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17th Emakumeen Bira - 2.9.1

Spain, June 10-13, 2004

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Stage 2 - June 11: Lekeitio - Lekeitio, 103.4 km

Somarriba delights

By Martin Hardie

Joane Somarriba (Bizkaia-Panda Software) won the second stage of the Emakumeen Bira in Lekeitio today, delighting a big crowd of mostly young fans as she crossed the line just ahead of Valentina Polkhanova (Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti) and Mirjam Melchers (Farm Frites-Hartol).

The stage started and finished in the magical seaside town of Lekeitio with its wondrous beaches and traditional fishing port. The route traveled out of town and twice around a circuit that passed over the Cat. 3 Molloi and then back along the cliff faces of the coast from Ondarroa to the start. After the second lap the and third passing of Milloi the route turned inland to Markina and over the tough 10 percent ramps of the Lekoitz (Cat. 2) before running back down the Lea valley to the coast and Lekeitio.

After the second passing of the coastal route the leg breaking course started to take its toll on the riders. A group of seven took the opportunity to push off the front of the peloton as it passed through Lekeitio for the final circuit. The main protagonist in the group was Spanish rider Rosa Maria Bravo. The group a managed for a while to hold an advantage which grew at one point to 1.20 as the passed the Milloi for the third time.

From the descent of the Milloi the road starts to gradually climb once again before the start of the Lekoitz at Markina. This climb is one of several shortish but steep passes that criss-cross the zone that traverses the coastal hinterland and it commences with a long seven percent straight of two kilometres which climbs across the open northern face of the mountain. From here the climb kicks up to over 9 percent for its second half and it was in this section that the escapees where brought back into the fold. With their capture Joanne Somarriba and Fabiana Luperini set to work in breaking apart what was left of the peloton. Somarriba crested ahead of the Italian climber and they were followed by Valentina Polkhanova and Mirjam Melchers.

In typical local fashion the three times Grand Boucle (women's Tour de France) winner gave it heaps on the descent and stretched her advantage over those that became her two principal chasers - Valentina Polkhanova and Mirjam Melchers; to 25 seconds. At the bottom in Aulesti the road turns right and heads down the Lea valley for around 12 kilometres towards the coast and the finish. Somarriba managed to hold off the chasers and entered the finishing straight with them almost on her wheel. With the crowd full of her school age admirers screaming her to the line the Vasca held off the pursuit and had time to salute the crowd as she crossed the line a bare second ahead of Polkhanova and Melchers. Luperini, whose team, including Eneritz Iturriaga and Rebecca McConnell had earlier sought to control the race through sheer hard work during the coastal laps, could not get across to the two chasers and eventually came in twenty seconds later with a small group.

Tomorrow the race includes a road stage which as usual has its fair share of climbing followed by a short but sweet Elgeta mountain time trial, the first kilometre or so of which exceeds 13 percent. These are sure to be 5.8 kilometres that have a major bearing on how the race will look when it comes to be finally decided on Sunday.

