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Geelong Women's Tour - 2.2
Australia, February 21-23, 2006
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Stage 4 - January 23: Lara - Lara road race, 115km
Wood wins tour; final stage to Teutenberg
By John Flynn in Lara
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World Cup Champion Oenone Wood and her Nürnberger Team will head into Sunday's Geelong World Cup race brimming with confidence after the Australian claimed overall victory in the Geelong Women's Tour.
Wood crossed the line in third place at the end of today's 112 kilometre road stage, behind T-Mobile's Ina Teutenberg and New Zealander Melissa Holt. It's the third year in succession the two-time World Cup champion has won the Geelong Tour. On each occasion Wood has claimed both the general classification and sprint points jerseys.
Today's fourth stage, which included a punishing climb mid-race was eventful from the outset, with several crashes, including one which has left Canadian Commonwealth Games hope Lyne Bessette with a suspected broken collar bone.
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"Our team really had to work hard to chase everything today," Wood told Cyclingnews after dousing her T-Mobile rival Teutenberg in champagne. "Towards the finish I just to hang on to make sure Melissa Holt didn't get too many points on me."
Teutenberg was also ecstatic with her stage win, having survived the suffering on the punishing climb earlier in the day.
"That was hard today, but I'm happy that I've got it done now," Teutenberg said. "It was steep, I've only heard stories before. I made it up without walking so that was at least one thing.
How it unfolded
Stage four of the Geelong Tour took the elite of women's cycling on a 112 kilometre journey, starting and finishing in the village of Lara, near Geelong. There were two notable omissions from the field, with two previous stage winners, Rochelle Gilmore (Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan) and Univega's Christiane Soeder withdrawing after being caught up in yesterday's crash at the finish. To her credit a very sore Russian Svetlana Bubninkova managed to climb back into the saddle, with her cuts and bruises from yesterday's crash patched up.
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The parcours for the final stage of the Geelong Tour is well known and well feared among the women's peloton, mostly thanks to a short but brutal two kilometre pinch climb at the 50 kilometre mark. Directeur Sportifs 'in the know' fitted team bikes with 27 tooth rear clusters, in order to avoid the prospect of riders being forced to get off and walk.
There was trouble early for the Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung team, when race leader and World Cup Champion Oenone Wood missed the jump on a breakaway containing twelve riders, several of them threats in the overall classification.
"I missed a couple of the early breaks," Wood admitted. "More so just because I had poor position at the back of the bunch, on the smaller roads, you just can't get through."
Wood's team-mates, including Australian Road Champion Kate Bates were forced to work over-time to keep the defending Geelong Tour Champion in contention. "We had a pretty hard day actually as a team," Bates told Cyclingnews at race end. "A few breaks went early and we spent about 70 percent of the time on the front as a team. Leading into the hill we didn't expect many of us to be left."
The hellish climb took its toll on many of the riders, but to their credit, the majority of cyclists in the peloton managed to stay clipped into the pedals until the summit. At the front, Oenone Wood showed once again why she should be considered a favourite, both for Sunday's World Cup race and to defend her overall World Cup Championship.
Wood showed yet again that her climbing skills are easily the match of her sprint skills. The Nürnberger team leader led the strung out group over the climb, with team U.S.A.'s Kristin Armstrong, New Zealand's Rosara Joseph, Elk Haus rider Annette Beutler, and Nobili Rubineterie's Olivia Gollan among the leaders.
The 'usual suspects' of the pro women's peloton were also up there, with T-Mobile's Judith Arndt and Lyne Bessette making it over the top in the first group of riders, along with Wood's team-mates Kate Bates and Trixi Worrack.
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Stage win soured by crash for T-Mobile
For T-Mobile the hill would be the least of the team's worries. The second half of the 112 kilometre stage was littered with crashes, the worst of them taking out team members Judith Arndt and Lyne Bessette, along with Australia's Natalie Bates(N.S.W.I.S.).
Bessette was left on the bitumen screaming in pain, her Geelong World Cup campaign over and her Commonwealth Games aspirations for Canada seriously in doubt.
"We lost Lyne in the crash, and it didn't really look that good," team-mate and stage winner Ina Teutenberg said.
For Bates, it was her second crash in as many days and her third in two weeks. Yesterday the New South Wales Institute of Sport cyclist was caught up in the pre finish line incident at Barwon Heads. Today it was more of the same.
