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Tour de L'Aude Feminin - 2.9.1
France, May 14-23, 2004
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Stage 5 - May 18: Castelnaudary - Castelnaudary, 120km
Beltman wins bunch sprint
By Kristy Scrymgeour
Ghita Beltman (@Home Cycling) took out the fifth stage of Tour de L'Aude today winning the bunch sprint out of the 54 riders that were still in the peloton at the end of the stage. Beltman has been consistently in the top ten riders in every stage this week and was sitting in fifth overall. Her time bonus for winning the stage today moves her up into second place overall. She now sits 1'54" down on current race leader, Trixi Worrack (Nürnberger).
The Castelnaudary to Castelnaudary stage is a very traditional stage of the tour and starts the day winding through some of the small hill top villages of the area. The roads are very narrow and the hills short and quite steep. Again the wind plays a big part in the race. A few breakaway attempts early in the race didn't go far due to the wind.
After winding through these villages the race hits the first KOM of the day at 60km. Today Nürnberger set tempo up the climb, not letting anything get away, but it was on the descent leading up to the second climb of the day that a potentially dangerous attack eventuated. Two-time winner of the tour, Lyne Bessette (Canadian National Team) attacked, taking Edwige Pitel (French National Team) with her. The pair built up a convincing gap forcing Nürnberger to chase once again.
It took the full strength of Nürnberger and some of the German National team bring the break back. Bessette and Pitel were caught with only one kilometre remaining in the race, leaving the bunch to sprint for the win.
Beltman took the win over a very confused Anita Valen who thought she had crossed the line first. Eventually it was confirmed that the win went to Beltman, with Valen taking second in front of Australian Olivia Gollan (Australian National Team).
Tomorrow's time trial is a crucial stage of the tour with the GC riders needing to produce good times to put them back into contention for the overall. The stage is also very important for riders of some nations with Olympic spots up for grabs.
Results
1 Ghita Beltman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 3.13.08 2 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S 3 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 4 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 5 Judith Arndt (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 6 Priska Doppmann (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 7 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 8 Amy Moore (Can) Canadian National Team 9 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 10 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 11 Nadia Triquet Claude (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 12 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 13 Corinne Hierckens (Bel) Basis-Aude Mixed 14 Petra Rossner (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 15 Deidre Demet-Barry (USA) T-Mobile 16 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 17 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Basis-Aude Mixed 18 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 19 Mette Fisher Andreasen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 20 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 21 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 22 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 23 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 24 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 25 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 26 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 27 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Australian National Team 28 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team 29 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 30 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 31 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team S.A.T.S 32 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 33 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 34 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 35 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile 36 Edwige Pitel (Fra) French National Team 37 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 38 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Basis-Aude Mixed 39 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) Therme Skin Care 40 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 41 Catherine Hare (GBr) British National Team 42 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 43 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 44 Leah Goldstein (Isr) Basis-Aude Mixed 45 Kristen Lasasso (USA) Basis-Aude Mixed 46 Kym Shirley (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 47 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 48 Christina Peick-Anders (Den) Team S.A.T.S 49 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 50 Lara Kroepsch (USA) T-Mobile 51 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 52 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) German National Team 53 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 54 Madelaine Sandig (Ger) German National Team 55 Nicole Demars (Can) Canadian National Team 56 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 0.27 57 Ombretta Ugolini (Ita) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 7.23 58 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 59 Suzanne Bayer (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 60 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 61 Kirsty Nicole Robb (NZl) Therme Skin Care 10.47 62 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Therme Skin Care 63 Veerle Ingels (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 64 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 12.35 65 Natalie Bates (Aus) Australian National Team 16.09 66 Helen Saunders (GBr) British National Team 17.14 67 Gina Grain (Can) Canadian National Team 68 Zlatica Gavlakova-Bazola (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 69 Louise Yaxley (Aus) Australian National Team 70 Jessica Philipps (USA) Nurnberger Versicherung 71 Janieke Vos (Ned) Therme Skin Care 72 Martina Ruzickova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 73 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 74 Loes Markerink (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 75 Corrien Van Haastert (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 76 Aneke Hassink (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 77 Kristen Wild (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 78 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 79 Barbara Cazzaniga (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 80 Alison Wright (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 81 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 82 Elodie Leroux (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 83 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 84 Sara Symington (GBr) British