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6th Primavera Rosa - CDM
Italy, March 20, 2004
Results World Cup StandingsZabirova zaps competition for 2nd consecutive Primavera Rosa win
By Tim Maloney, European Editor
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Zulfia Zabirova (Let's Go Finland) soloed to her second win in as many years in the 2004 edition of la Primavera Rosa, round two of the 2004 Women's World Cup from Varazze to San Remo. Zabirova, the 1996 Olympic Time Trial champ from Russia, had prepared for two months in Mallorca for this race, and soloed across the line to beat Mirjam Melchers (Farm Frites Hartol) by 26" with World Cup leader Oenone Wood (AIS) taking the bunch sprint for third, thus keeping her jersey.
"The team worked perfectly together today, it was amazing, all what we planned before the race happened," Zabirova told Cyclingnews after the finish. "Fabiana [Luperini] did a great race, and it was planned that she would attack on the Cipressa from the bottom...she did it and as soon as the bunch caught her, I made a counter and took off...from then, you know how it is, full on!"
Although it was almost exactly the same move as last year, Zabirova wasn't afraid. "As it worked last year, why change it?" she said. "The only difference though is that I attacked today later in the Cipressa than last year. Last year I attacked earlier on this climb, but it happened today to work out well the same."
Zabirova was also proud to have won the race for her team, which is a new one in the women's peloton. "This team is so cool - 'tranquilla'. Let's Go Finland is a Finnish sponsor, it's a big gym centre, with swimming pools and all you need to work out. It's huge. It's a good team really and I am very excited to have won today."
How it unfolded
Farm Frites-Hartol tried to take control on a windy day along the Italian Riviera and on Capo Cervo, Lorian Graham (AIS) and Eneritz Iturriaga (Let's Go Finland) attacked and were joined by Sandra Missbach (Farm Frites-Hartol) and Tatiana Stiajkina (Aliverti-Kookai) on the descent. The quartet maintained a slim lead over Capo Berta, but were pulled back by Luperini and Boubnenkova.
Before the penultimate climb of the Cipressa after 80km, eight riders got away: Iturriaga, Gollan (AIS), Newstead (Britain), Thürig (Switzerland), Hemsley (Nürnberger), Oki (Farm Frites-Hartol), R. Polikeviciute (USC Chirio) and Rutherford (Michela Fanini). After 5km, they had gained 30", but the peloton chased them down. As the Cipressa began, Thürig attacked again, followed by Luperini, but they were brought back. At that moment, Zabirova picked just the right time for a classic counter attack and had gained 17" by the summit of the Cipressa.
With 15km to go, Zabirova had 34" lead with Cantele (Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan) and Rutherford chasing, who were absorbed by the bunch. Zabirova put her time trial skills to work and flew up the Poggio for the second year in a row to win by 37". Melchers attacked on the descent of the Poggio to get second, while World Cup leader Wood won the group sprint for third.
Photography
Images by Davide Tricarico
- Team Next 125 line up at the start.
- Excusez-moi monsieur, I think you are at the wrong place.
- Vlaanderen-T-Interim Univega is presented to the audience.
- Julia Martisova (Russian National Team).
- The British National Team.
- Dotsie Cowden (Team T-Mobile) gets a move on before the race begins.
- World Cup leader Oenone Wood (Australian National Team).
- Riders make their way out of the neutral zone amidst a packed crowd.
- The race begins for real on the climb.
- The peloton react to the accelerations ahead.
- It's a hard road ahead at the back of the bunch.
- No respite for the stragglers.
- 20 seconds before the finish and Zoulfia Zabirova (Team Let's Go Finland) has the race in the bag.
- The peloton scream into San Remo.
- The jockeying for position begins leading up to the final sprint on the Via Roma.
