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5th GP Feminas Castilla y Leon - CDM
Spain, May 7, 2006
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Second consecutive win for Cooke
By Kristy Scrymgeour
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Nicole Cooke (Univega) took her second consecutive World Cup round today, winning the uphill sprint finish from Judith Arndt (T-Mobile) and last year's winner Susanne Ljunskog (Buitenpoort Flexpoint). Her win opens up her World Cup Series lead significantly going into Round 7 in Montreal in a few weeks' time.
The first 90km of racing was held over a large loop outside the town of Valladolid. Attacks were going all day, but nothing really stuck until the last climb of the large loop, before the race hit the finishing circuits, when Noemi Cantele (Bigla Cycling Team) attacked and made a minute on the field, allowing her teammates Zoulfia Zabirova and Nicole Brandli to sit in.
With 37km remaining, the race hit the tough finishing circuits and Cantele mangaged to hold off the Univega chase until two laps to go. By then only a small group remained in the front. Edwige Pitel (Bianchi Aliverti Kookai) and Priska Doppmann (Univega) were both very aggressive in the final two laps. Pitel's second attack, which countered an attack from Arndt, caused Oenone Wood (Nurnberger Versicherung) to get dropped on the climb final climb and Joanne Kiesanowski (Univega) drove the pace hard for her teammate Cooke.
With only eight riders remaining up front, Pitel attacked again with 1km to go but in the end it was Cooke who came through edging out Arndt for the win and taking another victory for the Univega team. Arndt's second placing will move her right up in the overall standings going into Montreal.
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Most of the teams will now head to southern France for Tour de L'Aude, a race that Arndt has won twice and then on to Montreal. Arndt and Cooke have both come second to Genevieve Jeanson in that race, so we are likely to see another battle between to two come late May.
Photography
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Images by CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net
- A smile from Kathy Watt (Lotto Belisol)
- Oenone Wood (Équipe Nürnberger) concentrating in the bunch
- Nicole Cooke (Univega) in the World Cup series leader's jersey
- Edita Puckinskaite (Nobili)
- Kimberly Bruckner Baldwin (T-Mobile) checks her race data as she finishes
- Emma Rickards congratulates team-mate Cooke
- The church at Vilella - part of the beautiful countryside this race passed through
- Australian road champion, Kate Bates (Équipe Nürnberger) checks out the steep hill on the first time around the finishing circuit
- The bunch at full speed up the finishing circuit hill
- World road race Champion, Regina Schleicher (Équipe Nürnberger) in the bunch with 7km to go
- The victory salute from a delighted Nicole Cooke (Univega) ahead of Judith Arndt (T-Mobile) and Susanne Ljungskog (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint)
- The British road race champion shows off her race winner prizes prior to receiving a new World Cup series leader's jersey to take to the next round in Montreal
Results
1 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Univega Pro Cycling Team 3.22.42 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 3 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 4 Theresa Senff (Ger) AA-Drink Cycling Team 5 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 6 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 7 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 0.04 8 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 0.05 9 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 0.11 10 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Univega Pro Cycling Team 0.15 11 Oenone Wood (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.31 12 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Russian National Team 13 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 14 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team 15 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 16 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 17 Sharon Van Dromme (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 18 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus Nö 0.34 19 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 20 Sofie Goor (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 21 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 0.36 22 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 23 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 24 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.38 25 Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 1.05 26 Adrie Visser (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 27 Zoulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 28 Kimberly Bruckner Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 29 Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team 1.07 30 Volha Hayeva (Blr) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 1.10 31 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 2.34 32 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 33 Andrea Knecht (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 4.13 34 Sarah Düster (Ger) Univega Pro Cycling Team 35 Belen Lopez (Spa) Spanish National Team 36 Helen Kelly (Aus) Elk Haus Nö 4.15 37 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Elk Haus Nö 38 Anna Zugno (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 39 Katia Longhin (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 40 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Russian National Team 41 Inge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 42 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 43 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 44 Emma Johansson (Swe) Bizkaia-Panda 45 Emma Rickards (Aus) Univega Pro Cycling Team 46 Trine Hansen (Den) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 47 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 48 Sarah Grab (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team 49 Josephine Groenveld (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 50 Daniela Fusar Poli (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 