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Le Tour du Grand Montréal - 2.1

Canada, May 29-June 1, 2006

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Stage 3 - May 31: Petite Italie criterium, 50km


Bates wins in Little Italy and the directeurs battle before the start

By Kirsten Robbins

Katherine Bates (Nurnberger) wins
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Nurnberger's Australian national champion, Kate Bates won a sprint between her three break away companions in this evening's rain stricken criterium. Kim Anderson of T-Mobile and Chrissy Ruiter of Victory Brewing placed second and third respectively.

"In these conditions it is almost better to be in a breakaway," said Kate Bates. "Actually once it started raining hard our gap on the field grew and then became very consistent."

The women began stage three seeing fifty laps to go on the lap counter. The race was held just before sun down and the fans in Montreal crowded the streets to watch the event.

Early in the race there was a break that included T-Mobile threat Ina Teutenberg, Nurnberger's Trixi Worrack and TEAm Lipton's Kori Seehawfer. The break was brought back by a series of attacks from teams who wanted to bridge to it. There were a series of further attacks launched by T-Mobile keeping the peloton in single file for the first half of the race.

At the halfway point of the race, four riders took advantage of a lull in the action to make their way off of the front. The break was initiated by Victory Brewing rider Chrissy Ruiter and covered by T-Mobile's Kim Anderson, Nurnberger's Kate Bates and Nobili's Elodie Touffet. "I started the break because I thought I had nothing to lose," said Ruiter.

This break proved to be the winning move and the four riders worked well together to maintain their lead on the field all the way to the line. "Our first and for most priority for the team is to go for the leaders jersey," said Bates. "Our secondary goal is to go for a stage win. It is always great for the team morale to win a stage."

Helen Kelly of Elk Haus attempted to bridge to the break with seventeen laps remaining. She remained in between the break and the peloton for several laps before being brought back to the group.

The four riders began looking to each other to take the lead with two laps to go. "I attacked with one and half laps to go because I new Kate Bates would win if it came down to a sprint," said Ruiter. "We all regrouped just before the finish a Touffet attacked. Once we caught her it went straight into the sprint and we were all side by side going for the line."

Kate Bates proved her sprint by winning the drag race to the line. "I am pretty confident in my sprint but I am a bit of a scaredy cat when it comes to big bunch finish," said Bates. "I know there are not too many people who can come around me. I am also happy because it is the first time that I have won a UCI race with my Australian national champion jersey."

The general classification remained intact after stage three tonight. Webcor-Platinum's Christine Thornburn remains in the leader's jersey, eight seconds ahead of Nurnberger's Trixi Worrack. Tomorrow will decide the winner of the 2006 Grand Tour du Montreal in the final stage, Mont St. Hilaire's 115-kilometer road race.

Team New Zealand's Karl Moore dominates the race for team glory

Jeremiah of T-Mobile and Dennis from Nurnberger
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The organization of the 2006 Grand Tour du Montreal held a fiercely-contested criterium for the staff of all the professional women's teams before the evening's stage. The directeur sportifs, mechanics and soigneurs lined up in their team attire ranging from full kits and time trail helmets to t-shirts and running shoes. All staff members were to complete a 4-lap battle to the end on the stage-three criterium circuit.

It was the camaraderie between the national team of Canada and New Zealand that helped Karl Moore win the race. "We decided that to beat the other big teams we had to work together," said Moore. "Jacques Landry is a local boy and he worked together with Vincent Jourdain to help me win tonight."

The final lap came down to a small group sprint won by Moore. Justin Morse placed second but was almost nipped on the line by the one fierce female Carmen D'Aluisio of Webcor-Platinum placing third.

"I was gong to wait for the testosterone to settle down in the first two laps," said D'Aluisio. "Then make my winning move." D'Aluisio is the defending champion from 2005.

The field completely shattered from the gun. Staff members were trying to close the gaps before the final lap and resorted to questionable tactics like sling shooting off of their tired competitors.

Directeur sportif of T-Mobile, Bek Andrzej told Cyclingnews pre race that "everything tactically will be illegal in the race this afternoon accept maybe one rule that we must stop for a beer after the completion of every lap."

