GP de Plouay-Bretagne 2009

GP de Plouay-Bretagne Photos

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  Emma Pooley wins the GP de Plouay-Bretagne by a commanding margin.

• World champion Nicole Cooke (Great Britain), right, and French national champion Christelle Ferrier-Bruneau await the start of the GP de Plouay-Bretagne.
• Vos (DSB Bank) wins the sprint for second ahead of Emma Johansson (Red Sun Cycling) and thereby re-takes the World Cup series lead.
• Marianne Vos (DSB Bank) leads the sprint, Emma Johansson (Red Sun Cycling) is on her wheel, with Grace Verbeke (Lotto Belisol) and Ruth Corset (Australia) following.
• Joy for Emma Pooley (Cervelo TestTeam) as she wins her second World Cup race in 2009.
• Shara Gillow (Australia) leads the bunch which was chasing Pooley.
• Emma Pooley (Cervelo TestTeam) during her solo break, which lasted over 50 kilometres.
• Ruth Corset (Australia) was fifth, one of her best performances in a World Cup race (in Montreal, 2009, she was fourth).
• Karine Gautard (Vienne Futuroscope) made a solo attack which woke the race up and was the catalyst for the action which eventually caused the break from which Pooley escaped.
• World Cup leader, Emma Johansson (Red Sun Cycling), in the World Cup leader's jersey.
• Nicole Cooke (Great Britain), World and Olympic road race champion, sits on the front of the bunch.
• Eva Lutz (Equipe Nurnberger) and Luise Keller (Team Columbia-HTC) react to an acceleration in the bunch.
• Emma Pooley (Cervelo TestTeam) sits in the bunch.
• Previous winner, Noemi Cantele (Bigla Cycling Team), leads the bunch on the first lap.
• Marianne Vos (DSB Bank), Emma Pooley (Cervelo TestTeam) and Emma Johansson (Red Sun Cycling) on the podium in Plouay.

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