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Tour de L'Aude Feminin - 2.9.1
France, May 14-23, 2004
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Stage 3 - May 16: Rieux Minervois to Rieux Minervois, 109km
Worrack outrides a chasing frenzy
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Trixi Worrack (Nurnberger Versicherung) put in an amazing performance at today's stage of Tour de L'Aude, escaping at the 26km mark and holding off chasing teams by minutes to take the win and the yellow jersey.
The terrain of today's stage was extremely challenging, especially for so early in the tour. Within the first 30km of the race, riders had to contend with a strong headwind and an HC Category climb, a climb on which the young Nurnberger rider used to her advantage and never looked back. The climb started gradually at the 8km mark in the race and lasted 18km, reaching gradient of 15% in the last two kilomters. Before long, Worrack had over two minutes on the field, at which time T-Mobile and Team S.A.T.S decided the break was getting dangerous and started the chase. Worrack is known to be an excellent climber and if let loose this early in the tour, would be hard to bring back.
Despite a vicious chase down a crazy descent that consisted of some dirt sections, followed by rolling terrain and finally a very fast gradually downhill terrain to the finish, Worrack's strength was too much and she soloed the remaining 83km to victory without losing a second to the chasers. Having lost only 23" to Dede Barry (T-Mobile) in yesterdays short time trial, Worrack now has over two minutes advantage on Barry, who has now been relegated to second ploace on GC.
Worrack was happy with her ride today and admitted that it wasn't the plan. "I just wanted the three second time bonus at the top of the KOM,' she said, "but then I continued when I realised I was alone. I was hoping a group would come up to me, but nobody came."
Unsure what the next few days will bring and whether she will be able to hold onto the jersey, right now Worrack is just happy with the stage win. "I felt really strong today. In the beginning I was just holding my pace but it the last 20km I went really hard. As for the overall, I am not sure yet. We will see what happens."
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This strong ride may very well help Worrack's quest for Olympic selection although she is unsure. "I hope it will help but I don't know," she said. "Right now there are three spots and five riders [to select from]." The riders are Petra Rossner, Judith Arndt, Hanka Kupfernagel and Angela Brodtka.
Taking the bunch sprint for second place in the stage was Hanka Kupfernagel (Vlaanderen T Interim) followed by Anita Valen (Team S.A.T.S). Nurnberger are now in a very good position for the remainder of the tour. They will of course, have their work cut out for them to defend the jersey, but they also have two time winner of this tour, Judith Arndt, in good position on GC, if plan B is needed.
Unfortunately for Stacey Peters of T-Mobile who crashed on the crazy decent, it is possible that she has a broken collarbone. Magali LeFloch has also abandoned the race due to her crash on day one.
Tomorrow's stage is a loop starting and finishing in Lezignan Corbičres. It consists of a category one climb, but this is unlikely to split up the main GC contenders. The main obstacle in tomorrow's stage will be the wind and the narrow, twisty roads through the small villages.
Photos
Images by velopalmares.free.fr
- Sharon Van Essen smiles for the camera
- Kathy White Of Team Basis
- Dede Demet-Barry is all smiles
- Mette Fisher Andreasen wins some hearts
- Loes Gunnewijk strikes a pose
- Sonia Huguet flies the French colours
- Susanne Ljungskog relaxes
- The riders await the start
- Trixi Worrack takes the win
- and gives herself a clap to celebrate
- The rest of the peloton sprint for the line
- The Nobili Rubineterie Guerciotti team on the podium
- Hanka Kupernagel is all smiles
- Anita Valen dons her jersey
- Trixie Worrack in the leaders jersey
- Anita Valen waves to the crowd
- Valen and Hanka Kupfernagel pose for the cameras
- The jersey winners on the podium
Results
1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 3.06.29 2 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Vlaanderen T Interim 2.12 3 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S 4 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 5 Judith Arndt (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 6 Alison Wright (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 7 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 8 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 9 Priska Doppmann (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 10 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 11 Nadia Triquet Claude (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 12 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 13 Corinne Hierckens (Bel) Basis-Aude Mixed 14 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 15 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 16 Ghita Beltman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 17 Deidre Demet-Barry (USA) T-Mobile 18 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 19 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 20 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 21 Nicole Brandli (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 22 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 23 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) German National Team 24 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 25 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 26 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 27 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 28 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 29 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 30 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile 31 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team S.A.T.S 32 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 33 Barbara Cazzaniga (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 34 Amy Moore (Can) Canadian National Team 35 Edwige Pitel (Fra) French National Team 36 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 37 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team 38 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 39 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Australian National Team 40 Madelaine Sandig (Ger) German National Team 41 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 42 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 43 Leah Goldstein (Isr) Basis-Aude Mixed 44 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) Therme Skin Care 45 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 46 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 47 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 48 Nicole Demars (Can) Canadian National Team 49 Christina Peick-Anders (Den) Team S.A.T.S 50 Kristen Lasasso (USA) Basis-Aude Mixed 51 Ombretta Ugolini (Ita) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 52 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 53 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 54 Jessica Philipps (USA) Nurnberger Versicherung 55 Louise Yaxley (Aus) Australian National Team 56 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 3.07 57 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 3.14 58 Mette Fisher Andreasen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 4.22 59 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 60 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 6.28 61 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 