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Grand Prix Féminin International du Canada - 2.9.2
Canada, September 24-28, 2003
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Stage 1 - September 25: Roberval - Roberval, 97.6 km
Schleicher wins bunch sprint, Arndt takes the lead
By Kristy Scrymgeour
After winning four stages of the Giro d'Italia in July this year, Schleicher is back in winning form, taking stage one of G.P. Feminin du Canada from Belgium's Sharron Van Dromme in a field sprint. Normally riding for the Italian U.S.Chirio Forno d'Asolo team, Schleicher is here this week with the German National team in preparation for World Championships.
Today's race in Roberval was 97.6km long with four 22.4km laps in the middle. Each lap climbed 200m in elevation before dropping back down again and riders mountain sprints on lap one and three and point sprints on lap two and four. The weather was a coolish 13 degress when riders set off towards their first lap. Aggressive from the start with many attempts by riders to break away, all breaks were reeled in and the race ended in a bunch sprint at the end of the day. Schleicher won over Van Dromme and Judith Arndt (German National Team). After yesterday's prologue, Arndt was sitting in third place only one second behind race leader Lyne Bessette (Canadian National Team), so her third place today moved her into the lead overall due to the two second time bonus she recieved for third place. Bessette finished safely in fifth place and now sits in fourth position in the General Classification.
Arndt will now wear the leaders jersey going into stage two in Saguenay, La Baie. Tomorrow's race will again be on a circiut. This time riders will complete seven laps of a 15km loop. There will be a mountain sprint on laps two and five and a points sprint on laps three and six.
Results
1 Regina Schleicher (Ger) German National Team 2.26.22 2 Sharon Van Dromme (Bel) Belgian National Team 3 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National Team 0.02 4 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Belgian National Team 0.03 5 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 6 Malgorzata Wysocka (Pol) Polish National Team 7 Julie Bélanger (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 8 Anna Skawinska (Pol) Polish National Team 9 Milda Galdikaite (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 0.05 10 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 11 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Russia National Team 12 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 13 Isabella Wieser (Aut) Mixed Team 14 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Belgian National Team 15 Karen Bockel (Ger) German National Team 16 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Russia National Team 17 Kate Nichols (Aus) Australian National Team 18 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Russia National Team 19 Émilie Roy (Can) Équipe Québec 20 Miho Oki (Jpn) Mixed Team 21 Julie Hutsebaut (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 22 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Mixed Team 23 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team 24 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 25 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 26 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 0.11 27 Veerle Ingels (Bel) Belgian National Team 28 Anna Milkowski (USA) Proco Composite Team 29 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Mixed Team 0.12 30 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 31 Élisa Gagnon (Can) Équipe Québec 32 Valentyna Karpenko (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 33 Amy Moore (Can) Canadian National Team 34 Corine Hierckens (Bel) Belgian National Team 35 Liza Rachetto (USA) Proco Composite Team 36 Iona Wynter (Jam) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 37 Ekaterina Naumova (Rus) Russia National Team 38 Jessica Ridder (Aus) Australian National Team 39 Anna Sipurzynska (Pol) Polish National Team 40 Bogumila Matusiak (Pol) Polish National Team 41 Andrea Graus (Aut) Mixed Team 42 Svetlana Pauliukaite (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 43 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Polish National Team 44 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Proco Composite Team 45 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 46 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 47 Iryna Shpilyova (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 48 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 49 Natalya Figurskaya (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 50 Iryna Chuzhynova (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 51 Maggie Shirley (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 52 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Russia National Team 53 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National Team 54 Evy Van Damme (Bel) Belgian National Team 55 Manon Jutras (Can) Canadian National Team 56 Grace Fleury (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 57 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 58 Stephanie Williams (Aus) Australian National Team 59 Stéphanie Bourbeau (Can) Équipe Québec 15.58 60 Joanna Ignasiak (Pol) Polish National Team 16.00 61 Magalie Boulay (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 16.02 62 Candice Blickem (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 63 Cristal Yap (USA) Proco Composite Team HD Mathilde Hupin (Can) Équipe Québec 47.05 Teams 1 German National Team 7.19.13 2 Équipe Nationale de 0.01 3 Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 0.06 4 Russia National Team 0.08 5 Équipe