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The Ladies Golden Hour - CDM
Denmark, July 30, 2006
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Univega increases Cooke's lead again
By Kristy Scrymgeour
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The Univega team continued its success today, using its collective time-trial abilities to win in the eighth round of the Women's World Cup series in Denmark. The victory not only increases Univega's lead in the team's classification, but also increases the already significant lead of Nicole Cooke in the individual standings.
For the first time in the history of the series, the race was in the form of a team time trial. Starting in the town of Århus, the women set out on a 41km out and back course. The terrain was slightly rolling and the roads were smooth. With only three turns to negotiate at the start, the course was not technical and the wind was only slight, not having too much of an effect. At the hald way point the course deviated to do a small loop before turning back on to the same road for the journey home.
Local Team Jylland was the first to start and finish, setting the time to beat at 59'01. As time passed, the marks gradually dropped and about half way through, Team AA Drink set an impressive time of 53'25. The race, however, was still out on the road and the battle was between Univega and Buitenpoort Flexpoint.
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The Buitenpoort Flexpoint girls started fast and were ahead at the first time check. By the midway point, Univega had fought back and led Buitenpoort by seven seconds. With only seconds between them the whole way home, Univega held on to win by only two seconds. Whilst first and second place were extremely close, they took over a minute on third place AA Drink. Nurnberger and T-Mobile came in very closely behind to take fourth and fifth places respectively.
The final three rounds of the World Cup will take place over three consecutive weekend starting with Plouay on August 26. Cooke now has a 118 point lead over T-Mobile's Judith Arndt going into round 9 and her Univega team has a 171 point lead over Buitenpoort in the Team classification.
Photography
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- @Work Cycling Team led by Loës Markerink start
- Buitenpoort-Flexpoint gets into formation
- T-Mobile out on the course
- Congratulations amongst Team Univega
- Team Bianchi Aliverti Kookai
- Suzanne de Goede leads AA Drink away
- Vlaanderen Caprisonne with 15km to go
- UCI President, Pat McQuaid with World Cup leader, Nicole Cooke (Univega)
- A team with many jerseys the Univega champions
- AA Drink team on the podium
- Buitenpoort-Flexpoint second by 2 seconds
- Univega Pro Cycling (L-R): Sarah Düster, Karin Thürig, Priska Doppmann, Jo Kiesanowski, Christiane Soeder, Nicole Cooke
Images by Frank Rud Jensen/www.cykel-sport.dk
- Univega Pro Cycling celebrating its win
- UCI President, Pat McQuaid
Results
1 Univega Pro Cycling Team 52.03 Nicole Cooke Priska Doppmann Christiane Soeder Karin Thürig Joanne Kiesanowski 2 Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 0.02 Linda Villumsen Serup Susanne Ljungskog Annette Beutler Loes Gunnewijk Amber Neben 3 Aa-Drink Cycling Team 1.21 Theresa Senff Suzanne De Goede Kirsten Wild Adrie Visser 4 Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.22 Katherine Bates Oenone Wood Trixi Worrack Eva Lutz 5 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 1.35 Judith Arndt Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Amy Moore Kimberly Baldwin Kimberly Anderson 6 Bigla Cycling Team 2.02 Nicole Brändli Andrea Graus Monica Holler Zulfia Zabirova 7 Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 3.40 Olivia Gollan Miho Oki Elodie Touffet Edita Pucinskaite 8 Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 4.24 Lise Horslund Christensen Mette Fischer Andersen Trine Hansen Dorte Lohse Rasmussen 9 Vlaanderen - Caprisonne - T Interim 4.25 Sofie Goor Debby Mansveld Laure Werner Sharon Van Dromme Evy Van Damme 10 Vienne Futuroscope 4.43 Karine Gautard Nathalie Jeuland Nikki Egyed Sonia Bazire 11 Giant Pro Cycling 5.30 Mei Fang Li Li Wang Jing Chen Pu Xiang Zheng Yong Li Liu Yun Mei Wu 12 @Work Cycling Team 5.31 Loes Markerink Jaccolien Wallaard Debby Van De Berg Liesbeth Bakker 13 Norway 5.41 Kristine Saastad Froydis Meen Warstad Hege Linn Eie Vatland Linn Torp 14 Bizkaia - Panda Software - Durango 6.37 Emma Johansson Maitane Telletxea Lopez Naiara Telletxea Lopez Gema Pascual Torrecilla 15 Team Fbuk 6.43 Catherine Hare Helen Wyman Gabriella Day Yolandi Du Toit Line-Rene Ramsrud 16 Team Jylland Fyn 6.58 Annette Dam Maria Helena Bornak Jannie Schmidt Nikoline Hansen 17 Poland 7.22 Malgorzta Jasinska Monika Krawczyk Magdalena Zamolska Aleksandra Wnuczek Aleksandra Zabrocka DNF Sarah Düster (Ger) Univega Pro Cycling Team DNF Magali Le Floch (Fra) T-Mobile