18th Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin - 2.9.1

France, May 17-26, 2002

2001 Results Preview Stage List Start List Past winners

The Stages

Stage 1 - May 17: Lézignan-Corbières - Lézignan-Corbières, 109 km
Stage 2 - May 18: Gruissan-Gruissan team time trial, 28 km
Stage 3 - May 19: Fleury d'Aude - Saint-Pierre-La-Mer, 116 km
Stage 4 - May 20: Rieux Minervois - Rieux Minervois, 114 km
Stage 5a - May 21: Tuchan - Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse, 45 km
Stage 5b - May 21: Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse - Tuchan, 45 km
Stage 6 - May 22: Castelnaudary - Castelnaudary individual time trial
Stage 7 - May 23: Castelnaudary - Castelnaudary, 108 km
Stage 8 - May 24: Quillan - Quillan, 120 km
Stage 9 - May 25: Quillan - Limoux, 114 km
Stage 10 - May 26: Saint-Hilaire - Limoux, 107 km

Preview

Today's start of the tour de l'Aude (May 17-26) sees the strongest women's field of the year so far line up for a race that nevertheless looks wide open.

Lyne Bessette (Saturn), winner in 1999 and 2001 will be up against several other previous winners including Hanka Kupfernagel (2000), Valentina Polkhanova (1995) and Catherine Marsal (1990 and 1994).

The roster also includes world champion Rasa Polikeviciute and her twin sister Iolanda, plus Bessette's Saturn team-mates world number one Judith Arndt and world cup leader Petra Rossner.

Start List

 
Saturn Cycling Team                Vlaanderen T Interim
 
2 Judith Arndt (Ger)               7 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe)
3 Catherine Marsal (Fra)           8 Vanessa Guyton (NZl)
4 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger)        9 Debby Mansveld (Ned)
5 Petra Rossner (Ger)              10 Cindy Pieters (Bel)
6 Kristy Scrymgeour (Aus)          11 Mirella Van Melis (Ned)
                                   12 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel)
 
Nurnberger Versicherung            Itera Team
 
13 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger)         19 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus)
14 Jenny Algelid Bengtsson (Swe)   20 Elena Tchalykh (Rus)
15 Margaret Hemsley (Aus)          21 Ioulia Martissova (Rus)
16 Tanja Hennes (Ger)              22 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus)
17 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger)             23 Kim Shirley (Aus)
18 Sandra Rombouts (Ned)           24 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus)
 
Lithuanian National Team           Figurella Dream Team
 
25 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu)        31 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu)
26 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu)     32 Roberta Bonanomi (Ita)
27 Diana Elmentaite (Ltu)          33 Silvia Parietti (Ita)
29 Julita Papinigyte (Ltu)         34 Rhonda Quick (USA)
30 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu)    35 Pia Sundstedt (Fin)
                                   36 Alberta Baiocchi (Ita)
 
German National Team               Australian National Team
 
37 Liane Bahler (Ger)              43 Lorian Graham (Aus)
38 Katrin Beilharz (Ger)           44 Emma James (Aus)
39 Clarissa Breuer (Ger)           45 Olivia Gollan (Aus)
40 Tina Liebig (Ger)               46 Naomi Williams (Aus)
41 Theresa Senff (Ger)             47 Oenone Wood (Aus)
42 Doreen Weise (Ger)              48 Elisabeth Tadich (Aus)
 
Canadian National Team             French National Team
 
49 Erin Carter (Can)               55 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra)
50 Nicole Demars (Can)             56 Aline Camboulives (Fra)
51 Leah Goldstein (Can)            58 Sonia Huguet (Fra)
52 Gina Grain (Can)                59 Laurence Restoin (Fra)
53 Sélina Elm (Can)                60 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra)
54 Sue Smith (Can)
 
British National Team              Team Farm-Frites Hartol
 
61 Susan Carter (GBr)              67 Mirjam Melchers (Ned)
62 Mélanie Sears (GBr)             68 Arenda Grimberg (Ned)
63 Emma Davies (GBr)               69 Kirsty Robb (NZl)
64 Charlotte Hopkinson (GBr)       70 Sandra Missbach (Ger)
65 Sarah Symington (GBr)           71 Anouska Van Der Zee (Ned)
66 Sara Waller (GBr)               72 Elsbeth Vink (Ned)
 
Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull            Power Plate - Bik
 
73 Carlotte Becker (Ger)           79 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita)
74 Christina Becker (Ger)          80 Tania Belvederesi (Ita)
75 Angela Brodtka (Ger)            81 Andrea Bosman (Ned)
76 Katia Polzin (Ger)              82 Ketty Manfrin (Ned)
77 Sarah Duster (Ger)              83 Lenie Dijkstra (Ned)
78 Anke Wichmann (Ger)             84 Sharon Van Essen (Ned)
 
Czech Republic National Team       C.A. Mantes La Ville
 
86 Lada Kozlikova (Cze)            91 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra)
87 Kristina Obrucova (Cze)         92 Marcia Eicher Vouets (Swi)
88 Julie Pekarkova (Cze)           94 Sylvie Riedle (Fra)
89 Zdenka Havlikova (Cze)          95 Miho Oki (Jap)
90 Pavla Havlikova (Cze)           96 Sandra Wampfler (Swi)
 
Petrogradets
 
97 Elena Beliaeva (Rus)
98 Olga Khortova (Rus)
99 Elena Mikhailiouk (Rus)
100 Elena Novikova (Rus)
101 Youlia Razenkova (Rus)
102 Natalia Tretiakova (Rus)

Past winners

Year        First                         Second                          Third
2001 Lyne Bessette (Can)        Judith Arndt (Ger)         Susanne Ljungskog (Swe)
2000 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger)    Mirjam Melchers (Ned)      Géraldine Loewenguth (Fra)
1999 Lyne Bessette (Can)        Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger)    Heidi Van de Vijver (Bel)
1998 Fabiana Luperini (Ita)     Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Catherine Marsal (Fra)
1997 Linda Jackson (Can)        Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus)  Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel)
1996 Aleksandra Koliaseva (Rus) Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus)  Catherine Marsal (Fra)
1995 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Rasa Polikiavichute (Lit)  Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus)
1994 Catherine Marsal (Fra)     Rasa Polikiavichute (Lit)  Alexsandra Koliaseva (Rus)
1993 Jeannie Longo (Fra)        Leontien Van Moorsel (Ned) Marion Clignet (Fra)
1992 Julie Young (USA)
1991 Leontien Van Moorsel (Ned) Catherine Marsal (Fra)     Inga Thompson (USA)
1990 Catherine Marsal (Fra)     Leontien Van Moorsel (Ned) Denise Kelly (Can)
1989 Cecile Odin (Fra)          Nadejda Kibardina (USSR)   Sara Neil (Can)
1988 Jeannie Longo (Fra)        Maria Canins (Ita)         L. Brambani (GB)
1987 Maria Canins (Ita)         Tamara Poliakova (Ukr)     Jeannie Longo (Fra)
1986 Phyllis Hines (USA)        V. Lafargue (Fra)          A. Iakovleva (USSR)
1985 Jeanette Parks (USA)