Team staff registered for the event included Nurnberger, T-Mobile, Victory Brewing, Webcor-Platinum, Nobili, Canadian National Team, New Zealand National Team, TEAm Lipton, and Argon 18-Champion System amongst others.

The various team's staff members spent the majority of the morning plotting the demise of their opponent teams. "I am in good shape for this race with my last hard training ride being in January," said Nurnberger directeur sportif Dennis Sanding while testing his machine before the evening's race.

TEAm Lipton directeur sportif Thomas Liese said jokingly that, "Anje will win today because he is Polish and he knows how to cheat." This may have been an accurate comment as Andrzej was spotted slinging off of Mike Tamayo, directeur of Victory Brewing, to pass him at the line. This action disrupted the race goals of the duo Tamayo and his British partner in crime David Mellar.

In the end all participating staff members were happy with their performances in the criterium. It provided their athletes and the fans in Montreal a comedic opening to the start of the 2006 Tour du Grand Montreal stage three criterium in Little Italy.

Photography

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Results

1 Katherine Bates (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung                            1.12.51
2 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile                                                
3 Christina Ruiter (USA) Victory Brewing                                          
4 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                        
5 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Canadian national team                                 0.51
6 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung                                       
7 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Colorado Premier Training                                
8 Lisa Sweeney (Can) Colorado Premier Training                                    
9 Kori Seehafer (USA) Lipton                                                      
10 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                        
11 Nicky Wangsgard (USA) Colorado Premier Training                                
12 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus No (EHN)                                        
13 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai        
14 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile                                                    
15 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                                    
16 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                        
17 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile                                                       
18 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor-Platinum                                       
19 Katie Mactier (Aus) Argon 18 -Champion system                                  
20 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                              
21 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai                     
22 Liza Rachetto (USA) Lipton                                                     
23 Emilie Roy (Can) Équipe du Québec                                              
24 Betina Hold (Can) Webcor-Platinum                                              
25 Gussepina Grassi (Mex) Mexican national team                                   
26 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                             
27 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Équipe du Québec                                          
28 Joëlle Numainville (Can) Biovail                                               
29 Jennifer Stephenson (Can) Biovail                                              
30 Leigh Hobson (Can) Victory Brewing                                             
31 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing                                           
32 Helen Kelly (Aus) Elk Haus No (EHN)                                            
33 Gina Grain (Can) Giant pro cycling                                             
34 Anne Samplonius (Can) Biovail                                                  
35 Kimberly Bruckner Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile                                       
36 Moriah Macgregor (Can) Canadian national team                                  
37 Joanie Caron (Can) Équipe du Québec                                            
38 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai                    
39 Amanda Shaw (Can) Biovail                                                      
40 Rachel Heal (GBr) Victory Brewing                                              
41 Milena Pirola (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                        
42 Marie-Pier Bédard (Can) Équipe du Québec                                       
43 Alexandra Le Henaff (Fra) Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai              
44 Megan Elliott (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system                                  
45 Heather Lamson (Can) Canadian national team                                    
46 Katharine Carroll (USA) Victory Brewing                                        
47 Alison Testroete (Can) Canadian national team                                  
48 Karin Ruso (Aut) Elk Haus No (EHN)                                             
49 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Équipe du Québec                                        
50 Felicia Gomez (Can) Webcor-Platinum                                            
51 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Lipton                                                 
52 Élisa Gagnon (Can) Équipe du Québec                                            
53 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                                    
54 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                                      
55 Katheryn Curi (USA) Webcor-Platinum                                            
56 Grace Fleury (USA) Lipton                                                      
57 Min Gao (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                                
58 Jessica Phillips (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system                               
59 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Elk Haus No (EHN)                                      
60 Marisa Asplund (USA) Colorado Premier Training                                 
61 Meredith Miller (USA) Lipton                                                   
62 Stephanie Bourbeau (Can) Biovail                                               
63 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand national team                                 
64 Christina Becker (Ger) T-Mobile                                                
65 Yunmei Wu (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                              
66 Claudia Hecht (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                                    
67 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor-Platinum                                           
68 Johanna Buick (NZl) New Zealand national team                                  
69 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Argon 18 -Champion system                                 
70 Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini C                   
71 Leah Guloien (Can) BC Coastal                                                  
72 Alison Shanks (NZl) New Zealand national team                                  
73 Barbara Zimich (Can) BC Coastal                                                
74 Lnna Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile                                                 
75 Anna Tratnyek (Can) Canadian national team                                     
76 Marie-Caroline Côté (Can) Cascades                                             
77 Michelle Beltran (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system                               
DNF  Amy Mosen (NZl) New Zealand national team                                    
DNF  Yanxia Jiang (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                         
DNF  Xiangyin Ruan (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                        
DNF  Tamara Boyd (NZl) Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai                    
DNF  Berenice Castro (Mex) Mexican national team                                  
DNF  Anna Garnette (Can) Biovail                                                  
DNF  Kami Tremblay (USA) Colorado Premier Training                                
DNF  Christina Briante (Can) BC Coastal                                           
DNF  Julie Bellerose (Can) Ann Arbor Velo club                                    
DNF  Wendy Caldwell (USA) Ann Arbor Velo club                                     
DNF  Laura Johnson (USA) Ann Arbor Velo club                                      
DNF  Dawn Lovejoy (USA) Ann Arbor Velo club                                       
DNF  Christen King (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system                                
DNF  Amanda Cox (Can) Cascades                                                    
DNS  Dale Tye (NZl) New Zealand national team                                     
 
