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17th Emakumeen Bira - 2.9.1
Spain, June 10-13, 2004
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Stage 3a - June 12: Elgeta - Elorrio, 63.6 km
Arriba Somarriba!
By Martin Hardie in Elorrio
The third day of the Bira was stretched over two stages, both short but both significant in their profile, difficulty and result.
The morning's stage 3a descended from the tiny village of Elgeta where the main road travels through and ancient gate between and below the houses in the centre of town. The stage's length was a mere 63.6 km but within its course there appeared the Cat. 2 Azkarate at 21.6 km and the Cat. 1 Asentzio at 51.6 km.
By the time the race arrived at the most hostile of the morning's climbs, the head of the race was down to 14 riders. The original selection was made as early as the first climb - among them Joane Somarriba, her Dutch teammate Ghita Beltman, local hero Eneritz Iturriaga with her team leader Fabiana Luperini, Nicole Brändli, Jolanta Polikeviciute, Cindy Pieters, Valentina Polkhanova and last year's victor, Mirjam Melchers.
Somarriba took the opportunity to attack on the ramps of the Asentzio and the only one who could ever come close to her was Luperini, but despite the Italian's best efforts she could never close the gap. Somarriba crossed the summit solo and increased her advantage on the descent arriving at the finish in Elorrio 58 seconds clear of the much diminished Melchers-led group. With her gap over Melchers from the day before standing at only 1 second, Somarriba had managed to push it out with this attack to one second less than a minute.
Results
1 Joane Somarriba (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software 1.48.07 2 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 0.58 3 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team Let's Go Finland 4 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini 5 Nicole Brandli (Swi) S.C. Michela Fanini 6 Dori Ruano (Spa) Swell-Pagozelai 7 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 8 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland 9 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai 1.15 10 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees 1.33 11 Mariline Salvetat (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees 12 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim 2.36 13 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 14 Maria Mercedes Cagigas (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi 4.24 15 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia-Panda Software 4.42 16 Katia Longhin (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini 4.46 17 Iryna Chuzhynova (Ukr) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 18 Camila Larson (Swe) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai 19 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Dutch National Team 20 Lise Christensen (Den) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai 21 Dorte Rasmussen (Den) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai 22 Miho Oki (Jpn) Farm Frites-Hartol 23 Rosa Bravo (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi 24 Gessica Turato (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 25 Maribel Moreno (Spa) Swell-Pagozelai 26 Rachel Heal (GBr) Farm Frites-Hartol 27 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Dutch National Team 28 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 7.27 29 Katherine Bates (Aus) Ton Van Bemmelen 8.19 30 Adrie Visser (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 31 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim 32 Svetlana Denisenko (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 33 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Dutch National Team 34 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 35 Sabrina Emmasi (Swi) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 36 Silva C. Fernandes (Bra) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 37 Alessandra Capellotto (Ita) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 38 Sousa Uenia Fdes (Bra) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 39 Yolandi Du Toit (RSA) Vlaanderen-T-Interim 40 Gemma Pascual (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software 41 Irene Broek (Ned) Dutch National Team 42 Emma James (Aus) Ton Van Bemmelen 43 Yulia Razenkova (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 44 Iosune Murillo (Spa) Sabeco 45 Letizia Gil (Spa) Sabeco 46 Cristina Alcalde (Spa) Sabeco 47 Ine Wannijn (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim 48 Blazquez Fatima (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi 49 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Farm Frites-Hartol 50 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) S.C. Michela Fanini 8.24 51 Kornelia Groenveld (Ned) Ton Van Bemmelen 9.51 52 Ludivine Loze (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees 53 Corine Van Haasterd (Ned) Dutch National Team 54 Jaccolien Wallaard (Ned) Ton Van Bemmelen 55 Nathalie Van Katwijk (Ned) Ton Van Bemmelen 56 Laura Garavello (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 57 Isabelle Moulis (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees 58 Maria Rosario Rodriguez (Spa) Urrats 59 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 60 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen-T-Interim 61 Valentina Alessio (Ita) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai 62 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai 63 Janildes Fernandes Silva (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini 64 Frederik Van Der Wiel (Ned) Ton Van Bemmelen 11.15 65 Mirella Van Melis (Ned) Vlaanderen-T-Interim 66 Valeria Pintos (Arg) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 67 Laura Pisaneschi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini 68 Agurtzane Elorriaga (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software 69 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Dutch National Team 70 Maitane Telletxea (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software 