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19th HP Women's Challenge - 2.9.1
June 15-23, 2002
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Stage 9 - June 23: Emmett to Hyde Park, 90.4 km (inc. 5 laps at end)
Ziliute wins final stage
Arndt finishes on top overall
Saturn Team Report by Giana Roberge
Lithuanian Diana Ziliute has won the final stage of the HP Women's Challenge which finished in Hyde Park, Idaho today. The Lithuanian National team member outsprinted local rider Kristin Armstrong (Goldy's) after the pair had broken away approximately halfway through the stage. The overall leader remained Judith Arndt (Saturn), who first grabbed the blue jersey on stage 6, never to lose it.
The HPWC wrapped up today with a 57 mile stage that was contested over open and rolling terrain, with only one substantial climb of three kilometres to put the final icing on already fatigued legs. With the overall fairly well wrapped up, there was ample opportunity for a stage win, and all teams raced aggressively for the honour of being on the final podium.
With the T-Mobile, Great Britain and Canadian National Teams launching continuous attacks prior to the climb, the Rona Team had their work cut out for them to keep the field together so that Geneviève Jeanson could seal up the Points and Climbers Jerseys at the top of the climb. Starting from the bottom the young and talented Canadian blew the field to pieces in her stretch for the points sprint at the summit. Once there, she eased the pace, allowing the peloton to come back together. Soon the attacks began with Diana Ziliute and Kristen Armstrong (Goldy's) escaping. The two began immediately working together, gaining a maximum lead of just over a minute by the final finishing circuits.
Content to let non-threatening riders go up the road, Saturn, Rona and Canadian National patiently waited for the finish. The Lithuanians however, were ready to stir things up a little more, and just before entering the final 1.5 mile circuit Rasa Polikeviciute attacked, forming a group of eight.
However, despite their organization, the group of eight would not see the twosome until after the finish line. Coming out of the final corner it was Ziliute making a bid for the finish line first. Armstrong could not come by her in the final meters, and settled for a very respectable second place finish, much to the joy and celebration of her local Boise fans. Winning the sprint of the eight was Heather Albert, another local Goldy's rider, putting the final very successful mark for the up and coming team.
Arndt and her Saturn Team rolled across the line, content to celebrate their victory. The overall classification remained unchanged, with Jeanson finishing in second and Saturn's Kimberly Bruckner in third.
Results
1 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 2.15.24 2 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 3 Heather Albert (USA) Goldy's 1.11 4 Meredith Miller (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 5 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera 6 Stacey Peters (USA) Boise 7 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 8 Lara Ruthven (USA) T Mobile 9 Jorunn Kvaloe (Nor) Sponsor Services 10 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Canadian National 11 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 1.22 12 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Goldy's 13 Gail Longenecker (USA) Rona 14 Modesta Vzisnauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 15 Anita Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 16 Roz Reekie-May (NZl) Mercy Fitness Center 17 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 18 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 19 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 20 Mari Holden (USA) T Mobile 21 Susie Wood (NZl) New Zealand 22 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 23 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 24 Amber Neben (USA) T Mobile 25 Mary McLaurin (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 26 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National 27 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 28 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 29 Caroline Alexander (GBr) British National 30 Joan Wilson (USA) Boise 31 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 32 Megan Elliott (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 33 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona 34 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 35 Rydeen Stevens (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 36 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Itera 37 Alison Littlefield (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 38 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National 39 Johanna Buick (NZl) New Zealand 40 Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadian National 41 Jenny Eyerman (USA) Boise 42 Kim Anderson (USA) T Mobile 43 Katrina Berger (USA) T Mobile 44 Sarah Konrad (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 45 Robyn Wong (NZl) New Zealand 46 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National 47 Leah Goldstein (Can) Boise 48 Nicole Demars (Can) Boise 49 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Sponsor Services 50 Anne Samplonius (Can) Canadian National 51 Manon Jutras (Can) Rona 52 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn 53 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T Mobile 54 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 55 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 2.03 56 Wenche Stensvold (Nor) Sponsor Services 3.38 57 Nicky Solomon (NZl) New Zealand 58 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) New Zealand 59 Mary Ann Fleckenstein (USA) Goldy's 60 Sima Trapp (USA) Goldy's 61 Brooke Babbitt (USA) Goldy's 62 Liza Rachetto (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 63 Erika Viliunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 64 Emily Westbrook (USA) Richard's/NIFC 65 Jenny Tobin (USA) Richard's/NIFC 66 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Itera 