GP Costa Etrusca-Giro dei comuni Montescudaio-Riparbella - 1.2

Italy, March 21, 2009

2008 Results Past winners

Photography

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Images by Davide Tricarico/www.Womenscycling.net

A train holds up the race.
Now, you can only sign on once...
Nicole Cooke and the Vision 1 squad before the start.
The Bigla girls are presented.
Come on girls, be serious!
Luxembourg national champion Nathalie Lamborelle before the start.
World champion Nicole Cooke was again the centre of attention.
A small crash didn't disrupt proceedings too much...
And everyone was back on their way again pretty quickly.
Cervélo's Sarah Düster on her way to the win.
Kirsten Wild takes the lonely path of a solo breakaway.
The peloton was biding its time as Wild took more time out of it.
Sarah Düster timed her run to perfection in the closing stages of the race.
Wild (l) is passed by Düster as she attacks late in the race.
Sarah Düster celebrates another win for Cervélo.
Kirsten Wild was spent after her solo effort.
The podium (l-r): Emma Johansson, Sarah Düster and Noemi Cantele.
A smiling Sarah Düster climbs off the podium.
Looking a little cold, Sarah Düster heads for the team car.

Results - 113 km

1 Sarah Duester (Ger) Cervélo Test Team             
2 Emma Johansson (Swe) Red Sun Cycling             
3 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team                  0.06
4 Martine Bras (Ned) Selle Italia Ghezzi           
5 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Vision 1 Racing               
6 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto Belisol                
7 Bossman Andrea (Ned) Dutch National Team         
8 Marina Romoli (Ita) Selle Italia Ghezzi          
9 Julia Martissova (Rus) Gauss Rdz Ormu Colnago    
10 Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi Pasta Zara Titanedi
11 Marianne Vos (Ned) DSB Bank - LTO                        
12 Emma Silversides (GBr) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam          
13 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung    
14 Marta Vila Josana Andreu (Spa) Team Dila' Kuota          
15 Linda Villumsen (Den) Team Columbia Women                
16 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago           
17 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Red Sun Cycling Team              
18 Mascha Pijnenborg (Ned) Red Sun Cycling Team             
19 Liesbeth De Vocht (Bel) DSB Bank - LTO                   
20 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Bigla Cycling Team

Past winners

2008 Kristin Armstrong (USA)
2007 Nicole Cooke (GBr)
2006 Fabiana Luperini (Ita)
2005 Nicole Cooke (GBr)
2004 Oenone Wood (Aus)
2003 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe)
2002 Nicole Cooke (GBr)
2001 Fabiana Luperini (Ita)
2000 Edita Pulcilskaite (Ltu)
1999 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr)
1998 Simona Parente (Ita)
1997 Imelda Chiappa (Ita)