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Le Tour du Grand Montréal - 2.9.1
Canada, May 31-June 2, 2004
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Schleicher sprints to final stage win; Arndt wins overall
Official report
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With solid help by her two remaining teammates, German Judith Arndt (Nurnberger-Versicherung) manages to hold on to her yellow jersey and win the final victory in the Tour of Greater Montreal tonight in Terrebonne, a Montreal suburb. Regina Schleicher (Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan) won the stage, outsprinting Norwegian Anita Valen (S.A.T.S.) and 20-year old Laura Yoisten, of the Canadian Development team.
The 15 first finishers tonight were credited with the same time -- 2 hours, 1 minute and 8 seconds, for an average speed of 39.62 km/h.
Arndt won overall with a slim 5-second lead over Anita Valen, who climbed up from fourth to second spot tonight, and a 10-second lead over third-place Canadian Lyne Bessette (Quark). Genesis Scuba won the team general classification, 16 seconds in front of Team RONA.
The Terrebonne stage, raced on a 10-kilometre course, offers no serious difficulty and always ends in a massive sprint. Arndt started this last stage of the Tour with an 11-second lead over Dede Demet Barry and 12-second over Lyne Bessette. With a possibility of 19 bonus seconds for any one rider, between the intermediary sprints and the stage win, the race was far from over.
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Petra Rossner, Arndt's teammate and one of the best sprinters in the world, won the three intermediary sprints - and a total of 9 bonus seconds - thus minimizing the take for the contenders. It then behooved Arndt to prevent any serious break to form. She had to chase herself several attempts to leave the pack. The race was not particularly aggressive, but a few riders attacked several times. Among those who did were Erinne Willock (RONA), Amy Moore (Quark), Arantzazu Azpiroz (Spain) and especially Lyne Bessette, who tried in vain to generate a break during the last 20 kilometres. But each time the pack prevented anything to materialize.
Regina Schleicher won the final sprint. "I knew I could win that," she said. "My teammate Diana (Ziliute) led me out from the last turn, shortly after the 200-metre mark. Then I passed Anita at the last moment."
For her part, Arndt was as relieved as she was happy. "We made it," she said, referring to her minimal team. "I'm cooked in my head. Small gaps like that are tough on the nerves. Anita was making up seconds in the sprints, but my teammates were amazing."
"I love this race," she said about the Tour of Greater Montreal. "I love the Little Italy criterium, with so many people watching, here in Terrebonne too, it's really fun."
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Photography
Images by Rob Karman/www.roadbikephotos.com
- Judith Arndt (Nurnberger) focuses before the start
- The Rona team takes a turn at the front of the field
- Amy Moore (Quark) picked up the QOM jersey for her efforts yesterday.
- Judith Arndt (Nurnberger) in yellow (center) was attentive of the front of the field, quickly covering every move
- Barbara Heeb (International) took all three QOM sprints today to win the jersey
- Christine Thorburn (Webcor Builders) takes a solo flyer
- Lyne Bessette (Quark) and Anita Valen (SATS) were aggressive in the time bonus sprints
- Petra Rossner (Nurnberger) has time to turn around and survey the damage she has done as she wins the final time bonus sprint
- Regina Schleicher (Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan) takes the stage win ahead of Anita Valen (SATS)
- Riders from the Nobili Rubinetterie Guerciotti team happily head over to the final banquet
Stage 4 - June 2: Terrebonne circuit race, 80 km
Results
1 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 2.01.08 2 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S. 3 Laura Yoisten (Can) Canadian National Development Team 4 Petra Rossner (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 5 Oenone Wood (Aus) Australian National Team 6 Annette Beutler (Swi) World Team 7 Lyne Bessette (Can) Quark Cycling Team 8 Katrina Berger-Grove (USA) Équipe Cycliste RONA 9 Anna Gusmini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Guerciotti 10 Dede Demet-Barry (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling Team 11 Teodora Ruano Sanchon (Spa) Spanish National Team 12 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 13 Judith Arndt (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 14 Anne Samplonius (Can) Équipe du Québec 15 Charlotte Goldsmith (GBr) British National Team 16 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 