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18th Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin - 2.9.1
France, May 17-26, 2002
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Stage 10 - May 26: Saint-Hilaire - Limoux, 107 km
Rossner takes final stage
Team Saturn report by Giana Roberge
The final 107km stage of the Tour de l'Aude was a 25 line course followed by 14 laps of a five kilometre course which saw no change to the overall classification but another opportunity for the team from Saturn to put in a dominant display. Saturn rider Kristy Scrymgeour set the pace in the first half of the race, and Catherine Marsal, Ina Yoko Teutenberg, and Judith Arndt came in for the final laps, setting up sprinter Petra Rossner for the finish who won the sixth Saturn stage win of the Tour.
In the last lap, Pia Sunstedt (Figurella) attacked in the only climb of the five kilometre lap. Teutenberg made the effort to close the gap to Sunstedt, with the Saturn train beginning the lead-out for Rossner as they caught Sunstedt at the three kilometre to go mark. Marsal took the Saturn riders to one kilometre to go, then Teutenberg powered to the five hundred mark, and from there it was the Yellow Jersey, Arndt, bringing Rossner to the final three-hundred metre mark where she could unleash her finishing speed. Rossner won the stage over Angela Brodtka (Red Bull) in second and France's Magali Lefloch.
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The overall remained unchanged from yesterday with Arndt finishing in Yellow, Russian rider Valentina Polkanova (Itera) in second and forer world champion Edita Punshiskaite (Lit - Figurella) in third. After wearing the Yellow Jersey for eight days, Saturn's Teutenberg finished fourth overall and with the points jersey. The five women Saturn Team also won the Team competition.
As if by perfect planning the final stage of the 18th Tour de L'Aude just finished - gratefully - before the skies opened up.
Anne Marie Thomas has once again set the bar for all international tours to strive to meet, promoting a well organized, challenging, and professional race for the sport of women's cycling.
Results
1 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 2.40.03 2 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 3 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) French National Team 4 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 5 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 6 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 7 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Power Plate - Bik 8 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen T Interim 9 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 10 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera Team 11 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 12 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 13 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 14 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 0.08 15 Miho Oki (Jap) C.A. Mantes La Ville 16 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 17 Jenny Algelid Bengtsson (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 18 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Itera Team 19 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 20 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 21 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera Team 22 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 23 Elena Beliaeva (Rus) Petrogradets 24 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 25 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen T Interim 26 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 27 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 28 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 29 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 30 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 0.12 31 Aline Camboulives (Fra) French National Team 0.14 32 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 33 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 34 Mélanie Sears (GBr) British National Team 35 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 36 Rhonda Quick (USA) Figurella Dream Team 37 Elena Mikhailiouk (Rus) Petrogradets 38 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) C.A. Mantes La Ville 39 Elisabeth Tadich (Aus) Australian National Team 40 Sarah Duster (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 41 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) C.A. Mantes La Ville 42 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Nurnberger Versicherung 43 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Figurella Dream Team 44 Nicole Demars (Can) Canadian National Team 45 Gina Grain (Can) Canadian National Team 46 Leah Goldstein (Can) Canadian National Team 47 Marcia Eicher Vouets (Swi) C.A. Mantes La Ville 48 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 0.20 49 Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Petrogradets 50 Laurence Restoin (Fra) French National Team 51 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 0.28 52 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 0.35 53 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn Cycling Team 0.40 54 Elena Tchalykh (Rus) Itera Team 55 Charlotte Hopkinson (GBr) British National Team 0.43 56 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 57 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 58 Emma Davies (GBr) British National Team 59 Lenie Dijkstra (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 60 Kim Shirley (Aus) Itera Team 61 Anouska Van Der Zee (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 62 Elsbeth Vink (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 0.55 63 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 1.29 64 Christina Becker (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 1.38 65 Julie Pekarkova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 2.04 66 Sue Smith (Can) Canadian National Team 67 Olga Khortova (Rus) Petrogradets 68 Katrin Beilharz (Ger) German National Team 2.42 69 Vanessa Guyton (NZl) Vlaanderen T Interim 3.58 70 Pavla Havlikova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 12.28 71 Sara Waller (GBr) British National Team 20.58 Final general classification 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 25.09.15 2 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera Team 1.16 3 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 1.24 4 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 3.50 5 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen T Interim 4.44 6 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 5.53 7 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 7.50 8 Jenny Algelid Bengtsson (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 7.53 9 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 7.59 10 Aline Camboulives (Fra) French National Team 8.58 11 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 8.59 12 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 9.29 13 Leah Goldstein (Can) Canadian National Team 11.02 14 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 13.46 15 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) French National Team 14.37 16 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 15.29 17 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 16.40 18 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 16.47 19 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 16.55 20 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Figurella Dream Team 17.05 21 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 17.59 22 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera Team 18.08 23 Miho Oki (Jap) C.A. Mantes La Ville 20.13 24 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 21.02 25 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 21.45 26 Marcia Eicher Vouets (Swi) C.A. Mantes La Ville 22.36 27 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 23.40 28 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Nurnberger Versicherung 24.08 29 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 24.58 30 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 25.45 31 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 