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Le Tour du Grand Montréal - 2.1

Canada, June 4-7, 2007

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Stage 4 - June 6: Petite-Italie Criterium, 50 km

Wood holds the reigns in Montreal

By Kirsten Robbins in Montreal, Canada

Oenone Wood (T-Mobile) pumps the air
Photo ©: Andrea Brewer
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Oenone Wood (T-Mobile) out sprinted both Giorgia Bronzini (Safi-Pasta) and Trixi Worrack (Equipe Nurnberger) to take win Stage 4 of the Tour du Grand Montreal. Wood took over the yellow jersey after the mornings individual time trial and now leads both the point and sprint competitions as well.

Petite-Italie was crowded with thousands of cheering cycling fans out to watch the world-class women's field compete in the historical evening criterium, the penultimate stage of the Tour du Grand Montreal. Unlike the previous stages, the sun was shining and temperatures arose to likable conditions.

The peloton showed no sign of fatigue, averaging over 40 kilometers per hour for the 50 lap event. The high speeds held the field together but with three laps to go a large crashed marred the finish for some of the heavy-hitting sprinters. Team Menikini's Rochelle Gilmore was taken to the hospital and many other riders unable to contest the finale. "The accident happened right behind me so it didn't affect me personally but one of my friends was involved and I certainly hope that she is okay," said Wood.

Both T-Mobile and Nurnberger bumped elbows during the last kilometer in pursuit of the race win. "My teammates and Nurnberger were up there on the last lap," Wood said. "My teammate Chantel Beltman took me into the final corner. Regina [Schleicher] came around me and started sprinting, I got on her wheel and sprinted off her to win."

Safi-Pasta's Giorgia Bronzini moved up one a notch taking second place, after her double third placing in the previous stage sprints. "The accident was behind me off my wheel," Bronzini said. "I heard [Rochelle] Gilmore from behind, I didn't see it but I could hear it so I am not sure what happened.

"With two laps to go I was in the back of Wood but before the last corner Schleicher jumped so that she could be in first position out of the corner," added Bronzini. "This confused my sprint a little because I wanted to be out of the final corner in second but instead I was in third position. Schleicher was tired before the finish line so Wood and I came around her."

Wood commented on stage five's Mont St Hilaire, a 115-kilometer road race, where she will defend her six second overall lead from Trixi Worrack (Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung). "We have three riders in the top five so we have some extra cards to play in tomorrow road race," Wood said. "There are a few different things that could happened tomorrow. In previous years there have been attacks but they have always been brought back just before the finish, that's not to say one wont stay away tomorrow."

