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Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale - 2.9.1
France, August 3-17, 2003
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Stage 14 - August 17: Versailles - Paris, 58.2 km
Five for Nurnberger, Somarriba Arrola wins tour
By Kristy Scrymgeour
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On the last day of the Grande Boucle Feminin, Nurnberger took their fifth stage of the tour. It was Petra Rossner's second win of the tour, however this time she did not win in a bunch sprint but out of a breakaway of eight riders.
Riders decided to take the first 20km of the 57km race fairly easy until they reached Paris with four laps of 7.5km remaining. With two laps to go a break of six riders got away including Rossner, Zoulfia Zabirova (Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team),Luisa Tamanini (Team 2002 Aurora RSM), Anita Valen (Bik-Powerplate), Katrina Grove (Team S.A.T.S), Sylvie Riedle (Les Pruneaux d'Agen), Sabrina Emmasi (Prato Marathon Bike).
Katrina Grove (Team S.A.T.S) attacked out of the peloton with 12 km to go to bridge to the break and was covered by Margaret Hemsley (Nurnberger). The pair reached the break making it a group of eight which stayed away till the finish. A few attacks went out of the group as riders jostled to go for a stage win but nothing eventuated. With 5km to go Hemsley started the long lead out for her teammate Rossner, pulling off with 700m to go. Rossner pulled of yet another fast sprint winning the stage over.
With stage 14 wrapping up the 2003 Grande Boucle Feminin, Joane Somarriba Arrola (Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco) successfully held onto her lead to win the overall in front of Nicole Brändli (Prato Marathon Bike) and Judith Arndt (Nurnberger Versicherung).
Photos
Images by AFP/Jean-Luc Lamaere
- Spain's Joane Somarriba-Arrola (Bizkaia) crosses the finish line of the 14th and last stage of the Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
- Petra Rossner crosses the line to win the final stage
- Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) wears the green jersey after winning the points standings of the Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
- Fabiana Luperini poses on the podium after winning the best climber jersey
- Joane Somarriba (Spa) jubilates with her teammate of Bizkaia after winning the event for the third time
- From left to right: Switzerland's Nicole Brandli, Spain's Joane Somarriba and German's Judith Arndt pose on the podium
- Petra Rossner (Ger) on the podium after winning the final stage
- Joane Somarriba-Arrola (Bizkaia) celebrates on the podium after winning the gold jersey of the Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
Results
1 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.20.22 2 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 3 Anita Valen (Nor) Bik-Powerplate 4 Katrina Grove (USA) Team S.A.T.S 5 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 6 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 7 Sabrina Emmasi (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 0.04 8 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.22 9 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S 0.46 10 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 11 Nadia Triquet (Fra) French National Team 12 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 13 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike 14 Lisbeth Simper (Den) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 15 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 16 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 17 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Bik-Powerplate 18 Corinne Sempe (Fra) French National Team 19 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 20 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 21 Helen Kelly (Aus) Team S.A.T.S 22 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 23 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 24 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 25 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 26 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 27 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 28 Birgit Söllner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 29 Emma James (Aus) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 30 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 31 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 32 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 33 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 34 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 35 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 36 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 37 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 38 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 39 Christina Peick Andersen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 0.26 40 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate 0.46 41 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 42 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 43 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Bik-Powerplate 44 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 45 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 46 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) French National Team 47 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 48 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 49 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 50 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco Final general classification 1 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 35.39.56 2 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 2.29 3 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 5.05 4 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 5.44 5 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 6.25 6 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 8.31 7 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate 10.51 8 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 12.23 9 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 23.37 10 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 24.38 11 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 28.57 12 Katrina Grove (USA) Team S.A.T.S 31.20 13 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 32.49 14 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 40.27 15 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 43.47 16 Anita Valen (Nor) Bik-Powerplate 46.23 17 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 49.07 18 Emma James (Aus) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 53.47 19 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 1.00.13 20 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 1.02.18 21 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 1.03.01 22 Lisbeth Simper (Den) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 1.06.06 23 Nadia Triquet (Fra) French National Team 1.13.47 24 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 1.18.23 25 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.25.32 26 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S 1.56.20 27 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 1.56.22 28 Birgit Söllner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 2.05.12 29 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 2.13.16 30 Corinne Sempe (Fra) French National Team 2.14.51 31 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike 2.18.15 32 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 2.21.30 33 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) French National Team 2.26.40 34 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Bik-Powerplate 2.27.04 35 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 2.28.57 36 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 2.29.40 37 Christina Peick Andersen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 2.32.43 38 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 2.35.42 39 Sabrina Emmasi (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 2.35.56 40 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 2.36.01 41 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 2.39.30 42 Helen Kelly (Aus) Team S.A.T.S 2.41.30 43 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Bik-Powerplate 2.50.42 44 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 2.51.35 45 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 2.52.49 46 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 3.00.50 47 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3.18.56 48 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 3.22.51 49 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3.36.43 50 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 3.41.52 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 11 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 6 12 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 6 13 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 5 14 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike 4 15 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 4 16 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 2 17 Anita Valen (Nor) Bik-Powerplate 2 18 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 2 19 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 2 20 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 1 21 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 1 22 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S 1 23 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) French National Team 1 U23 classification 1 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 35.42.25 2 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 6.02 3 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 21.08 4 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 26.28 5 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S 1.53.51 6 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike 2.15.46 7 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 2.26.28 8 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 2.33.32 9 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Bik-Powerplate 2.48.13 10 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 3.20.22 11 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 3.39.23