Results

1 Joane Somarriba (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software              2.42.01
2 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti    0.01
3 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol                         
4 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini                  0.20
5 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland                     
6 Nicole Brandli (Swi) S.C. Michela Fanini                         
7 Dori Ruano (Spa) Swell-Pagozelai                                 
8 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team Let's Go Finland                1.13
9 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Usc Chirio Forno Dás             1.15
10 Rosa Bravo (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi                                  
11 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees                             
12 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai                
13 Katia Longhin (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini                     1.43
14 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia-Panda Software                      
15 Dorte Rasmussen (Den) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai                   
16 Alessandra Capellotto (Ita) Usc Chirio Forno Dás                
17 Silva C. Fernandes (Bra) Usc Chirio Forno Dás                   
18 Miho Oki (Jpn) Farm Frites-Hartol                               
19 Lise Christensen (Den) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai                  
20 Mariline Salvetat (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees                           
21 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Dutch National Team                       
22 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Dutch National Team                       
23 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim                        
24 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Usc Chirio Forno Dás                   
25 Gessica Turato (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan                  
26 Maribel Moreno (Spa) Swell-Pagozelai                            
27 Rachel Heal (GBr) Farm Frites-Hartol                            
28 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Dutch National Team                      
29 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Dutch National Team                     2.42
30 Camila Larson (Swe) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai                     
31 Maria Mercedes Cagigas (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi                      
32 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim                   
33 Adrie Visser (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol                       4.13
34 Katherine Bates (Aus) Ton Van Bemmelen                          
35 Sousa Uenia Fdes (Bra) Usc Chirio Forno Dás                     
36 Irene Broek (Ned) Dutch National Team                           
37 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan                 
38 Yulia Razenkova (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan                 
39 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen-T-Interim                       
40 Emma James (Aus) Ton Van Bemmelen                               
41 Janildes Fernandes Silva (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini              
42 Sabrina Emmasi (Swi) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti             
43 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Farm Frites-Hartol                        
44 Ine Wannijn (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim                          
45 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan                
46 Cristina Alcalde (Spa) Sabeco                                   
47 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) S.C. Michela Fanini                     
48 Iryna Chuzhynova (Ukr) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan                
49 Gemma Pascual (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software                      
50 Svetlana Denisenko (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti     6.14
51 Kornelia Groenveld (Ned) Ton Van Bemmelen                       
52 Corine Van Haasterd (Ned) Dutch National Team                   
53 Iosune Murillo (Spa) Sabeco                                     
54 Blazquez Fatima (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi                             
55 Agurtzane Elorriaga (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software            7.36
56 Naiara Telletxea (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software                   
57 Maitane Telletxea (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software                  
58 Letizia Gil (Spa) Sabeco                                        
59 Valentina Alessio (Ita) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai            10.17
60 Keltj Manfrin (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland                  10.41
61 Martina Corazza (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland                     
62 Rebecca Macconnell (Aus) Team Let's Go Finland                  
63 Mirella Van Melis (Ned) Vlaanderen-T-Interim               10.55
64 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai              11.05
65 Frederik Van Der Wiel (Ned) Ton Van Bemmelen                    
66 Nathalie Van Katwijk (Ned) Ton Van Bemmelen                11.32
67 Isabelle Moulis (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees                        13.26
68 Laura Pisaneschi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini                      
69 Laura Garavello (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti            
70 Valeria Pintos (Arg) Usc Chirio Forno Dás                       
71 Cathy Moncassin (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees                             
72 Mireia Epelde (Spa) Sabeco                                      
73 Yolandi Du Toit (RSA) Vlaanderen-T-Interim                 25.16
74 Devora Galvez (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi                               
75 Ziortza Jauregi (Spa) Sabeco                                    
76 Maria Diaz De U. (Spa) Urrats                                   
77 Marta Ponce (Spa) Urrats                                        
78 Maria Rosario Rodriguez (Spa) Urrats                            
79 Ludivine Loze (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees                               
80 Lide Larrañaga (Spa) Urrats                                     
 
Points
 
1 Joane Somarriba (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software                   25 pts
2 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti      20
3 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol                       16
4 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini                    14
5 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland                   12
6 Nicole Brandli (Swi) S.C. Michela Fanini                       10
7 Dori Ruano (Spa) Swell-Pagozelai                                9
8 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team Let's Go Finland                   8
9 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Usc Chirio Forno Dás                7
10 Rosa Bravo (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi                                 6
11 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees                            5
12 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai               4
13 Katia Longhin (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini                        3
14 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia-Panda Software                     2
15 Dorte Rasmussen (Den) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai                  1
 
Mountains
 
Milloi 1 - Cat. 3, km 7,60
1 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland                    3 pts
2 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Usc Chirio Forno Dás                2
3 Joane Somarriba (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software                    1
 
Milloi 2 - Cat. 3, km 39,60
1 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland                    3 pts
2 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Usc Chirio Forno Dás                2
3 Katherine Bates (Aus) Ton Van Bemmelen                          1
 
Milloi 3 - Cat. 3, km 71,60
1 Silva C. Fernandes (Bra) Usc Chirio Forno Dás                   3 pts
2 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan                 2
3 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim                   1
 
Lekoitz - Cat. 2, km 87,30                                         
1 Joane Somarriba (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software                    6 pts
2 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland                    4
3 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti       2
4 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol                        1
 
Metas Volantes
 
Berriatu 1, km 12,00
1 Katherine Bates (Aus) Ton Van Bemmelen                          5 pts
2 Adrie Visser (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol                           3
3 Silva C. Fernandes (Bra) Usc Chirio Forno Dás                   1
 
