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Le Tour du Grand Montréal - 2.1
Canada, May 29-June 1, 2006
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Stage 1 - May 29: Lachine ITT, 11km
Thorburn takes the early lead
By Kirsten Robbins in Montreal, Canada
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Webcor's Christine Thorburn has won the Tour du Grand Montreal opening time trial for the second year in a row.
The top women in the world arrived to begin the Tour du Grand Montreal time trial this morning just one day after the completion of Saturday's Montreal World Cup.
The time trail changed drastically from the previous years two-kilometer prologue. This year it was held in Lachine along a very technical four-kilometer circuit that included twelve corners. The circuit was to be completed two and a half times before veering off to the finishing straight away, for a total distance of eleven kilometers.
Thorburn told Cyclingnews, "like everyone, I was nervous about doing two laps with so many riders on the course at the same time. There were pedestrians on the course and I just tried to pay attention and not be a chicken through the corners."
Thorburn posted a time of fourteen minutes and fifty seconds. Hot on her trails were the TEAm Lipton duo Kori Seehafer, at fourteen minutes and fifty-eight seconds and Kristin Armstrong in fifteen minutes and one second.
Thorburn also won the prologue here last year despite the very different course. "Last year I did more track work in the early season which was an advantage for me," said Thorburn. "This year's course had a lot of turns and I have been working on getting better at them. It is an odd distance because we usually do really short or long effort so it was harder to pace your self for this type of distance."
Tomorrow the women will race the one hundred and seventeen kilometer Rigaud Road Race. It is a demanding course with two significant climbs.
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- Kim Anderson (T-Mobile) shows off the newest thing to hit TT racing. Wrist pads that you wear for more padding on a bumpy circuit.
- Kristen Robbins (Victory Brewing) gets ready
- Stage one of the Tour of Montreal even had the dog wanting to see what was going on
- Trixi Worrack (Nurnberger) gets into turn one of the TT
- Christine Thorburn (Webcor) on her way to the overall again this year.
- Lauren Franges (Victory Brewing)
- Liza Rachetto (TEAm Lipton)
- Sigrid Corneo (Nobili Rubinetterie) out of the saddle and powering hard
- Rachel Heal (Victory Brewing) grabbed 5th spot on the day
- Ina Teutenberg (T-Mobile)
- Betina Hold (Webcor-Platinum) just before her crash
- Olivia Gollan (Nobili Rubinetterie)
- Kimberly Baldwin (T-Mobile)
- Edwige Pitel (Pruneaux d’Agen-Bianchi Aliveti Kookai) - the French national TT champion was ninth
- Helen Kelly (Elk Haus No)
- Oenone Wood (Nurnberger) at speed
- The podium - Kori Seehafer (Lipton, 2nd), Christine Thorburn (Webcor-Platinum, 1st) and Kristin Armstrong (Lipton)
- Judith Arndt (T-Mobile) - Germany’s national TT champ
Results
1 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor-Platinum 14.49
2 Kori Seehafer (USA) Lipton 0.09
3 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Lipton 0.11
4 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 0.18
5 Rachel Heal (GBr) Victory Brewing 0.24
6 Grace Fleury (USA) Lipton 0.26
7 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile
8 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Canadian national team 0.28
9 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai
10 Anne Samplonius (Can) Biovail 0.31
11 Kimberly Bruckner Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile 0.32
12 Felicia Gomez (Can) Webcor-Platinum 0.34
13 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung
14 Leigh Hobson (Can) Victory Brewing 0.37
15 Alison Shanks (NZl) New Zealand national team 0.38
16 Christina Ruiter (USA) Victory Brewing 0.39
17 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing 0.41
18 Meredith Miller (USA) Lipton 0.42
19 Jessica Phillips (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system 0.43
20 Katheryn Curi (USA) Webcor-Platinum 0.46
21 Katharine Carroll (USA) Victory Brewing 0.48
22 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 0.53
23 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas
24 Anna Tratnyek (Can) Canadian national team 0.54
25 Marisa Asplund (USA) Colorado Premier Training 0.55