Results - 118 km
1 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Team Let's Go Finland 2.55.49 (40.269 km/h) 2 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 0.26 3 Oenone Wood (Aus) Australian National Team 0.29 4 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 5 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S. 6 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Swiss National Team 7 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 8 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) New Zealand National Team 9 Katia Longhin (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 10 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 11 Sharron Vandromme (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim Univega 12 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Dutch National Team 13 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team Let's Go Finland 14 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Russian National Team 15 Alison Wright (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 16 Modesta Vzezniauskaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 17 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 18 Miho Oki (Jpn) Farm Frites-Hartol 19 Rosa Maria Bravo Soba (Spa) Spagnola National Team 20 Annette Beutler (Swi) Lietzsport Cycling 21 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Dutch National Team 22 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Italian National Team 23 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung 24 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 25 Amber Neben (USA) Team T-Mobile 26 Katherine Bates (Aus) Team Ton Van Bemmelen Sports 27 Nicole Brandli (Swi) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 28 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Acqua&Sapone - Valenti Argenti 29 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team S.A.T.S. 30 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 31 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim Univega 32 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 33 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung 34 Marion Clignet (Fra) Basis Aude 35 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 36 Anna Zugno (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 37 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 38 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland 39 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 1.13 40 Rachel Heal (GBr) Farm Frites-Hartol 1.14 41 Barbara Heeb (Swi) Lietzsport Cycling 42 Karin Thurg (Swi) Swiss National Team 43 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 44 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 1.17 45 Gunn-Rita Dahle (Nor) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 46 Vicky Pincombe (GBr) British National Team 1.34 47 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 1.47 48 Tetyiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Team Aliverti - Bianchi Kookai 49 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Team T-Mobile 50 Stacey Peters (USA) Team T-Mobile 51 Maigorzata Wysocka (Pol) Polish National Team 2.02 52 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen-T-Interim Univega 53 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Team Ton Van Bemmelen Sports 54 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 55 Barbara Cazzaniga (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 56 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung 57 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim Univega 58 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 59 Esther Van Der Helm (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 60 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Italian National Team 61 Julia Martisova (Rus) Russian National Team 62 Sarah Duster (Ger) German National Team 63 Silva Cremilda Fernandes (Bra) USC Chirio Forno D'asolo 64 Any Wood Susie (NZl) New Zealand National Team 65 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Aliverti - Bianchi Kookai 66 Olga Zabelinskaya (Rus) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung 67 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) Acqua&Sapone - Valenti Argenti 68 Teodora Ruano Sanchon (Spa) Spagnola National Team 69 Manon Jutras (Can) Team S.A.T.S. 70 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno D'asolo 71 Melissa Holt (NZl) New Zealand National Team 72 Kristen Lasasso (USA) Basis Aude 73 Deirdre Demet-Barry (USA) Team T-Mobile 74 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 75 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Vlaanderen-T-Interim Univega 76 Anouska Van Der Zee (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 77 Amy Safe (Aus) Australian National Team 78 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung 79 Leticia Gil Parra (Spa) Spagnola National Team 2.14 80 Dotsie Cowden (USA) Team T-Mobile 2.21 81 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) German National Team 2.25 82 Rosalind Reekie May (NZl) New Zealand National Team 4.20 83 Laura Telle (Lat) Team Aliverti - Bianchi Kookai 84 Sara Symington (GBr) Team S.A.T.S. 5.02 85 Frances Newstead (GBr) British National Team 86 Irenr Hostettler (Swi) Team Next 125 87 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Team S.A.T.S. 88 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Farm Frites-Hartol 89 Bettina Kuhn (Swi) Swiss National Team 90 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Spagnola