Photography

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Results

1 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile                               1.12.46 (41.23 km/h)
2 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan              
3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung              
4 Elena Novikova (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation                 
5 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung          
6 Katherine Bates (Aus) T-Mobile                                  
7 Brooke Miller (USA) Team TIBCO                                  
8 Yoanka Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team                        
9 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan                 
10 Tina Mayolo Pic (USA) Colavita Sutter Home                     
11 Anne Samplonius (Can) Team expresscopy.com                     
12 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan            
13 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile                                    
14 Annette Butler (Swi) Vinci-Specialized-Menikini                
15 Andrea Graus (Aut) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung              
16 Chantal Beltman (Ned) T-Mobile                                 
17 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Colavita Sutter Home                      
18 Leigh Hobson (Can) Cheerwine                                   
19 Kori Kelley Seehafer (USA) TEAm Lipton                         
20 Lara Kroepsch (USA) TEAm Lipton                                
21 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders                       
22 Venera Absalyamova (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation            
23 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team                   
24 Iona Wynter (Jam) Colavita Sutter Home                         
25 Christine Ruiter (USA) Cheerwine                               
26 Alison Powers (USA) Colavita Sutter Home                       
27 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team               0.18
28 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team UNIQA                                  
29 Stacy Spencer (Can) Colavita Sutter Home                       
30 Helen Kelly (Aus) Webcor Builders                              
31 Megan Guarnier (USA) Terry Precision                           
32 Fei Wang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                               
33 Katheryn Curi (USA) Webcor Builders                            
34 Michelle Hyland (NZl) New Zealand National Team                
35 Karin Aune (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko               
36 Daniela Fusar Poli (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan           
37 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team                  
38 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint                               
39 Gina Waibl (NZl) New Zealand National Team                     
40 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team expresscopy.com                  
41 Theresa Senff (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann                          
42 Jennifer Wilson (USA) Marinoni-Cadence                         
43 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko            
44 Meredith Miller (USA) TEAm Lipton                              
45 Natalie Bates (Aus) Getranke-Hoffmann                          
46 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Team Flexpoint                          
47 Marie Lindberg (Swe) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung            
48 Jennifer Reither (USA) Marinoni-Cadence                        
49 Serena Sheridan (NZl) New Zealand National Team                
50 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan               
51 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) T-Mobile                                   
52 Yudelmis Dominguez (Cub) Cuba National Team                    
53 Yeima Torres (Cub) Cuba National Team                          
54 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko            
55 Joanie Caron (Can) Cascades                                    
56 Jenipher Stevenson (Can) Cascades                              
57 Mara Abbott (USA) Webcor Builders                              
58 Rachel Heal (GBr) Webcor Builders                              
59 Monika Schachl (Aut) Team UNIQA                                
60 Marie-Pier Bédard (Can) Vinci-Specialized-Menikini             
61 Su Fen Ma (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                              
62 Geneviève Gagnon (Can) Cascades                                
63 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team                   
64 Yumari Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team                       
65 Karol-Ann Kanuel (Can) Vinci-Specialized-Menikini              
66 Marisa Asplund (USA) Team TIBCO                                
67 Lauren Franges (USA) TEAm Lipton                               
68 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team                      
69 Victoria Bastide (Swe) Team TIBCO                              
70 Magali Tisseyre (Can) Marinoni-Cadence                         
71 Kirsten Robbins (Can) Advil/Chapstick                          
72 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile                                   
73 Kristen Lasasso (USA) TEAm Lipton                              
74 Tina Liebig (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann                            
75 Kristin Armstrong (USA) TEAm Lipton                            
76 Véronique Labonté (Can) Cascades                               
77 Élodie Touffet (Fra) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko           
78 Brooke Ourada (NZl) Cheerwine                                  
79 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann                          
80 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team                
81 Elisa Gagnon (Can) Advil/Chapstick                             
82 Julie Marceau (Can) Marinoni-Cadence                           
83 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand National Team                 
84 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung           
85 Dotsie Bausch (USA) Colavita Sutter Home                       
86 Erinne Willock (Can) Team expresscopy.com                      
87 Lila Fraser (Can) Cascades                                     
88 Kathleen Billington (USA) Target Training                      
89 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Target Training                           
90 Mandy Lozanno (USA) Target Training                            
91 Stacy Marple (USA) Team TIBCO                                  
92 Ekaterina Malomura (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation            
93 Veronika Sprugl (Aut) Team UNIQA                               
94 Natasha Elliot (Can) Terry Precision                           
95 Katie Lambden (USA) Team TIBCO                                 
96 Melissa Holt (NZl) Team expresscopy.com                        
97 Karine Tessier (Can) Marinoni-Cadence                          
98 Anna Milkowski (USA) Target Training                           
99 Catherine Cheatley (NZl) Cheerwine                             
100 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung           
101 Gina Grain (Can) Team expresscopy.com                         
102 Liza Rachetto (USA) Team TIBCO                                
103 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint                           
104 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko        
105 Dalila Rodriguez (Cub) Cuba National Team                 0.38
106 Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation    1.42
107 Ireen Wieditz (Can) Terry Precision                       1.53
108 Johanne Cyr (Can) Cascades                                2.38
109 Virginia Hennig (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann                       
110 Elena Gayun (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation              2.41
111 Xiao Ning Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                     3.18
112 Ann Hansgate (USA) Terry Precision                            
DNF Bernadette Schober (Aut) Team UNIQA                           
DNF Betina Hold (Can) Cheerwine                                   
DNF Amanda Sin (Can) Advil/Chapstick                              
DNF Carissa Wilkes (NZl) New Zealand National Team                
DNF Xiong Ying Ruan (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                       
DNF Naomi Cermak (Can) Terry Precision                            
DNF Kathleen Villeneuve (Can) Marinoni-Cadence                    
 
