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Tour de L'Aude Feminin - 2.9.1
France, May 14-23, 2004
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Stage 9 - May 22: Couiza to Arques, 132km
Nurnberger safely holds yellow; Ljungskog takes a stage
By Kristy Scrymgeour
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Current World Champion, Susanne Ljungskog (Team S.A.T.S), took out penultimate stage of Tour de l'Aude today after following an attack by Kristen Armstrong (T-Mobile) and arriving at the line in a small group of three. At the beginning of the day Ljunskog sat in 11th place on GC, 3'46" behind race leader Trixi Worrack. Her effort today moved her up to 9th place.
Today's stage was another challenging day in the mountains and a day that could well have changed the yellow jersey holder once again in this tour that has become a tug-of war for the jersey. The stage travelled 132km over four category one climbs and two cat two climbs before arriving at Arques. The first climb was relatively tame but on the descent Nurnberger started to set the pace and the second climb caused much attrition in the bunch.
Over top of the second climb Armstrong attacked taking Ljunskog with her. Judith Arndt was also able to follow the attack, which was a vital move for Nurnberger to protect the yellow jersey. With no immediate chase occurring, due to Nurnberger being content to have Arndt up there, the break soon stretched out the gap to over four minutes with Arndt becoming leader on the road.
With 50km to go a chase was organised to reduce the gap and a group of eight took off in pursuit of the front break. In the small chase group was Anita Valen (Team S.A.T.S), Priska Doppmann (Vlaanderen T Interim), Lyne Bessette (Canadian National Team), Edita Pucinskaite (Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox), Valentina Polkhanova (Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti), Edwige Pitel (French National Team), Kimberly Bruckner (T-Mobile) and Worrack.
By the finish line the time gap had been reduced to 56" and Worrack held onto her yellow jersey for another day. She now leads by eight seconds to her teammate Arndt, with Bruckner sitting in third another 30" back.
Tomorrow may be the last stage, but it is not the easiest. It will be another challenging day, which is very likely to produce another break. Nurnberger however still holds the yellow jersey safely, and hold second place for security.
Photography
Images by velopalmares.free.fr
- A slightly nervous Lara Kroepsch (T-Mobile) before the start in Couiza.
- Ramune Lipinskaite and Diana Elmentaite (Lithuanian National Team) also showing trepidation.
- The field on the start line in Couiza.
- The breakaway trio of Susanne Ljungskog (Team S.A.T.S), Kristen Armstrong (T-Mobile) and Judith Arndt (Nurnberger Versicherung) at the 64.5 kilometre mark.
- Erinne Willock (Canadian National Team) leads the peloton through the same checkpoint, who were over four minutes behind at one stage. Kathy Watt is in third position.
- Susanne Ljungskog (Team S.A.T.S) takes the penultimate stage in a typical display of power riding, followed by Kristen Armstrong (T-Mobile) and Judith Arndt (Nurnberger Versicherung).
- The chase group come into Arques 56 seconds down, with Anita Valen (Team S.A.T.S) outsprinting Priska Doppmann (Vlaanderen T Interim) for fourth and fifth place.
- Race leader Trixi Worrack (Nurnberger Versicherung) comes in, and does enough to retain her lead in the Tour de l'Aude.
- Stage winner Susanne Ljungskog (Team S.A.T.S) stands happily on the podium.
- Susanne Ljungskog (Team S.A.T.S) wears the white jersey of stage winner.
- Trixi Worrack (Nurnberger Versicherung) looks worried, but shouldn't be - she and team-mate Judith Arndt are first and second on GC.
- Claudia Stumpf (German National Team) pretty in pink.
- The various jersey wearers salute the crowd.
- "Aww, shucks - you shouldn't have... " It was Jessica Philipps (Nurnberger Versicherung) birthday yesterday, so she was asked to go on the podium to receive a "peignoir" and a "casquette" from the Pruneaux d'Agen.
- "OK, you should have!" Jessica Philipps (Nurnberger Versicherung) likes surprises.