Berriatu 2, km 44,00
1 Katherine Bates (Aus) Ton Van Bemmelen                          5 pts
2 Adrie Visser (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol                           3
3 Rosa Bravo (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi                                  1
 
Teams
 
1 S.C. Michela Fanini                                      8.08.26
2 Farm Frites-Hartol                                          1.04
3 Usc Chirio Forno Dásolo                                     2.18
4 Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai                                         
5 Dutch National Team                                         2.46
6 Bizkaia-Panda Software                                      3.33
7 Vlaanderen-T-Interim                                        6.15
8 Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan                                   7.46
9 Gruas Tinlohi                                               7.48
10 Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti                             8.05
11 Team Let's Go Finland                                      9.51
12 Ton Van Bemmelen                                          12.17
13 Midi-Pyrenees                                             14.01
14 Sabeco                                                    15.40
15 Urrats                                                  1.13.25
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Joane Somarriba (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software              4.48.59
2 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol                     0.01
3 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti        
4 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland                 0.20
5 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini                      
6 Dori Ruano (Spa) Swell-Pagozelai                                 
7 Nicole Brandli (Swi) S.C. Michela Fanini                         
8 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team Let's Go Finland                1.13
9 Rosa Bravo (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi                               1.15
10 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Usc Chirio Forno Dás                
11 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees                             
12 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai                
13 Katia Longhin (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini                     1.43
14 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia-Panda Software                      
15 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Dutch National Team                       
16 Dorte Rasmussen (Den) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai                   
17 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Dutch National Team                       
18 Miho Oki (Jpn) Farm Frites-Hartol                               
19 Alessandra Capellotto (Ita) Usc Chirio Forno Dás                
20 Mariline Salvetat (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees                           
21 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim                        
22 Gessica Turato (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan                  
23 Lise Christensen (Den) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai                  
24 Rachel Heal (GBr) Farm Frites-Hartol                            
25 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Usc Chirio Forno Dás                   
26 Maribel Moreno (Spa) Swell-Pagozelai                        2.00
27 Camila Larson (Swe) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai                 2.42
28 Maria Mercedes Cagigas (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi                      
29 Silva C. Fernandes (Bra) Usc Chirio Forno Dás               3.33
30 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Dutch National Team                      
31 Adrie Visser (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol                       4.13
32 Katherine Bates (Aus) Ton Van Bemmelen                          
33 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Dutch National Team                     4.32
34 Iryna Chuzhynova (Ukr) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan            4.49
35 Irene Broek (Ned) Dutch National Team                       6.03
36 Sousa Uenia Fdes (Bra) Usc Chirio Forno Dás                     
37 Sabrina Emmasi (Swi) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti             
38 Cristina Alcalde (Spa) Sabeco                                   
39 Gemma Pascual (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software                      
40 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) S.C. Michela Fanini                 6.06
41 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim               6.39
42 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen-T-Interim                   7.15
43 Ine Wannijn (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim                          
44 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan             8.10
45 Emma James (Aus) Ton Van Bemmelen                               
46 Yulia Razenkova (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan                 
47 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Farm Frites-Hartol                        
48 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan            9.33
49 Svetlana Denisenko (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti    10.10
50 Kornelia Groenveld (Ned) Ton Van Bemmelen                       
51 Iosune Murillo (Spa) Sabeco                                10.11
52 Corine Van Haasterd (Ned) Dutch National Team                   
53 Blazquez Fatima (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi                             
54 Janildes Fernandes Silva (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini         10.36
55 Naiara Telletxea (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software              11.33
56 Maitane Telletxea (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software                  
57 Agurtzane Elorriaga (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software                
58 Letizia Gil (Spa) Sabeco                                        
59 Martina Corazza (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland                12.31
60 Valentina Alessio (Ita) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai            16.40
61 Rebecca Macconnell (Aus) Team Let's Go Finland             17.04
62 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai              17.28
63 Frederik Van Der Wiel (Ned) Ton Van Bemmelen                    
64 Keltj Manfrin (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland                  19.21
65 Mirella Van Melis (Ned) Vlaanderen-T-Interim               19.35
66 Valeria Pintos (Arg) Usc Chirio Forno Dás                  19.49
67 Isabelle Moulis (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees                             
68 Laura Garavello (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti            
69 Laura Pisaneschi (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini                      
70 Cathy Moncassin (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees                             
71 Nathalie Van Katwijk (Ned) Ton Van Bemmelen                20.12
72 Mireia Epelde (Spa) Sabeco                                 22.06
73 Yolandi Du Toit (RSA) Vlaanderen-T-Interim                 31.39
74 Ludivine Loze (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees                               
75 Maria Diaz De U. (Spa) Urrats                              33.56
76 Devora Galvez (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi                               
77 Ziortza Jauregi (Spa) Sabeco                                    
78 Marta Ponce (Spa) Urrats                                        
79 Maria Rosario Rodriguez (Spa) Urrats                            
80 Lide Larrañaga (Spa) Urrats                                34.45
 
