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Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale - 2.9.1

France, August 4-18, 2002

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Stage 9a - August 13: Grenoble - Grenoble, 34.6 km

Short and sweet for Saturn's Teutenberg

By Chris Henry, Cyclingnews correspondent

After several tough days of climbing in inclimate weather conditions, the remaining field of 85 riders enjoyed a rest day yesterday and a return to sunny skies today. Stage 9 racing was split between a morning stage of only 34.6km centered on Grenoble, and an afternoon mountain stage of 71km from Grenoble to Lac d'Aiguebelette.

A distance of 34km does not, in most eyes, constitute much of a road race. But professionals have a way of compensating for short distances, they ride even faster. At the end of this morning's lap around Grenoble, Saturn's Ina Teutenberg sprinted to victory with an average speed of just over 43kmh.

"Thirty four kilometers is very fast," Teutenberg commented at the finish. "But that's good for the sprinters, and the GC stayed the same for this afternoon."

Teutenberg took the early initiative, attacking and gaining 30 seconds over the peloton by the 19km mark. The Saturn rider is a formidable sprinter, but nonetheless wanted to force a selection by attacking prior to the day's QOM climb. By the summit Teutenberg's solo break was over, but her goal of narrowing down the field worked, and an escape group of 10 women charged away from the pack, spurred on by world champion Rasa Polikeviciute and four other women well placed in the general classification.

Within this group was a talented mix that included Teutenberg's Saturn teammate and former Maillot Or Judith Arndt, Susanne Ljunskog (Vlaanderen-T Interim), Nicole Brandli, and world champion Polikeviciute, both of Acca Due O. Americans Amber Neben and Kristin Armstrong also made a strong showing for the USA National-T Mobile team.

The group was clearly powerful and working well together, as by the 1km to go mark they held a lead of 1'30" over the chasing peloton. For the sprinter Teutenberg there was no hesitating in the final sprint, and the German left her breakaway companions in her wake, finishing well clear of second place Olga Slioussareva (Itera Team). Italy's Alessandra Cappellotto rounded out the top three.

Besides Teutenberg, the biggest winner of the day was the Swede Susanne Ljungskog, who jumped from 4th overall to 3rd, ahead of Edita Pucinskaite (Figurella Dream Team), who missed the key move of the day. Maillot Or Zinaida Stahurskaia (USC Chirio) also missed the move, but retained her overall lead with a one minute advantage over defending champion Joane Somarriba.

Results

1 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling                  48.06 (43.16 km/h)
2 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Itera Team
3 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Mixte Power Plate
4 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Acca Due O                            0.02
5 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O
6 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen-T Interim
7 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling
8 Kristin Armstrong (USA) USA National-T Mobile
9 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi) C.A Mantes la ville 78
10 Amber Neben (USA) USA National-T Mobile
11 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team              1.33
12 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Farm Frites-Hartol             1.35
13 Alessandra d'Ettore (Ita) Aliverti Kookai Imm Luca Atet
14 Edita Kubelskiene (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team
15 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung
16 Sara Felloni (Ita) Edilsavino
17 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) USC Chirio
18 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
19 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Aliverti Kookai Imm Luca Atet
20 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Mixte Power Plate
21 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) C.A Mantes la ville 78
22 Birgit Sollner (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung
23 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Mixte Power Plate
24 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Acca Due O
25 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team
26 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Deia Pragma Colnago
27 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Acca Due O
28 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Mixte Power Plate
29 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team
30 Stacey Peters (USA) USA National-T Mobile
31 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) C.A Mantes la ville 78
32 Rhonda Quick (USA) Figurella Dream Team
33 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Figurella Dream Team
34 Emma James (Aus) C.A Mantes la ville 78
35 Liane Bahler (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung
36 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Deia Pragma Colnago
37 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
38 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Team Farm Frites-Hartol
39 Anouska Van Der Zee (Ned) Team Farm Frites-Hartol
40 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Itera Team
41 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Mixte Sabeco Bizkaia
42 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
43 Sissy Van Alebeek (Ned) Team Farm Frites-Hartol
44 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Acca Due O
45 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera Team
46 Helga Faccin (Ita) USC Chirio
47 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn Cycling
48 Penny Edwards (GBr) USC Chirio
49 Eneritz Iturriaga Mazaga (Spa) Deia Pragma Colnago
50 Kym Shirley (Aus) Itera Team
51 Teodora Ruano Sanchon (Spa) Deia Pragma Colnago
52 Iryna Chuzhynova (Ukr) Edilsavino
53 Alexandra Nohles (Ger) Mixte Power Plate
54 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Michela Fanini
55 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) Michela Fanini
56 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O
57 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Michela Fanini
58 Tetyana Andrushchenko (Ukr) USC Chirio
59 Rosalisa Lapomarda (Ita) Aliverti Kookai Imm Luca Atet
60 Lisbeth Simper (Den) Michela Fanini
61 Shani Bloch (Isr) Michela Fanini
62 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn Cycling
63 Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Aliverti Kookai Imm Luca Atet
64 Agurtzane Elorriaga Derteano (Spa) Mixte Sabeco Bizkaia
65 Kim Anderson (USA) USA National-T Mobile
66 Jenny Algelid-Bengtsson (Swe) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung
67 Valentyna Karpenko (Ukr) Deia Pragma Colnago              2.04
68 Daniela Veronesi (Ita) Edilsavino
69 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Itera Team
70 Mari Holden (USA) USA National-T Mobile
71 Baukje Doedee (Ned) Mixte Sabeco Bizkaia
72 Marina Khodtchenkova (Rus) Edilsavino
73 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen-T Interim
74 Isabelle Moulis (Fra) French National Team                7.27
75 Tiziana Smorgon (Ita) Figurella Dream Team
76 Anna Ramirez (Spa) Aliverti Kookai Imm Luca Atet
77 Marta Evangelisti (Ita) Edilsavino
78 Vilija Purlite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team
79 Cornelia Cyrus (Rus) Itera Team
80 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Mixte Sabeco Bizkaia
81 Magalie Finot (Fra) French National Team
82 Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) USC Chirio
83 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Mixte Sabeco Bizkaia
84 Cynthia Compain (Fra) C.A Mantes la ville 78              9.34

