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Geelong Women's Tour - 2.2
Australia, February 27-March 1, 2007
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Stage 2 - February 27: Portarlington criterium, 30km
Smashing start from T-Mobile's star sprinter
Teutenberg wins stage two criterium in Geelong
By John Michael Flynn in Port Arlington
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T-mobile's Ina-Yoko Teutenberg today started her 2007 Geelong Women's Tour campaign the way she finished her last - with an emphatic stage victory.
The German super-sprinter blasted home in the stage two criterium this afternoon on the waterfront at Port Arlington, leaving last year's winner of the same stage, Rochelle Gilmore (Menikini Gysko) and Britain's World Cup Champion Nicole Cooke (Raleigh Lifeforce Creation) in her wake.
It was a vintage sprint performance from the many times German national champion, who has spent the past five months based in Sydney, Australia, preparing for the World Cup season.
"I felt a bit shitty, I felt it would be better to lead out Oenone [Wood,] but then I over-ruled," the matter-of-fact Teutenberg said. "I had a perfect position and then Nicole [Cooke] kind of run out of people to lead her out.
"I was worried about Rochelle Gilmore because I knew she was on my wheel and last year she nipped us at the line here and I was waiting for her to come, but luckily she didn't come."
How the race unfolded
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Teutenberg's sprint effort came at the end of thirty laps of a one kilometre course at Port Arlington. The demanding criterium circuit featured more than it's share of up-hill roads, made all the more difficult with the fast pace of the race.
Just over 100 cyclists lined up for the stage, featuring seven of the world's top ten ranked female cyclists.
"I think it's always the same here because everybody wants to get a front position, to make sure they don't get gapped off," Teutenberg said. "That hill doesn't really look like anything when you ride it but in the last couple of laps when people attack it really hurts because you have to do it so many times."
In the early laps it was the second place getter from the morning's time trial who featured. Larissa Kleinmann driving hard on the front, trying on several occasions to establish a breakaway which never eventuated.
Kleinmann's attacks also served to expose varying standards of fitness among the riders contesting the Geelong Women's Tour - with numerous proven criterium performers going out the back door.
Despite struggling with illness in recent months, Rochelle Gilmore (Menikini Gysko) managed to stay comfortably in the lead group, with Teutenberg never far from the lead and Cooke getting her team-mates to do the work.
"It was very fast, there were a fair few attacks from, for example, Larissa Kleinmann who was second this morning. It was very aggressive," Cooke told Cyclingnews. "My team rode well to help me with the intermediate sprints and I did what I could in the final sprint, but Ina Teutenberg was very strong and the same with Rochelle Gilmore."
Gilmore was well positioned on Teutenberg's wheel heading into the uphill finishing straight, but couldn't reproduce last year's winning effort. Still, there was plenty to be positive about.
"Yeah I think it's done a little bit for my confidence mentally because I've had a tough track season and my health hasn't been right for the last couple of weeks," Gilmore said. "[I'm] disappointed with the finish and maybe I just left my run a little bit late, but being beaten by Ina's nothing to be disappointed about."
Gilmore and Pic waiting for Barwon Heads
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While Ina Teutenberg managed to win the Lara stage at last year's Geelong Women's Tour, it's the Barwon Heads stage which has the marquee sprinters a little on edge.
The order for the stage has been reversed in 2007, with the circuit race around Barwon heads, the final stage for the Geelong Women's Tour this time around.
Rochelle Gilmore, who crashed at Barwon Heads last year, is planning to make amends, but will face a determined American Tina Pic (Colavita Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light) in the long windy finishing straight along the magnificent stretch of Victorian coastline.
"I think tomorrow [at Lara] the whole time I'll be thinking about the next day so tomorrow I probably won't want to burn myself too much," Gilmore said. "Just sit in the bunch and if the breaks go so be it."
As for Pic, the American who has twice won at Barwon Heads isn't making bold predictions.
"Oh we'll see," Pic told Cyclingnews. "It's a dicey finish that one."
Photography
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Images by John Veage
- Race start at Port Arlington.
- Kiwi Sarah Ulmer heads the peloton into the first corner.
- The peloton keeps together going into the last stages of the race.
- Backs to the wall in stage 2.
- Tour leader Dotsie Bausch tries to keep her jersey.
- German rider Judith Arndt hits the corner before the final straight climb.
- The final sprint Ina-Yoko Teutenberg heads Rochelle Gilmore and Nicole Cooke.