Results
1 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team S.A.T.S 3.57.11 2 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile 3 Judith Arndt (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 4 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S 0.56 5 Priska Doppmann (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 6 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 7 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 8 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 9 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 10 Edwige Pitel (Fra) French National Team 11 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 0.58 12 Deidre Demet-Barry (USA) T-Mobile 4.04 13 Ghita Beltman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 5.40 14 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) German National Team 15 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 16 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 17 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 18 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 19 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 20 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 5.47 21 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 10.39 22 Corinne Hierckens (Bel) Basis-Aude Mixed 23 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 12.13 24 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 25 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) Therme Skin Care 26 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 27 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 28 Kathy Watt (Aus) Basis-Aude Mixed 29 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 30 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 31 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Basis-Aude Mixed 32 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 33 Amy Moore (Can) Canadian National Team 34 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 35 Leah Goldstein (Isr) Basis-Aude Mixed 36 Mette Fisher Andreasen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 37 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Australian National Team 38 Christina Peick-Anders (Den) Team S.A.T.S 39 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 40 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 41 Barbara Cazzaniga (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 42 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team 43 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 44 Jessica Philipps (USA) Nurnberger Versicherung 45 Nadia Triquet Claude (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 23.17 46 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 47 Kristen Lasasso (USA) Basis-Aude Mixed 28.58 48 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 49 Natalie Bates (Aus) Australian National Team 50 Ombretta Ugolini (Ita) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 51 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 52 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Therme Skin Care 53 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 54 Suzanne Bayer (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 55 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 56 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 57 Nicole Demars (Can) Canadian National Team 58 Corrien Van Haastert (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 59 Aneke Hassink (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 60 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 61 Helen Saunders (GBr) British National Team 34.56 62 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 63 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 64 Debby Mansveld (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 65 Catherine Hare (GBr) British National Team 66 Kristen Wild (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 67 Saskia Elemans (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 68 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 69 Lara Kroepsch (USA) T-Mobile 70 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 71 Martina Ruzickova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 72 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 73 Ramune Lipinskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 57.14 74 Elodie Leroux (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 75 Bertine Spijkerman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 76 Janildes Silva (Bra) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 77 Gina Grain (Can) Canadian National Team DNF Kym Shirley (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti DNF Alison Wright (Aus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti DNF Zlatica Gavlakova-Bazola (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau DNF Janieke Vos (Ned) Therme Skin Care DNF Sara Symington (GBr) British National Team DNF Diana Elmentaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team DNF Minke Van Dongen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature DNS Petra Rossner (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung DNS Charlotte Goldsmith (GBr) British National Team DNS Klara Sintakova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum General classification after stage 9 1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 23.35.52 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 0.08 3 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 0.38 4 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile 1.03 5 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 2.03 6 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 2.14 7 Priska Doppmann (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 2.24 8 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 2.37 9 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team S.A.T.S 2.40 10 Deidre Demet-Barry (USA) T-Mobile 3.36 11 Edwige Pitel (Fra) French National Team 5.11 12 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S 8.00 13 Ghita Beltman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 8.27 14 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 8.59 15 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 14.07 16 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 14.50 17 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 16.15 18 Corinne Hierckens (Bel) Basis-Aude Mixed 16.17 19 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) German National Team 17.00 20 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 17.04 21 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team 18.21 22 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 18.28 23 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Australian National Team 19.58 24 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 20.12 25 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 21.00 26 Amy Moore (Can) Canadian National Team 21.14 27 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 21.24 28 Leah Goldstein (Isr) Basis-Aude Mixed 21.25 29 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 21.28 30 Christina Peick-Anders (Den) Team S.A.T.S 21.49 31 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 23.11 32 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 23.15 33 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) Therme Skin Care 25.04 34 Mette Fisher Andreasen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 27.36 35 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Basis-Aude Mixed 30.18 36 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 31.04 37 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 33.14 38 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 33.43 39 Nadia Triquet Claude (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 35.26 40 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 36.54 41 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 40.02 42 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 40.26 43 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 41.27 44 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 41.31 45 Kristen Lasasso (USA) Basis-Aude Mixed 46.34 46 Jessica Philipps (USA) Nurnberger Versicherung 48.10 47 Barbara Cazzaniga (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 48.51 48 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 49.04 49 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 49.48 50 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 52.10 51 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 52.45 52 Ombretta Ugolini (Ita) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 54.58 53 Nicole Demars (Can) Canadian National Team 56.56 54 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 57.18 55 Suzanne Bayer (Ger) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 58.30 56 Kathy Watt (Aus) Basis-Aude Mixed 1.07.49 57 