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Le Tour du Grand Montréal - 2.1
Canada, June 4-7, 2007
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Stage 2 - June 5: Granby, 104 km
Schleicher doubles in Montreal
By Kirsten Robbins in Montreal, Canada
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A deja-vu sprint saw Equipe Nürnberger's former world champion Regina Schleicher out-sprint T-Mobile's Oenone Wood and Safi-Pasta's Giorgia Bronzini after the German wound up her jump with two-hundred meters to go and no one could come around her. Though Schleicher maintains a healthy lead in both the overall and the points competition T-Mobile's Oenone Wood reclaimed the sprinters jersey and Team Russia's Elena Gayun took the early lead in the queen of the mountain competition.
Blue skies held on just long enough to start the stage two of the 2007 Tour du Grand Montreal before thunderstorms came crashing down by the end of the first lap. Target Training's Anna Milkowski presented the field with her trademark attack several kilometres into the start of the race and quickly gained a sizable lead on the world-class peloton.
Speeds quickened as the rain fell harder turning into hail for brief moments and the women stepped on the gas to catch Milkowski before the first sprint on the second lap. Oenone Wood (T-Mobile) banked away points toward her lead of the sprint competition after a correction was made from the previous stage results with regards to the jersey's rightful owner.
A gradual incline on the backside of the nine-kilometre circuit hosted the start of the tour's queen of the mountain competition, now led by Team Russia's Elena Gayun. However one notable climber missing from the competition was France's queen of the mountains, Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (Team Uniqua) who pulled out after falling victim to a large crash with three laps to go.
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The field came flying through the city streets of Granby on the final lap led by a pattern of Nürnberger blue and the magenta of T-Mobile with their respective sprinters prepared for battle. Safi-Pasta's Italian speedster Giorgia Bronzini was pleased with her double-day podium behind Schleicher and Wood. "I wanted to find Regina's wheel in the last few kilometres but that wasn't possible because when I got there Oenone Wood was already there," Bronzini said. "I positioned myself behind Oenone so with five hundred meters to go I was in fifth."
Bronzini noted the powerful riders involved in the lead out beginning with Kate Bates (T-Mobile) and Trixi Worrack (Nürnberger) who set the pace ahead of Schleicher, Wood and herself with one kilometre to go. "Regina jumped with two hundred meters to go and neither Wood nor I were able to move around her by the end."
"This is my second time racing this race, the first was in 2004 and there were much more hills," Bronzini added. "I really like the way the race has changed this year because it is perfect for my preparations for the Giro d' Italia coming up – That's the reason I am here with my team."
Photography
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- Amber Neben (Team Flexpoint) happy before the rain.
- Oenone Wood (T-Mobile) in green.
- Sigrid Corneo (Menikini-Gysko) just knows it's going to rain.
- Rochelle Gilmore (Menikini-Gysko)
- Canada's Leigh Hobson (Cheerwine) finished 21st.
- Giorgia Bronzini (Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan) still playful after all the rain and cold.
- Oenone Wood and Giorgia Bronzini get warm with blankets as they await the podium.
- Team Marinoni-Cadence warms up.
- This is how you tune a bike.
- Meredith Miller (TEAm Lipton) does her best Bronzini impression.
- Tina Pic is always happy.
- Elodie Touffet (Menikini-Gysko)
- Amber Neben (Team Flexpoint) in the pack.
- Armstrong and Franges of TEAm Lipton at the front.
- Anna Milkowski (Target Training) tried to get away.
- Edwige Pitel (Team UNIQA)
- Race Leader Regina Schleicher and Judith Arndt have a chat before the rain.
- Kori Kelley Seehafer (TEAm Lipton) at the front.
- Tina Pic (Colavita/Sutter Home) finished in the lead bunch.
- Diana Ziliute (Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan) in the rain.
- Katheryn Curi (Webcor Builders) is 59th on GC.
- The pack as the rain falls harder and harder.
- Sigrid Corneo (Menikini-Gysko) in the rain.
- Alexandra Burchenkova (Russian Cyclist Federation) tried a late move when the rain hit to get away.
- Regina Schleicher (Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung) grabs the win again over Oenone Wood.
- Podium (L-R): Oenone Wood (T-mobile), Regina Schleicher (Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung), Giorgia Bronzini (Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan).