0.07 17 Andrea Graus (Aut) World Team 18 Daniela Fusar Poli (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Guerciotti 19 Amy Moore (Can) Quark Cycling Team 20 Anna Zugno (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 21 Barbara Heeb (Swi) World Team 22 Geneviève Jeanson (Can) Équipe Cycliste RONA 23 Susan Palmer-Komar (Can) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 24 Kori Kelly (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 25 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 26 Julie Bélanger (Can) Canadian National Development Team 27 Julie Hutsebaut (Can) Équipe du Québec 28 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Cycling Team Composite 29 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Australian National Team 30 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Guerciotti 31 Amber Neben (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling Team 32 Magali Le Floch (Fra) Quark Cycling Team 33 Tara Ross (Can) Canadian National Development Team 34 Christina Peick-Anderson (Den) Team S.A.T.S. 35 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Spanish National Team 36 Catherine Hare (GBr) British National Team 37 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 38 Candice Blickem (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 39 Émilie Roy (Can) Quark Cycling Team 40 Mari Holden (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling Team 41 Alison Wright (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Guerciotti 42 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S. 43 Laura Van Gilder (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 44 Katheryn Curi (USA) Équipe Cycliste RONA 45 Kim Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling Team 46 Anna Milkowski (USA) Équipe Cycliste RONA 47 Maribel Moreno (Spa) Spanish National Team 48 Manon Jutras (Can) Team S.A.T.S. 49 Felicia Greer (Can) Webcor Cycling Team Composite 50 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (Fra) World Team 51 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling Team 52 Erinne Willock (Can) Équipe Cycliste RONA 53 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Webcor Cycling Team Composite 54 Yulia Razenkova (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 55 Helen Kelly (Aus) Équipe Cycliste RONA 56 Leah Toffolon (USA) Verizon Wireless Wheelworks 57 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S. 58 Grace Fleury (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 59 Joan Davies (USA) Webcor Cycling Team Composite 60 Monika Schachl (Aut) World Team 61 Leticia Gil Parra (Spa) Spanish National Team 62 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team 0.24 63 Naiara Telletxea Lopez (Spa) Spanish National Team 64 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 0.29 65 Chrissy Ruiter (USA) Basis Aude 0.56 66 Michelle Beltran (USA) Webcor Cycling Team Composite 1.04 67 Arantzazu Azpiroz (Spa) Spanish National Team 6.30 68 Emily Sandwith (Can) Canadian National Development Team 9.53 69 Caroline Montminy (Can) Équipe du Québec 70 Alicia Genest (USA) Verizon Wireless Wheelworks 71 Kele Hulser (USA) Basis Aude DNF Katy St-Laurent (Can) Basis Aude Final general classification 1 Judith Arndt (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 6.50.43 2 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S. 0.05 3 Lyne Bessette (Can) Quark Cycling Team 0.10 4 Dede Demet-Barry (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling Team 0.12 5 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 0.15 6 Katrina Berger-Grove (USA) Équipe Cycliste RONA 0.16 7 Anne Samplonius (Can) Équipe du Québec 0.18 8 Teodora Ruano Sanchon (Spa) Spanish National Team 0.19 9 Amber Neben (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling Team 0.23 10 Kori Kelly (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 0.26 11 Susan Palmer-Komar (Can) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 0.27 12 Manon Jutras (Can) Team S.A.T.S. 0.28 13 Amy Moore (Can) Quark Cycling Team 14 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor Cycling Team Composite 0.29 15 Geneviève Jeanson (Can) Équipe Cycliste RONA 0.30 16 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 0.32 17 Erinne Willock (Can) Équipe Cycliste RONA 0.35 18 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 0.36 19 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S. 20 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Australian National Team 0.37 21 Andrea Graus (Aut) World Team 0.38 22 Maribel Moreno (Spa) Spanish National Team 0.39 23 Grace Fleury (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 0.40 24 Magali Le Floch (Fra) Quark Cycling Team 0.42 25 Oenone Wood (Aus) Australian National Team 26 Anna