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World Cup XC #5 DH/4X #4 - B
Mont Sainte-Anne, Canada, June 25-26, 2005
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Race 1 - June 25: Elite Women XC, 5 laps
Premont wins at home
By Rob Jones in Mont Sainte-Anne
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The thunderous applause from the forest on the last lap of the Women's World Cup XC meant only one thing. Marie-Helene Premont (Rocky Mountain Business Objects) was in the lead. The highly partisan home-town crowd just went nuts. People were streaming out of the woods in droves trying to get a spot along the finish chute.
With her traditional ear-to-ear smile Premont came across the line with arms in the air. She then stopped and lifted her bike above her head. The crush of media was incredible. "It is fantastic. All my friends are here. My mother, my sister, my brother. It is so wonderful."
The key moment in the race was the 4 lap, second climb. Gunn-Rita Dahle (Multivan Merida) started to visibly wilt. "Suddenly with no warning on the second climb I lost all my power. I really considered getting off my bike and walking. I was hoping it would come back, but it didn't."
Sabine Spitz (Specialized) rode a consistent 3rd place, but was never a factor in the race. Afterwards she was extremely disappointed since she had made MSA one of her primary goals for the season.
The other 2 podium spots were rounded out by Americans Willow Koerber (Subaru-Gary Fisher) and Mary McConneloug (Kenda/Seven)
Photography
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Images by Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
- Gunn-Rita Dahle descending in the woods
- Sabine Spitz was never a factor
- Mary McConneloug crashed into the crowd
- Sabine Spitz rode a consistent 3rd place
- Ivonne Kraft
- Marie-Hélène Prémont had only one strategy going into the race. to Win
- Sabine Spitz
- Trish Sinclair would finish just outside of top 10 (11th)
- Marie-Hélène Prémont with her traditional ear-to-ear smile crosses finish
- Kiara Bisaro - "It was really, really, really hot!
- Wendy Simms - Canadian National Cyclocross Champion on fat ytres
- Gunn-Rita Dahle - "On the second climb I lost all my power"
Images by Marek Lazarski/www.lazarskiphoto.com
- Marie-Hélène Prémont at the start
- Marie-Hélène Prémont gets the holeshot.
- Jaqueline Mourao (Scott) battled with the faster World Cup pace
- Patricia Sinclair (Scott) on the way to eleventh
- The leader of the Marie-Hélène Prémont fan club
- Marie-Hélène Prémont - full on!
- The women tackle the course's big climb as spectators enjoy the summer weather
- Mary McConneloug (Kenda/Seven) takes it to the bridge
- Willow Koerber (Subaru-Gary Fisher) rode to a fine fourth place.
- Irina Kalentieva (Multivan Merida) rushin' to sixth
- Gunn-Rita Dahle looking powerful, despite not feeling so.
- Lene Byberg (Multivan Merida) joined team-mate Dahle in the top ten
- Sabine Spitz rode a consistent race for third but never threatened
- Kiara Bisaro feeling the heat
- Shonny Vanlandingham (Luna) en route to twelfth
- Marie-Hélène Prémont - in danger of vanishing in the tall grass.
- Mary McConneloug (Kenda/Seven) was one of two US women in the top 5
- Kelli Emmett (Ford Basis) grabs a snack to fuel her eighth place ride.
- Ivonne Kraft (Olympia) on the way to tenth place.
- Marie-Hélène Prémont triumphant with a home soil win
- Gunn-Rita Dahle looks surprisingly happy with second
- The women's podium - Gunn-Rita Dahle (Multivan Merida), Marie-Hélène Prémont (Rocky Mountain Business Objects) and Sabine Spitz (Specialized)
- Fizz up!
