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Tour de Prince Edward Island - 2.2 (W)
Canada, June 10-14, 2007
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Stage 3 - June 12: North cape coastal drive race, 121.3km
Another hard day in the wind
By Kirsten Robbins in Cavendish, Canada
The Italian's continued their winning streak in Tuesday's 121 kilometer long stage 3 that started and finished in Cavendish when world-class sprinter Giorgia Bronzini came up trumps when she won the sprint from her two fellow breakaway companions. Bronzini came barreling down the finishing straight and took a convincing win over Annette Beutler (Menikini-Selle Italia) and stage 1 winner Alexandra Burnchenkova (Team Russia).
The winds picked up for the early morning start and with predicted rain showers throughout the day it looked as though it was going to be a tough day. The Island's strong crosswinds have been the most challenging obstacle constantly forcing the peloton into the gutter on each time they round a corner. The riders left the town of Cavendish, made famous by author Lucy Maud Montgomery, who grew up there and based her book Anne of Green Gables on the area, on the hunt for a further three intermediate sprints and the first of the Queen of the Mountain competition. Team Russia and Australia were arguably the most aggressive teams, firing riders off the front one at a time, forcing the Italian leader's team to react to every effort.
There were several breaks that were successful in going off the front but none stayed away. Finally when Bronzini, Beutler and Burchenkova attacked off the front the winning move took shape and with these three riders combining their power they looked set to stay away until the finish to fight it out amongst them. The main peloton split on the final rolling hills coming back towards Green Gables but regrouped in time for a bunch sprint that was won by winner of stage two's time trial Diana Ziliute (Safi-Pasta).
Zilute still leads overall but Olivia Gollan has been replaced by Team Russia's nineteen years old talent Alexandra Burchenkova in second.
Ziliute also leads the point's competition with sixteen points, just one point ahead of rider's Burchenkova and Bronzini who are tied with fifteen points a piece. Meanwhile Australian sprinter Rochelle Gilmore (Menikini-Selle Italia) has a firm lead in the sprint competition over second placed Bronzini and third placed Burchenkova.
Results
1 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 3.14.04 (37.5 km/h) 2 Annette Beutter (Swi) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 3 Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 4 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 0.29 5 Yumari Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team 6 Rachelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 7 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team expresscopy.com 8 Dalila Rodriguez (Cub) Cuba National Team 9 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team 10 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 11 Wang Fei (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 12 Yoanka Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team 13 Sufen Ma (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 14 Yudelmis Dominguez (Cub) Cuba National Team 15 Elena Novikova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 16 Yulia Arustamova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 17 Venera Absalyamova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 18 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann 19 Michelle Hyland (NZl) Team UNIQA 20 Mackenzie Dickey (USA) Colavita Sutter Home presented by Cooking 21 Karin Aune (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 22 Ekaterina Malomura (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 23 Amanda Shaw (Can) Team expresscopy.com 24 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 25 Stacy Spencer (Can) Colavita Sutter Home presented by Cooking 26 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team 27 Gao Xiaoning (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 28 Julie Beverdige (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 29 Elena Gayun (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 30 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team UNIQA 31 Theresa Senff (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann 32 Megan Guarnier (USA) Terry Precision 33 Joanie Caron (Can) Cascades 34 Sophie Matte (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 35 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 36 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand National Team 37 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 38 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) New Zealand National Team 39 MoriahJo Macgregor (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 40 Yeima Torrez (Cub) Cuba National Team 41 Julie Bellerose (Can) Cascades 42 Alison Testroete (Can) Team expresscopy.com 43 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 44 Véronique Labonté (Can) Cascades 45 Gina Waibl (NZl) New Zealand National Team 46 Lila Fraser (Can) Cascades 47 Carissa Wilkes (NZl) New