National Team 85 Kathy Watt (Aus) Basis-Aude Mixed 86 Minke Van Dongen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 18.54 87 Janildes Silva (Bra) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 18.59 88 Kathy White (Can) Canadian National Team 19.37 89 Debby Mansveld (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 90 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 91 Saskia Elemans (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 92 Josephine Groenveld (Ned) Therme Skin Care 93 Bertine Spijkerman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 94 Charlotte Goldsmith (GBr) British National Team 95 Lenka Valova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 26.08 96 Klara Sintakova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 97 Indre Januleviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 29.31 98 Diana Elmentaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 99 Ramune Lipinskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team DNF Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Vlaanderen T Interim DNS Francis Newstead (GBr) British National Team General classification after stage 5 1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 12.18.56 2 Ghita Beltman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 1.54 3 Deidre Demet-Barry (USA) T-Mobile 2.02 4 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile 2.04 5 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S 2.06 6 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 2.13 7 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 2.14 8 Judith Arndt (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 9 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 2.16 10 Priska Doppmann (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 2.17 11 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 2.20 12 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 2.22 13 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 2.23 14 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 2.25 15 Edwige Pitel (Fra) French National Team 16 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 2.26 17 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Australian National Team 2.27 18 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 2.29 19 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 2.31 20 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team S.A.T.S 2.32 21 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team 2.33 22 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 2.34 23 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 24 Madelaine Sandig (Ger) German National Team 2.36 25 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 2.37 26 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 2.40 27 Leah Goldstein (Isr) Basis-Aude Mixed 28 Corinne Hierckens (Bel) Basis-Aude Mixed 2.47 29 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 2.48 30 Amy Moore (Can) Canadian National Team 2.51 31 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2.53 32 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 2.58 33 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 3.06 34 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 3.07 35 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) Therme Skin Care 4.01 36 Nadia Triquet Claude (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 4.05 37 Christina Peick-Anders (Den) Team S.A.T.S 4.10 38 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 4.20 39 Nicole Demars (Can) Canadian National Team 4.36 40 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) German National Team 5.29 41 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 5.34 42 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 5.42 43 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 5.43 44 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 5.56 45 Kristen Lasasso (USA) Basis-Aude Mixed 6.11 46 Mette Fisher Andreasen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 6.30 47 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 8.17 48 Lara Kroepsch (USA) T-Mobile 8.22 49 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 9.14 50 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Basis-Aude Mixed 9.29 51 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 10.11 52 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 11.16 53 Ombretta Ugolini (Ita) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 13.08 54 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Basis-Aude Mixed 14.16 55 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 56 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 14.33 57 Kym Shirley (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 15.31 58 Suzanne Bayer (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 18.45 59 Alison Wright (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 19.29 60 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 19.40 61 Barbara Cazzaniga (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 20.20 62 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 22.29 63 Jessica Philipps (USA) Nurnberger Versicherung 22.31 64 Louise Yaxley (Aus) Australian National Team 22.32 65 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Therme Skin Care 25.47 66 Catherine Hare (GBr) British National Team 27.15 67 Zlatica Gavlakova-Bazola (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 28.16 68 Sara Symington (GBr) British National Team 31.03 69 Natalie Bates (Aus) Australian National Team 31.30 70 Petra Rossner (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 32.50 71 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 33.41 72 Saskia Elemans (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 37.32 73 Kirsty Nicole Robb (NZl) Therme Skin Care 37.40 74 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 38.13 75 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 40.33 76 Loes Markerink (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 40.51 77 Kristen Wild (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 41.06 78 Elodie Leroux (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 41.08 79 Kathy Watt (Aus) Basis-Aude Mixed 41.44 80 Veerle Ingels (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 42.06 81 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 43.44 82 Corrien Van Haastert (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 44.07 83 Janieke Vos (Ned) Therme Skin Care 44.27 84 Aneke Hassink (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 44.30 85 Helen Saunders (GBr) British National Team 50.11 86 Josephine Groenveld (Ned) Therme Skin Care 58.05 87 Janildes Silva (Bra) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 58.55 88 Martina Ruzickova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 59.00 89 Charlotte Goldsmith (GBr) British National Team 59.42 90 Debby Mansveld (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 1.00.49 91 Minke Van Dongen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 1.01.54 92 Bertine Spijkerman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 1.02.20 93 Gina Grain (Can) Canadian National Team 1.04.17 94 Kathy White (Can) Canadian National Team 1.18.45 