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Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale - 2.9.1
France, August 3-17, 2003
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Stage 8 - August 10: Aubusson - Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, 84.5 km
Zabirova displays her power
By Kristy Scrymgeour
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Zoulfia Zabirova (Road Runner - Guerciotti) won today's stage of the Grande Boucle after breaking away with two others early in the race. The former Olympic Champion is renowned for being strong in a breakaway and today was no different.
The day was once again stifling hot as the riders began the stage from Aubusson to Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat. What was meant to be an 84.5 km course turned into 93km as is typical in the Grande Boucle, and the 13 kilometer neutral was also much longer than planned. The heat did not seem to bother Zabirova as she began to attack from the start, as did riders from the Team 2002 Aurora RSM with Luisa Tamanini. The attacks were covered by Nurnberger riders each time and Tamanini got away with Madeleine Lindberg (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung). They were soon caught and Zabirova continued to attack.
As early as the 22km mark, the decisive break of the day had formed with Zabirova, Rasa Polikeviciute (Team 2002 Aurora RSM) and Margaret Hemsley (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung) all taking part. Zabirova forced the pace and the trio quickly gained time on the peloton. With 25km to go Zabirova attacked and as Hemsley tried to cover, Polikeviciute also attacked and managed to bridge to Zabirova. The two made time on Hemsley, but by the finish the gap was only 39 seconds. Near the end Zabirova attacked again and took the win over Polikeviciute. Hemsley took third place for the second time in the tour and Luisa Tamanini (Team 2002 Aurora RSM) took the bunch sprint for fourth place.
Once again there were no changes in the General Classification and Joane Somarriba Arrola (Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco) continues to hold the yellow jersey as tour leader. Tomorrow the terrain begins to flatten out a little for the 84 km stage from Châteauneuf - St-Georges, but the weather is still predicted to be hot.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- Zoulfia Zabirova (Road Runner Guerciotti) and Rasa Polikeviciute (Team 2002) during their breakaway in stage 8
- Zoulfia Zabirova (Road Runner Guerciotti) crosses the line in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat to win the stage
Results
1 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 2.25.18 2 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 0.07 3 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.39 4 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 2.48 5 Anita Valen (Nor) Bik-Powerplate 6 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 7 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 8 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 9 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 10 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S 11 Sabrina Emmasi (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 2.52 12 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 13 Corinne Sempe (Fra) French National Team 14 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 15 Katrina Grove (USA) Team S.A.T.S 16 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 17 Nadia Triquet (Fra) French National Team 18 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 19 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 20 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 21 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 22 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 23 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 24 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate 25 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 26 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 27 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 28 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 29 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 30 Christina Peick Andersen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 31 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 32 Lisbeth Simper (Den) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 33 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 34 Emma James (Aus) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 35 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Bik-Powerplate 36 Tina Liebig (Ger) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 37 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 3.01 38 Birgit Söllner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 39 Helen Kelly (Aus) Team S.A.T.S 40 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 41 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 3.04 42 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 3.07 43 Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 3.27 44 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 45 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Bik-Powerplate 46 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 47 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 48 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike 8.20 49 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 50 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) French National Team 51 Baukje Doedee (Ned) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 52 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 53 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 54 Volha Hayeva (Rus) Velodames-Colnago DNS Stefani Kortekaas (Ned) Bik-Powerplate General classification after stage 8 1 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 22.25.10 2 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 2.01 3 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 3.36 4 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 6.20 5 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 10.09 6 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 10.42 7 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate 10.59 8 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 12.46 9 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 22.15 10 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 23.27 11 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 27.44 12 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 28.33 13 Katrina Grove (USA) Team S.A.T.S 29.26 14 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 39.24 15 Tina Liebig (Ger) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 39.36 16 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 42.01 17 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 44.52 18 Anita Valen (Nor) Bik-Powerplate 50.11 19 Emma James (Aus) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 54.08 20 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 55.51 21 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 58.32 22 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 59.48 23 Lisbeth Simper (Den) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 1.04.03 24 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 1.08.59 25 Nadia Triquet (Fra) French National Team 1.11.04 26 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.21.33 27 Volha Hayeva (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 1.47.02 28 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 1.51.12 29 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 1.51.22 30 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S 1.53.08 31 Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 1.54.39 32 Birgit Söllner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.59.08 33 Sabrina Emmasi (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 2.02.21 34 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) French National Team 2.04.14 35 Corinne Sempe (Fra) French National Team 2.06.53 36 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike 2.14.26 37 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 2.17.44 38 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 2.18.19 39 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Bik-Powerplate 2.20.28 40 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 2.22.28 41 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 2.22.52 42 Christina Peick Andersen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 2.24.15 43 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 2.26.43 44 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 2.26.47 45 Helen Kelly (Aus) Team S.A.T.S 2.36.14 46 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 2.41.19 47 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 2.43.19 48 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Bik-Powerplate 2.44.13 49 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 2.51.58 50 Baukje Doedee (Ned) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 3.09.56 51 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3.12.08 52 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 3.15.10 53 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3.20.09 54 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 3.22.05 Mountains classification 1 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 54 pts 2 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 49 3 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 47 4 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 23 5 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 21 6 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 21 7 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 18 8 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 18 9 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate 16 10 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 13 U23 classification 1 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 22.27.11 2 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 10.45 3 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 21.26 4 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 26.32 5 Tina Liebig (Ger) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 37.35 6 Volha Hayeva (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 1.45.01 7 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S 1.51.07 8 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike 2.12.25 9 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 2.20.51 10 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 2.24.46