67 Amy Jarvis (Can) Rona 68 Naomi Gollogly (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 69 Gina Grain (Can) Boise 10.03 70 Maria Molino de Ortiz (Gua) Mercy Fitness Center 71 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona 72 Maatje Benassi (Ned) Contender/Optygen.com 73 Susan Hefler (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 74 Mary Kneeland (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 75 Patty Davis (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 76 Kasey Rose (USA) Richard's/NIFC 10.30 77 Lorien Lightfield (USA) Richard's/NIFC Total points 1 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 30 pts 2 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 16 3 Heather Albert (USA) Goldy's 13 4 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 12 5 Meredith Miller (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 11 6 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 10 7 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera 9 8 Stacey Peters (USA) Boise 7 9 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 7 10 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 5 11 Modesta Vzisnauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 5 12 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 3 13 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 2 14 Jorunn Kvaloe (Nor) Sponsor Services 1 15 Caroline Alexander (GBr) British National 1 Mountains 1 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 10 pts 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 7 3 Modesta Vzisnauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 5 4 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 3 5 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 2 6 Caroline Alexander (GBr) British National 1 Sprints 1 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 10 pts 2 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 7 3 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 5 4 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 3 5 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 2 6 Jorunn Kvaloe (Nor) Sponsor Services 1 Final general classification 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 22.04.33 2 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 1.19 3 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 1.36 4 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 3.54 5 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 4.18 6 Amber Neben (USA) T Mobile 5.08 7 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 9.59 8 Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadian National 11.42 9 Leah Goldstein (Can) Boise 12.06 10 Caroline Alexander (GBr) British National 14.50 11 Modesta Vzisnauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 16.08 12 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 16.54 13 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National 19.00 14 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Canadian National 21.00 15 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 23.05 16 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Sponsor Services 23.49 17 Anita Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 24.50 18 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Goldy's 28.28 19 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Itera 28.51 20 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National 28.51 21 Kim Anderson (USA) T Mobile 29.21 22 Alison Littlefield (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 30.38 23 Mari Holden (USA) T Mobile 31.10 24 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 31.59 25 Nicole Demars (Can) Boise 33.28 26 Sarah Konrad (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 35.23 27 Roz Reekie-May (NZl) Mercy Fitness Center 36.45 28 Wenche Stensvold (Nor) Sponsor Services 38.41 29 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 39.04 30 Lara Ruthven (USA) T Mobile 39.21 31 Joan Wilson (USA) Boise 40.59 32 Katrina Berger (USA) T Mobile 41.33 33 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera 42.39 34 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 45.25 35 Susie Wood (NZl) New Zealand 45.46 36 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 45.55 37 Rydeen Stevens (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 48.57 38 Manon Jutras (Can) Rona 49.32 39 Jenny Tobin (USA) Richard's/NIFC 49.47 40 Johanna Buick (NZl) New Zealand 55.31 41 Jenny Eyerman (USA) Boise 56.26 42 Mary McLaurin (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 57.57 43 Gail Longenecker (USA) Rona 58.06 44 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National 59.00 45 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona 59.20 46 Jorunn Kvaloe (Nor) Sponsor Services 1.00.11 47 Heather Albert (USA) Goldy's 1.00.27 48 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 1.02.16 49 Stacey Peters (USA) Boise 1.03.26 50 Erika Viliunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 1.03.42 51 Amy Jarvis (Can) Rona 1.03.56 52 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T Mobile 1.05.59 53 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 1.06.31 54 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn 1.09.59 55 Meredith Miller (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 1.11.04 56 Gina Grain (Can) Boise 1.12.32 57 Brooke Babbitt (USA) Goldy's 1.15.35 58 Robyn Wong (NZl) New Zealand 1.15.45 59 Liza Rachetto (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 1.20.01 60 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 1.23.11 61 Maria Molino de Ortiz (Gua) Mercy Fitness Center 1.24.12 62 Mary Ann Fleckenstein (USA) Goldy's 1.24.24 63 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona 1.25.37 64 Emily Westbrook (USA) Richard's/NIFC 1.29.00 65 Anne Samplonius (Can) Canadian National 1.34.21 66 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Itera 1.36.12 67 Nicky Solomon (NZl) New Zealand 1.41.23 68 Lorien Lightfield (USA) Richard's/NIFC 1.42.44 69 Naomi Gollogly (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 1.44.34 70 Patty Davis (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 