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Canada, May 29-June 1, 2006

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Stage 2 - May 30: Rigaud circuit, 117.8km

Gollan solos to a win at Rigaud

By Kirsten Robbins in Montreal, Canada

Olivia Gollan takes stage 2
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Nobili rider Olivia Gollan won stage two of the 2006 Tour du Grand Montreal in a solo win over the top riders of the day. T-Mobile's Judith Arndt and Nurnberger's Trixi Worrack sprinted for second and third.

There were multiple attacks by the Nobili team during the first half of the difficult stage. Walter Zin, directeur sportif of Nobili told Cyclingnews, "Our goal in coming to Montreal was really for the World Cup. But, Olivia crashed there, broke her bike and she also has had allergies."

"It is very difficult for us to go for the general classification here because we arrived without the time trial bikes," said Zin. "So for this race we are going to focus on the stage wins. It would be very hard for us to get in the top three of the general classification because of losing the time in the time trial and there are so many good riders here - a top ten is good."

The Rigaud route was 118km long, starting with four 23km circuits that included a three-kilometer climb and an intermediate sprint each lap. Two 10km circuits followed that included a steep two-kilometer Queen of the Mountain (QOM) each lap.

There were multiple accidents in today's stage including spills by Webcor-Platinum's Erinne Willock and Victory Brewing's Rachel Heal. Both riders were able to get back on their bikes after their separate accidents and finish with the front group.

Webcor-Platinum's Christine Thornburn retains the lead just eight seconds a head of Nurnberger's Trixi Worrack. Worrack accumulated eleven seconds today combining the intermediate sprint bonuses and her third place time bonus. She has also captured the sprinter's jersey to be worn in tomorrow evening's criterium.

TEAm Lipton’s Kori Seehafer
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No breaks were successful in staying away until the beginning of the small circuits. Webcor-Platinum rider Erinne Willock launched her attack and was followed by several other riders. Willock drove it over the top winning the first QOM and creating a split of fifteen riders off the front.

"I attacked and the field was on me so I kept going really hard and then I caused the split and I was alone," said Willock. "I wanted someone to come with me because it is so hard to stay away. It gave Christine a chance to sit in and other team to work."

Willock remained off the front until the beginning of the final climb. "Ann Samplonious [Biovail] bridged up to her but we all caught both of them at the start of the climb and Beutler won that QOM," said Thorburn.

Elk Haus rider Annette Beutler accumulated enough QOM points to capture the lead the climbers competition.

Over the top of the final climb the race was led by a group of eleven riders including two from T-Mobile. In the last kilometer the group swelled to fifteen that contained both Kristin Armstrong and Kori Seehafer from TEAm Lipton.

"They took turns attacking and I had to cover both of them," said Thorburn. "There were so many attacks but I decided I only had to really cover Kori and Kristin."

Gollan attacked the group with two kilometers to go and got a gap. "No one really had to chase her because she is not too high in the general classification so she won by two seconds," said Thorburn. "Then Kori attacked with eight hundred meters to go and I caught her with three hundred meters to go."

A happy Olivia Gollan
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The sprint for second place began with two hundred meters to go where Arndt nipped Worrack at the line.