Mixte 6 Polish National Team 0.11 7 Lithuania National Team 0.15 8 Australian National Team 9 Équipe Nationale du 0.20 10 Ukraine National Team 0.22 11 Genesis Scuba/FFCC 12 Équipe Composite Proco 0.28 13 Équipe Québec 16.08 General classification after stage 1 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National Team 2.27.44 2 Sharon Van Dromme (Bel) Belgian National Team 0.02 3 Regina Schleicher (Ger) German National Team 0.05 4 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 0.09 5 Julie Bélanger (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 0.11 6 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Mixed Team 7 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 8 Malgorzata Wysocka (Pol) Polish National Team 9 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 0.12 10 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Belgian National Team 0.13 11 Kate Nichols (Aus) Australian National Team 12 Émilie Roy (Can) Équipe Québec 13 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Russia National Team 0.14 14 Anna Skawinska (Pol) Polish National Team 15 Miho Oki (Jpn) Mixed Team 0.15 16 Karen Bockel (Ger) German National Team 17 Isabella Wieser (Aut) Mixed Team 18 Milda Galdikaite (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 19 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team 0.16 20 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Belgian National Team 21 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Russia National Team 0.17 22 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National Team 0.20 23 Julie Hutsebaut (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 24 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 25 Jessica Ridder (Aus) Australian National Team 0.21 26 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 27 Amy Moore (Can) Canadian National Team 28 Ekaterina Naumova (Rus) Russia National Team 29 Bogumila Matusiak (Pol) Polish National Team 0.22 30 Evy Van Damme (Bel) Belgian National Team 31 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Russia National Team 32 Andrea Graus (Aut) Mixed Team 0.23 33 Corine Hierckens (Bel) Belgian National Team 34 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Polish National Team 35 Anna Sipurzynska (Pol) Polish National Team 36 Manon Jutras (Can) Canadian National Team 37 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 38 Iona Wynter (Jam) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 39 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Mixed Team 40 Iryna Shpilyova (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 0.24 41 Maggie Shirley (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 42 Liza Rachetto (USA) Proco Composite Team 0.25 43 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 44 Valentyna Karpenko (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 45 Anna Milkowski (USA) Proco Composite Team 0.26 46 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 47 Veerle Ingels (Bel) Belgian National Team 48 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Russia National Team 0.27 49 Svetlana Pauliukaite (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 50 Iryna Chuzhynova (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 51 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Proco Composite Team 0.28 52 Stephanie Williams (Aus) Australian National Team 53 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 0.29 54 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 0.31 55 Grace Fleury (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 56 Natalya Figurskaya (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 57 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 0.32 58 Élisa Gagnon (Can) Équipe Québec 0.33 59 Magalie Boulay (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 16.10 60 Joanna Ignasiak (Pol) Polish National Team 16.11 61 Candice Blickem (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 62 Stéphanie Bourbeau (Can) Équipe Québec 16.12 63 Cristal Yap (USA) Proco Composite Team 16.14 Points classification 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National Team 23 pts 2 Regina Schleicher (Ger) German National Team 20 3 Sharon Van Dromme (Bel) Belgian National Team 17 4 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Belgian National Team 13 5 Malgorzata Wysocka (Pol) Polish National Team 12 6 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 12 7 Julie Bélanger (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 9 8 Anna Skawinska (Pol) Polish National Team 8 9 Milda Galdikaite (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 7 10 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 6 11 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Mixed Team 5 12 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Russia National Team 5 13 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 4 14 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 3 15 Isabella Wieser (Aut) Mixed Team 3 16 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Belgian National Team 2 17 Karen Bockel (Ger) German National Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 10 pts 2 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Russia National Team 4 3 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 3 4 Miho Oki (Jpn) Mixed Team 1 Teams classification 1 German National team 7.23.45 2 Équipe Nationale de Belgique 0.03 3 Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 0.04 4 Équipe Mixte 0.11 5 Russia National team 0.12 6 Polish National Team 0.16 7 Équipe Nationale du Canada 0.17 8 Australian National Team 9 Genesis Scuba/FFCC 0.23 10 Lithuania National Team 0.27 11 Ukraine National Team 0.36 12 Équipe Composite Proco 0.42 13 Équipe Québec 16.18
