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19th HP Women's Challenge - 2.9.1
June 15-23, 2002
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Stage 6 - June 20: Burley to Magic Mountain, 97.1 km
Lead and stage to Arndt in show of Saturn strength
By Giana Roberge, team Saturn
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Today's stage six of the HP Women's Challenge featured a long and difficult climb for the final 18 kilometers of the race. However, it was not the hill determined the outcome of today's race, but the wind. Coming into the 60 mile stage, race leader Genevieve Jeanson must have feared that the 55 second insulation she had on Saturn's Judith Arndt after yesterday's awesome show of power might not be enough to hold the blue leader's jersey until Sunday, but she and her Rona team did their very best to valiantly defend what they had fought so hard for.
From the beginning of the stage, the cross wind began to limit the already tired field's reaction time to accelerations and attacks. An early break with Anna Millward caused a stir among the riders, and the Rona team gamely took up the chase, bringing the break with Millward and others back to the group. As the peloton caught Millward, the Saturn team was already amassed at the front, driving the pace, entirely committed to shattering the field. With Petra Rossner, Ina Teutenberg, Judith Arndt, Kimberly Bruckner and Millward all bent hard over their bikes, working into the wind, soon only seven remained. Canadians Lyne Bessette and Genevieve Jeanson latched onto the five Saturn riders, intent on keeping contact until the bottom of the final climb.
However, the wind can be a friend to a team working together, and soon the tight echelon wrenched the two Canadians from the wheel of the last Saturn rider. Jeanson and Bessette worked together to try to regain contact, but it was too late. The five Saturn riders intensified the work, opening the gap slowly to 40 seconds, then 53, then 1:01. Relentless in the pursuit of the race lead that was quickly going up the road, Jeanson rejoined her Rona team-mates and continued to fight to bring back the Saturn team.
As the war raged, the victims soon fell off the pace. First was Teutenberg, who with one last mighty pull wished her team-mates good luck and waited for the chase to catch her. Then it was Rona's Melissa Holt, having done all she could finally losing contact with Jeanson's group. Soon Rossner and Millward, completely fatigued from their efforts were on the side of the road waiting for those who had "fallen."
It was then Arndt and Bruckner, putting everything they had pushing to the finish line. Behind them, Jeanson, Bessette and Valentina Polkhanova (Itera) did the same.
With seven kilometers to go, Bruckner fell slightly off the pace, and Arndt continued alone. Jeanson continued to fight back, with the time gap yo-yoing between the two for some time. In the final kilometer, Arndt pushed her way up the steep grade, exhausted as she crossed the line. One minute later Bruckner came across, and 2:02 down from Arndt, Jeanson finished for third.
Jeanson was one of the first to compliment and congratulate Arndt and Bruckner. Arndt will wear the blue leader's jersey in tomorrow's stage from Twin Falls to Buhl, where at the finish the riders are treated to the infamous Buhl Trout Feed. However, Jeanson, Bessette and Polkhanova have shown they refuse to relent to the Saturn team, promising for the battle to continue raging tomorrow.
Photography
Courtesy HP Women's Challenge
- Andrea Hannos (Rona) waits to start
- Diana Ziliute (Lithuania) looking serious at the start
- Kristin Armstrong (Goldy's) gets a wheel change
- Sue Palmer-Komar (Canada) and Anna Millward (Saturn) ride in a small group in the flatter section of the stage
- Goldy's team riders working together to try and beat the wind
- The Saturn Express - not stopping at any stations before Magic Mountain
- Leah Goldstein (Boise) grits her teeth against the gradient
- Judith Arndt (Saturn) topped a display of team power with a strong finishing climb to take the lead
Results
1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 2.25.34 2 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 1.00 3 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 2.06 4 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 2.09 5 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 2.58 6 Modesta Vzisnauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 3.03 7 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 3.03 8 Amber Neben (USA) T Mobile 3.12 9 Leah Goldstein (Can) Boise 4.42 10 Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadian National 11 Caroline Alexander (GBr) British National 12 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 8.44 13 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National 8.49 14 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 9.46 15 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National 16 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) New Zealand 17 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Goldy's 10.39 18 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Sponsor Services 10.54 19 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Canadian National 11.26 20 Lara Ruthven (USA) T Mobile 11.32 21 Sara Symington (GBr) British National 12.24 22 Roz Reekie-May (NZl) Mercy Fitness Center 13.21 23 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 24 Solrun Flataas (Nor) Sponsor Services 25 Kim Anderson (USA) T Mobile 15.26 26 Jenny Eyerman (USA) Boise 27 Mari Holden (USA) T Mobile 28 Katrina Berger (USA) T Mobile 16.22 29 Stacey Peters (USA) Boise 30 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Itera 17.06 31 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 32 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 33 Sarah Konrad (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 34 Susie Wood (NZl) New Zealand 35 Gina Grain (Can) Boise 36 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera 37 Anita Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 38 Alison Littlefield (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 39 Jorunn Kvaloe (Nor) Sponsor Services 40 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona 41 Gail Longenecker (USA) Rona 42 Nicole Demars (Can) Boise 43 Manon Jutras (Can) Rona 44 Meredith Miller (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 45 Wenche Stensvold (Nor) Sponsor Services 46 Mary McLaurin (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 47 Joan Wilson (USA) Boise 48 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 49 Johanna Buick (NZl) New Zealand 50 Jenny Tobin (USA) Richard's/NIFC 51 Vera Carrara (Ita) Itera 19.19 52 Erika Viliunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 19.22 53 Rydeen Stevens (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 19.53 54 Amy Jarvis (Can) Rona 20.51 55 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona 56 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T Mobile 57 Brooke Babbitt (USA) Goldy's 58 Emily Westbrook (USA) Richard's/NIFC 22.08 59 Christy Kopasz (USA) Richard's/NIFC 60 Robyn Wong (NZl) New Zealand 61 Susan Hefler (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 62 Maria Molino de Ortiz (Gua) Mercy Fitness Center 63 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) New Zealand 64 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National 65 Gabriela Castaneda (Gua) Mercy Fitness Center 22.24 66 Heather Albert (USA) Goldy's 23.55 67 Lorien Lightfield (USA) Richard's/NIFC 25.15 68 Liza Rachetto (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 69 Naomi Gollogly (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 70 Megan Elliott (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 26.27 71 Mary Kneeland (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 26.31 72 Mary Ann Fleckenstein (USA) Goldy's 26.40 73 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 27.44 74 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 75 Anne Samplonius (Can) Canadian National 76 Kasey Rose (USA) Richard's/NIFC 77 Sima Trapp (USA) Goldy's 78 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Itera 79 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn 80 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 81 Nicky Solomon (NZl) New Zealand 30.17 82 Maatje Benassi (Ned) Contender/Optygen.com 30.30 83 Patty Davis (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 30.56 84 Janelle Smith (USA) Richard's/NIFC 43.55 85 Crystal Yap (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 52.00 DNF Karen Dodge (USA) Contender/Optygen.com Total points 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 40 pts 2 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 30 3 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 20 4 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 17 5 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 11 6 Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadian National 10 7 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 10 8 Modesta Vzisnauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 8 9 Jorunn Kvaloe (Nor) Sponsor Services 7 10 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) New Zealand 7 11 Gina Grain (Can) Boise 5 12 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 5 13 Alison Littlefield (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 5 14 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 3 15 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 3 16 Katrina Berger (USA) T Mobile 2 17 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 2 18 Jenny Eyerman (USA) Boise 1 19 Caroline Alexander (GBr) British National 1 20 Mari Holden (USA) T Mobile 1 Mountains 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 20 pts 2 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 14 3 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 7 4 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 6 5 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 5 6 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 2 7 Caroline Alexander (GBr) British National 1 8 Modesta Vzisnauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 1 Sprints 1 Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadian National 10 pts 2 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 10 3 Jorunn Kvaloe (Nor) Sponsor Services 7 4 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) New Zealand 7 5 Gina Grain (Can) Boise 5 6 Alison Littlefield (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 5 7 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 3 8 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 3 9 Katrina Berger (USA) T Mobile 2 10 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 2 11 Jenny Eyerman (USA) Boise 1 12 Mari Holden (USA) T Mobile 1 General classification after stage 6 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 14.53.55 2 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 1.20 3 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 1.34 4 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 3.52 5 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 4.18 6 Amber Neben (USA) T Mobile 5.06 7 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 10.08 8 Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadian National 11.40 9 Leah Goldstein (Can) Boise 12.04 10 Caroline Alexander (GBr) British National 14.48 11 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National 17.55 12 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 17.58 13 Modesta Vzisnauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 19.08 14 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) New Zealand 21.40 15 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Sponsor Services 23.15 16 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Canadian National 23.28 17 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 23.28 18 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Itera 26.58 19 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National 26.58 20 Anita Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 27.53 21 Mari Holden (USA) T Mobile 28.07 22 Lara Ruthven (USA) T Mobile 29.12 23 Alison Littlefield (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 29.33 24 Solrun Flataas (Nor) Sponsor Services 30.17 25 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Goldy's 31.28 26 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 31.37 27 Kim Anderson (USA) T Mobile 32.13 28 Wenche Stensvold (Nor) Sponsor Services 34.04 29 Sarah Konrad (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 34.25 30 Roz Reekie-May (NZl) Mercy Fitness Center 35.40 31 Nicole Demars (Can) Boise 36.20 32 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 36.29 33 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 36.43 34 Katrina Berger (USA) T Mobile 39.54 35 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera 41.45 36 Joan Wilson (USA) Boise 43.03 37 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 43.33 38 Susie Wood (NZl) New Zealand 44.41 39 Jenny Tobin (USA) Richard's/NIFC 45.38 40 Johanna Buick (NZl) New Zealand 46.30 41 Rydeen Stevens (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 46.36 42 Manon Jutras (Can) Rona 47.39 43 Sara Symington (GBr) British National 48.40 44 Gail Longenecker (USA) Rona 48.40 45 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona 49.54 46 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T Mobile 53.33 47 