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GP Ouest France-Plouay - CDM & ProT
France, September 1-2, 2007
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Race 1 - September 1: Women's World Cup GP de Plouay, 114.6km
Italians triumph with Cantele again on top and Bastianelli cruising
By Jean-François Quénet in Plouay
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The 2007 World Cup isn't yet finally determined, but it remains a close battle after British racer Nicole Cooke came second in Plouay, France, behind Italian Noemi Cantele. The latter scored a second win in Brittany while her compatriot Marta Bastianelli proved herself to as an up and coming aggressive member of the women's peloton.
Nothing happened in the first 50 kilometers of racing until a first attack was launched by Frenchwoman and long-time racer Jeannie Longo, but the senior racer, whose ultimate goal is to ride Beijing Olympics age 50, didn't last long in the front.
It wasn't until the second half of the race that the speed went above 34km/h. About that time, defending champion Nicole Brändli withdrew due to a mechanical problem.
In the second last lap 19.1km lap, Kori Seehafer from the US National Team initiated the first of a number of attacks. Marta Bastianelli's was the most convincing of them. The 20 year-old Italian from Rome went solo with 35km to go. "Maybe I shouldn't have done that because I was lacking the necessary energy for racing for the win at the end?" she contemplated afterward.
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T-Mobile's Chantal Beltman bridged the gap as the magenta-clad team became concerned about the front of the race. Judith Arndt accelerated strongly at the bell lap.
In the côte de Lézot (the first of the three climbs on the course), a quartet took off, formed by Noemi Cantele (Bigla), Nicole Cooke (Raleigh), Oenone Wood (T-Mobile) and Bastianelli, who was wearing the colors of the Italian national team that she'll also wear for the first time at the senior worlds in Stuttgart this year. Bastianelli is no stranger to international events; she finished second as a junior in Verona at the world championships. This year, she also finished second to Marianne Vos at the European championships.
Despite an acceleration by Longo in the chasing group, no one made it across the gap to the four women off the front. Cantele attacked on the last climb. "I tried three times," she said. "I knew I had to finish alone in order to win. Two years ago, there were two of us sprinting for the win when I won for the first time here, but I said to myself, 'I have to get rid of them in the climb.' I gave all my energy. When I heard that I was 25 seconds away, I understood the win was mine. It allowed me to enjoy the win much more than two years ago. Alone is definitely the best way to win a race."
Cooke won the sprint for second place and scored 50 more points for the World Cup. She now has a comfortable lead of 80 points over Vos. Because the scale of the points is doubled for the final event in Nürnberg, Germany, on September 9, 150 points will be awarded to the winner, so it'll come down to a duel between Cooke and Vos.
"It's not over yet," Cooke said. "But I'm very happy with my result today. I'm in a good position before the final race."
Most of the top cyclists now turn their attention to the World Championship. With five wins this year, Cantele can be confident in her chances. "I missed the podium by finishing fourth before. I have to make it now, " she said. "I won't race in the next ten days. I'll only train, then I'll ride the world cup in Germany, then the Tour of Tuscany and the world championships." T he favorites will also be watching for rising star Bastianelli in Stuttgart.
Photography
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Images by Régis Garnier/www.velofotopro.com
- Karine Gautard (Viennne Futuroscope) , a french hope for the race.
- Nicole Cooke
- Oenone Wood (T Mobile)
- Nicole Cooke waits for the start in Plouay.
- The bunch in Plouay.
- Ina Teutenberg lead the race.
- Rochelle Gilmore.
- Noemi Cantelle wins for the second time the Grand Prix de Plouay.
- Nicole Cooke finished second.
- The podium with Marta Bastianelli , Noemie Cantele and Nicole Cooke.