Professional Cycling DNF Tina Liebig (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung DNF Anke Wichmann (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung DNF Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team DNF Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas DNF Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas DNF Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team DNF Lidia Arcangeli (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team DNF Angela Brodtka (Ger) AA-Drink Cycling Team DNF Natalie Bates (Aus) AA-Drink Cycling Team DNF Maja Adamsen (Den) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai DNF Edwige Pitel (Fra) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai DNF Emma Davies (GBr) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim DNF Judith Helmink (Ned) @Work Cycling Team DNF Linda Ringlever (Ned) @Work Cycling Team DNF Arantzazu Azpiroz Azpiroz (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Software - Durango DNF Nekane Lasa Agirre (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Software - Durango DNF Marina Jaunatre (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope DNF Mélanie Bravard (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope DNF Emma Silversides (GBr) Team FBUK DNF Martyna Rynska (Pol) Polish National Team DNF Johanne T Friestad Bergseth (Nor) Norwegian National Team DNF Tone E Walskaar (Nor) Norwegian National Team DNF Maria Kruse (Den) Team Jylland Fyn DNF Sanne Schmidt (Den) Team Jylland Fyn
World Cup standings
1 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Univega Pro Cycling Team 354 pts 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 236 3 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 197 4 Oenone Wood (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 170 5 Annette Beutler (Swi) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 166 6 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 136 7 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 128 8 Zulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 120 9 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Univega Pro Cycling Team 99 10 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 93 11 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 90 12 Theresa Senff (Ger) AA-Drink Cycling Team 88 13 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Univega Pro Cycling Team 87 14 Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel (Ned) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 75 15 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) 75 16 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 74 17 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 70 18 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team 58 19 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 57 20 Tina Mayolo Pic (USA) 57 21 Katherine Bates (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 55 22 Karin Thürig (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team 53 23 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Fenixs-Colnago 53 24 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 50 25 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 45 26 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 45 27 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 41 28 Kirsten Wild (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 40 29 Kristin Armstrong (USA) 35 30 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 34 31 Sofie Goor (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 34 32 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs-Colnago 34 33 Adrie Visser (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 32 34 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) A.S. Team F.R.W 32 35 Linda Villumsen Serup (Den) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 30 36 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 27 37 Sharon Van Dromme (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 27 38 Tamara Boyd (NZl) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 26 39 Angela Brodtka (Ger) AA-Drink Cycling Team 24 40 Erinne Willock (Can) 24 41 Gina Grain (Can) Giant Pro Cycling 24 42 Kimberly Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 23 43 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 23 44 Magali Le Floch (Fra) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 21 45 Susan Palmer-Komar (Can) 21 46 Marianne Vos (Ned) 21 47 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 20 48 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 20 49 Christine Thorburn (USA) 18 50 Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team 17 51 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 16 52 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 16 53 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 16 54 Evy Van Damme (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 