Jenny Eyerman (USA) Boise 54.05 48 Erika Viliunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 54.58 49 Mary McLaurin (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 56.04 50 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National 56.39 51 Jorunn Kvaloe (Nor) Sponsor Services 57.29 52 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 58.27 53 Amy Jarvis (Can) Rona 58.37 54 Heather Albert (USA) Goldy's 59.39 55 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn 1.00.33 56 Stacey Peters (USA) Boise 1.01.07 57 Gina Grain (Can) Boise 1.05.36 58 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona 1.07.30 59 Meredith Miller (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 1.08.12 60 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 1.08.39 61 Vera Carrara (Ita) Itera 1.09.02 62 Maria Molino de Ortiz (Gua) Mercy Fitness Center 1.10.22 63 Robyn Wong (NZl) New Zealand 1.10.34 64 Brooke Babbitt (USA) Goldy's 1.10.58 65 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 1.13.04 66 Liza Rachetto (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 1.18.14 67 Mary Ann Fleckenstein (USA) Goldy's 1.19.07 68 Emily Westbrook (USA) Richard's/NIFC 1.22.55 69 Lorien Lightfield (USA) Richard's/NIFC 1.27.07 70 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Itera 1.32.12 71 Nicky Solomon (NZl) New Zealand 1.33.59 72 Anne Samplonius (Can) Canadian National 1.36.25 73 Naomi Gollogly (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 1.38.29 74 Patty Davis (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 1.38.33 75 Sima Trapp (USA) Goldy's 1.46.34 76 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) New Zealand 1.50.41 77 Megan Elliott (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 1.54.25 78 Susan Hefler (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 1.55.04 79 Mary Kneeland (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 2.00.22 80 Janelle Smith (USA) Richard's/NIFC 2.01.51 81 Christy Kopasz (USA) Richard's/NIFC 2.02.07 82 Maatje Benassi (Ned) Contender/Optygen.com 2.14.02 83 Gabriela Castaneda (Gua) Mercy Fitness Center 2.15.06 84 Kasey Rose (USA) Richard's/NIFC 2.15.23 85 Crystal Yap (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 3.36.56 Points classification 1 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 107 pts 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 92 3 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 72 4 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 64 5 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 56 6 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 56 7 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 53 8 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 52 9 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 43 10 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) New Zealand 42 11 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 20 12 Gina Grain (Can) Boise 19 13 Amber Neben (USA) T Mobile 19 14 Modesta Vzisnauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 19 15 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 18 16 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 17 17 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Goldy's 16 18 Heather Albert (USA) Goldy's 14 19 Anita Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 11 20 Jenny Eyerman (USA) Boise 11 21 Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadian National 10 22 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Itera 10 23 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona 10 24 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 8 25 Jorunn Kvaloe (Nor) Sponsor Services 7 26 Nicole Demars (Can) Boise 6 27 Alison Littlefield (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 5 28 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National 3 29 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National 2 30 Caroline Alexander (GBr) British National 2 31 Katrina Berger (USA) T Mobile 2 32 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 2 33 Mari Holden (USA) T Mobile 1 34 Kim Anderson (USA) T Mobile 1 35 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona 1 Mountains classification 1 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 47 pts 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 29 3 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 18 4 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 17 5 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 15 6 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 15 7 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 12 8 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 10 9 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 10 10 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Itera 10 11 Heather Albert (USA) Goldy's 7 12 Nicole Demars (Can) Boise 6 13 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 5 14 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National 2 15 Caroline Alexander (GBr) British National 2 16 Amber Neben (USA) T Mobile 2 17 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 1 18 Kim Anderson (USA) T Mobile 1 19 Modesta Vzisnauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 1 20 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 1 Sprints classification 1 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) New Zealand 31 pts 2 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 30 3 Gina Grain (Can) Boise 19 4 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 15 5 Jenny Eyerman (USA) Boise 11 6 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 11 7 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 10 8 Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadian National 10 9 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona 10 10 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 9 11 Jorunn Kvaloe (Nor) Sponsor Services 7 12 Heather Albert (USA) Goldy's 7 13 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 7 14 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 7 15 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 7 16 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 6 17 Alison Littlefield (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 5 18 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National 3 19 Katrina Berger (USA) T Mobile 2 20 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 2 21 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 2 22 Modesta Vzisnauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 2 23 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 1 24 Mari Holden (USA) T Mobile 1 25 Amber Neben (USA) T Mobile 1 26 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona 1 Courtesy of www.womenschallenge.com