"I've had a shocker actually," Bates said of her Geelong Tour for 2006. "I had a crash in training a couple of weeks ago and I did make the comment at the time that I haven't probably fallen off in years, it's probably jinxed me for sure."
Kiwis attack - U.S.A. Team misfires in sprint
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After managing to avoid the on-road incidents, both the New Zealand and U.S.A. national teams looked to be firmly in contention in the final kilometres of today's final stage.
The New Zealanders managed to annoy their Australian rivals as only kiwis can, by sending riders up the road in the final kilometres. With almost enough cyclists in black jerseys to field a rugby team, an attack by New Zealand's Michelle Hyland with four kilometres to go spelt danger for Oenone Wood.
"I don't know how many New Zealanders were in this race but they seemed to be everywhere," Wood said
The jerseys of the stars and stripes were also prominent at the front end of the peloton, but a miss-timed sprint by yesterday's stage winner Tina Mayolo-Pic proved costly.
"We kind of started the lead-out early and we got a bit swarmed around the last corner," the U.S. criterium champion told Cyclingnews. "We were down to one person and Kristin (Armstrong) was going awesome, but it was just too far by the time she blew and people started to come around."
Ina Teutenberg took full advantage of the situation. T-Mobile's champion sprinter continuing her impressive Geelong Tour. A stage win today completing the full-set of podium positions, following yesterday's third placing and second in Tuesday's criterium.
"The U.S. team did a perfect lead-out for Tina but then Sarah Ulmer came by with 400 to go and then Tina got a little nervous," Ina recalled of the final seconds in the race. "She started sprinting already and I was on her wheel and then she perfectly led me out and I could just go to the front with 150 to go and hold it up."
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Best ever performance for Nichols - Rhodes also ready for Geelong World Cup
Perhaps the most inspiring story to emerge from the three day Geelong Tour was the performance of New South Wales Institute of Sport cyclist Kate Nichols.
A member of the A.I.S. team involved in last July's tragedy in Germany, Nichols return to racing continues to build momentum and there was no wiping the smile from her face after claiming one of the intermediate sprints during today's stage.
"I've been really pleased with the tour I think it's my best ever," a beaming Nichols told Cyclingnews. "I'm stoked with how I went in the prologue and I was up there in the crit. In a few road stages I picked up a few sprint points just to try and move up a few places on G.C. and finish in that top ten."
It's been a huge week for the young Australian who is still getting used to competing with Olympic and World Championships and more to the point being up there with them on the road.
"Obviously it's their off season but it's amazing to be amongst them," Nichols said. "I had a go in all areas of the racing, I'm in amongst it and I'm looking forward to the World Cup. Hopefully it'll be tough because that's how I like it."
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Fellow A.I.S. cyclist Alexis Rhodes will also compete in Sunday's Geelong World Cup after enjoying a mixed bag in the three day Geelong Tour.
Today's final stage turned out to be a hard day at the office for the South Australian, whose comeback to the sport has already brought a national criterium championship and medals at the recent national track championships.
"Yesterday was not a bad day for me, today I had a bit of bad luck," Rhodes said. "Someone ran into my rear wheel and pushed it into my frame and I thought I'd broken a spoke, so I sort of stopped and fixed it up. Got back on, then I punctured at the bottom of the hill."
As one of the senior Australian rider in the peloton sees it, the likes of Alexis Rhodes and Kate Nichols can only benefit from racing the Geelong Tour and Geelong World Cup.
Nobili Rubinetterie's Olivia Gollan, the winner of the first Geelong Tour, might not have climbed onto the podium on this occasion, but the presence of such a high class field has been something to celebrate in itself.
"It's really good actually, this is the strongest field I've ever seen in Australia," Gollan told Cyclingnews. "It's so cool to be racing in my home country with 150 girls, most of whom are international. I feel like I'm racing Milan-San Remo."
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The elite of women's cycling will have two days off to recover, dress their wounds and regather strength before contesting the Geelong World Cup on Sunday.
Photography
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Images by John Veage/Geelong Tour
- Riders stream through the Victorian countryside
- Roadside attraction.
- Over-turned trucks aren't a common hazard, even on the backroads of Australia!
- Recent fire has ravaged the forests at Anakie.
