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Tour de L'Aude Feminin - 2.1
France, May 13-22, 2005
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Stage 2 - May 15: Rieux Minervois-Rieux Minervois, 112 Km
S.A.T.S.take first win of season
By Kristy Scrymgeour
Team S.A.T.S took their first win of the season today at the second stage of Tour de L'Aude and they did it in style. In a late break Danish rider Dorte Rasmussen powered away and managed to hold off a charging field by seconds after a 25 kilometer solo ride.
The stage was animated from the gun with three mid race primes taking place in the first 20km helping to get things started. Joanne Kiesanowski took the first sprint as the bunch rode single file through the tiny French villages. After the second sprint a counter move saw a group of 12 riders go up the road taking over two minutes on the field by the first mountain sprint of the day. It was on the Col de Sallettes, the nine-kilometre category one climb, that the break came back together and a counter move eventuated with three riders. Priska Doppmann (Mixed Univega Pct/Ar) took off with Linda Serup (Buitenpoort Flexpoint) and Rasmussen, but before long Rasmussen had dropped the other two and was flying solo.
At 15km to go Rasmussen held a 55" gap over the field. A few riders out of the bunch tried to bridge the gap but never quite made it and Univega picked up the chase. The gap started to fall but Rssmussen didn't give in. She took the stage by a mere eight second over the bunch in a very impressive ride. In the bunch it was Oenone Wood to take the bunch sprint again, this time the bonus points for second place put moved her up into the leaders jersey going into stage three.
Team S.A.T.S were very excited by the win, as was their team director Cathy Marsal who was ecstatic when Cyclingnews caught up with her after the race having won her first race as a director after retiring from racing at the end of last year.
"Let me tell you how happy I am," she said. "I have an amazing group of riders. They are magical with a great spirit.. They needed this win. It's going to give them the tailwind that they need. They know now that they can do it. Dorte opened the way. Its awesome for the sponsors and the people working behind the scenes to make this happen. It s a great feeling they we will never forget."
Tomorrow riders have a double stage day with the first stage being fast and flat, perfect for another bunch sprint and the second finishing at the top of a very steep two kilometer climb, the stage consisting of two climbs in the very short distance of 46km.
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- Modesta Vzesniauskaite very pretty in pink
- Svetlana "La Bouba" Boubnenkova keeps the blue jersey
- Joanne Kiesanowski (Nobili Rubinetterie)
- Oenone Wood (Equipe Nurnberger) took the yellow jersey
- Dorte Rasmussen (Team S.A.T.S) won the stage
- Lyne Bessette (Canadian National Team)
- Eneritz Itturiaga (Spanish National Team)
- The Start in Rieux-Minervois
- Meredith Miller (Team S.A.T.S)
- Robyn Wong (New Zealand National Team)
- Anita Valen (Vlaanderen Capri Sonne)
- Magali Finot-Laivier (French National Team)
- Natalie Bates (Van Bemmelen Aa Drink) happy before the start
- Maribel Moreno (Spanish National Team) looks pretty relaxed
Results
1 Dorte Rasmussen (Den) Team S.A.T.S. 3.10.17 2 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 0.08 3 Magali Le Floch (Fra) French National Team 4 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 5 Tammara Boyd (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 6 Anita Valen (Nor) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 7 Tina Mayolo (USA) USA National Team 8 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 9 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 10 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 11 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie 12 Rachel Heal (GBr) Team S.A.T.S. 13 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 14 Elena Andreeva (Rus) Russian National Team 15 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 16 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) French National Team 17 Toni Bradshaw (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 18 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 19 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie 20 Tatiana Shishkova (Mda) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 21 Kori Seehafer (USA) USA National Team 22 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Russian National Team 23 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S. 24 Sarah Grab (Swi) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 25 Michelle Kiesanowski (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 26 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 27 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) French National Team 28 Sofie Goor (Bel) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 29 Linda Serup (Den) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 30 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 31 Alexandra Le Henaff (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 32 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 33 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 34 Leigh Hobson (Can) Canadian National Team 35 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 36 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Nobili Rubinetterie 37 Felicia Greer (Can) Canadian National Team 38 Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 39 Melissa Holt (NZl) Team S.A.T.S. 40 Sereina Traschsel (Swi) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 41 Emma Rickards (Aus) Australian National Team 42 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 43 Volha Hayeva (GBr) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 44 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Spanish National Team 45 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 46 Theresa Senff (Ger) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 47 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 48 Emma Davies (GBr) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 49 Kristin Armstrong (USA) USA National Team 50 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 51 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 52 Adrie Visser (Ned) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 53 Robyn Wong (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 54 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) German National Team 55 Karin Thürig (Swi) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 56 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 57 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) Team S.A.T.S. 58 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 59 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S. 60 Sabine Spitz (Ger) German National Team 61 Katheryn Curi (USA) USA National Team 62 Kimberly Baldwin (USA) USA National Team 63 Natacha Maes (Bel) Belgian National Team 64 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 65 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 66 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 67 Johanna Buick (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 68 Amy Gillett (Aus) Australian National Team 69 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 70 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 71 Anna Ramirez (Spa) Spanish National