Teams
 
1 Nurnberger Versicherung                                                  3.40.15
2 Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                                             
3 T-Mobile                                                                        
4 Victory Brewing                                                                 
5 Colorado Premier Training                                                   0.51
6 Les Pruneaux d'Agen/Bianchi Aliverti Kookai mixed                               
7 Lipton                                                                          
8 Canadian National Team                                                          
9 Équipe du Québec                                                                
10 Biovail                                                                        
11 Webcor-Platinum                                                                
12 Elk Haus No                                                                    
13 Giant pro cycling                                                              
14 Argon 18 -Champion system                                                      
15 New Zealand National Team                                                      

General classification after stage 3
 
1 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor-Platinum                                 4.40.33
2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                                 0.08
3 Kori Seehafer (USA) Lipton                                                  0.09
4 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Lipton                                              0.12
5 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile                                                 0.18
6 Rachel Heal (GBr) Victory Brewing                                           0.25
7 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Canadian national team                                 0.29
8 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai                      
9 Anne Samplonius (Can) Biovail                                               0.32
10 Kimberly Bruckner Baldwin (USA) T-Mobile                                   0.33
11 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung                                  0.35
12 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                    0.42
13 Erinne Willock (Can) Webcor-Platinum                                       1.00
14 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus No (EHN)                                    1.06
15 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai    1.55
16 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile                                           2.55
17 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                   3.24
18 Katherine Bates (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung                              3.26
19 Felicia Gomez (Can) Webcor-Platinum                                        3.32
20 Leigh Hobson (Can) Victory Brewing                                         3.35
21 Lauren Franges (USA) Victory Brewing                                       3.39
22 Meredith Miller (USA) Lipton                                               3.40
23 Marisa Asplund (USA) Colorado Premier Training                             3.53
24 Amy Moore (Can) T-Mobile                                                   3.56
25 Katie Mactier (Aus) Argon 18 -Champion system                              3.59
26 Liza Rachetto (USA) Lipton                                                 4.02
27 Jennifer Stephenson (Can) Biovail                                          4.07
28 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai                4.08
29 Gussepina Grassi (Mex) Mexican national team                               4.29
30 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                        
31 Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini C                   
32 Tina Liebig (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                                  4.31
33 Amanda Shaw (Can) Biovail                                                  4.33
34 Min Gao (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                            4.42
35 Miho Oki (Jpn) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                         4.46
36 Patricia Schwager (Swi) Elk Haus No (EHN)                                  4.51
37 Alexandra Le Henaff (Fra) Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai          4.56
38 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                          5.11
39 Johanna Buick (NZl) New Zealand national team                              5.15
40 Betina Hold (Can) Webcor-Platinum                                          5.30
41 Jessica Phillips (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system                               
42 Marina Duvnjak (NZl) New Zealand national team                             6.18
43 Helen Kelly (Aus) Elk Haus No (EHN)                                        6.19
44 Heather Lamson (Can) Canadian national team                                9.30
45 Christina Ruiter (USA) Victory Brewing                                    10.08
46 Grace Fleury (USA) Lipton                                                 10.50
47 Alison Shanks (NZl) New Zealand national team                             11.02
48 Katheryn Curi (USA) Webcor-Platinum                                       11.10
49 Katharine Carroll (USA) Victory Brewing                                   11.12