National Team 91 Kirsty Nicole Robb (NZl) New Zealand National Team 92 Ketty Manfrin (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland 5.16 93 Diana Rast (Swi) Swiss National Team 5.23 94 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno D'asolo 5.46 95 Alessandra D'ettorre (Ita) Italian National Team 6.13 96 Charlotte Goldsmith (GBr) British National Team 97 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 6.15 98 Daniela Porta (Ita) USC Chirio Forno D'asolo 99 Mercedes Cagigas Amedo (Spa) Spagnola National Team 100 Kim Shirley (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 101 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung 6.18 102 Bogumila Matusiak (Pol) Polish National Team 6.57 103 Annette Griner (Swi) Team Next 125 104 Jaccolien Wallaard (Ned) Team Ton Van Bemmelen Sports 105 Josephine Groenveld (Ned) Team Ton Van Bemmelen Sports 106 Sarah Grab (Swi) Swiss National Team 107 Nicole Hofer (Swi) Swiss National Team 108 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Polish National Team 109 Nina Davies (GBr) British National Team 110 Fatima Blazquez Lozano (Spa) Spagnola National Team 111 Michelle Hyland (NZl) New Zealand National Team 112 Emma James (Aus) Team S.A.T.S. 113 Natalie Bates (Aus) Australian National Team 114 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 115 Loes Markerink (Ned) Dutch National Team 7.55 116 Katrin Leumann (Swi) Team Next 125 117 Svetlana Denissenko (Rus) Russian National Team 8.31 118 Anna Farina (Ita) Acqua&Sapone - Valenti Argenti Outside time limit (Hors Delai) HD Areke Hassink (Ned) Dutch National Team HD Janildes Silva Fernandes (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox HD Karin Wieser (Aut) Lietzsport Cycling HD Veronique Coene (Bel) Team Ton Van Bemmelen Sports HD Valentina Alessio (Ita) Team Aliverti - Bianchi Kookai HD Frederika Wiel (Ned) Team Ton Van Bemmelen Sports HD Azucema Sancez Benito (Spa) Team Aliverti - Bianchi Kookai HD Monia Baccaille (Ita) Italian National Team HD Lavinia Tofanelli (Ita) Acqua&Sapone - Valenti Argenti HD Marina Gloria Chirio (Ita) USC Chirio Forno D'asolo HD Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Acqua&Sapone - Valenti Argenti HD Janneke Vos (Ned) Dutch National Team HD Bertine Spijkerman (Ned) Dutch National Team HD Nicole Freedman (Isr) Basis Aude HD Mirella Van Melis (Ned) Vlaanderen-T-Interim Univega HD Jacqui Marshall (GBr) British National Team HD Lorna Webb (GBr) British National Team HD Eleonora Soldo (Ita) Italian National Team HD Elena Shalaeva (Rus) Russian National Team HD Annette Griner (Swi) Team Next 125 HD Paulina Fiuk (Pol) Polish National Team HD Lina Dervaityte (Ltu) Team Aliverti - Bianchi Kookai HD Iris Slappendel (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature HD Kathy White (Can) Basis Aude HD Kristy Miggels (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature HD Oxana Kostenko (Rus) Russian National Team HD Anna Sipurzynska (Pol) Polish National Team HD Anna Skawinska (Pol) Polish National Team HD Jenevieve Leblanc (Can) Basis Aude HD Chiara Bartoli (Ita) Acqua&Sapone - Valenti Argenti DNF Sari Saarelainen (Fin) Team Let's Go Finland DNF Teija Alaviiqi (Fin) Team Let's Go Finland DNF Vera Carrara (Ita) Italian National Team DNF Madeleine Sandig (Ger) German National Team DNF Isabella Wieser (Aut) Lietzsport Cycling DNF Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti DNF Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature DNF Tanja Hennes (Ger) Team Next 125 DNF Alexandra Vetter (Swi) Team Next 125 DNS Claudia Meyer (Ger) Lietzsport Cycling
World Cup standings after round 2
1 Oenone Wood (Aus) 110 pts 2 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Team Let's Go Finland 75 3 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 50 4 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Team Farm Frites-Hartol 50 5 Priska Doppmann (Swi) 42 6 Miho Oki (Jpn) Team Farm Frites-Hartol 38 7 Alison Wright (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 36 8 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 30 9 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) 28 10 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Team S.A.T.S. 27 11 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S. 27 12 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 24 13 Rachel Heal (GBr) Team Farm Frites-Hartol 21 14 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) MRG 21 15 Sara Carrigan (Aus) 15 16 Katia Longhin (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 15 17 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Team Next 125 11 18 Liane Bahler (Ger) 11 19 Sharron Vandromme (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim Univega Ladies Team 10 20 Sara Symington (GBr) Team S.A.T.S. 9 21 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) 9 22 Nicole Freedman (Isr) Basis Aude 8 23 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team Let's Go Finland 8 24 Cathy Marsal (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti 7 25 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) 7 26 Tina Mayolo - Pic (USA) 6 27 Katie Mactier (Aus) 5 28 Modesta Vzezniauskaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 5 29 Olivia Gollan (Aus) 4 30 Angela Brodtka (Ger) 4 31 Tetyana Stiajkina (Ukr) 3 32 Frances Newstead (GBr) 2 33 Rosa Maria Bravo Soba (Spa) 2 34 Deirdre Barry (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling Team 1 35 Annette Beutler (Swi) Lietzsport Cycling 1
