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Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale - 2.9.1
France, August 4-18, 2002
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Stage 13 - August 17: Chartres - Lisieux, 143.6km
Teutenberg gives Saturn fourth stage win, Stahurskaia maintains Maillot Or
By Chris Henry, Cyclingnews correspondent
The final road stage of the 2002 Grande Boucle Féminine took the remaining 78 riders from 143.6km Northwest from Chartres to Lisieux, one and a half hours west of Paris in the heart of Normandy. The peloton assembled for the start in front of the Chartres cathedral, famous for its stained glass windows.
Today's penultimate stage represented perhaps the last chance for second place overall Susanne Ljungskog (Vlaanderen-T Interim) to make up time on overall leader Zinaida Stahurskaia (USC Chirio). Although Ljungskog has ridden aggressively and regained time through bonus sprints in recent stages, the 35 second deficit to Stahurskaia began to look more definitive after Stahurskaia's stage win yesterday in Châteaudun.
Nevertheless, the optimistic Swede Ljungskog promised before the stage that she would attack today and pull out all the stops in tomorrow's final time trial in an effort to overtake Stahurskaia.
With most of the peloton already thinking of tomorrow's final test in Paris, the number of serious attacks in this generally flat stage to Lisieux was limited. The first serious break did not escape until 68km to the finish, with a trio moving clear that contained three stage winners of this year's Tour. Saturn's Ina Teutenberg, Madeleine Lindberg (Farm Frites-Hartol), and world champion Rasa Polikeviciute (Acca Due O) worked well together to build an advantage on the peloton, which did not appear overly anxious to chase given that these three did not figure in the top three of the general classification.
Two riders did manage to bridge to the leading trio, as Emma James (C.A. Mantes-la-Ville) and the ever-aggressive Daniela Veronesi (Edilsavino) countered from the peloton and joined the break. This new group of five wouldn't stay together too long, however, as Teutenberg and Polikeviciute attacked and broke clear with just under 20km remaining to the finish.
The strength of the two leaders was evident, as the duo quickly gained an advantage of 1'24" over the next group of three. Meanwhile, behind this group another three women had escaped the clutches of the peloton, though they never came within 3 minutes of the first chasers. In this second chase were Magalie Finot, Marta Vilajosana and Baukje Doedee.
With the peloton resigned to letting the breaks take their chances, the anticipated attacks from Susanne Ljungskog seemed less likely as Lisieux approached, with no major difficulties in the day's stage to provide the necessary springboard.
With only the two leaders working well together, the gaps behind Teutenberg and Polikeviciute with 5km to go were 2'35" to the first chase, and over 4 minutes to the second chase. The match between these two leaders was interesting. Teutenberg would seem the likely pick to win a sprint, but any sprint between two leaders becomes less predictable after a long break. Furthermore, Polikeviciute demonstrated in last fall's World Championships in Lisbon that she has a fine turn of speed for a rider considered more climber than sprinter.
In the final kilometers, it was indeed Polikeviciute who took the first initiative to attack. Sensing that she did not in fact have the legs to contest a sprint against the powerful Saturn sprinter, the Lithuanian tried to break clear. Her move was short-lived, and Teutenberg closed the gap with ease.
Pedalling more fluidly and at a higher cadence than Polikeviciute, Teutenberg took advantage of the momentum and countered with a more impressive attack of her own, to which the world champion had no response. As she opened a gap of several hundred meters, Teutenberg could see the stage was hers. Polikeviciute simply didn't have the strength to lift the pace, and the Saturn rider soloed in to Lisieux for her second stage win of the Tour, and a fourth victory for the Saturn team.
Polikeviciute claimed her second place, and in the process regained several minutes for the general classification, although her time gain was not big enough to move up on GC. Behind her, the first chase group of three battled out the remaining places in the top five, with Swedish rider Madeleine Lindberg taking the sprint ahead of Italy's Daniela Veronesi and Emma James of Australia.
The next three chasers arrived 4'53" behind stage winner Teutenberg, followed by the peloton at 5'45", with the green jersey of Olga Slioussareva (Itera Team) edging out Saturn's Judith Arndt once again.
On the eve of tomorrow's final time trial in western Paris, the top general classification remained unchanged, with Zinaida Stahurskaia holding what would seem an insurmountable lead of 35" over Susanne Ljungskog, but don't tell that to Ljungskog just yet. The lanterne rouge of this year's Tour, Cynthia Compain, finished just behind the main peloton today, but sits 5 hours, 50 minutes behind the Maillot Or.
