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Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt - CDM/1.1
Germany, September 10-, 2006
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Stage 2 - September 10: Women's World Cup final, 116,0 km
Schleicher takes final round in front of home crowd
By Kristy Scrymgeour
World Champion Regina Schleicher pleased local fans of the Nürnberger team today, taking out the final round of the Women's World Cup in the team's home city of Nürnberg. Schleicher pulled off the win in a bunch sprint over T-Mobile's Ina Teutenberg and last year's winner Giorgia Bronzini (Italian National Team).
The overall World Cup Series had already been decided prior to today's final round, with Nicole Cooke of Univega holding a strong lead over T-Mobile's Judith Arndt after the penultimate round in Rotterdam last week. The final round, despite offering double points, therefore had none of the pressures of previous years and became a race whereby anything could have happened.
The race was held over 11 laps of a 12km course taking in the city streets of Nürnberg and looping around the beautiful walled in old town. The crowds were huge and the weather was a big improvement on last year. From the race start attacks were plentiful but the race looked to be controlled by the sprinters teams. Univega, put in a few good attacks, with Priska Doppmann opening a significant gap mid race, but she was reeled in with a couple of laps to go.
Then it was Swedish rider Emma Johansson (Bizkaia-Panda Software-Durango) who made a move. With a lap remaining she still looked strong with over 30" on the field. The chase was in full swing however and despite a crash on the finish line with a lap to go, Equipe Nürnberger and T-Mobile managed to close the gap and Jahannsson was caught with less than 2km to go. Judith Arndt took the lead making the pace high for the sprint. Bronzini went first with Teutenberg coming round. Schleicher came round with only 50m remaining to take the win, pleasing the crowd and the team sponsors enormously.
"I am incredibly happy with this win" said Schleicher after the race. "That was my last chance to win a World Cup race in the World Champion's jersey. This win is very important to our team. Today we wanted to have a big win in front of our home town crowd and it is sensational that it all came together for the team!"
Nicole Cooke finished in fifth extending her overall lead and taking home the World Cup Series Trophy for 2006. T-Mobile's Ina-Yoko Teutenberg moved back up in to second place overall with her second place in today's race and Annette Beutler (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team) finished 9th today, moving up in to third place in the World Cup Series. Most of the Women's peloton now head straight to Tuscany for the final tour in the lead up to World Championships.
Photography
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Images by CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net
- Nicole Cooke signs in - already World Cup Champion 2006
- Jo Kiesanowski stretches on the start line
- Emma Johansson (Panda Software Bizkaia) during her late race breakaway
- The sprint between Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (T-Mobile) and Regina Schleicher (Équipe Nürnberger)
- Regina Schleicher takes a 'home' win for the Nürnberger team
- World Cup podium '- Teutenberg, Cooke and Annette Beutler (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint)
- The World Cup team competition champions - Univega Pro Team
- The race rolls out
- Emmanuela Azzini (Nobili) during a short solo break
- Nicole Cooke (Univega) in the bunch
- Team Bigla riders together in the bunch
- Priska Doppmann (Univega) looks for the bunch during her break
- Olivia Gollan (Nobili) and Jo Kiesanowski (Univega)
Images by Florian Schaaf/www.cyclingpictures.de
- Nicole Cooke also wins the German TUI-Cup
- Team Nuernberger Versicherungen in their hometown
- Great weather in Bavaria
- Regina Schleicher wins the sprint
- Regina Schleicher beats Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (TMO)
- Regina Schleicher on the podium
- Nicole Cooke (Univega) the worldcup-winner 2006
- Nicole Cooke and her team celebrating
Results
1 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 2.52.55 (40.25 km/h) 2 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 3 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Italian National Team 4 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Italian National Team 5 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Univega Pro Cycling Team 6 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Germany 7 Bertine Spijkerman (Ned) Therme Skin Care 8 Monika Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 9 Annette Beutler (Swi) Swiss National Team 10 Kirsten Wild (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 11 Loes Markering (Ned) AtWork Cycling Team 12 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Univega Pro Cycling Team 13 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team 14 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 15 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Germany 16 Jaccolien Wallaard (Ned) AtWork Cycling Team 17 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 18 Evy Van Damme (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 19 Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) Italian National Team 20 Liesbeth De Vocht (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladies team 21 Bettina Kuhn (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 22 Liane Bahler (Ger) Germany 23 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladies team 24 Jennifer Hohl (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 25 Isabella Wieser (Aut) Elk Haus Nö 26 Josephine Groenveld (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 27 Josu Murillo Elkano (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software-Durango 28 Alessandr D'ettorre (Ita) Italian National Team 29 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 30 Magdalena Zamolska (Pol) Polish National Team 31 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) Therme Skin Care 32 Birgit Söllner (Ger) Team Stuttgart 33 Monika Krawczyk (Pol) Polish National Team 34 Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team 35 Janneke Vos (Ned) Therme Skin Care 36 Andrea Knecht (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 37 Marlen Jöhrend (Ger) Team Toyota Company 38 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladies team 39 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 40 