Zealand National Team 48 Daniela Fusarpoli (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 49 Ruan Xiong_Ying (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 50 Andrea Meyers (USA) Target Training Womens Team 51 Kelley Murray (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 52 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home presented by Cooking 53 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Team UNIQA 54 Geneviève Gauthier (Can) Cascades 55 Elisa Gagnon (Can) Advil/Chapstick 56 Sarah Tillotson (USA) Colavita Sutter Home presented by Cooking 57 Kim Blodgett (USA) Target Training Womens Team 58 Brei Gudsell (NZl) New Zealand National Team 59 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Target Training Womens Team 60 Ireen Wieditz (Can) Terry Precision 61 Tina Liebig (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann 62 Silke Wunderwald (Ger) Target Training Womens Team 63 Veronika Spruegl (Aut) Team UNIQA 64 Nathalie Bates (Aus) Getranke-Hoffmann 65 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 66 Julia Bradley (Can) Advil/Chapstick 0.54 67 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 2.20 68 Krystal Jeffs (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 13.18 69 Élodie Touffet (Fra) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 17.51 70 Marie-Pier Bedard (Can) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 18.48 71 Heidi King (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 72 Amanda Sin (Can) Advil/Chapstick 73 Kirsten Robbins (Can) Advil/Chapstick 74 Vanessa Godbehere (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 21.46 75 Janie Fortin (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 24.03 76 Julie Marceau (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 26.36 77 Jessica Burns (Can) Cascades 34.55 78 Anne Guzman (Can) Advil/Chapstick 38.57 79 Rosie Garlapow (USA) Terry Precision 40.05 80 Sarah Coney (Can) Terry Precision 81 Wendy Blagdon (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 82 Serena Sheridan (NZl) New Zealand National Team 83 Naomi Cermak (Can) Terry Precision 84 Virginia Hennig (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann Teams 1 Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 9.43.10 2 Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 3 Russian Cyclist Federation 4 Cuba National Team 0.29 5 Giant Pro Cycling 6 Australian National Team 7 Team expresscopy.com 8 Colavita Sutter Home present 9 Team UNIQA 10 Getranke-Hoffmann 11 Cascades 12 Atlantic Cycling Centre 13 New Zealand National Team 14 Target Training Womens Tea 15 Advil/Chapstick 19.13 16 Terry Precision 40.05 17 Marinoni-Cadence 45.20 General classification 1 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 6.31.01 2 Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 0.53 3 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 0.56 4 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team UNIQA 1.02 5 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand National Team 1.21 6 MoriahJo Macgregor (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 1.30 7 Theresa Senff (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann 1.39 8 Annette Beutter (Swi) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 1.47 9 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team 1.53 10 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 1.55 11 Elena Novikova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 2.01 12 Dalila Rodriguez (Cub) Cuba National Team 2.17 13 Venera Absalyamova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 2.28 14 Yulia Arustamova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 2.41 15 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 2.42 16 Ekaterina Malomura (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 2.46 17 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 2.56 18 Nathalie Bates (Aus) Getranke-Hoffmann 2.59 19 Veronika Spruegl (Aut) Team UNIQA 3.02 20 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) New Zealand National Team 3.04 21 Yudelmis Dominguez (Cub) Cuba National Team 3.18 22 Megan Guarnier (USA) Terry Precision 3.40 23 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 3.49 24 Julie Bellerose (Can) Cascades 3.56 25 Véronique Labonté (Can) Cascades 3.59 26 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Team UNIQA 4.08 27 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann 4.11 28 Tina Liebig (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann 4.16 29 Karin Aune (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 4.22 30 Sarah Tillotson (USA) Colavita Sutter Home presented by Cooking 4.29 31 Yoanka Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team 4.37 32 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home presented by Cooking 4.41 33 Brei Gudsell (NZl) New Zealand National Team 4.43 34 Yeima Torrez (Cub) Cuba National Team 4.45 35 Carissa Wilkes (NZl) New Zealand National Team 5.01 36 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team 5.03 37 Gina Waibl (NZl) New Zealand National Team 5.07 38 Ruan Xiong_Ying (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 5.13 39 Elena Gayun (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 