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12th Women's Flèche Wallonne - CDM
Belgium, April 22, 2009
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Vos rules Mur de Huy
By Gregor Brown in Huy, Belgium
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Marianne Vos won her third successive women's Flèche Wallonne title on Wednesday in Huy, Belgium. The Dutch champion used her abundant and oft-displayed strength on the difficult 1300-metre long Mur de Huy and beat Emma Johansson (Red Sun) and Claudia Häusler (Cervélo TestTeam).
"The Mur is always hard, but last year it was a hard sprint to the line. This year was just better," said Vos.
Vos won the race in 2008 and 2007. It is the 12th year of the one-day classic that takes in many of the same climbs used in the men's course, also run on Wednesday.
While Vos was able to achieve that third win, Johansson held on to the overall World Cup leader's jersey. The Ronde van Drenthe champion also took second in Trofeo Alfredo Binda and third in the Ronde van Vlaanderen to lead the standings by 18 points over Vos.
With good form thus far during the season, Claudia Häusler made her first appearance on a World Cup podium. The 24-year-old climber tried to get the jump on Vos, but couldn't match the Dutchwoman's speed.
"I attacked at the steepest section, trying to hurt the sprinters," said Häusler. "In the end it didn't quite work out, but I am happy to be on the podium."
USA's Amber Neben (Nürnberger) finished fourth at 15 seconds.
Escapes come to nothing
Multiple escapes dominated the early moments of the race in Belgium's Walloon region. The first attack came at the foot of Peu d'Eau (km 38.5) by Trixi Worrack (Equipe Nürnberger). Ina Teutenberg (Team Columbia-Highroad), Noemi Cantele (Bigla) and Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Vision 1) joined her to make four. The peloton re-grouped by the top of Côte de Haut-Bois (km 44).
Immediately after a promising move of 13 went free, but it too came under control by the peloton by 15 kilometres to go. Luise Keller (Columbia) and Häusler launched a move at kilometre 60, with the latter going solo on the Côte de Bohisseau (km 74.5). She kept 30 seconds over the peloton on the Côte de Bousalle (km 76).
Häusler was back with the peloton for the last blast on up the Mur de Huy, but she made the new move of five riders: Häusler, Vos, Neben, Johansson and Cantele. Häusler accelerated again with only Vos and Johansson in tow. Vos had the final word, though, at 500 metres. She left her rivals and rode solo to her third victory in Huy.
Photography
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- Marianne Vos (DSB Bank) takes home the win on the Muy de Huy.
- Marianne Vos (DSB Bank) won for the third straight year in Huy.
Images by ISPA/www.ispaphoto.be
- Marianne Vos (DSB Bank) on the podium after her victory.
- Claudia Haüsler (Cervelo TestTeam)
- The women's Flèche podium Emma Johansson (Red Sun), Marianne Vos (DSB Bank) and Claudia Häusler (Cervelo Test Team)
- Emma Johansson (Red Sun) still leads the women's World Cup.
