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19th HP Women's Challenge - 2.9.1
June 15-23, 2002
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Stage 2 - June 16: Lowman to Stanley, 93.6 km
Millward doubles up for Saturn
Team Saturn report by Giana Roberge
Anna Millward (Saturn) has won the second stage of the HP Women's Challenge, beating World Champion Rasa Polikeviciute (Lithuania) and Valentina Polkhanova (Itera) in a small group sprint. In doing so, the Australian took over the race lead from her teammate Petra Rossner.
The second stage of the HP Women's Challenge featured a ten mile climb over Banner Pass. With a bright blue sky and cooler temperatures gracing the field of 90 competitors, the field headed out for their first true test of the nineteenth HP Women's Challenge.
Saturn's Petra Rossner began the day in blue, but many were keen to throw down a challenge they speculated could not be answered by the Saturn sprinter. As the field approached the climb, Geneviève Jeanson's team picked up the pace, setting a hard but steady temp for the Canadian phenom. Marked by fellow countrywoman, Lyne Bessette, as well as Valentina Polkhanova, the Lithuanian twins Rasa and Jolanta Polikeviciute and Amber Neben, Jeanson could not establish a gap over the top of the climb, but did manage to splinter a group of 12 off the front. Saturn's Kimberly Bruckner and Judith Arndt soon joined the group, and from there the gap began to increase. However, not far behind a motivated group of chasers formed and began the hunt. Within 25 kilometres of the finish the two groups joined and the attacks began yet again.
Saturn now had four riders in the main group, Rossner, Arndt, Millward and Bruckner, however, many other teams including the strengthening T-Mobile Team, had good representation as well. After several attacks a group of eight formed that pleased all the major teams. In it were Bruckner and Millward, Polkhanova, Jeanson, Bessette, Rasa, Kristin Armstrong, and Diana Ziliute. This group worked cohesively, opening a maximum gap of 46 seconds. With five kilometres to go, Saturn Bruckner threw down the gauntlet, charging off the front into a severe cross wind. Jeanson and Bessette would not have it, and were able, after four kilometres to come back on terms with her. Jeanson then tried her hand, but it was too close to the finish, and with the sprint heating up, she was unable to break free.
With only a few hundred meters left, Millward charged up the left side, coming around Armstrong who was leading out the sprint. Millward took the win by two bike lengths over Rasa Polikeviciute. Polkhanova was third. Armstrong, Jeanson and Bruckner followed in that order.
Despite their initial success, tomorrow's 40 kilometre time trial will really test the Saturn Team, who will have their work cut out defending the jersey from the likes of Jeanson, Bessette, Neben and Polkhanova.
Results
1 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 2.35.29 2 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 3 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 4 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 5 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 0.04 6 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 0.06 7 Amber Neben (USA) T Mobile 0.08 8 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 0.22 9 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 0.51 10 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 11 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 12 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Goldy's 13 Anita Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 14 Sarah Konrad (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 15 Alison Littlefield (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 16 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Sponsor Services 17 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National 18 Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadian National 19 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 20 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Canadian National 21 Roz Reekie-May (NZl) Mercy Fitness Center 22 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) New Zealand 23 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Itera 24 Manon Jutras (Can) Rona 25 Leah Goldstein (Can) Boise 26 Lara Ruthven (USA) T Mobile 27 Mari Holden (USA) T Mobile 28 Kim Anderson (USA) T Mobile 29 Caroline Alexander (GBr) British National 30 Modesta Vzisnauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 3.04 31 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 32 Mary McLaurin (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 33 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T Mobile 34 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 35 Solrun Flataas (Nor) Sponsor Services 36 Rydeen Stevens (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 37 Sara Symington (GBr) British National 38 Heather Albert (USA) Goldy's 39 Katrina Berger (USA) T Mobile 40 Johanna Buick (NZl) New Zealand 41 Gail Longenecker (USA) Rona 42 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona 43 Wenche Stensvold (Nor) Sponsor Services 44 Jenny Tobin (USA) Richard's/NIFC 45 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera 46 Amy Jarvis (Can) Rona 47 Joan Wilson (USA) Boise 48 Nicole Demars (Can) Boise 49 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National 50 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn 51 Susie Wood (NZl) New Zealand 10.43 52 Liza Rachetto (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 53 Erika Viliunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 54 Brooke Babbitt (USA) Goldy's 55 Vera Carrara (Ita) Itera 56 Kym Shirley (Aus) Itera 57 Meredith Miller (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 58 Mary Ann Fleckenstein (USA) Goldy's 13.10 59 Maria Molino de Ortiz (Gua) Mercy Fitness Center 60 Robyn Wong (NZl) New Zealand 61 Sima Trapp (USA) Goldy's 62 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 63 Jenny Eyerman (USA) Boise 64 Nicky Solomon (NZl) New Zealand 65 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona 66 Stacey Peters (USA) Boise 67 Christy Kopasz (USA) Richard's/NIFC 68 Lorien Lightfield (USA) Richard's/NIFC 69 Lisa Magness (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 70 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National 71 Jorunn Kvaloe (Nor) Sponsor Services 72 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 73 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 13.20 74 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Itera 75 Naomi Gollogly (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 15.18 76 Emily Westbrook (USA) Richard's/NIFC 77 Janelle Smith (USA) Richard's/NIFC 78 Gina Grain (Can) Boise 79 Patty Davis (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 80 Anne Samplonius (Can) Canadian National 81 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) New Zealand 82 Megan Elliott (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 83 Susan Hefler (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 84 Karen Dodge (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 85 Maatje Benassi (Ned) Contender/Optygen.com 25.35 86 Kasey Rose (USA) Richard's/NIFC 25.53 87 Mary Kneeland (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 26.54 88 Gabriela Castaneda (Gua) Mercy Fitness Center 33.18 89 Crystal Yap (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 37.27 DNF Brenda Black (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic Mountains 1 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 10 pts 2 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 7 3 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 5 4 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 3 5 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 2 6 Caroline Alexander (GBr) British