Results
1 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling 3.14.05 2 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O 0.32 3 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Team Farm Frites-Hartol 3.11 4 Daniela Veronesi (Ita) Edilsavino 5 Emma James (Aus) C.A Mantes la ville 78 6 Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Aliverti Kookai Imm Luca Atet 4.53 7 Baukje Doedee (Ned) Mixte Sabeco Bizkaia 8 Magalie Finot (Fra) French National Team 9 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Itera Team 5.45 10 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling 11 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Michela Fanini 12 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) USC Chirio 13 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) C.A Mantes la ville 78 14 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Mixte Power Plate 15 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Mixte Power Plate 16 Sara Felloni (Ita) Edilsavino 17 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O 18 Marina Khodtchenkova (Rus) Edilsavino 19 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen-T Interim 20 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Mixte Power Plate 21 Liane Bahler (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung 22 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 23 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung 24 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) C.A Mantes la ville 78 25 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Deia Pragma Colnago 26 Sissy Van Alebeek (Ned) Team Farm Frites-Hartol 27 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Aliverti Kookai Imm Luca Atet 28 Eneritz Iturriaga Mazaga (Spa) Deia Pragma Colnago 29 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 30 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Deia Pragma Colnago 31 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Itera Team 32 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 33 Alessandra d'Ettore (Ita) Aliverti Kookai Imm Luca Atet 34 Lisbeth Simper (Den) Michela Fanini 35 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera Team 36 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Acca Due O 37 Edita Kubelskiene (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 38 Vilija Purlite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 39 Helga Faccin (Ita) USC Chirio 40 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi) C.A Mantes la ville 78 41 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Mixte Sabeco Bizkaia 42 Stacey Peters (USA) USA National-T Mobile 43 Valentyna Karpenko (Ukr) Deia Pragma Colnago 44 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Farm Frites-Hartol 45 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Acca Due O 46 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Acca Due O 47 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Itera Team 48 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn Cycling 5.54 49 Iryna Chuzhynova (Ukr) Edilsavino 50 Isabelle Moulis (Fra) French National Team 51 Teodora Ruano Sanchon (Spa) Deia Pragma Colnago 52 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Acca Due O 53 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Mixte Sabeco Bizkaia 54 Mari Holden (USA) USA National-T Mobile 55 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) Michela Fanini 56 Kym Shirley (Aus) Itera Team 57 Amber Neben (USA) USA National-T Mobile 58 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Mixte Power Plate 59 Shani Bloch (Isr) Michela Fanini 60 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen-T Interim 61 Rosalisa Lapomarda (Ita) Aliverti Kookai Imm Luca Atet 62 Anna Ramirez (Spa) Aliverti Kookai Imm Luca Atet 63 Marta Evangelisti (Ita) Edilsavino 64 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Mixte Sabeco Bizkaia 65 Tetyana Andrushchenko (Ukr) USC Chirio 66 Agurtzane Elorriaga Derteano (Spa) Mixte Sabeco Bizkaia 67 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 68 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 69 Penny Edwards (GBr) USC Chirio 70 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 71 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 72 Anouska Van Der Zee (Ned) Team Farm Frites-Hartol 73 Kim Anderson (USA) USA National-T Mobile 74 Cynthia Compain (Fra) C.A Mantes la ville 78 6.23 75 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Michela Fanini 6.33 76 Cornelia Cyrus (Rus) Itera Team 8.00 77 Tiziana Smorgon (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 26.39 78 Alexandra Nohles (Ger) Mixte Power Plate General classification after stage 13 1 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) USC Chirio 42.31.39 2 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen-T Interim 0.35 3 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Deia Pragma Colnago 1.23 4 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 2.06 5 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Acca Due O 2.45 6 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera Team 12.25 7 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling 15.13 8 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O 17.19 9 Amber Neben (USA) USA National-T Mobile 27.58 10 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn Cycling 32.58 11 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Mixte Power Plate 36.15 12 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Deia Pragma Colnago 44.56 13 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O 54.23 14 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 58.03 15 Rosalisa Lapomarda (Ita) Aliverti Kookai Imm Luca Atet 1.02.59 16 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 1.14.01 17 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Mixte Power Plate 1.14.57 18 Shani Bloch (Isr) Michela Fanini 1.19.42 19 Teodora Ruano Sanchon (Spa) Deia Pragma Colnago 1.27.05 20 Eneritz Iturriaga Mazaga (Spa) Deia Pragma Colnago 1.28.53 21 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) C.A Mantes la ville 78 1.30.10 22 Liane Bahler (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung 1.30.55 23 Iryna Chuzhynova (Ukr) Edilsavino 1.31.13 24 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Team Farm