Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt - CDM / 1.3

Germany, September 12, 2004

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Women's world cup race

Images by Mario Stiehl/www.world-of-cycling.com

• Riders wait for the off and the conditions don't seem to be dampening the Aussie team's spirits any
• The race rolls out in less than perfect conditions
• Perfect racing conditions - if you're a a masochist amphibian
• The Australian team policed all the moves
• The peloton grits its collective teeth against the weather
• Margaret Hemsley (Australia) in the thick of it, supporting Oenone Wood's bid for the world cup title
• Margaret Hemsley worked hard for her team leader Wood
• Here comes the cavalry
• Big screen action - a video link kept the crowd in touch with crashes like this one as well as the racing
• Double celebration as Petra Rossner (Nürnberger) wins and Oenone Wood (Australia) lands the world cup series
• Petra Rossner (Nürnberger) is quite pleased about winning her final race
• The race podium - Angela Brodka (German National Team, 2nd), Petra Rossner (Nürnberger, 1st) and Oenone Wood (Australia, 3rd)
• Smiles all round
• Petra Rossner and Oenone Wood will be on the same side in 2005 as Wood joins Nürnberger and Rossner becomes a directeur sportif of the powerful German squad
• The world cup podium - Petra Rossner (Nürnberger, 2nd), Oenone Wood (Australia, 1st) and Angela Brodka (German National Team, 3rd)
• Oenone Wood looks reflective as the new World Cup champion
• Oenone Wood celebrates her victory in the season-long World Cup series
• Oenone Wood waves from the podium
• The Australian team joins Wood (center) and Rossner and Brodka on the World Cup podium
• Oenone Wood (center) on the podium with team-mates Natalie Bates and Olivia Gollan

Men's race

Images by Mario Stiehl/www.world-of-cycling.com

• Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) at the pre-race presentation
• Jan Ullrich spent plenty of the race prominently positioned
• The peloton climbs
• T-Mobile and Gerolsteiner power the peloton
• Jan Ullrich (center) deep in enemy territory
• Jan Ullrich wonders where his team has gone
• Gerolsteiner riders were much in evidence
• The race snakes through the street of Nuernberg
• Andrea Kloeden (T-Mobile, 2nd left) near the front
• Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) has a moment in the sun as the race heads for the finale
• Sebastian Siedler (Team Wiesenhof) outsprints David Kopp (Team Lamonta)
• On the podium - David Kopp (Team Lamonta, 2nd), Sebastian Siedler (Team Wiesenhof, 1st), Andre Korff (T-Mobile, 3rd)
• The podium gets crowded - look closely and you can probably find Elvis and Zelig up there...
• Now that's what I call a post-race cold one!