General classification after stage 9a

1 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) USC Chirio                   28.00.22
2 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Deia Pragma Colnago           1.01
3 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen-T Interim               1.02
4 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team               1.13
5 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera Team                      4.42
6 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Acca Due O                            5.18
7 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling                          8.03
8 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O                       18.01
9 Amber Neben (USA) USA National-T Mobile                   20.30
10 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn Cycling                   25.14
11 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Mixte Power Plate           28.56
12 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Deia Pragma Colnago              37.21
13 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim                 42.56
14 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Acca Due O                   46.23
15 Rosalisa Lapomarda (Ita) Aliverti Kookai Imm Luca Atet   53.13
16 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team               59.38
17 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Mixte Power Plate                1.01.07
18 Shani Bloch (Isr) Michela Fanini                       1.04.53
19 Rhonda Quick (USA) Figurella Dream Team                1.04.58
20 Liane Bahler (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung      1.06.52
21 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team              1.11.25
22 Teodora Ruano Sanchon (Spa) Deia Pragma Colnago        1.12.26
23 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) C.A Mantes la ville 78 1.15.47
24 Iryna Chuzhynova (Ukr) Edilsavino                      1.16.34
25 Kristin Armstrong (USA) USA National-T Mobile          1.17.33
26 Birgit Sollner (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung    1.18.06
27 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Team Farm Frites-Hartol       1.19.19
28 Eneritz Iturriaga Mazaga (Spa) Deia Pragma Colnago     1.21.25
29 Youlia Martissova (Rus) Itera Team                     1.22.53
30 Valentyna Karpenko (Ukr) Deia Pragma Colnago           1.22.54
31 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Figurella Dream Team             1.26.05
32 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Farm Frites-Hartol          1.28.58
33 Mari Holden (USA) USA National-T Mobile                1.29.12
34 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Michela Fanini                 1.29.38
35 Helga Faccin (Ita) USC Chirio                          1.31.38
36 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi) C.A Mantes la ville 78      1.33.43
37 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Mixte Power Plate                  1.34.33
38 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung   1.35.06
39 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Acca Due O                       1.35.39
40 Sara Felloni (Ita) Edilsavino                          1.36.35
41 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) Michela Fanini               1.37.18
42 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) C.A Mantes la ville 78             1.40.01
43 Jenny Algelid-Bengtsson (Swe) Equipe Nurnberger Versic 1.40.59
44 Lisbeth Simper (Den) Michela Fanini                    1.41.37
45 Edita Kubelskiene (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team           1.42.38
46 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Acca Due O                        1.43.09
47 Daniela Veronesi (Ita) Edilsavino                      1.43.23
48 Kym Shirley (Aus) Itera Team                           1.43.54
49 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim                1.44.11
50 Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Aliverti Kookai Imm Luca 1.45.32
51 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Itera Team                        1.46.24
52 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Itera Team                     1.47.15
53 Kim Anderson (USA) USA National-T Mobile               1.51.13
54 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Mixte Sabeco Bizkaia  1.52.45
55 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Mixte Power Plate              1.53.21
56 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim          1.53.21
57 Tiziana Smorgon (Ita) Figurella Dream Team             1.59.07
58 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Acca Due O                         1.59.41
59 Emma James (Aus) C.A Mantes la ville 78                2.00.20
60 Baukje Doedee (Ned) Mixte Sabeco Bizkaia               2.00.39
61 Tetyana Andrushchenko (Ukr) USC Chirio                 2.01.25
62 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen-T Interim              2.04.37
63 Anouska Van Der Zee (Ned) Team Farm Frites-Hartol      2.05.41
64 Penny Edwards (GBr) USC Chirio                         2.08.03
65 Alessandra d'Ettore (Ita) Aliverti Kookai Imm Luca Ate 2.08.28
66 Stacey Peters (USA) USA National-T Mobile              2.12.34
67 Sissy Van Alebeek (Ned) Team Farm Frites-Hartol        2.18.27
68 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Michela Fanini                     2.21.12
69 Vilija Purlite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team              2.24.05
70 Marina Khodtchenkova (Rus) Edilsavino                  2.24.28
71 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Mixte Sabeco Bizkaia    2.25.40
72 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling               2.26.28
73 Goulnara Ivanova (Rus) USC Chirio                      2.28.54
74 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn Cycling                  2.41.07
75 Agurtzane Elorriaga Derteano (Spa) Mixte Sabeco Bizkai 2.42.04
76 Alexandra Nohles (Ger) Mixte Power Plate               2.42.46
77 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Aliverti Kookai Imm Luca Ate 2.43.05
78 Marta Evangelisti (Ita) Edilsavino                     2.47.07
79 Magalie Finot (Fra) French National Team               2.50.24
80 Anna Ramirez (Spa) Aliverti Kookai Imm Luca Atet       2.52.54
81 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Mixte Sabeco Bizkaia       2.53.14
82 Isabelle Moulis (Fra) French National Team             2.55.00
83 Cornelia Cyrus (Rus) Itera Team                        3.04.18
84 Cynthia Compain (Fra) C.A Mantes la ville 78           4.01.21