Tour de Berne - CDM

Switzerland, May 13, 2007

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• Edita Pucinskaite (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung) stands on top of the podium after her World Cup win.
• Podium (L-R): Marianne Vos (Team DSB Bank), Edita Pucinskaite (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung), and Oenone Wood (T-Mobile Team)
• Lithuanian Edita Pucinskaite (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung) now holds equal fourth place in the World Cup standings.

Images by CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net

• A festival atmosphere at the start/finish in Lyss, a town in the Bern region of Switzerland.
• Team DSB is presented to the crowd.
• Whilst Nicole Cooke signs an autograph, Raleigh Lifeforce Directeur Sportif, Thomas Campana checks her radio.
• Blue skies for Cooke and the other riders today.
• Monia Holler (Team Bigla) and her fellow riders negotiate a corner.
• The bunch rolls through the valley, with the mountains in the background.
• The bunch on the fourth lap of the course.
• Riders reach for their brakes as they approach a corner.
• Tanja Hennes (Team Bigla) had a second lap break alone, which reached over 10 seconds.
• Hennes' solo break is chased down by the bunch.
• Miyoko Karami (Sacarelli) on the climb.
• The climb hurt some riders.
• Andrea Graus and Eva Lutz (Nürnberger) were instrumental in teammate Puckinskaite's win.
• The Raleighs - Trachsel, Thürig and Kiesanowski on the climb.
• Alexis Rhodes (T-Mobile) looks to the summit
• Miho Oki (Menikini Gysko) leads the bunch in chase of Parietti
• Sylvia Parietti (Italy) broke away on the final lap, but was caught on the climb
• Edwige Pitel (Uniqa) was in the final move and instigated the sprint for second, only to be swallowed up by the speed of those chasing World Cup points.
• Edita Pucinskaite (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung) has time to take a reality check as she cruises to victory.
• Edita Pucinskaite (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung) takes victory.
• Marianne Vos (DSB Bank) takes second ahead of Oenone Wood (T-Mobile) and Nicole Cooke (Raleigh Lifeforce).
• The winner salutes the crowds in Lyss.
• Podium (L-R): Marianne Vos (Team DSB Bank), Edita Pucinskaite (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung), and Oenone Wood (T-Mobile Team)