Photography

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Results

1 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas              3.12.01 (36.8km/h)
2 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile                                             0.02
3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                                 
4 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus No (EHN)                                     
5 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Pruneaux d'agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai                  
6 Anne Samplonius (Can) Biovail                                               
7 Alexandra Le Henaff (Fra) Pruneaux d'agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai           
8 Kori Seehafer (USA) Lipton                                                  
9 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor-Platinum                                    
10 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung                                  
11 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Équipe du Canada                                      
12 Rachel Heal (GBr) Victory Brewing                                          
13 Kimberly Bruckner Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile                                   
14 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Lipton                                             
15 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor-Platinum                                       
16 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                     2.59
17 Katie Mactier (Aus) Argon 18 -Champion system                              
18 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                   
19 Gussepina Grassi (Mex) Équipe Nationale - Mexique                          
20 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile                                                   
21 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Elk Haus No (EHN)                                  
22 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Pruneaux d'agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai                
23 Felicia Gomez (Can) Webcor-Platinum                                        
24 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                          
25 Xiangyin Ruan (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                      
26 Min Gao (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                            
27 Betina Hold (Can) Webcor-Platinum                                          
28 Jennifer Stephenson (Can) Biovail                                          
29 Amanda Shaw (Can) Biovail                                                  
30 Liza Rachetto (USA) Lipton                                                 
31 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing                                       
32 Kirsten Robbins (Can) Victory Brewing                                      
33 Meredith Miller (USA) Lipton                                               
34 Marisa Asplund (USA) Colorado Premier Training                             
35 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Pruneaux d'agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai    
36 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                    
37 Leigh Hobson (Can) Victory Brewing                                         
38 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile                                           
39 Johanna Buick (NZl) Équipe nationale Nouvelle-Zélande                      
40 Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas          
41 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                                  
42 Katherine Bates (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung                              
43 Helen Kelly (Aus) Elk Haus No (EHN)                                    4.48
44 Jessica Phillips (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system                           
45 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) Équipe nationale Nouvelle-Zélande                 5.10
46 Heather Lamson (Can) Équipe du Canada                                  8.21
47 Joanie Caron (Can) Équipe du Québec                                   10.22
48 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Équipe du Québec                                    
49 Yunmei Wu (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                          
50 Lisa Sweeney (Can) Colorado Premier Training                               
51 Leah Guloien (Can) BC Coastal                                              
52 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Équipe du Québec                                      
53 Alison Testroete (Can) Équipe du Canada                                    
54 Julie Bellerose (Can) Ann Arbor Velo club                                  
55 Katheryn Curi (USA) Webcor-Platinum                                   10.25
56 Katharine Carroll (USA) Victory Brewing                                    
57 Karin Ruso (Aut) Elk Haus No (EHN)                                         
58 Claudia Hecht (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                                
59 Christina Ruiter (USA) Victory Brewing                                     
60 Gina Grain (Can) Giant pro cycling                                         
61 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Colorado Premier Training                           
62 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Argon 18 -Champion system                             
63 Grace Fleury (USA) Lipton                                                  
64 Nicky Wangsgard (USA) Colorado Premier Training                            
65 Christen King (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system                              
66 Alison Shanks (NZl) Équipe nationale Nouvelle-Zélande                      
67 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                                
68 Lnna Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile                                             
69 Yanxia Jiang (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                  13.55
70 Christina Becker (Ger) T-Mobile                                       15.16
71 Megan Elliott (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system                              
72 Kami Tremblay (USA) Colorado Premier Training                         20.23
73 Michelle Beltran (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system                           
74 Maribel Diaz (Mex) Équipe Nationale - Mexique                              
75 Wendy Caldwell (USA) Ann Arbor Velo club                              20.41
76 Dawn Lovejoy (USA) Ann Arbor Velo club                                21.06
77 Laura Johnson (USA) Ann Arbor Velo club                               21.55
78 Stephanie Bourbeau (Can) Biovail                                      22.46
79 Moriah Macgregor (Can) Équipe du Canada                                    
80 Élisa Gagnon (Can) Équipe du Québec                                        
81 Anna Tratnyek (Can) Équipe du Canada                                  23.30
82 Berenice Castro (Mex) Équipe Nationale - Mexique                      24.13
83 Dale Tye (NZl) Équipe nationale Nouvelle-Zélande                           
84 Amy Mosen (NZl) Équipe nationale Nouvelle-Zélande                          
85 Milena Pirola (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                    
86 Tamara Boyd (NZl) Pruneaux d'agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai                  
87 Marie-Caroline Côté (Can) Équipe mixte Cascades                       28.20
88 Marie-Pier Bédard (Can) Équipe du Québec                              28.52
89 Barbara Zimich (Can) BC Coastal                                            
90 Emilie Roy (Can) Équipe du Québec                                     30.59
91 Joëlle Numainville (Can) Biovail                                           
92 Amanda Cox (Can) Équipe mixte Cascades                                41.38
93 Christina Briante (Can) BC Coastal                                    45.27
94 Anna Garnette (Can) Biovail                                                
DNF Krystal Jeffs (Can) Équipe du Canada                                      
DNF Annet Rios (Mex) Équipe Nationale - Mexique                               
DNF Alena Radomsky (Can) BC Coastal                                           
DNF Jodi Bilek-Deville (Can) Équipe mixte Cascades                            
DNF Catherine Bovet (Can) Équipe mixte Cascades                               
 