71 Rebecca Macconnell (Aus) Team Let's Go Finland 72 Naiara Telletxea (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software 73 Martina Corazza (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland 74 Marta Ponce (Spa) Urrats 75 Keltj Manfrin (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland 76 Cathy Moncassin (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees 77 Maria Diaz De U. (Spa) Urrats 78 Lide Larrañaga (Spa) Urrats 79 Ziortza Jauregi (Spa) Sabeco 80 Devora Galvez (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi 81 Mireia Epelde (Spa) Sabeco Points 1 Joane Somarriba (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software 25 pts 2 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 20 3 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team Let's Go Finland 16 4 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini 14 5 Nicole Brandli (Swi) S.C. Michela Fanini 12 6 Dori Ruano (Spa) Swell-Pagozelai 10 7 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 9 8 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland 8 9 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai 7 10 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees 6 11 Mariline Salvetat (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees 5 12 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim 4 13 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 3 14 Maria Mercedes Cagigas (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi 2 15 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia-Panda Software 1 Mountains Azkarate - Cat .2, km 21,60 1 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 6 pts 2 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland 4 3 Joane Somarriba (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software 2 4 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 1 Elgeta, Cat. 2, km 51,60 1 Joane Somarriba (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software 10 pts 2 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland 8 3 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 6 4 Dori Ruano (Spa) Swell-Pagozelai 4 5 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini 2 6 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 1 Metas Volantes Elgoibar, km 14,60 1 Adrie Visser (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 5 pts 2 Katherine Bates (Aus) Ton Van Bemmelen 3 3 Silva C. Fernandes (Bra) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 1 Teams 1 S.C. Michela Fanini 5.31.03 2 Farm Frites-Hartol 3.48 3 Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai 4.05 4 Midi-Pyrenees 6.15 5 Bizkaia-Panda Software 6.19 6 Team Let's Go Finland 6.29 7 Usc Chirio Forno Dásolo 10.02 8 Gruas Tinlohi 10.47 9 Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 11.09 10 Dutch National Team 11 Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 12.32 12 Vlaanderen-T-Interim 13 Sabeco 18.15 14 Ton Van Bemmelen 19.47 15 Urrats 25.39 General classification after stage 3a 1 Joane Somarriba (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software 6.37.06 2 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 0.59 3 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini 1.18 4 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland 5 Dori Ruano (Spa) Swell-Pagozelai 6 Nicole Brandli (Swi) S.C. Michela Fanini 7 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team Let's Go Finland 2.11 8 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 2.13 9 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai 2.30 10 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 2.37 11 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees 2.48 12 Mariline Salvetat (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees 3.16 13 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim 4.19 14 Rosa Bravo (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi 6.01 15 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia-Panda Software 6.25 16 Katia Longhin (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini 6.29 17 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Dutch National Team 18 Dorte Rasmussen (Den) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai 19 Miho Oki (Jpn) Farm Frites-Hartol 20 Lise Christensen (Den) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai 21 Gessica Turato (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 22 Rachel Heal (GBr) Farm Frites-Hartol 23 Maribel Moreno (Spa) Swell-Pagozelai 6.46 24 Maria Mercedes Cagigas (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi 7.06 25 Camila Larson (Swe) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai 7.28 26 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 9.10 27 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Dutch National Team 9.18 28 Iryna Chuzhynova (Ukr) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 9.35 29 Alessandra Capellotto (Ita) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 10.02 30 Silva C. Fernandes (Bra) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 11.52 31 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Dutch National Team 32 Adrie Visser (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 12.32 33 Katherine Bates (Aus) Ton Van Bemmelen 34 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Dutch National Team 12.58 35 Irene Broek (Ned) Dutch National Team 14.22 36 Sousa Uenia Fdes (Bra) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 37 Sabrina Emmasi (Swi) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 38 Gemma Pascual (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software 39 Cristina Alcalde (Spa) Sabeco 40 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) S.C. Michela Fanini 14.30 41 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim 14.58 42 Ine Wannijn (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim 15.34 43 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 16.29 44 Emma James (Aus) Ton Van Bemmelen 45 Yulia Razenkova (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 46 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Farm Frites-Hartol 