National 1 Sprints 1 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 10 pts 2 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 10 3 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 8 4 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) New Zealand 7 5 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 5 6 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona 5 7 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 3 8 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 3 9 Gina Grain (Can) Boise 2 10 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 2 11 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 1 General classification after stage 2 1 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 5.24.50 2 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 3 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 0.06 4 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 0.07 5 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 0.09 6 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 0.16 7 Amber Neben (USA) T Mobile 0.18 8 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 0.28 9 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 0.51 10 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 0.55 11 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 0.57 12 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) New Zealand 0.58 13 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 1.01 14 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National 15 Anita Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 16 Mari Holden (USA) T Mobile 17 Roz Reekie-May (NZl) Mercy Fitness Center 18 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Canadian National 19 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Itera 20 Lara Ruthven (USA) T Mobile 21 Caroline Alexander (GBr) British National 22 Alison Littlefield (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 23 Kim Anderson (USA) T Mobile 24 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Sponsor Services 25 Sarah Konrad (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 26 Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadian National 27 Leah Goldstein (Can) Boise 28 Manon Jutras (Can) Rona 29 Heather Albert (USA) Goldy's 3.10 30 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Goldy's 3.12 31 Modesta Vzisnauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 3.14 32 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 33 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera 34 Gail Longenecker (USA) Rona 35 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T Mobile 36 Katrina Berger (USA) T Mobile 37 Amy Jarvis (Can) Rona 38 Rydeen Stevens (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 39 Joan Wilson (USA) Boise 40 Solrun Flataas (Nor) Sponsor Services 41 Wenche Stensvold (Nor) Sponsor Services 42 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona 43 Nicole Demars (Can) Boise 44 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National 45 Sara Symington (GBr) British National 3.33 46 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn 3.38 47 Jenny Tobin (USA) Richard's/NIFC 5.25 48 Mary McLaurin (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 49 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 6.41 50 Johanna Buick (NZl) New Zealand 6.41 51 Vera Carrara (Ita) Itera 10.53 52 Susie Wood (NZl) New Zealand 53 Kym Shirley (Aus) Itera 54 Erika Viliunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 55 Brooke Babbitt (USA) Goldy's 56 Liza Rachetto (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 13.04 57 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona 13.19 58 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 13.20 59 Jenny Eyerman (USA) Boise 60 Stacey Peters (USA) Boise 61 Jorunn Kvaloe (Nor) Sponsor Services 62 Gina Grain (Can) Boise 15.28 63 Anne Samplonius (Can) Canadian National 64 Mary Ann Fleckenstein (USA) Goldy's 15.31 65 Robyn Wong (NZl) New Zealand 66 Nicky Solomon (NZl) New Zealand 67 Maria Molino de Ortiz (Gua) Mercy Fitness Center 68 Christy Kopasz (USA) Richard's/NIFC 69 Lisa Magness (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 70 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National 71 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 15.41 72 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Itera 73 Karen Dodge (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 17.39 74 Sima Trapp (USA) Goldy's 18.27 75 Lorien Lightfield (USA) Richard's/NIFC 76 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 25.13 77 Meredith Miller (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 26.42 78 Emily Westbrook (USA) Richard's/NIFC 27.21 79 Naomi Gollogly (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 80 Patty Davis (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 81 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) New Zealand 82 Susan Hefler (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 83 Megan Elliott (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 84 Janelle Smith (USA) Richard's/NIFC 34.02 85 Mary Kneeland (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 38.57 86 Kasey Rose (USA) Richard's/NIFC 45.44 87 Maatje Benassi (Ned) Contender/Optygen.com 50.04 88 Gabriela Castaneda (Gua) Mercy Fitness Center 53.09 89 Crystal Yap (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 1.01.56 Points classification 1 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 34 pts 2 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 32 3 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 31 4 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) New Zealand 28 5 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 27 6 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 21 7 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 20 8 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 18 9 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 17 10 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 15 11 Heather Albert (USA) Goldy's 14 12 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona 10 13 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 8 14 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 7 15 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National 3 16 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 3 17 Gina Grain (Can) Boise 2 18 Caroline Alexander (GBr) British National 1 19 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona 1 Mountains classification 1 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 20 pts 2 Heather Albert (USA) Goldy's 7 3 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 7 4 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 6 5 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 5 6 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 5 7 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 4 8 Caroline Alexander (GBr) British National 1 9 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 1 Sprints classification 1 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) New Zealand 17 pts 2 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 10 3 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 10 4 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona 10 5 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 8 6 Heather Albert (USA) Goldy's 7 7 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 5 8 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National 3 9 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 3 10 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 3 11 Gina Grain (Can) Boise 2 12 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 2 13 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 2 14 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 1 15 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona 1 Courtesy of www.womenschallenge.com
