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Grand Prix Féminin International du Canada - 2.9.2
Canada, September 24-28, 2003
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Stage 4 - September 27: Alma Criterium, 40.0 km
Take two for Schleicher
By Kristy Scrymgeour
Regina Schleicher took her second stage of the tour, winning the 49 person bunch sprint in the criterium this afternoon. Schleicher beat Belgian sprinter Sharon Van Dromme (Belgian National Team), mirroring the bunch spring finish of stage one.
After the challenging time trial in the morning , riders faced their second stage of the day with the 40km criterium in Alma. Once again the race was agressive but again the race finished in a bunch sprint. With Schleicher fast finish earned her another win in front of Van Dromme Nataliya Kachalka (Ukraine National Team) and the young Kate Nichols (Australian National Team). Judith Arndt finished safely in the bunch to keep her leaders jersey and Lyne Bessette (Canandian National Team) won time bonus sprints during the race, to move herself up into second place on GC.
Tomorrow's final stage is 93.5km and consists of 11 laps of a 8.5km lap, Arndt will be riding to protect her lead of 1'35" over Bessette.
Results
1 Regina Schleicher (Ger) German National Team 58.23 2 Sharron Van Dromme (Bel) Belgian National Team 3 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 4 Kate Nichols (Aus) Australian National Team 5 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Russia National Team 6 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Mixed Team 7 Isabella Wieser (Aut) Mixed Team 8 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Belgian National Team 9 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 10 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Belgian National Team 11 Julie Bélanger (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 12 Veerle Ingels (Bel) Belgian National Team 13 Anna Skawinska (Pol) Polish National Team 14 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 15 Julie Hutsebaut (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 16 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 17 Valentyna Karpenko (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 18 Miho Oki (Jpn) Mixed Team 19 Malgorzata Wysocka (Pol) Polish National Team 20 Jessica Ridder (Aus) Australian National Team 21 Iona Wynter (Jam) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 22 Anna Milkowski (USA) Proco Composite Team 23 Liza Rachetto (USA) Proco Composite Team 24 Karen Bockel (Ger) German National Team 25 Corine Hierckens (Bel) Belgian National Team 26 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Proco Composite Team 27 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 28 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Russia National Team 29 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National Team 30 Ekaterina Naumova (Rus) Russia National Team 31 Andrea Graus (Aut) Mixed Team 32 Bogumila Matusiak (Pol) Polish National Team 33 Candice Blickem (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 34 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Russia National Team 35 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team 36 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Polish National Team 37 Svetlana Pauliukaite (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 38 Amy Moore (Can) Canadian National Team 39 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 40 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Mixed Team 41 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National Team 42 Maggie Shirley (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 43 Anna Sipurzynska (Pol) Polish National Team 44 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 45 Cristal Yap (USA) Proco Composite Team 46 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 47 Grace Fleury (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 48 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 49 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 50 Natalya Figurskaya (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 0.07 51 Stéphanie Bourbeau (Can) Équipe Québec 52 Iryna Chuzhynova (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 53 Manon Jutras (Can) Canadian National Team 0.11 54 Evy Van Damme (Bel) Belgian National Team 0.12 55 Élisa Gagnon (Can) Équipe Québec 0.25 56 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 0.29 57 Iryna Shpilyova (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 1.56 58 Joanna Ignasiak (Pol) Polish National Team 59 Milda Galdikaite (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 60 Stephanie Williams (Aus) Australian National Team 61 Émilie Roy (Can) Équipe Québec Teams 1 Équipe Nationale de Belgique 2.55.09 2 Équipe Mixte 3 Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 4 German National Team 5 Australian National Team 6 Lithuania National Team 7 Russia National Team 8 Polish National Team 9 Équipe Composite Proco 10 Genesis Scuba/FFCC 11 Équipe Nationale du Canada 12 Ukraine National Team 0.07 General classification after stage 4 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National Team 6.50.06 2 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 1.35 3 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Mixed Team 1.38 4 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Russia National Team 1.42 5 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 1.43 6 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Belgian National Team 3.09 7 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 