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Gracia Orlova - 2.9.2
Czech Republic, May 1-4, 2003
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Stage 5 - May 5: Orlová - Orlová, 100.2 km
Rossner caps off solid team performance
Brändli too strong in the overall
By Jeff Jones
Equipe Nürnberger notched up its fourth win out of five stages in the Gracia Orlova tour, with Petra Rossner flying home to win the final stage in Orlova. Rossner's sprint was so strong that she finished with a 2 second gap to Olivia Gollan (Road Runner) and Olga Slioussareva (Russian National Team), with the peloton in several pieces by the end.
In the overall standings, Swiss Nicole Brändli had no problems in defending her 59 second lead over Judith Arndt (Nürnberger) today, finished with the yellow jersey on her shoulders. After Arndt, there was a further 2'59 gap back to Lada Kozlíková (Rostex-Quantum), who claimed the third podium spot in front of Amber Neben (T-Mobile).
The 102 kilometre stage started and finished in Orlova, and was run in much better weather conditions that the previous day's rain and cold. Although the general classification was secure, a number of teams still wanted to win a stage, as Nürnberger and T-Mobile shared the stage honours between them up to this point in the race. That didn't stop T-Mobile's Kim Anderson from attacking with 35 kilometres to go, riding solo while being chased by a group of four riders, which included Nürnberger's Margaret Hemsley.
Nürnberger team director Jens Zemke decided that this wasn't a good tactic. "We weren't sure to win the stage, so we brought Hemsley back to bring the bunch together," he told Cyclingnews. The tactic worked as the bunch caught Anderson with 6 kilometres to go, and the stage finished with a mass sprint.
Rossner was too strong again, taking her second stage win of the race and making her team director happier. Zemke also praised the overall winner Brändli, who was untouchable during the race. "She is so strong now," he said. "She has won the mountains, points and overall. We are happy we are not cannibals, with four stage wins, second overall, and the teams competition."
The next major stage race for many of these women will be the Tour de l'Aude, which starts on May 15.
Results
1 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 2.34.52 (38.82 km/h) 2 Olivia Jane Gollan (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 0.02 3 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Russian National Team 4 Vzesnia Uskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 5 Theresa Senff (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 6 Amber Neben (USA) T-Mobile 7 Lada Kozlíková (Cze) Rostex-Quantum 8 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 9 Barbara Heeb (Swi) Swiss National Team 10 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Red Bull 11 Charlote Becker (Ger) German National Team 12 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Swiss National Team 13 Frances Newstead (GBr) British National Team 14 Jelena Babikova (Rus) Russian National Team 15 Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Danish National Team 16 Andrea Graus (Aut) Austrian National Team 17 Anna Skawinska (Pol) Polish National Team 0.08 18 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Road Runner-Guerciotti 19 Appollinaria Bakova (Rus) Russian National Team 20 Christiane Soeder (Ger) Stuttgart 21 Meredith Miller (USA) Team Sats 22 Nadine Bruhn (Den) Danish National Team 0.18 23 Trine Hansen (Den) Team Sats 24 Carolin Hildebrandt (Ger) Red Bull 0.21 25 Annette Beutler (Swi) Swiss National Team 26 Kristin Amstrong (USA) T-Mobile 27 Christina Peick (Den) Team Sats 28 Bogumila Matusiak (Pol) Polish National Team 29 Anne Wagner (Den) Team Sats 30 Anna Zugno (Ita) Italian National Team 31 Susanne Beier (Ger) Stuttgart 32 Maja Adamsen (Den) Danish National Team 33 Daniela Kenty (Ger) Red Bull 34 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 35 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Italian National Team 0.26 36 Barbora Bohatá (Cze) Rostex-Quantum 37 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 38 Christina Becker (Ger) German National Team 39 Svetlana Pauliukaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 40 Clarisa Breuer (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 41 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) Rostex-Quantum 42 Mari Holden (USA) T-Mobile 43 Kerstin Schmidt (Ger) Stuttgart 44 Stacey Peters (USA) T-Mobile 45 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 0.33 46 Lusie Keller (Ger) German National Team 47 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 48 Ekaterina Naumova (Rus) Rostex-Quantum 49 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 0.35 50 Kim Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 51 Claudia Hecht (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 0.39 52 Zdena Havlíková (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 53 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner-Guerciotti 54 Bettina Kuhn (Swi) Swiss National Team 0.43 55 Mette Andreasen (Den) Team Sats 0.49 56 Charlote Goldsmith (GBr) British National Team 0.53 57 Emma Davies (GBr) British National Team 58 Katerina Bohatá (Cze) Rostex-Quantum 1.11 59 Julita Papinigyte (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1.25 60 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Italian National Team 