- Teutenberg takes the win.
- Gilmore, Teutenberg and Cooke podium.
- Young riders: Kate Nichols, Gilmore, Cooke and Teutenberg.
Images by John Flynn/Cyclingnews.com
- Race start for the stage two criterium at Port Arlington
- Sara Carrigan the Olympic road race champion gets focussed
- Alexis Rhodes the Australian criterium champion cornering
- Pace on early in the criterium at Port Arlington
- Larissa Kleinmann on one of her early attacks
- Larissa Kleinmann watches out for Sarah Ulmer
- Ina-Yoko Teutenberg stays out of trouble in the early laps
- Kristen Watt of MB Coaching out of the saddle and climbing
- Trixi Worrack stays on the pace
- Courtney Le Lay Of the Queensland Academy of Sport
- Sarah Ulmer of the New Zealand National Team
- Kerri-Anne Torckler of Team Kiwi
- Nicole Cooke and Oenone Wood playing cat and mouse
- T-Mobile's stars all over the front end of the race
- Ina Teutenberg watches the moves closely
- Larissa Kleinmann makes another attacking move
- Emma Pooley working hard for the British National Team
- Oenone Wood sweeps through a corner
- The streets of Historic Port Arlington
- Ina Teutenberg close to the front and waiting for her moment
- Kate Nichols second from front in the blue best under 23 riders jersey
- Teutenberg triumphs in the Port Arlington criterium
- How sweet it is for Ina Teutenberg as Rochelle Gilmore hangs on for second place
Results
1 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Women 58.29 2 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini Gysko 3 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation 4 Kate Nichols (Aus) Australian National Team 5 Emma Rickards (Aus) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation 6 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 7 Nikki Egyed (Aus) Australian National Team 8 Dorte Rasmussen (Den) Menikini Gysko 9 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 10 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Women 11 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) German National Team 12 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 13 Annette Beutler (Swi) Team Flexpoint 14 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) BikeNZ New Zealand National Team 15 Laura Van Gilder (USA) Cheerwine 0.06 16 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team 17 Catherine Hare (GBr) Biggin & Scott 18 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Menikini Gysko 19 Dotsie Bausch (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 20 Michelle Hyland (NZl) BikeNZ New Zealand National Team 21 Jenny Macpherson (Aus) Australian National Team 22 Karin Aune (Swe) Menikini Gysko 23 Tina Pic (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 24 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Women 25 Sarah Düster (Ger) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation 26 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team 27 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini Gysko 28 Leigh Hobson (Can) Cheerwine 29 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint 30 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 31 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Team Flexpoint 32 Emma Pooley (GBr) Great Britain National Team 33 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) T-Mobile Women 34 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 35 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 36 Rushlee Buchanan (NZl) BikeNZ New Zealand National Team 37 Katherine Bates (Aus) T-Mobile Women 38 Natalie Bates (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 39 Lorian Graham (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 40 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Landlink Cycling Team 41 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation 42 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 43 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 44 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 45 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation 0.18 46 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.20 47 Carla Ryan (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 48 Tanja Slater (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0.29 49 Gina Waibl (NZl) Team Kiwi 0.30 50 Betina Hold (Can) Cheerwine 0.34 51 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Menikini Gysko 0.37 52 Brooke Ourada (USA) Cheerwine 0.43 53 Linda Villumsen (Den) T-Mobile Women 54 Melissa Holt (NZl) BikeNZ New Zealand National Team 0.45 55 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) BikeNZ New Zealand National Team 1.00 56 Alison Powers (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 1.23 57 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 1.30 58 Patricia Palmer (Aus) MB Coaching 3.30 59 Theresa Cliff-Ryan (USA) Landlink Cycling Team 60 Peta Mullens (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 61 Sarah Murdoch (NZl) Team Kiwi 62 Jennifer Fay (Irl) Biggin & Scott 63 Louise Kerr (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 64 Hannah Banks (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 65 Liz Hayman (Aus) Team South Coast - raceconcept.net 66 