5.21 40 Amanda Shaw (Can) Team expresscopy.com 5.39 41 Gao Xiaoning (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 5.45 42 Elisa Gagnon (Can) Advil/Chapstick 5.46 43 Stacy Spencer (Can) Colavita Sutter Home presented by Cooking 5.51 44 Lila Fraser (Can) Cascades 5.55 45 Daniela Fusarpoli (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 6.50 46 Yumari Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team 6.54 47 Alison Testroete (Can) Team expresscopy.com 7.03 48 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 7.05 49 Rachelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 7.08 50 Julie Beverdige (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 7.20 51 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Target Training Womens Team 7.30 52 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 7.44 53 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 8.15 54 Michelle Hyland (NZl) Team UNIQA 8.45 55 Ireen Wieditz (Can) Terry Precision 9.29 56 Kim Blodgett (USA) Target Training Womens Team 10.49 57 Silke Wunderwald (Ger) Target Training Womens Team 11.50 58 Mackenzie Dickey (USA) Colavita Sutter Home presented by Cooking 12.39 59 Geneviève Gauthier (Can) Cascades 13.10 60 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team expresscopy.com 13.47 61 Kelley Murray (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 16.26 62 Sophie Matte (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 16.48 63 Krystal Jeffs (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 17.17 64 Sufen Ma (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 17.44 65 Julia Bradley (Can) Advil/Chapstick 17.51 66 Andrea Meyers (USA) Target Training Womens Team 19.21 67 Wang Fei (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 20.34 68 Élodie Touffet (Fra) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 22.20 69 Marie-Pier Bedard (Can) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 27.53 70 Kirsten Robbins (Can) Advil/Chapstick 28.23 71 Joanie Caron (Can) Cascades 34.55 72 Heidi King (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 40.55 73 Julie Marceau (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 46.59 74 Vanessa Godbehere (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 50.21 75 Janie Fortin (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 50.28 76 Anne Guzman (Can) Advil/Chapstick 51.43 77 Amanda Sin (Can) Advil/Chapstick 53.29 78 Jessica Burns (Can) Cascades 1.04.59 79 Rosie Garlapow (USA) Terry Precision 1.07.44 80 Sarah Coney (Can) Terry Precision 1.08.30 Points classification 1 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 16 pts 2 Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 15 3 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 15 4 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 7 5 Annette Beutter (Swi) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 7 6 Rachelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 7 7 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team UNIQA 5 8 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand National Team 3 9 Yumari Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team 2 10 MoriahJo Macgregor (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 1 Sprint classification 1 Rachelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 27 pts 2 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 22 3 Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 20 4 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 20 5 Yumari Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team 15 6 Annette Beutter (Swi) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 7 7 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 7 8 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team UNIQA 5 9 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 3 10 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand National Team 3 11 Yoanka Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team 1 12 MoriahJo Macgregor (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 1 Mountains classification 1 Annette Beutter (Swi) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 25 pts 2 Carissa Wilkes (NZl) New Zealand National Team 12 3 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 12 4 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 10 5 Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 7 6 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 4 7 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team expresscopy.com 3 8 Yulia Arustamova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 3 9 Kim Blodgett (USA) Target Training Womens Team 1 Team classification 1 Russian Cyclist Federation 19.38.42 2 Australian National Team 0.52 3 Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 1.32 4 Team UNIQA 2.33 5 Getranke-Hoffmann 3.10 6 New Zealand National Team 3.29 7 Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 4.34 8 Cuba National Team 9 Cascades 5.58 10 Atlantic Cycling Centre 7.39 11 Colavita Sutter Home presented by Cooking 9.22 12 Team expresscopy.com 20.50 13 Giant Pro Cycling 23.03 14 Target Training Womens Team 23.14 15 Advil/Chapstick 39.45 16 Terry Precision 1.09.39 17 Marinoni-Cadence 1.38.22