Results
1 Marie-Hélène Prémont (Can) Rocky Mountain Business Objects 1.53.34 2 Gunn-Rita Dahle (Nor) Multivan Merida Biking Te 2.45 3 Sabine Spitz (Ger) Specialized Factory Racin 5.13 4 Willow Koerber (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 6.13 5 Mary McConneloug (USA) Kenda/Seven 6.56 6 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Multivan Merida Biking Te 8.43 7 Lene Byberg (Nor) Multivan Merida Biking Te 9.11 8 Kelli Emmett (USA) Ford 9.18 9 Kiara Bisaro (Can) GearsRacing.com 11.38 10 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) Olympia 13.23 11 Patricia Sinclair (Can) Scott 13.26 12 Shonny Vanlandingham (USA) Luna 14.20 13 Maroussia Rusca (Sui) Univega Pro Cycling Team 16.27 14 Katrin Leumann (Sui) 17.35 15 Mical Dyck (Can) 17.56 16 Kerry Barnholt (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 19.25 17 Amanda Sin (Can) 19.41 18 Julie Sanders (Can) 20.08 19 Jennifer Smith (NZl) 20.41 20 Catherine Pendrel (Can) 21.36 21 Adelheid Morath (Ger) 23.22 22 Wendy Simms (Can) 24.27 23 Jaqueline Mourao (Bra) 35.14 2 laps down 24 Kasandra Cote (Can) 25 Sandra Walter (Can) 26 Lea Davison (USA) 27 Sara Bresnick-Zocchi (USA) 28 Kathy Sherwin (USA) 29 Sophie Fortin (Can) 30 Jenny McCauley (Irl) 31 Mathilde Hupin Debeurme (Can) 32 Niki Gudex (Aus) 33 Anne-Marie Jobin (Can) 34 Elsie Torresan (Can) 35 Brigitte Lacaille (Can) 36 Kyia Malenkovich (USA) 37 Caroline Villeneuve (Can) 38 Marisol Bernier (Can) 3 laps down 39 Marie-Helene Cote (Can) 40 Michelle Bellamy (NZl) 41 Allison Gaudaur (Can) 42 Lauren Tanzen (Aus) DNF Jean Ann McKirdy (Can) World Cup Standings after round 5 1 Gunn-Rita Dahle (Nor) 1150 pts 2 Marie-Helene Premont (Can) 1020 3 Sabine Spitz (Ger) 890 4 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) 735 5 Mary Mcconneloug (USA) 565 6 Lene Byberg (Nor) 392 7 Maja Wsoszczowska (Pol) 380 8 Kiara Bisaro (Can) 346 9 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) 328 10 Maroussia Rusca (Sui) 288 11 Margarita Fullana (Esp) 285 12 Annabella Stropparo (Ita) 284 13 Petra Henzi (Sui) 271 14 Adelheid Morath (Ger) 263 15 Patricia Sinclairs (Can) 260 16 Kelli Emett (USA) 253 17 Alison Sydor (Can) 250 18 Katrin Leumann (Sui) 245 19 Magdalena Sadlecka (Pol) 216 20 Bernardine Boog-Rauwerda (Ned) 206 21 Maria Oestergren (Swe) 205 22 Katrin Schwing (Ger) 199 23 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) 194 24 Nina Goehl (Ger) 193 25 Robyn Wong (NZl) 192 26 Sonia Foote (NZl) 186 27 Barbel Jungmeier (Aut) 174 28 Cristina Mascarreras Sabria (Esp) 171 29 Anna Szafraniec (Pol) 170 30 Rosara Joseph (NZl) 165 31 Saskia Elemans (Ned) 153 32 Willow Koerber (USA) 150 33 Elena Giacomuzzi (Ita) 149 34 Evelyn Staffler (Ita) 143 35 Sandra Klose (Ger) 141 36 Eva Lechner (Ita) 140 37 Franziska Roethlin (Sui) 137 38 Severine Hansen (Fra) 132 39 Cecile Rode (Fra) 126 40 Elisabeth Osl (Aut) 123 41 Ren Chengyuan (Chn) 119 42 Sarah Koba (Sui) 119 43 Laura Turpijn (Ned) 112 44 Wang Jingjing (Chn) 111 45 Nicole Cooke (GBr) 111 46 Nina Homovec (Slo) 110 47 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) 106 47 Arielle Van Meurs (Ned) 106 49 Asa Erlandsson (Esp) 106 50 Anna Enocsson (Swe) 105 51 Jenny Copnall (GBr) 101 52 Sarka Chmurova (Cze) 95 53 Daniela Louis (Sui) 85 54 Sandra Walter (Can) 82 55 Kathy Sherwin (USA) 77 56 Laurence Leboucher (Fra) 75 57 Gao Xiaoning (Chn) 74 58 Nadja Walker (Sui) 70 59 Pavla Havlikova (Cze) 68 60 Shonny Vanlandingham (USA) 67 61 Elina Sophocleous (Cyp) 62 62 Mical Dyck (Can) 61 63 Kerry Barnholt (USA) 60 64 Amanda Sin (Can) 59 65 Julie Sanders (Can) 58 66 Jennifer Smith (NZl) 57 67 Caroline Jackson (GBr) 57 68 Catherine Pendrel (Can) 56 69 Emilie Siegenthaler (Sui) 56 70 Wendy Simms (Can) 54 71 Jaqueline Mourao (Bra) 53 72 Kasandra Cote (Can) 52 73 Susan Haywood (USA) 52 74 Lea Davison (USA) 50 75 Sara Bresnick-Zocchi (USA) 49 76 Sophie Fortin (Can) 47 77 Jenny Mccauley (Irl) 46 78 Maaris Meier (Est) 46 79 Mathilde Hupin Debeurme (Can) 45 80 Niki Gudex (Aus) 44 81 Anne-Marie Jobin (Can) 43 82 Elsie Torresan (Can) 42 83 Brigitte Lacaille (Can) 41 84 Kyia Malenkovich (USA) 40 85 Rocio Gamonal Ferrera (Esp) 40 86 Caroline Villeneuve (Can) 39 87 Marisol Bernier (Can) 38 88 Marie-Helene Cote (Can) 37 89 Michelle Bellamy (NZl) 36 90 Allison Gaudaur (Can) 35 91 Ruth Moll Marques (Esp) 35 92 Lauren Tanzen (Aus) 34 93 Maria Osl (Aut) 34 94 Nathalie Schneitter (Sui) 32 95 Petra Hofs (Ned) 32 96 Beth Mc Cluskey (Irl) 31 97 Hazel Wakefield (GBr) 30 98 Elena Gaddoni (Ita) 28 99 Katy Middlehurst (GBr) 28 100 Sandra Santanyes Murillo (Esp 26