15 55 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 15 56 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 14 57 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 14 58 Lise Horslund Christensen (Den) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 13 59 Trine Hansen (Den) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 13 60 Mette Fischer Andersen (Den) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 13 61 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 13 62 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 12 63 Nikki Egyed (Aus) Vienne Futuroscope 12 64 Sonia Bazire (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 11 65 Karine Gautard (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 11 66 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 11 67 Kori Kelley Sehafer (USA) 11 68 An Van Rie (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 11 69 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Saccarelli Emu Marsciano 11 70 Mei Fang Li (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 10 71 Pu Xiang Zheng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 10 72 Li Wang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 10 73 Yong Li Liu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 10 74 Yun Mei Wu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 10 75 Jing Chen (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 10 76 Rachel Heal (GBr) 10 77 Debby Van De Berg (Ned) @Work Cycling Team 9 78 Jaccolien Wallaard (Ned) @Work Cycling Team 9 79 Loes Markerink (Ned) @Work Cycling Team 9 80 Liesbeth Bakker (Ned) @Work Cycling Team 9 81 Katia Longhin (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 9 82 Alex Wrubleski (Can) 9 83 Linn Torp (Nor) 8 84 Hege Linn Eie Vatland (Nor) 8 85 Froydis Meen Warstad (Nor) 8 86 Kristine Saastad (Nor) 8 87 Hayley Brown (Aus) 8 88 Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Software - Durango 7 89 Maitane Telletxea Lopez (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Software - Durango 7 90 Naiara Telletxea Lopez (Spa) Bizkaia - Panda Software - Durango 7 91 Emma Johansson (Swe) Bizkaia - Panda Software - Durango 7 92 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) A.S. Team F.R.W 7 93 Helen Wyman (GBr) Team FBUK 6 94 Catherine Hare (GBr) Team FBUK 6 95 Gabriella Day (GBr) Team FBUK 6 96 Line-Rene Ramsrud (Nor) Team FBUK 6 97 Yolandi Du Toit (RSA) Team FBUK 6 98 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 6 99 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Elk Haus Nö 6 100 Sarah Düster (Ger) Univega Pro Cycling Team 6 101 Emma Rickards (Aus) Univega Pro Cycling Team 6 102 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 6 103 Annette Dam (Den) 5 104 Jannie Schmidt (Den) 5 105 Nikoline Hansen (Den) 5 106 Maria Helena Bornak (Den) 5 107 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 5 108 Volha Hayeva (Blr) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 5 109 Malgorzta Jasinska (Pol) 4 110 Monika Krawczyk (Pol) 4 111 Aleksandra Zabrocka (Pol) 4 112 Magdalena Zamolska (Pol) 4 113 Aleksandra Wnuczek (Pol) 4 114 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 4 115 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 4 116 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 4 117 Xiong Ying Ruan (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 3 118 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 3 119 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) 3 120 Jenny Macpherson (Aus) Elk Haus Nö 2 121 Johanna Buick (NZl) Fenixs-Colnago 2 122 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 2 123 Melissa Holt (NZl) 2 124 Kate Nichols (Aus) 2 125 Leigh Hobson (Can) 1 126 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 1 127 Olga Zabelinskaya (Rus) 1 128 Catherine Sell (NZl) 1 Teams 1 Univega Pro Cycling Team 628 pts 2 Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 457 3 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 432 4 Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 373 5 Bigla Cycling Team 255 6 Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 235 7 AA-Drink Cycling Team 229 8 Elk Haus Nö 117 9 Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 112 10 New Zealand National Team 109 11 Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 97 12 Giant Pro Cycling 87 13 Russian National Team 80 14 Vienne Futuroscope 44 15 Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 40 16 A.S. Team F.R.W 39 17 @Work Cycling Team 36 18 Norwegian National Team 32 19 Canadian National Team 30 20 USA National Team 30 21 Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 29 22 Bizkaia - Panda Software - Durango 28 23 Team FBUK 24 24 Dutch National Team 21 25 Polish National Team 16 26 Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 14 27 Italian National Team 11 28 Fenixs-Colnago 8 29 German National Team 3