Teams
 
1 T-Mobile                                                 3.38.18
2 Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung                                  
3 Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan                                     
4 Colavita Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light                 
5 TEAm Lipton                                                 0.18
6 Russian Cyclist Federation                                      
7 Cheerwine                                                       
8 Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team                        0.36
9 Australian National Team                                        
10 Cuban National Team                                            
11 Team expresscopy.com                                           
12 Vinci-Specialized-Menikini                                     
13 Team TIBCO                                                     
14 New Zealand National Team                                  0.54
15 Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko                                
16 Getranke-Hoffmann                                              
17 Marinoni-Cadence                                               
18 Cascades                                                       
19 Team UNIQA                                                     
20 Team Flexpoint                                                 
21 Target Training Womens Team                                    
22 Terry Precision                                            2.29
23 Giant Pro Cycling                                          3.54
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile                               6.43.44
2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung          0.06
3 Katherine Bates (Aus) T-Mobile                              0.12
4 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile                                 0.15
5 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung      0.17
6 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders                    0.19
7 Andrea Graus (Aut) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung           0.20
8 Alison Powers (USA) Colavita Sutter Home                        
9 Brooke Miller (USA) Team TIBCO                              0.21
10 Anne Samplonius (Can) Team expresscopy.com                 0.23
11 Elena Novikova (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation                
12 Iona Wynter (Jam) Colavita Sutter Home                         
13 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Colavita Sutter Home                  0.25
14 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team               0.27
15 Chantal Beltman (Ned) T-Mobile                                 
16 Leigh Hobson (Can) Cheerwine                               0.28
17 Christine Ruiter (USA) Cheerwine                               
18 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan            0.29
19 Tina Mayolo Pic (USA) Colavita Sutter Home                     
20 Yoanka Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team                   0.31
21 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan         0.33
22 Venera Absalyamova (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation        0.34
23 Dotsie Bausch (USA) Colavita Sutter Home                   0.35
24 Kristin Armstrong (USA) TEAm Lipton                        0.36
25 Annette Butler (Swi) Vinci-Specialized-Menikini            0.38
26 Amber Neben (USA) Team Flexpoint                           0.40
27 Helen Kelly (Aus) Webcor Builders                              
28 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan        0.42
29 Katheryn Curi (USA) Webcor Builders                            
30 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint                            
31 Rachel Heal (GBr) Webcor Builders                          0.44
32 Marisa Asplund (USA) Team TIBCO                                
33 Mara Abbott (USA) Webcor Builders                          0.45
34 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team UNIQA                              0.46
35 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team                  
36 Lauren Franges (USA) TEAm Lipton                           0.47
37 Marie Lindberg (Swe) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung            
38 Kori Kelley Seehafer (USA) TEAm Lipton                         
39 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team               0.48
40 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team               0.49
41 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann                          
42 Megan Guarnier (USA) Terry Precision                       0.50
43 Serena Sheridan (NZl) New Zealand National Team                
44 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile                                   
45 Catherine Cheatley (NZl) Cheerwine                         0.51
46 Yudelmis Dominguez (Cub) Cuba National Team                0.52
47 Stacy Marple (USA) Team TIBCO                                  
48 Gina Waibl (NZl) New Zealand National Team                 0.53
49 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko         
50 Gina Grain (Can) Team expresscopy.com                      0.54
51 Natalie Bates (Aus) Getranke-Hoffmann                          
52 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team                
53 Karin Aune (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko               
54 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko        0.55
55 Theresa Senff (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann                      0.56
56 Fei Wang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                           0.57
57 Kristen Lasasso (USA) TEAm Lipton                              
58 Victoria Bastide (Swe) Team TIBCO                          0.58
59 Élodie Touffet (Fra) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko       1.00
60 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Team Flexpoint                          
61 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko            
62 Tina Liebig (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann                        1.01
63 Jenipher Stevenson (Can) Cascades                          1.02
64 Daniela Fusar Poli (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan       1.03
65 Meredith Miller (USA) TEAm Lipton                          1.04
66 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) T-Mobile                                   
67 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung       1.05
68 Liza Rachetto (USA) Team TIBCO                                 
69 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan               
70 Dalila Rodriguez (Cub) Cuba National Team                  1.06
71 Lara Kroepsch (USA) TEAm Lipton                            1.09
72 Joanie Caron (Can) Cascades                                1.11
73 Monika Schachl (Aut) Team UNIQA                                
74 Erinne Willock (Can) Team expresscopy.com                  1.12
75 Brooke Ourada (NZl) Cheerwine                              1.14
76 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Target Training                       1.18
77 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung        1.29
78 Michelle Hyland (NZl) New Zealand National Team            1.45
79 Melissa Holt (NZl) Team expresscopy.com                    1.53
80 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team                  2.00
81 Kathleen Billington (USA) Target Training                  2.01
82 Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation     2.03
83 Stacy Spencer (Can) Colavita Sutter Home                       
84 Katie Lambden (USA) Team TIBCO                             4.05
85 Jennifer Reither (USA) Marinoni-Cadence                    4.18
86 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand National Team             5.35
87 Jennifer Wilson (USA) Marinoni-Cadence                     6.48
88 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team expresscopy.com             11.41
89 Natasha Elliot (Can) Terry Precision                      11.48
90 Veronika Sprugl (Aut) Team UNIQA                          11.49
91 Anna Milkowski (USA) Target Training                      11.53
92 Marie-Pier Bédard (Can) Vinci-Specialized-Menikini        12.12
93 Ekaterina Malomura (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation       12.17
94 Véronique Labonté (Can) Cascades                          12.18
95 Virginia Hennig (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann                   14.19
96 Elisa Gagnon (Can) Advil/Chapstick                        16.25
97 Yumari Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team                  16.40
98 Lila Fraser (Can) Cascades                                18.05
99 Karol-Ann Kanuel (Can) Vinci-Specialized-Menikini         18.14
100 Julie Marceau (Can) Marinoni-Cadence                     18.19
101 Kirsten Robbins (Can) Advil/Chapstick                    19.19
102 Ireen Wieditz (Can) Terry Precision                      19.23
103 Elena Gayun (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation             20.16
104 Geneviève Gagnon (Can) Cascades                          24.22
105 Mandy Lozanno (USA) Target Training                      24.46
106 Su Fen Ma (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                        25.01
107 Yeima Torres (Cub) Cuba National Team                    27.29
108 Xiao Ning Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling                    29.42
109 Magali Tisseyre (Can) Marinoni-Cadence                   31.14
110 Karine Tessier (Can) Marinoni-Cadence                    34.08
111 Johanne Cyr (Can) Cascades                               34.43
112 Ann Hansgate (USA) Terry Precision                       38.14
 