Images by Andrea Brewer Photography/www.andreabrewer.com
- TEAm Lipton at the startline of the second stage.
- Elke Gebhardt (Team Getranke-Hoffmann) in the center with her teammates at the start line.
- The peloton rolls along in the first lap of the race.
- The first attack of the day.
- The first attack of the day was from Anna Milkowski (Target Training Womens Team).
- Anna Milkowski (Target Training Womens Team)
- Melissa Holt (Team Expresscopy.com) leads the bunch.
- Trixi Worrack (Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung) takes the first mountain points.
- T-Mobile rider leads through the fourth corner.
- Katheryn Curi (Webcor Builders) pedals through the deep puddle.
- Alexandra Burchenkova (Russian Federation)
- Meredith Miller (TEAm Lipton)
- Helen Kelly (Webcor Builders) leads through corner four.
- Anne Samplonius (Team Expresscopy.com) watches the riders behind her with one lap to go.
Images by CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net
- Kristin Armstrong (TEAm Lipton) prepares for the start.
- The course was wide and flat today outside of Montreal city, based on a town named Granby.
- Anna Milkowski (Target Training) made an early breakaway.
- The bunch looked relaxed before the rain came in.
- Judith Arndt leads T-Mobile teammate, Kate Bates, who is in the blue points jersey.
- Lara Kroepsch (TEAm Lipton) in the long, fast line.
- Lauren Franges (TEAm Lipton) in the rain.
- The sprint (L-R): Oenone Wood (T-Mobile), Regina Schleicher (Nürnberger) and Giorgia Bronzini (SAFI).
- The stage podium finishers were happy, despite the cold weather.
- Amber Neben (Flexpoint) looks across the rain-soaked road at Anne Samplonius (ExpressCopy.com).
- Amber Neben (Flexpoint) prepares to put on her rainjacket, but has to negotiate some Granby town centre corners first.
- A crash at the rear of the peloton brought several riders down, but all continued.
- Iris Slappendel (Team Flexpoint) does a 'Bronzini'.
- Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (Team Uniqa) on the hill.
- Claudia Hausler (Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung) and Chantal Beltman (T-Mobile) sprint for the mountains competition prime.
Results
1 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung 2.41.26 (39.3 km/h) 2 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-mobile 3 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 4 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 5 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann 6 Brooke Miller (USA) Team TIBCO 7 Elena Novikova (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation 8 Catherine Cheatley (NZl) Cheerwine 9 Gina Grain (Can) Team expresscopy.com 10 Annette Butler (Swi) Vinci-Specialized-Menikini 11 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 12 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team expresscopy.com 13 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 14 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 15 Christine Ruiter (USA) Cheerwine 16 Yoanka Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team 17 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Colavita Sutter Home 18 Daniela Fusar Poli (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 19 Chantal Beltman (Ned) T-mobile 20 Liza Rachetto (USA) Team TIBCO 21 Leigh Hobson (Can) Cheerwine 22 Anne Samplonius (Can) Team expresscopy.com 23 Venera Absalyamova (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation 24 Helen Kelly (Aus) Webcor Builders 25 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung 26 Dalila Rodriguez (Cub) Cuba National Team 27 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 28 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 29 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-mobile 30 Marie Lindberg (Swe) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung 31 Michelle Hyland (NZl) New Zealand National Team 32 Dotsie Bausch (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 33 Theresa Senff (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann 34 Iona Wynter (Jam) Colavita Sutter Home 35 Katherine Bates (Aus) T-mobile 36 Joanie Caron (Can) Cascades 37 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint 38 Karin Aune (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 39 Alison Powers (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 40 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders 41 Tina Mayolo Pic (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 42 Megan Guarnier (USA) Terry Precision 43 Stacy Marple (USA) Team TIBCO 44 Serena Sheridan (NZl) New Zealand National Team 45 Gina Waibl (NZl) New Zealand National Team 46 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 47 Fei Wang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 48 Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation 49 Marie-Pier Bédard (Can) Vinci-Specialized-Menikini 50 Betina Hold (Can) Cheerwine 51 Andrea Graus (Aut) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung 52 Kristin Armstrong (USA) TEAm Lipton 53 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 54 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 