Tour de 'Toona - NE

Altoona, USA, July 3-August 5, 2001

Prologue - July 31: Downtown Altoona ITT, 4.8 km

Jeanson and Fraser take opening TT

Canadian rivals Genevieve Jeanson (Rona) and Lyne Bessette (Saturn) finshed first and second respectively in the 4.8 kilometre prologue time trial that opened the 2001 Tour de Toona. On a rolling course, Jeanson posted an impressive 5'39, to beat Bessette by 7 seconds, with Autotrader.com's Katrina Berger taking third, marginally behind Bessette.

In the men's event, Mercury's sprinting specialist Gord Fraser took the honors followed by Eric Wohlberg (Saturn) and Derek Bouchard-Hall (Mercury).

Women

1 Genevieve Jeanson (Can) Team Rona          5.39
2 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn                 0.07
3 Katrina Berger (USA) AutoTrader.com        
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6 Amber Neben (USA) AutoTrader.com           0.13
7 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) AutoTrader.com
10 Julie Young (USA) AutoTrader.com          0.16
14 Kim Smith (USA) AutoTrader.com            0.19
16 Tina Mayolo (USA) AutoTrader.com          0.20
Results courtesy of Autotrader.com

Men

1 Gord Fraser (Can) Mercury
2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn
3 Derek Bouchard-Hall (USA) Mercury
4 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators
5 Chris Baldwin (USA) Navigators
6 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators

Results courtesy of Navigators