- Lyne Bessette (T-Mobile) lies on the ground after her crash.
- Susanne Ljungskog (Team Cheerwine/Bicisport) rides at the head of the peloton.
- Susanne Ljungskog (Team Cheerwine/Bicisport) shows of the colours of Swedish national champion.
- A Team New Zealand rider tackles Mt Wallace
- T-Mobile and team USA riders make the pace
- Lauren Franges (Team USA) climbs Mt Wallace
- Sarah Ulmer (Bike NZ) (r) and Tina Mayola-Pic (Team USA) (2nd r) lead the peloton
- A tumble on Mt Wallace - if you couldn't keep moving on the steep climb, then you needed to be able to clip out double-quick.
- T-Mobile and team USA riders make the pace
- Lauren Franges (Team USA) climbs Mt Wallace
- Sarah Ulmer (Bike NZ) (r) and Tina Mayola-Pic (Team USA) (2nd r) lead the peloton
- Race leader Oenone Wood (Nurnberger) rides away from the peloton on a climb. Wood is known as a sprinter, but is no slouch on the hills, a useful combination.
- Race leader Oenone Wood (Nurnberger) on the way to her third consecutive victory in the Geelong women's Tour.
- Ina Teutenberg (T-Mobile) wins the final stage.
- The podium - Oenone Wood (Nürnberger), Ina Teutenberg (T-Mobile) and Melissa Holt (Bike N.Z.)
- The champagne flows on the podium as race winner Oenone Wood (r) and final stage winner Ina Teutenberg (front) celebrate.
- The champagne shower continues as Mellisa Holt (Bike New Zealand) gets busy with the fizzy
Images by John Flynn/Cyclingnews.com
- Tina Mayola-Pic (U.S. National Team)
- Lyne Bessette before the race start
- Alexis Rhodes getting focussed
- Oenone Wood leads the way on the climb
- Oenone Wood (Nürnberger) would retain the race leader jersey, winning the Geelong Tour for the third time in a row.
- World Cup Champion Oenone Wood
- Olivia Gollan gets out of the saddle
- Esteemed company - Kate Nichols surrounded by Susanne Ljungskog, Lyne Bessette and Judith Arndt
- Susanne Ljungskog on the climb
- Ljungskog feels the strain
- Kimberley Baldwin nearing the summit
- Riders toil up a climb in the parched Victorian countryside.
- Ride or walk - just get over that climb!
- Flattening out the gradient
- Running out of gears
- Australian Claire Baxter rides through the Victorian countryside
- Ina Teutenberg (T-Mobile) takes the win in the final stage
- Sarah Ulmer (Bike NZ)
- Champagne spray for Oenone Wood
- Ina Teutenberg cops a spray from Melissa Holt and Tiffany Cromwell
Results
1 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile 2.59.44 2 Mellisa Holt (NZl) Bike New Zealand 3 Oenone Wood (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 4 Hayley Brown (Aus) Chase Sydney - Smart - Mercedes Benz 5 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Univega Pro Cycling Team 6 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 7 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) USA Cycling Team 8 Martina Corazza (Ita) A S Team FRW 9 Jenny Macpherson (Aus) Australian National Team 10 Annette Beutler (Swi) ELK Haus NÖ 11 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Italian National Team 12 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Cheerwine/Bicisport 13 Emma Rickards (Aus) Univega Pro Cycling Team 14 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant PRO Cycling Team 15 Gina Grain (Can) Giant PRO Cycling Team 16 Tamara Boyd (NZl) Bike New Zealand 17 Sally Cowman (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport 18 Kate Nichols (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport 19 Yan Xia Jiang (Chn) Giant PRO Cycling Team 20 Charlotte Goldsmith (GBr) SAFI - Pasta Zara Manhattan 21 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Russian National Team 22 Helen Kelly (Aus) Team Cheerwine/Bicisport 23 Nikke Egyed (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 24 Susie Wood (NZl) Bike New Zealand 25 Akemi Morimoto (Jpn) Japanese National Team 26 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 27 Magali Le Floch (Fra) T-Mobile 28 Leonie Aisbett (Aus) Chase Sydney - Smart - Mercedes Benz 29 Patricia Schwager (Swi) ELK Haus NÖ 30 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) SAFI - Pasta Zara Manhattan 31 Kori Seehafer (USA) USA Cycling Team 32 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Bike New Zealand 33 Rachel O'Connor (Aus) Key Building - South Coast Academy of Sport 34 Michelle Hyland (NZl) Bike New Zealand 35 Youko Okuda (Jpn) Japanese National Team 36 Sarah Duester (Ger) Univega Pro Cycling Team 37 Brei Gudsell (NZl) Team New Zealand 38 