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Le Tour du Grand Montréal - 2.1

Canada, May 29-June 1, 2006

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Stage 1 - May 29: Lachine ITT, 11km

Thorburn takes the early lead

By Kirsten Robbins in Montreal, Canada

Christine Thorburn (Webcor)
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Webcor's Christine Thorburn has won the Tour du Grand Montreal opening time trial for the second year in a row.

The top women in the world arrived to begin the Tour du Grand Montreal time trial this morning just one day after the completion of Saturday's Montreal World Cup.

The time trail changed drastically from the previous years two-kilometer prologue. This year it was held in Lachine along a very technical four-kilometer circuit that included twelve corners. The circuit was to be completed two and a half times before veering off to the finishing straight away, for a total distance of eleven kilometers.

Thorburn told Cyclingnews, "like everyone, I was nervous about doing two laps with so many riders on the course at the same time. There were pedestrians on the course and I just tried to pay attention and not be a chicken through the corners."

Thorburn posted a time of fourteen minutes and fifty seconds. Hot on her trails were the TEAm Lipton duo Kori Seehafer, at fourteen minutes and fifty-eight seconds and Kristin Armstrong in fifteen minutes and one second.

Thorburn also won the prologue here last year despite the very different course. "Last year I did more track work in the early season which was an advantage for me," said Thorburn. "This year's course had a lot of turns and I have been working on getting better at them. It is an odd distance because we usually do really short or long effort so it was harder to pace your self for this type of distance."

Tomorrow the women will race the one hundred and seventeen kilometer Rigaud Road Race. It is a demanding course with two significant climbs.

The podium
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Photography

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Results

1 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor-Platinum                                14.49
2 Kori Seehafer (USA) Lipton                                               0.09
3 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Lipton                                           0.11
4 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                              0.18
5 Rachel Heal (GBr) Victory Brewing                                        0.24
6 Grace Fleury (USA) Lipton                                                0.26
7 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile                                                  
8 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Canadian national team                              0.28
9 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai                   
10 Anne Samplonius (Can) Biovail                                           0.31
11 Kimberly Bruckner Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile                                0.32
12 Felicia Gomez (Can) Webcor-Platinum                                     0.34
13 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung                                   
14 Leigh Hobson (Can) Victory Brewing                                      0.37
15 Alison Shanks (NZl) New Zealand national team                           0.38
16 Christina Ruiter (USA) Victory Brewing                                  0.39
17 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing                                    0.41
18 Meredith Miller (USA) Lipton                                            0.42
19 Jessica Phillips  (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system                       0.43
20 Katheryn Curi (USA) Webcor-Platinum                                     0.46
21 Katharine Carroll (USA) Victory Brewing                                 0.48
22 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile                                        0.53
23 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                     
24 Anna Tratnyek (Can) Canadian national team                              0.54
25 Marisa Asplund (USA) Colorado Premier Training                          0.55
26 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile                                                0.58
27 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor-Platinum                                    0.59
28 Katie Mactier (Aus) Argon 18 -Champion system                           1.01
29 Liza Rachetto (USA) Lipton                                              1.04
30 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus No                                       1.05
31 Nicky Wangsgard (USA) Colorado Premier Training                         1.06
32 Jennifer Stephenson (Can) Biovail                                       1.09
33 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand national team                              
34 Joanie Caron (Can) Équipe du Québec                                         
35 Heather Lamson (Can) Canadian national team                             1.10
36 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai                 
37 Lisa Sweeney (Can) Colorado Premier Training                            1.11
38 Claudia Hecht (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                             1.15
39 Tamara Boyd NSZ19800213  Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai        1.21
40 Alison Testroete (Can) Canadian national team                               
41 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                1.23
42 Moriah Macgregor (Can) Canadian national team                               
43 Christina Becker (Ger) T-Mobile                                             
44 Katherine Bates (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung                           1.25
45 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Équipe du Québec                                       
46 Christen King (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system                           1.26
47 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Équipe du Québec                                 1.28
48 Krystal Jeffs (Can) Canadian national team                              1.29
49 Emilie Roy (Can) Équipe du Québec                                       1.30
50 Gussepina Grassi (Mex) Mexican national team                            1.31
51 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                     
52 Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas           
53 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Colorado Premier Training                            
54 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Argon 18 -Champion system                          1.32
55 Helen Kelly (Aus) Elk Haus No                                               
56 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                               1.33
57 Amanda Shaw (Can) Biovail                                               1.35
58 Kami Tremblay (USA) Colorado Premier Training                               
59 Kirsten Robbins (Can) Victory Brewing                                   1.38
60 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                             1.39
61 Dale Tye (NZl) New Zealand national team                                1.41
62 Stephanie Bourbeau (Can) Biovail                                        1.44
63 Min Gao (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                             
64 Gina Grain (Can) Giant pro cycling                                      1.45
65 Milena Pirola (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                 1.46
66 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                      1.48
67 Joëlle Numainville (Can) Biovail                                        1.52
68 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Elk Haus No                                     1.53
69 Maribel Diaz (Mex) Mexican national team                                    
70 Barbara Zimich (Can) BC Coastal                                         1.54
71 Xiangyin Ruan (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                       
72 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai     
73 Julie Bellerose (Can) Ann Arbor Velo club                               1.57
74 Marie-Pier Bédard (Can) Équipe du Québec                                    
75 Alexandra Le Henaff (Fra) Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai       1.58
76 Amy Mosen (NZl) New Zealand national team                               2.02
77 Alena Radomsky (Can) BC Coastal                                         2.03
78 Leah Guloien (Can) BC Coastal                                               
79 Yunmei Wu (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                       2.05
80 Michelle Beltran (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system                            
81 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                       2.13
82 Élisa Gagnon (Can) Équipe du Québec                                     2.14
83 Johanna Buick (NZl) New Zealand national team                           2.17
84 Marie-Caroline Côté (Can) Cascades                                      2.21
85 Yanxia Jiang (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                    2.22
86 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile                                           2.23
87 Christina Briante (Can) BC Coastal                                      2.32
88 Betina Hold (Can) Webcor-Platinum                                           
89 Jodi Bilek-Deville (Can) Cascades                                       2.39
90 Megan Elliott (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system                           2.41
91 Karin Ruso (Aut) Elk Haus No                                            2.44
92 Berenice Castro (Mex) Mexican national team                             2.59
93 Anna Garnette (Can) Biovail                                             3.00
94 Dawn Lovejoy (USA) Ann Arbor Velo club                                  3.03
95 Laura Johnson (USA) Ann Arbor Velo club                                 3.12
96 Amanda Cox (Can) Cascades                                               3.25
97 Annet Rios (Mex) Mexican national team                                  3.32
98 Catherine Bovet (Can) Cascades                                          3.59
99 Wendy Caldwell (USA) Ann Arbor Velo club                               10.17
100 Rosario Peralta (Mex) Mexican national team                                
101 Aimee Vasse (USA) Colorado Premier Training                                
102 Lee Darling (Can) BC Coastal                                               
103 Ilda Guiterez Mota (Mex) Mexican national team                             
                                                                               
Points                                                                         
                                                                               
1 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor-Platinum                                   10 pts
2 Kori Seehafer (USA) Lipton                                                  7
3 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Lipton                                              5
4 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                                 3
5 Rachel Heal (GBr) Victory Brewing                                           1
 

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