Points
 
1 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                   15 pts
2 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile                                               13
3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                               11
4 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus No (EHN)                                    9
5 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Pruneaux d'agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai                 7
6 Anne Samplonius (Can) Biovail                                              5
7 Alexandra Le Henaff (Fra) Pruneaux d'agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai          4
8 Kori Seehafer (USA) Lipton                                                 3
9 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor-Platinum                                   2
10 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung                                 1
 
Teams
 
1 Pruneaux d'agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai                              9.39.06
2 T-Mobile (TMP)                                                              
3 Webcor-Platinum                                                             
4 Lipton                                                                      
5 Nurnberger Versicherung (NUR)                                               
6 Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas (NMC)                               2.55
7 Biovail                                                                 2.57
8 Victory Brewing                                                             
9 Elk Haus No (EHN)                                                       4.46
10 Giant pro cycling (GPC)                                                5.54
11 Argon 18 -Champion system                                             15.09
12 Équipe nationale Nouvelle-Zélande                                     15.31
13 Équipe du Canada                                                      15.42
14 Colorado Premier Training                                             20.43
15 Équipe du Québec                                                      28.03
16 Équipe Nationale - Mexique                                            44.32
17 Ann Arbor Velo club                                                   49.06
18 BC Coastal                                                          1.21.38
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor-Platinum                             3.26.51
2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                             0.08
3 Kori Seehafer (USA) Lipton                                              0.10
4 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Lipton                                          0.12
5 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile                                             0.21
6 Rachel Heal (GBr) Victory Brewing                                       0.25
7 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Équipe du Canada                                   0.29
8 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Pruneaux d'agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai                  
9 Anne Samplonius (Can) Biovail                                           0.32
10 Kimberly Bruckner Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile                               0.33
11 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung                              0.35
12 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                0.42
13 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor-Platinum                                   1.00
14 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus No (EHN)                                1.06
15 Alexandra Le Henaff (Fra) Pruneaux d'agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai      1.59
16 Felicia Gomez (Can) Webcor-Platinum                                    3.32
17 Leigh Hobson (Can) Victory Brewing                                     3.35
18 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing                                   3.39
19 Meredith Miller (USA) Lipton                                           3.40
20 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile                                       3.51
21 Marisa Asplund (USA) Colorado Premier Training                         3.53
22 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile                                               3.56
23 Katie Mactier (Aus) Argon 18 -Champion system                          3.59
24 Liza Rachetto (USA) Lipton                                             4.02
25 Jennifer Stephenson (Can) Biovail                                      4.07
26 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Pruneaux d'agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai            4.08
27 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas               4.18
28 Katherine Bates (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung                          4.23
29 Gussepina Grassi (Mex) Équipe Nationale - Mexique                      4.29
30 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                    
31 Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas          
32 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                              4.31
33 Amanda Shaw (Can) Biovail                                              4.33
34 Kirsten Robbins (Can) Victory Brewing                                  4.36
35 Min Gao (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                        4.42
36 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                     4.46
37 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Elk Haus No (EHN)                              4.51
38 Xiangyin Ruan (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                  4.52
39 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Pruneaux d'agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai    
40 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                      5.11
41 Johanna Buick (NZl) Équipe nationale Nouvelle-Zélande                  5.15
42 Betina Hold (Can) Webcor-Platinum                                      5.30
43 Jessica Phillips (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system                           
44 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) Équipe nationale Nouvelle-Zélande                 6.18
45 Helen Kelly (Aus) Elk Haus No (EHN)                                    6.19
46 Heather Lamson (Can) Équipe du Canada                                  9.30
47 Grace Fleury (USA) Lipton                                             10.50
48 Alison Shanks (NZl) Équipe nationale Nouvelle-Zélande                 11.02
49 Christina Ruiter (USA) Victory Brewing                                11.03
50 Katheryn Curi (USA) Webcor-Platinum                                   11.10
51 Katharine Carroll (USA) Victory Brewing                               11.12
52 Nicky Wangsgard (USA) Colorado Premier Training                       11.30
53 Joanie Caron (Can) Équipe du Québec                                        
54 Lisa Sweeney (Can) Colorado Premier Training                          11.32
55 Claudia Hecht (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                           11.39
56 Alison Testroete (Can) Équipe du Canada                               11.42
57 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Équipe du Québec                                 11.46
58 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Équipe du Québec                               11.49
59 Christen King (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system                         11.50
60 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Colorado Premier Training                           
61 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Argon 18 -Champion system                        11.56
62 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                           12.03
63 Gina Grain (Can) Giant pro cycling                                    12.07
64 Julie Bellerose (Can) Ann Arbor Velo club                             12.18
65 Leah Guloien (Can) BC Coastal                                         12.24
66 Yunmei Wu (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                     12.26
67 Lnna Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile                                        12.47
68 Karin Ruso (Aut) Elk Haus No (EHN)                                    13.08
69 Yanxia Jiang (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                  16.16
70 Christina Becker (Ger) T-Mobile                                       16.38
71 Megan Elliott (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system                         17.56
72 Kami Tremblay (USA) Colorado Premier Training                         21.57
73 Maribel Diaz (Mex) Équipe Nationale - Mexique                         22.15
74 Michelle Beltran (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system                      22.27
75 Moriah Macgregor (Can) Équipe du Canada                               24.08
76 Dawn Lovejoy (USA) Ann Arbor Velo club                                     
77 Anna Tratnyek (Can) Équipe du Canada                                  24.23
78 Stephanie Bourbeau (Can) Biovail                                      24.29
79 Élisa Gagnon (Can) Équipe du Québec                                   24.59
80 Laura Johnson (USA) Ann Arbor Velo club                               25.06
81 Tamara Boyd (NZl) Pruneaux d'agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai             25.33
82 Dale Tye (NZl) Équipe nationale Nouvelle-Zélande                      25.53
83 Milena Pirola (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas               25.58
84 Amy Mosen (NZl) Équipe nationale Nouvelle-Zélande                     26.14
85 Berenice Castro (Mex) Équipe Nationale - Mexique                      27.11
86 Marie-Caroline Côté (Can) Équipe mixte Cascades                       30.40
87 Barbara Zimich (Can) BC Coastal                                       30.45
88 Marie-Pier Bédard (Can) Équipe du Québec                              30.48
89 Wendy Caldwell (USA) Ann Arbor Velo club                              30.57
90 Emilie Roy (Can) Équipe du Québec                                     32.28
91 Joëlle Numainville (Can) Biovail                                      32.50
92 Amanda Cox (Can) Équipe mixte Cascades                                45.02
93 Christina Briante (Can) BC Coastal                                    47.58
94 Anna Garnette (Can) Biovail                                           48.26
 