26 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile 0.58
27 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor-Platinum 0.59
28 Katie Mactier (Aus) Argon 18 -Champion system 1.01
29 Liza Rachetto (USA) Lipton 1.04
30 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus No 1.05
31 Nicky Wangsgard (USA) Colorado Premier Training 1.06
32 Jennifer Stephenson (Can) Biovail 1.09
33 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand national team
34 Joanie Caron (Can) Équipe du Québec
35 Heather Lamson (Can) Canadian national team 1.10
36 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai
37 Lisa Sweeney (Can) Colorado Premier Training 1.11
38 Claudia Hecht (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 1.15
39 Tamara Boyd NSZ19800213 Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 1.21
40 Alison Testroete (Can) Canadian national team
41 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 1.23
42 Moriah Macgregor (Can) Canadian national team
43 Christina Becker (Ger) T-Mobile
44 Katherine Bates (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 1.25
45 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Équipe du Québec
46 Christen King (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system 1.26
47 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Équipe du Québec 1.28
48 Krystal Jeffs (Can) Canadian national team 1.29
49 Emilie Roy (Can) Équipe du Québec 1.30
50 Gussepina Grassi (Mex) Mexican national team 1.31
51 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas
52 Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas
53 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Colorado Premier Training
54 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Argon 18 -Champion system 1.32
55 Helen Kelly (Aus) Elk Haus No
56 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 1.33
57 Amanda Shaw (Can) Biovail 1.35
58 Kami Tremblay (USA) Colorado Premier Training
59 Kirsten Robbins (Can) Victory Brewing 1.38
60 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 1.39
61 Dale Tye (NZl) New Zealand national team 1.41
62 Stephanie Bourbeau (Can) Biovail 1.44
63 Min Gao (Chn) Giant pro cycling
64 Gina Grain (Can) Giant pro cycling 1.45
65 Milena Pirola (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 1.46
66 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 1.48
67 Joëlle Numainville (Can) Biovail 1.52
68 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Elk Haus No 1.53
69 Maribel Diaz (Mex) Mexican national team
70 Barbara Zimich (Can) BC Coastal 1.54
71 Xiangyin Ruan (Chn) Giant pro cycling
72 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai
73 Julie Bellerose (Can) Ann Arbor Velo club 1.57
74 Marie-Pier Bédard (Can) Équipe du Québec
75 Alexandra Le Henaff (Fra) Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 1.58
76 Amy Mosen (NZl) New Zealand national team 2.02
77 Alena Radomsky (Can) BC Coastal 2.03
78 Leah Guloien (Can) BC Coastal
79 Yunmei Wu (Chn) Giant pro cycling 2.05
80 Michelle Beltran (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system
81 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant pro cycling 2.13
82 Élisa Gagnon (Can) Équipe du Québec 2.14
83 Johanna Buick (NZl) New Zealand national team 2.17
84 Marie-Caroline Côté (Can) Cascades 2.21
85 Yanxia Jiang (Chn) Giant pro cycling 2.22
86 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile 2.23
87 Christina Briante (Can) BC Coastal 2.32
88 Betina Hold (Can) Webcor-Platinum
89 Jodi Bilek-Deville (Can) Cascades 2.39
90 Megan Elliott (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system 2.41
91 Karin Ruso (Aut) Elk Haus No 2.44
92 Berenice Castro (Mex) Mexican national team 2.59
93 Anna Garnette (Can) Biovail 3.00
94 Dawn Lovejoy (USA) Ann Arbor Velo club 3.03
95 Laura Johnson (USA) Ann Arbor Velo club 3.12
96 Amanda Cox (Can) Cascades 3.25
97 Annet Rios (Mex) Mexican national team 3.32
98 Catherine Bovet (Can) Cascades 3.59
99 Wendy Caldwell (USA) Ann Arbor Velo club 10.17
100 Rosario Peralta (Mex) Mexican national team
101 Aimee Vasse (USA) Colorado Premier Training
102 Lee Darling (Can) BC Coastal
103 Ilda Guiterez Mota (Mex) Mexican national team
Points
1 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor-Platinum 10 pts
2 Kori Seehafer (USA) Lipton 7
3 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Lipton 5
4 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 3
5 Rachel Heal (GBr) Victory Brewing 1