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team 39 Masami Mashimo (Jpn) Japanese National Team 40 Alicia Evans (Aus) Landlink Cycling 41 Katherine Bates (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 42 Kate Mercer (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 43 Vicki Eustace (Aus) Key Building - South Coast Academy of Sport 44 Amy Hunt (GBr) SAFI - Pasta Zara Manhattan 45 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Japan Businessman Cycling Federation 46 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 47 Marta Vilajosana (Spa) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 48 Kimberly Bruckner Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile 49 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Russian National Team 50 Catherine Sell (NZl) Team New Zealand 51 Elodie Tuoffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 52 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 53 Dale Tye (NZl) Team New Zealand 54 Lauren Franges (USA) USA Cycling Team 55 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile 56 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile 57 Rosara Joseph (NZl) Team New Zealand 58 Natalie Bates (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport 59 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 60 Rie Katayama (Jpn) Japan Businessman Cycling Federation 61 Barbel Jungmeier (Aut) ELK Haus NÖ 62 Vera Carrara (Ita) Italian National Team 63 Meredith Miller (USA) USA Cycling Team 64 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Bike New Zealand 65 Xiong Ying Ruan (Chn) Giant PRO Cycling Team 66 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) German National Team 67 Claire Baxter (Aus) ACR-2XU 68 Emma James (Aus) Chase Sydney - Smart - Mercedes Benz 69 Kristen Armstrong (USA) USA Cycling Team 70 Kara Northcott (NZl) Team New Zealand 71 Jemma O'Brien (Aus) Key Building - South Coast Academy of Sport 72 Toireasa Gallagher (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport 73 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Russian National Team 74 Anouska Edwards (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 75 Yun Mei Wu (Chn) Giant PRO Cycling Team 76 Ryoko Yamaguchi (Jpn) Japan Businessman Cycling Federation 77 Sima Trapp (USA) USA Cycling Team 78 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) German National Team 6.34 79 Kate Charge (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport 80 Lisa Gatto (Ita) Italian National Team 81 Kerry Cohen (Aus) Team Cheerwine/Bicisport 82 Trudy Van Der Straaten (Aus) Team Cheerwine/Bicisport 83 Kelly Benjamin (USA) Team Cheerwine/Bicisport 84 Kirsty Bortolin (Aus) ACR-2XU 85 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) A S Team FRW 86 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) Team New Zealand 87 Tatiana Antoschina (Rus) Russian National Team 10.37 88 Hannah Banks (Aus) Australian National Team 11.19 89 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team 90 Isabella Wieser (Aut) ELK Haus NÖ 91 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) German National Team 92 Silvia Valseccai (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 93 Louise Kerr (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 13.25 94 Katrina Hair (GBr) Landlink Cycling 15.18 95 Masumi Sakai (Jpn) Japan Businessman Cycling Federation 96 Laura Pisaneschi (Ita) A S Team FRW 97 Jessie Maclean (Aus) Chase Sydney - Smart - Mercedes Benz 98 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Australian National Team 99 Maryam Rogers (Aus) ACR-2XU 100 Marlen Johrend (Ger) German National Team 101 Kate Cullen (GBr) Landlink Cycling 102 Gessica Turato (Ita) Italian National Team 103 Ombretta Ugolini (Ita) A S Team FRW 104 Kettj Manfrin (Ita) A S Team FRW 105 Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) Italian National Team 106 Eleonora Soldo (Ita) Italian National Team OTL Belinda Diprose (Aus) Key Building - South Coast Academy of Sport 27.51 DNF Takao Nagayama (Jpn) Japan Businessman Cycling Federation DNF Emi Wachi (Jpn) Japan Businessman Cycling Federation DNF Carla Ryan (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport DNF Bridie O'Donnell (Aus) ACR-2XU DNF Jeny Trew (Can) Team Cheerwine/Bicisport DNF Anna Sutton (Aus) Landlink Cycling DNF Anke Wichmann (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung DNF Lyne Bessette (Can) T-Mobile DNF Kerryn Charman (Aus) SAFI - Pasta Zara Manhattan DNF Min