Points classification
 
1 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                   15 pts
2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                               14
3 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile                                               13
4 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor-Platinum                                  12
5 Kori Seehafer (USA) Lipton                                                10
6 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus No (EHN)                                    9
7 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Pruneaux d'agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai                 7
8 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Lipton                                             5
9 Anne Samplonius (Can) Biovail                                              5
10 Alexandra Le Henaff (Fra) Pruneaux d'agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai         4
11 Rachel Heal (GBr) Victory Brewing                                         1
12 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung                                 1
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                               17 pts
2 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                   10
3 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Colorado Premier Training                           8
4 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile                                                7
5 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                   5
6 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus No (EHN)                                    3
7 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor-Platinum                                   2
8 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Pruneaux d'agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai                 1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus No (EHN)                                   17 pts
2 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor-Platinum                                      10
3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                                8
4 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor-Platinum                                   8
5 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Pruneaux d'agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai                 7
6 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile                                                2
 
Team classification
 
1 Lipton                                                              10.24.19
2 Webcor-Platinum                                                         0.34
3 T-Mobile (TMP)                                                          1.05
4 Nurnberger Versicherung (NUR)                                           1.21
5 Pruneaux d'agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai                                 2.13
6 Victory Brewing                                                         3.51
7 Biovail                                                                 5.26
8 Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas (NMC)                               5.56
9 Elk Haus No (EHN)                                                       8.30
10 Giant pro cycling (GPC)                                               10.31
11 Équipe du Canada                                                      17.28
12 Argon 18 -Champion system                                             17.33
13 Équipe nationale Nouvelle-Zélande                                     18.13
14 Colorado Premier Training                                             23.09
15 Équipe du Québec                                                      31.19
16 Équipe Nationale - Mexique                                            50.09
17 Ann Arbor Velo club                                                   56.32
18 BC Coastal                                                          1.26.52

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