55 Stacy Spencer (Can) Colavita Sutter Home 56 Véronique Labonté (Can) Cascades 57 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung 58 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team 59 Kori Kelley Seehafer (USA) TEAm Lipton 60 Katheryn Curi (USA) Webcor Builders 61 Tina Liebig (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann 62 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-mobile 63 Victoria Bastide (Swe) Team TIBCO 64 Meredith Miller (USA) TEAm Lipton 65 Élodie Touffet (Fra) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 66 Lara Kroepsch (USA) TEAm Lipton 67 Jennifer Wilson (USA) Marinoni-Cadence 68 Lauren Franges (USA) TEAm Lipton 69 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 70 Rachel Heal (GBr) Webcor Builders 71 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Team Flexpoint 72 Erinne Willock (Can) Team expresscopy.com 73 Natalie Bates (Aus) Getranke-Hoffmann 74 Yudelmis Dominguez (Cub) Cuba National Team 75 Virginia Hennig (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann 76 Anna Milkowski (USA) Target Training 77 Katie Lambden (USA) Team TIBCO 78 Marisa Asplund (USA) Team TIBCO 79 Brooke Ourada (NZl) Cheerwine 80 Jennifer Reither (USA) Marinoni-Cadence 81 Jenipher Stevenson (Can) Cascades 82 Kristen Lasasso (USA) TEAm Lipton 83 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team 84 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Target Training 85 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Team UNIQA 86 Veronika Sprugl (Aut) Team UNIQA 87 Monika Schachl (Aut) Team UNIQA 88 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung 89 Mara Abbott (USA) Webcor Builders 90 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team UNIQA 91 Melissa Holt (NZl) Team expresscopy.com 92 Elena Gayun (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation 93 Natasha Elliot (Can) Terry Precision 94 Karine Tessier (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 95 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) T-mobile 96 Kathleen Billington (USA) Target Training 97 Mandy Lozanno (USA) Target Training 0.20 98 Ekaterina Malomura (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation 0.25 99 Ireen Wieditz (Can) Terry Precision 100 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 0.58 101 Julie Marceau (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 102 Lila Fraser (Can) Cascades 103 Ann Hansgate (USA) Terry Precision 104 Tara Ross (Can) Advil/Chapstick 105 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand National Team 3.28 106 Kathleen Villeneuve (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 4.50 107 Naomi Cermak (Can) Terry Precision 5.11 108 Amanda Sin (Can) Advil/Chapstick 7.13 109 Kirsten Robbins (Can) Advil/Chapstick 110 Magali Tisseyre (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 13.00 111 Su Fen Ma (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 112 Geneviève Gagnon (Can) Cascades 14.40 113 Carissa Wilkes (NZl) New Zealand National Team 114 Xiao Ning Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 115 Elisa Gagnon (Can) Advil/Chapstick 116 Yumari Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team 15.19 117 Yeima Torres (Cub) Cuba National Team 118 Xiong Ying Ruan (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 119 Johanne Cyr (Can) Cascades 120 Karol-Ann Kanuel (Can) Vinci-Specialized-Menikini DNF Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint DNF Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (Fra) Team UNIQA DNF Yalia Arustamova (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation DNF Brei Gudsell (NZl) New Zealand National Team DNF Kerry Litka (USA) Terry Precision DNS Amber Rais (USA) Webcor Builders General classification after stage 2 1 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung 5.26.49 2 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-mobile 0.03 3 Katherine Bates (Aus) T-mobile 0.11 4 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung 5 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 0.12 6 Chantal Beltman (Ned) T-mobile 0.19 7 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 0.20 8 Brooke Miller (USA) Team TIBCO 9 Gina Grain (Can) Team expresscopy.com 10 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann 11 Catherine Cheatley (NZl) Cheerwine 12 Annette Butler (Swi) Vinci-Specialized-Menikini 13 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 14 Elena Novikova (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation 15 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 16 Anne Samplonius (Can) Team expresscopy.com 17 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Colavita Sutter Home 18 Daniela Fusar Poli (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 19 Yoanka Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team 20 Tina Mayolo Pic (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 21 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-mobile 22 Leigh Hobson (Can) Cheerwine 23 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint 24 Venera Absalyamova (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation 25 Christine Ruiter (USA) Cheerwine 26 Karin Aune (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 27 Marie Lindberg (Swe) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung 28 Liza Rachetto (USA) Team TIBCO 29 Dalila Rodriguez (Cub) Cuba National Team 30 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 31 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 32 Michelle Hyland (NZl) New Zealand National Team 1.00 33 Fei Wang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 0.20 34 Helen Kelly (Aus) Webcor Builders 35 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 36 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 37 Alison Powers (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 38 Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation 39 Theresa Senff (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann 40 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 41 Andrea Graus (Aut) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung 42 Élodie Touffet (Fra) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 43 Gina Waibl (NZl) New Zealand National Team 44 Stacy Marple (USA) Team TIBCO 45 Kristin Armstrong (USA) TEAm Lipton 46 Betina Hold (Can) Cheerwine 47 Iona Wynter (Jam) Colavita Sutter Home 48 Serena Sheridan (NZl) New Zealand National Team 49 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders 50 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 51 Dotsie Bausch (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 52 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team 53 Megan Guarnier (USA) Terry Precision 54 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team UNIQA 55 Yudelmis Dominguez (Cub) Cuba National Team 56 Tina Liebig (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann 57 Victoria Bastide (Swe) Team TIBCO 58 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-mobile 59 Katheryn Curi (USA) Webcor Builders 60 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team 61 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 62 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Team Flexpoint 63 Kristen Lasasso (USA) TEAm Lipton 64 Jenipher Stevenson (Can) Cascades 65 Marisa Asplund (USA) Team TIBCO 66 Natalie Bates (Aus) Getranke-Hoffmann 67 Lauren Franges (USA) TEAm Lipton 68 Rachel Heal (GBr) Webcor Builders 69 Mara Abbott (USA) Webcor Builders 70 Joanie Caron (Can) Cascades 0.37 71 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung 72 Kori Kelley Seehafer (USA) TEAm Lipton 73 Meredith Miller (USA) TEAm Lipton 74 Lara Kroepsch (USA) TEAm Lipton 75 Erinne Willock (Can) Team expresscopy.com 76 Brooke Ourada (NZl) Cheerwine 77 Monika Schachl (Aut) Team UNIQA 78 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung 79 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Target Training 80 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) T-mobile 81 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 1.18 82 Kathleen Billington (USA) Target Training 1.19 83 Stacy Spencer (Can) Colavita Sutter Home 1.30 84 Melissa Holt (NZl) Team expresscopy.com 85 Katie Lambden (USA) Team TIBCO 3.16 86 Jennifer Reither (USA) Marinoni-Cadence 3.32 87 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand National Team 4.58 88 Jennifer Wilson (USA) Marinoni-Cadence 5.56 89 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team expresscopy.com 11.15 90 Marie-Pier Bédard (Can) Vinci-Specialized-Menikini 91 Anna Milkowski (USA) Target Training 92 Virginia Hennig (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann 93 Veronika Sprugl (Aut) Team UNIQA 94 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Team UNIQA 95 Natasha Elliot (Can) Terry Precision 96 Ekaterina Malomura (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation 11.40 97 Véronique Labonté (Can) Cascades 11.46 98 Elisa Gagnon (Can) Advil/Chapstick 15.17 99 Karol-Ann Kanuel (Can) Vinci-Specialized-Menikini 17.16 100 Yumari Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team 15.56 101 Ireen Wieditz (Can) Terry Precision 16.47 102 Elena Gayun (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation 17.13 103 Lila Fraser (Can) Cascades 17.20 104 Julie Marceau (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 105 Ann Hansgate (USA) Terry Precision 18.15 106 Tara Ross (Can) Advil/Chapstick 107 Kirsten Robbins (Can) Advil/Chapstick 18.28 108 Kathleen Villeneuve (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 22.03 109 Geneviève Gagnon (Can) Cascades 23.35 110 Mandy Lozanno (USA) Target Training 24.06 111 Su Fen Ma (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 24.15 112 Xiao Ning Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 25.55 113 Yeima Torres (Cub) Cuba National Team 26.34 114 Naomi Cermak (Can) Terry Precision 28.59 115 Magali Tisseyre (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 30.17 116 Amanda Sin (Can) Advil/Chapstick 31.01 117 Johanne Cyr (Can) Cascades 31.41 118 Karine Tessier (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 33.12 119 Carissa Wilkes (NZl) New Zealand National Team 38.28 120 Xiong Ying Ruan (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 45.43