27.57 32 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Itera Team 28.06 33 Elisabeth Tadich (Aus) Australian National Team 30.27 34 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 32.25 35 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 32.42 36 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 34.16 37 Anouska Van Der Zee (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 37.20 38 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 37.40 39 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn Cycling Team 38.36 40 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) C.A. Mantes La Ville 40.27 41 Emma Davies (GBr) British National Team 40.32 42 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 40.38 43 Nicole Demars (Can) Canadian National Team 40.50 44 Elsbeth Vink (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 43.22 45 Julie Pekarkova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 43.59 46 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 45.09 47 Laurence Restoin (Fra) French National Team 45.11 48 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) C.A. Mantes La Ville 46.17 49 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Power Plate - Bik 49.59 50 Rhonda Quick (USA) Figurella Dream Team 50.18 51 Olga Khortova (Rus) Petrogradets 56.35 52 Christina Becker (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 1.02.23 53 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 1.04.35 54 Elena Tchalykh (Rus) Itera Team 1.04.42 55 Pavla Havlikova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 1.07.42 56 Mélanie Sears (GBr) British National Team 1.07.58 57 Sarah Duster (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 1.09.03 58 Kim Shirley (Aus) Itera Team 1.09.52 59 Elena Beliaeva (Rus) Petrogradets 1.11.23 60 Elena Mikhailiouk (Rus) Petrogradets 1.12.54 61 Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Petrogradets 1.13.14 62 Charlotte Hopkinson (GBr) British National Team 1.17.41 63 Katrin Beilharz (Ger) German National Team 1.21.52 64 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen T Interim 1.33.42 65 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 1.38.28 66 Lenie Dijkstra (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 1.41.19 67 Sue Smith (Can) Canadian National Team 1.46.34 68 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 1.48.55 69 Sara Waller (GBr) British National Team 1.49.44 70 Vanessa Guyton (NZl) Vlaanderen T Interim 1.50.14 71 Gina Grain (Can) Canadian National Team 2.09.54 Points classification 1 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 118 pts 2 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 82 3 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 66 4 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) French National Team 65 5 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 60 6 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen T Interim 49 7 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 43 8 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 43 9 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 42 10 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 41 11 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera Team 35 12 Elena Tchalykh (Rus) Itera Team 35 13 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 33 14 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 31 15 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 31 16 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 29 17 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 29 18 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera Team 27 19 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn Cycling Team 25 20 Jenny Algelid Bengtsson (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 25 21 Miho Oki (Jap) C.A. Mantes La Ville 25 22 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 22 23 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Power Plate - Bik 22 24 Elisabeth Tadich (Aus) Australian National Team 21 25 Anouska Van Der Zee (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 20 26 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Nurnberger Versicherung 20 27 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 16 28 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 15 29 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 13 30 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 12 31 Marcia Eicher Vouets (Swi) C.A. Mantes La Ville 12 32 Aline Camboulives (Fra) French National Team 12 33 Olga Khortova (Rus) Petrogradets 10 34 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 10 35 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 10 36 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 10 37 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Itera Team 7 38 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 5 39 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 5 40 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 38 pts 2 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 28 3 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera Team 22 4 Aline Camboulives (Fra) French National Team 16 5 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 13 6 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 10 7 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 9 8 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 8 9 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 5 10 Elena Tchalykh (Rus) Itera Team 4 11 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 3 12 Marcia Eicher Vouets (Swi) C.A. Mantes La Ville 2 13 Elsbeth Vink (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 1 14 Olga Khortova (Rus) Petrogradets 1 15 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Nurnberger Versicherung 1 16 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) French National Team 1 17 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 1 18 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 1 19 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 1 Sprints classification 1 Elena Tchalykh (Rus) Itera Team 48 pts 2 Elena Beliaeva (Rus) Petrogradets 28 3 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 18 4 Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Petrogradets 12 5 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 12 6 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 10 7 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 6 8 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 6 9 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) French National Team 5 10 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 4 11 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Itera Team 4 12 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn Cycling Team 4 13 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 3 14 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 3 15 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 3 16 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 3 17 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 3 18 Christina Becker (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 2 19 Lenie Dijkstra (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 2 20 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 2 21 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2 22 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 2 23 Olga Khortova (Rus) Petrogradets 2 24 Elena Mikhailiouk (Rus) Petrogradets 1 25 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 1 26 Emma Davies (GBr) British National Team 1 27 Gina Grain (Can) Canadian National Team 1 28 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera Team 1 29 Jenny Algelid Bengtsson (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 1 Teams classification 1 Itera Team 77.49.30 2 Saturn Cycling Team 6.40 3 Nurnberger Versicherung 13.02 4 France 16.30 5 Figurella Dream Team 18.45 6 Team Farm-Frites Hartol 25.10 7 Lithuania 26.41 8 Vlaanderen T Interim 29.36 9 Allemagne 57.08 10 C.A. Mantes La Ville 1.13.54 11 Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 1.26.47 12 Australia 1.39.12 13 Power Plate - Bik 1.50.52 14 Canada 1.55.56 15 Czech Republic 2.01.17 16 Great Britain 2.06.48 17 Petrogradets 2.27.09
