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Le Tour du Grand Montréal - 2.1
Canada, May 29-June 1, 2006
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Stage 4 - June 1: Mont-Saint-Hilaire circuit, 115km
Thorburn wins the 2006 Tour du Grand Montreal by one second
By Kirsten Robbins in Montreal, Canada
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It was a very suspenseful final stage of the Tour du Grand Montreal as a break away of seven riders was brought back on the final lap of the race by the Webcor-Platinum and Nurnberger teams. This gave way to a show down between Trixi Worrack and Christine Thorburn for the finishing time bonus. However, T-Mobile's former world champion Judith Arndt ran away with the stage win and the bonuses to match. Trixi Worrack placed second and Sigrid Corneo of Nobili took third place.
Arndt won two of the intermediate time bonuses and the finish making her the winner of the point's jersey.
The bonuses at the finish along with those Arndt captured throughout the race moved her into third place in the general classification. Nurnberger's Trixi Worrack also accumulated points for placing second in the stage as well as picking up a time bonus during the race. Her bonuses added up to eight seconds but she needed one more second to win the overall.
Directeur sportif of Nurnberger Dennis Sanding told Cyclingnews pre race that, "the race is so close in seconds that anything could happen today. There is the opportunity for many outcomes in the race. We needed to focus on the time bonus sprints and the finish because we needed all of the seconds we can to win the overall."
Thorburn and Worrack were separated by eight seconds coming into today's stage and there were three intermediate sprints for time bonuses along with the finishing time bonuses awarded.
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"With the general classification being so close coming into the final stage Team Nurnberger ended up being our allies in a sense," said Thorburn. " They needed Trixi to get the bonuses in order to win the race so they needed to bring back the break as much as we did."
Early in the race a break of eight riders broke away over the two-kilometer climb. Elk Haus climber Annette Beutler initiated the break while sewing up her lead for the QOM points. The most threatening riders in the break were TEAm Lipton's Kristin Armstrong, T-Mobile's Kim Baldwin, and Webcor-Platinum's Erinne Willock. The break hovered at forty seconds until the final lap making Armstrong the virtual leader on the road.
Team's Webcor-Platinum chased the break with the help of Nurnberger and Team Canada. Once the field was brought back together rider's Katie Mactier of Argon-18 attempted a break. When she was brought back the best Quebec rider Anne Samplonius of Biovail counter attacked. Coming into the finish the field was intact and T-Mobile set up their win.
"Going into today we really stuck with our plan," said Thorburn. " We wanted to follow the other general classification riders. We also wanted a break to go up the road to swallow the time bonuses so that we didn't have to worry about Nurnberger taking them. I ended up getting one second in a bonus sprint but I was really just focused on following the other riders."
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Thorburn's one-second bonus ended up being the decider for the general classification win. "It was a very exciting race this week and it is nice to be the first non-European to win the race," said Thorburn. " I have to emphasize that it was fully a team win. There is no way that I could have won this type of a stage race just by winning the time trial in the beginning. I am even embarrassed to accept the award and the jersey with out my teammates with me
Thorburn captured the leaders jersey in stage one of the race. She told Cyclingnews that, "the only time I was worried about losing the jersey was in the Little Italy criterium because we do not have the strongest criterium team here and no sprinters. I think we got a little bit lucky that the weather was bad because that limited the amount of aggression there usually is in a criterium. The break getting off the front there was good for us because those riders absorbed the time bonuses."
Photography
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- Edwige Pitel (Pruneaux d'Agen) before the race
- Karin Ruso (Elk Haus No) signs in
- Olivia Gollan (Nobili) signs in
- Sigrid Corneo (Nobili) and Lauren Franges (Victory Brewing) sign in
- The manager meeting before the race
- Walter Zini of Nobili
- Katherine Bates (Nurnberger)
- Kimberly Baldwin and Olivia Gollan with Kristin Armstrong and Annette Beutler in the break
- Kim Baldwin (T-Mobile) and Marta Vilajosana (Nobili) lead Kristin Armstrong (Lipton) as she puts her bottle back
- Kristin Armstrong (Lipton) in the break
- Kimberly Baldwin (T-Mobile)
- Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel in the break
- Jeremy of T-Mobile looks at the bottles (now what one will she want a black top or a white top bottle)
- Judith Arndt (T-Mobile) wins the final stage
- Trixi Worrack (Nurnberger) looks a bit shell-shocked after her third place finish.