Results
1 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 3.14.00 (35.257 km/h) 2 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 0.28 3 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Italian National Team 4 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Team - Women 5 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Italian National Team 0.44 6 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Saccarelli EMU Marsciano 7 Marianne Vos (Ned) Team DSB Bank 8 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 9 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 10 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Menikini - Gysko 11 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 12 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 13 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto - Belisol Ladiesteam 14 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen - Capri Sonne - T Interim 15 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 16 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Menikini - Gysko 17 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 18 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 19 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 20 Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel (Ned) Team Flexpoint 21 Annette Beutler (Swi) Swiss National Team 22 Nikki Egyed (Aus) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 23 Karen Steurs (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 24 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 25 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto - Belisol Ladiesteam 26 Kori Seehafer (USA) US National Team 27 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) French National Team 28 Sereina Trachsel (Swi) Swiss National Team 29 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team Uniqa 30 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Team - Women 31 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Spanish National Team 32 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 33 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 34 Katheryn Curi (USA) US National Team 35 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) Team Pro Féminin du Genevois 36 Karine Gautard (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 37 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) AA-Drink Cycling Team 38 An Van Rie (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 39 Sofie Goor (Bel) Vlaanderen - Capri Sonne - T Interim 40 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) AA-Drink Cycling Team 41 Linda Villumsen Serup (Den) T-Mobile Team - Women 42 Nathalie Bates (Aus) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 43 Jeannie Longo - Ciprelli (Fra) Team Uniqa 44 Karin Thürig (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 45 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team - Women 46 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs - HPB 47 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 48 Zoulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 49 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 50 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Team Uniqa 1.25 51 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) New Zealand National Team 52 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Italian National Team 53 Sarah Düster (Ger) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 3.44 54 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 5.31 55 Laudren Franges (USA) US National Team 6.27 56 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Team Flexpoint 8.37 57 Mélanie Bravard (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 58 Sophie Creux (Fra) Team Pro Féminin du Genevois 59 Ana Garcia Antequera (Spa) Spanish National Team 60 Malgorzta Jasinska (Pol) Pol - Aqua 61 Stephanie Pohl (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 62 Emma Rickards (Aus) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 63 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Lotto - Belisol Ladiesteam 64 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Menikini - Gysko
World Cup standings
1 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 337 pts 2 Marianne Vos (Ned) Team DSB Bank 257 3 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile Team 139 4 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 110 5 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 108 6 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 86 7 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 80 8 Karin Thürig (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 77 9 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 76 10 Chantal Beltman (Ned) T-Mobile Team 75 11 Adrie Visser (Ned) Team DSB Bank 75 12 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 64 13 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Saccarelli EMU Marsciano 64 14 Andrea Graus (Aut) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 63 15 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Menikini - Gysko 61 16 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Team 60 17 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 59 18 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 53 19 Nikki Egyed (Aus) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 53 20 Zoulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 50 21 Mara Abbott (USA) 50 22 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 48 23 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint 47 24 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 45 25 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 43 26 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Team DSB Bank 37 27 Sofie Goor (Bel) Vlaanderen-Capri Sonne-T Interim 36 28 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Gysko 35 29 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 33 30 Annette Beutler (Swi) 32 31 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Team Lipton 29 32 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) T-Mobile Team 27 33 Sarah Düster (Ger) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 27 34 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 24 35 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team Uniqa 24 36 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (Fra) Team Uniqa 21 37 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 21 38 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) AA-Drink Cycling Team 21 39 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 19 40 Regina Bruins (Ned) 18 41 Emma Rickards (Aus) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 16 42 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Bigla Cycling Team 15 43 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 15 44 Lorian Graham (Aus) 14 45 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs-HPB 14 46 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 12 47 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 11 48 Mie Bekker Lacota (Den) Team Flexpoint 11 49 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) AA-Drink Cycling Team 10 50 Christine Thorburn (USA) 10 51 Tina Mayolo Pic (USA) Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 10 52 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Fenixs-HPB 10 53 Kirsten Wild (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 9 54 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Team Flexpoint 9 55 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 8 56 Anita Valen (Nor) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 8 57 Martina Corazza (Ita) Team FRW 8 58 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Team DSB Bank 8 59 Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Nor) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 8 60 Laura Vangilder (USA) Cheerwine 8 61 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen-Capri Sonne-T Interim 7 62 Karin Aune (Swe) Menikini - Gysko 7 63 Brooke Miller (USA) 7 64 Tina Liebig (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 6 65 Miho Oki (Jpn) Menikini - Gysko 6 66 Eleonora Van Dijk (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 6 67 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Menikini - Gysko 5 68 Grete Treier (Est) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 5 69 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 5 70 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Team FRW 5 71 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) 5 72 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 4 73 Catherine Cheatley (NZl) Cheerwine 4 74 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) 4 75 Liesbeth De Vocht (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 4 76 Catherine Hare (GBr) Rapha-Condor 3 77 Moniek Rotmensen (Ned) 3 78 Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel (Ned) Team Flexpoint 1 79 Monika Schachl (Aut) Team Uniqa 1 80 Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 1 81 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint 1 Teams 1 Raleigh Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 504 pts 2 Team DSB Bank 377 3 T-Mobile Team 377 4 Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 320 5 Menikini - Gysko 226 6 Bigla Cycling Team 199 7 Team Flexpoint 136 8 AA-Drink Cycling Team 88 9 Team Ista 75 10 Australian National Team 65 11 Saccarelli EMU Marsciano 64 12 Team Uniqa 46 13 Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 44 14 Team Getränke-Hoffmann 37 15 Vlaanderen-Capri Sonne-T Interim 36 16 USA National Team 34 17 German National Team 27 18 Fenixs-HPB 24 19 Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 24 20 Vienne Futuroscope 19 21 Dutch National Team 18 22 Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 15 23 Cheerwine 12 24 Vrienden Van Het Platteland 9 25 Norwegian National Team 8 26 Belgian National Team 7 27 Estonian National Team 5 28 French National Team 4 29 Rapha-Condor 3 30 Team Lipton 2 31 S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 1