Points classification
 
1 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile                                    24 pts
2 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung        21
3 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan            17
4 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile                                   10
5 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung            10
6 Dotsie Bausch (USA) Colavita Sutter Home                       7
7 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko         4
8 Chantal Beltman (Ned) T-Mobile                                 3
9 Kristin Armstrong (USA) TEAm Lipton                            3
10 Elena Novikova (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation               3
11 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann                         1
12 Andrea Graus (Aut) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung             1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Oenone Wood (Aus) T-Mobile                                    31 pts
2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung            24
3 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung        21
4 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan            17
5 Katherine Bates (Aus) T-Mobile                                14
6 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile                                   13
7 Dotsie Bausch (USA) Colavita Sutter Home                       7
8 Anke Wichmann (Ger) T-Mobile                                   5
9 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team                   5
10 Chantal Beltman (Ned) T-Mobile                                4
11 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko        4
12 Kristin Armstrong (USA) TEAm Lipton                           3
13 Elena Novikova (Rus) Russian Cyclist Federation               3
14 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Builders                      3
15 Alison Powers (USA) Colavita Sutter Home                      1
16 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann                         1
17 Andrea Graus (Aut) Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung             1
18 Helen Kelly (Aus) Webcor Builders                             1
 
Teams classification
 
1 T-Mobile                                                20.12.13
2 Colavita Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light                 
3 Équipe Nürnberger Versicherung                              0.05
4 TEAm Lipton                                                 0.33
5 Russian Cyclist Federation                                  0.35
6 Webcor Builders Women's Cycling Team                        0.43
7 Cheerwine                                                   0.46
8 Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan                                 0.55
9 Team TIBCO                                                  0.56
10 Australian National Team                                   1.03
11 Team expresscopy.com                                       1.08
12 Cuban National Team                                            
13 Team Flexpoint                                             1.21
14 Getranke-Hoffmann                                          1.38
15 Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko                            1.41
16 Team UNIQA                                                 1.50
17 New Zealand National Team                                  2.19
18 Cascades                                                  10.39
19 Target Training Womens Team                               14.09
20 Terry Precision                                           25.35
21 Marinoni-Cadence                                          27.13
22 Vinci-Specialized-Menikini                                30.03
23 Giant Pro Cycling                                         54.39

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