47 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen-T-Interim 17.06 48 Svetlana Denisenko (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 18.29 49 Iosune Murillo (Spa) Sabeco 18.30 50 Blazquez Fatima (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi 51 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 19.24 52 Letizia Gil (Spa) Sabeco 19.52 53 Kornelia Groenveld (Ned) Ton Van Bemmelen 20.01 54 Corine Van Haasterd (Ned) Dutch National Team 20.02 55 Janildes Fernandes Silva (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini 20.27 56 Maitane Telletxea (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software 22.48 57 Naiara Telletxea (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software 58 Agurtzane Elorriaga (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software 59 Martina Corazza (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland 23.46 60 Valentina Alessio (Ita) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai 26.31 61 Jaccolien Wallaard (Ned) Ton Van Bemmelen 27.19 62 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai 63 Rebecca Macconnell (Aus) Team Let's Go Finland 28.19 64 Frederik Van Der Wiel (Ned) Ton Van Bemmelen 28.43 65 Laura Garavello (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 29.40 66 Isabelle Moulis (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees 67 Nathalie Van Katwijk (Ned) Ton Van Bemmelen 30.03 68 Keltj Manfrin (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland 30.36 69 Mirella Van Melis (Ned) Vlaanderen-T-Interim 30.50 70 Valeria Pintos (Arg) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 31.04 71 Laura Pisaneschi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini 72 Cathy Moncassin (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees 73 Mireia Epelde (Spa) Sabeco 33.21 74 Yolandi Du Toit (RSA) Vlaanderen-T-Interim 39.58 75 Ludivine Loze (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees 41.30 76 Maria Rosario Rodriguez (Spa) Urrats 43.47 77 Maria Diaz De U. (Spa) Urrats 45.11 78 Marta Ponce (Spa) Urrats 79 Ziortza Jauregi (Spa) Sabeco 80 Devora Galvez (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi 81 Lide Larrañaga (Spa) Urrats 46.00 Points classification 1 Joane Somarriba (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software 50 pts 2 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 40 3 Adrie Visser (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 35 4 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team Let's Go Finland 33 5 Katia Longhin (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini 28 6 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini 28 7 Rosa Bravo (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi 23 8 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 23 9 Nicole Brandli (Swi) S.C. Michela Fanini 22 10 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland 20 11 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Dutch National Team 20 12 Dori Ruano (Spa) Swell-Pagozelai 19 13 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 19 14 Katherine Bates (Aus) Ton Van Bemmelen 18 15 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Dutch National Team 14 16 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees 12 17 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai 11 18 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia-Panda Software 10 19 Camila Larson (Swe) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai 10 20 Miho Oki (Jpn) Farm Frites-Hartol 8 21 Mariline Salvetat (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees 7 22 Dorte Rasmussen (Den) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai 7 23 Alessandra Capellotto (Ita) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 5 24 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim 4 25 Maria Mercedes Cagigas (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi 2 Mountains classification 1 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland 26 pts 2 Joane Somarriba (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software 21 3 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 20 4 Dori Ruano (Spa) Swell-Pagozelai 4 5 Silva C. Fernandes (Bra) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 3 6 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 3 7 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini 2 8 Nicole Brandli (Swi) S.C. Michela Fanini 2 9 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 2 10 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 2 11 Katherine Bates (Aus) Ton Van Bemmelen 1 Metas Volantes classification 1 Adrie Visser (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 19 pts 2 Katherine Bates (Aus) Ton Van Bemmelen 18 3 Rosa Bravo (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi 5 4 Silva C. Fernandes (Bra) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 2 5 Janildes Fernandes Silva (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini 1 Espoirs classification 1 Gessica Turato (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 2 Sousa Uenia Fdes (Bra) Usc Chirio Forno Dás 3 Kornelia Groenveld (Ned) Ton Van Bemmelen 4 Naiara Telletxea (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software 5 Nathalie Van Katwijk (Ned) Ton Van Bemmelen Basque rider classification 1 Joane Somarriba (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software 2 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team Let's Go Finland 3 Cristina Alcalde (Spa) Sabeco 4 Iosune Murillo (Spa) Sabeco 5 Maitane Telletxea (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software Teams classification 1 S.C. Michela Fanini 20.00.23 2 Farm Frites-Hartol 4.52 3 Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai 6.23 4 Bizkaia-Panda Software 11.42 5 Usc Chirio Forno Dásolo 12.20 6 Dutch National Team 15.45 7 Team Let's Go Finland 18.10 8 Gruas Tinlohi 22.32 9 Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 23.28 10 Vlaanderen-T-Interim 24.51 11 Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 26.23 12 Midi-Pyrenees 26.39 13 Ton Van Bemmelen 39.57 14 Sabeco 43.39 15 Urrats 2.05.04
