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19th HP Women's Challenge - 2.9.1
June 15-23, 2002
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Stage 7 - June 21: Twin Falls to Buhl, 107.2 km
Sponsor Service's Anita Valen Wins Stage into Buhl
Arndt retains blue leader's jersey
By Giana Roberge, team Saturn
The 88 mile Stage 7 of the HP Women's Challenge featured a three kilometre climb that the 83 remaining riders raced up twice with a lot of flat, open, hot and windy conditions in between the climb. An early break of thirteen riders left the main group very early in the race; however, without any threat to Judith Arndt's lead, Saturn was content to let the break stay away.
Within the break, the highest rider on the GC was Modesta Vzensniauskaite (Lithuania), 19 minutes down, and all teams were relaxed save for Rona. Intent on trying to come to terms with the break, Rona chased for 30 kilometres, before finally relenting with 10 kilometres to go. Arndt and Bruckner watched second place Jeanson so as not to allow her to gain any time on Arndt, however other than that task, they relaxed and recovered after yesterday's intense effort.
Eventual winner Anita Valen (Sponsor Service) enjoyed a much deserved victory after working the break for many miles. She attacked the break at the one kilometre to go mark and held her slight lead until the finish. Doppmann was second in front of Vzensniauskaite.
Arndt, Bruckner and Jeanson finished together nearly four minutes back on winner Valen, maintaining the overall standings with Arndt leading Jeanson by 1:20 and Bruckner by 1:34.
Tomorrow is the downtown criterium. An excellent event for spectators, it never fails to be a showdown of the field sprinters, a promised relief after the past days in the mountains and the wind.
Photography
Courtesy HP Women's Challenge
- The pack - heads across one of the bridges on-route
- Another bridge - another great view for the riders
- The cattle - wonder just what is going on
- A line - of cows greet the cyclists.
- The seventh stage - was about as pastoral as it gets.
- Waterfalls, rivers, great weather. - Altogether a very pleasant day to ride
Results
1 Anita Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 3.21.47 2 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Goldy's 1 3 Modesta Vzisnauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 1 4 Nicole Demars (Can) Boise 1 5 Kim Anderson (USA) T Mobile 1 6 Solrun Flataas (Nor) Sponsor Services 11 7 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Itera 18 8 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Canadian National 37 9 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 45 10 Anne Samplonius (Can) Canadian National 49 11 Joan Wilson (USA) Boise 49 12 Gina Grain (Can) Boise 1.09 13 Liza Rachetto (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 2.24 14 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 2.55 15 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 2.55 16 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 2.55 17 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 2.55 18 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 2.55 19 Amber Neben (USA) T Mobile 2.55 20 Leah Goldstein (Can) Boise 2.55 21 Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadian National 2.55 22 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 2.55 23 Caroline Alexander (GBr) British National 2.55 24 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 3.27 25 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Sponsor Services 3.27 26 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) New Zealand 3.27 27 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 3.33 28 Heather Albert (USA) Goldy's 3.56 29 Roz Reekie-May (NZl) Mercy Fitness Center 3.58 30 Susie Wood (NZl) New Zealand 3.58 31 Sarah Konrad (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 3.58 32 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 3.58 33 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera 3.58 34 Alison Littlefield (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 3.58 35 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National 3.58 36 Jorunn Kvaloe (Nor) Sponsor Services 3.58 37 Katrina Berger (USA) T Mobile 4.46 38 Sima Trapp (USA) Goldy's 4.46 39 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Itera 4.46 40 Jenny Tobin (USA) Richard's/NIFC 4.46 41 Mary McLaurin (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 4.46 42 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National 4.46 43 Manon Jutras (Can) Rona 4.46 44 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 4.46 45 Nicky Solomon (NZl) New Zealand 5.11 46 Johanna Buick (NZl) New Zealand 5.11 47 Rydeen Stevens (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 5.14 48 Jenny Eyerman (USA) Boise 5.14 49 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National 5.14 50 Robyn Wong (NZl) New Zealand 5.14 51 Brooke Babbitt (USA) Goldy's 5.14 52 Wenche Stensvold (Nor) Sponsor Services 5.14 53 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 5.14 54 Stacey Peters (USA) Boise 5.23 55 Mary Ann Fleckenstein (USA) Goldy's 5.54 56 Patty Davis (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 5.56 57 Maria Molino de Ortiz (Gua) Mercy Fitness Center 5.56 58 Lorien Lightfield (USA) Richard's/NIFC 5.56 59 Meredith Miller (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 5.56 60 Megan Elliott (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 5.56 61 Amy Jarvis (Can) Rona 5.56 62 Mari Holden (USA) T Mobile 5.56 63 Emily Westbrook (USA) Richard's/NIFC 6.42 64 Erika Viliunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 6.42 65 Mary Kneeland (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 6.42 66 Naomi Gollogly (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 6.42 67 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 6.42 68 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) New Zealand 6.42 69 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona 12.19 70 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 12.19 71 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona 12.19 72 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 12.19 73 Gail Longenecker (USA) Rona 12.19 74 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn 12.19 75 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T Mobile 13.13 76 Lara Ruthven (USA) T Mobile 13.13 77 Gabriela Castaneda (Gua) Mercy Fitness Center 23.13 78 Susan Hefler (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 23.14 79 Christy Kopasz (USA) Richard's/NIFC 23.14 80 Sara Symington (GBr) British National 23.14 81 Maatje Benassi (Ned) Contender/Optygen.com 25.03 82 Kasey Rose (USA) Richard's/NIFC 28.28 Vera Carrara (Ita) Itera DNF General classification 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 18.18.37 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 Modesta Vzisnauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 16.07 12 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 18.27 13 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National 18.58 14 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Canadian National 21.09 15 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) New Zealand 22.10 16 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Sponsor Services 23.47 17 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 24.31 18 Anita Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 24.48 19 Solrun Flataas (Nor) Sponsor Services 27.33 20 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Goldy's 28.26 21 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Itera 28.49 22 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National 28.49 23 Kim Anderson (USA) T Mobile 29.19 24 Alison Littlefield (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 30.36 25 Mari Holden (USA) T Mobile 31.08 26 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 32.15 27 Nicole Demars (Can) Boise 33.26 28 Sarah Konrad (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 35.28 29 Wenche Stensvold (Nor) Sponsor Services 36.23 30 Roz Reekie-May (NZl) Mercy Fitness Center 36.43 31 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 39.02 32 Lara Ruthven (USA) T Mobile 39.30 33 Joan Wilson (USA) Boise 40.57 34 Katrina Berger (USA) T Mobile 41.45 35 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera 42.48 36 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 45.24 37 Susie Wood (NZl) New Zealand 45.44 38 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 45.53 39 Jenny Tobin (USA) Richard's/NIFC 47.29 40 Johanna Buick (NZl) New Zealand 48.46 41 Rydeen Stevens (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 48.55 42 Manon Jutras (Can) Rona 49.30 43 Jenny Eyerman (USA) Boise 56.24 44 Mary McLaurin (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 57.55 45 Gail Longenecker (USA) Rona 58.04 46 Jorunn Kvaloe (Nor) Sponsor Services 58.32 47 Erika Viliunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 58.45 48 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National 58.58 49 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona 59.18 50 Heather Albert (USA) Goldy's 1.00.40 51 Amy Jarvis (Can) Rona 1.01.38 52 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 1.02.14 53 Stacey Peters (USA) Boise 1.03.35 54 Gina Grain (Can) Boise 1.03.49 55 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T Mobile 1.03.51 56 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 1.06.29 57 Sara Symington (GBr) British National 1.08.59 58 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn 1.09.57 59 Meredith Miller (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 1.11.13 60 Robyn Wong (NZl) New Zealand 1.12.53 61 Brooke Babbitt (USA) Goldy's 1.13.17 62 Maria Molino de Ortiz (Gua) Mercy Fitness Center 1.13.23 63 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona 1.16.54 64 Liza Rachetto (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 1.17.43 65 Mary Ann Fleckenstein (USA) Goldy's 1.22.06 66 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 1.22.28 67 Emily Westbrook (USA) Richard's/NIFC 1.26.42 68 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Itera 1.29.35 69 Lorien Lightfield (USA) Richard's/NIFC 1.30.08 70 Anne Samplonius (Can) Canadian National 1.34.19 71 Nicky Solomon (NZl) New Zealand 1.36.15 72 Patty Davis (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 1.41.34 73 Naomi Gollogly (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 1.42.16 74 Sima Trapp (USA) Goldy's 1.48.25 75 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) New Zealand 1.54.28 76 Megan Elliott (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 1.57.26 77 Mary Kneeland (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 2.04.09 78 Susan Hefler (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 2.15.23 79 Christy Kopasz (USA) Richard's/NIFC 2.22.26 80 Gabriela Castaneda (Gua) Mercy Fitness Center 2.35.24 81 Maatje Benassi (Ned) Contender/Optygen.com 2.36.10 82 Kasey Rose (USA) Richard's/NIFC 2.40.56
