1. CAPPELLOTTO A. ITA 2.44.37 2. TADICH Elisabeth AUS s.t. 3. MARSAL Catherine FRA s.t. 4. POLIKEVICIUTE Jolanta LTU s.t. 5. PIETERS Cindy BEL 0.02 6. BLISS-LIVINGSTON K. USA 0.13 7. KUPFERNAGEL Hanka GER 0.13 8. MANSVELD Debby NED 0.13 9. OLSEN Rikke Sandhoj DEN 0.13 10. PARENTE Simona ITA 0.13 11. STAGOURSKAIA Zinaida BLR 0.13 12. BRUNEN Yvonne NED 0.13 13. CHEVANNE BRUNEL E. FRA 0.13 14. VAN DE VIJVER Heidi BEL 0.13 15. VALVIK Monica NOR 0.13 16. PRYDE Susy NZL 0.13 17. MÜLLER PAULITZ Viola GER 0.13 18. GIGILEVA Svetlana UKR 0.13 19. ILAVSKA Lenka SVK 0.13 20. FERNANDEZ ANZUOLA B. ESP 0.13 21. SCHNORF Yvonne SUI 0.13 22. KINNUNEN Tuija FIN 0.13 23. SUNDSTEDT Pia FIN 0.13 24. HOLJER Marie SWE 0.13 25. IOUGANIOUK Natalia UKR 0.13 26. KURRECK Karen USA 0.13 27. VERONESI Daniela SMR 0.13 28. EICHER-VOUETS Marcia SUI 0.13 29. HOBSON Leigh CAN 0.13 30. BENGOA-PEREZ Izasqun ESP 0.13 31. KAVERINA Tatiana RUS 0.13 32. CHIAPPA Imelda ITA 0.13 33. LJUNGSKOG Susanne SWE 0.13 34. GERASSIMOVA Valentina RUS 0.13 35. PALMER Susan CAN 0.13 36. STIAJKINA Tatiana UKR 0.13 37. POLKHANOVA Valentina RUS 0.13 38. RUANO SANCHON D. ESP 0.13 39. SOMARRIBA ARROLA J. ESP 0.13 40. FELDHAHN Juanita AUS 0.13 41. MCGREGOR Yvonne GBR 0.13 42. MELCHERS Mirjam NED 0.13 43. NIXON Lynette AUS 0.13 44. ERLANK Anke RSA 0.13 45. DAUCOURT Chantal SUI 0.13 46. DESBOUYS Séverine FRA 0.13 47. LAWRENCE Maria GBR 0.13 48. BONANOMI Roberta ITA 0.17 49. LONGO-CIPRELLI Jeannie FRA 0.17 50. CAPPELLOTTO Valeria ITA 0.18 51. LUPERINI Fabiana ITA 0.18 52. WHITE Charlotte AUS 0.25 53. POLIKEVICIUTE Rasa LTU 0.25 54. MATUSIAK Bogumila POL 0.34 55. JENKINS Louisa USA 0.34 56. ZABIROVA Zoulfia RUS 0.48 57. RIEDLE Sylvie FRA 1.23 58. VICHOVA Sarka CZE 1.23 59. HEEB Barbara SUI 1.27 60. KRAUER Sandra SUI 1.30 61. FARCY Emmanuelle FRA 1.35 62. VERMAST Nicole NED 1.35 63. WENZEL Kendra USA 1.36 64. VYSSOTSKAIA Evguenia UKR 1.36 65. WATT Kathryn AUS 1.59 66. SIMPER Lisbeth DEN 2.46 67. VONCKX Vanja BEL 6.57 68. KARIMOVA Natalia RUS 7.16 69. SVIRCHTCHOUK Olga UKR 7.16 70. MOURENKAIA Ioulia UKR 7.16 71. GUERRERO MENDEZ B. MEX 7.16 72. ARNDT Judith GER 8.15 73. HOHLFELD Vera GER 8.15 74. SCHEITLE Kerstin GER 8.15 75. KLEWITZ Natascha GER 8.15 76. KVALO Jorunn NOR 8.15 77. LEHTIMAKI Sanna FIN 8.15 78. JENSEN Helle DEN 8.15 79. MARTINEZ Ana ESP 15.05 80. BOLLERUD Ingunn NOR 15.05 81. FLASKOVA Miluse CZE 18.08 82. GARIEPY Annie CAN 20.04 83. GILL Geraldine IRL 20.04 84. OBRUCOVA Kristina CZE 21.02 85. RAST Diana SUI 21.55 Abandons VOGEL Daniela SUI PUCINSKAITE Edita LTU TRIABAITE Liuda LTU JACKSON Linda CAN SAMPLONIUS Anne CAN LANGTON Kimberly CAN HOLDEN Mari USA DEMET Deirdre USA BARILLOVA Alena SVK VILAJOSANA ANDREU M. ESP KLEP Edith NED DE BRUIJN Meike NED KREBS Brigitte AUT FLATAS Solrun NOR ALEXANDER Caroline GBR HUNTER Angela GBR HUGUES Megan GBR BOYDON Sally GBR SCHOEMAN Anriette RSA COLYN Annelie RSA IVANFI Brigitta HUN CHALYH Elena MLD SCHMIDT Lotte DEN
Cappellotto got it right to beat off Australian Elisabeth Tadich and Frenchwoman Catherine Marsal, the 1990 champion, in the 108 km race.
