Tour de Berne - CDM

Switzerland, April 23, 2006

Photography

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Images by CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net

• Natalie Bates' AA Drink Koga bicycle
• Natalie Bates (AA Drinks) signs on
• Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (T-Mobile) signs on
• The bunch rolls out - already with a long tail
• A rare road race appearance by Karin Thürig
• The bunch chasing Amber Neben - containing Cooke, Bates, Wood, Teutenberg, Duester
• Amber Neben (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint) reached a maximum of 55 seconds ahead of the bunch
• Most aggressive rider - Olga Zabelinskaya (Team Fenixs)
• Race winner - Zoulfia Zabirova (Team Bigla)
• The sprint for second - Oenone Wood (Nurnberger) (l) takes it from Olga Slyusareva (Rus) (c)
• The podium - Oenone Wood (Nurnberger), Zoulfia Zabirova (Team Bigla), and Olga Slyusareva (Russia)
• The new World Cup series leader Nicole Cooke (Univega)

Images by Cyclingnews

• Ready to roll
• Riders roll out at the start
• Noemi Cantele (Bigla)
• The peloton rides together on the second lap
• Katherine Bates (Nurnberger)
• Nicole Brändli (Bigla) and Miho Oki (Nobili Rubinetterie) lead the field on lap two
• Ina Teutenberg (T-Mobile) finds the going hard on the third lap.
• Priska Doppmann (Univega)
• Priska Doppmann (Univega
• Svetlana Bubnenkova (Fenixs - Colnago) leads the field on lap 4.
• Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint) and Zoulfia Zabirova (Team Bigla)
• Amber Neben (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint)
• Amber Neben (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint)
• An Italian rider shows the effort
• Karin Thürig (Univega) was one of many DNFs
• Zoulfia Zabirova (Team Bigla) is happy and relieved that the Zabirova Move worked yet again.
• The podium - Oenone Wood (Nurnberger), Zoulfia Zabirova (Team Bigla), and Olga Slyusareva (Russia)
• The podium - and a wide range of expressions
• Ludivine Henrion (Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam) wins the sprint of teh second group for 18th place
• UCI president Pat McQuaid helps Nicole Cooke into the World Cup leader jersey.
• Nicole Cooke (Univega) waves to the crowd