61 Giovanni Troldi (Ita) Italian National Team 1.31 62 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nurnberger 2.09 63 Madeleine Lidberg (Swe) Equipe Nurnberger 64 Anke Wichmann (Ger) German National Team 2.16 65 Elena Chalykh (Rus) Russian National Team 4.53 66 Malgorzata Wysocka (Pol) Polish National Team 6.38 67 Agne Babdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 68 Karina Serensen (Den) Team Sats 69 Jana Kabrtová (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 70 Lenka Valová (Cze) Rostex-Quantum 71 Katja Polzin (Ger) German National Team 6.42 72 Marta Evangelisti (Ita) Italian National Team 73 Sara Waller (GBr) British National Team 9.25 74 Pavla Neradilová (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 11.56 75 Oxana Kostenko (Rus) Russian National Team 14.42 76 Anna Sipurzinska (Pol) Polish National Team 14.46 77 Pastourmatzi (Gre) Greek National Team 14.48 78 Tina Nieminen (Fin) Finnish National Team 79 Martina Rusicková (Cze) Konica CZ 80 Elissavet Chantzi (Gre) Greek National Team 14.52 81 Pavla Nováková (Cze) Konica CZ 82 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) German National Team 83 Svetlana Denisenko (Rus) Russian National Team 15.01 84 Jacqui Marshall (GBr) British National Team 15.09 85 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Austrian National Team 15.23 86 Ekaterina Malomura (Rus) Profi team Baikal 15.32 87 Andrea Knecht (Swi) Swiss National Team 15.47 88 Eva Hubená (Cze) Konica CZ 21.58 89 Judith Baumann (Swi) Swiss National Team 22.12 90 Valentina Gavrilova (Rus) Profi team Baikal 22.15 91 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Austrian National Team 22.18 DNS Karla Polívková (Cze) Czech Republic National Team DNF Natalija Bojarskaja (Rus) Profi team Baikal DNF Julia Kurtzke (Ger) Red Bull DNF Laura Lange (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis DNF Franziska Rippin (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis DNF Serena Cavincchi (Ita) Italian National Team DNF Julie Pekárková (Cze) Konica CZ DNF Birgit Sollner (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Points 1 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 25 pts 2 Olivia Jane Gollan (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 20 3 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Russian National Team 16 4 Vzesnia Uskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 13 5 Theresa Senff (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 11 6 Amber Neben (USA) T-Mobile 9 7 Lada Kozlíková (Cze) Rostex-Quantum 7 8 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 6 9 Barbara Heeb (Swi) Swiss National Team 5 10 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Red Bull 4 11 Charlote Becker (Ger) German National Team 3 12 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Swiss National Team 2 13 Frances Newstead (GBr) British National Team 2 14 Jelena Babikova (Rus) Russian National Team 1 15 Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Danish National Team 1 Sprints Orlová 33 km 1 Olivia Jane Gollan (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 3 pts 2 Agne Babdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2 3 Amber Neben (USA) T-Mobile 1 Orlová 66 km 1 Kim Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 3 pts 2 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 2 3 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner-Guerciotti 1 Teams 1 Road Runner-Guerciotti 7.44.48 2 Russian National Team 3 Swiss National Team 0.13 4 Danish National Team 0.29 5 T-Mobile 0.32 6 Red Bull 7 Team Sats 0.35 8 Rostex-Quantum 0.42 9 Stuttgart 0.43 10 Equipe Nurnberger 0.47 11 Euroregio Egrensis 0.49 12 German National Team 13 British National Team 1.36 14 Lithuanian National Team 1.41 15 Italian National Team 2.00 16 Polish National Team 6.55 17 Czech Republic National Team 19.01 18 Austrian National Team 37.31 19 Konica CZ 51.26 Final general classification 1 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Swiss National Team 11.11.49 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 0.59 3 Lada Kozlíková (Cze) Rostex-Quantum 3.58 4 Amber Neben (USA) T-Mobile 4.06 5 Olivia Jane Gollan (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 5.56 6 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 6.24 7 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 6.32 8 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 6.52 9 Christiane Soeder (Ger) Stuttgart 7.06 10 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Road Runner-Guerciotti 7.09 11 Kristin Amstrong (USA) T-Mobile 7.13 12 Bogumila Matusiak (Pol) Polish National Team 7.40 13 Barbara Heeb (Swi) Swiss National Team 8.00 14 Theresa Senff (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 8.06 15 Vzesnia Uskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 8.19 16 Andrea Graus (Aut) Austrian National Team 8.24 17 Trine Hansen (Den) Team Sats 8.42 18 Giovanni Troldi (Ita) Italian National Team 8.44 19 Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Danish National Team 8.45 20 Maja Adamsen (Den) Danish National Team 9.18 21 Anna Zugno (Ita) Italian National Team 9.21 22 Appollinaria Bakova (Rus) Russian National Team 9.50 23 Claudia Hecht (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 9.56 24 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Italian National Team 10.09 25 Mari Holden (USA) T-Mobile 10.14 26 Susanne Beier (Ger) Stuttgart 27 