Points classification
 
1 Adrie Visser (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol                          30 pts
2 Katia Longhin (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini                        28
3 Joane Somarriba (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software                   25
4 Rosa Bravo (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi                                 23
5 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol                       20
6 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti      20
7 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Dutch National Team                      20
8 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team Let's Go Finland                  17
9 Katherine Bates (Aus) Ton Van Bemmelen                         15
10 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini                   14
11 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Dutch National Team                     14
12 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland                  12
13 Nicole Brandli (Swi) S.C. Michela Fanini                      10
14 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Usc Chirio Forno Dás              10
15 Camila Larson (Swe) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai                   10
16 Dori Ruano (Spa) Swell-Pagozelai                               9
17 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia-Panda Software                     9
18 Miho Oki (Jpn) Farm Frites-Hartol                              8
19 Dorte Rasmussen (Den) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai                  7
20 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees                            6
21 Alessandra Capellotto (Ita) Usc Chirio Forno Dás               5
22 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai               4
23 Mariline Salvetat (Fra) Midi-Pyrenees                          2
24 Silva C. Fernandes (Bra) Usc Chirio Forno Dás                  1
25 Janildes Fernandes Silva (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini             1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team Let's Go Finland                   14 pts
2 Joane Somarriba (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software                    9
3 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Usc Chirio Forno Dás                8
4 Silva C. Fernandes (Bra) Usc Chirio Forno Dás                   3
5 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti       2
6 Nicole Brandli (Swi) S.C. Michela Fanini                        2
7 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan                 2
8 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol                        1
9 Katherine Bates (Aus) Ton Van Bemmelen                          1
10 Veronique Belleter (Bel) Vlaanderen-T-Interim                  1
 
Metas Volantes classification
 
1 Katherine Bates (Aus) Ton Van Bemmelen                         15 pts
2 Adrie Visser (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol                          14
3 Rosa Bravo (Spa) Gruas Tinlohi                                  5
4 Silva C. Fernandes (Bra) Usc Chirio Forno Dás                   1
5 Janildes Fernandes Silva (Bra) S.C. Michela Fanini              1
 
Espoirs classification
 
1 Gessica Turato (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan                   
2 Sousa Uenia Fdes (Bra) Usc Chirio Forno Dás                      
3 Kornelia Groenveld (Ned) Ton Van Bemmelen                        
4 Naiara Telletxea (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software                    
5 Nathalie Van Katwijk (Ned) Ton Van Bemmelen                      
 
Basque rider classification
 
1 Joane Somarriba (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software                     
2 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team Let's Go Finland                    
3 Cristina Alcalde (Spa) Sabeco                                    
4 Iosune Murillo (Spa) Sabeco                                      
5 Naiara Telletxea (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software                    
 
Teams classification
 
1 S.C. Michela Fanini                                     14.29.20
2 Farm Frites-Hartol                                          1.04
3 Aliverti-Bianchi-Kookai                                     2.18
4 Usc Chirio Forno Dásolo                                         
5 Dutch National Team                                         4.36
6 Bizkaia-Panda Software                                      5.23
7 Team Let's Go Finland                                      11.41
8 Gruas Tinlohi                                              11.45
9 Vlaanderen-T-Interim                                       12.19
10 Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan                                      
11 Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti                            13.51
12 Ton Van Bemmelen                                          20.10
13 Midi-Pyrenees                                             20.24
14 Sabeco                                                    25.24
15 Urrats                                                  1.39.25