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Tour de Prince Edward Island - 2.2 (W)
Canada, June 10-14, 2007
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Stage 4 - June 13: Points East coastal drive race, 100km
Loane wins two-up sprint, Ziliute in yellow
By Kirsten Robbins in Stratford, Canada
After 100 kilometres of hard racing, Stage 4 of the Tour de PEI came down to a battle of the nations with a breakaway sprint between Jocelyn Loane (Australian National Team) and Elena Novikova (Team Russia). The duo worked well together to stay ahead of the field but when it came to the last 200 meters, Loane hopped away to victory, leaving Novikova out in the cold.
The main bunch came barreling down towards the finish line in pursuit of the two escapees, also setting up for the field sprint, but could only get within eight seconds of the lead pair. Italian Giorgia Bronzini (Safi-Pasta) proved to be the best of the rest, taking out the bunch sprint from teammate Diana Ziliute and former Safi-Pasta rider Rochelle Gilmore (Menikini - Gysko).
The Australian national team had been on the cusp of a win during the inaugural Tour de PEI and it finally came from an opportunistic break, which stayed away for the final 10 kilometers. Loane and Novikova launched themselves from the field after a threatening group of eight riders was returned to the peloton.
With the field already splintered from strong cross winds and a high tempo, Novikova was sent down the road in a surprise attack as the previous break was neutralized, with Loane quickly following.
The Price Edward Island winds died down considerably for the point-to-point road race, which commenced at the entrance of a Dalvay by the Sea, an historical summer cottage built in the 1900s. The 85 remaining competitors rode beside the ocean, along Coastal Drive, before turning inland to face the intermediate sprints.
The Cuban national team kick started the race, launching several attacks within the first 20 kilometers. Despite the squad's efforts the break up the race the field stayed together for the three intermediate sprints and Queen of the Mountains.
The Russian and Australian national squads have been highly aggressive during the tour, trying to make up time on the general classification currently lead by Diana Ziliute (Safi-Pasta). Alexandra Burchenkova (Team Russia) holds second on general classification and fired all her bullets today in an attempt to bring back some lost time.
Three separate breakaways ventured up the road during the last kilometers, which took its toll on the relentlessly chasing peloton. The elastic band snapped when Novikova and Loane pushed through the cross winds to the finish line.
Gilmore maintained her lead in the sprint competition with 33 points followed by Bronzini and Yumari Gonzales (Team Cuba). The Safi-Pasta girls continue to dominate the points competition with Bronzini further increasing her lead over teammate Diana Ziliute. Annette Beutler (Menikini-Selle Italia) also solidified her lead of the QOM competition, where she has a 13 point lead over nearest rival Carissa Wilkes (New Zealand).
Results
1 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team 2.33.15 (39.15 km/h) 2 Elena Novikova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 3 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 0.08 4 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 5 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 6 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 7 Yumari Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team 8 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann 9 Yoanka Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team 10 Dalila Rodriguez (Cub) Cuba National Team 11 Annette Beutter (Swi) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 12 Sufen Ma (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 13 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 14 Wang Fei (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 15 Megan Guarnier (USA) Terry Precision 16 Venera Absalyamova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 17 Stacy Spencer (Can) Colavita Sutter Home presented by Cooking 18 Tina Liebig (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann 19 MoriahJo Macgregor (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 20 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team UNIQA 21 Karin Aune (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 22 Mackenzie Dickey (USA) Colavita Sutter Home presented by Cooking 23 Yulia Arustamova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 24 Gao Xiaoning (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 25 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 26 Sophie Matte (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 27 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home presented by Cooking 28 Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 29 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) New Zealand National Team 30 Elena Gayun (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 31 Élodie Touffet (Fra) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 32 Julie Bellerose (Can) Cascades 33 Kim Blodgett (USA) Target Training Womens Team 34 Andrea Meyers (USA) Target Training Womens Team 35 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team expresscopy.com 36 Geneviève Gauthier (Can) Cascades 37 Marie-Pier Bedard (Can) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 38 Véronique Labonté (Can) Cascades 39 Carissa Wilkes (NZl) New Zealand