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Le Tour du Grand Montréal - 2.9.1
Canada, June 2-4, 2003
Prologue - June 2: Arrondissement Lachine ITT, 3 km
Jeanson Pleases Home Crowd Again
By Kristy Scrymgeour in Montreal
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Only two days after her brilliant win in the Montreal World Cup, Jeanson came back to take the first stage of the Tour du Grand Montreal today, only a few kilometers from her home. The Jeanson fans flocked to the scene again to watch the women ride the three kilometer Time Trial set on narrow bike paths that run through a recreational park and the young Quebecois did not disappoint.
On a beautiful sunny Montreal day, the course handed the riders a strong headwind as they took off along the canal. After a few hundred meters, they hit a sharp left and a sweeping right-hand loop before heading back to the finish line with a headwind. Katie Mactier set a high standard early in the event when she used her newly learned pursuiting skills to clock a time of 3.56.03. Amber Neben (T-Mobile), Manon Jutras (Saturn) and Diana Ziluite (Acca Due O Pasta) all neared her time as the crowd waited for the duel between Lyne Bessette (Saturn) and Jeanson.
Bessette had a strong ride, and for a moment it looked as though she may have set a winning time, however re-calculation of the splits eventually put her in second place behind Mactier and it wasn't until Jeanson took to the road that Mactier's time was beaten by just over three seconds.
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Jeanson was all smiles again after the finish as she faced the swarming journalists and fans, "I didn't expect to win today" She said "So, I am happy with my ride. My team helped me out on the course because they were finished before me. They were able to tell me the sharp turns and curves in the road to help me gain those extra seconds".
Mactier was also pleased with her result, which back up her impressive fourth place in the World Cup on Saturday. Cyclingnews spoke with Mactier after the event "I am very excited with my ride, having just won the Australian National pursuit title I knew that preparation would benefit me today. Most importantly, we (Saturn) have three GC riders in the top four after the prologue. Rona will have a hard time defending the yellow".
Photography
Images by Kristy Scrymgeour/Cyclingnews.com
- Genevieve Jeanson (Rona) warms up in the shade
- Lyne Bessette (Saturn) checking out the start times
- Kim Anderson and Dede Demet-Barry (T-Mobile) happily warming up
- The Victory Brewing Team warming up as one
- Dede Demet-Barry (T-Mobile) focuses on her ride
- Leah Goldstein (Victory Brewing) started aggressively
- Karen Bockel (Rona) sets off for her ride
- Kim Bruckner (T-Mobile) smiles for Cyclingnews as she races the prologue of the Tour du Grand Montreal
- Genevieve Jeanson (Rona) went hard out of the blocks in her time trial
- Lyne Bessette (Saturn) in the final metres of her ride
- Katie Mactier (Saturn) was pleased with second place
- The prologue podium (L to R): Katie Mactier (2nd), Genevieve Jeanson (1st), and Lyne Bessette (3rd)
Results
1 Geneviève Jeanson (Can) Rona - Esker 3.52 2 Katie Mactier (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 0.04 3 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 0.05 4 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 0.07 5 Amber Neben (USA) T-Mobile 0.08 6 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Acca Due O Pasta 0.09 7 Deirdre Demet-Barry (USA) T-Mobile 0.10 8 Karen Bockel (Ger) Rona - Esker 0.11 9 Candice Blickem (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 0.12 10 Susan Palmer-Komar (Can) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 11 Anne Samplonius (Can) Équipe Québec 0.13 12 Erin Carter (Can) Équipe Nationale du Canada 13 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 14 Amy More (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 0.14 15 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile 0.15 16 Maggie Shirley (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 0.16 17 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Rona - Esker 18 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona - Esker 0.17 19 Leah Goldstein (Isr) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 0.18 20 