95 Indre Januleviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1.25.32 96 Lenka Valova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 1.29.50 97 Klara Sintakova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 1.35.48 98 Diana Elmentaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1.41.49 99 Ramune Lipinskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1.52.24 Points classification 1 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S 128 pts 2 Ghita Beltman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 103 3 Priska Doppmann (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 87 4 Alison Wright (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 83 5 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 83 6 Judith Arndt (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 72 7 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 53 8 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 52 9 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 48 10 Deidre Demet-Barry (USA) T-Mobile 43 11 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 42 12 Sara Symington (GBr) British National Team 40 13 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 37 14 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 34 15 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 27 16 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile 25 17 Nadia Triquet Claude (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 24 18 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 22 19 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 21 20 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Basis-Aude Mixed 20 21 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 18 22 Amy Moore (Can) Canadian National Team 16 23 Corinne Hierckens (Bel) Basis-Aude Mixed 16 24 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 15 25 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 15 26 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 14 27 Petra Rossner (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 13 28 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 10 29 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team S.A.T.S 9 30 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 8 31 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team 8 32 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 7 33 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 6 34 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 5 35 Natalie Bates (Aus) Australian National Team 4 36 Kristen Wild (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 4 37 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 3 38 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 3 39 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 3 40 Mette Fisher Andreasen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 2 41 Elodie Leroux (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 2 42 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 1 Mountains classification 1 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 21 pts 2 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 20 3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 15 4 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 7 5 Edwige Pitel (Fra) French National Team 6 6 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S 5 7 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 5 8 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 4 9 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team S.A.T.S 1 Sprints classification 1 Ghita Beltman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 20 pts 2 Debby Mansveld (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 14 3 Janildes Silva (Bra) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 9 4 Gina Grain (Can) Canadian National Team 8 5 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 6 6 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 5 7 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 4 8 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Basis-Aude Mixed 3 9 Priska Doppmann (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 3 10 Elodie Leroux (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 3 11 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 2 12 Alison Wright (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 2 13 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 1 14 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 1 15 Kym Shirley (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 1 16 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 1 Young rider classification 1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 12.18.56 2 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 2.26 3 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 2.31 4 Madelaine Sandig (Ger) German National Team 2.36 5 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 2.40 6 Corinne Hierckens (Bel) Basis-Aude Mixed 2.47 7 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 3.06 8 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 3.07 9 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) German National Team 5.29 10 Mette Fisher Andreasen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 6.30 11 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 11.16 12 Barbara Cazzaniga (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 20.20 13 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 22.29 14 Louise Yaxley (Aus) Australian National Team 22.32 15 Catherine Hare (GBr) British National Team 27.15 16 Loes Markerink (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 40.51 17 Kristen Wild (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 41.06 18 Veerle Ingels (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 42.06 19 Corrien Van Haastert (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 44.07 20 Aneke Hassink (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 44.30 21 Helen Saunders (GBr) British National Team 50.11 22 Josephine Groenveld (Ned) Therme Skin Care 58.05 23 Minke Van Dongen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 1.01.54 24 Bertine Spijkerman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 1.02.20 25 Indre Januleviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1.25.32 26 Lenka Valova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 1.29.50 27 Klara Sintakova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 1.35.48 28 Diana Elmentaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1.41.49 29 Ramune Lipinskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1.52.24 Teams classification 1 Nurnberger Versicherung 37.01.34 2 T-Mobile 1.39 3 Australian National Team 2.14 4 German National Team 2.19 5 Team S.A.T.S 2.40 6 Nobili Rubineterie Guerciotti 2.43 7 French National Team 2.56 8 Basis-Aude Mixed 3.06 9 Canada 3.18 10 Ondernemers Van Nature 3.33 11 Vlaanderen T Interim 13.06 12 Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 20.09 13 Inter Region Pruneau 23.42 14 Equipe Composite Rostex Quantim 24.45 15 Lithuanian National Team 47.05 16 Therme Skin Care 48.05 17 British National Team 52.39 18 @Home Cycling Team 1.10.14