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 41 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 42 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Germany 43 Arantzazu Azpiroz (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software-Durango 44 Theresa Senff (Ger) AA-Drink Cycling Team 45 Oenone Wood (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 46 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 47 Helen Kelly (Aus) Elk Haus Nö 48 Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Polish National Team 49 Sarah Düster (Ger) Univega Pro Cycling Team 50 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 51 Pascale Schnider (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team 52 Sabrina Emmas (Swi) Swiss National Team 0.09 53 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Elk Haus Nö 54 Karolina Konieczna (Pol) Polish National Team 55 Fabienn Wolfsberger (Swi) Swiss National Team 56 Linda Ringlever (Ned) AtWork Cycling Team 0.12 57 Jenny Mac Pherson (Aus) Elk Haus Nö 58 Mirjam Senn (Swi) Swiss National Team 59 Vera Carrara (Ita) Italian National Team 60 Sharon Van Dromme (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 61 Na Zhao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 62 Siobhan Dervan (Irl) Lotto-Belisol Ladies team 63 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Austrian National Team 64 Monika Schachl (Aut) Austrian National Team 65 Ki Bruckner Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 66 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 67 M Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 68 Virginia Henning (Ger) Team Toyota Company 0.17 69 Xiong Yin Ruan (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 70 Bianca Knöpfle (Ger) Germany 71 Katharina Blum (Ger) Elk Haus Nö 72 Anna-Maria Beyer (Ger) Team Stuttgart 73 Stefanie Pohl (Ger) Team Toyota Company 74 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 75 Nathalie Bates (Aus) AA-Drink Cycling Team 76 Emma Johansson (Swe) Bizkaia-Panda Software-Durango 77 Agurtzane Elorriaga (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software-Durango 78 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Germany 79 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Austrian National Team 80 Caroline Humplik (Ger) Team Stuttgart 81 Nicole Käser (Swi) Swiss National Team 82 Annelie Gärtner (Ger) Team Toyota Company 83 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 84 Emma Rickards (Aus) Univega Pro Cycling Team 85 Rosmarie Mayer (Ger) Team Stuttgart 86 Adrie Visser (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 87 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) Team Toyota Company 0.21 88 Nai Telletxea Lopez (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software-Durango 0.31 89 Corine Hierckens (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 1.00 90 Nicole Kampeter (Ger) Team Toyota Company 1.23 91 Veronika Sprügl (Aut) Austrian National Team 92 Andrea Bosman (Ned) AtWork Cycling Team 93 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) Team Stuttgart 1.25 94 Katherine Bates (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.38 95 Monika Grzebinoga (Pol) Polish National Team 2.58 96 Karin Steiner (Swi) Swiss National Team 97 Liesbeth Bakker (Ned) AtWork Cycling Team 98 Mai Telletxea Lopez (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software-Durango 99 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 100 Loes Sels (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 3.49 101 Ine Wannijn (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 5.34 102 Karin Ruso (Aut) Elk Haus Nö 8.18 DNF Claudia Häusler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung DNF Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung DNF Christina Becker (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling DNF Suzan Simons (Ned) AtWork Cycling Team DNF Nathali Van Katwijk (Ned) Therme Skin Care DNF Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling DNF Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Polish National Team DNF Kathrin Schatte (Aut) Austrian National Team DNF Sandra Dietel (Ger) Team Stuttgart Final World Cup standings 1 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Univega Pro Cycling Team 473 pts 2 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 311 3 Annette Beutler (Swi) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 244 4 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 236 5 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 221 6 Oenone Wood (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 170 7 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 150 8 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 139 9 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) A.S. Team F.R.W 127 10 Zoulfia Zabirova (Kaz) Bigla Cycling Team 120 11 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 120 12 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Univega Pro Cycling Team 120 13 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 107 14 Theresa Senff (Ger) AA-Drink Cycling Team 106 15 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Univega Pro Cycling Team 99 16 Kirsten Wild (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 97 17 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 90 18 Monica Holler (Swe) Bigla Cycling Team 86 19 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 85 20 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Saccarelli Emu Marsciano 80 21 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team 76 22 Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel (Ned) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 75 23 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) 75 24 Angela Brodtka (Ger) 72 25 Edwige Pitel (Fra) 70 26 Tina Mayolo Pic (USA) 64 27 Amber Neben (USA) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 57 28 Katherine Bates (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 56 29 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 55 30 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 54 31 Karin Thürig (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team 53 32 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Fenix Colnago 53 33 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 52 34 Suzanne De Goede (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 45 35 Mette Fischer Andreasen (Den) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 43 36 Bertine Spijkerman (Ned) Therme Skin Care 42 37 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 41 38 Trine Hansen (Den) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 