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 21 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 22 Frances Newstead (GBr) Great Britain National Team 23 Grace Fleury (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 0.19 24 Jessica Phillips (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 25 Stacey Peters (USA) T-Mobile 26 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Acca Due O Pasta 27 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Ausra Gruodis - Safi 0.20 28 Erinne Willock (Can) Rona - Esker 0.21 29 Nicole Freedman (USA) Basis Women's Cycling Team 30 Iona Wynter (Jam) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 31 Jessica Hulser (USA) S.A.T.S. 32 Barbara Heeb (Swi) Swiss Cycling Team 0.22 33 Sarah Grab (Swi) Swiss Cycling Team 34 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Équipe Nationale du Canada 35 Nicole Demars (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 36 Catherine Bearce (USA) Basis Women's Cycling Team 0.23 37 Katia Longhin (Ita) Acca Due O Pasta 38 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 0.24 39 Ayumu Otsuka (Jpn) Japan National 40 Diana Rast (Swi) Swiss Cycling Team 0.25 41 Annette Beutler (Swi) Swiss Cycling Team 42 Julia Bradley (Can) Team Ontario 43 Magali Le Floch (Fra) Rona - Esker 44 Heather Albert (USA) Basis Women's Cycling Team 45 Claudia Meyer (Ger) Charly Lietzsport 0.26 46 Gina Grain (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 47 Sabine Batz (Ger) Charly Lietzsport 48 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Ausra Gruodis - Safi 0.27 49 Miho Oki (Jpn) Japan National 50 Meredith Miller (USA) S.A.T.S. 51 Isabella Wieser (Aut) Charly Lietzsport 52 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) German National Team 0.28 53 Rachel Heal (GBr) Great Britain National Team 54 Magalie Boulay (Can) Équipe Nationale du Canada 55 Julie Hutsebaut (Can) Équipe Nationale du Canada 0.29 56 Trine Hansen (Den) S.A.T.S. 57 Yvonne Ilton (USA) Verizon Wireless-Cervélo 58 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 59 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 60 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Japan National 61 Karin Wieser (Aut) Charly Lietzsport 0.30 62 Sara Waller (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0.31 63 Penny Edwards (GBr) Great Britain National Team 64 Bettina Kuhn (Swi) Swiss Cycling Team 65 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Ausra Gruodis - Safi 66 Holland Gidney (Can) Team Ontario 0.32 67 Stéphanie Bourbeau (Can) Équipe Québec 68 Charlotte Goldsmith (GBr) Great Britain National Te 0.33 69 Geneviève Leblanc (Can) Équipe Nationale du Canada 70 Caroline L'heureux (Can) Équipe Québec 0.34 71 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 72 Miyoko Karami (Jpn) Japan National 0.35 73 Sarah Düster (Ger) German National Team 74 Ann-Marie Miller (USA) Verizon Wireless-Cervélo 75 Julie Monagle (USA) Verizon Wireless-Cervélo 0.36 76 Julie Belanger (Can) Équipe Nationale du Canada 0.37 77 Geneviève Gagnon (Can) Équipe Québec 78 Élisa Gagnon (Can) Équipe Québec 0.38 79 Petra Pilz (Aut) Charly Lietzsport 0.39 80 Sophie St-Jacques (Can) Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 81 Lauren Gaffney (USA) Basis Women's Cycling Team 0.40 82 Anne Wagner (Den) S.A.T.S. 83 Regina Schleicher (Ger) German National Team 0.41 84 Barbara Brzezicki (Can) Team Ontario 85 Sarah Foulkes (USA) Verizon Wireless-Cervélo 86 Christina Peick-Anderson (Den) S.A.T.S. 87 Marie-Pier Bédard (Can) Basis Women's Cycling Team 0.43 88 Clara Constantinescu ROM Genesis Scuba/FFCC 0.44 89 Claudine Labelle (Can) Team Ontario 0.50 90 Amy Maher (Can) Team Ontario 91 Francesca Pellegrini (Ita) Ausra Gruodis - Safi 0.53 92 Sophie Blanchette (Can) Équipe Québec 1.26 93 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Acca Due O Pasta 1.32 94 Magosha Pyjor (Can) Team Ontario Teams 1 Saturn Cycling Team 11.52 2 Rona - Esker 0.11 3 T-Mobile 0.15 4 Genesis Scuba/FFCC 0.31 5 ACCA DUE O PASTA 0.35 6 Équipe Nationale du Canada 0.47 7 Victory Brewing/Amoroso's 0.50 8 Basis Women's Cycling Team 0.53 9 Great Britain National Team 1.01 10 S.A.T.S. 11 Ausra Gruodis - Safi 1.02 12 Swiss Cycling Team 13 Équipe Québec 1.03 14 Japan National 1.04 15 German National Team 1.05 16 Charly Lietzsport 1.07 17 Team Ontario 1.22 18 Verizon Wireless-Cervélo 1.24
