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18th Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin - 2.9.1
France, May 17-26, 2002
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Stage 8 - May 24: Quillan - Quillan, 120 km
Pucinskaite wins in the mountains
Saturn plays pass-the-leader-jersey
Team Saturn report
Figurella's Edita Pucinskaite won today's stage, the most difficult yet of the Tour de L'Aude, while the Saturn team hung on to the leader jersey, moving it between German team members. Having held the jersey from day one, Saturn's Ina Teutenberg relinquished it to Judith Arndt. Pucinskaite's stage win moves her up the general classification to third place.
The first climb of the stage was also the longest and the most challenging. The 12 kilometre ascent had narrow and steep sections until finally arriving to the top after 1700 meters of climbing. Saturn's Kristy Scrymgeour set a very hard tempo for the first 20 kilometres, keeping the attacks in check, until an attack from Finland's Pia Sundstedt blew the group to bits. It was Edita Pucinskaite, Valentina Polkanova and Arndt crossing the line of the first QOM at kilometre 44, with four minutes on the yellow jersey. Teutenberg was fighting hard to limit her losses with the aid of her team-mate Petra Rossner. Once over the top the two began a chase but in front the hammer was down with a motivated group heading toward the second major climb of the day.
By the second QOM Teutenberg and Rossner were seven minutes from Pucinskaite, Polkanova and Arndt. However, without Teutenberg in the small lead group Arndt sat in, allowing the two in her group set the hard pace. Behind her, Rossner and Teutenberg took every risk possible on the last descent to bring back three minutes also bringing back riders like Sunstedt, Melchers and Polikavitshute who were inbetween the lead group and the yellow jersey. Rossner and Teutenberg never gave up, crossing the line four minutes behind winner Pucinskaite. Polkanova finished second and Arndt third.
Arndt now wears the yellow jersey. Teutenberg and her team-mate's determination paid off with her slipping only into fourth in the overall with her tenth place finish today. She will wear the green points jersey tomorrow.
Results
1 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 3.36.00 2 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera Team 0.01 3 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 4 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 3.03 5 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 6 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 7 Aline Camboulives (Fra) French National Team 8 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen T Interim 9 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 4.55 10 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 11 Jenny Algelid Bengtsson (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 4.58 12 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 13 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 5.07 14 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera Team 5.39 15 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 16 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 17 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 18 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 19 Rhonda Quick (USA) Figurella Dream Team 20 Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 21 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Figurella Dream Team 22 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 23 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 24 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) French National Team 25 Leah Goldstein (Can) Canadian National Team 26 Miho Oki (Jap) C.A. Mantes La Ville 14.32 27 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 28 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Itera Team 29 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 30 Marcia Eicher Vouets (Swi) C.A. Mantes La Ville 31 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 15.22 32 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 33 Elsbeth Vink (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 34 Nicole Demars (Can) Canadian National Team 35 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 36 Diana Elmentaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 19.40 37 Julie Pekarkova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 38 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) C.A. Mantes La Ville 39 Elena Mikhailiouk (Rus) Petrogradets 40 Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Petrogradets 41 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 42 Sarah Duster (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 43 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 44 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 45 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Nurnberger Versicherung 46 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 47 Olga Khortova (Rus) Petrogradets 48 Laurence Restoin (Fra) French National Team 49 Elisabeth Tadich (Aus) Australian National Team 50 Katrin Beilharz (Ger) German National Team 51 Emma Davies (GBr) British National Team 52 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 53 Kim Shirley (Aus) Itera Team 54 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Itera Team 55 Sarah Symington (GBr) British National Team 56 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 57 Anouska Van Der Zee (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 58 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) C.A. Mantes La Ville 59 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn Cycling Team 60 Pavla Havlikova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 20.36 61 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 25.28 62 Elena Tchalykh (Rus) Itera Team 63 Christina Becker (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 29.37 64 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Power Plate - Bik 65 