Frites-Hartol 1.31.17 25 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Itera Team 1.37.18 26 Valentyna Karpenko (Ukr) Deia Pragma Colnago 1.37.36 27 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 1.41.12 28 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Michela Fanini 1.44.04 29 Sara Felloni (Ita) Edilsavino 1.50.51 30 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Farm Frites-Hartol 1.52.47 31 Mari Holden (USA) USA National-T Mobile 1.54.21 32 Daniela Veronesi (Ita) Edilsavino 1.55.58 33 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 1.56.07 34 Edita Kubelskiene (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 1.57.16 35 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi) C.A Mantes la ville 78 1.57.52 36 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung 1.59.29 37 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Acca Due O 1.59.54 38 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Itera Team 2.00.47 39 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) C.A Mantes la ville 78 2.03.47 40 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Acca Due O 2.07.22 41 Helga Faccin (Ita) USC Chirio 2.08.46 42 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Itera Team 2.10.41 43 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) Michela Fanini 2.12.55 44 Kim Anderson (USA) USA National-T Mobile 2.16.33 45 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Mixte Power Plate 2.18.45 46 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 2.20.07 47 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Acca Due O 2.24.18 48 Lisbeth Simper (Den) Michela Fanini 2.26.54 49 Kym Shirley (Aus) Itera Team 2.28.44 50 Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Aliverti Kookai Imm Luca Ate 2.29.37 51 Emma James (Aus) C.A Mantes la ville 78 2.34.46 52 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Mixte Sabeco Bizkaia 2.37.37 53 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 2.38.11 54 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Mixte Power Plate 2.38.37 55 Baukje Doedee (Ned) Mixte Sabeco Bizkaia 2.45.39 56 Tetyana Andrushchenko (Ukr) USC Chirio 2.46.44 57 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling 2.47.14 58 Stacey Peters (USA) USA National-T Mobile 2.50.10 59 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen-T Interim 2.50.35 60 Penny Edwards (GBr) USC Chirio 2.53.19 61 Anouska Van Der Zee (Ned) Team Farm Frites-Hartol 2.53.49 62 Alessandra d'Ettore (Ita) Aliverti Kookai Imm Luca Atet 2.56.21 63 Sissy Van Alebeek (Ned) Team Farm Frites-Hartol 3.06.17 64 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Michela Fanini 3.07.29 65 Marina Khodtchenkova (Rus) Edilsavino 3.09.22 66 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Mixte Sabeco Bizkaia 3.11.25 67 Vilija Purlite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 3.20.05 68 Tiziana Smorgon (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 3.27.57 69 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Aliverti Kookai Imm Luca Atet 3.28.07 70 Agurtzane Elorriaga Derteano (Spa) Mixte Sabeco Bizkaia 3.30.49 71 Marta Evangelisti (Ita) Edilsavino 3.31.51 72 Magalie Finot (Fra) French National Team 3.36.00 73 Anna Ramirez (Spa) Aliverti Kookai Imm Luca Atet 3.42.01 74 Alexandra Nohles (Ger) Mixte Power Plate 3.42.47 75 Isabelle Moulis (Fra) French National Team 3.49.40 76 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Mixte Sabeco Bizkaia 3.54.31 77 Cornelia Cyrus (Rus) Itera Team 4.27.35 78 Cynthia Compain (Fra) C.A Mantes la ville 78 5.50.23 Points classification 1 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Itera Team 130 pts 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling 108 3 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen-T Interim 105 4 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) USC Chirio 99 5 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Michela Fanini 86 6 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O 71 7 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Mixte Power Plate 63 8 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Acca Due O 53 9 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Deia Pragma Colnago 53 10 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 51 Mountains classification 1 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) USC Chirio 144 pts 2 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 91 3 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen-T Interim 74 4 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Acca Due O 71 5 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Deia Pragma Colnago 61 6 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera Team 53 7 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O 44 8 Amber Neben (USA) USA National-T Mobile 25 9 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling 19 10 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Itera Team 16 Combination classification 1 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) USC Chirio 84 pts 2 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen-T Interim 80 3 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 64 4 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Deia Pragma Colnago 62 5 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Acca Due O 62 6 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling 60 7 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O 54 8 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera Team 48 9 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Itera Team 42 10 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Mixte Power Plate 38 Sprints classification 1 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Itera Team 84 pts 2 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen-T Interim 42 3 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Itera Team 33 4 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) USC Chirio 18 5 Daniela Veronesi (Ita) Edilsavino 18 6 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen-T Interim 15 7 Emma James (Aus) C.A Mantes la ville 78 15 8 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Acca Due O 12 9 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 9 10 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O 9