50 Nicky Wangsgard (USA) Colorado Premier Training                           11.30
51 Joanie Caron (Can) Équipe du Québec                                            
52 Lisa Sweeney (Can) Colorado Premier Training                              11.32
53 Claudia Hecht (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                               11.39
54 Alison Testroete (Can) Canadian national team                             11.42
55 Audrey Lemieux (Can) Équipe du Québec                                     11.46
56 Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Équipe du Québec                                   11.49
57 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Colorado Premier Training                          11.50
58 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Argon 18 -Champion system                            11.56
59 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                               12.03
60 Gina Grain (Can) Giant pro cycling                                        12.07
61 Leah Guloien (Can) BC Coastal                                             12.24
62 Yunmei Wu (Chn) Giant pro cycling                                         12.26
63 Lnna Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile                                            12.45
64 Karin Ruso (Aut) Elk Haus No (EHN)                                        13.08
65 Christina Becker (Ger) T-Mobile                                           16.38
66 Megan Elliott (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system                             17.56
67 Michelle Beltran (USA) Argon 18 -Champion system                          22.27
68 Moriah Macgregor (Can) Canadian national team                             24.08
69 Anna Tratnyek (Can) Canadian national team                                24.23
70 Stephanie Bourbeau (Can) Biovail                                          24.29
71 Élisa Gagnon (Can) Équipe du Québec                                       24.59
72 Milena Pirola (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                   25.58
73 Marie-Caroline Côté (Can) Cascades                                        30.40
74 Barbara Zimich (Can) BC Coastal                                           30.45
75 Marie-Pier Bédard (Can) Équipe du Québec                                  30.48
76 Emilie Roy (Can) Équipe du Québec                                         32.28
77 Joëlle Numainville (Can) Biovail                                          32.50
 
Points classification
 
1 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                       15 pts
2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                                   14
3 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile                                                   13
4 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor-Platinum                                      12
5 Katherine Bates (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung                                 10
6 Kori Seehafer (USA) Lipton                                                    10
7 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus No (EHN)                                        9
8 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai                     7
9 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile                                               7
10 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Lipton                                                5
11 Anne Samplonius (Can) Biovail                                                 5
12 Christina Ruiter (USA) Victory Brewing                                        5
13 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai       4
14 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                      3
15 Rachel Heal (GBr) Victory Brewing                                             1
16 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Canadian national team                                   1
17 Oenone Wood (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung                                     1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung                                   17 pts
2 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                      13
3 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile                                                   12
4 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas                       10
5 Katherine Bates (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung                                 10
6 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Colorado Premier Training                               8
7 Christina Ruiter (USA) Victory Brewing                                         8
8 Kimberly Anderson (USA) T-Mobile                                               8
9 Annette Beutler (Swi) Elk Haus No (EHN)                                        3
10 Gina Grain (Can) Giant pro cycling                                            3
11 Lnna Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile                                                3
12 Christine Thorburn (USA) Webcor-Platinum                                      2
13 Edwige Pitel (Fra) Pruneaux d'Agen-Bianchi Aliverti Kookai                    1
14 Alex Wrubleski (Can) Canadian national team                                   1
15 Kori Seehafer (USA) Lipton                                                    1
 

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