Team 72 Magalie Finot (Fra) French National Team 2.50 73 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 7.04 74 An Van Rie (Bel) Belgian National Team 10.15 75 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 76 Delphine Guille (Fra) French National Team 77 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 10.29 78 Anna Henestrosa (Spa) Spanish National Team 79 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie 80 Kim Schoonbaert (Bel) Belgian National Team 81 Charlotte Becker (Ger) German National Team 82 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Spanish National Team 83 Natalie Bates (Aus) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 84 Katie Brown (Aus) Australian National Team 85 Alicia Palop Rubio (Spa) Spanish National Team 86 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Australian National Team 87 Leticia Gil Parra (Spa) Spanish National Team 88 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie 89 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 90 Tiina Nieminen (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 13.11 91 Lien Verhaeghe (Bel) Belgian National Team 92 Lisa Sweeney (Can) Canadian National Team 93 Sarah Düster (Ger) German National Team 94 Apollinaria Bakova (Rus) Russian National Team 95 Kristy Miggels (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 96 Katleen Vermeiren (Bel) Belgian National Team 97 Ine Wannijn (Bel) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 98 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 99 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 100 Kelly Van Eycken (Bel) Belgian National Team 101 Janneke Vos (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 102 Larssyn Staley (USA) USA National Team 103 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 104 Alexandra Nolhes (Ger) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 105 Dalemarie Tye (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 18.23 106 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) German National Team 107 Ombretta Ugolini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie 108 Louise Yaxley (Aus) Australian National Team 109 Irina Zemlyanskaya (Rus) Russian National Team 25.56 110 Elena Eifler (Ger) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 111 Oxana Kostenko (Rus) Russian National Team DNF Aurore Jeudy (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen General classification after stage 2 1 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 6.26.40 2 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 0.01 3 Karin Thürig (Swi) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 0.04 4 Dorte Rasmussen (Den) Team S.A.T.S. 0.09 5 Amy Gillett (Aus) Australian National Team 0.11 6 Kristin Armstrong (USA) USA National Team 0.15 7 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) German National Team 0.16 8 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 0.17 9 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 10 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 0.18 11 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie 0.19 12 Adrie Visser (Ned) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 13 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 14 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 0.20 15 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 16 Kimberly Baldwin (USA) USA National Team 0.21 17 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 0.22 18 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 0.23 19 Linda Serup (Den) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 0.24 20 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 21 Anita Valen (Nor) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 22 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 0.26 23 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 24 Sabine Spitz (Ger) German National Team 0.27 25 Theresa Senff (Ger) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 26 Melissa Holt (NZl) Team S.A.T.S. 27 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 0.28 28 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 0.29 29 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Nobili Rubinetterie 30 Kori Seehafer (USA) USA National Team 31 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 0.30 32 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 33 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) French National Team 34 Tammara Boyd (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 0.31 35 Emma Davies (GBr) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 0.32 36 Tina Mayolo (USA) USA National Team 37 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 38 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S. 39 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 0.34 40 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 41 Rachel Heal (GBr) Team S.A.T.S. 0.35 42 Magali Le Floch (Fra) French National Team 0.36 43 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 44 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Spanish National Team 0.37 45 Toni Bradshaw (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 0.39 46 Sarah Grab (Swi) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 0.40 47 Emma Rickards (Aus) Australian National Team 48 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 0.43 49 Michelle Kiesanowski (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 0.44 50 Tatiana Shishkova (Mda) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 51 Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 0.45 52 Volha Hayeva (GBr) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 53 Leigh Hobson (Can) Canadian National Team 0.46 54 Elena Andreeva (Rus) Russian National Team 0.48 55 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S. 56 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Russian National Team 0.54 57 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie 0.56 58 Sofie Goor (Bel) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 0.57 59 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) Team S.A.T.S. 60 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 1.06 61 Felicia Greer (Can) Canadian National Team 1.17 62 Magalie Finot (Fra) French National Team 3.12 63 Natacha Maes (Bel) Belgian National Team 4.29 64 Sereina Traschsel (Swi) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 4.39 65 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 4.40 66 Anna Ramirez (Spa) Spanish National Team 4.43 67 Katheryn Curi (USA) USA National Team 4.45 68 Johanna Buick (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 4.48 69 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) French National Team 4.58 70 Robyn Wong (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 4.59 71 Alexandra Le Henaff (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 5.03 72 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 5.05 73 Charlotte Becker (Ger) German National Team 10.50 74 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 10.58 75 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie 11.00 76 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 11.52 77 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 13.24 78 Sarah Düster (Ger) German National Team 13.34 79 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 13.41 80 An Van Rie (Bel) Belgian National Team 14.48 81 Natalie Bates (Aus) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 14.50 82 Delphine Guille (Fra) French National Team 15.02 83 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Spanish National Team 15.09 84 Anna Henestrosa (Spa) Spanish National Team 15.12 85 Alicia Palop Rubio (Spa) Spanish National Team 15.13 86 Katie Brown (Aus) Australian National Team 15.14 87 Leticia Gil Parra (Spa) Spanish National Team 15.20 88 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie 15.22 89 Kim Schoonbaert (Bel) Belgian National Team 15.27 90 Apollinaria Bakova (Rus) Russian National Team 17.47 91 Lisa Sweeney (Can) Canadian National Team 17.50 92 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 17.53 93 Alexandra Nolhes (Ger) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 18.17 94 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) German National Team 18.37 95 Dalemarie Tye (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 22.51 96 Ombretta Ugolini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie 23.28 97 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Australian National Team 24.46 98 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 25.10 99 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 100 Kelly Van Eycken (Bel) Belgian National Team 26.32 101 Kristy Miggels (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 27.58 102 Janneke Vos (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 27.59 103 Larssyn Staley (USA) USA National Team 104 Ine Wannijn (Bel) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 28.00 105 Tiina Nieminen (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 28.04 106 Katleen Vermeiren (Bel) Belgian National Team 28.10 107 Lien Verhaeghe (Bel) Belgian National Team 28.31 108 Louise Yaxley (Aus) Australian National Team 32.51 109 Irina Zemlyanskaya (Rus) Russian National Team 40.57 110 Oxana Kostenko (Rus) Russian National Team 40.59 111 Elena Eifler (Ger) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 41.12 Points classification 1 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 81 pts 2 Dorte Rasmussen (Den) Team S.A.T.S. 49 3 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 44 4 Tina Mayolo (USA) USA National Team 41 5 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) French National Team 35 6 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 34 7 Sarah Düster (Ger) German National Team 34 8 Anita Valen (Nor) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 32 9 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 30 10 Magali Le Floch (Fra) French National Team 30 11 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 28 12 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Nobili Rubinetterie 26 13 Karin Thürig (Swi) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 24 14 Tammara Boyd (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 24 15 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 21 16 Amy Gillett (Aus) Australian National Team 20 17 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Australian National Team 17 18 Charlotte Becker (Ger) German National Team 16 19 Kristin Armstrong (USA) USA National Team 14 20 Melissa Holt (NZl) Team S.A.T.S. 14 21 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie 14 22 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 14 23 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 12 24 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) German National Team 11 25 Elena Andreeva (Rus) Russian National Team 10 26 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 10 27 Rachel Heal (GBr) Team S.A.T.S. 9 28 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie 7 29 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 7 30 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 6 31 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 6 32 Adrie Visser (Ned) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 4 33 Toni Bradshaw (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 4 34 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 3 35 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 2 36 Emma Rickards (Aus) Australian National Team 2 37 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 1 38 Tatiana Shishkova (Mda) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 1 Mountains classification 1 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 15 pts 2 Theresa Senff (Ger) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 14 3 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 3 4 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 2 5 Elena Andreeva (Rus) Russian National Team 2 6 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie 2 7 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 1 8 Dorte Rasmussen (Den) Team S.A.T.S. 1 9 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 1 Sprints classification 1 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Nobili Rubinetterie 18 pts 2 Tina Mayolo (USA) USA National Team 8 3 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 7 4 Sarah Düster (Ger) German National Team 3 5 Elena Andreeva (Rus) Russian National Team 3 6 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 2 7 Melissa Holt (NZl) Team S.A.T.S. 2 8 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 1 Young rider classification 1 Adrie Visser (Ned) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 6.26.59 2 Linda Serup (Den) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 0.05 3 Theresa Senff (Ger) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 0.08 4 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) French National Team 0.11 5 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 0.15 6 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 0.24 7 Volha Hayeva (GBr) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 0.26 8 Elena Andreeva (Rus) Russian National Team 0.29 9 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Russian National Team 0.35 10 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie 0.37 11 Charlotte Becker (Ger) German National Team 10.31 12 Sarah Düster (Ger) German National Team 13.15 13 Alicia Palop Rubio (Spa) Spanish National Team 14.54 14 Katie Brown (Aus) Australian National Team 14.55 15 Leticia Gil Parra (Spa) Spanish National Team 15.01 16 Kim Schoonbaert (Bel) Belgian National Team 15.08 17 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) German National Team 18.18 18 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Australian National Team 24.27 19 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 24.51 20 Kelly Van Eycken (Bel) Belgian National Team 26.13 21 Larssyn Staley (USA) USA National Team 27.40 22 Ine Wannijn (Bel) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 27.41 23 Lien Verhaeghe (Bel) Belgian National Team 28.12 24 Irina Zemlyanskaya (Rus) Russian National Team 40.38 25 Oxana Kostenko (Rus) Russian National Team 40.40 Teams classification 1 Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 19.20.23 2 Australian National Team 0.21 3 Buitenpoort Flexpoint 0.35 4 Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 0.37 5 Nurnberger Versicherung 0.40 6 USA National Team 0.42 7 German National Team 8 Team S.A.T.S. 0.55 9 Canadian National Team 0.59 10 Nobili Rubinetterie 1.09 11 Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 1.14 12 French National Team 1.16 13 Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 14 New Zealand National Team 1.18 15 Mixed Vrienden-Therme 12.01 16 Team Pruneaux D'agen 16.03 17 Russian National Team 19.06 18 Spanish National Team 20.06 19 Belgian National Team 34.13