3.17 8 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 3.34 9 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 3.55 10 Corine Hierckens (Bel) Belgian National Team 4.52 11 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Russia National Team 7.08 12 Bogumila Matusiak (Pol) Polish National Team 7.39 13 Amy Moore (Can) Canadian National Team 7.52 14 Grace Fleury (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 8.46 15 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Russia National Team 8.48 16 Miho Oki (Jpn) Mixed Team 9.20 17 Kate Nichols (Aus) Australian National Team 9.21 18 Jessica Ridder (Aus) Australian National Team 9.37 19 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National Team 9.39 20 Evy Van Damme (Bel) Belgian National Team 9.40 21 Anna Milkowski (USA) Proco Composite Team 9.49 22 Isabella Wieser (Aut) Mixed Team 23 Sharron Van Dromme (Bel) Belgian National Team 9.54 24 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 9.58 25 Andrea Graus (Aut) Mixed Team 10.00 26 Iona Wynter (Jam) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 10.06 27 Veerle Ingels (Bel) Belgian National Team 10.08 28 Julie Bélanger (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 10.12 29 Ekaterina Naumova (Rus) Russia National Team 10.14 30 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 10.15 31 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Proco Composite Team 10.16 32 Malgorzata Wysocka (Pol) Polish National Team 10.18 33 Iryna Chuzhynova (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 10.26 34 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 10.27 35 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 10.54 36 Svetlana Pauliukaite (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 10.58 37 Manon Jutras (Can) Canadian National Team 11.04 38 Valentyna Karpenko (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 11.07 39 Anna Skawinska (Pol) Polish National Team 11.16 40 Maggie Shirley (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 11.24 41 Liza Rachetto (USA) Proco Composite Team 11.26 42 Regina Schleicher (Ger) German National Team 11.39 43 Julie Hutsebaut (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 11.40 44 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team 11.41 45 Natalya Figurskaya (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 11.45 46 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 12.04 47 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Polish National Team 12.08 48 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Belgian National Team 12.22 49 Iryna Shpilyova (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 12.27 50 Karen Bockel (Ger) German National Team 12.30 51 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Mixed Team 12.37 52 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 53 Anna Sipurzynska (Pol) Polish National Team 12.56 54 Élisa Gagnon (Can) Équipe Québec 13.12 55 Candice Blickem (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 24.47 56 Stéphanie Bourbeau (Can) Équipe Québec 27.21 57 Joanna Ignasiak (Pol) Polish National Team 31.57 58 Cristal Yap (USA) Proco Composite Team 44.02 Points classification 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National Team 57 pts 2 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Russia National Team 40 3 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 39 4 Regina Schleicher (Ger) German National Team 35 5 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 34 6 Sharron Van Dromme (Bel) Belgian National Team 29 7 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Mixed Team 24 8 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Belgian National Team 24 9 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 23 10 Isabella Wieser (Aut) Mixed Team 16 11 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 13 12 Malgorzata Wysocka (Pol) Polish National Team 13 13 Julie Bélanger (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 12 14 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Russia National Team 11 15 Kate Nichols (Aus) Australian National Team 11 16 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Mixed Team 10 17 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Russia National Team 10 18 Anna Skawinska (Pol) Polish National Team 8 19 Corine Hierckens (Bel) Belgian National Team 7 20 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 6 21 Miho Oki (Jpn) Mixed Team 6 22 Amy Moore (Can) Canadian National Team 5 23 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Belgian National Team 5 24 Bogumila Matusiak (Pol) Polish National Team 4 25 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National Team 3 26 Julie Hutsebaut (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 3 27 Grace Fleury (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 2 28 Iona Wynter (Jam) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 2 29 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 2 30 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 1 31 Manon Jutras (Can) Canadian National Team 1 32 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 1 33 Karen Bockel (Ger) German National Team 1 Team classification 1 German National team 20.44.41 2 Équipe Nationale de Belgique 2.24 3 Russia National team 3.11 4 Équipe Nationale du Canada 4.46 5 Genesis Scuba/FFCC 5.10 6 Équipe Mixte 6.17 7 Lithuania National Team 8.56 8 Ukraine National Team 10.28 9 Polish National Team 12.35 10 Australian National Team 13.04 11 Équipe Composite Proco 17.04 12 Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 17.39
