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Trust House Women's Tour - 2.2
New Zealand, March 1-3, 2006
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Stage 1 - March 1: Lower Hutt criterium, 45km
Ulmer takes opening crit honours
By Nick Warren in Lower Hutt
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Stage one of the Women's Trust House Tour of Wellington was tainted by controversy but was rescued by a fast finish from New Zealand's golden girl, Sarah Ulmer.
The one-hour long criterium looked like being a fairly routine stage after an eight member group including Ulmer, lapped the field after 50 minutes of racing. However, confusion reigned as officials attempted to pull out the entire bunch on the 60 minute mark, leaving the eight riders to race the final three laps on their own.
As happened on the same stage during the men's Tour of Wellington one month earlier, communicating to 115 riders as they flash past the finish area is not easy, especially given the wide variety of languages spoken within the peloton.
Many were unsure of what was going on and continued to circle the course some looking particularly bewildered.
Finally, the eight breakaways were stopped on the start line, lapped riders moved off the course and the race restarted for the final three laps.
Restless spectators along with frustrated team managers voiced their opinions, but thankfully Ulmer produced the goods with a sprint finish to win ahead of Swiss Priska Doppmann (Univega). Ulmer's star status in New Zealand is such that her victory instantly placated any grumblings amongst the crowd.
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Trixi Worrack (Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung) rounded off the podium positions in third.
Ulmer and her seven companions which included Doppmann, Worrack, Eloudie Touffet (Nobili), Magali Le Floch (T-Mobile), Dale Tye (Samsung NZ), Hayley Brown (Chase Smart-Mercedes) and Josie Loane (UKNZJobs.com) had broken away from the 115-strong pack within the first ten minutes.
They slowly increased their lead ahead and with many top teams represented the bunch seemed happy to watch. Major outfits who missed the break included the Austrian, Japanese, Russian and German national squads, but they only put in sporadic chase attempts.
Up front a battle was on between Tye and Loane for the sprinters green jersey. With intermediate sprints every ten minutes, the two came to the night's final last lap sprint with an equal eight points each. Unfortunately Loane crashed out with just half a lap remaining, handing the Tour's first green jersey to Tye. Loane remounted and finished the race.
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Ulmer, always a crowd favourite on home soil, thanked the spectators for their support. "You guys were awesome," she said whilst on the podium collecting her Tour leader's yellow jersey, "thanks so much for coming out tonight!
"There is a fairly lumpy stage to come tomorrow," she said, "so I'll be lucky to be holding onto this tomorrow night."
Regarding the end-of-stage-kerfuffle, she said, "I think we (the break) knew what we were doing, but not sure the bunch did."
Tye was rapt to finish the day in green: "I'm stoked! I hope the Aussie girl (Loane) is OK to race the next criterium."
Photography
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Images by CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net
- The huge bunch filled the width of High Street, Lower Hutt
- Gollan (Nobili Rubinetterie) and Michelle Hyland (NZ)
- Priska Doppmann (Univega Pro Team) leads the breakaway through a corner
- The Wholly Bagels team made their racing debut on Stage 1
- Giorgia Bronzini (Team FRW) corners in the bunch
- Amy Moore (T-Mobile) centre, with Oenone Wood (Équipe Nürnberger) on her shoulder
- Alexis Rhodes (Australia)
- Stage winner, Sarah Ulmer, stayed to sign autographs for her fans - no-one was disappointed despite the cold and dark
- Trixi Worrack leads the breakaway down the High Street
- Tina Pic (UKNZJobs.com) and Rochelle Gilmore (Safi) in the bunch
- British RR Champion, Nicole Cooke (Univega Pro Team) and Oenone Wood (Équipe Nürnberger)
- Jo Kiesanowski (Univega) takes the sprint for ninth from Rochelle Gilmore (obscured) and Miho Oki (Nobili Rubinetterie)
- Whilst the riders waited to start again, the Team Managers gave some instructions to them
- Sarah Ulmer leads the sprint for the win
- Ulmer and Dale Tye - overall leader and sprints leader - are lit up in the flash of numerous cameras
Images by Nick Warren/Cyclingnews.com
- Team Australia line up
- Robin Farina (Wholly Bagels) rides in the pack
- The pace heats up
- Sporadic chasing from the peloton
- The winning break with Ulmer in third spot
- The Russian national team on the front
- Young fans cheer for Sarah Ulmer
- Confusion as the race is stopped...