Results - 98km
1 Marianne Vos (Ned) DSB Bank - LTO 2.35.40 (37.77 km/h) 2 Emma Johansson (Swe) Red Sun Cycling Team 0.06 3 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam 0.10 4 Amber Neben (USA) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.15 5 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 0.20 6 Nicole Cooke WAL Vision 1 Racing 0.21 7 Mara Abbott (USA) Team Columbia Highroad Women 0.22 8 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Cervelo TestTeam 0.28 9 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint 0.31 10 Marta Vila Josana Andreu (Spa) Team Cmax Dila' 0.33 11 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Bigla Cycling Team 12 Alexandra Wrubleski (Can) Team Columbia Highroad Women 13 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Leontien.nl 0.38 14 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 0.39 15 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi 16 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs 0.45 17 Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Vision 1 Racing 0.48 18 Catherine Hare Willianson (GBr) Fenixs 19 Janel Holcomb (USA) US National Team 20 Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Russian Federation 0.59 21 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago 1.02 22 Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 1.05 23 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Vision 1 Racing 1.08 24 Julie Krasniak (Fra) French National Team 1.11 25 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.13 26 Luise Keller (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad Women 27 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 28 Liesbeth De Vocht (Bel) DSB Bank - LTO 1.21 29 Kimberly Anderson (USA) Team Columbia Highroad Women 1.30 30 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago 1.37 31 Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam 1.57 32 Angela Hennig (Ger) DSB Bank - LTO 2.00 33 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Red Sun Cycling Team 34 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Team Cmax Dila' 2.02 35 Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi 2.05 36 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Austrian National Team 2.09 37 Inga Cilvinaite (Ltu) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi 2.11 38 Alona Andruk (Ukr) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi 2.12 39 Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team 40 Sjoukje Dufoer (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team 41 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team 42 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Team Flexpoint 2.15 43 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Leontien.nl 44 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Leontien.nl 45 Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago 2.17 46 Karin Aune (Swe) Fenixs 47 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi 2.21 48 Josien Van Den Heerik (Ned) Leontien.nl 2.22 49 Marlijn Binnendijk (Ned) Leontien.nl 2.25 50 Noortje Tabak (Ned) DSB Bank - LTO 2.28 51 Bianca Knoepfle (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 52 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 2.30 53 Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel (Ned) Team Flexpoint 2.31 54 Kristin Sanders (USA) US National Team 55 Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Cervelo TestTeam 56 Alice Donadoni (Ita) Team Cmax Dila' 2.34 57 Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Selle Italia Ghezzi 58 Ekaterina Novozhilova (Rus) Russian Federation 2.36 59 Marieke Van Wanroij (Ned) DSB Bank - LTO 60 Martine Bras (Ned) Selle Italia Ghezzi 2.40 61 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Leontien.nl 62 Loes Sels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team 2.47 63 Irina Molicheva (Rus) Russian Federation 2.50 64 Tina Liebig (Ger) DSB Bank - LTO 65 Corine Hierckens (Bel) Fenixs 66 Petra Dijkman (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team 67 Anna Van Der Breggen (Ned) Team Flexpoint 3.14 68 Edita Unguryte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 3.40 69 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago 3.55 70 Saskia Elemans (Ned) Team Flexpoint 4.32 71 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 4.57 72 Sigrid Corneo (Slo) Selle Italia Ghezzi 5.19 73 Yulia Blindyuk (Rus) Russian Federation 5.43 74 Audrey Cordon (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 6.50 75 Clemilda Fernandes Silva (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 6.53 76 Eugenie Mermillod (Fra) French National Team 77 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 7.01 78 Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 7.16 79 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi 80 Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria Mazaga (Spa) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi 7.23 81 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 7.39 OTL Katharine Carroll (USA) US National Team 16.16 DNF Kacey Mandefield (USA) US National Team 16.22 DNF Laure Werner (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team DNF Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad Women DNF Gabriella Day (GBr) Vision 1 Racing DNF Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) Vision 1 Racing DNF Helen Wyman (GBr) Vision 1 Racing DNF Emma Pooley ENG Cervelo TestTeam DNF Kirsten Wild (Ned) Cervelo TestTeam DNF Marieke Den Otter (Ned) Netherlands DNF Esra Tromp (Ned) Netherlands DNF Laura Turpijn (Ned) Netherlands DNF Monique Zeldenrust (Ned) Netherlands DNF Suzanne Kuiper (Ned) Netherlands DNF Trine Schmidt (Den) Team Flexpoint DNF Charlotte Becker (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung DNF Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam DNF Emma Mackie (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam DNF Kim Schoonbaert (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam DNF Kaytee Boyd (NZl) Selle Italia Ghezzi DNF Laura Dittmann (Ger) German National Team DNF Virginia Hennig (Ger) German National Team DNF Jana Schemmer (Ger) German National Team DNF Ana Bianca Schnitzmeier (Ger) German National Team DNF Martina Corazza (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago DNF Eleonora Suelotto (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago DNF Mélanie Bravard (Fra) French National Team DNF Margot Ortega (Fra) French National Team DNF Amélie Rivat (Fra) French National Team DNF Béatrice Thomas (Fra) French National Team DNF Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team DNF Veronica Andreasson (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team DNF Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team DNF Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi DNF Jennifer Fischer (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope DNF Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope DNF Fiona Dutriaux (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope DNF Uenia Fernandes Da Souza (Bra) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo DNF Edita Janeliunaite (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo DNF Egle Zablotskyte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo DNF Simona Frapporti (Ita) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo OTL Jessica Phillips (USA) US National Team DNF Yulia Iliynikh (Rus) Russian Federation DNF Elena Novikova (Rus) Russian Federation DNF Suzie Godart (Lux) Fenixs DNF Urte Juodvalkyte (Ltu) Fenixs DNF Jessie Daams (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team DNF Katrien Van Looy (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team DNF Ine Beyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team DNF Saneila Biagi (Ita) Team Cmax Dila' DNF Francesca Faustini (Ita) Team Cmax Dila' DNF Arien Torsius (RSA) Team Cmax Dila' DNF Karin Ruso (Aut) Austrian National Team DNS Monika Schachl (Aut) Austrian National Team DNF Bernadette Schober (Aut) Austrian National Team DNF Pelin Cizgin (Aut) Austrian National Team DNF Catherine Langer (Aut) Austrian National Team
World Cup standings
1 Emma Johansson (Swe) Red Sun Cycling Team 210 pts 2 Marianne Vos (Ned) DSB Bank - LTO 192 3 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint 104 4 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) Team Columbia Highroad Women 96 5 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Cervelo TestTeam 88 6 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 61 7 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Vision 1 Racing 54 8 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Leontien.nl 53 9 Martine Bras (Ned) Selle Italia Ghezzi 53 10 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 49 11 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 45 12 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Cervelo TestTeam 38 13 Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam 37 14 Julia Martisova (Rus) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago 37 15 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam 35 16 Amber Neben (USA) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 30 17 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 27 18 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Cervelo TestTeam 26 19 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Leontien.nl 25 20 Mara Abbott (USA) Team Columbia Highroad Women 21 21 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 15 22 Marta Vila Josana Andreu (Spa) Team Cmax Dila' 11 23 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Bigla Cycling Team 10 24 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 10 25 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 10 26 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago 10 27 Alexandra Wrubleski (Can) Team Columbia Highroad Women 9 28 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 9 29 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Team Flexpoint 9 30 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi 9 31 Sophie Creux (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion 8 32 Linda Melanie Villumsen (Den) Team Columbia Highroad Women 7 33 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi 6 34 Catherine Hare Willianson (GBr) Fenixs 6 35 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Fenixs 5 36 Alessandra D'ettorre (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 5 37 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Vision 1 Racing 5 38 Alona Andruk (Ukr) Safi -Pasta Zara Titanedi 5 39 Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Vision 1 Racing 4 40 Janel Holcomb (USA) US National Team 2 41 Alexandra Greenfield (GBr) Great Britain 2 42 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) DSB Bank - LTO 2 43 Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Petrogradets 1 44 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Leontien.nl 1 45 Liesbeth De Vocht (Bel) DSB Bank - LTO 1 46 Alice Marmorini (Ita) Fenixs 1 Teams 1 Cervélo TestTeam 224 pts 2 Red Sun Cycling Team 210 3 Team Columbia Highroad Women 133 4 Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 128 5 Dsb Bank - Lto 118 6 Team Flexpoint 113 7 Netherlands 104 8 Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 68 9 Vision 1 Racing 63 10 Selle Italia Ghezzi 59 11 Bigla Cycling Team 55 12 Leontien.Nl 52 13 Gauss Rdz Ormu - Colnago 47 14 France 23 15 Fenixs 12 16 Team Cmax Dila' 11 17 Italy 7 17 Safi Pasta 7 19 Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 5 20 Great Britain 2 20 United States 2 22 Russia 1