1.50.17 71 Sima Trapp (USA) Goldy's 1.50.43 72 Megan Elliott (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 1.57.28 73 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) New Zealand 2.03.29 74 Mary Kneeland (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 2.19.35 75 Susan Hefler (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 2.24.06 76 Maatje Benassi (Ned) Contender/Optygen.com 2.44.53 77 Kasey Rose (USA) Richard's/NIFC 2.53.32 Points classification 1 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 119 pts 2 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 113 3 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 99 4 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 77 5 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 72 6 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 72 7 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 64 8 Modesta Vzisnauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 62 9 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 55 10 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Goldy's 54 11 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 43 12 Gina Grain (Can) Boise 41 13 Nicole Demars (Can) Boise 38 14 Anita Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 37 15 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 34 16 Heather Albert (USA) Goldy's 28 17 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 26 18 Kim Anderson (USA) T Mobile 24 19 Amber Neben (USA) T Mobile 19 20 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 19 21 Katrina Berger (USA) T Mobile 18 22 Sarah Konrad (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 13 23 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 12 24 Jenny Eyerman (USA) Boise 11 25 Meredith Miller (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 11 26 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera 11 27 Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadian National 10 28 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Canadian National 10 29 Joan Wilson (USA) Boise 10 30 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Itera 10 31 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona 10 32 Jorunn Kvaloe (Nor) Sponsor Services 8 33 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 8 34 Stacey Peters (USA) Boise 7 35 Alison Littlefield (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 5 36 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National 3 37 Caroline Alexander (GBr) British National 3 38 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National 2 39 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Itera 2 40 Mari Holden (USA) T Mobile 1 41 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 1 42 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn 1 43 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona 1 Mountains classification 1 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 57 pts 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 36 3 Modesta Vzisnauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 31 4 Nicole Demars (Can) Boise 20 5 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 20 6 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 18 7 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 17 8 Kim Anderson (USA) T Mobile 15 9 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 15 10 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 12 11 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Canadian National 10 12 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Goldy's 10 13 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 10 14 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 10 15 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Itera 10 16 Heather Albert (USA) Goldy's 7 17 Joan Wilson (USA) Boise 5 18 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 5 19 Anita Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 4 20 Caroline Alexander (GBr) British National 3 21 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National 2 22 Amber Neben (USA) T Mobile 2 23 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 1 24 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 1 25 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 1 26 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Itera 1 Sprints classification 1 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 60 pts 2 Gina Grain (Can) Boise 41 3 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 17 4 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 15 5 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 12 6 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 12 7 Jenny Eyerman (USA) Boise 11 8 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 11 9 Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadian National 10 10 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona 10 11 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 9 12 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 9 13 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 9 14 Jorunn Kvaloe (Nor) Sponsor Services 8 15 Heather Albert (USA) Goldy's 8 16 Nicole Demars (Can) Boise 7 17 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 7 18 Joan Wilson (USA) Boise 5 19 Alison Littlefield (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 5 20 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National 3 21 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Goldy's 3 22 Anita Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 2 23 Katrina Berger (USA) T Mobile 2 24 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 2 25 Modesta Vzisnauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 2 26 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera 2 27 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 1 28 Mari Holden (USA) T Mobile 1 29 Amber Neben (USA) T Mobile 1 30 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn 1 31 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Itera 1 32 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona 1 Courtesy of www.womenschallenge.com
