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Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale - 2.9.1
France, August 3-17, 2003
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Stage 9 - August 11: Châteauneuf sur Charente - St-Georges-de-Didonne, 86 km
Zabelinskaia redeems herself
By Kristy Scrymgeour
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Olga Zabelinskaia (Velodames Colnago) redeemed her mistake of missing the break earlier in the week when she put herself in today's decisive break, winning the stage and gaining some lost time. Also in the break was Judith Arndt (Nurnberger) who moved up into 5th place after this stage.
The heat continued with another 40 degree day today but this time the road flattened out and riders prepared for a stage for their sprinters. Nurnberger seemed to be doing the work to keep the race together for their sprinter Petra Rossner as attacks from the field were constant. Before long a break formed that would succeed containing eight riders including Zabelinskaia, Mette Andreasen Fischer (Team S.A.T.S), Anita Valen (Bik-Powerplate), Eneritz Iturriaga (Team 2002 Aurora RSM), Lisbeth Simper (S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox), Arndt, Emma James (Les Pruneaux d'Agen) and Erika Vilunaite (Prato Marathon Bike).
It took the main GC contenders a while to realize that Arndt was in the break and the group got out to over a minute before the chase began. The break worked well together and quickly managed to increase the gap to 3 minutes, a time that was reduced to 2'40" by the finish line. Zabelinskaia took the sprint to win the stage from Andreasen Fischer with Valen coming in third.
Race leader Joane Somarriba Arrola (Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco) was in no danger of losing her yellow jersey today and celebrated her birthday before the race with the other birthday girl, Margaret Hemsley (Nurnberger) with a glass of Champagne. Many of the riders also cooled off with a dip in the ocean after the stage.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- Birthday girls Margaret Hemsley (L) and Joane Somarriba (R) toast each other at the start of stage 9
- The women's peloton race during the ninth stage of the Grande Boucle Feminine
- Olga Zabelinskaia (Velodames-Colnago) crosses the line to win the ninth stage of LGBF
Results
1 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 2.04.28 2 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S 0.03 3 Anita Valen (Nor) Bik-Powerplate 4 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 5 Lisbeth Simper (Den) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 6 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 7 Emma James (Aus) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 0.25 8 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike 0.28 9 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 2.48 10 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 11 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Bik-Powerplate 12 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 13 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 14 Nadia Triquet (Fra) French National Team 3.07 15 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 16 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 17 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 18 Katrina Grove (USA) Team S.A.T.S 19 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 20 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 21 Corinne Sempe (Fra) French National Team 22 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 23 Helen Kelly (Aus) Team S.A.T.S 24 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 25 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 26 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 27 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 28 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 29 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 30 Sabrina Emmasi (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 31 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 32 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) French National Team 33 Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 34 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 35 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 36 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 37 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 38 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 39 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 40 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 41 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate 42 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 43 Tina Liebig (Ger) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 44 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 45 Birgit Söllner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 46 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 47 Christina Peick Andersen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 4.20 48 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 4.58 49 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 50 Baukje Doedee (Ned) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 51 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Bik-Powerplate 5.33 52 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 10.05 53 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 17.41 DNS Volha Hayeva (Rus) Velodames-Colnago General classification after stage 8 1 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 24.32.45 2 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 2.01 3 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 3.36 4 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 6.20 5 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 7.03 6 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 9.24 7 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 10.42 8 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate 10.59 9 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 20.23 10 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 22.15 11 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 27.43 12 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 28.33 13 Katrina Grove (USA) Team S.A.T.S 29.26 14 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 39.05 15 Tina Liebig (Ger) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 39.36 16 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 42.01 17 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 44.52 18 Anita Valen (Nor) Bik-Powerplate 47.03 19 Emma James (Aus) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 51.26 20 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 55.51 21 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 58.32 22 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 59.48 23 Lisbeth Simper (Den) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 1.00.59 24 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 1.08.59 25 Nadia Triquet (Fra) French National Team 1.11.04 26 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.21.33 27 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S 1.49.58 28 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 1.51.03 29 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 1.53.03 30 Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 1.54.39 31 Birgit Söllner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.59.08 32 Sabrina Emmasi (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 2.02.21 33 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) French National Team 2.04.14 34 Corinne Sempe (Fra) French National Team 2.06.53 35 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike 2.11.43 36 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 2.17.44 37 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Bik-Powerplate 2.20.09 38 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 2.22.09 39 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 2.22.33 40 Christina Peick Andersen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 2.25.28 41 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 2.26.43 42 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 2.26.47 43 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 2.33.13 44 Helen Kelly (Aus) Team S.A.T.S 2.36.14 45 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 2.41.19 46 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 2.43.19 47 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Bik-Powerplate 2.46.39 48 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 2.51.58 49 Baukje Doedee (Ned) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 3.11.47 50 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3.12.08 51 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 3.15.10 52 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 3.23.56 53 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3.27.07 Mountains classification 1 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 58 pts 2 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 50 3 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 47 4 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 23 5 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 23 6 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 21 7 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 18 8 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 18 9 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate 16 10 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 13 Young rider classification 1 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 24.34.46 2 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 7.23 3 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 18.22 4 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 26.32 5 Tina Liebig (Ger) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 37.35 6 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S 1.47.57 7 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike 2.09.42 8 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 2.20.32 9 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 2.24.46 10 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Bik-Powerplate 2.44.38
