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Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale - 2.2
France, June 17-22, 2008
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Stage 5 - June 20: Domaine De Chalain - Clairvaux-les-Lacs (ITT), 43.302km
Thürig dominates time trial
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Former time trial World Champion Karin Thürig won the 43.3-kilometre race against the clock of the Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale between Domaine De Chalain and Clairvaux-les-Lacs. She bested her Cervélo Lifeforce team-mate, Austrian Christiane Soeder, by over half a minute. Last year's overall winner Nicole Cooke (Swift Racing) was two and a half minutes back and will have her work cut out in the remaining two mountain stages to catch the Swiss Thürig, who is also 2'35 ahead of Cooke in the general classification.
Cervélo Lifeforce also leads the teams classification, made possible by Priska Doppmann's seventh place in the time trial. Soeder is second in GC, giving Cervélo Lifeforce some options in the mountains.
The race was the longest ever time trial for women in the Grande Boucle history. With her ride, Thürig made sure that the time trial will not only be remembered for its length, but also for the average speed, which was 46.754 km/h.
The Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale will continue tomorrow in the French Alps. The riders have to compete on a 102.88-kilometre course from Lac D'Aiguebelette to Villard-de-Lans, which is situated in the region Vercors.
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- Karin Thürig dominated the time trial and has good chances for overall victory.
Results
1 Karin Thürig (Swi) Cervelo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 55.34 (46.754 km/h) 2 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Cervelo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 0.36 3 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Swift Racing 2.40 4 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint 2.41 5 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 3.20 6 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Multijaca 3.30 7 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Cervelo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 3.41 8 Elisabeth Braam (Ned) Team Flexpoint 3.53 9 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 3.55 10 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint 4.22 11 Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervelo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 4.39 12 Sereina Trachsel (Swi) Swiss National Team 5.04 13 Bianca Knöpfle (Ger) Team Flexpoint 5.22 14 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 5.38 15 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Swift Racing 5.47 16 Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 6.40 17 Evelyn Garcia (ESa) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 6.46 18 Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria Mazaga (Spa) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 6.56 19 Odette Bertolin (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 7.00 20 Laeticia Gil Parra (Spa) Multijaca 7.18 21 Helen Wyman (GBr) Swift Racing 7.36 22 Karen Steurs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team 7.42 23 Kelly Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team 7.47 24 Rosario Rodriguez Gomez (Spa) Multijaca 7.48 25 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 7.49 26 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Team Flexpoint 7.51 27 Loes Sels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team 8.06 28 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 8.30 29 Ana Ramirez (Spa) Multijaca 8.35 30 Monika Furrer (Swi) Swiss National Team 8.54 31 Jessica Schneeberger (Swi) Swiss National Team 8.58 32 Fabienne Sommer (Swi) Swiss National Team 9.10 33 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Swift Racing 9.23 34 Bettina Kuhn (Swi) Swiss National Team 9.29 35 Katrien Van Looy (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team 9.32 36 Edita Unguryte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 9.39 37 Debby Van De Berg (Ned) Swift Racing 9.46 38 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 9.54 39 Yolandi Du Toit (RSA) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 10.24 40 Inma Rafael Salas (Spa) Debabarrena - Kirolgi 10.36 41 Emma Silversides (GBr) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 10.50 42 Elizabeth Agudelo (Col) Pratomagno Colombia 10.53 43 Line Foss (Nor) Bourgogne Selection 11.03 44 Sylvie Gaillon (Fra) Bourgogne Selection 11.46 45 Patricia Perez Gimenez (Spa) Multijaca 11.49 46 Emilie Aubry (Swi) Swiss National Team 