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Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale - 2.9.1
France, August 3-17, 2003
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Stage 12 - August 15: Trélazé - Gorron, 126 km
Two for Zabirova
By Kristy Scrymgeour
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Zoulfia Zabirova (Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team) won her second stage of the 2003 Grande Boucle Feminin today in her usual style of a late break away. Despite a strong chase and a very close finish, she managed to just hold off the bunch on the line.
On the second cooler day of the tour, the 126km stage from Trélazé to Gorron saw the Colnago team and Road Runner setting a fast pace on the front. The temperature was pleasant and a tailwind made for perfect conditions, with the roads slightly wet towards the end of the race. A few attacks went early, but the pace set by Colnago and Road Runner was too high for anything to stay away.
Later in the race Sigrid Corneo (Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team) managed to get a convincing gap but was later chased down with 10km remaining in the race, the move then being countered by Madeleine Lindberg (Nurnberger). As Lindberg was caught Zabirova attacked, and immediately the peloton knew that this could be the winning move. Lindberg and Katrina Grove (Team S.A.T.S) attempted to bridge to her with no success and they were caught by the bunch in the very final stages of the race. Nurnberger had their team lead out ready for yesterday's winner Petra Rossner as the bunch was beginning to reel in Zabirova.
In the sprint Rossner almost caught Zabirova on the line, but didn't quite get past her and Zabirova won the stage from Rossner and Alison Wright (Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team). Tour leader, Joane Somarriba Arrola (Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco), finished safely in 18th place and extended her lead over Nicole Brandli to 2'05, courtesy of an intermediate sprint win. Somarriba will wear the yellow jersey going into the time trial tomorrow and her lead is surely enough to allow her to keep the jersey after the time trial, but look for riders such as Judith Arndt (Nurnberger) who is sitting in fifth place, 39" behind Fabiana Luperini (Team 2002 Aurora RSM).
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- World Champion Susanne Ljungskog (Powerplate-Bik) in action during stage 12 of La Grande Boucle Feminine
- Zoulfia Zabirova (Road Runner) crosses the line ahead of Petra Rossner (Nurnberger) and Alison Wright (Road Runner) to win stage 12
Results
1 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 3.10.42 2 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 4 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S 5 Anita Valen (Nor) Bik-Powerplate 6 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 7 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike 8 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 9 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 10 Corinne Sempe (Fra) French National Team 11 Nadia Triquet (Fra) French National Team 12 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 13 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 14 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 15 Katrina Grove (USA) Team S.A.T.S 16 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 17 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 18 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 19 Helen Kelly (Aus) Team S.A.T.S 20 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 21 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 22 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 23 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 24 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 25 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 26 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 27 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate 28 Lisbeth Simper (Den) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 29 Emma James (Aus) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 30 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 31 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Bik-Powerplate 0.08 32 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 33 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 34 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 35 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 36 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 37 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 38 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 39 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 40 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 41 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 42 Christina Peick Andersen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 43 Birgit Söllner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 44 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 45 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Bik-Powerplate 46 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 47 Sabrina Emmasi (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 48 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 49 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.20 50 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) French National Team 3.40 DNS Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Velodames-Colnago General classification after stage 12 1 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 33.25.30 2 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 2.05 3 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 3.44 4 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 6.14 5 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 6.53 6 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 9.24 7 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 10.51 8 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate 10.55 9 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 20.27 10 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 22.52 11 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 28.00 12 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 28.32 13 Katrina Grove (USA) Team S.A.T.S 29.32 14 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 39.37 15 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 42.19 16 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 45.01 17 Anita Valen (Nor) Bik-Powerplate 46.57 18 Emma James (Aus) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 51.47 19 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 56.18 20 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 59.09 21 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 59.58 22 Lisbeth Simper (Den) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 1.01.05 23 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 1.09.11 24 Nadia Triquet (Fra) French National Team 1.11.08 25 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.23.47 26 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S 1.50.17 27 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 1.55.06 28 Birgit Söllner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 2.00.07 29 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 2.07.27 30 Corinne Sempe (Fra) French National Team 2.07.58 31 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike 2.12.02 32 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 2.18.45 33 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Bik-Powerplate 2.20.49 34 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 2.22.42 35 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) French National Team 2.23.10 36 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 2.23.59 37 Sabrina Emmasi (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 2.26.38 38 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 2.26.57 39 Christina Peick Andersen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 2.27.31 40 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 2.28.16 41 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 2.33.22 42 Helen Kelly (Aus) Team S.A.T.S 2.36.23 43 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 2.42.45 44 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 2.44.32 45 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Bik-Powerplate 2.49.47 46 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 2.52.17 47 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3.15.01 48 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 3.18.15 49 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3.28.32 50 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 3.32.03 Mountains classification 1 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 61 pts 2 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 50 3 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 47 4 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 25 5 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 25 6 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 23 7 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 20 8 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 19 9 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate 16 10 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 13 U23 classification 1 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 33.27.35 2 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 7.19 3 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 18.22 4 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 26.27 5 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S 1.48.12 6 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike 2.09.57 7 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 2.20.37 8 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 2.26.11 9 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Bik-Powerplate 2.47.42 10 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 3.16.10
