Cyclingnews TV News Tech Features Road MTB BMX Cyclo-cross Track Photos Fitness Letters Search Forum | ||||||||||||||
|
Tour de L'Aude Feminin - 2.1France, May 13-22, 2005Main Page Results Overall standings Previous Stage Stage 9 - May 22: Axat - Station De Ski Mijanes-Donezan, 101 kmClose call for NebenWorrack forced a battle to take the stageBy Kristy Scrymgeour With only one second to spare after an epic day in the mountains, Amber Neben (Buitenpoort Flexpoint) held onto the yellow jersey to take her first ever win of Tour de L'Aude over defending champion Trixi Worrack (Nurnberger Versicherung). An amazing performance by Worrack certainly made Neben work hard for the honour, but the hard fought battle eventually went her way. The final day of Tour de L'Aude was always to be the deciding factor of the overall classification, with the three extremely hard categorized climbs made even harder by the torrential rain and cold temperatures. Already on the first GPM up Col de Saint Louis, which was a category one climb starting at 15 kilometers and climbing 5km at 9% gradient, the field was split to pieces with the US team putting the pressure on to challenge the leader. By the top of the climb only 35 riders remained in the front bunch including all the major GC contenders. A vital move came at the intermediate sprint when Neben foresaw the need to take some extra time to buffer her lead and won the time bonus sprint at Axat. This would prove to be the second that won her the tour. At the 55km mark saw the start of the next major climb of the day, which was an Hors Category climb, meaning above categorization. The climb of Col du Garavel is an 11.5km climb, which reaches 1256m in altitude. It was on this climb that the rain started to come down. Again the US National team put on the pressure along with the Buitenpoort Flexpoint team and the front group dwindled down to about 25 riders by the top. It was on the descent of this climb, right at the point where Judith Arndt attacked two years ago to win to eventually take the jersey from Lyne Bessette, that Nurnberger repeated their successful tactics. Trixi Worrack attacked and flew down the mountain gaining 55" by the bottom and becoming race leader on the road. With only seven riders left at the bottom including Neben, the chase was on. A few other riders regained contact with the chase group but by the bottom of the final climb to the ski station of Mijanes-Donezan, Neben was not happy with the way the chase was going and attacked solo. Although the climb proper was stated as 5km, the ascent actually started 10km before that making for a 15km final climb to the finish. It was her that the one on one battle between Worrack and Neben began. By this stage, Worrack had a gap of 1'20. As the climb continued the time gap oscillated between 1'20" and 1'30" and with 3km to go Worrack still had 1'28" on Neben, which was enough to take the win. However, in those last few kilometers as the temperature started to drop to a low of 8 degrees, Neben made up her time. By the top the gap was only 1'11" with Worrack taking the stage in an amazing style. After close calculations of time bonuses it came down to only one second, with Neben on top to take the overall tour victory in a very satisfying turn of events. Coming in to take third place was Kristin Armstrong (US National Team) another 2'33" down on Neben. Anita Valen finished in fourth place and Theresa Senff (Van Bemmelen Aa Drink) finished fifth to take 7th overall and the young riders jersey. Oenone Wood (Nurnberger Versicherung) kept the points jersey, Joanne Kiesanowksi (Nobili Rubinetterie) held onto the sprint jersey with Svetlana Boubnenkova (Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs) finishing sixth in the stage and holding on to the mountains jersey. PhotographyFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here Images by Philip Volle/http://velopalmares.free.fr
Results1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 3.24.19 2 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 1.11 3 Kristin Armstrong (USA) USA National Team 3.44 4 Anita Valen (Nor) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 4.09 5 Theresa Senff (Ger) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 4.13 6 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 4.17 7 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 4.23 8 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 4.42 9 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 5.03 10 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 5.05 11 Dorte Rasmussen (Den) Team S.A.T.S. 5.47 12 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 8.32 13 Sabine Spitz (Ger) German National Team 8.33 14 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) French National Team 15 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 16 Kimberly Baldwin (USA) USA National Team 9.21 17 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 9.23 18 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) German National Team 9.40 19 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) Team S.A.T.S. 10.34 20 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 21 An Van Rie (Bel) Belgian National Team 11.28 22 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie 12.08 23 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Russian National Team 24 Magali Le Floch (Fra) French National Team 25 Karin Thürig (Swi) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 12.13 26 Sarah Grab (Swi) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 13.01 27 Johanna Buick (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 14.23 28 Sereina Traschsel (Swi) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 14.47 29 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 15.05 30 Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 15.23 31 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie 16.04 32 Katheryn Curi (USA) USA National Team 18.37 33 Linda Serup (Den) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 20.25 34 Michelle Kiesanowski (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 35 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 20.41 36 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 37 Alexandra Le Henaff (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 20.45 38 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 20.56 39 Sofie Goor (Bel) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 40 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 41 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 42 Toni Bradshaw (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 21.21 43 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Nobili Rubinetterie 21.34 44 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Spanish National Team 23.34 45 Tatiana Shishkova (Mda) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 30.01 46 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 47 Melissa Holt (NZl) Team S.A.T.S. 48 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 49 Emma Davies (GBr) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 50 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 