12.05 47 Silvia Tirado Marquez (Spa) Multijaca 12.20 48 Itsaso Leunda Coni (Spa) Debabarrena - Kirolgi 12.28 49 Paola Munoz (Chi) Pratomagno Colombia 12.30 50 Ine Beyen (Bel) Swift Racing 12.34 51 Saioa Olitc Caluo (Spa) Debabarrena - Kirolgi 13.15 52 Kim Schoonbaert (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 13.34 53 Adeline Gourgin (Fra) Bourgogne Selection 13.39 54 Claire Maugras (Fra) Bourgogne Selection 15.11 55 Isabelle Moulis (Fra) Debabarrena - Kirolgi 19.14 56 Katy Bruchon (Fra) Bourgogne Selection 20.13 NP Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam NP Marcela Rubiano (CRc) Pratomagno Colombia Points 1 Karin Thürig (Swi) Cervelo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 10 pts 2 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Cervelo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 9 3 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Swift Racing 8 4 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint 7 5 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 6 6 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Multijaca 5 7 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Cervelo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 4 8 Elisabeth Braam (Ned) Team Flexpoint 3 9 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 10 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint Teams 1 Equipe Cervelo Lifeforce 2.50.56 2 Team Flexpoint 6.39 3 Swift Racing/Team Halford 11.46 4 Safi Pasta Zara / Tinanedi 12.39 5 Multi Jaca/Sabinanigo 14.19 6 Chiorio Forno D'asolo 15.56 7 Equipe Nationale Suisse 18.39 8 Topsport Vlaanderen 19.18 9 Lotto Belisol 20.52 10 Debabarrena Kirolgi 32.02 11 Bourgogne Cyclisme Feminin 32.11 General classification after stage 5 1 Karin Thürig (Swi) Cervelo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 9.53.24 2 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Cervelo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 0.39 3 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Swift Racing 2.35 4 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint 2.44 5 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 2.46 6 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Cervelo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 3.44 7 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 3.57 8 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint 4.02 9 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Multijaca 4.08 10 Elisabeth Braam (Ned) Team Flexpoint 4.30 11 Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervelo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 4.42 12 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 5.37 13 Bianca Knöpfle (Ger) Team Flexpoint 6.00 14 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Swift Racing 6.25 15 Evelyn Garcia (ESa) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 6.55 16 Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 7.18 17 Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria Mazaga (Spa) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 7.32 18 Laeticia Gil Parra (Spa) Multijaca 7.56 19 Helen Wyman (GBr) Swift Racing 8.14 20 Karen Steurs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team 8.20 21 Kelly Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team 8.25 22 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 8.27 23 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Team Flexpoint 8.29 24 Loes Sels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team 8.44 25 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 9.08 26 Ana Ramirez (Spa) Multijaca 9.23 27 Bettina Kuhn (Swi) Swiss National Team 9.32 28 Jessica Schneeberger (Swi) Swiss National Team 9.36 29 Fabienne Sommer (Swi) Swiss National Team 9.48 30 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Swift Racing 10.01 31 Edita Unguryte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 10.11 32 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 10.30 33 Elizabeth Agudelo (Col) Pratomagno Colombia 11.31 34 Emma Silversides (GBr) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 12.02 35 Emilie Aubry (Swi) Swiss National Team 12.43 36 Sereina Trachsel (Swi) Swiss National Team 13.02 37 Paola Munoz (Chi) Pratomagno Colombia 13.08 38 Ine Beyen (Bel) Swift Racing 13.12 39 Rosario Rodriguez Gomez (Spa) Multijaca 15.53 40 Monika Furrer (Swi) Swiss National Team 17.46 41 Katrien Van Looy (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team 18.24 42 Debby Van De Berg (Ned) Swift Racing 18.38 43 Sylvie Gaillon (Fra) Bourgogne Selection 19.44 44 Yolandi Du Toit (RSA) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 20.17 45 Line Foss (Nor) Bourgogne Selection 21.09 46 Adeline Gourgin (Fra) Bourgogne Selection 22.18 47 Inma Rafael