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GP Costa Etrusca-Giro dei comuni Montescudaio-Riparbella - 1.2
Italy, March 29, 2008
Photography
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Images by Davide Tricarico/ladiescycling.net
- The women of the Verinlegno Team
- Tatiana Stiajkina (Chirio Forno D'Asolo) returned to racing after the birth of her third child
- The start from the square Castle Montescudaio
- The race headed out through the narrow streets of the town
- The group among the green hills of Tuscany
- The group down the hills
- Raffaella Ascolani (Fenixs) the first fugitive of the day
- Judith Arndt (High Road) has the legs of a champion
- Tuscan spring: the famous road to Bolgheri described by the poetry Carducci
- The Cervelo Lifeforce Team controls the pace nobody leaves the group and fast pace on climbs
- Judith Arndt (High Road) and Noemi Cantele (Bigla) shooting for the GPM:
- Samantha Galassi (Fenixs) raced through her home town of Riparbella.
- Martina Corazza (Gauss-RDZ) passes a bottle to Tatiana Guderzo (Gauss-RDZ) , who returned from the world championships on track in Manchester
- Mechanical problems for Tatiana Guderzo (Gauss-RDZ)
- Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo Lifeforce) does not wait, and launches an uphill attack
- The break formed a group after first passage of Riparbella with Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo Lifeforce), Judith Arndt (High Road), Nicole Brandli and Noemi Cantele (Bigla), Fabiana Luperini (Menikini Selle Italia), Rosane Kirch (Michela Fanini) (covered), Trixi Worrack (Nürnberger)
- Estonian champion Grete Trier (Gauss-RDZ)
- The long shadow of the photographer Davide on race
- The seven athletes fly to the arrival
- Approaching the finish, fire and flames from Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo Lifeforce) and only Noemi Cantele (Bigla) and a delayed Fabiana Luperini (Menikini Selle Italia) respond.
- Head to head between Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo Lifeforce) and Fabiana Luperini (Menikini Selle Italia)
- Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo Lifeforce) raise arms to the sky
- Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo Lifeforce) was happy to talk with the family on the phone
- The podium (L-R) 2nd Fabiana Luperini (Menikini Selle Italia),1st Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo Lifeforce),3rd Noemi Cantele(Bigla)
- Noemi Cantele (Bigla) will think about tomorrow...
Results - 109 km
1 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Cervèlo Lifeforce 2.52.15 (36.765 km/h) 2 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia 0.10 3 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 0.14 4 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 5 Judith Arndt (Ger) Team High Road Women 0.21 6 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 7 Rosane Kirch (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 1.05 8 Grete Treier (Est) Gauss Rdz Ormu 2.03 9 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Nazionale Paesi Bassi 2.35 10 Sofie Goor (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 11 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 12 Karin Aune (Swe) Team Uniqa 13 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Team High Road Women 14 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Cervèlo Lifeforce 15 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Selle Italia 16 Martine Bras (Ned) Nazionale Paesi Bassi 17 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss Rdz Ormu 18 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 19 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Gauss Rdz Ormu 20 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 21 Oenone Wood (Aus) Team High Road Women 22 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Team Cmax Dila 23 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 24 Monika Schachl (Aut) Team Uniqa 25 Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team 26 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Usc Chirio Forno D'asolo 27 Tereza Hurikova (Cze) Usc Chirio Forno D'asolo 28 Zulfiya Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 29 Alison Powers (USA) Usa National Team 30 Maja Adamsen (Den) Team Cmax Dila 31 Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 32 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 33 Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervèlo Lifeforce 34 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs 35 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Nazionale Paesi Bassi 36 Lauren Franges (USA) Usa National Team 37 Linda Villumsen Serup (Den) Team High Road Women 38 Carmen Mcnellis (USA) Usa National Team 39 Den Van (Ned) Broek Irene Nazionale Paesi Bassi 40 Verónica Leal Balderas (Mex) Gauss Rdz Ormu 41 Corinna Thumm (Ger) German National Team Women 42 Ausrine Trebaite (Ltu) Nazionale Lituania 43 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Fenixs 44 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Gauss Rdz Ormu 45 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 46 Sara Mustonen (Swe) Team Cmax Dila 47 Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 48 Luise Keller (Ger) Team High Road Women 49 Alona Andruk (Ukr) Usc Chirio Forno D'asolo 50 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Menikini - Selle Italia 51 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Gauss Rdz Ormu 52 Eva Lechner (Ita) 53 Erika Viliunaite (Ltu) Team System Data 54 Clemilda Fernandes Silva (Bra) Usc Chirio Forno D'asolo 55 Nathalie Bates (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia 56 Emma Silversides (GBr) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 57 Denise Zuckermandel (Ger) German National Team Women 58 Alice Donadoni (Ita) Team Cmax Dila 59 Samantha Galassi (Ita) Fenixs 60 Andrea Wolfer (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 61 Andrea Thürig (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 62 Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss Rdz Ormu 63 Alessia Massaccesi (Ita) Team Cmax Dila
Past winners
2007 Nicole Cooke (GBr) 2006 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) 2005 Nicole Cooke (GBr) 2004 Oenone Wood (Aus) 2003 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) 2002 Nicole Cooke (GBr) 2001 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) 2000 Edita Pulcilskaite (Ltu) 1999 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) 1998 Simona Parente (Ita) 1997 Imelda Chiappa (Ita)