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Tour de L'Aude Feminin - 2.9.1
France, May 14-23, 2004
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Stage 7 - May 20: Arzens to Montreal d’Aude, 121km
Heal soloes to a stage win for Britain
By Kristy Scrymgeour
Rachel Heal (British National Team) took the seventh stage of Tour de l'Aude today when she attacked a break of four and soloed to the finish. Heal's strong performance moves her up in the general classification from 20th to seventh place. She now sits just behind Judith Ardnt (Nurnberger) and 1'43" down on race leader Dede Barry (T-Mobile).
The stage that travelled 121km from Arzens to Montreal d'Aude was considered to be a good day for a break to occur, whilst GC riders would be expected to be saving themselves for tomorrow's climb up Pic du Nore. Sure enough, within the first kilometres of the stage, a break of four had formed that would stay away for the remainder of the race. In the break were Kym Shirley (Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti), Chantal Beltman (Ondernemers Van Nature), Cindy Pieters (Vlaanderen T Interim) and Heal. Conditions were windy and hot and the terrain was hard, but the break succeeded in staying away. On the final climb which was also responsible for splitting up the main peloton, Heal attacked the break and was able to open up a very quick gap and solo to victory eventually gaining 2'25" by the finish line. Beltman came in next to take second place followed by Shirley and Pieters. Another 15" back, Angela Brodtka (German National Team) took the sprint for fifth place from the peloton.
The T-Mobile trio of Barry, Kimberly Bruckner and Kristen Armstrong finished safely in the bunch in 21st, 22nd and 23rd position today and hold their places in GC. There was a small split in the bunch between 10th and 11th place coming into the sprint however, with Lyne Bessette (Canadian National Team) and Judith Arndt (Nurnberger) finishing ahead of the split and taking back four valuable seconds to the leaders. Every second will count in the next few days where the tough stages could rearrange the GC once again.
Tomorrow riders face a double day, the second stage being the infamous Pic de Nore. Despite being only a 45km stage, it is primarily all up hill and will be a vital stage for the GC riders.
Results
1 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team 3.39.19 2 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 2.25 3 Kym Shirley (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 2.26 4 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 2.34 5 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 2.51 6 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 7 Priska Doppmann (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 8 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S 9 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 10 Judith Arndt (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 11 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 2.55 12 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 13 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team S.A.T.S 14 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 15 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 16 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 17 Ghita Beltman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 18 Nadia Triquet Claude (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 19 Edwige Pitel (Fra) French National Team 20 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 21 Amy Moore (Can) Canadian National Team 22 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile 23 Deidre Demet-Barry (USA) T-Mobile 24 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 25 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) German National Team 3.08 26 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 27 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Australian National Team 28 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 29 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 30 Corinne Hierckens (Bel) Basis-Aude Mixed 31 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 32 Leah Goldstein (Isr) Basis-Aude Mixed 33 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 34 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Basis-Aude Mixed 35 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 36 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 37 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Basis-Aude Mixed 38 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 39 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 40 Suzanne Bayer (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 41 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 3.18 42 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 43 Zlatica Gavlakova-Bazola (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 44 Mette Fisher Andreasen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 45 Christina Peick-Anders (Den) Team S.A.T.S 46 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) Therme Skin Care 47 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 48 Barbara Cazzaniga (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 3.27 49 Sara Symington (GBr) British National Team 50 Debby Mansveld (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 51 Ombretta Ugolini (Ita) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 52 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 53 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 54 Catherine Hare (GBr) British National Team 55 Alison Wright (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 56 Jessica Philipps (USA) Nurnberger Versicherung 57 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 58 Kristen Lasasso (USA) Basis-Aude Mixed 59 Louise Yaxley (Aus) Australian National Team 3.38 60 Kathy Watt (Aus) Basis-Aude Mixed 61 Madelaine Sandig (Ger) German National Team 62 Nicole Demars (Can) Canadian National Team 3.47 63 Saskia Elemans (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 64 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Therme Skin Care 65 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 3.54 66 Natalie Bates (Aus) Australian National Team 3.55 67 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 4.01 68 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 69 Helen Saunders (GBr) British National Team 4.06 70 Elodie Leroux (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 71 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 4.16 72 Aneke Hassink (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 4.35 73 Corrien Van Haastert (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 74 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 75 Charlotte Goldsmith (GBr) British National Team 7.27 76 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 11.49 77 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 78 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 79 Kristen Wild (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 80 Gina Grain (Can) Canadian National Team 81 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 82 Martina Ruzickova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 83 Lara Kroepsch (USA) T-Mobile 84 Petra Rossner (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 85 Diana Elmentaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 17.04 86 Bertine Spijkerman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 17.28 87 Janieke Vos (Ned) Therme Skin Care 22.48 88 Minke Van Dongen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 22.55 89 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 30.35 90 Ramune Lipinskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 30.59 91 Janildes Silva (Bra) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 92 Indre Januleviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 33.49 93 Kathy White (Can) Canadian National Team 41.59 94 Klara Sintakova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 42.17 95 Lenka Valova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum DNF Veerle Ingels (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim DNF Josephine Groenveld (Ned) Therme Skin Care DNF Kirsty Nicole Robb (NZl) Therme Skin Care DNF Loes Markerink (Ned) @Home Cycling Team General classification after stage 7 1 Deidre Demet-Barry (USA) T-Mobile 16.47.57 2 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 0.22 3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 0.26 4 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile 0.37 5 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 1.17 6 Judith Arndt (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 1.32 7 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team 1.43 8 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 2.03 9 Priska Doppmann (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 2.20 10 Ghita Beltman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 2.39 11 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 2.40 12 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 2.47 13 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 2.53 14 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Australian National Team 3.20 15 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 3.34 16 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team S.A.T.S 3.47 17 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 3.54 18 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 4.21 19 Edwige Pitel (Fra) French National Team 4.44 20 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 4.46 21 Leah Goldstein (Isr) Basis-Aude Mixed 4.47 22 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 5.05 23 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 5.13 24 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 5.18 25 Corinne Hierckens (Bel) Basis-Aude Mixed 5.46 26 Amy Moore (Can) Canadian National Team 5.49 27 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 6.05 28 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 6.37 29 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 6.39 30 Madelaine Sandig (Ger) German National Team 6.55 31 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 7.00 32 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S 7.32 33 Nadia Triquet Claude (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 7.44 34 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 7.56 35 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) German National Team 8.00 36 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) Therme Skin Care 8.03 37 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 8.04 38 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 8.32 39 Christina Peick-Anders (Den) Team S.A.T.S 9.04 40 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 10.05 41 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 11.13 42 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 11.29 43 Mette Fisher Andreasen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 11.44 44 Nicole Demars (Can) Canadian National Team 12.13 45 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 12.41 46 Kristen Lasasso (USA) Basis-Aude Mixed 13.11 47 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Basis-Aude Mixed 13.40 48 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 14.16 49 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 14.59 50 Ombretta Ugolini (Ita) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 16.27 51 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 16.59 52 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 17.04 53 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 17.05 54 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 18.09 55 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Basis-Aude Mixed 19.22 56 Kym Shirley (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 19.45 57 Alison Wright (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 24.24 58 Lara Kroepsch (USA) T-Mobile 24.43 59 Jessica Philipps (USA) Nurnberger Versicherung 24.48 60 Suzanne Bayer (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 25.07 61 Barbara Cazzaniga (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 25.29 62 Louise Yaxley (Aus) Australian National Team 25.47 63 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 29.06 64 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 30.05 65 Zlatica Gavlakova-Bazola (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 32.04 66 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Therme Skin Care 34.01 67 Catherine Hare (GBr) British National Team 35.09 68 Natalie Bates (Aus) Australian National Team 35.29 69 Sara Symington (GBr) British National Team 37.22 70 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 45.20 71 Saskia Elemans (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 45.22 72 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 46.14 73 Elodie Leroux (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 47.21 74 Petra Rossner (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 48.31 75 Corrien Van Haastert (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 52.25 76 Kathy Watt (Aus) Basis-Aude Mixed 52.35 77 Aneke Hassink (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 53.05 78 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 54.35 79 Kristen Wild (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 55.06 80 Helen Saunders (GBr) British National Team 59.18 81 Debby Mansveld (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 1.06.50 82 Janieke Vos (Ned) Therme Skin Care 1.11.20 83 Charlotte Goldsmith (GBr) British National Team 1.12.49 84 Martina Ruzickova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 1.14.59 85 Gina Grain (Can) Canadian National Team 1.19.25 86 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1.19.30 87 Bertine Spijkerman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 1.22.02 88 Minke Van Dongen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 1.24.41 89 Janildes Silva (Bra) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 1.34.12 90 Kathy White (Can) Canadian National Team 2.05.21 91 Diana Elmentaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2.05.50 92 Indre Januleviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2.07.09 93 Lenka Valova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 2.19.05 94 Klara Sintakova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 2.25.06 95 Ramune Lipinskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2.29.38 Points classification 1 