51 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 52 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 53 Kori Seehafer (USA) USA National Team 54 Natacha Maes (Bel) Belgian National Team 55 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 56 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 30.29 57 Anna Henestrosa (Spa) Spanish National Team 32.06 58 Robyn Wong (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 33.20 59 Felicia Greer (Can) Canadian National Team 35.14 60 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) French National Team 36.11 61 Tina Mayolo (USA) USA National Team 62 Leigh Hobson (Can) Canadian National Team 63 Anna Ramirez (Spa) Spanish National Team 64 Amy Gillett (Aus) Australian National Team 65 Emma Rickards (Aus) Australian National Team 66 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S. 67 Adrie Visser (Ned) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 68 Alicia Palop Rubio (Spa) Spanish National Team 69 Louise Yaxley (Aus) Australian National Team 38.44 70 Leticia Gil Parra (Spa) Spanish National Team 43.15 71 Sarah Düster (Ger) German National Team 50.31 72 Tiina Nieminen (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 73 Tammara Boyd (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 50.55 74 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 50.59 75 Magalie Finot (Fra) French National Team 76 Delphine Guille (Fra) French National Team 77 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 78 Charlotte Becker (Ger) German National Team 51.14 79 Janneke Vos (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 51.46 80 Lien Verhaeghe (Bel) Belgian National Team 81 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie 82 Apollinaria Bakova (Rus) Russian National Team DNF Rachel Heal (GBr) Team S.A.T.S. DNF Elodie Touffet (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen DNF Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme DNF Katleen Vermeiren (Bel) Belgian National Team DNF Kim Schoonbaert (Bel) Belgian National Team Final General classification 1 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 22.58.58 2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 0.01 3 Kristin Armstrong (USA) USA National Team 2.42 4 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 4.03 5 Anita Valen (Nor) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 4.07 6 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 4.49 7 Theresa Senff (Ger) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 5.33 8 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 6.07 9 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 6.21 10 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 7.00 11 Dorte Rasmussen (Den) Team S.A.T.S. 8.22 12 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 8.28 13 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 9.33 14 Sabine Spitz (Ger) German National Team 9.47 15 Kimberly Baldwin (USA) USA National Team 9.58 16 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 10.30 17 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) French National Team 10.31 18 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) German National Team 10.50 19 Karin Thürig (Swi) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 11.12 20 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 15.39 21 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie 16.14 22 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie 17.53 23 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 20.57 24 Magali Le Floch (Fra) French National Team 21.30 25 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) Team S.A.T.S. 22.54 26 Sarah Grab (Swi) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 24.29 27 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 25.18 28 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Russian National Team 25.51 29 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 29.54 30 Sofie Goor (Bel) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 31.10 31 Toni Bradshaw (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 31.43 32 Linda Serup (Den) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 32.38 33 Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 34.49 34 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 34.51 35 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Spanish National Team 37.10 36 Kori Seehafer (USA) USA National Team 38.04 37 Katheryn Curi (USA) USA National Team 40.10 38 Sereina Traschsel (Swi) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 40.23 39 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Nobili Rubinetterie 40.48 40 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 41.09 41 Tatiana Shishkova (Mda) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 42.18 42 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 42.28 43 Alexandra Le Henaff (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 42.37 44 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 43.52 45 Johanna Buick (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 44.45 46 Emma Davies (GBr) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 46.08 47 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 47.19 48 Adrie Visser (Ned) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 47.45 49 Michelle Kiesanowski (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 48.05 50 An Van Rie (Bel) Belgian National Team 48.50 51 Felicia Greer (Can) Canadian National Team 50.22 52 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 51.28 53 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 52.02 54 Melissa Holt (NZl) Team S.A.T.S. 52.32 55 Tina Mayolo (USA) USA National Team 52.37 56 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 56.51 57 Robyn Wong (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 58.53 58 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 1.01.17 59 Natacha Maes (Bel) Belgian National Team 1.01.51 60 Amy Gillett (Aus) Australian National Team 1.02.53 61 Anna Ramirez (Spa) Spanish National Team 1.04.10 62 Emma Rickards (Aus) Australian National Team 1.04.38 63 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S. 1.09.01 64 Leigh Hobson (Can) Canadian National Team 1.11.22 65 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) French National Team 1.13.23 66 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 1.13.39 67 Magalie Finot (Fra) French National Team 1.18.09 68 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 1.18.19 69 Tammara Boyd (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 1.25.06 70 Anna Henestrosa (Spa) Spanish National Team 1.29.34 71 Leticia Gil Parra (Spa) Spanish National Team 1.32.28 72 Alicia Palop Rubio (Spa) Spanish National Team 1.32.49 73 Charlotte Becker (Ger) German National Team 1.33.25 74 Louise Yaxley (Aus) Australian National Team 1.36.16 75 Apollinaria Bakova (Rus) Russian National Team 1.39.26 76 Sarah Düster (Ger) German National Team 1.42.31 77 Delphine Guille (Fra) French National Team 1.43.54 78 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 1.47.02 79 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie 1.48.37 80 Tiina Nieminen (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 2.05.28 81 Janneke Vos (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 2.10.29 82 Lien Verhaeghe (Bel) Belgian National Team 2.22.14 Points classification 1 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 165 pts 2 Anita Valen (Nor) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 123 3 Dorte Rasmussen (Den) Team S.A.T.S. 113 4 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 109 5 Kristin Armstrong (USA) USA National Team 98 6 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Nobili Rubinetterie 96 7 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 92 8 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 90 9 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 86 10 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 86 11 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) French National Team 85 12 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 84 13 Karin Thürig (Swi) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 84 14 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 81 15 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie 59 16 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 58 17 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 55 18 Sarah Düster (Ger) German National Team 53 19 Magali Le Floch (Fra) French National Team 49 20 Theresa Senff (Ger) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 45 21 Tina Mayolo (USA) USA National Team 41 22 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Spanish National Team 39 23 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 33 24 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 32 25 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) German National Team 32 26 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 32 27 Emma Davies (GBr) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 30 28 Anna Ramirez (Spa) Spanish National Team 30 29 Melissa Holt (NZl) Team S.A.T.S. 26 30 Amy Gillett (Aus) Australian National Team 25 31 Tammara Boyd (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 24 32 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 23 33 An Van Rie (Bel) Belgian National Team 23 34 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie 22 35 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 21 36 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 20 37 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 20 38 Kori Seehafer (USA) USA National Team 18 39 Charlotte Becker (Ger) German National Team 16 40 Sabine Spitz (Ger) German National Team 15 41 Kimberly Baldwin (USA) USA National Team 15 42 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 14 43 Alexandra Le Henaff (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 11 44 Adrie Visser (Ned) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 10 45 Emma Rickards (Aus) Australian National Team 9 46 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Russian National Team 3 47 Toni Bradshaw (Nzl) New Zealand National Team 2 48 Linda Serup (Den) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 2 49 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 2 Mountains classification 1 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 58 pts 2 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 28 3 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 27 4 Theresa Senff (Ger) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 27 5 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 23 6 Anna Ramirez (Spa) Spanish National Team 20 7 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) French National Team 15 8 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 14 9 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 11 10 Anita Valen (Nor) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 9 11 Kristin Armstrong (USA) USA National Team 9 12 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie 8 13 An Van Rie (Bel) Belgian National Team 5 14 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 3 15 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 3 16 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 2 17 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 2 18 Dorte Rasmussen (Den) Team S.A.T.S. 1 Sprints classification 1 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Nobili Rubinetterie 35 pts 2 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 27 3 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 16 4 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 11 5 Delphine Guille (Fra) French National Team 10 6 Tina Mayolo (USA) USA National Team 9 7 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 8 8 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 6 9 Leticia Gil Parra (Spa) Spanish National Team 6 10 Sarah Düster (Ger) German National Team 5 11 Anita Valen (Nor) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 5 12 Magali Le Floch (Fra) French National Team 4 13 Linda Serup (Den) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 3 14 Anna Ramirez (Spa) Spanish National Team 3 15 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 2 16 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) French National Team 2 17 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 2 18 Adrie Visser (Ned) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 2 19 Melissa Holt (NZl) Team S.A.T.S. 2 20 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie 1 21 Kori Seehafer (USA) USA National Team 1 22 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Mixed Vrienden-Therme 1 23 Emma Davies (GBr) Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 1 Young rider classification 1 Theresa Senff (Ger) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 23.04.31 2 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 4.57 3 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) French National Team 4.58 4 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) German National Team 5.17 5 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie 10.41 6 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Russian National Team 20.18 7 Linda Serup (Den) Buitenpoort Flexpoint 27.05 8 Adrie Visser (Ned) Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 42.12 9 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 45.55 10 Leticia Gil Parra (Spa) Spanish National Team 1.26.55 11 Alicia Palop Rubio (Spa) Spanish National Team 1.27.16 12 Charlotte Becker (Ger) German National Team 1.27.52 13 Sarah Düster (Ger) German National Team 1.36.58 14 Lien Verhaeghe (Bel) Belgian National Team 2.16.41 Teams classification 1 Mixed Univega Pct/Ar 69.21.22 2 German National Team 6.21 3 Buitenpoort Flexpoint 11.54 4 USA National Team 14.56 5 Van Bemmelen Aa Drink 24.21 6 Canadian National Team 33.19 7 Nurnberger Versicherung 42.52 8 Team S.A.T.S. 43.20 9 Vlaanderen Capri Sonne 46.21 10 Nobili Rubinetterie 48.57 11 Mixed P.M.B. Fenixs 49.41 12 French National Team 1.03.18 13 New Zealand National Team 1.17.27 14 Australian National Team 1.59.07 15 Team Pruneaux D'agen 2.18.26 16 Spanish National Team 2.31.41 17 Belgian National Team 3.09.40 |
|
|