2nd Wellington World Cup - CDM

New Zealand, March 5, 2006

Photography

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Images by Mike Heydon/www.jetphotography.co.nz

• World Cup leader Ina Teutenberg before the start of the Wellington Round of the Womens World Cup.
• New Zealander Mellisa Holt before the start of the Wellington Round of the Womens World Cup.
• The main bunch riding through the city during the Wellington Round of the Womens World Cup.
• The main bunch riding through the city during the Wellington Round of the Womens World Cup.
• The main bunch rides through the start-finish gate otside parliamant during the Wellington Round of the Womens World Cup.
• Three riders attempted to chase down Sarah Ulmer in the closing laps of the Wellington Round of the Womens World Cup.
• Sarah Ulmer riding to victory in the Wellington Round of the Womens World Cup.
• Sarah Ulmer crosses the line to win the Wellington Round of the Womens World Cup.
• The podium - Ina Teutenberg, Sarah Ulmer and Oenone Wood.
• Sarah Ulmer was all smiles after winning the Wellington Round of the Womens World Cup.

Images by Jeff Lyall

• The field toils up Boulcott St
• Baerbell Jungmeier (Elk Haus Noe) gives chase
• Up close and personal with the peloton
• Antoschina Tatiana (Russia) with the bunch as they crest Boulcott St
• Toyooka Ayako (Japan) on one of the climbs.
• Tamara Boyd (New Zealand) tries for an early break
• Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) breaks away
• Sarah Ulmer gives full gas.
• Michelle Hyland (New Zealand) was one of Ulmer's team-mates policing the bunch
• Sarah Ulmer crests Boulcott St
• The chasing trio
• with 1 to go, Sarah Ulmer knows she has the race in the bag
• Sarah Ulmer grins as she comes in to the finish in front of an ecstatic home crowd
• Oenone Wood (Nurnberger) hammers home for second place

Images by Paul Millin

• Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand)
• Ina Teutenberg (T-Mobile)
• Oenone Wood (Nurnberger)
• Susie Wood (New Zealand)
• Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand)
• Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand)
• Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand)
• Sigrid Corneo (Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas)
• The chasers
• Race action
• Robyn Wong (Wholly Bagels)
• There was nothing cautious about the way Ulmer attacked and stayed away.
• Okuda Youko (Jpn) and Marta Villatosana (Nobili Rubinetterie)
• New Zealand riders police the bunch to protect Ulmer's escape.
• Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) - not parking.
• Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) - on the way to her first World Cup win.
• Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) - celebrates as she crosses the line.
• Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) - understandably delighted to have won.
• Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) - will probably be grinning for a month.
• Oenone Wood (Nurnberger) winds up in the finale
• Oenone Wood (Nurnberger) wins the sprint for second

Images by CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net

• The race is ready to go, in the grounds of New Zealand's Parliament
• World Cup leader Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (T-Mobile)
• Sarah Ulmer rolls out in the bunch in front of the building which is famously known as "The Beehive"
• The podium - Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (T-Mobile), Sarah Ulmer (NZ), Oenone Wood (Équipe Nürnberger)
• I think it suits me
• The gardens of Parliament provide a foreground to the start / finish area
• Miho Oki (Nobili Rubinetterie) was lying second overall going into the Wellington race
• Toni Bradshaw (NZ) made an early attempt to get away, but was reeled back in
• Susie Wood (NZ) was to have been a player in the New Zealand team's plans, but was involved in a crash early on
• Kate Bates (Équipe Nürnberger) ahead of Ina-Yoko Teutenberg and Kimberly Bruckner Baldwin (T-Mobile)
• Judith Arndt 'polices' Kate Bates as she tries to go ahead of the bunch with a handful of laps to go
• Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (T-Mobile) and 2005 World Cup winner, Oenone Wood (Équipe Nürnberger)
• A very happy Sarah Ulmer approaches the finish line
• Ulmer - a brilliant victory
• Oenone Wood keeps some young fans happy

Images by Craig Wadsworth

• Katie Bates showing solidarity with the AIS riders
• Speed! The peloton takes the corner at the bottom of The Terrace.
• The start of the first selection – Cooke, Wood and Ulmer break the peloton
• Nicole Cooke tests the peloton’s legs – and Melissa Holt marks her for New Zealand
• Sarah Ulmer looking relaxed on the Bowen St climb – next lap she broke away from the bunch, not to be caught again
• The peloton on the Bowen St climb
• A group of three chasers formed between Ulmer and the peloton – including Nathalie Bates and Baerbell Jungmeir
• The only time in the race that Sarah Ulmer gave any hint of the mammoth effort that she was putting in …
• Amy Mosen with a different sort of race face …
• Local fans cheered Sarah Ulmer all the way round the course
• Oenone Wood attacked on the climb, hoping to bridge to the chasers …
• … but the main pack wasn’t going to let another top rider get away today
• Sarah Ulmer - focused on the Boulcott St hill
• The two chasers kept fighting till the end, and were caught on the last lap through Parliament grounds
• The loneliness of the long distance bike rider … Marta Villatosana with two laps to go
• The epitome of professionalism – despite having a 5 minute lead, Sarah Ulmer changes up for the run to the line with 200m to go
• The bunch winds up for the final sprint – Wood, Kiesanowski and Teutenberg fighting it out

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