National Team 40 Julie Beverdige (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 41 Gina Waibl (NZl) New Zealand National Team 42 Ekaterina Malomura (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 43 Theresa Senff (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann 44 Yeima Torrez (Cub) Cuba National Team 45 Amanda Shaw (Can) Team expresscopy.com 46 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Team UNIQA 47 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team 48 Kelley Murray (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 49 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 50 Ireen Wieditz (Can) Terry Precision 51 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 52 Ruan Xiong_Ying (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 53 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 54 Daniela Fusarpoli (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 55 Veronika Spruegl (Aut) Team UNIQA 56 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 57 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand National Team 58 Kirsten Robbins (Can) Advil/Chapstick 59 Julia Bradley (Can) Advil/Chapstick 60 Lila Fraser (Can) Cascades 61 Elisa Gagnon (Can) Advil/Chapstick 62 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Target Training Womens Team 63 Sarah Tillotson (USA) Colavita Sutter Home presented by Cooking 64 Brei Gudsell (NZl) New Zealand National Team 65 Joanie Caron (Can) Cascades 66 Silke Wunderwald (Ger) Target Training Womens Team 67 Nathalie Bates (Aus) Getranke-Hoffmann 68 Yudelmis Dominguez (Cub) Cuba National Team 0.43 69 Anne Guzman (Can) Advil/Chapstick 2.51 70 Krystal Jeffs (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 71 Sarah Coney (Can) Terry Precision 3.32 72 Amanda Sin (Can) Advil/Chapstick 4.33 73 Janie Fortin (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 7.37 74 Vanessa Godbehere (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 11.44 75 Heidi King (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 76 Julie Marceau (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 11.45 77 Rosie Garlapow (USA) Terry Precision 11.46 78 Jessica Burns (Can) Cascades 16.27 79 Alison Testroete (Can) Team expresscopy.com 17.43 80 Michelle Hyland (NZl) Team UNIQA Teams 1 Australian National Team 7.40.01 2 Russian Cyclist Federation 3 Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 0.08 4 Cuba National Team 5 Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 6 Giant Pro Cycling 7 Colavita Sutter Home present 8 Getranke-Hoffmann 9 Cascades 10 Atlantic Cycling Centre 11 New Zealand National Team 12 Team UNIQA 13 Target Training Womens Tea 14 Advil/Chapstick 15 Terry Precision 3.32 16 Team expresscopy.com 17.43 17 Marinoni-Cadence 19.13 General classification after stage four 1 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 9.03.55 2 Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 1.22 3 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 1.23 4 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team UNIQA 1.31 5 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand National Team 1.50 6 MoriahJo Macgregor (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 1.59 7 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team 2.04 8 Theresa Senff (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann 2.08 9 Elena Novikova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 2.14 10 Annette Beutter (Swi) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 2.16 11 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Australian National Team 2.25 12 Dalila Rodriguez (Cub) Cuba National Team 2.46 13 Venera Absalyamova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 2.57 14 Yulia Arustamova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 3.10 15 Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Australian National Team 3.11 16 Ekaterina Malomura (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 3.15 17 Carla Ryan (Aus) Australian National Team 3.25 18 Nathalie Bates (Aus) Getranke-Hoffmann 3.28 19 Veronika Spruegl (Aut) Team UNIQA 3.31 20 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) New Zealand National Team 3.33 21 Megan Guarnier (USA) Terry Precision 4.09 22 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 4.18 23 Yudelmis Dominguez (Cub) Cuba National Team 4.22 24 Julie Bellerose (Can) Cascades 4.25 25 Véronique Labonté (Can) Cascades 4.28 26 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Team UNIQA 4.37 27 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann 4.40 28 Tina Liebig (Ger) Getranke-Hoffmann 4.45 29 Karin Aune (Swe) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 4.51 30 Sarah Tillotson (USA) Colavita Sutter Home presented by Cooking 4.58 31 Yoanka Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team 5.06 32 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home presented by Cooking 5.10 33 Brei Gudsell (NZl) New Zealand National Team 5.12 34 Yeima Torrez (Cub) Cuba National Team 5.14 35 Carissa Wilkes (NZl) New Zealand National Team 5.30 36 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team 5.32 37 Gina Waibl (NZl) New Zealand National Team 5.36 38 Ruan Xiong_Ying (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 5.42 39 Elena Gayun (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 5.50 40 Amanda Shaw (Can) Team expresscopy.com 6.08 41 Gao Xiaoning (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 6.14 42 Elisa Gagnon (Can) Advil/Chapstick 6.15 43 Stacy Spencer (Can) Colavita Sutter Home