Zugno (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 0.43 27 Katheryn Curi (USA) Équipe Cycliste RONA 0.46 28 Barbara Heeb (Swi) World Team 0.50 29 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 0.57 30 Felicia Greer (Can) Webcor Cycling Team Composite 0.58 31 Christina Peick-Anderson (Den) Team S.A.T.S. 0.59 32 Chrissy Ruiter (USA) Basis Aude 1.24 33 Kim Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling Team 1.36 34 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Webcor Cycling Team Composite 1.52 35 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Guerciotti 2.29 36 Helen Kelly (Aus) Équipe Cycliste RONA 3.06 37 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 3.30 38 Laura Van Gilder (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 4.33 39 Laura Yoisten (Can) Canadian National Development Team 4.37 40 Mari Holden (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling Team 4.40 41 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (Fra) World Team 4.41 42 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling Team 4.42 43 Anna Milkowski (USA) Équipe Cycliste RONA 4.46 44 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S. 4.51 45 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 4.53 46 Yulia Razenkova (Rus) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 4.55 47 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Spanish National Team 4.56 48 Monika Schachl (Aut) World Team 5.06 49 Alison Wright (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Guerciotti 5.07 50 Annette Beutler (Swi) World Team 7.41 51 Émilie Roy (Can) Quark Cycling Team 7.54 52 Anna Gusmini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Guerciotti 7.55 53 Daniela Fusar Poli (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Guerciotti 7.57 54 Catherine Hare (GBr) British National Team 8.02 55 Naiara Telletxea Lopez (Spa) Spanish National Team 8.18 56 Michelle Beltran (USA) Webcor Cycling Team Composite 8.50 57 Candice Blickem (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 12.12 58 Tara Ross (Can) Canadian National Development Team 13.50 59 Petra Rossner (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 14.18 60 Julie Hutsebaut (Can) Équipe du Québec 15.05 61 Leticia Gil Parra (Spa) Spanish National Team 15.12 62 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team 15.18 63 Charlotte Goldsmith (GBr) British National Team 15.22 64 Arantzazu Azpiroz (Spa) Spanish National Team 21.33 65 Julie Bélanger (Can) Canadian National Development Team 22.51 66 Joan Davies (USA) Webcor Cycling Team Composite 23.12 67 Leah Toffolon (USA) Verizon Wireless Wheelworks 24.00 68 Caroline Montminy (Can) Équipe du Québec 25.13 69 Kele Hulser (USA) Basis Aude 30.43 70 Emily Sandwith (Can) Canadian National Development Team 32.57 71 Alicia Genest (USA) Verizon Wireless Wheelworks 34.03 Points classification 1 Petra Rossner (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 36 pts 2 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S. 29 3 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 17 4 Amy Moore (Can) Quark Cycling Team 10 5 Judith Arndt (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 10 6 Laura Yoisten (Can) Canadian National Development Team 7 7 Helen Kelly (Aus) Équipe Cycliste RONA 6 8 Lyne Bessette (Can) Quark Cycling Team 6 9 Candice Blickem (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 5 10 Laura Van Gilder (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 5 11 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 5 12 Teodora Ruano Sanchon (Spa) Spanish National Team 5 13 Dede Demet-Barry (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling Team 4 14 Magali Le Floch (Fra) Quark Cycling Team 4 15 Oenone Wood (Aus) Australian National Team 3 16 Katheryn Curi (USA) Équipe Cycliste RONA 2 17 Daniela Fusar Poli (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Guerciotti 2 18 Alison Wright (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Guerciotti 2 19 Leticia Gil Parra (Spa) Spanish National Team 1 20 Maribel Moreno (Spa) Spanish National Team 1 21 Mari Holden (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling Team 1 22 Annette Beutler (Swi) World Team 1 23 Kori Kelly (USA) Genesis Scuba/FFCC 1 Teams classification 1 Genesis Scuba/FFCC 20.33.14 2 Équipe Cycliste RONA 0.16 3 Quark Cycling Team 0.20 4 Team S.A.T.S. 0.22 5 Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 0.47 6 T-Mobile Professional Cycling Team 1.06 7 Webcor Cycling Team Composite 2.14 8 Équipe Internationale 4.51 9 Équipe Nationale d'Espagne 10 Nobili Rubinetterie Guerciotti 14.11 11 Nurnberger Versicherung 17.02 12 Équipe Nationale de Grande Bretagne 37.37 13 Équipe du Québec 39.14 14 Équipe Nationale du Canada Developpement 40.08
