11th Montreal World Cup - CDM

Quebec, Canada, May 31, 2008

Photography

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Images by Mitch Friedman/www.mitchophoto.com

• The pack comes up the hill in the rain.
• Ina Teutenberg (High Road) got away early to make the girls work.
• The pack works together mid race as it attempts to bring back Ina Teutenberg (High Road).
• The Women's World Cup race in Montreal started in the rain.
• Chantal Beltman (High Road) and Felicia Gomez (Aaron's) climb the hill in the rain with the peloton.
• UNIQA rider Nathalie Lamborelle.
• Ina Teutenberg (High Road) climbs in the fog on the Canadian circuit.
• Emma Pooley (Specialized for Women), Nikki Egyed (Australia), Fabiana Luperini (Menikini-Selle Italia), and Judith Arndt (High Road) chase Ina on the climb.
• Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung) takes time for a drink.
• Fabiana Luperini (Menikini-Selle Italia) couldn't repeat her 2007 win and had to settle for second place.
• Judith Arndt (High Road) took the win over Fabiana Luperini (Menikini-Selle Italia).
• Leigh Hobson (Canada) finished third, ahead of Olympic Champion Sara Carrigan (Australian National Team).
• UCI official Jose Manuel Pelaez helps Judith Arndt (High Road) into the UCI Women's World Cup jersey.
• Ina Teutenberg gives High Road team-mate Judith Arndt a hug after her win at the Women's World Cup event.
• Judith Arndt (High Road) gets interviewed by media after the race.
• Fabiana Luperini (Menikini-Selle Italia) gets cleaned up after the race where she narrowly lost out to High Road.
• German's Judith Arndt (High Road Women) claimed victory from the previous year's winner.
• Podium (L-R): Fabiana Luperini (Menikini-Selle Italia), Judith Arndt (High Road Women) and Leigh Hobson (Canada)

Images by CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net

• Webcor Builders riders warm up in the rain.
• Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (High Road) has a rub and a snack before the race.
• 2007 winner Fabiana Luperini (Menikini Selle Italia) on the climb early in the race.
• Lorena Foresi (Menikini Selle Italia) peers over the top of her glasses in the rain.
• Team High Road even provided Women's World Cup leader Judith Arndt with a specially painted bike for this race in the rainbow jersey.
• Patricia Schwager (Cervelo Lifeforce) looks uncomfortable in the wet and who could blame her, the conditions were horrible.
• Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (High Road) got away on her own in the fog.
• Joelle Numainville (GSD Gestion) in the fog.
• Alex Wrubleski (Webcor) celebrated her birthday in Montreal.
• Oenone Wood (High Road) was optimistic heading into the race.
• Christine Thornburn (Webcor) didn't seem to enjoy her day.
• Tanya Hennes (Specialized Designs for Women) made a return to racing after a crash in Drenthe in April.
• Daniella Pintarelli (Uniqa) smiles in the bunch.
• Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (High Road) during her long, solo break.
• Sara Carrigan (Australia) leaves a trail of spray as she corners late in the race.
• Felicia Gomez (Aaron's) grits her teeth as she rides in the bunch.
• Belem Guerrero (Mexico) was perhaps wishing she was at an indoor velodrome, where she also competes regularly for Mexico.
• Kim Anderson (High Road) was sent on the attack with three to go, after team-mate Ina Teutenberg was caught.
• German Judith Arndt (High Road) looks confident in the bunch with three laps to go.
• Judith Arndt (High Road) passes through the start / finish in the bunch with a couple of laps to go.
• Judith Arndt (High Road) celebrates as Fabiana Luperini (Menikini Selle Italia) coasts to second place behind her.
• Leigh Hobson (Canada) was delighted to come third in her home UCI Women's World Cup race.
• Judith Arndt (High Road) is the winner of the 2008 Montreal World Cup.
• The Australian National team look back down the finishing straight and reflects on the day's racing.

Images by John Pierce/Photosport International

• Arndt on the podium with the World Cup leader shorts.
• Arndt was flanked by Fabiana Luperini on the left and a smiling Leigh Hobson on the right.
• Arndt stayed up front on the rainy day to not get caught by surprise.
• World Cup leader Arndt in the centre checks out the competition.
• Teutenberg on the attack
• Luperini also gave it a go but was caught.