``I have lost a lot of sprints recently,'' said Cappellotto. ``Only 15 days ago I made a mess of the finish to the Italian championship, and Imelda Chiappa won. Today I made a terrible sprint but I won.''
The race was uninterrupted by a car bomb explosion in the northern Spanish town during the event.
The 107 women passed within 150 metres of the incident some three minutes after the blast, which injured three Civil Guard officers.
Police said the attack might have been carried out by the Basque guerrilla group ETA.
Jaime Ugarte, director of the championships, said organisers had received no warning from ETA and did not believe the attack had anything to do with the championships.
Silver for Tadich was an extra 21st birthday present, but the finish left Marsal dejected.
``I will take a long time to get over this,'' she said. ``I had the title in my legs, but my gear for the sprint was too big. By the time I had got it going, Cappellotto was gone.''
The race developed decisively when the first three plus Jolanta Polikeviciute of Lithuania, Anke Erlanke of South Africa and Cindy Pieters of Belgium escaped with 23 km remaining.
Their lead stretched to more than 50 seconds, then three km from the finish, Erlanke crashed entering the city streets with three km remaining.
Italian Alessandra Cappellotto and Kurt-Asle Arvesen of Norway won the women’s and men’s under-23 world road race titles, respectively at the UCI World Road Championships.
Cappellotto, 29, won in a three-way sprint over Australian Elisabeth Tadich and Catherine Marsal of France after the trio were part of a break-away which started with about 25km remaining in the rainy 108km race.
Karen Bliss Livingston, Gainesville, Fla.; won the field sprint for sixth place for the top American finish.
Tadich started the breakaway with two laps to go and was quickly joined by Jolanta Polikeviciute of Lithuania, Anke Erlank of South Africa and Cindy Pieters of Belgium. After the foursome cleared the one major climb in the 13.5km circuit, Marsal and Cappellotto bridged and helped push the margin to 30 seconds by the bottom of the descent.
On the final lap, the United States team tried to mount a chase, powered by Kendra Wenzel, McKenzie Bridge, Ore.; and Louisa Jenkins, Boulder, Colo., but were unable to close the gap.
"The move went and we weren’t there," Wenzel said. "As soon I could get to the front, I chased as hard as I could. No one was helping, which was disappointing."
The six riders stayed away and Erlank took the lead at the bottom of the descent, but crashed on a sharp left turn. Cappellotto jumped first with about 250 meters to go, but Marsal and Tadich closed the margin to a photo finish.
Livingston easily won the sprint behind them.
"In a sense, I had an easy job," she said. "I did what I could do."
Karen Kurreck, Cupertino, Calif., was near the front on almost every climb, but was unable to go with the key break.
"When they went, I was just blown," she said.
In the men’s under-23 race, Arvesen surprised the favored Italian team, winning a large field sprint. Oscar Freire Gomez of Spain and Gerrit Glomser of Austria were second and third, respectively.
The Italian squad had five riders near the front heading into the field sprint, but were unable to place higher than sixth.
The top American was Christian Vande Velde, Lemont, Ill., who finished 25th. Dave Clinger, Woodland Hills, Calif., was 33rd.
"All of us were in breaks all day long," Vande Velde said. "Dave and I were always in the split going up the hill every time."
Tomorrow, the championships conclude with the elite men’s 256.5km road race. Representing the United States are Tyler Hamilton, Marblehead, Mass.; Chris Horner, Lemon Grove, Calif.; Marty Jemison, Salt Lake City, Utah; Frank McCormack, Leicester, Mass.; Chann McRae, Plano, Texas, and Jonathan Vaughters, Englewood, Colo.
