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La grande visite de Gatineau 2010

Date range:
June 12-13, 2010

June 13, GP Cycliste de Gatineau: 99.2km

Numainville gets home soil victory

By:
Rob Jones
Published:
June 14, 2010, 09:40,
Updated:
June 14, 2010, 05:04

Kiesanowski close for Tibco

Joelle Numainville (Webcor Builders) won the first edition of the Grand Prix Gatineau.

Joelle Numainville (Webcor Builders) won the first edition of the Grand Prix Gatineau.

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Joelle Numainville (Webcor Builders) won the first edition of the Grand Prix Gatineau on Sunday in a crash-filled sprint. Numainville avoided the crash in the final 500 metres and held off late efforts by Jo Kiesanowski (TIBCO) and Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Colavita Baci) to win the UCI 1.1 race in her home province.

"Riders were going down beside me and behind me, but I was okay," explained Numainville. "It was a lot harder out there than we thought it would be, because there were many attacks and there was not much chance to rest. This is a really big win, to win this, the biggest race in Canada is pretty special."

The 99.4 kilometre race saw the riders make eight laps of a 12.4 kilometre course. Incorporating the start and finish of the previous day's time trial, riders also went through part of the Gatineau national park, with one small climb. Although the circuit did not feature any significant climbs, strong winds in the open sections and temperatures approaching 30 Celcius took their toll on the field.

The wind quickly discouraged most breakaway efforts, and any effort approaching a 20 second lead was chased down by either TIBCO, HTC-Columbia or Webcor Builders, if the composition did not suit them.

Shortly before the start of the final lap, track world champion Tara Whitten (Specialized Mazda Samson G Conseil) tried a solo effort, but both TIBCO and HTC-Columbia went to the front to reel back this dangerous rider.

The finish saw the peloton head up one side of a divided boulevard, then go counterclockwise 180 degrees around a roundabout before the last 350 metres to the line. Heading into that roundabout, the Australian national team was at the front, but hit the curve too fast, taking down a number of their riders, plus Specialized Mazda Samson G Conseil's Jenny Trew. Numainville was on the inside and slipped past the crash, exiting the final corner in the lead, which she held to the line.

Results

# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Joelle Numainville (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team 2:26:44  
2 Jo Kiesanowski (NZl) TIBCO/To the Top    
3 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Colavita Baci Pro Cycling Team    
4 Alison Testroete (Can) Team Canada    
5 Isabelle Soderberg (Swe) Hitec Products UCK – Norway    
6 Leah Kirchman (Can) Team Canada 0:00:04  
7 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) HTC-Columbia    
8 Kelly Benjamin (USA) Colavita Baci Pro Cycling Team    
9 Tara Whitten (Can) Specialized Mazda Samson G Conseil    
10 Heather Logan-Sprenger (Can) Colavita Baci Pro Cycling Team 0:00:07  
11 Andrea Graus (Aut) Webcor Builders Cycling Team    
12 Ruth Corset (Aus) TIBCO/To the Top    
13 Amber Neben (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team    
14 Carmen Small (USA) Colavita Baci Pro Cycling Team    
15 Jacqueline Hahn (Aut) Hitec Products UCK – Norway    
16 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Nanoblur Gears    
17 Denise Ramsden (Can) Team Canada    
18 Sarah Coney (Can) Stevens p/b the Cyclery    
19 Lex Albrecht (Can) Equipe Cascades    
20 Veronique Bilodeau (Can) Equipe Cascades    
21 Carrie Cartmill (Can) Nanoblur Gears    
22 Megan Guarnier (USA) TIBCO/To the Top    
23 Jennifer Stephenson (Can) 7th Groove/Reform Body Clinic    
24 Leah Guloien (Can) Team Canada    
25 Kathleen Billington (USA) BMW – Bianchi    
26 Michelle Gauthier (Can) 7th Groove/Reform Body Clinic    
27 Laura Brown (Can) Team Canada    
28 Valerie Crete (Can) Specialized Mazda Samson G Conseil    
29 Michelle Paiement (Can) Stevens p/b the Cyclery    
30 Julia Bradley (Can) Stevens p/b the Cyclery    
31 Alexandra Carle (Aus) Australian National Team    
32 Virginie Gauthier (Can) Equipe Cascades    
33 Maria Grandt Petersen (Den) Hitec Products UCK – Norway    
34 Cinthia Lehner (USA) BMW – Bianchi    
35 Rushlee Buchanan (NZl) Colavita Baci Pro Cycling Team    
36 Anne Samplonius (Can) Eat-Clean Diet Women's Cycling Team 0:00:15  
37 Krista Ruby (Can) Eat-Clean Diet Women's Cycling Team    
38 Rebecca Much (USA ) TIBCO/To the Top    
39 Katheryn Mattis (USA) Webcor Builders Cycling Team    
40 Bromwyn Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team    
41 Rachel O'Reilly (Can) Stevens p/b the Cyclery    
42 Leigh Bianco (Can) Stevens p/b the Cyclery    
43 Adriane Provost (Can) Team Canada    
44 Evelyn Stevens (USA) HTC-Columbia 0:00:26  
45 Linda Villumsen (NZl) HTC-Columbia    
46 Jessica Phillips (USA) Colavita Baci Pro Cycling Team    
47 Joanie Caron (Can) Nanoblur Gears 0:00:35  
48 Kim Anderson (USA) HTC-Columbia    
49 Chloe Hosking (Aus) HTC-Columbia 0:01:11  
50 Alison Starnes (USA) TIBCO/To the Top 0:01:20  
51 Rachel Warner (USA) BMW – Bianchi 0:01:32  
52 Jenny Trew (Can) Specialized Mazda Samson G Conseil 0:01:49  
53 Kirsty Brouin (Aus) Australian National Team 0:03:15  
54 Miriam Gaudreault (Can) Team Quebec 0:03:35  
55 Cynthia Wilson (Can) Eat-Clean Diet Women's Cycling Team 0:03:40  
56 Allison Lampi (Can) 7th Groove/Reform Body Clinic 0:06:06  
57 Veronique Labonte (Can) Nanoblur Gears    
Lapped
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
58 Julia Farell (Can) 7th Groove/Reform Body Clinic    
59 Paula Powell (Can) 7th Groove/Reform Body Clinic    
60 Ariane Larocque- Patenaude (Can) Specialized Mazda Samson G Conseil    
61 Kyla Rollinson (Can) Specialized Mazda Samson G Conseil    
62 Jessica Joly (Can) Equipe Cascades    
63 Emma Peterson (NZl) 7th Groove/Reform Body Clinic    
64 Leigh Hargrove (Can) Eat-Clean Diet Women's Cycling Team    
DNF Clair Michel (Can) BMW – Bianchi    
DNF Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor Builders Cycling Team    
DNF Evelyn Gagnon (Can) Team Quebec    
DNF Jessie Maclean (Aus) Australian National Team    
DNF Johanne Cyr (Can) Team Quebec    
DNF Krystal Jeffs (Can) Nanoblur Gears    
DNF Leigh Hobson (Can) Nanoblur Gears    
DNF Martine Amundsen (Nor) Hitec Products UCK – Norway    
DNF Sophie Matte (Can) Stevens p/b the Cyclery