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S 144 pts 2 Priska Doppmann (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 113 3 Ghita Beltman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 110 4 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 106 5 Judith Arndt (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 98 6 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 86 7 Alison Wright (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 83 8 Deidre Demet-Barry (USA) T-Mobile 73 9 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 73 10 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 68 11 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 64 12 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 55 13 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team 48 14 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile 45 15 Sara Symington (GBr) British National Team 40 16 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 39 17 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 37 18 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 34 19 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 31 20 Kym Shirley (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 30 21 Nadia Triquet Claude (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 27 22 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 26 23 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 23 24 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Basis-Aude Mixed 20 25 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 20 26 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 18 27 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team S.A.T.S 18 28 Amy Moore (Can) Canadian National Team 16 29 Corinne Hierckens (Bel) Basis-Aude Mixed 16 30 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 14 31 Petra Rossner (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 13 32 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 13 33 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 10 34 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 9 35 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 9 36 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 8 37 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 6 38 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 5 39 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Australian National Team 4 40 Natalie Bates (Aus) Australian National Team 4 41 Kristen Wild (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 4 42 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 3 43 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 3 44 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 3 45 Edwige Pitel (Fra) French National Team 2 46 Mette Fisher Andreasen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 2 47 Elodie Leroux (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 2 Mountains classification 1 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 21 pts 2 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 20 3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 15 4 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team 9 5 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 7 6 Edwige Pitel (Fra) French National Team 6 7 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S 5 8 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 5 9 Kym Shirley (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 4 10 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 4 11 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 3 12 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 2 13 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team S.A.T.S 1 Sprints classification 1 Ghita Beltman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 20 pts 2 Debby Mansveld (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 14 3 Kym Shirley (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 11 4 Janildes Silva (Bra) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 9 5 Gina Grain (Can) Canadian National Team 8 6 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 8 7 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team 8 8 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 7 9 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 6 10 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 5 11 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 4 12 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Basis-Aude Mixed 3 13 Priska Doppmann (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 3 14 Elodie Leroux (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 3 15 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 2 16 Alison Wright (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 2 17 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 1 18 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 1 19 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 1 Young rider classification 1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 16.48.23 2 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 3.55 3 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 4.20 4 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 4.47 5 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 4.52 6 Corinne Hierckens (Bel) Basis-Aude Mixed 5.20 7 Madelaine Sandig (Ger) German National Team 6.29 8 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) German National Team 7.34 9 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 8.06 10 Mette Fisher Andreasen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 11.18 11 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 16.39 12 Barbara Cazzaniga (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 25.03 13 Louise Yaxley (Aus) Australian National Team 25.21 14 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 28.40 15 Catherine Hare (GBr) British National Team 34.43 16 Corrien Van Haastert (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 51.59 17 Aneke Hassink (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 52.39 18 Kristen Wild (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 54.40 19 Helen Saunders (GBr) British National Team 58.52 20 Bertine Spijkerman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 1.21.36 21 Minke Van Dongen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 1.24.15 22 Diana Elmentaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2.05.24 23 Indre Januleviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2.06.43 24 Lenka Valova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 2.18.39 25 Klara Sintakova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 2.24.40 26 Ramune Lipinskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2.29.12 Teams classification 1 T-Mobile 50.24.49 2 Nurnberger Versicherung 5.40 3 Australian National Team 7.47 4 Nobili Rubineterie Guerciotti 11.08 5 German National Team 12.02 6 Team S.A.T.S 13.13 7 Ondernemers Van Nature 13.15 8 Canada 14.32 9 Basis-Aude Mixed 16.11 10 French National Team 16.57 11 Vlaanderen T Interim 23.56 12 Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 34.03 13 Inter Region Pruneau 37.42 14 Equipe Composite Rostex Quantim 45.13 15 British National Team 1.10.03 16 Lithuanian National Team 1.19.37 17 @Home Cycling Team 1.27.34 18 Therme Skin Care 1.30.20