- ...before the break restarts
- Ulmer on the podium with Doppmann and Worrack
Images by Craig Wadsworth
- Team Nurnberger team talk before the race
- Heroine Fashions? An appropriate label for one of New Zealand’s most popular and inspirational sporting heroes.
- Last minute advice for Jessie MacLean (Chase Smart Mercedes-Benz)
- Trixi Worrack worked hard in the breakaway
- Aussie champ Katherine Bates riding in the main bunch
- The lead group makes its way along the top straight in the evening sun
- The lead group worked well together, and lapped the main pack after about 50 minutes
- Sarah Ulmer looks very comfortable in her transition back to riding the road
- Elodie Touffet worked hard for the breakaway
- It was hard going into the wind so in the middle of the pack where Rochelle Gilmore is, was perhaps the smartest place to be.
- Winner of the Geelong World Cup, Ina Teutenberg was content to spend the day in the pack
- Judith Arndt, another big name who had a largely anonymous race - are T-Mobile saving their stars for the World Cup on Sunday?
- Rochelle Gilmore didn't look like she enjoyed the day
- Hard yards for Nicola Johnson and most of the other riders in the main pack
- Discussions on the line about how to handle the confusion that ensued when lapped riders were told to pull out after the hour or racing
- Confusion reigned for a while, with teams milling around while the lead bunch formed on the start line
- Lapped riders watch the lead bunch of eight as the race was restarted for the final 3 laps
Results
1 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team 1.05.15 2 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Univega Pro Team 3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 4 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas 5 Hayley Brown (Aus) Chase Smart Mercedes-Benz 6 Magali Le Floch (Fra) T-Mobile Team 6 Dale Tye (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 6 Josie Loane (Aus) Uknzjobs.Com 9 Oenone Wood (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.45 9 Anke Wickman (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 9 Katherine Bates (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 9 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 9 Jenny MacPherson (Aus) Australian National Team 9 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team 9 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Australian National Team 9 Hannah Banks (Aus) Australian National Team 9 Emma Mackie (Aus) Australian National Team 9 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) German National Team 9 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) German National Team 9 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) German National Team 9 Marlen Johrend (Ger) German National Team 9 Emma Rickards (Aus) Univega Pro Team 9 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Univega Pro Team 9 Sarah Düster (Ger) Univega Pro Team 9 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Univega Pro Team 9 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan 9 Charlotte Goldsmith (GBr) Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan 9 Amy Hunt (GBr) Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan 9 Helen Kelly (Aus) Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan 9 Masami Mashimo (Jpn) Japan National Team 9 Ayako Toyooka (Jpn) Japan National Team 9 Akemi Morimoto (Jpn) Japan National Team 9 Youko Okuda (Jpn) Japan National Team 9 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 Kimberly Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile Team 9 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile Team 9 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas 9 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas 9 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas 9 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas 9 Marta Villatosana (Spa) Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas 9 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Russia National Team 9 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Russia National Team 9 Tatiana Antoschina (Rus) Russia National Team 9 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Russia National Team 9 Irina Sempyanskaya (Rus) Russia National Team 9 Isabella Wieser (Aut) Elk Haus Noe 9 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus Noe 9 Baerbell Jungmeier (Aut) Elk Haus Noe 9 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Elk Haus Noe 9 Meifang Li (Chn) China National Team 9 Yongli Liu (Chn) China National Team 9 Libo Ma (Chn) China National Team 9 Na Zhao (Chn) China National Team 9 Jing Chen (Chn) China National Team 9 Pu Xiang Zhen (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 9 Yanxia Jiang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 9 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 9 Xiong Yin Ruan (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 9 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 9 Tamara Boyd (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team 9 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team 9 Michelle Hyland (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team 9 Melissa Holt (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team 9 Susie Wood (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team 9 Brei Gudsell (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 9 Kara Northcott (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 9 Marina Duvnyak (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 9 Joanne Buick (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 9 Karen Fulton (NZl) BP New Zealand 9 Lisa Haynes (NZl) BP New Zealand 9 Serina Sheridan (NZl) BP New Zealand 9 Gina Waible (NZl) BP New Zealand 9 Frith Brown (NZl) BP New Zealand 9 Natalie Bates (Aus) Chase Smart Mercedes-Benz 9 Jessie MacLean (Aus) Chase Smart Mercedes-Benz 9 Emma James (Aus) Chase Smart Mercedes-Benz 9 Erin Chamberlen (Aus) Chase Smart Mercedes-Benz 9 Leonie Aisbett (Aus) Chase Smart Mercedes-Benz 9 Pernille Fletcher (NZl) Wholly Bagels Team 9 Robin Farina (USA) Wholly Bagels Team 9 Amy Mosen (NZl) Wholly Bagels Team 9 Karina Wilkinson (NZl) Wholly Bagels Team 9 Carolyn Jenkins (NZl) Dialed In Motion Team 9 Emma Hutchings (NZl) Dialed In Motion Team 9 Donna Sibley (NZl) Dialed In Motion Team 9 Vickie Burr (NZl) Dialed In Motion Team 9 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Sandoval Promotions 9 Kate Mercer (Aus) Sandoval Promotions 9 Kelly Benjamin (USA) Sandoval Promotions 9 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Sandoval Promotions 9 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Sandoval Promotions 9 Jennie Stenerhag (Swe) Uknzjobs.Com 9 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Uknzjobs.Com 9 Jenny Trew (Can) Uknzjobs.Com 9 Nikkie Egyed (Aus) Uknzjobs.Com 9 Carly Hibberd (Aus) Uknzjobs.Com 9 Martina Corazza (Ita) A.S. Team F.R.W 9 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) A.S. Team F.R.W 9 Ketti Manfrin (Ita) A.S. Team F.R.W 9 Laura Pisaneschi (Ita) A.S. Team F.R.W 9 Ombreta Ugolini (Ita) A.S. Team F.R.W 104 Ruijuan Liu (Chn) China National Team 3.30 104 Lauren Koedyk (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 104 Rosy McCall (NZl) Wholly Bagels Team 104 Nicola Cox (NZl) Dialed In Motion Team 108 Melissa Pilla (NZl) BP New Zealand 5.15 108 Nicola Johnson (NZl) Wholly Bagels Team 108 Stacy Sims (NZl) Dialed In Motion Team 111 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team 7.00 111 Prinsloo Dorette (NZl) Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan DNS Bernadette Schober (Aut) Sandoval Promotions General classification after stage 1 1 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team 1.05.05 2 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Univega Pro Team 0.04 3 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.06 4 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas 0.10 4 Hayley Brown (Aus) Chase Smart Mercedes-Benz 4 Magali Le Floch (Fra) T-Mobile Team 4 Dale Tye (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 4 Josie Loane (Aus) Uknzjobs.Com 9 Oenone Wood (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1.55 9 Anke Wickman (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 9 Katherine Bates (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 9 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 9 Jenny MacPherson (Aus) Australian National Team 9 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian National Team 9 Alexis Rhodes (Aus) Australian National Team 9 Hannah Banks (Aus) Australian National Team 9 Emma Mackie (Aus) Australian National Team 9 Larissa Kleinmann (Ger) German National Team 9 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) German National Team 9 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) German National Team 9 Marlen Johrend (Ger) German National Team 9 Emma Rickards (Aus) Univega Pro Team 9 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Univega Pro Team 9 Sarah Düster (Ger) Univega Pro Team 9 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Univega Pro Team 9 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan 9 Charlotte Goldsmith (GBr) Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan 9 Amy Hunt (GBr) Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan 9 Helen Kelly (Aus) Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan 9 Masami Mashimo (Jpn) Japan National Team 9 Ayako Toyooka (Jpn) Japan National Team 9 Akemi Morimoto (Jpn) Japan National Team 9 Youko Okuda (Jpn) Japan National Team 9 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 Kimberly Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile Team 9 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile Team 9 