- The top three - Sigrid Corneo (Nobili), Judith Arndt (T-Mobile) and Trixi Worrack (Nurnberger)
- Walter Zini and Sigrid Corneo
- Tour and World Cup of Montreal organizing committee
Results
1 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile 2.58.57 2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 0.01 3 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 4 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant pro cycling 5 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor-Platinum 6 Kori Seehafer (USA) Lipton 0.05 7 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'agen- Bianchi Aliverti Kookai mixed 8 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Canadian National Team 9 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 10 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile 11 Alexandra Le Henaff (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'agen- Bianchi Aliverti Kookai mixed 12 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'agen- Bianchi Aliverti Kookai mixed 13 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor-Platinum 14 Jennifer Stephenson (Can) Biovail 15 Min Gao (Chn) Giant pro cycling 16 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus No 17 Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 18 Rachel Heal (GBr) Victory Brewing 19 Kimberly Bruckner Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile 20 Gussepina Grassi (Mex) Mexican National Team 21 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 22 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Les Pruneaux d'agen- Bianchi Aliverti Kookai mixed 23 Marisa Asplund (USA) Colorado Premier Training 24 Leigh Hobson (Can) Victory Brewing 25 Katie Mactier (Aus) Argon 18 -Champion system 26 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 27 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Lipton 0.21 28 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 29 Amanda Shaw (Can) Biovail 30 Grace Fleury (USA) Lipton 0.30 31 Lisa Sweeney (Can) Colorado Premier Training 0.32 32 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Elk Haus No 33 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Équipe du Québec 0.38 34 Jessica Phillips (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system 0.40 35 Alison Shanks (NZl) New Zealand National Team 36 Johanna Buick (NZl) New Zealand National Team 37 Yunmei Wu (Chn) Giant pro cycling 38 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Colorado Premier Training 39 Christina Ruiter (USA) Victory Brewing 40 Felicia Gomez (Can) Webcor-Platinum 41 Joëlle Numainville (Can) Biovail 0.46 42 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Équipe du Québec 0.47 43 Katharine Carroll (USA) Victory Brewing 0.49 44 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Argon 18 -Champion system 45 Anne Samplonius (Can) Biovail 0.05 46 Helen Kelly (Aus) Elk Haus No 0.59 47 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing 48 Karin Ruso (Aut) Elk Haus No 49 Milena Pirola (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 1.04 50 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 1.07 51 Claudia Hecht (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 52 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 53 Gina Grain (Can) Giant pro cycling 1.09 54 Liza Rachetto (USA) Lipton 1.22 55 Nicky Wangsgard (USA) Colorado Premier Training 1.35 56 Meredith Miller (USA) Lipton 1.53 57 Megan Elliott (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system 2.25 58 Lnna Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile 3.26 59 Katherine Bates (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 6.14 60 Betina Hold (Can) Webcor-Platinum 7.48 61 Alison Testroete (Can) Canadian National Team 11.26 62 Michelle Beltran (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system 26.36 63 Anna Tratnyek (Can) Canadian National Team 26.38 64 Joanie Caron (Can) Équipe du Québec 26.42 65 Moriah Macgregor (Can) Canadian National Team 66 Heather Lamson (Can) Canadian National Team 26.44 67 Barbara Zimich (Can) BC Coastal 41.03 DNF Christina Becker (Ger) T-Mobile DNF Anke Wichmann (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung DNF Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand National Team DNF Marie-Pier Bédard (Can) Équipe du Québec DNF Élisa Gagnon (Can) Équipe du Québec DNF Stephanie Bourbeau (Can) Biovail DNF Leah Guloien (Can) BC Coastal DNF Katheryn Curi (USA) Webcor-Platinum DNF Marie-Caroline Côté (Can) Cascades Mixed DNS Emilie Roy (Can) Équipe du Québec Points 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile 15 pts 2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 13 3 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 11 4 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant pro cycling 9 5 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor-Platinum 7 6 Kori Seehafer (USA) Lipton 5 7 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'agen- Bianchi Aliverti Kookai mixed 4 8 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Canadian National Team 3 9 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 2 10 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile 1 Final General classification 1 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor-Platinum 7.39.29 2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 0.02 3 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile 0.03 4 Kori Seehafer (USA) Lipton 0.10 5 Rachel Heal (GBr) Victory Brewing 0.31 6 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Lipton 0.34 7 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Canadian National Team 0.35 8 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'agen- Bianchi Aliverti Kookai mixed 9 Anne Samplonius (Can) Biovail 0.38 10 Kimberly Bruckner Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile 0.39 11 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 0.48 12 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor-Platinum 1.06 13 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus No 1.12 14 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 1.43 15 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'agen- Bianchi Aliverti Kookai mixed 2.01 16 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 3.17 17 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 3.30 18 Leigh Hobson (Can) Victory Brewing 3.41 19 Marisa Asplund (USA) Colorado Premier Training 3.59 20 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile 4.02 21 Katie Mactier (Aus) Argon 18 -Champion system 4.05 22 Jennifer Stephenson (Can) Biovail 4.13 23 Felicia Gomez (Can) Webcor-Platinum 24 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Les Pruneaux d'agen- Bianchi Aliverti Kookai mixed 4.14 25 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 4.27 26 Gussepina Grassi (Mex) Mexican National Team 4.35 27 Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 28 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing 4.39 29 Min Gao (Chn) Giant pro cycling 4.48 30 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 4.52 31 Amanda Shaw (Can) Biovail 4.55 32 Alexandra Le Henaff (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'agen- Bianchi Aliverti Kookai mixed 5.02 33 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant pro cycling 5.13 34 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Elk Haus No 5.24 35 Liza Rachetto (USA) Lipton 5.25 36 Meredith Miller (USA) Lipton 5.34 37 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 5.39 38 Johanna Buick (NZl) New Zealand National Team 5.56 39 Jessica Phillips (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system 6.11 40 Helen Kelly (Aus) Elk Haus No 7.19 41 Katherine Bates (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 9.41 42 Christina Ruiter (USA) Victory Brewing 10.49 43 Grace Fleury (USA) Lipton 11.21 44 Alison Shanks (NZl) New Zealand National Team 11.43 45 Katharine Carroll (USA) Victory Brewing 12.02 46 Lisa Sweeney (Can) Colorado Premier Training 12.05 47 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Équipe du Québec 12.28 48 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Colorado Premier Training 12.31 49 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Équipe du Québec 12.34 50 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Argon 18 -Champion system 12.46 51 Claudia Hecht (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 12.47 52 Nicky Wangsgard (USA) Colorado Premier Training 13.06 53 Yunmei Wu (Chn) Giant pro cycling 13.07 54 Gina Grain (Can) Giant pro cycling 13.17 55 Betina Hold (Can) Webcor-Platinum 13.19 56 Karin Ruso (Aut) Elk Haus No 14.08 57 Lnna Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile 16.26 58 Megan Elliott (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system 20.22 59 Alison Testroete (Can) Canadian National Team 23.09 60 Milena Pirola (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 27.03 61 Joëlle Numainville (Can) Biovail 33.37 62 Heather Lamson (Can) Canadian National Team 36.15 63 Joanie Caron (Can) Équipe du Québec 38.13 64 Moriah Macgregor (Can) Canadian National Team 50.51 65 Anna Tratnyek (Can) Canadian National Team 53.26 66 Michelle Beltran (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system 53.28 67 Barbara Zimich (Can) BC Coastal 1.12.06 Points classification 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile 28 pts 2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 27 3 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor-Platinum 19 4 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 15 5 Kori Seehafer (USA) Lipton 15 6 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'agen- Bianchi Aliverti Kookai mixed 11 7 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 11 8 Katherine Bates (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 10 9 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus No 9 10 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant pro cycling 9 11 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 7 12 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Lipton 5 13 Anne Samplonius (Can) Biovail 5 14 Christina Ruiter (USA) Victory Brewing 5 15 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Canadian National Team 4 16 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'agen- Bianchi Aliverti Kookai mixed 4 17 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 3 18 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 2 19 Rachel Heal (GBr) Victory Brewing 1 20 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 1 21 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile 1 Sprints 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile 32 pts 2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 27 3 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 13 4 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 10 5 Katherine Bates (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 10 6 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Colorado Premier Training 8 7 Christina Ruiter (USA) Victory Brewing 8 8 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 8 9 Lnna Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile 8 10 Kori Seehafer (USA) Lipton 8 11 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor-Platinum 5 12 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 5 13 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus No 3 14 Gina Grain (Can) Giant pro cycling 3 15 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant pro cycling 3 16 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'agen- Bianchi Aliverti Kookai mixed 1 17 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Canadian National Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus No 2 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor-Platinum 1 3 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 2 4 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 3 5 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor-Platinum 4 6 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'agen- Bianchi Aliverti Kookai mixed 5 7 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Lipton 6 8 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 7 9 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile 8 10 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'agen- Bianchi Aliverti Kookai mixed 9 Teams 1 T-Mobile 8.57.01 2 Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 0.01 3 Les Pruneaux d'Agen/Bianchi Aliverti Kookai mixed 0.05 4 Biovail 0.21 5 Giant pro cycling 0.36 6 Webcor-Platinum 7 Victory Brewing 0.40 8 Lipton 0.46 9 Colorado Premier Training 1.07 10 Argon 18 -Champion system 1.24 11 Elk Haus No 1.26 12 Nurnberger Versicherung 2.05 13 Équipe du Québec 27.57 14 Canadian National Team 37.59 Teams classification 1 T-Mobile 23.02.40 2 Lipton 0.32 3 Webcor-Platinum 0.56 4 Nurnberger Versicherung 2.21 5 Victory Brewing 3.26 6 Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 4.52 7 Les Pruneaux d'Agen/Bianchi Aliverti Kookai mixed 5.01 8 Biovail 5.33 9 Elk Haus No 9.42 10 Giant pro cycling 10.53 11 Argon 18 -Champion system 18.43 12 Colorado Premier Training 24.02 13 Canadian National Team 55.13 14 Équipe du Québec 59.02