1. HEEB Barbara SUI 2. DAUCOURT Chantal SUI 3. EICHER-VOUETS Marcia SUI 4. KRAUER Sandra SUI 5. RAST Diana SUI 6. SCHNORF Yvonne SUI 7. VOGEL Daniela SUI 8. POLIKEVICIUTE Rasa LTU 9. POLIKEVICIUTE Jolanta LTU 10. PUCINSKAITE Edita LTU 11. TRIABAITE Liuda LTU 12. JACKSON Linda CAN 13. PALMER Susan CAN 14. SAMPLONIUS Anne CAN 15. HOBSON Leigh CAN 16. LANGTON Kimberly CAN 17. GARIEPY Annie CAN 18. KURRECK Karen USA 19. HOLDEN Mari USA 20. DEMET Deirdre USA 21. BLISS-LIVINGSTON Karen USA 22. WENZEL Kendra USA 23. JENKINS Louisa USA 24. LUPERINI Fabiana ITA 25. CAPPELLOTTO Alessandra ITA 26. CAPPELLOTTO Valeria ITA 27. CHIAPPA Imelda ITA 28. BONANOMI Roberta ITA 29. PARENTE Simona ITA 30. LONGO-CIPRELLI Jeannie FRA 31. MARSAL Catherine FRA 32. CHEVANNE BRUNEL Elisabeth FRA 33. RIEDLE Sylvie FRA 34. DESBOUYS Séverine FRA 35. FARCY Emmanuelle FRA 36. ZABIROVA Zoulfia RUS 37. POLKHANOVA Valentina RUS 38. GERASSIMOVA Valentina RUS 39. KARIMOVA Natalia RUS 40. KAVERINA Tatiana RUS 41. KUPFERNAGEL Hanka GER 42. ARNDT Judith GER 43. HOHLFELD Vera GER 44. SCHEITLE Kerstin GER 45. KLEWITZ Natascha GER 46. MÜLLER PAULITZ Viola GER 47. VAN DE VIJVER Heidi BEL 48. PIETERS Cindy BEL 49. VONCKX Vanja BEL 50. ILAVSKA Lenka SVK 51. BARILLOVA Alena SVK 52. BENGOA-PEREZ Izasqun ESP 53. FERNANDEZ ANZUOLA Berta ESP 54. RUANO SANCHON Dori ESP 55. SOMARRIBA ARROLA Joana ESP 56. MARTINEZ Ana ESP 57. VILAJOSANA ANDREU Marta ESP 58. KLEP Edith NED 59. MANSVELD Debby NED 60. DE BRUIJN Meike NED 61. BRUNEN Yvonne NED 62. MELCHERS Mirjam NED 63. VERMAST Nicole NED 64. KREBS Brigitte AUT 65. VALVIK Monica NOR 66. KVALO Jorunn NOR 67. FLATAS Solrun NOR 68. BOLLERUD Ingunn NOR 69. MCGREGOR Yvonne GBR 70. ALEXANDER Caroline GBR 71. LAWRENCE Maria GBR 72. HUNTER Angela GBR 73. HUGUES Megan GBR 74. BOYDON Sally GBR 75. OBRUCOVA Kristina CZE 76. VICHOVA Sarka CZE 77. FLASKOVA Miluse CZE 78. SUNDSTEDT Pia FIN 79. LEHTIMAKI Sanna FIN 80. KINNUNEN Tuija FIN 81. SCHOEMAN Anriette RSA 82. ERLANK Anke RSA 83. COLYN Annelie RSA 84. MATUSIAK Bogumila POL 85. IVANFI Brigitta HUN 86. GILL Geraldine IRL 87. CHALYH Elena MLD 88. HOLJER Marie SWE 89. LJUNGSKOG Susanne SWE 90. GIGILEVA Svetlana UKR 91. IOUGANIOUK Natalia UKR 92. VYSSOTSKAIA Evguenia UKR 93. SVIRCHTCHOUK Olga UKR 94. MOURENKAIA Ioulia UKR 95. STIAJKINA Tatiana UKR 96. PRYDE Susy NZL 97. STAGOURSKAIA Zinaida BLR 98. GUERRERO MENDEZ Belem MEX 99. NIXON Lynette AUS 100. TADICH Elisabeth AUS 101. WATT Kathryn AUS 102. WHITE Charlotte AUS 103. FELDHAHN Juanita AUS 104. JENSEN Helle DEN 105. OLSEN Rikke Sandhoj DEN 106. SCHMIDT Lotte DEN 107. SIMPER Lisbeth DEN 108. VERONESI Daniela SMR