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Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale - 2.9.1

France, August 3-17, 2003

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Stage 5 - August 7: L'Argentière-La-bessée - Vaujany, 108.5 km

Luperini moves up the GC ladder

By Kristy Scrymgeour

Another for Luperini
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Fabiana Luperini (Team 2002 Aurora RSM) has been gradually moving herself up in the general classification of the Grande Boucle this week and now sits in third place overall after her second consecutive stage win of the tour. Like yesterday Luperini beat out the two riders ahead of her in GC today, this time finishing three seconds ahead of race leader Joane Somarriba Arrola (Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco) with Nicole Brändli (Prato Marathon Bike) falling off the pace to finish 15 seconds behind.

Today's stage situated in the heart of the Alpes of France started in the town of L'Argentière-La-bessée and traveled the 108km to Vaujany. It was a tough stage that saw the climbers show their stuff yet again on the two major climbs of the day, the category 2 climb of Col du Lautaret (2057m) and the cat 1 climb of Vaujany (1253m). Luperini, Somarriba and Brandli got away to fight it out again with Luperini managing to take it again.

Luperini has won the Grande Boucle three times in consecutive years from 1995 to 1997, and is now emerging back as one of the major tour climbers in the peloton. With nine stages to go Luperini is a definite threat to the yellow jersey of Somarriba, although she still has a lot of work to do now sitting 3'34" behind.

The yellow jersey from Spain has also won this tour two times more recently and will be tough to be in her present form. Tomorrow's stage is not as mountainous as the previous couple of days as the race starts to head away from the Alps. It will begin in Vif and finish in the town of Davezieux over 106km.

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Results

1 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                       3.00.09
2 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco              0.03
3 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike                             0.15
4 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate                               1.30
5 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox               2.59
6 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung                        
7 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago                            3.01
8 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                     3.14
9 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                         3.48
10 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                       4.28
11 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco                  4.45
12 Tina Liebig (Ger) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox                    5.16
13 Katrina Grove (USA) Team S.A.T.S                                        
14 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai                 
15 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen                 5.55
16 Anita Valen (Nor) Bik-Powerplate                                        
17 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                               
18 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago                           6.27
19 Lisbeth Simper (Den) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox                 6.36
20 Emma James (Aus) Les Pruneaux d'Agen                                6.54
21 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team           7.10
22 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago                          7.15
23 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                        7.22
24 Nadia Triquet (Fra) French National Team                            7.30
25 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team                               
26 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team        8.58
27 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco                      9.20
28 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Les Pruneaux d'Agen                          10.51
29 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) French National Team                   11.14
30 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S                         11.20
31 Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Velodames-Colnago                           16.45
32 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen                            20.58
33 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S                                 21.50
34 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai      23.17
35 Christina Peick Andersen (Den) Team S.A.T.S                        24.01
36 Agurtzane Elorriaga Derteano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco      25.46
37 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S                                    31.59
38 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike                               
39 Marta Evangelisti (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox                  
40 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team                                 
41 Helen Kelly (Aus) Team S.A.T.S                                          
42 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Bik-Powerplate                                  
43 Stefani Kortekaas (Ned) Bik-Powerplate                                  
44 Corinne Sempe (Fra) French National Team                                
45 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike                           
46 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco             
47 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Bik-Powerplate                                      
48 Sabrina Emmasi (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike                                
49 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox                
50 Emanuela Brigati (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team            
51 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team               
52 Volha Hayeva (Rus) Velodames-Colnago                                    
53 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai                    
54 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike                                
55 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco                  
56 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Bik-Powerplate                                        
57 Baukje Doedee (Ned) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai                      
58 Cathy Moncassin (Fra) French National Team                         33.47
59 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung              33.56
60 Birgit Söllner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung                34.56
61 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung                 
62 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung                      
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco          12.59.19
2 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike                             2.03
3 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                          3.34
4 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago                            4.08
5 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox               7.03
6 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung                   10.58
7 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                    11.19
8 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate                              11.41
9 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago                           18.00
10 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai            19.02
11 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                          19.06
12 Katrina Grove (USA) Team S.A.T.S                                   20.44
13 Tina Liebig (Ger) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox                   21.42
14 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                       22.51
15 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago                         25.21
16 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                      25.42
17 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen                26.56
18 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team                          30.25
19 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                       30.42
20 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco                 32.40
21 Anita Valen (Nor) Bik-Powerplate                                   32.54
22 Emma James (Aus) Les Pruneaux d'Agen                               36.59
23 Lisbeth Simper (Den) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox                39.13
24 Nadia Triquet (Fra) French National Team                           45.12
25 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team          51.31
26 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team       51.58
27 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team                          1.03.14
28 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung            1.06.43
29 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Bik-Powerplate                               1.06.46
30 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Les Pruneaux d'Agen                        1.13.20
31 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S                       1.13.56
32 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco                   1.14.54
33 Volha Hayeva (Rus) Velodames-Colnago                             1.23.11
34 Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Velodames-Colnago                         1.28.15
35 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike                        1.30.13
36 Birgit Söllner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung              1.32.47
37 Christina Peick Andersen (Den) Team S.A.T.S                      1.37.26
38 Marta Evangelisti (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox           1.39.38
39 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S                                  1.40.02
40 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen                          1.40.41
41 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) French National Team                 1.41.05
42 Corinne Sempe (Fra) French National Team                         1.42.03
43 Sabrina Emmasi (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike                         1.43.04
44 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S                               1.44.07
45 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike                         1.48.33
46 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Bik-Powerplate                           1.54.16
47 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team        1.56.44
48 Helen Kelly (Aus) Team S.A.T.S                                   1.58.03
49 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike                    2.00.55
50 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai             2.04.30
51 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox         2.05.09
52 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai    2.10.54
53 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Bik-Powerplate                                 2.14.20
54 Stefani Kortekaas (Ned) Bik-Powerplate                           2.17.08
55 Emanuela Brigati (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team     2.18.47
56 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco      2.22.25
57 Baukje Doedee (Ned) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai                      
58 Agurtzane Elorriaga Derteano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco    2.23.07
59 Cathy Moncassin (Fra) French National Team                       2.24.13
60 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco           2.29.20
61 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung               2.32.17
62 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung                 
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco                47 pts
2 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                            46
3 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike                               45
4 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago                              23
5 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                       19
6 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago                              18
7 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox                 18
8 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate                                 16
9 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung                      13
10 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                          9
 
U23 classification
 
1 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike                         13.01.22
2 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago                            2.05
3 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                           17.03
4 Tina Liebig (Ger) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox                    19.39
5 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                        20.48
6 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Bik-Powerplate                                1.04.43
7 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S                        1.11.53
8 Volha Hayeva (Rus) Velodames-Colnago                              1.21.08
9 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike                         1.28.10
10 Marta Evangelisti (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox           1.37.35