Gad (Chn) Giant PRO Cycling Team DNF Emma Mackie (Aus) Australian National Team DNF Irina Zemlyanskaya (Rus) Russian National Team DNF Ayako Toyooka (Jpn) Japanese National Team DNF Nicole Magner (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport DNF Nicole Whittburn (Aus) ACR-2XU DNF Laura Bortolozzi (Aus) Key Building - South Coast Academy of Sport DNF Erin Chamberlen (Aus) Chase Sydney - Smart - Mercedes Benz DNS Priska Doppmann (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team DNS Christiane Soeder (Aut) Univega Pro Cycling Team DNS Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) SAFI - Pasta Zara Manhattan DNS Kanako Nishi (Jpn) Japanese National Team Sprints 1 1 Sarah Duester (Ger) Univega Pro Cycling Team 6 pts 2 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Russian National Team 4 3 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Russian National Team 2 2 1 Mellisa Holt (NZl) Bike New Zealand 6 pts 2 Kate Nichols (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport 4 3 Rachel O'Connor (Aus) Key Building - South Coast Academy of Sport 2 Final General classification 1 Oenone Wood (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 6.11.03 2 Mellisa Holt (NZl) Bike New Zealand 0.05 3 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Russian National Team 0.16 4 Natalie Bates (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport 0.27 5 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile 6 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Bike New Zealand 0.29 7 Katherine Bates (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.34 8 Kristen Armstrong (USA) USA Cycling Team 0.38 9 Kate Nichols (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport 0.44 10 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile 0.47 11 Annette Beutler (Swi) ELK Haus NÖ 0.50 12 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 0.53 13 Tamara Boyd (NZl) Bike New Zealand 0.54 14 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Cheerwine/Bicisport 15 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 16 Jenny Macpherson (Aus) Australian National Team 0.55 17 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) USA Cycling Team 0.56 18 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Japan Businessman Cycling Federation 0.58 19 Kori Seehafer (USA) USA Cycling Team 20 Kimberly Bruckner Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile 21 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Univega Pro Cycling Team 22 Susie Wood (NZl) Bike New Zealand 1.00 23 Sarah Duester (Ger) Univega Pro Cycling Team 1.01 24 Rosara Joseph (NZl) Team New Zealand 1.05 25 Sally Cowman (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport 26 Michelle Hyland (NZl) Bike New Zealand 1.08 27 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Bike New Zealand 28 Hayley Brown (Aus) Chase Sydney - Smart - Mercedes Benz 1.09 29 Emma Rickards (Aus) Univega Pro Cycling Team 1.11 30 Emma James (Aus) Chase Sydney - Smart - Mercedes Benz 31 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 1.14 32 Vicki Eustace (Aus) Key Building - South Coast Academy of Sport 33 Gina Grain (Can) Giant PRO Cycling Team 1.15 34 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Italian National Team 1.23 35 Akemi Morimoto (Jpn) Japanese National Team 1.31 36 Helen Kelly (Aus) Team Cheerwine/Bicisport 1.33 37 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) SAFI - Pasta Zara Manhattan 1.47 38 Magali Le Floch (Fra) T-Mobile 1.48 39 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile 2.30 40 Dale Tye (NZl) Team New Zealand 2.53 41 Vera Carrara (Ita) Italian National Team 2.54 42 Catherine Sell (NZl) Team New Zealand 2.56 43 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Russian National Team 3.01 44 Elodie Tuoffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 3.03 45 Nikke Egyed (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 3.13 46 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant PRO Cycling Team 3.20 47 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3.28 48 Ryoko Yamaguchi (Jpn) Japan Businessman Cycling Federation 3.50 49 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Russian National Team 50 Leonie Aisbett (Aus) Chase Sydney - Smart - Mercedes Benz 3.51 51 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 3.57 52 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) German National Team 4.16 53 Amy Hunt (GBr) SAFI - Pasta