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas 9 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas 9 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas 9 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas 9 Marta Villatosana (Spa) Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas 9 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Russia National Team 9 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Russia National Team 9 Tatiana Antoschina (Rus) Russia National Team 9 Natalia Boyarskaya (Rus) Russia National Team 9 Irina Sempyanskaya (Rus) Russia National Team 9 Isabella Wieser (Aut) Elk Haus Noe 9 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus Noe 9 Baerbell Jungmeier (Aut) Elk Haus Noe 9 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Elk Haus Noe 9 Meifang Li (Chn) China National Team 9 Yongli Liu (Chn) China National Team 9 Libo Ma (Chn) China National Team 9 Na Zhao (Chn) China National Team 9 Jing Chen (Chn) China National Team 9 Pu Xiang Zhen (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 9 Yanxia Jiang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 9 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 9 Xiong Yin Ruan (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 9 Min Gao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Team 9 Tamara Boyd (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team 9 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team 9 Michelle Hyland (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team 9 Melissa Holt (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team 9 Susie Wood (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team 9 Brei Gudsell (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 9 Kara Northcott (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 9 Marina Duvnyak (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 9 Joanne Buick (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 9 Karen Fulton (NZl) BP New Zealand 9 Lisa Haynes (NZl) BP New Zealand 9 Serina Sheridan (NZl) BP New Zealand 9 Gina Waible (NZl) BP New Zealand 9 Frith Brown (NZl) BP New Zealand 9 Natalie Bates (Aus) Chase Smart Mercedes-Benz 9 Jessie MacLean (Aus) Chase Smart Mercedes-Benz 9 Emma James (Aus) Chase Smart Mercedes-Benz 9 Erin Chamberlen (Aus) Chase Smart Mercedes-Benz 9 Leonie Aisbett (Aus) Chase Smart Mercedes-Benz 9 Pernille Fletcher (NZl) Wholly Bagels Team 9 Robin Farina (USA) Wholly Bagels Team 9 Amy Mosen (NZl) Wholly Bagels Team 9 Karina Wilkinson (NZl) Wholly Bagels Team 9 Carolyn Jenkins (NZl) Dialed In Motion Team 9 Emma Hutchings (NZl) Dialed In Motion Team 9 Donna Sibley (NZl) Dialed In Motion Team 9 Vickie Burr (NZl) Dialed In Motion Team 9 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Sandoval Promotions 9 Kate Mercer (Aus) Sandoval Promotions 9 Kelly Benjamin (USA) Sandoval Promotions 9 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Sandoval Promotions 9 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Sandoval Promotions 9 Jennie Stenerhag (Swe) Uknzjobs.Com 9 Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA) Uknzjobs.Com 9 Jenny Trew (Can) Uknzjobs.Com 9 Nikkie Egyed (Aus) Uknzjobs.Com 9 Carly Hibberd (Aus) Uknzjobs.Com 9 Martina Corazza (Ita) A.S. Team F.R.W 9 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) A.S. Team F.R.W 9 Ketti Manfrin (Ita) A.S. Team F.R.W 9 Laura Pisaneschi (Ita) A.S. Team F.R.W 9 Ombreta Ugolini (Ita) A.S. Team F.R.W 104 Ruijuan Liu (Chn) China National Team 3.40 104 Lauren Koedyk (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 104 Rosy McCall (NZl) Wholly Bagels Team 104 Nicola Cox (NZl) Dialed In Motion Team 108 Melissa Pilla (NZl) BP New Zealand 5.25 108 Nicola Johnson (NZl) Wholly Bagels Team 108 Stacy Sims (NZl) Dialed In Motion Team 111 Candice Sullivan (Aus) Australian National Team 7.10 111 Prinsloo Dorette (NZl) Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan Sprints classification 1 Dale Tye (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 8 pts 2 Josie Loane (Aus) Uknzjobs.Com 8 3 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Univega Pro Team 5 4 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 1 5 Hayley Brown (Aus) Chase Smart Mercedes-Benz 1 6 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas 1 Teams classification 1 Chase Smart Mercedes-Benz 3.19.15 2 Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 3 Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas 4 Samsung New Zealand 5 T-Mobile Team 6 Trust House New Zealand National Team 7 Uknzjobs.Com 8 Univega Pro Team 9 A.S. Team F.R.W 1.45 10 Australian National Team 11 BP New Zealand 12 China National Team 13 Dialed In Motion Team 14 Elk Haus Noe 15 German National Team 16 Giant Pro Cycling Team 17 Japan National Team 18 Russia National Team 19 Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan 20 Sandoval Promotions 21 Wholly Bagels Team
