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Montreal World Cup - CDM
Canada, May 28, 2005, 2005
Montréal World Cup this weekend
By Mitch Friedman
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The women's World Cup series crosses the Atlantic to Canada this weekend for its seventh round in Montréal on May 28. It is followed by the four-day Tour du Grand Montréal stage race, the combination guaranteeing that plenty of the world's top female racers will make the trip across.
The Montréal World Cup, now considered a classic, is known as a course to be reckoned with. The parcours is unchanged since 1999, and so the start and finish line will once again be located at the top of the Camilien-Houde climb, which concludes at the summit of the magnificent Mont-Royal course. The race will take in a grueling 12 circuits of the 8.35 km lap for 100 km total.
Australian sprinter Oenone Wood (Nurnberger Versicherung) currently leads the women's world cup by a nine-point margin over the Netherlands' Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel (Buitenpoort - Flexpoint). While Wood will be in Montréal to defend her lead, the hilly course may not suit her and victory seems more likely to go to a climbing specialist. American Amber Neben demonstrated her climbing prowess at the recent Tour de l'Aude and is a rider to watch, as is local heroine and defending champion Genevieve Jeanson (ACDA-Rona) who also won here in 2003.
World Cup standings after round 6
1 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 165 pts 2 Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel (Ned) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint Team 156 3 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 125 4 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint Team 121 5 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Van Bemmelen - Aa Drink 99 6 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 89 7 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 75 8 Linda Serup (Den) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint Team 52 9 Miho Oki (Jpn) Usc 50 10 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas 49 11 Katherine Bates (Aus) Van Bemmelen - Aa Drink 46 12 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Team Bigla 42 13 Tina Mayolo Pic (USA) 41 14 Judith Arndt (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 38 15 Andréa Graus (Aut) Elk Haus - Tirol Noe 36 16 Monia Baccaille (Ita) 35 17 Monica Holler (Swe) Elk Haus - Tirol Noe 30 18 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 30 19 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas 29 20 Theresa Senff (Ger) Van Bemmelen - Aa Drink 27 21 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Van Bemmelen - Aa Drink 27 22 Jenny Macpherson (Aus) Australie 27 23 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) 27 24 Magali Le Floch (Fra) France 24 25 Melissa Holt (NZl) Team Sats 24 26 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team Bianchi - Aliverti 23 27 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Allemagne 19 28 Sabrina Emmasi (Swi) Team Bigla 18 29 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas 18 30 Anita Valen (Nor) Vlaanderen - Capri Sonne - T Interim 18 31 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Lct 17 32 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint Team 15 33 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) Team Pruneaux D'agen 15 34 Tanja Schmidt-Hennes (Ger) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint Team 15 35 Katie Brown (Aus) Australie 13 36 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas 11 37 Gunn-Rita Dahle (Nor) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 10 38 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Univega Pro Cycling Team 10 39 Tatiana Shishkova (Mda) P.M.B. Fenixs 10 40 Kate Nichols (Aus) 10 41 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Team Sats 9 42 Sarah Grab (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team 9 43 Verena Joos (Ger) 9 44 Trine Hansen (Den) Team Sats 8 45 Tammara Boyd (NZl) 8 46 Lynn Gaggioli (USA) 8 47 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 7 48 Veerle Ingels (Bel) Vlaanderen - Capri Sonne - T Interim 7 49 Sarah Düster (Ger) Therme Skin Care 7 50 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) A.S Team F.R.W. 6 51 Anna Zugno (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 6 52 Evy Van Damme (Bel) Vlaanderen - Capri Sonne - T Interim 5 53 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Buitenpoort - Flexpoint Team 5 54 Olga Slyussareva (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas 5 55 Nathalie Bates (Aus) Van Bemmelen - Aa Drink 4 56 Alessandra D'ettorre (Ita) 4 57 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) A.S Team F.R.W. 3 58 Josephine Groenveld (Ned) Van Bemmelen - Aa Drink 3 59 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo 2 60 Emma Rickards (Aus) Australie 1 61 Sofie Creux (Fra) 1 62 Natalyna Kachalka (Ukr) A.S Team F.R.W. 1 63 Helen Kelly (Aus) 1
