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3rd Primavera Rosa (CDM)Italy, March 24, 2001Solo win to LjungskogBy Gerard Knapp Swedish rider Susanne Ljungskog (Vlaanderen-T-Interim) has won the third edition of La Primavera Rosa, 118 kilometres from Varrezze to San Remo. "My aim was to win today," she told cyclingnews.com after the finish. "I attacked 200 metres from the top of Poggio and then continued it on the descent." The Swedish rider built up a lead of nearly 100 metres in her last-minute attack in the 53x16 on the Poggio, and then extended the lead by another 100 metres with an extremely rapid descent. Behind her, the bunch was in disarray. "I am a good downhiller," she said of her descending skills. The Primavera got off to a nervous start with several crashes and riders coming down on the road and then a succession of attacks which never really established a serious lead. Ljungskog stayed in the bunch and waited for the main field to pull the break in by the foot of the Poggio. "I was sitting in the group and told myself 'just be cool'. I had a plan today to go at the end of the climb of the Poggio, and it worked very well." "We have a good team and today Heidi Van De Vijver was doing a lot of work for me. I did not really see any of the Italians or Lithuanians making any big breaks." Ljungskog said she had been training all winter in Sweden with a view to the Primavera and came into the race in excellent form, although she had been feeling alittle sick earlier in the week "and I was not sure how I would go today". The Swede said her winter training regime of riding an MTB and running in the snow had prepared her well for the season, and she's now looking forward to the Fleche Wallonne and the Montreal rounds of the World Cup. Mirjam Melchers (Acca Due O) won the bunch sprint to finish second for the third time in a row in a World Cup. She now has an equal number of points as World Cup leader, Anna Millward.
Results - 118 km1 Suzanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen-T Interim 2.51.34 (41.27 km/h) 2 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena 0.05 3 Sara Felloni (Ita) Alfa Lum RSM 4 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) GAS Sport 5 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Dutch National Team 6 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 7 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Farm Frites-Hartol 8 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Edil Savino 9 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Alfa Lum RSM 10 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Edil Savino 11 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena 12 Simona Parente (Ita) Edil Savino 13 Jenny Algelid (Swe) Nurnberger 14 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena 15 Sandra Wampfler (Swi) CA Mantes la Ville-78 16 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Farm Frites-Hartol 17 Severine Desbouys (Fra) GAS Sport 18 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Alfa Lum RSM 0.33 19 Fany Lecourtois (Fra) Alfa Lum RSM 20 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi) Carpe Diem-Itera 0.41 21 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Aliverti-Immobiliare Luca 1.11 22 Lara Ruthven (USA) Carpe Diem-Itera 1.32 23 Youlia Martisova (Rus) Russian National Team 24 Daniela Veronesi (Ita) Alfa Lum RSM 1.52 25 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 26 Andrea Purner (Aut) Nurnberger 2.27 27 Vanja Vonckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 28 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena 29 Monica Valen (Nor) SponsorService 30 Lisbeth Simper (Den) Lolland-Falster 31 Sara Symington (GBr) British National Team 32 Katia Longhin (Ita) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena 33 Tanja Hennes (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 34 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Farm Frites-Hartol 35 Gitana Gruodyte (Ltu) Rosa Dei Venti 36 Cybil Diguistini (Can) CA Mantes la Ville-78 37 Wenche Stensvold (Nor) SponsorService 38 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National Team 39 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) CA Mantes la Ville-78 40 Lotte Schmidt (Den) Danish National Team 41 Vera Carrara (Ita) Carpe Diem-Itera 42 Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) GAS Sport 43 Solrun Flatas (Nor) SponsorService 44 Jirina Frantikova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 45 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) GAS Sport 46 Fatima Blazquez Lozano (Spa) Michela Fanini Record Rox 47 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Russian National Team 48 Jorunn Kvalo (Nor) SponsorService 49 Rosalisa Lapomarda (Ita) Rosa Dei Venti 50 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen-T Interim 2.33 51 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol 52 Frances Newstead (GBr) British National Team 53 Evy Van Damme (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 54 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Carpe Diem-Itera 2.52 55 Isabella Wieser (Aut) Austrian National Team 56 Annette Beutler (Swi) Swiss National Team 57 Neringa Raudonyte (Ltu) Rosa Dei Venti 58 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus) Edil Savino 59 Marielle Van Scheppingen (Ned) Dutch National Team 60 Marion Brauen (Swi) Swiss National Team 61 Anna Skawinska (Pol) Ukrainian National Team 62 Rosa Maria Bravo Soba (Spa) Bik-Toscany 63 Julie Pekarkova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 64 Marieke Haverdings (Spa) Bik-Toscany 65 Elena Tchalykh (Rus) Russian National Team 66 Sonia Rocca (Ita) Edil Savino 67 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Dutch National Team 68 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 69 Inge Velthuis (Ned) Dutch National Team 70 Kerstin Scheitle (Ger) Nurnberger 71 Alexandra Nohles (Ger) Nurnberger 72 Mari Holden (USA) Alfa Lum RSM 73 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Acca Due O-HP-Lorena 74 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Michela Fanini Record Rox 75 Olena Budovitska (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 76 Silvia Parietti (Ita) GAS Sport 3.22 77 Areke Hassink (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 78 Claudia Marietta (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Rox 79 Elena Malomoura (Rus) Russian National Team 3.27 80 Gabriella Pregnolato (Ita) GAS Sport 81 Sofie Andersson (Swe) Lolland-Falster 82 Birgit Sollner (Ger) Nurnberger 7.28 83 Francis Lindthorst (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature 84 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) CA Mantes la Ville-78 85 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 86 Sanne Schmidt (Den) Danish National Team 87 Laura Charameda (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Rox 88 Susan Carter (GBr) British National Team 89 Cecilie Christiansen (Den) Lolland-Falster 7.36 90 Denise Baumann (Swi) Swiss National Team 91 Josephine Groenveld (Spa) Bik-Toscany 92 Florinda Neri (Ita) Rosa Dei Venti 93 Emelle Ohrstig (Swe) Rosa Dei Venti 94 Rikke Sandhoj Olsen (Den) Ondernemers Van Nature 95 Karin Gruber (Aut) Austrian National Team 96 Lenie Dijkstra (Spa) Bik-Toscany 97 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Bik-Toscany 98 Emmanuelle Farcy (Fra) CA Mantes la Ville-78 99 Ruth Moll Marques (Spa) Bik-Toscany World
Cup standings after round 3
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