Emakumen Saria - 1.9.2

Durango, Spain, June 8, 2004

2003 Results Results Past winners

Somarriba - The Dominatrix in Durango

By Martin Hardie

The women's peloton arrived in Durango, Pais Vasco today to contest the Durango Emakumeen Saria, the one day classic that traditionally precedes the Emakumen Bira (Basque Women's Tour) beginning Thursday. And just to show the visitors whose home it is, Bizkaia Panda's Joanne Somarriba soloed home into the main drag of Fray Juan Zumarraga Kale to take the victory twenty four seconds ahead of her nearest chaser, another veteran champion of the women's peloton, Jolanta Polikeviciute.

Somarriba managed to dislodge her main rivals over the two Cat. 2 climbs that dominated the latter part of the race profile. The first climb of Montekalbo saw Spanish state champion and local Durango hero, Eneritz Iturriaga, out of the saddle driving at high speed a small group of contenders up the 10% ramps. On her wheel was Somarriba and Iturriaga's teammate Fabiana Luperini tucked in behind her. Iturriaga closed down the day's early break away pair of Janildes Silva Fernandes (USC) and Martina Corrazza (LGF). As the capture was sealed Somarriba attacked during the final kilometre and it was Luperini who initially hunted her down.

Coming home over Muniketagane, which has within its ascent even steeper ramps (both climbs are 6-7 kms long), Somarriba managed to leave her opponents behind by the top. Iturriaga crashed on the descent; it was her first race back after a distaerous accident in the Vuelta a Castille Leon, but she was back on the bike and in the hunt during the final 5 kms on the way home to the finish. But in the end no one could find Somarriba's wheel again. After the race the Tour de France winner said it was good to be racing at home and that she was looking forward to Thursday's start of the Bira, a race that she has always watched since she was young and in which she hopes to do well. Her main focus for the year, however, remains the Athens Olympics in August.

Australians Kate Bates and Emma James finished a respectable 3.29 behind in the peloton on a hot day which saw out of the 84 starters, 20 abandons and 19 riders finishing outside the time limit. For Bates the hilly Basque course was a long way from the track racing she has been concentrating on in recent months. But both she and Emma were looking forward to the challenging Bira later in the week.

Results - 113 km

1 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Soft-Durango              3.07.35
2 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno D'Asolo                    0.24
3 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox                  0.45
4 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti               0.57
5 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team Let's Go Finland                           1.45
6 Nicole Brändli (Swi) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
7 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland                            1.47
8 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai                   1.49
9 Rosa María Bravo Soba (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi                               2.44
10 Sandrine Marcuz Moreau (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees
11 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia-Panda Soft-Durango
12 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees
13 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Team Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai               3.29
14 Katia Longhin (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
15 Silva Fernandes (Bra) USC Chirio Forno D'Asolo
16 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) USC Chirio Forno D'Asolo
17 Miho Oki (Jap) Team Farm Frites-Hartol
18 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Netherland National Team
19 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Netherland National Team
20 Iryna Chuzhynova (Ukr) Safi-Pasta Zara/Debabarrena
21 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T- Interim Univega Ladies Team
22 Sabrina Emmasi (Swi) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti
23 Mercedes Cagigas Amedo (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi
24 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Netherland National Team
25 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno D'Asolo
26 Katherine Bates (Aus) Team Ton Van Bemmelen Sports                     3.55
27 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Netherland National Team
28 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Team Farm Frites-Hartol
29 Gessica Turato (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara/Debabarrena
30 Emma James (Aus) Team Ton Van Bemmelen Sports                          3.59
31 Camilla Larsson (Swe) Team Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai                     5.39
32 Irene Broek (Ned) Netherland National Team                             6.12
33 Adrie Visser (Ned) Team Farm Frites-Hartol                             8.09
34 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara/Debabarrena
35 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Vlaanderen-T- Interim Univega Ladies Team
36 Ine Wannijn (Bel) Vlaanderen-T- Interim Univega Ladies Team
37 Sousa Uenia Fernandes (Bra) USC Chirio Forno D'Asolo
38 Nekane Lasa Agirre (Spa) Safi-Pasta Zara/Debabarrena
39 Lise Christensen (Den) Team Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai
40 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
41 Janildes Silva Fernandes (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox          8.11
42 Gemma Pascual Torrecilla (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Soft-Durango              8.25
43 Maitane Telletxea Lopez (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Soft-Durango
44 Kornelia Groenveld (Ned) Team Ton Van Bemmelen Sports
45 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Sabeco
HD Laura Caravello (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti                  10.54
HD Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen-T- Interim Univega Ladies Team
HD Corine Van Haasterd (Ned) Netherland National Team
HD Nathalie Van Katwijk (Ned) Team Ton Van Bemmelen Sports               11.11
HD Naiara Telletxea Lopez (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Soft-Durango
HD Cathy Moncassin (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees                                   12.13
HD Isabelle Moulis (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees                                   12.25
HD Charlotte Goldsmith (GBr) Team Farm Frites-Hartol
HD Emanuela Brigati (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti
HD Valentina Alessio (Ita) Team Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai
HD Azucena Sánchez Benito (Spa) Team Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai
HD Frederika Van Der Wiel (Ned) Team Ton Van Bemmelen Sports
HD Aranzazu Azpiroz Azpiroz (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Soft-Durango
HD Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Sabeco
HD Fátima Blazquez Lozano (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi
HD Mirella Van Melis (Ned) Vlaanderen-T- Interim Univega Ladies Team
HD Ziortza Jauregui Del Campo (Spa) Sabeco                               13.57
HD Martina Corazza (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland
HD Marta Ponce López (Spa) Urrats
 