Niki Fisher (Aus) Team South Coast - raceconcept.net 67 Janine Ridsdale (Aus) Team South Coast - raceconcept.net 68 Clemilda Fernandes (Bra) Brazilian National Team 69 Toireasa Gallagher (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 70 Jemma O'brien (Aus) Team South Coast - raceconcept.net 71 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) BikeNZ New Zealand National Team 4.30 72 Uenia Fernandes (Bra) Brazilian National Team 73 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint 74 Naomi Williams (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 75 Annelies Basten (NZl) Team Kiwi 76 Kerri-Anne Torckler (NZl) Team Kiwi 77 Brei Gudsell (NZl) Team Kiwi 78 Sereina Trachsel (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation 5.30 79 Nina Köhn (Ger) German National Team 80 Skye-Lee Armstrong (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 81 Amber Jenkins (Aus) Landlink Cycling Team 82 Liz Young (Aus) MB Coaching 83 Rachel O'connell (Aus) Cheerwine 84 Deborah Fagg (Aus) Landlink Cycling Team 85 Sophie Ruderman (GBr) Biggin & Scott 86 Jessie Maclean (Aus) Landlink Cycling Team 87 Kerryn Charman (Aus) Landlink Cycling Team 88 Janildes Fernandes (Bra) Brazilian National Team 89 Courtney Le Lay (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 90 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team 91 Sheba Farrin (USA) MB Coaching 92 Gail Johnston (Aus) Team South Coast - raceconcept.net 93 Anneliese Heard (GBr) Great Britain National Team 6.30 94 Maryam Rogers (GBr) Great Britain National Team 95 Virgina Henning (Ger) German National Team 96 Camila Rodrigues (Bra) Brazilian National Team 97 Sheree Richmond (Aus) MB Coaching 98 Emma Lovelock (Aus) Team South Coast - raceconcept.net 7.00 99 Tara Stewart (Aus) Biggin & Scott 100 Kristen Watt (Aus) MB Coaching 7.30 101 Rebecca Jones (GBr) MB Coaching Intermediate sprint 1 - 10km 1 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation 6 pts 2 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Women 4 3 Melissa Holt (NZl) BikeNZ New Zealand National Team 2 Intermediate sprint 2 - 20km 1 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Women 6 pts 2 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation 4 3 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 2 Final sprint 1 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Women 8 pts 2 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini Gysko 6 3 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation 4 General classification after stage 2 1 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation 1.10.00 2 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) German National Team 0.07 3 Dotsie Bausch (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 0.08 4 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Women 0.17 5 Annette Beutler (Swi) Team Flexpoint 0.20 6 Laura Van Gilder (USA) Cheerwine 0.26 7 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Women 0.28 8 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Women 0.30 9 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 0.34 10 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 0.37 11 Kate Nichols (Aus) Australian National Team 0.38 12 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Landlink Cycling Team 0.41 13 Emma Pooley (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0.43 14 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini Gysko 0.47 15 Natalie Bates (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 0.48 16 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.49 17 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.50 18 Nikki Egyed (Aus) Australian National Team 0.51 19 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint 20 Tina Pic (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 0.55 21 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 0.57 22 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 0.58 23 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) T-Mobile Women 0.59 24 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation 1.01 25 Sarah Düster (Ger) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation 26 Jenny Macpherson (Aus) Australian National Team 1.05 27 Tanja Slater (GBr) Great Britain National Team 28 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.07 29 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 30 Katherine Bates (Aus) T-Mobile Women 1.08 31 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.09 32 Leigh Hobson (Can) Cheerwine 1.10 33 Karin Aune (Swe) Menikini Gysko 1.13 34 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Menikini Gysko 35 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team 1.14 36 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Team Flexpoint 1.17 37 Dorte Rasmussen (Den) Menikini Gysko 38 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) BikeNZ New Zealand National Team 1.19 39 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation 1.21 40 Rushlee Buchanan (NZl) BikeNZ New Zealand National Team 1.22 41 Michelle Hyland (NZl) BikeNZ New Zealand National Team 1.23 42 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini Gysko 1.28 43 Melissa Holt (NZl) BikeNZ New Zealand National Team 1.30 44 Lorian Graham (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 1.32 45 Carla Ryan (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 1.35 46 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.38 47 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team 48 Betina Hold (Can) Cheerwine 1.41 49 Emma Rickards (Aus) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation 1.44 50 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) BikeNZ New Zealand National Team 2.01 51 Linda Villumsen (Den) T-Mobile Women 2.02 52 Catherine Hare (GBr) Biggin & Scott 2.03 53 Gina Waibl (NZl) Team Kiwi 2.04 54 Brooke Ourada (USA) Cheerwine 2.07 55 Alison Powers (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 2.16 56 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Menikini Gysko 2.58 57 Angela Brodtka (Ger) German National Team 3.26 58 Jennifer Fay (Irl) Biggin & Scott 4.23 59 Toireasa Gallagher (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 4.32 60 Niki Fisher (Aus) Team South Coast - raceconcept.net 4.39 61 Louise Kerr (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 4.41 62 Janine Ridsdale (Aus) Team South Coast - raceconcept.net 63 Hannah Banks (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 4.44 64 Theresa Cliff-Ryan (USA) Landlink Cycling Team 4.56 65 Clemilda Fernandes (Bra) Brazilian National Team 5.01 66 Annelies Basten (NZl) Team Kiwi 5.14 67 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) BikeNZ New Zealand National Team 5.15 68 Jemma O'brien (Aus) Team South Coast - raceconcept.net 5.19 69 Peta Mullens (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 5.20 70 Liz Hayman (Aus) Team South Coast - raceconcept.net 5.28 71 Sarah Murdoch (NZl) Team Kiwi 5.37 72 Patricia Palmer (Aus) MB Coaching 5.46 73 Brei Gudsell (NZl) Team Kiwi 5.57 74 Kerri-Anne Torckler (NZl) Team Kiwi 6.05 75 Liz Young (Aus) MB Coaching 6.19 76 Janildes Fernandes (Bra) Brazilian National Team 6.34 77 Uenia Fernandes (Bra) Brazilian National Team 6.44 78 Sereina Trachsel (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation 6.46 79 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint 6.48 80 Naomi Williams (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 6.57 81 Jessie Maclean (Aus) Landlink Cycling Team 7.08 82 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team 7.10 83 Sophie Ruderman (GBr) Biggin & Scott 84 Nina Köhn (Ger) German National Team 7.15 85 Kerryn Charman (Aus) Landlink Cycling Team 7.20 86 Courtney Le Lay (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 7.30 87 Amber Jenkins (Aus) Landlink Cycling Team 7.33 88 Deborah Fagg (Aus) Landlink Cycling Team 89 Gail Johnston (Aus) Team South Coast - raceconcept.net 7.43 90 Rachel O'connell (Aus) Cheerwine 7.44 91 Skye-Lee Armstrong (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 7.54 92 Sheree Richmond (Aus) MB Coaching 8.09 93 Anneliese Heard (GBr) Great Britain National Team 8.10 94 Virgina Henning (Ger) German National Team 8.11 95 Sheba Farrin (USA) MB Coaching 8.32 96 Camila Rodrigues (Bra) Brazilian National Team 8.45 97 Maryam Rogers (GBr) Great Britain National Team 9.13 98 Tara Stewart (Aus) Biggin & Scott 9.17 99 Emma Lovelock (Aus) Team South Coast - raceconcept.net 9.38 100 Rebecca Jones (GBr) MB Coaching 10.12 101 Kristen Watt (Aus) MB Coaching 10.17 Sprint classification 1 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation 14 pts 2 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Women 10 3 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Women 8 4 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini Gysko 6 5 Melissa Holt (NZl) BikeNZ New Zealand National Team 2 6 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 2 Young rider classification 1 Kate Nichols (Aus) Australian National Team 1.10.38 2 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 0.19 3 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 0.20 4 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) T-Mobile Women 0.21 5 Rushlee Buchanan (NZl) BikeNZ New Zealand National Team 0.43 6 Michelle Hyland (NZl) BikeNZ New Zealand National Team 0.45 7 Carla Ryan (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 0.57 8 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team 1.00 9 Linda Villumsen (Den) T-Mobile Women 1.24 10 Louise Kerr (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 4.02 11 Hannah Banks (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 4.06 12 Peta Mullens (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 4.42 13 Kerri-Anne Torckler (NZl) Team Kiwi 5.26 14 Uenia Fernandes (Bra) Brazilian National Team 6.05 15 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint 6.10 16 Jessie Maclean (Aus) Landlink Cycling Team 6.29 17 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team 6.31 18 Nina Köhn (Ger) German National Team 6.36 19 Courtney Le Lay (Aus) Queensland Academy of Sport 6.52 20 Skye-Lee Armstrong (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 7.15 21 Virgina Henning (Ger) German National Team 7.33 22 Tara Stewart (Aus) Biggin & Scott 8.39 23 Emma Lovelock (Aus) Team South Coast - raceconcept.net 8.59 24 Kristen Watt (Aus) MB Coaching 9.39