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen T Interim 66 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 67 Elena Beliaeva (Rus) Petrogradets 68 Alberta Baiocchi (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 39.45 69 Mlanie Sears (GBr) British National Team 70 Charlotte Hopkinson (GBr) British National Team 71 Kristina Obrucova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 72 Sara Waller (GBr) British National Team 73 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 74 Natalia Tretiakova (Rus) Petrogradets 75 Vanessa Guyton (NZl) Vlaanderen T Interim 76 Gina Grain (Can) Canadian National Team 40.59 77 Lenie Dijkstra (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 78 Sue Smith (Can) Canadian National Team 79 Kristy Scrymgeour (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 80 Oenone Wood (Aus) Australian National Team 81 Erin Carter (Can) Canadian National Team General classification after stage 8 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 19.12.19 2 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera Team 1.08 3 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 1.16 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 7.42 8 Jenny Algelid Bengtsson (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 7.45 9 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 7.51 10 Aline Camboulives (Fra) French National Team 8.44 11 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 8.51 12 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 9.29 13 Leah Goldstein (Can) Canadian National Team 10.38 14 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 13.46 15 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) French National Team 14.41 16 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 15.17 17 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 16.32 18 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 16.34 19 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 16.39 20 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Figurella Dream Team 16.41 21 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera Team 18.08 22 Miho Oki (Jap) C.A. Mantes La Ville 20.05 23 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Itera Team 20.07 24 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 20.09 25 Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 20.47 26 Marcia Eicher Vouets (Swi) C.A. Mantes La Ville 22.15 27 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 24.28 28 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 25.00 29 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 25.25 30 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 25.56 31 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 27.33 32 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Itera Team 27.58 33 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 29.37 34 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Nurnberger Versicherung 31.48 35 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 32.31 36 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 32.37 37 Anouska Van Der Zee (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 36.27 38 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 37.26 39 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn Cycling Team 37.46 40 Elisabeth Tadich (Aus) Australian National Team 38.13 41 Emma Davies (GBr) British National Team 39.49 42 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 39.49 43 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) C.A. Mantes La Ville 40.06 44 Nicole Demars (Can) Canadian National Team 40.26 45 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 40.30 46 Julie Pekarkova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 41.48 47 Elsbeth Vink (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 42.17 48 Sarah Symington (GBr) British National Team 42.52 49 Laurence Restoin (Fra) French National Team 44.44 50 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 45.09 51 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) C.A. Mantes La Ville 46.03 52 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Power Plate - Bik 49.59 53 Rhonda Quick (USA) Figurella Dream Team 50.04 54 Pavla Havlikova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 55.04 55 Christina Becker (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 1.00.35 56 Olga Khortova (Rus) Petrogradets 1.02.20 57 Oenone Wood (Aus) Australian National Team 1.03.45 58 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 1.04.25 59 Erin Carter (Can) Canadian National Team 1.07.37 60 Mlanie Sears (GBr) British National Team 1.07.44 61 Sarah Duster (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 1.08.49 62 Kim Shirley (Aus) Itera Team 1.08.59 63 Elena Beliaeva (Rus) Petrogradets 1.09.27 64 Diana Elmentaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1.10.09 65 Elena Tchalykh (Rus) Itera Team 1.11.01 66 Elena Mikhailiouk (Rus) Petrogradets 1.12.33 67 Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Petrogradets 1.12.44 68 Katrin Beilharz (Ger) German National Team 1.16.01 69 Charlotte Hopkinson (GBr) British National Team 1.16.58 70 Sara Waller (GBr) British National Team 1.26.58 71 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen T Interim 1.33.34 72 Lenie Dijkstra (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 1.34.38 73 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 1.38.20 74 Kristina Obrucova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 1.39.32 75 Vanessa Guyton (NZl) Vlaanderen T Interim 1.40.18 76 Sue Smith (Can) Canadian National Team 1.44.23 77 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 1.48.10 78 Natalia Tretiakova (Rus) Petrogradets 1.49.22 79 Gina Grain (Can) Canadian National Team 2.03.42 80 Kristy Scrymgeour (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 2.24.31 81 Alberta Baiocchi (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 2.24.35 Mountains classification 1 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 36 pts 2 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 