Zara Manhattan 4.28 54 Martina Corazza (Ita) A S Team FRW 4.37 55 Masami Mashimo (Jpn) Japanese National Team 4.47 56 Claire Baxter (Aus) ACR-2XU 5.07 57 Brei Gudsell (NZl) Team New Zealand 5.12 58 Anouska Edwards (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 5.15 59 Barbel Jungmeier (Aut) ELK Haus NÖ 60 Meredith Miller (USA) USA Cycling Team 5.22 61 Sima Trapp (USA) USA Cycling Team 5.23 62 Toireasa Gallagher (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport 63 Kate Mercer (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 5.27 64 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team 5.28 65 Yun Mei Wu (Chn) Giant PRO Cycling Team 5.32 66 Marta Vilajosana (Spa) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 5.35 67 Kara Northcott (NZl) Team New Zealand 5.37 68 Yan Xia Jiang (Chn) Giant PRO Cycling Team 5.44 69 Charlotte Goldsmith (GBr) SAFI - Pasta Zara Manhattan 5.48 70 Rachel O'Connor (Aus) Key Building - South Coast Academy of Sport 5.52 71 Patricia Schwager (Swi) ELK Haus NÖ 5.53 72 Youko Okuda (Jpn) Japanese National Team 5.54 73 Rie Katayama (Jpn) Japan Businessman Cycling Federation 5.55 74 Alicia Evans (Aus) Landlink Cycling 6.00 75 Jemma O'Brien (Aus) Key Building - South Coast Academy of Sport 6.10 76 Xiong Ying Ruan (Chn) Giant PRO Cycling Team 6.22 77 Lauren Franges (USA) USA Cycling Team 7.16 78 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) A S Team FRW 8.36 79 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) Team New Zealand 11.12 80 Kelly Benjamin (USA) Team Cheerwine/Bicisport 11.14 81 Kate Charge (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport 11.58 82 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) German National Team 12.07 83 Trudy Van Der Straaten (Aus) Team Cheerwine/Bicisport 12.09 84 Kerry Cohen (Aus) Team Cheerwine/Bicisport 12.15 85 Lisa Gatto (Ita) Italian National Team 12.27 86 Kirsty Bortolin (Aus) ACR-2XU 13.18 87 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team 14.26 88 Hannah Banks (Aus) Australian National Team 14.48 89 Tatiana Antoschina (Rus) Russian National Team 15.55 90 Silvia Valseccai (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 17.08 91 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) German National Team 17.12 92 Isabella Wieser (Aut) ELK Haus NÖ 17.48 93 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Australian National Team 18.15 94 Kate Cullen (GBr) Landlink Cycling 18.49 95 Louise Kerr (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 18.54 96 Maryam Rogers (Aus) ACR-2XU 20.05 97 Kettj Manfrin (Ita) A S Team FRW 20.37 98 Jessie Maclean (Aus) Chase Sydney - Smart - Mercedes Benz 20.41 99 Gessica Turato (Ita) Italian National Team 20.52 100 Marlen Johrend (Ger) German National Team 21.12 101 Eleonora Soldo (Ita) Italian National Team 21.23 102 Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) Italian National Team 21.52 103 Masumi Sakai (Jpn) Japan Businessman Cycling Federation 22.01 104 Ombretta Ugolini (Ita) A S Team FRW 22.13 105 Laura Pisaneschi (Ita) A S Team FRW 23.02 106 Katrina Hair (GBr) Landlink Cycling 30.45 Sprint classification 1 Oenone Wood (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 34 pts 2 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile 24 3 Mellisa Holt (NZl) Bike New Zealand 24 4 Kate Nichols (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport 10 5 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Russian National Team 10 6 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) USA Cycling Team 8 7 Rachel O'Connor (Aus) Key Building - South Coast Academy of Sport 8 8 Sarah Duester (Ger) Univega Pro Cycling Team 6 9 Emma Rickards (Aus) Univega Pro Cycling Team 6 10 Gina Grain (Can) Giant PRO Cycling Team 4 11 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Bike New Zealand 4 12 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Univega Pro Cycling Team 4 13 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Russian National Team 4 Best young rider 1 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) SAFI - Pasta Zara Manhattan 6.12.50 2 Amy Hunt (GBr) SAFI - Pasta Zara Manhattan 2.41 3 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team 12.39 4 Hannah Banks (Aus) Australian National Team 13.01 5 Louise Kerr (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 17.07 6 Marlen Johrend (Ger) German National Team 19.25 7 Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) Italian National Team 20.05
