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Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale - 2.9.1
France, August 3-17, 2003
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Stage 5 - August 7: L'Argentière-La-bessée - Vaujany, 108.5 km
Luperini moves up the GC ladder
By Kristy Scrymgeour
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Fabiana Luperini (Team 2002 Aurora RSM) has been gradually moving herself up in the general classification of the Grande Boucle this week and now sits in third place overall after her second consecutive stage win of the tour. Like yesterday Luperini beat out the two riders ahead of her in GC today, this time finishing three seconds ahead of race leader Joane Somarriba Arrola (Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco) with Nicole Brändli (Prato Marathon Bike) falling off the pace to finish 15 seconds behind.
Today's stage situated in the heart of the Alpes of France started in the town of L'Argentière-La-bessée and traveled the 108km to Vaujany. It was a tough stage that saw the climbers show their stuff yet again on the two major climbs of the day, the category 2 climb of Col du Lautaret (2057m) and the cat 1 climb of Vaujany (1253m). Luperini, Somarriba and Brandli got away to fight it out again with Luperini managing to take it again.
Luperini has won the Grande Boucle three times in consecutive years from 1995 to 1997, and is now emerging back as one of the major tour climbers in the peloton. With nine stages to go Luperini is a definite threat to the yellow jersey of Somarriba, although she still has a lot of work to do now sitting 3'34" behind.
The yellow jersey from Spain has also won this tour two times more recently and will be tough to be in her present form. Tomorrow's stage is not as mountainous as the previous couple of days as the race starts to head away from the Alps. It will begin in Vif and finish in the town of Davezieux over 106km.
Photography
Images by AFP
- Susanne Ljungskog (L), Joane Somarriba, Fabiana Luperini and Nicole Brandli ride during the fifth stage of La Grande Boucle Feminine
- Fabiana Luperini (Team 2002) wins the fifth stage in Vaujany
- The podium after stage 5 (L to R): Olga Zabelinskaia (4th GC), Nicole Brandli (2nd GC), Joane Somarriba (1st GC), Fabiana Luperini (3rd GC and stage winner) and her two sisters and niece.
Results
1 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 3.00.09 2 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 0.03 3 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 0.15 4 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate 1.30 5 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 2.59 6 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 7 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 3.01 8 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 3.14 9 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 3.48 10 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 4.28 11 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 4.45 12 Tina Liebig (Ger) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 5.16 13 Katrina Grove (USA) Team S.A.T.S 14 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 15 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 5.55 16 Anita Valen (Nor) Bik-Powerplate 17 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 18 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 6.27 19 Lisbeth Simper (Den) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 6.36 20 Emma James (Aus) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 6.54 21 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 7.10 22 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 7.15 23 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 7.22 24 Nadia Triquet (Fra) French National Team 7.30 25 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 26 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 8.58 27 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 9.20 28 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 10.51 29 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) French National Team 11.14 30 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S 11.20 31 Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 16.45 32 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 20.58 33 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 21.50 34 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 23.17 35 Christina Peick Andersen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 24.01 36 Agurtzane Elorriaga Derteano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 25.46 37 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 31.59 38 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike 39 Marta Evangelisti (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 40 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 41 Helen Kelly (Aus) Team S.A.T.S 42 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Bik-Powerplate 43 Stefani Kortekaas (Ned) Bik-Powerplate 44 Corinne Sempe (Fra) French National Team 45 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 46 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 47 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Bik-Powerplate 48 Sabrina Emmasi (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 49 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 50 Emanuela Brigati (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 51 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 52 Volha Hayeva (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 53 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 54 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 55 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 56 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Bik-Powerplate 57 Baukje Doedee (Ned) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 58 Cathy Moncassin (Fra) French National Team 33.47 59 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 33.56 60 Birgit Söllner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 34.56 61 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 62 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung General classification after stage 5 1 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 12.59.19 2 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 2.03 3 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 3.34 4 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 4.08 5 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 7.03 6 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 10.58 7 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 11.19 8 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate 11.41 9 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 18.00 10 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 19.02 11 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 19.06 12 Katrina Grove (USA) Team S.A.T.S 20.44 13 Tina Liebig (Ger) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 21.42 14 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 22.51 15 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 25.21 16 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 25.42 17 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 26.56 18 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 30.25 19 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 30.42 20 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 32.40 21 Anita Valen (Nor) Bik-Powerplate 32.54 22 Emma James (Aus) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 36.59 23 Lisbeth Simper (Den) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 39.13 24 Nadia Triquet (Fra) French National Team 45.12 25 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 51.31 26 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 51.58 27 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 1.03.14 28 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.06.43 29 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Bik-Powerplate 1.06.46 30 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 1.13.20 31 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S 1.13.56 32 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 1.14.54 33 Volha Hayeva (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 1.23.11 34 Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 1.28.15 35 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike 1.30.13 36 Birgit Söllner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.32.47 37 Christina Peick Andersen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 1.37.26 38 Marta Evangelisti (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 1.39.38 39 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 1.40.02 40 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 1.40.41 41 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) French National Team 1.41.05 42 Corinne Sempe (Fra) French National Team 1.42.03 43 Sabrina Emmasi (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 1.43.04 44 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 1.44.07 45 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 1.48.33 46 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Bik-Powerplate 1.54.16 47 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 1.56.44 48 Helen Kelly (Aus) Team S.A.T.S 1.58.03 49 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 2.00.55 50 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 2.04.30 51 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 2.05.09 52 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 2.10.54 53 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Bik-Powerplate 2.14.20 54 Stefani Kortekaas (Ned) Bik-Powerplate 2.17.08 55 Emanuela Brigati (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 2.18.47 56 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 2.22.25 57 Baukje Doedee (Ned) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 58 Agurtzane Elorriaga Derteano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 2.23.07 59 Cathy Moncassin (Fra) French National Team 2.24.13 60 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 2.29.20 61 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 2.32.17 62 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung Mountains classification 1 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 47 pts 2 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 46 3 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 45 4 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 23 5 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 19 6 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 18 7 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 18 8 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate 16 9 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 13 10 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 9 U23 classification 1 Nicole Brändli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 13.01.22 2 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 2.05 3 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 17.03 4 Tina Liebig (Ger) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 19.39 5 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 20.48 6 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Bik-Powerplate 1.04.43 7 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S 1.11.53 8 Volha Hayeva (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 1.21.08 9 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike 1.28.10 10 Marta Evangelisti (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 1.37.35