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 1.08.08 58 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Therme Skin Care 1.14.08 59 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 1.14.12 60 Natalie Bates (Aus) Australian National Team 1.20.12 61 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 1.20.36 62 Catherine Hare (GBr) British National Team 1.21.14 63 Lara Kroepsch (USA) T-Mobile 1.22.50 64 Saskia Elemans (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 1.30.00 65 Aneke Hassink (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 1.31.43 66 Corrien Van Haastert (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 1.32.59 67 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 1.36.01 68 Helen Saunders (GBr) British National Team 1.45.23 69 Kristen Wild (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 1.51.36 70 Debby Mansveld (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 1.57.28 71 Elodie Leroux (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 2.03.38 72 Martina Ruzickova (Cze) Equipe Composite Rostex Quantum 2.05.40 73 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2.10.01 74 Gina Grain (Can) Canadian National Team 2.39.48 75 Janildes Silva (Bra) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 2.47.11 76 Bertine Spijkerman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 2.49.48 77 Ramune Lipinskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 4.00.17 Points classification 1 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S 173 pts 2 Priska Doppmann (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 144 3 Judith Arndt (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 142 4 Ghita Beltman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 114 5 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 107 6 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 106 7 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 92 8 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 86 9 Deidre Demet-Barry (USA) T-Mobile 83 10 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 80 11 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile 69 12 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team S.A.T.S 65 13 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 55 14 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 53 15 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team 48 16 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 37 17 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 36 18 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 34 19 Corinne Hierckens (Bel) Basis-Aude Mixed 33 20 Mette Fisher Andreasen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 32 21 Amy Moore (Can) Canadian National Team 30 22 Nadia Triquet Claude (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 27 23 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 26 24 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 23 25 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) German National Team 22 26 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 21 27 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 18 28 Edwige Pitel (Fra) French National Team 16 29 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 14 30 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 13 31 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 13 32 Kristen Wild (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 12 33 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 11 34 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 8 35 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 7 36 Elodie Leroux (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 6 37 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 6 38 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 5 39 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Australian National Team 4 40 Natalie Bates (Aus) Australian National Team 4 41 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 3 42 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 3 43 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 3 44 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 3 45 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 2 46 Debby Mansveld (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 2 Mountains classification 1 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 39 pts 2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 32 3 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 28 4 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team S.A.T.S 23 5 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile 22 6 Judith Arndt (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 20 7 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubineterie-Guerciotti 18 8 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team 9 9 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 8 10 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 8 11 Edwige Pitel (Fra) French National Team 7 12 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S 5 13 Aneke Hassink (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 5 14 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 5 15 Kathy Watt (Aus) Basis-Aude Mixed 3 16 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 3 17 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 3 18 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 2 19 Priska Doppmann (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 2 20 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 1 21 Deidre Demet-Barry (USA) T-Mobile 1 Sprints classification 1 Ghita Beltman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 22 pts 2 Debby Mansveld (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 20 3 Janildes Silva (Bra) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 15 4 Gina Grain (Can) Canadian National Team 11 5 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 8 6 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team 8 7 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 7 8 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 6 9 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team S.A.T.S 5 10 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 5 11 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 5 12 Elodie Leroux (Fra) Inter Region Pruneau 5 13 Kristen Wild (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 5 14 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National Team 4 15 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile 3 16 Aneke Hassink (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 3 17 Priska Doppmann (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 3 18 Judith Arndt (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 2 19 Bertine Spijkerman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 2 20 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 2 21 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 1 22 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 1 23 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 1 Young rider classification 1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 23.35.52 2 Erinne Willock (Can) Canadian National Team 14.07 3 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 14.50 4 Corinne Hierckens (Bel) Basis-Aude Mixed 16.17 5 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) German National Team 17.00 6 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 21.24 7 Luise Keller (Ger) German National Team 21.28 8 Mette Fisher Andreasen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 27.36 9 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 33.43 10 Barbara Cazzaniga (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 48.51 11 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 49.04 12 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 1.08.08 13 Catherine Hare (GBr) British National Team 1.21.14 14 Aneke Hassink (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 1.31.43 15 Corrien Van Haastert (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 1.32.59 16 Helen Saunders (GBr) British National Team 1.45.23 17 Kristen Wild (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 1.51.36 18 Bertine Spijkerman (Ned) @Home Cycling Team 2.49.48 19 Ramune Lipinskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 4.00.17 Teams classification 1 T-Mobile 70.52.58 2 Nurnberger Versicherung 6.24 3 Team S.A.T.S 13.15 4 Canada 31.54 5 German National Team 42.27 6 Basis-Aude Mixed 54.00 7 Ondernemers Van Nature 58.22 8 French National Team 1.03.01 9 Australian National Team 1.10.56 10 Nobili Rubineterie Guerciotti 1.18.14 11 Sc Michela Fanini Record Rox 1.27.38 12 Vlaanderen T Interim 1.43.17 13 Inter Region Pruneau 1.49.00 14 Equipe Composite Rostex Quantim 2.16.22 15 Lithuanian National Team 2.32.27 16 @Home Cycling Team 2.52.06 17 British National Team 2.53.47