51 Miek Vyncke (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 52 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Russian National Team 53 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda 54 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda 55 Ana Henestrosa (Spa) Spanish National Team 56 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 57 Angela Brodtka (Ger) AA-Drink Cycling Team 58 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 4.20 59 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 60 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 4.21 61 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 62 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 4.26 63 Kathryn Watt (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 5.59 64 Siobhan Dervan (Irl) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 7.05 65 Xiong Ying Ruan (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 66 Nekane Lasa (Spa) 7.16 67 Claire Baxter (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 8.25 68 Yunmei Wu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 69 Naiara Telletxea Lopez (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda 70 Leticia Gil Parra (Spa) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 9.50 71 Yanxia Jiang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 11.04 72 Ana Belen Garcia (Spa) Spanish National Team 73 Alicia Palop Rubio (Spa) 11.24 74 Anna Sanchis Chafer (Spa) 11.31 75 Lise Christensen (Den) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 12.07 76 Isabella Wieser (Aut) Elk Haus Nö 77 Fatima Blazquez Lozano (Spa) 12.45 78 Silvia Tirado Marquez (Spa) Spanish National Team 13.23 79 Arantzazu Azpiroz (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda 14.31 80 Maitane Telletxea Lopez (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Starters: 112 Classified: 80
World Cup standings
1 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Univega Pro Cycling Team 219 pts 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 145 3 Oenone Wood (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 140 4 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 120 5 Zoulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 105 6 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 92 7 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus Nö 79 8 Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel (Ned) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 75 9 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) 75 10 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 75 11 Theresa Senff (Ger) AA-Drink Cycling Team 63 12 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 60 13 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Univega Pro Cycling Team 59 14 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 59 15 Tina Mayolo Pic (USA) 57 16 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 55 17 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) 53 18 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Univega Pro Cycling Team 52 19 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 51 20 Katherine Bates (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 35 21 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 34 22 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs-Colnago 34 23 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) A.S. Team F.R.W 32 24 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 30 25 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 27 26 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 27 27 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 27 28 Tamara Boyd (NZl) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 26 29 Gina Grain (Can) Giant Pro Cycling 24 30 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 23 31 Sofie Goor (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 22 32 Marianne Vos (Ned) 21 33 Sharon Van Dromme (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 15 34 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team 15 35 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 14 36 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 13 37 An Van Rie (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 11 38 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Saccarelli Emu Marsciano 11 39 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 10 40 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 9 41 Hayley Brown (Aus) 8 42 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) A.S. Team F.R.W 7 43 Sarah Düster (Ger) Univega Pro Cycling Team 6 44 Emma Rickards (Aus) Univega Pro Cycling Team 6 45 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 6 46 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 5 47 Volha Hayeva (Blr) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 5 48 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 4 49 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 4 50 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 3 51 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 3 52 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) 3 53 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 2 54 Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team 2 55 Melissa Holt (NZl) 2 56 Kate Nichols (Aus) 2 57 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 1 58 Olga Zabelinskaya (Rus) Fenixs-Colnago 1 59 Nikki Egyed (Aus) 1 60 Catherine Sell (NZl) 1 Teams 1 Univega Pro Cycling Team 357 pts 2 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 265 3 Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 234 4 Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 226 5 Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 175 6 Bigla Cycling Team 160 7 New Zealand National Team 107 8 Russian National Team 80 9 Elk Haus Nö 79 10 AA-Drink Cycling Team 72 11 Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 60 12 Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 40 13 Giant Pro Cycling 39 14 A.S. Team F.R.W 39 15 Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 38 16 USA National Team 30 17 Dutch National Team 21 18 Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 14 19 Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 14 20 Italian National Team 11 21 Fenixs-Colnago 8 22 German National Team 3