presented by Cooking 6.19 44 Lila Fraser (Can) Cascades 6.24 45 Yumari Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team 7.14 46 Daniela Fusarpoli (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 7.19 47 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 7.33 48 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 7.34 49 Julie Beverdige (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 7.49 50 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Target Training Womens Team 7.59 51 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 8.07 52 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 8.44 53 Ireen Wieditz (Can) Terry Precision 9.58 54 Kim Blodgett (USA) Target Training Womens Team 11.18 55 Silke Wunderwald (Ger) Target Training Womens Team 12.19 56 Mackenzie Dickey (USA) Colavita Sutter Home presented by Cooking 13.08 57 Geneviève Gauthier (Can) Cascades 13.39 58 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team expresscopy.com 14.16 59 Kelley Murray (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 16.55 60 Sophie Matte (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 17.17 61 Sufen Ma (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 18.13 62 Julia Bradley (Can) Advil/Chapstick 18.20 63 Andrea Meyers (USA) Target Training Womens Team 19.50 64 Krystal Jeffs (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 20.29 65 Wang Fei (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 21.03 66 Élodie Touffet (Fra) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 22.49 67 Alison Testroete (Can) Team expresscopy.com 25.07 68 Marie-Pier Bedard (Can) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 28.22 69 Kirsten Robbins (Can) Advil/Chapstick 28.52 70 Joanie Caron (Can) Cascades 35.24 71 Heidi King (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 53.00 72 Anne Guzman (Can) Advil/Chapstick 54.55 73 Amanda Sin (Can) Advil/Chapstick 58.23 74 Janie Fortin (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 58.26 75 Julie Marceau (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 59.05 76 Vanessa Godbehere (Can) Marinoni-Cadence 1.02.26 77 Sarah Coney (Can) Terry Precision 1.12.23 78 Rosie Garlapow (USA) Terry Precision 1.19.51 79 Jessica Burns (Can) Cascades 1.21.47 Points classification 1 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 20 pts 2 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 19 3 Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 15 4 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team 10 5 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 8 6 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 7 7 Annette Beutter (Swi) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 7 8 Elena Novikova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 7 9 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team UNIQA 5 10 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand National Team 3 11 Yumari Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team 2 12 MoriahJo Macgregor (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 1 Sprint classification 1 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 33 pts 2 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 30 3 Yumari Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team 30 4 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 23 5 Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 20 6 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 10 7 Jocelyn Loane (Aus) Australian National Team 10 8 Elena Novikova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 9 9 Annette Beutter (Swi) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 7 10 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Team UNIQA 5 11 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand National Team 3 12 Jessica Burns (Can) Cascades 1 13 Yoanka Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team 1 14 MoriahJo Macgregor (Can) Atlantic Cycling Centre 1 15 Stacy Spencer (Can) Colavita Sutter Home presented by Cooking 1 Mountains classification 1 Annette Beutter (Swi) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 42 pts 2 Carissa Wilkes (NZl) New Zealand National Team 29 3 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 22 4 Elena Novikova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 10 5 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 10 6 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 7 7 Dalila Rodriguez (Cub) Cuba National Team 7 8 Alexandra Burchenkova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 7 9 Yeima Torrez (Cub) Cuba National Team 5 10 Yulia Arustamova (Rus) Russian Cycling Federation 4 11 Élodie Touffet (Fra) Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 3 12 Joelle Numainville (Can) Team expresscopy.com 3 13 Yumari Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team 3 14 Yoanka Gonzalez (Cub) Cuba National Team 1 15 Yudelmis Dominguez (Cub) Cuba National Team 1 16 Kim Blodgett (USA) Target Training Womens Team 1 Team classification 1 Russian Cyclist Federation 27.18.43 2 Australian National Team 0.52 3 Menikini - Selle Italia - Gysko 1.40 4 Team UNIQA 2.41 5 Getranke-Hoffmann 3.18 6 New Zealand National Team 3.37 7 Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 4.13 8 Cuba National Team 4.42 9 Cascades 6.06 10 Atlantic Cycling Centre 7.47 11 Colavita Sutter Home presented by Cooking 9.30 12 Giant Pro Cycling 23.11 13 Target Training Womens Team 23.22 14 Team expresscopy.com 38.33 15 Advil/Chapstick 39.53 16 Terry Precision 1.13.41 17 Marinoni-Cadence 1.57.35