Salas (Spa) Debabarrena - Kirolgi 22.31 48 Kim Schoonbaert (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 23.19 49 Patricia Perez Gimenez (Spa) Multijaca 24.08 50 Itsaso Leunda Coni (Spa) Debabarrena - Kirolgi 24.23 51 Silvia Tirado Marquez (Spa) Multijaca 24.39 52 Odette Bertolin (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 25.33 53 Saioa Olitc Caluo (Spa) Debabarrena - Kirolgi 33.38 54 Isabelle Moulis (Fra) Debabarrena - Kirolgi 38.21 55 Claire Maugras (Fra) Bourgogne Selection 1.05.33 56 Katy Bruchon (Fra) Bourgogne Selection 1.40.43 Young rider classification 1 Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 10.00.42 2 Kelly Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team 1.07 3 Suzanne Van Veen (Ned) Team Flexpoint 1.11 4 Jessica Schneeberger (Swi) Swiss National Team 2.18 5 Fabienne Sommer (Swi) Swiss National Team 2.30 6 Edita Unguryte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 2.53 7 Emilie Aubry (Swi) Swiss National Team 5.25 8 Paola Munoz (Chi) Pratomagno Colombia 5.50 9 Ine Beyen (Bel) Swift Racing 5.54 10 Katrien Van Looy (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team 11.06 11 Adeline Gourgin (Fra) Bourgogne Selection 15.00 12 Kim Schoonbaert (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 16.01 13 Patricia Perez Gimenez (Spa) Multijaca 16.50 14 Silvia Tirado Marquez (Spa) Multijaca 17.21 15 Claire Maugras (Fra) Bourgogne Selection 58.15 Points classification 1 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 81 pts 2 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint 62 3 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Swift Racing 37 4 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 32 5 Bettina Kuhn (Swi) Swiss National Team 30 6 Kelly Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team 29 7 Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervelo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 28 8 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 24 9 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Cervelo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 15 10 Edita Unguryte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 12 11 Jessica Schneeberger (Swi) Swiss National Team 12 12 Elisabeth Braam (Ned) Team Flexpoint 11 13 Karin Thürig (Swi) Cervelo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 10 14 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Team Flexpoint 9 15 Paola Munoz (Chi) Pratomagno Colombia 9 16 Fabienne Sommer (Swi) Swiss National Team 7 17 Karen Steurs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team 7 18 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Cervelo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 6 19 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Multijaca 5 20 Loes Sels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team 5 21 Ine Beyen (Bel) Swift Racing 4 22 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 4 23 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Swift Racing 3 Mountains classification 1 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 21 pts 2 Karin Thürig (Swi) Cervelo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 6 3 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 4 4 Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 4 5 Christiane Soeder (Aut) Cervelo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 4 6 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Swift Racing 2 7 Dorte Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Swift Racing 1 Sprint classification 1 Edita Unguryte (Ltu) USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo 24 pts 2 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 18 3 Loes Markerink (Ned) Team Flexpoint 18 4 Karin Thürig (Swi) Cervelo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 12 5 Alessandra Borchi (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 3 6 Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria Mazaga (Spa) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 2 7 Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervelo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 1 8 Debby Van De Berg (Ned) Swift Racing 1 9 Elena Berlato (Ita) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 1 10 Ana Ramirez (Spa) Multijaca 1 11 Elisabeth Braam (Ned) Team Flexpoint 1 12 Grace Verbeke (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 1 Teams classification 1 Equipe Cervelo Lifeforce 29.44.38 2 Team Flexpoint 7.14 3 Swift Racing/Team Halford 12.56 4 Safi Pasta Zara / Tinanedi 13.49 5 Multi Jaca/Sabinanigo 16.04 6 Chiorio Forno D'asolo 16.37 7 Equipe Nationale Suisse 19.49 8 Topsport Vlaanderen 21.03 9 Lotto Belisol 22.36 10 Bourgogne Cyclisme Feminin 58.45 11 Debabarrena Kirolgi 1.14.50
