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Grand Prix Féminin International du Canada - 2.9.2
Canada, September 24-28, 2003
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Stage 5 - September 28: Saguenay - Jonquière, 93.5 km
Kachalka takes challenging stage
By Kristy Scrymgeour
Nataliya Kachalka (Ukraine National Team), outsprinted Olga Zabelinskaia (Russian National Team) at the top of the 1km climb today to win the difficult stage in Saguenay. Kachalka's final effort came out of a five person break away that formed with two laps remaining of the 11 lap race. Race leader, Judith Arndt (German National Team) was not in the break, but had a 3'11" lead on the highest ranked rider in the group to buffer her lead.
The final stage was certainly a challenge, made even more so due to the torrential rain that fell during the race. Riders raced 11 laps of an 8.5km loop which was described by Manon Jutras (Canadian National Team) as being similar to the Montreal World cup. The main climb was 1km in length and the finish line was only 500m past the peak of the climb.
Early in the race Canada's Erin Willock went on the attack and held a solo lead for over three laps. Her efforts were diminished by the determination of the Lithuanian team who chased her down so that Rasa Polikeviciute could attack on the climb. Rasa got a quick gap but Arndt and Bessette were on her wheel. They too were caught but Polikeviciute would not give up. She attacked again on the climb on the next lap, this time succeeding. Willock, having a very strong day, again began to chase, but without any luck. Jutras waited for Willock to get caught and countered her teammates move, managing to bridge to gap to Polikeviciute. Before long another three riders had bridged and the lead group became five riders with two laps remaining. Joining Polikeviciute and Jutras were Karen Bockel (German National Team), Olga Zabelinskaia (Russian National Team) and Kachalka.
The three worked well together and their lead grew to over two minutes by the finish. Up the final climb, Zabelinskaia put on the pace with only Kachalka able to stay with her to the line. Kachalka came around to take the win from Zabelinskaia with Bockel edging out Jutras to take third place seven seconds behind the winners. Polikeviciute came in to take fifth place another seven seconds down.
Behind the leaders for the last couple of laps were Kate Nichols (Australian National Team) and Anna Sipurzynska (Polish National Team). At one point they led the peloton by 35" and managed to hold on to their lead to come sixth and seventh, only seconds before the bunch came in for the sprint. Arndt finished safely in 10th place to keep her lead and win the tour overall.
Cyclingnews caught up with Jutras after the race who was happy with the way she and her team raced. "This is the first time we have raced together and we found that we worked very well. We are pretty happy that we had the opportunity to race together and we are confident now going into the World Championships in two weeks time."
Results
1 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 2.34.45 2 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Russia National Team 3 Karen Bockel (Ger) German National Team 0.07 4 Manon Jutras (Can) Canadian National Team 5 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 0.14 6 Kate Nichols (Aus) Australian National Team 2.00 7 Anna Sipurzynska (Pol) Polish National Team 2.02 8 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Russia National Team 2.09 9 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Mixed Team 2.11 10 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National Team 11 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 12 Bogumila Matusiak (Pol) Polish National Team 13 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 14 Andrea Graus (Aut) Mixed Team 15 Veerle Ingels (Bel) Belgian National Team 2.17 16 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Belgian National Team 2.21 17 Isabella Wieser (Aut) Mixed Team 18 Corine Hierckens (Bel) Belgian National Team 2.34 19 Grace Fleury (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 2.40 20 Anna Skawinska (Pol) Polish National Team 2.43 21 Miho Oki (Jpn) Mixed Team 22 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Russia National Team 2.47 23 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 2.53 24 Iryna Chuzhynova (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 2.55 25 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National Team 26 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 3.00 27 Amy Moore (Can) Canadian National Team 28 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 3.13 29 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 3.43 30 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Mixed Team 3.46 31 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 3.58 32 Valentyna Karpenko (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 33 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Polish National Team 34 Regina Schleicher (Ger) German National Team 4.11 35 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Belgian National Team 5.51 36 Svetlana Pauliukaite (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 8.38 37 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Proco Composite Team 10.49 38 Maggie Shirley (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 39 Liza Rachetto (USA) Proco Composite Team 12.21 40 Julie Hutsebaut (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 12.23 41 Stéphanie Bourbeau (Can) Équipe Québec 17.15 HD Anna Milkowski (USA) Proco Composite Team 23.27 HD Cristal Yap (USA) Proco Composite Team 23.28 DNF Ekaterina Naumova (Rus) Russia National Team DNF Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Lithuania National Team DNF Natalya Figurskaya (Ukr) Ukraine National Team DNF Evy Van Damme (Bel) Belgian National Team DNF Sharon Van Dromme (Bel) Belgian National Team DNF Malgorzata Wysocka (Pol) Polish National Team DNF Joanna Ignasiak (Pol) Polish National Team DNF Iona Wynter (Jam) Genesis Scuba/FFCC DNF Candice Blickem (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC DNF Élisa Gagnon (Can) Équipe Québec DNF Audrey Lemieux (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 DNF Julie Bélanger (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 DNF Jessica Ridder (Aus) Australian National Team DNF Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team DNF Iryna Shpilyova (Ukr) Ukraine National Team Teams 1 Russia National Team 7.49.11 2 Équipe Nationale du 0.17 3 German National Team 0.35 4 Équipe Mixte 1.47 5 Ukraine National Team 1.57 6 Polish National Team 2.00 7 Équipe Nationale de 2.16 8 Lithuania National Team 6.07 9 Genesis Scuba/FFCC 11.26 10 Équipe Composite Proco 41.41 Final general classification 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National Team 9.27.02 2 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 1.34 3 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 1.35 4 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Russia National Team 1.37 5 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Mixed Team 1.38 6 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 2.25 7 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 3.17 8 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Belgian National Team 3.19 9 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Russia National Team 4.51 10 Corine Hierckens (Bel) Belgian National Team 5.15 11 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 5.21 12 Bogumila Matusiak (Pol) Polish National Team 7.39 13 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 7.58 14 Amy Moore (Can) Canadian National Team 8.41 15 Manon Jutras (Can) Canadian National Team 9.00 16 Kate Nichols (Aus) Australian National Team 9.10 17 Grace Fleury (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 9.15 18 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Russia National Team 9.21 19 Miho Oki (Jpn) Mixed Team 9.52 20 Isabella Wieser (Aut) Mixed Team 9.59 21 Andrea Graus (Aut) Mixed Team 10.00 22 Veerle Ingels (Bel) Belgian National Team 10.14 23 Karen Bockel (Ger) German National Team 10.22 24 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National Team 10.23 25 Iryna Chuzhynova (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 11.10 26 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 11.13 27 Anna Skawinska (Pol) Polish National Team 11.48 28 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 12.26 29 Anna Sipurzynska (Pol) Polish National Team 12.47 30 Valentyna Karpenko (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 12.54 31 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 13.06 32 Regina Schleicher (Ger) German National Team 13.39 33 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Polish National Team 13.55 34 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Mixed Team 14.12 35 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Belgian National Team 16.02 36 Svetlana Pauliukaite (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 17.25 37 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Proco Composite Team 18.54 38 Maggie Shirley (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 20.02 39 Liza Rachetto (USA) Proco Composite Team 21.36 40 Julie Hutsebaut (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 21.52 41 Anna Milkowski (USA) Proco Composite Team 31.05 42 Stéphanie Bourbeau (Can) Équipe Québec 42.25 43 Cristal Yap (USA) Proco Composite Team 1.05.19 Points classification 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) German National Team 63 pts 2 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Russia National Team 52 3 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Ukraine National Team 43 4 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 39 5 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 37 6 Regina Schleicher (Ger) German National Team 35 7 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Mixed Team 31 8 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Russia National Team 27 9 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Belgian National Team 24 10 Kate Nichols (Aus) Australian National Team 21 11 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 18 12 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 18 13 Karen Bockel (Ger) German National Team 16 14 Isabella Wieser (Aut) Mixed Team 16 15 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Russia National Team 15 16 Manon Jutras (Can) Canadian National Team 14 17 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Mixed Team 10 18 Anna Sipurzynska (Pol) Polish National Team 9 19 Bogumila Matusiak (Pol) Polish National Team 8 20 Anna Skawinska (Pol) Polish National Team 8 21 Corine Hierckens (Bel) Belgian National Team 7 22 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 6 23 Miho Oki (Jpn) Mixed Team 6 24 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 5 25 Amy Moore (Can) Canadian National Team 5 26 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Belgian National Team 5 27 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National Team 3 28 Julie Hutsebaut (Can) Équipe ACC Hamilton 2003 3 29 Grace Fleury (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 2 30 Andrea Graus (Aut) Mixed Team 2 31 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 1 32 Veerle Ingels (Bel) Belgian National Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Russia National Team 19 pts 2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) German National Team 13 3 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuania National Team 6 4 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 3 5 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 1 6 Miho Oki (Jpn) Mixed Team 1 7 Kate Nichols (Aus) Australian National Team 1 8 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 1 Teams classification 1 German National team 28.34.27 2 Russia National team 2.36 3 Équipe Nationale de Belgique 4.05 4 Équipe Nationale du Canada 4.28 5 Équipe Mixte 7.29 6 Ukraine National Team 11.50 7 Polish National Team 14.00 8 Lithuania National Team 14.28 9 Genesis Scuba/FFCC 16.01 10 Équipe Composite Proco 58.10
