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Wachovia Cycling Series
USA, June 1-6, 2004
Results Live Report Past winners
Wachovia Liberty Classic - June 6: Philadelphia, PA, 14.4 mile circuit, 57.6 miles/90.56km
Arndt delivers Petra to number seven
By Mark Zalewski in Philadelphia
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Petra Rossner owes a lot to her teammate Judith Arndt. After a rather uneventful first three laps of the women's Wachovia Liberty Classic, Rona's Katrina Grove launched an attack the last time up Lemon Hill. Almost immediately, Rossner's faithful lieutenant Judith Arndt jumped on Grove's wheel. Up and around Lemon Hill, Arndt stuck on the Rona rider like glue, breathing down her neck and not letting her out of sight.
"Historically, that's where a break will go in the end," Grove explained. "That's where Lyne attacked last year. You give it a chance, because what have you got to lose? At that point, it wasn't about (Arndt) being on my wheel, it's about the pack being [behind us]. I wasn't thinking about dropping Judith, I was just hoping about keeping the pack off.
When asked about seeing Judith Arndt stuck to her rear wheel, Grove replied, "I thought, 'Oh great! (laughs) Maybe, just maybe, SHE wants to win this year! So maybe... (laughs).' No, she was just waiting for the group to come so she could just do one hard pull for Petra."
Down onto the finishing straight, the Nürnberger-led peloton drove the pace and finally swallowed up Grove and Arndt.
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But Arndt's work was not finished. "Judith (pronounced you-dit), get on the front," radioed Rossner. "By the time we were on Logan Circle, and I jumped from the back to Judith's wheel and I told her to give it all." And on the front Arndt went, giving it full gas around Logan circle and finally pulling off with 250 meters to go. Then it was all Rossner, a straight line to the finish. The six time champion had no doubts from that point on.
When asked whether or not she thought about letting Arndt have the win to herself after going with the break, Rossner replied, "It was brilliant when she went, and I was like, 'Go, just go... you can kick her ass in the sprint!' But she was like, we better save it."
Arndt made her intentions very clear. "I was just hoping that the bunch came back because I wanted Petra to win. She's the star in this race and we work all for her."
The highest placed under-23 rider was Quark's Sarah Uhl, who said she still has things to learn riding in a world class peloton. "It was a brawl out there. It's all about patience. You have to choose your wheel wisely, and I kind of gave up a little bit. I was on Petra and somehow abandoned it and it wasn't the wisest choice. But I have some more years to learn how to do it right."
When Uhl gave up the golden wheel, Victory Brewing's Gina Grain was on the spot. "In the final sprint I focused on keeping my position and grabbed Petra's wheel - I knew that was a good wheel to have. Petra went and I just couldn't come around here. It's still a big result for me."
One of the American favourites, Tina Mayolo-Pic had a rougher time getting to the head of the pack today, settling for teammate Laura Van Gilder's third place. "It was good, it was hard. This sprint is always weird because people are diving everywhere and breaks are going. But Laura finished it off at the end. I got bad position through Lemon Hill and chased all the way through the feed zone.
Rossner was extra sentimental about winning today. She announced today that she is retiring from racing at the end of this year. "It was wonderful teamwork, as usual, I just finished it off and I am very happy about it. Especially because it was my last time."
Photography
Images by Jon Devich/www.epicimages.us
- The peloton make their way up the Manayunk Wall.
- A Colavita Olive Oil rider looking comfy on the climb. At least for now.
- Ow. This race hurts!
- Kim Anderson (T-Mobile) heads up Lemon Hill.
- French Olympic hopeful Catherine Marsal.
- Megan Elliott (Quark) worked hard today for her team-mate Lyne Bessette.
- Erinne Willock (Team Rona) climbed well today to take the best climber award.
- Lyne Bessette had a hard day with a crash earlier in the race.
- Petra Rossner (Nurnberger) wins her seventh and last Liberty Classic.