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) Rostex-Quantum 10.20 28 Frances Newstead (GBr) British National Team 10.23 29 Daniela Kenty (Ger) Red Bull 10.24 30 Kim Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 10.29 31 Madeleine Lidberg (Swe) Equipe Nurnberger 10.31 32 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Red Bull 11.08 33 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 11.22 34 Christina Peick (Den) Team Sats 11.32 35 Kerstin Schmidt (Ger) Stuttgart 11.41 36 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Russian National Team 37 Lusie Keller (Ger) German National Team 11.58 38 Charlote Becker (Ger) German National Team 12.32 39 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 12.42 40 Christina Becker (Ger) German National Team 12.47 41 Annette Beutler (Swi) Swiss National Team 12.55 42 Meredith Miller (USA) Team Sats 13.11 43 Clarisa Breuer (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 13.34 44 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nurnberger 13.37 45 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 13.46 46 Mette Andreasen (Den) Team Sats 14.32 47 Carolin Hildebrandt (Ger) Red Bull 14.44 48 Katerina Bohatá (Cze) Rostex-Quantum 14.46 49 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Italian National Team 15.00 50 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner-Guerciotti 15.23 51 Anke Wichmann (Ger) German National Team 15.30 52 Zdena Havlíková (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 53 Svetlana Pauliukaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 15.32 54 Barbora Bohatá (Cze) Rostex-Quantum 15.34 55 Nadine Bruhn (Den) Danish National Team 15.37 56 Jelena Babikova (Rus) Russian National Team 17.23 57 Anna Skawinska (Pol) Polish National Team 17.44 58 Emma Davies (GBr) British National Team 19.40 59 Stacey Peters (USA) T-Mobile 19.55 60 Anne Wagner (Den) Team Sats 20.30 61 Ekaterina Naumova (Rus) Rostex-Quantum 20.37 62 Charlote Goldsmith (GBr) British National Team 25.43 63 Marta Evangelisti (Ita) Italian National Team 25.50 64 Bettina Kuhn (Swi) Swiss National Team 26.06 65 Elena Chalykh (Rus) Russian National Team 28.46 66 Jana Kabrtová (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 29.31 67 Anna Sipurzinska (Pol) Polish National Team 30.43 68 Malgorzata Wysocka (Pol) Polish National Team 30.44 69 Sara Waller (GBr) British National Team 34.37 70 Karina Serensen (Den) Team Sats 34.57 71 Pavla Nováková (Cze) Konica CZ 35.21 72 Martina Rusicková (Cze) Konica CZ 35.31 73 Julita Papinigyte (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 38.43 74 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) German National Team 39.08 75 Agne Babdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 40.17 76 Svetlana Denisenko (Rus) Russian National Team 40.47 77 Ekaterina Malomura (Rus) Profi team Baikal 40.50 78 Pavla Neradilová (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 41.42 79 Katja Polzin (Ger) German National Team 44.21 80 Tina Nieminen (Fin) Finnish National Team 44.33 81 Pastourmatzi (Gre) Greek National Team 45.20 82 Oxana Kostenko (Rus) Russian National Team 48.33 83 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Austrian National Team 49.24 84 Lenka Valová (Cze) Rostex-Quantum 49.46 85 Elissavet Chantzi (Gre) Greek National Team 50.30 86 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Austrian National Team 50.50 87 Andrea Knecht (Swi) Swiss National Team 53.21 88 Valentina Gavrilova (Rus) Profi team Baikal 56.08 89 Judith Baumann (Swi) Swiss National Team 1.00.44 90 Jacqui Marshall (GBr) British National Team 1.00.53 91 Eva Hubená (Cze) Konica CZ 1.01.12 Points classification 1 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Swiss National Team 69 pts 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 54 3 Amber Neben (USA) T-Mobile 53 4 Lada Kozlíková (Cze) Rostex-Quantum 52 5 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 50 6 Olivia Jane Gollan (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 45 7 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 35 8 Vzesnia Uskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 35 9 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 29 10 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 20 Mountains classification 1 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Swiss National Team 19 pts 2 Olivia Jane Gollan (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 17 3 Lada Kozlíková (Cze) Rostex-Quantum 17 4 Elena Chalykh (Rus) Russian National Team 15 5 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 12 6 Bogumila Matusiak (Pol) Polish National Team 9 7 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 4 8 Amber Neben (USA) T-Mobile 3 9 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Road Runner-Guerciotti 2 10 Theresa Senff (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 2 11 Vzesnia Uskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2 12 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 1 Teams classification 1 Equipe Nurnberger 33.05.00 2 T-Mobile 3 Road Runner-Guerciotti 4 Swiss National Team 5 Rostex-Quantum 6 Italian National Team 7 Stuttgart 8 Euroregio Egrensis 9 Team Sats 10 Danish National Team 11 Red Bull 12 Russian National Team 13 German National Team 14 Polish National Team 15 British National Team 16 Lithuanian National Team 17 Czech Republic National Team 18 Austrian National Team 19 Konica CZ