28 3 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera Team 19 4 Aline Camboulives (Fra) French National Team 16 5 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 13 6 Sarah Symington (GBr) British National Team 10 7 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 9 8 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Itera Team 6 9 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 5 10 Elena Tchalykh (Rus) Itera Team 3 11 Marcia Eicher Vouets (Swi) C.A. Mantes La Ville 2 12 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) French National Team 1 13 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 1 14 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 1 15 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 1 16 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 1 Points classification 1 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 114 pts 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 62 3 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 58 4 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) French National Team 49 5 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Itera Team 47 6 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 46 7 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 43 8 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen T Interim 41 9 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera Team 35 10 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 31 11 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 31 12 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 29 13 Elena Tchalykh (Rus) Itera Team 26 14 Sarah Symington (GBr) British National Team 25 15 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn Cycling Team 25 16 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 25 17 Jenny Algelid Bengtsson (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 25 18 Miho Oki (Jap) C.A. Mantes La Ville 24 19 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 22 20 Anouska Van Der Zee (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 20 21 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera Team 19 22 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 18 23 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 16 24 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 15 25 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 15 26 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 13 27 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 13 28 Marcia Eicher Vouets (Swi) C.A. Mantes La Ville 12 29 Aline Camboulives (Fra) French National Team 12 30 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 10 31 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 10 32 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Power Plate - Bik 8 33 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 7 34 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Itera Team 7 35 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Nurnberger Versicherung 6 36 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 6 37 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 5 38 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 1 39 Diana Elmentaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1 40 Elisabeth Tadich (Aus) Australian National Team 1 Hot spot sprint classirication 1 Elena Tchalykh (Rus) Itera Team 35 pts 2 Elena Beliaeva (Rus) Petrogradets 20 3 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 18 4 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 12 5 Sarah Symington (GBr) British National Team 10 6 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 6 7 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) French National Team 5 8 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 5 9 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 4 10 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Itera Team 4 11 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 3 12 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 3 13 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 3 14 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 3 15 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn Cycling Team 3 16 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 2 17 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2 18 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 2 19 Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 1 20 Olga Khortova (Rus) Petrogradets 1 21 Emma Davies (GBr) British National Team 1 22 Erin Carter (Can) Canadian National Team 1 23 Gina Grain (Can) Canadian National Team 1 24 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera Team 1 25 Jenny Algelid Bengtsson (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 1 Espoirs classification 1 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 19.28.58 2 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Itera Team 3.28 3 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 3.30 4 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 10.54 5 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 12.58 6 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 15.52 7 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 23.51 8 Pavla Havlikova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 38.25 9 Oenone Wood (Aus) Australian National Team 47.06 10 Sarah Duster (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 52.10 11 Diana Elmentaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 53.30 12 Katrin Beilharz (Ger) German National Team 59.22 13 Natalia Tretiakova (Rus) Petrogradets 1.32.43 Teams classification 1 Saturn Cycling Team 60.05.12 2 Itera Team 0.10 3 Figurella Dream Team 11.32 4 Nurnberger Versicher 14.10 5 France 17.28 6 Vlaanderen T Interim 25.11 7 Team Farm-Frites Hartol 26.18 8 Lithuania 27.49 9 Germany 49.13 10 C.A. Mantes La Ville 1.06.41 11 Frankfurt/Oder-Red B 1.18.24 12 Australia 1.39.29 13 Czech Republic 1.39.46 14 Power Plate - Bik 1.44.04 15 Canada 1.48.17 16 Great Britain 1.58.38 17 Petrogradets 2.27.29