40 39 Kristin Armstrong (USA) 35 40 Sofie Goor (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 34 41 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenix Colnago 34 42 Adrie Visser (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team 32 43 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) A.S. Team F.R.W 32 44 Linda Villumsen Serup (Den) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 30 45 Susan Palmer-Komar (Can) 29 46 Loes Markerink (Ned) AtWork Cycling Team 29 47 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 28 48 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 27 49 Sharon Van Dromme (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 27 50 Tamara Boyd (NZl) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 26 51 Eleonora Van Dijk (Ned) Vrienden Van Het Platteland 24 52 Erinne Willock (Can) 24 53 Gina Grain (Can) Giant Pro Cycling 24 54 Kimberly Bruckner Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 23 55 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 23 56 Magali Le Floch (Fra) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 21 57 Marianne Vos (Ned) 21 58 Evy Van Damme (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 21 59 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 20 60 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 20 61 Jaccolien Wallaard (Ned) AtWork Cycling Team 19 62 Christine Thorburn (USA) 18 63 Andrea Graus (Aut) Bigla Cycling Team 17 64 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 16 65 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 16 66 Lise Christensen (Den) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 16 67 Alessandra D'Ettorre (Ita) Saccarelli Emu Marsciano 15 68 Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria Mazag (Spa) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 15 69 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 15 70 Sarah Düster (Ger) Univega Pro Cycling Team 15 71 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 14 72 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 13 73 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 12 74 Nikki Egyed (Aus) Vienne Futuroscope 12 75 Charlotte Becker (Ber) Germany 12 76 An Van Rie (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladies team 11 77 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 11 78 Sonia Bazire (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 11 79 Karine Gautard (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 11 80 Kori Kelley Sehafer (USA) 11 81 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 11 82 Yong Li Liu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 10 83 Mei Fang Li (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 10 84 Pu Xiang Zheng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 10 85 Jing Chen (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 10 86 Yun Mei Wu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 10 87 Li Wang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 10 88 Rachel Heal (GBr) 10 89 Alex Wrubleski (Can) 10 90 Katia Longhin (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 9 91 Liesbeth Bakker (Ned) AtWork Cycling Team 9 92 Debby Van De Berg (Ned) AtWork Cycling Team 9 93 Linn Torp (Nor) 8 94 Hege Linn Eie (Nor) 8 95 Fröydis Waerstad (Nor) 8 96 Kristine Saastad (Nor) 8 97 Hayley Brown (Aus) 8 98 Emma Johansson (Swe) Bizkaia-Panda Software-Durango 7 99 Naiara Telletxea Lopez (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software-Durango 7 100 Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software-Durango 7 101 Maitane Telletxea Lopez (Spa) Bizkaia-Panda Software-Durango 7 102 Emma Rickards (Aus) Univega Pro Cycling Team 6 103 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) 6 104 Catherine Hare (GBr) Team FBUK 6 105 Helen Wyman (GBr) Team FBUK 6 106 Yolandi Du Toit (RSA) Team FBUK 6 107 Line Ramsrud (Nor) Team FBUK 6 108 Gabriella Day (GBr) Team FBUK 6 109 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 6 110 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Elk Haus Nö 6 111 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 6 112 Lauren Franges (USA) 5 113 Annette Dam (Den) 5 114 Maria Helena Bornak (Den) 5 115 Jannie Schmidt (Den) 5 116 Nikoline Hansen (Den) 5 117 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 5 118 Volha Hayeva (Blr) Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 5 119 Vera Carrara (Ita) MX1 USC Chirio Forno D'asolo 4 120 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) 4 121 Monika Krawczyk (Pol) 4 122 Malgorzta Jasinska (Pol) 4 123 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 4 124 Aleksandra Zabrocka (Pol) 4 125 Magdalena Zamolska (Pol) 4 126 Aleksandra Wnuczek (Pol) 4 127 Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) Italian National Team 4 128 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 3 129 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladies team 3 130 Xiong Yin Ruan (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 3 131 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) 3 132 Claudia Häusler (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 2 133 Jenny Macpherson (Aus) Elk Haus Nö 2 134 Johanna Buick (NZl) Fenix Colnago 2 135 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 2 136 Melissa Holt (NZl) 2 137 Kate Nichols (Aus) 2 138 Liesbeth De Vocht (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladies team 2 139 Leigh Hobson (Can) 1 140 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 1 141 Olga Zabelinskaya (Rus) 1 142 Catherine Sell (NZl) 1 Teams 1 Univega Pro Cycling Team 807 pts 2 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 607 3 Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 582 4 Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 537 5 Bigla Cycling Team 360 6 Aa-Drink Cycling Team 312 7 Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas 266 8 Bianchi Aliverti Kookai 211 9 Italy 164 10 Elk Haus Nö 117 11 Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 111 12 New Zealand 109 13 A.S. Team F.R.W 89 14 Giant Pro Cycling 87 15 Russian Federation 80 16 Germany 63 17 Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 58 18 Vienne Futuroscope 44 19 Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line 44 20 USA National Team 42 21 Therme Skin Care 42 22 Canada 39 23 @Work Cycling Team 36 24 Norway 32 25 Bizkaia-Panda Software-Durango 28 26 Vrienden Van Het Platteland 24 27 Team Fbuk 24 28 Poland 22 29 Netherlands 21 30 Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 16 31 Saccarelli Emu Marsciano 9 32 Fenixs-Colnago 8 33 Les Pruneaux D'agen 7 34 Lithuania 4