Results, 57.6 miles/90.56km
1 Petra Rossner (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung/Lietzsport Mixed 2.25.55 (37.24 km/h) 2 Gina Grain (Can) Victory Brewing Cycling Team 3 Laura Vangilder (USA) Genesis Scuba FFCC 4 Becky Conzelman (USA) Spin Cycle Duke Sports Med 5 Laura Yoisten (Can) Canadian National Team 6 Sarah Uhl (USA) Team Quark 7 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S. 8 Alison Wright (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 9 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Colavita Olive Oil 10 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 11 Magali Le Floch (Fra) Team Quark 12 Andrea Hannos (Can) Equipe Cycliste Rona 13 Mari Holden (USA) T-Mobile Pro Cycling Team 14 Magen Long (USA) Sportsbook.com 15 Jennifer Eyerman (USA) Webcor Builders 16 Amy Moore (Can) Team Quark 17 Annette Beutler (Swi) Nürnberger Versicherung/Lietzsport Mixed 18 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 19 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 20 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 21 Karen Brems (USA) Webcor Builders 22 Anna Zugano (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 23 Mette Fischer-Andersen (Den) Team S.A.T.S. 24 Leigh Hobson (Can) Team Cervelo GSM 25 Erin Carter (Can) TDS Schwalbe 26 Anne Samplonius (Can) TDS Schwalbe 27 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Genesis Scuba FFCC 28 Katy St Laurent (Can) Basis Aude 29 Lynn Gaggioli (USA) T-Mobile Pro Cycling Team 30 Lyne Bessette (Can) Team Quark 31 Kori Kelly (USA) Genesis Scuba FFCC 32 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Team Quark 33 Erinne Willock (Can) Equipe Cycliste Rona 34 Lara Kroepsch (USA) T-Mobile Pro Cycling Team 35 Catherine Powers (USA) La Grange Dassani 36 Emma Rickards (Aus) Victory Brewing Cycling Team 37 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing Cycling Team 38 Kym Shirley (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 39 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Victory Brewing Cycling Team 40 Charmian Breon (USA) Colavita Olive Oil 41 Emily Westbrook (USA) Spin Cycle Duke Sports Med 42 Helen Kelly (Aus) Equipe Cycliste Rona 43 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S. 44 Candice Blickem (USA) Genesis Scuba FFCC 45 Kathryn Curi (USA) Equipe Cycliste Rona 46 Felicia Greer (Can) Webcor Builders 47 Tara Rossner (Can) Canadian National Team 48 Katrina Grove (USA) Equipe Cycliste Rona 49 Susan Palmer-Komar (Can) Genesis Scuba FFCC 50 Mandy Lozano (USA) Spin Cycle Duke Sports Med 51 Sara Bresnick (USA) Verizon Wireless 52 Christina Peick-Andersen (Den) Team S.A.T.S. 53 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Pro Cycling Team 54 Iona Wynter (Jam) Genesis Scuba FFCC 55 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 56 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Velo Bella 57 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T-Mobile Pro Cycling Team 58 (Ger) TDS Schwalbe 59 Kate Sherwin (USA) Spin Cycle Duke Sports Med 60 Nadine Bruhn (Den) Webcor Builders 61 Judith Arndt (Ger) Nürnberger Versicherung/Lietzsport Mixed 62 Chrissy Ruiter (USA) Basis Aude 63 Kristen Linton (USA) East Coast Velo 64 Barbara Heeb (Swi) Nürnberger Versicherung/Lietzsport Mixed 65 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile Pro Cycling Team 66 Kristin Armstrong (USA) T-Mobile Pro Cycling Team 67 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Nürnberger Versicherung/Lietzsport Mixed 68 Alicia Genest (USA) Verizon Wireless 69 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Nürnberger Versicherung/Lietzsport Mixed 70 Nicole Demars (Can) Victory Brewing Cycling Team 71 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 72 Jessica Phillips (USA) Nürnberger Versicherung/Lietzsport Mixed 73 Kathleen Billington (USA) Team Fuji 74 Yulia Razenkova (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 75 Johanna Buick (NZl) Victory Brewing Cycling Team 0.18 76 Jennifer Stephenson (Can) Team Cervelo GSM 0.31 77 April Henerson-Anderson (USA) Verducci Racing 78 Grace Fleury (USA) Genesis Scuba FFCC 1.49 79 Christine Vardaros (USA) Velo Bella 80 Catherine Malone (USA) Webcor Builders 81 Jill Mc Laughlin (USA) Velo Bella 82 Katie Lambden (USA) Aquafina 83 Jennifer Stevens (USA) Verducci Racing 84 Anna Gusmini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 85 Becky Broeder (USA) MABRA/NCVC Edge Wells Revolutn 86 Joan Wilson (USA) Team S.A.T.S. 87 Michele Kiesanowski (NZl) East Coast Velo 88 Shannon Hutchinson (USA) Colavita Olive Oil 89 Deirdre Barry (USA) T-Mobile Pro Cycling Team 90 Anna Milkowski (USA) Equipe Cycliste Rona 3.26 91 