7.28 62 Zlatica Gavlakova-Bazola (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 63 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Basis-Aude Mixed 64 Lara Kroepsch (USA) T-Mobile 65 Kathy Watt (Aus) Basis-Aude Mixed 9.27 66 Suzanne Bayer (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 67 Natalie Bates (Aus) Australian National Team 13.21 68 Kirsty Nicole Robb (NZl) Therme Skin Care 69 Veerle Ingels (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 70 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Basis-Aude Mixed 71 Kym Shirley (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 72 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 73 Petra Rossner (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 74 Saskia Elemans (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 14.09 75 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 76 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Therme Skin Care 77 Sara Symington (GBr) British National Team 78 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 79 Helen Saunders (GBr) British National Team 23.20 80 Catherine Hare (GBr) British National Team 81 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 82 Elodie Leroux (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 83 Loes Markerink (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 84 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 85 Kristen Wild (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 86 Janieke Vos (Ned) Therme Skin Care 87 Francis Newstead (GBr) British National Team 88 Josephine Groenveld (Ned) Therme Skin Care 89 Corrien Van Haastert (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 90 Minke Van Dongen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 91 Aneke Hassink (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 92 Martina Ruzickova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 93 Gina Grain (Can) Canadian National Team 24.43 94 Kathy White (Can) Canadian National Team 95 Diana Elmentaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 96 Indre Januleviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 97 Debby Mansveld (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 98 Bertine Spijkerman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 99 Charlotte Goldsmith (GBr) British National Team 100 Janildes Silva (Bra) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 101 Klara Sintakova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 34.39 102 Lenka Valova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 103 Ramune Lipinskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team DNF Stacey Peters (USA) T-Mobile DNF Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Therme Skin Care DNF Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) French National Team DNF Virginie Moinard (Fra) French National Team General classification after stage 3 1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 5.48.19 2 Deidre Demet-Barry (USA) T-Mobile 2.02 3 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile 2.04 4 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Vlaanderen T Interim 2.06 5 Ghita Beltman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 2.09 6 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 2.13 7 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 2.14 8 Judith Arndt (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 9 Alison Wright (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 2.15 10 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 2.16 11 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S 12 Priska Doppmann (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 2.17 13 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 2.20 14 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 2.23 15 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 2.25 16 Edwige Pitel (Fra) French National Team 17 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 2.26 18 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 19 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 20 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Australian National Team 2.27 21 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 2.29 22 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 23 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 2.31 24 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team S.A.T.S 2.32 25 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team 2.33 26 Nicole Brandli (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 27 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 2.34 28 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 29 Madelaine Sandig (Ger) German National Team 2.36 30 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 2.37 31 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 2.40 32 Leah Goldstein (Isr) Basis-Aude Mixed 33 Corinne Hierckens (Bel) Basis-Aude Mixed 2.47 34 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 2.48 35 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 36 Amy Moore (Can) Canadian National Team 2.51 37 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2.53 38 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 2.58 39 Barbara Cazzaniga (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 3.06 40 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 3.07 41 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 3.43 42 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 3.53 43 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 3.58 44 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) Therme Skin Care 4.01 45 Nadia Triquet Claude (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 4.05 46 Christina Peick-Anders (Den) Team S.A.T.S 4.10 47 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 4.20 48 Nicole Demars (Can) Canadian National Team 4.36 49 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 5.15 50 Jessica Philipps (USA) Nurnberger Versicherung 5.17 51 Louise Yaxley (Aus) Australian National Team 5.18 52 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 5.29 53 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) German National Team 54 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 5.34 55 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 5.42 56 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 5.43 57 Ombretta Ugolini (Ita) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 5.45 58 Kristen Lasasso (USA) Basis-Aude Mixed 6.11 59 Mette Fisher Andreasen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 6.30 60 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 8.17 61 Lara Kroepsch (USA) T-Mobile 8.22 62 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 9.14 63 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Basis-Aude Mixed 9.29 64 Zlatica Gavlakova-Bazola (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 11.02 65 Suzanne Bayer (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 11.22 66 Petra Rossner (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 13.28 67 Kirsty Nicole Robb (NZl) Therme Skin Care 13.45 68 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 14.16 69 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Basis-Aude Mixed 14.18 70 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 14.33 71 Sara Symington (GBr) British National Team 14.34 72 Natalie Bates (Aus) Australian National Team 14.39 73 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Therme Skin Care 15.00 74 Veerle Ingels (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 15.01 75 Kym Shirley (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 15.31 76 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 15.45 77 Saskia Elemans (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 