HD=Hors delai (outside time limit)
Mountains

Montekalvo  Cat. 2, 90,00 km
1 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Soft - Durango       10 pts
2 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team Let´s Go Finland                       7
3 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno D´Asolo               5
4 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox             3
5 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team Let´s Go Finland                      2
6 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie - Guerciotti        1

Muniketas  Cat. 2, 104,00 km

1 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Soft - Durango       10 pts
2 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno D´Asolo               7
3 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox             5
4 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie - Guerciotti        3
5 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team Let´s Go Finland                       2
6 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team Let´s Go Finland                      1

Mountains classification

1 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Soft - Durango       20 pts
2 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno D´Asolo              12
3 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team Let´s Go Finland                       9
4 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox             8
5 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie - Guerciotti        4
6 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team Let´s Go Finland                      3

Sprints

Elorrio

1 Rosa María Bravo Soba (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi                          3 pts
2 Corine Van Haasterd (Ned) Netherland National Team                 2
3 Sabrina Emmasi (Swi) Nobili Rubinetterie - Guerciotti              1

Berriz

1 Janildes Silva Fernandes (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Ro       3 pts
2 Martina Corazza (Ita) Team Let´s Go Finland                        2
3 Rosa María Bravo Soba (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi                          1

Sprints classification

1 Rosa María Bravo Soba (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi                          4 pts
2 Janildes Silva Fernandes (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Ro       3
3 Sabrina Emmasi (Swi) Nobili Rubinetterie - Guerciotti              1


Special Sprints

Atxondo

1 Rosa María Bravo Soba (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi                          3 pts
2 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox             2
3 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Netherland National Team                     1

Abadiño

1 Martina Corazza (Ita) Team Let´s Go Finland                        3 pts
2 Janildes Silva Fernandes (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Ro       2
3 Rosa María Bravo Soba (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi                          1

Special Sprints classification

1 Rosa María Bravo Soba (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi                          4 pts
2 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox             2
3 Janildes Silva Fernandes (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Ro       2
4 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Netherland National Team                     1

Teams

1 S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox                              3.21.32
2 USC Chirio Forno D´Asolo                                      13.57
3 Netherland National Team
4 Team Aliverti - Bianchi - Kookai
5 Bizkaia - Panda Soft - Durango
6 Nobili Rubinetterie - Guerciotti
7 Team Farm Frites - Hartol
8 Safi-Pasta Zara/Debabarrena
9 Team Ton Van Bemmelen Sports
10 Team Let´s Go Finland
11 Midi - Pyrenees
12 Gruas Tinlohi
13 Vlaanderen - T- Interim Univega
14 Sabeco

Past winners

2003 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia - Spiuk - Sabeco
2002 Joane Somarriba (Spa) Deia-Pragma
2001 Sara Felloni (Ita) Team Alfa Lum RSM


Past winners courtesy of Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com