Laura Downey (USA) La Grange Dassani 3.56 92 Kerry Soraci (USA) TDS Schwalbe 93 Emily Gloeckner (USA) TDS Schwalbe 94 Liza Rachetto (USA) MABRA/NCVC Edge Wells Revolutn 95 Melissa Sanborn (USA) MABRA/NCVC Edge Wells Revolutn 96 Brooke O'connor (USA) Colavita Olive Oil 97 Jennifer Purcell (USA) Tri State Velo Amoroso 98 Nichole Wangsgard (USA) Basis Aude 99 Ann Marie Miller (USA) Verizon Wireless 100 Stefanie Graeter (USA) Webcor Builders 101 Shawn Heidgen (USA) TDS Schwalbe 102 Daniela Fusar Poli (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 103 Leah Toffolon (USA) Verizon Wireless 104 Anna Garnett (Can) Team Cervelo GSM 105 Cindy Bauwens (Bel) Verizon Wireless 106 Heather Peck (USA) Ind Fabrications/SMRT Inc 107 Amanda Lawrence (USA) Ind Fabrications/SMRT Inc 108 Allyson Brandt (USA) Team Fuji 109 Pam Figoras (USA) East Coast Velo 110 Sinead Fitzgibbon (USA) Aquafina 111 Andrea Dvorak (USA) Sportsbook.com 112 Brooke Ourada (NZl) Victory Brewing Cycling Team 113 Kirsten Robbins (Can) Victory Brewing Cycling Team 114 Maggie Shirley (USA) Genesis Scuba FFCC 115 Kristen Lasasso (USA) Basis Aude 7.34 116 Nicole Brandt (USA) La Grange Dassani 117 Emily Sandwith (Can) Canadian National Team 118 Tara Parsons (USA) Aquafina 119 Mariane Stover (USA) Ind Fabrications/SMRT Inc 120 Betsey Sellers (USA) MABRA/NCVC Edge Wells Revolutn 121 Rhonda Guzda (Can) Team Cervelo GSM 122 Beth Leasure (USA) MABRA/NCVC Edge Wells Revolutn 123 Kc Wilder (USA) LSV Kelly 124 Sherri Stedje (USA) Sportsbook.com 125 Elisa Gagnon (Can) Aquafina 126 Rebecca Mc Clintock (USA) Colavita Olive Oil DNF Brenda Bahnson (USA) Ind Fabrications/SMRT Inc DNF Marie Pier Bedard (Can) Canadian National Team DNF Elizabeth Begosh (USA) Velo Bella DNF Julie Belanger (Can) Canadian National Team DNF Michelle Beltran (USA) Webcor Builders DNF Betsey Bloom Galenti (USA) La Grange Dassani DNF Nicole Bossie (USA) Team Fuji DNF Michele Bote (USA) LSV Kelly DNF Diane Castor (USA) Tri State Velo Amoroso DNF Kelly Chang (USA) Verizon Wireless DNF Corrin Clark-Danielli (USA) Spin Cycle Duke Sports Med DNF Tracy Cundiff (USA) Sportsbook.com DNF Esther Davis (USA) East Coast Velo DNF Christina De Kraay (USA) Team Fuji DNF Susan Duff (USA) Tri State Velo Amoroso DNF Megan Elliott (USA) Team Quark DNF Megan Esmonde (USA) Sportsbook.com DNF Julia Farell (Can) Team Cervelo GSM DNF Shepard Farrar E (USA) MABRA/NCVC Edge Wells Revolutn DNF Sheba Farrin (USA) LSV Kelly DNF Sarah Faulkner (USA) Sportsbook.com DNF Alison Fischer (USA) East Coast Velo DNF Sarah Foulkes (USA) Verducci Racing DNF Sami Fournier (USA) Velo Bella DNF Nicole Freedman (Isr) Basis Aude DNF Lauren Gaffney (USA) Basis Aude DNF Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Team S.A.T.S. DNF Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S. DNF Melissa Holt (NZl) TDS Schwalbe DNF Kele Hulser (USA) Basis Aude DNF Ashley Kimmet (USA) Colavita Olive Oil DNF Carla Koehler (USA) La Grange Dassani DNF Tina Kunstbeck (USA) Aquafina DNF Brenda Lyons (USA) Velo Bella DNF Jennifer Magur (USA) Team Cervelo GSM DNF Kate Maher (USA) Basis Aude DNF Lynda Maldonado (USA) Tri State Velo Amoroso DNF Lisa Maxwell (USA) Ind Fabrications/SMRT Inc DNF Cara Mccauley (USA) Spin Cycle Duke Sports Med DNF Meghan Milliron (USA) LSV Kelly DNF Julie Monagle (USA) Verizon Wireless DNF Elizabeth Morse (USA) Sportsbook.com DNF Darcie Murphy (USA) East Coast Velo DNF Zoe Owers (USA) East Coast Velo DNF Jesse Peil (USA) Sportsbook.com DNF Cassandra Ramierz (USA) Tri State Velo Amoroso DNF Nikki Raspa (USA) Verducci Racing DNF Laury Saligman (USA) MABRA/NCVC Edge Wells Revolutn DNF Chrissy Saraceni (USA) Verducci Racing DNF Sara Sauvayre (USA) Aquafina DNF Kristy Scheffenacker (USA) Colavita Olive Oil DNF Patty Shoaf (USA) Spin Cycle Duke Sports Med DNF Tracy Sproule (USA) Colavita Olive Oil DNF Jennifer Stern (USA) Team Fuji DNF Christine Thornburn (USA) Webcor Builders DNF Desira Utzig (USA) La Grange Dassani DNF Janine Verstraeten (USA) Verizon Wireless DNF Tara Walhart (USA) Verducci Racing DNF Laura Weislo (USA) Spin Cycle Duke Sports Med DNF Cassie White (USA) East Coast Velo DNF Jenette Williams (USA) LSV Kelly
Past Winners
2003 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 91.0 kms in 2.23.16 2002 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 92.8 kms in 2.27.09 (37.86 km/h) 2001 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 116.9 kms in 3.01.47 (38.29 km/h) 2000 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 116.9 kms in 3.00.02 (38.68 km/h) 1999 Petra Rossner (Ger) German National Team 116.9 kms in 3.01.23 1998 Petra Rossner (Ger) 1997 Clara Hughes (Can) 1996 Petra Rossner (Ger)