17.55 78 Loes Markerink (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 23.37 79 Kathy Watt (Aus) Basis-Aude Mixed 23.39 80 Francis Newstead (GBr) British National Team 81 Kristen Wild (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 23.52 82 Elodie Leroux (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 23.54 83 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 24.07 84 Josephine Groenveld (Ned) Therme Skin Care 25.20 85 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 25.38 86 Bertine Spijkerman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 26.25 87 Minke Van Dongen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 26.42 88 Janildes Silva (Bra) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 26.51 89 Corrien Van Haastert (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 26.53 90 Charlotte Goldsmith (GBr) British National Team 26.57 91 Janieke Vos (Ned) Therme Skin Care 27.13 92 Catherine Hare (GBr) British National Team 27.15 93 Aneke Hassink (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 27.16 94 Debby Mansveld (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 28.06 95 Helen Saunders (GBr) British National Team 32.57 96 Gina Grain (Can) Canadian National Team 34.00 97 Diana Elmentaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 39.05 98 Indre Januleviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 39.43 99 Kathy White (Can) Canadian National Team 39.46 100 Martina Ruzickova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 41.46 101 Lenka Valova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 44.20 102 Ramune Lipinskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 49.40 103 Klara Sintakova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 50.18 Points classification 1 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S 64 pts 2 Alison Wright (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 60 3 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 56 4 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 48 5 Priska Doppmann (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 47 6 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Vlaanderen T Interim 45 7 Ghita Beltman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 45 8 Judith Arndt (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 37 9 Deidre Demet-Barry (USA) T-Mobile 34 10 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 34 11 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 27 12 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 26 13 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile 24 14 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 22 15 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 18 16 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 16 17 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 15 18 Nadia Triquet Claude (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 10 19 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 9 20 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team S.A.T.S 9 21 Corinne Hierckens (Bel) Basis-Aude Mixed 8 22 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team 8 23 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 7 24 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 7 25 Petra Rossner (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 6 26 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 6 27 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 5 28 Nicole Brandli (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 5 29 Natalie Bates (Aus) Australian National Team 4 30 Kristen Wild (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 4 31 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 3 32 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 3 33 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 2 34 Elodie Leroux (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 2 Mountains classification 1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 15 pts 2 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 11 3 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 6 4 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S 5 5 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Vlaanderen T Interim 3 6 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 3 7 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 2 8 Edwige Pitel (Fra) French National Team 1 Sprints classification 1 Ghita Beltman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 11 pts 2 Debby Mansveld (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 10 3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 6 4 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Vlaanderen T Interim 5 5 Elodie Leroux (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 3 6 Janildes Silva (Bra) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 2 7 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 2 8 Alison Wright (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 2 9 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 1 10 Kym Shirley (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 1 11 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 1 Young rider classification 1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 5.48.19 2 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 2.26 3 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 2.31 4 Madelaine Sandig (Ger) German National Team 2.36 5 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 2.40 6 Corinne Hierckens (Bel) Basis-Aude Mixed 2.47 7 Barbara Cazzaniga (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 3.06 8 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 3.07 9 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 3.43 10 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 3.53 11 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 5.15 12 Louise Yaxley (Aus) Australian National Team 5.18 13 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) German National Team 5.29 14 Mette Fisher Andreasen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 6.30 15 Veerle Ingels (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 15.01 16 Loes Markerink (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 23.37 17 Kristen Wild (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 23.52 18 Josephine Groenveld (Ned) Therme Skin Care 25.20 19 Bertine Spijkerman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 26.25 20 Minke Van Dongen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 26.42 21 Corrien Van Haastert (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 26.53 22 Catherine Hare (GBr) British National Team 27.15 23 Aneke Hassink (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 27.16 24 Helen Saunders (GBr) British National Team 32.57 25 Diana Elmentaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 39.05 26 Indre Januleviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 39.43 27 Lenka Valova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 44.20 28 Ramune Lipinskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 49.40 29 Klara Sintakova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 50.18 Teams classification 1 Nurnberger Versicherung 17.29.43 2 T-Mobile 1.39 3 Australian National Team 2.14 4 Vlaanderen T Interim 2.19 5 Team S.A.T.S 2.40 6 Nobili Rubineterie Guerciotti 2.43 7 German National Team 2.50 8 Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 2.55 9 French National Team 2.56 10 Basis-Aude Mixed 3.06 11 Canada 3.18 12 Ondernemers Van Nature 3.33 13 Inter Region Pruneau 11.07 14 Equipe Composite Rostex Quantim 17.22 15 Therme Skin Care 26.31 16 Lithuanian National Team 27.28 17 @Home Cycling Team 35.46 18 British National Team 36.00
