö (Nor) Team Sponsorservice 9.05 29 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi) Swiss National Team 9.13 30 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn 10.31 31 Marika Murer (Swi) Swiss National Team 10.55 32 Bogumila Matusiak (Pol) Polish National Team 11.39 33 Bridget Evans (Aus) Team Next 125 11.44 34 Nicole Freedman (USA) Los Gatos Bicycles Racing Club 11.45 35 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 11.47 36 Rhonda Quick (USA) Los Gatos Bicycles Racing Club 11.55 37 Janildes Da Silva Fernandes (Bra) GS Acca Due O Lorena Camice 13.18 38 Sarah Grab (Swi) Equipe Féminin Thömus Veloshop Fun 19.20 39 Mirjam Senn (Swi) Equipe Féminin Thömus Veloshop Fun 19.40 40 Marion Brauen (Swi) Team Swiss Phonak 23.02 41 Malgorzata Wysocka (Pol) Polish National Team 25.15 42 Irene Hostettler (Swi) Equipe Féminin Thömus Veloshop Fun 29.02 43 Alexandra Born (Swi) Team Next 125 30.30 44 Sandra Kolb (USA) Los Gatos Bicycles Racing Club 30.31 45 Daniela Kenty (Ger) Team Stuttgart 31.20 46 Lauren Franges (USA) Team Tri State Velo / Amoroso 31.57 47 Dotsie Cowden (USA) Los Gatos Bicycles Racing Club 34.40 48 Joy Shaffer (USA) Los Gatos Bicycles Racing Club 45.03 49 Alexandrine Petitpierre (Swi) Team Next 125 45.38 50 Andrea Knecht (Swi) Team Swiss Phonak 54.29 51 Sabrina Bonoso (Ita) GS Chirio Montechiaro D'asti 56.46 52 Agathe Liniger (Swi) Swiss Post Velo Thömus 1.02.58 53 Ronel Van Wyk (RSA) Swiss Post Velo Thömus 1.04.22 54 Andrea Hess (Swi) Team Swiss Phonak 1.07.27 55 Anja Ritter (Ger) Team Stuttgart 1.09.25 56 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Team Swiss Phonak 1.13.50 57 Diana Castor (USA) Team Tri State Velo / Amoroso 1.15.48 58 Leonora Felker (USA) Team Tri State Velo / Amoroso 1.15.49 Points classification 1 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 68 pts 2 Monica Valen (Nor) Team Sponsorservice 56 3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 54 4 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 48 5 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 40 6 Katia Longhin (Ita) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 34 7 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Alfa Lum-Ciegi-Vlaandern Mixed 33 8 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Swiss National Team 25 9 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 20 10 Ragnhild Kostöl (Nor) Team Sponsorservice 20 11 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 16 12 Miho Oki (Jpn) Team Tri State Velo / Amoroso 13 13 Alexandra Nöhles (Ger) Nürnberger/Lol. Falster/Onder.V.Nat 12 14 Lucille Hunkeler (Swi) Swiss National Team 10 15 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 8 16 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 8 17 Monika Tyburska (Pol) Polish National Team 8 18 Annette Beutler (Swi) Equipe Féminin Thömus Veloshop Fun 7 19 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 4 20 Rosalind Reekie-May (NZl) GS Chirio Montechiaro D'asti 4 21 Bogumila Matusiak (Pol) Polish National Team 3 22 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Carpe Diem-Itera Cycling Team 1 23 Sarah Grab (Swi) Equipe Féminin Thömus Veloshop Fun 1 Mountains classification 1 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 67 pts 2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 47 3 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 38 4 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Swiss National Team 20 5 Solrun Flataas (Nor) Team Sponsorservice 14 6 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr) Team Alfa Lum-Ciegi-Vlaandern Mixed 12 7 Lucille Hunkeler (Swi) Swiss National Team 11 8 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 10 9 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 10 10 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Alfa Lum-Ciegi-Vlaandern Mixed 8 11 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 8 12 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 8 13 Monica Valen (Nor) Team Sponsorservice 8 14 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Carpe Diem-Itera 6 15 Miho Oki (Jpn) Team Tri State Velo / Amoroso 5 16 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 5 17 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 5 18 Alexandra Nöhles (Ger) Nürnberger/Lol. Falster/Onder.V.Nat 4 19 Monika Tyburska (Pol) Polish National Team 4 20 Rosalind Reekie-May (NZl) GS Chirio Montechiaro D'asti 4 21 Marika Murer (Swi) Swiss National Team 4 22 Ragnhild Kostöl (Nor) Team Sponsorservice 4 23 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Carpe Diem-Itera Cycling Team 2 24 Katia Longhin (Ita) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 2 25 Bogumila Matusiak (Pol) Polish National Team 1 26 Sarah Grab (Swi) Equipe Féminin Thömus Veloshop Fun 1 Sprints classification 1 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 71 2 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 57 3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 37 4 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 19 5 Solrun Flataas (Nor) Team Sponsorservice 16 6 Katia Longhin (Ita) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 14 7 Ragnhild Kostöl (Nor) Team Sponsorservice 13 8 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 13 9 Alexandra Nöhles (Ger) Nürnberger/Lol. Falster/Onder.V.Nat 10 10 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn 9 11 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Carpe Diem-Itera 8 12 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Carpe Diem-Itera Cycling Team 7 13 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 6 14 Monica Valen (Nor) Team Sponsorservice 6 15 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena Camicie 4 16 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 4 17 Jorunn Kvalö (Nor) Team Sponsorservice 4 18 Nicole Freedman (USA) Los Gatos Bicycles Racing Club 4 19 Lucille Hunkeler (Swi) Swiss National Team 4 20 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 2 21 Lisbeth Simper (Den) Carpe Diem-Itera Cycling Team 1 22 Miho Oki (Jpn) Team Tri State Velo / Amoroso 1 23 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi) Swiss National Team 1 24 Alexandra Born (Swi) Team Next 125 1 |