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Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale - 2.9.1

France, August 3-17, 2003

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Stage 2 - August 4: Corte - Saint-Florent, 106 km

Somarriba moves up

Joane Somarriba takes the stage
Photo: © AFP

Two time LGBF winner Joane Somarriba (Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco) has moved herself into second on GC after winning the second stage from Corte to Saint-Florent. Somarriba attacked her breakaway companions on the last climb of the day, extending her lead to finish 59 seconds ahead of Nicole Brändli (Prato Marathon Bike) and Edita Pucinskaite (Michela Fanini). Race leader Olga Zabelinskaia (Velodames Colnago) lost a couple of minutes of her GC lead, but still has the golden jersey by 4'37.

As was the case yesterday, today's stage took place on the island of Corsica, with the riders transferring back to the French mainland by ferry tomorrow morning. After 84 kilometres of the 105 kilometre stage, six riders escaped: Somarriba, Brändli, Pucinskaite, Fabiana Luperini and Jolanta Polikeviciute (Team 2002) and Judith Arndt (Nürnberger).

The group worked together until the last climb of the day, the Col de Teghime, when Somarriba attacked and crested a short distance in front of the rest. Somarriba used her excellent descending skills to open up a gap of nearly a minute at the bottom, and won the stage by a comfortable margin.

Last year's runner-up Susanne Ljungskog (Bik-Powerplate) came down with a stomach bug the night before the stage, and lost three minutes today.

Results

1 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco          3.04.13
2 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike                            0.59
3 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
4 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM
5 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
6 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                         1.21
7 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago                           1.40
8 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai             2.39
9 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                       2.39
10 Katrina Grove (USA) Team S.A.T.S                                   3.06
11 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM
12 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen
13 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago
14 Tina Liebig (Ger) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
15 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Bik-Powerplate
16 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate
17 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team                            3.40
18 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team
19 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM
20 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
21 Lisbeth Simper (Den) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
22 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco                 4.03
23 Anita Valen (Nor) Bik-Powerplate                                   5.22
24 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Team 2002 Aurora RSM
25 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago                         5.48
26 Emma James (Aus) Les Pruneaux d'Agen
27 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team
28 Nadia Triquet (Fra) French National Team
29 Corinne Sempe (Fra) French National Team
30 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco                     7.12
31 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Velodames-Colnago
32 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team          8.23
33 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox               9.54
34 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai     12.12
35 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike                          16.13
36 Sabrina Emmasi (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike
37 Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Velodames-Colnago
38 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike                         16.35
39 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team
40 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S                                   17.55
41 Marta Evangelisti (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
42 Helen Kelly (Aus) Team S.A.T.S                                    21.56
43 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S
44 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike
45 Vicky Fournial (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen
46 Emanuela Brigati (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team
47 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Les Pruneaux d'Agen
48 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen
49 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
50 Cathy Moncassin (Fra) French National Team
51 Birgit Söllner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
52 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S
53 Volha Hayeva (Rus) Velodames-Colnago
54 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) French National Team
55 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Bik-Powerplate
56 Baukje Doedee (Ned) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai
57 Stefani Kortekaas (Ned) Bik-Powerplate
58 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Bik-Powerplate
59 Christina Peick Andersen (Den) Team S.A.T.S
60 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco
61 Agurtzane Elorriaga Derteano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco
62 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai
63 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
64 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team
65 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco
66 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung

General classification after stage 2

1 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago                        6.08.46
2 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco             4.37
3 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike                            5.38
4 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox              5.42
5 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM
6 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung                   5.46
7 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Bik-Powerplate                                  5.58
8 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                         6.25
9 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago                           7.09
10 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai            7.26
11 Katrina Grove (USA) Team S.A.T.S                                   7.30
12 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM
13 Lisbeth Simper (Den) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox                7.34
14 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen                7.53
15 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate
16 Tina Liebig (Ger) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
17 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team                            8.04
18 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                          8.22
19 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                      10.09
20 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago                        10.12
21 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Velodames-Colnago                      11.59
22 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung             13.03
23 Emma James (Aus) Les Pruneaux d'Agen                              15.11
24 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team         15.11
25 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                     17.00
26 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team                         17.11
27 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco                17.34
28 Anita Valen (Nor) Bik-Powerplate                                  18.53
29 Nadia Triquet (Fra) French National Team                          19.19
30 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco                    20.43
31 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox              23.25
32 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team         27.35
33 Corinne Sempe (Fra) French National Team                          29.03
34 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike                         30.06
35 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team      30.06
36 Sabrina Emmasi (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike                          35.25
37 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike
38 Volha Hayeva (Rus) Velodames-Colnago                              35.27
39 Birgit Söllner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung               36.20
40 Marta Evangelisti (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox            37.07
41 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S
42 Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Velodames-Colnago                          41.06
43 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Les Pruneaux d'Agen                         41.08
44 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S
45 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Bik-Powerplate
46 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) French National Team
47 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S                        45.11
48 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen
49 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Bik-Powerplate
50 Christina Peick Andersen (Den) Team S.A.T.S
51 Helen Kelly (Aus) Team S.A.T.S                                    46.49
52 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team
53 Emanuela Brigati (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team      49.38
54 Stefani Kortekaas (Ned) Bik-Powerplate                            49.38
55 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai     50.27
56 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike                     53.16
57 Vicky Fournial (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen
58 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
59 Cathy Moncassin (Fra) French National Team
60 Baukje Doedee (Ned) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai
61 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai
62 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco
63 Agurtzane Elorriaga Derteano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco   1.00.11
64 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
65 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
66 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco

Young riders classification

1 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago                        6.08.46
2 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike                            5.38
3 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Bik-Powerplate                                  5.58
4 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai             7.26
5 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                        7.30
6 Tina Liebig (Ger) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox                    7.53
7 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM                           8.22
8 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team          27.35
9 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike                          30.06
10 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike                          35.25