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Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale - 2.9.1
France, August 3-17, 2003
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Stage 3 - August 5: Fayence - Valberg, 90 km
Somarriba on fire
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For the second time in two days, Spanish rider Joane Somarriba (Bizkaia-Panda-Spiuk-Sabeco) destroyed the rest of the field to win the stage. She crossed the line in Valberg 50 seconds clear of Swiss Nicole Brändli (Prato Marathon Bike) and 1'49 ahead of Fabiana Luperini (Team 2002). Race leader Olga Zabelinskaia (Velodames-Colnago) lost another four minutes today and now has just 30 seconds advance on Somarriba in the general classification.
Today's stage was scheduled for 125 kilometres between Fayence and Valberg, however the race jury decided to shorten it by 35 km due to the fact that some of the riders hadn't reached their hotels until 3:00am last night after the transfer from Corsica. The stage was nonetheless quite challenging, with four climbs of over 1000 metres, including the final ascent to Valberg at 1669 metres.
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A group of 10 riders attacked from the start of the stage, including Australian Sara Carrigan (Bik-Powerplate) who was certainly a threat for the GC. Despite this, the group was allowed to gain four minutes advantage before Somarriba put her Bizkaia-Panda-Spiuk-Sabeco team to work. The breakaway was caught at the foot of the final 13 km climb, and Somarriba was able to take the lead.
Only Brändli and Luperini were able to stay with her on the climb, but Somarriba dropped them well before the finish to take her second stage victory and move very close to the golden jersey. If she continues this form, she should take over the lead tomorrow in the tough stage from Val d'Allos to Puy-Saint-Vincent, which contains the Hors Category Col d'Allos (2247m), Cat. 1 Col de Vars (2109m), and Cat. 2 Puy-Saint-Vincent (1400m).
Results
1 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 2.41.23 (32.717 km/h) 2 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 0.50 3 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 1.49 4 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 2.09 5 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 4.01 6 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 7 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate 8 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 9 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 5.42 10 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 5.47 11 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 6.17 12 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 13 Tina Liebig (Ger) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 14 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 7.43 15 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 8.09 16 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 8.59 17 Katrina Grove (USA) Team S.A.T.S 9.21 18 Anita Valen (Nor) Bik-Powerplate 19 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 20 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 10.31 21 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Bik-Powerplate 22 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 10.52 23 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 24 Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 12.06 25 Marta Evangelisti (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 12.14 26 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 27 Emma James (Aus) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 12.38 28 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 13.20 29 Volha Hayeva (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 30 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 13.23 31 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 14.05 32 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 33 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S 15.18 34 Nadia Triquet (Fra) French National Team 16.14 35 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 36 Sabrina Emmasi (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 17.22 37 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 38 Birgit Söllner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 19.15 39 Helen Kelly (Aus) Team S.A.T.S 20.57 40 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 41 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 21.36 42 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike 22.51 43 Christina Peick Andersen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 44 Lisbeth Simper (Den) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 45 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 46 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 47 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Bik-Powerplate 48 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 49 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 26.33 50 Stefani Kortekaas (Ned) Bik-Powerplate 37.13 51 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 38.52 52 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 53 Emanuela Brigati (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 54 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 55 Agurtzane Elorriaga Derteano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 56 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 57 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) French National Team 58 Cathy Moncassin (Fra) French National Team 59 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 60 Baukje Doedee (Ned) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 61 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 62 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Bik-Powerplate 63 Corinne Sempe (Fra) French National Team DNF Vicky Fournial (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen DNS Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox DNS Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team General classification after stage 3 1 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 8.54.10 2 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 0.30 3 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 2.23 4 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 3.50 5 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 4.11 6 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 5.39 7 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 5.46 8 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate 7.53 9 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 8.52 10 Tina Liebig (Ger) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 10.09 11 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 10.38 12 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 11.08 13 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Bik-Powerplate 12.26 14 Katrina Grove (USA) Team S.A.T.S 12.50 15 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 16 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 14.44 17 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 15.10 18 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 16.39 19 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 17.23 20 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 18.41 21 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 19.26 22 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 20.12 23 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 21.42 24 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 22.02 25 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 23.07 26 Emma James (Aus) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 23.48 27 Anita Valen (Nor) Bik-Powerplate 24.13 28 Lisbeth Simper (Den) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 26.24 29 Nadia Triquet (Fra) French National Team 31.32 30 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 39.28 31 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 43.15 32 Volha Hayeva (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 44.46 33 Marta Evangelisti (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 45.20 34 Sabrina Emmasi (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 48.46 35 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike 48.56 36 Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 49.08 37 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 51.12 38 Birgit Söllner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 51.34 39 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 54.15 40 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 55.57 41 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S 56.28 42 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 57.24 43 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 59.58 44 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Bik-Powerplate 45 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 1.02.26 46 Helen Kelly (Aus) Team S.A.T.S 1.03.45 47 Corinne Sempe (Fra) French National Team 1.03.54 48 Christina Peick Andersen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 1.04.01 49 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 1.06.37 50 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 1.10.12 51 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 1.10.51 52 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) French National Team 1.15.59 53 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Bik-Powerplate 1.20.02 54 Stefani Kortekaas (Ned) Bik-Powerplate 1.22.50 55 Emanuela Brigati (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 1.24.29 56 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 1.25.18 57 Cathy Moncassin (Fra) French National Team 1.28.07 58 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 59 Baukje Doedee (Ned) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 60 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.35.02 61 Agurtzane Elorriaga Derteano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 62 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 63 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
