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Le Tour du Grand Montréal - 2.9.2
Canada, June 3-4, 2002
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Stage 2 - June 3: Little Italy Criterium, 50km
Demet In Yellow
Team RONA report
Dede Demet (TalgoAmerica.com) played her cards well to pocket bonus seconds and take over the yellow jersey after the second stage of the Tour of Greater Montreal. The stage, a lively criterium held in Montreal's Little Italy, was won by Laura Van Gilder (Trek Plus VW), who climbed to the seventh spot of General Classification.
Entering the third and last stage tomorrow, Demet will have a five second lead over Montreal's Geneviève Jeanson (RONA) relegated to second place of GC. For lack of a yellow jersey, Jeanson could find solace in holding on to her best Espoir (aged 23 and younger), best Canadian and best Quebecer jerseys.
Five RONA riders rank among the first 13 places of GC. Lyne Bessette (Équipe Québec) is ranked fifth after the second stage.
The play-by-play
From the gun the pace was fast, as the girls completed the first lap at more than 40 km/h. The peloton stayed together for a few laps and the front rows were occupied by those who had their eyes on yellow – Demet, the teammates Clara Hughes (Équipe Québec) and her teammate Lyne Bessette, and Jeanson, surrounded by her private RONA guard. Katrina Berger (Team T-Mobile) opened the way and imposed a fast tempo to the field, but she was not a threat to Jeanson's coveted yellow jersey.
The RONA guard did their job and prevented any breakaway or attack to become a serious threat. Yet at the 10-km mark, when Berger won the first intermediary sprint, Demet finished third and pocketed one little bonus second, which was enough to make her the virtual leader of the race – she had started the stage with a 0.7 second deficit on Jeanson. Then another second at the 30-km mark, in a time-bonus sprint won by Van Gilder.
Two-thirds into the race Bessette attempted to escape. She stayed in front for four laps, but the gap never exceeded four seconds before the RONAs brought the field back. Then it was the turn of Sara Symington (GB Nationals) and Clara Hughes to attack. The field allowed them a three-second lead for four laps, then RONA reeled them in.
The last two laps were a run-for-your-position affair. Experience won. Van Gilder served a powerful finish, while Millward and Demet edged their way to second and third places. Jeanson finished fifth, in the same time as Van Gilder's.
"I'm disappointed for my team", said Jeanson after the race. "The girls worked hard and well tonight. They rode a superb race, but I couldn't crown their work with a victory. Oh, well, that's bike racing, I still have some learning to do. But we had fun."
Results
1 Laura Vangilder (USA) Trek Plus Volkswagen 1.10.03 2 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 3 Deirdre Demet-Barry (USA) TalgoAmerica.com 4 Clara Hughes (Can) Sélection Provinciale du Québec 5 Geneviève Jeanson (Can) RONA 6 Katrina Berger (USA) Team T-Mobile 7 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Composite #1 8 Erin Carter (Can) Composite #1 9 Virginie Moinard (Fra) French National Team 10 Jorunn Kvalö (Nor) Team Sponsor Service 11 Lyne Bessette (Can) Sélection Provinciale du Québec 12 Joan Wilson (USA) TalgoAmerica.com 13 Miho Oki (Jpn) CA Mantes la Ville 78 14 Melanie Sears (GBr) Great Britain National Team 15 Monica Valen (Nor) Team Sponsor Service 16 Lara Kroepsch (USA) Trek Plus Volkswagen 17 Gail Longenecker (USA) RONA 18 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn 19 Iona Wynter (Jam) Genesis Scuba FFC 20 Rosa Bravo Soba (Spa) Spain National Team 21 Anne Samplonius (Can) Trek Plus Volkswagen 22 Nicole Freedman (USA) RONA 23 Belem Guerrero Mendez (Mex) Mexico 24 Heidi Witherell (USA) Terry Precision Team 25 Stacey Peters (USA) Team T-Mobile 26 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 27 Ka Wah Yeung (Hkg) Amoroso's / HH Racing Team 28 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Spain National Team 29 Rachel Heal (GBr) Great Britain National Team 30 Melissa Holt (NZl) RONA 31 Amy Jarvis (Can) RONA 32 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Spain National Team 33 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 34 Andrea Hannos (Can) RONA 35 Sara Waller (GBr) Great Britain National Team 36 Amber Neben (USA) Team T-Mobile 37 Helen Kelly (Aus) Verizon Wireless-Cervelo Cycling Club 38 Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Spain National Team 39 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) CA Mantes la Ville 78 40 Jennifer Manefield (Aus) Team Grace Cycling 41 Nicole Demars (Can) Composite #1 42 Marina Khodtchenkova (Rus) Edilsavino 43 Susan Palmer-Komar (Can) TalgoAmerica.com 44 Sara Symington (GBr) Great Britain National Team 45 Alison Brown (USA) Genesis Scuba FFC 46 Lenora Felker (USA) Amoroso's / HH Racing Team 47 Daniela Veronesi (Smr) Edilsavino 48 Solrun Flataas (Nor) Team Sponsor Service 49 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Edilsavino 50 Sophie St-Jacques (Can) Trek Plus Volkswagen 51 Laura Schmitt (USA) Terry Precision Team 52 Kelli Emmett (USA) Team T-Mobile 53 Ann Marie Miller (USA) Verizon Wireless-Cervelo Cycling Club 54 Chloe Black (Can) Terry Precision Team 55 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) French National Team 56 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi) CA Mantes la Ville 78 57 Julie Hutsebaut (Can) Sélection Provinciale du Québec 58 Aline Camboulives (Fra) French National Team 59 Patricia Palencia Aleman (Mex) Mexico 60 Susy Pryde (NZl) TalgoAmerica.com 61 Giselle Trahan (Can) Genesis Scuba FFC 62 Lauren Franges (USA) Amoroso's / HH Racing Team 63 Meredith Miller (USA) TalgoAmerica.com 64 Angela Vargas (USA) Genesis Scuba FFC 65 Erinne Willock (Can) Verizon Wireless-Cervelo Cycling Club 66 Jessica Phillips (USA) Saturn 67 Sarah Stewart (Can) OPUS Bike 68 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) CA Mantes la Ville 78 69 Trine Hansen (Den) Team Grace Cycling 0.35 70 Yvonne Ilton (USA) Verizon Wireless-Cervelo Cycling Club 71 Catherine Powers (USA) Terry Precision Team 0.44 72 Maria Mercedes Cagigas Amedo (Spa) Spain National Team 73 Isabelle Gagnon (Can) Sélection Provinciale du Québec 74 Patricia Choo (USA) Team T-Mobile 75 Diana Bladon (Can) OPUS Bike 76 Christina Peick (Den) Team Grace Cycling 77 Agurtzane Elorriaga Derteano (Spa) Spain National Team 78 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Verizon Wireless-Cervelo Cycling Club 79 Tina Skelley-Kunstbeck (USA) TalgoAmerica.com 80 Anne Wagner (Den) Team Grace Cycling 0.47 81 Magalie Boulay (Can) OPUS Bike 1.21 82 Clara Constantinescu (Rom) Genesis Scuba FFC 3.42 83 Lara Ruthven (USA) Team T-Mobile 3.46 84 Veronica Martinez (Arg) Amoroso's / HH Racing Team 4.28 85 Petra Ford (USA) Verizon Wireless-Cervelo Cycling Club 4.38 86 Lauren Gaffney (USA) Terry Precision Team 6.58 87 Elisa Gagnon-Gascon (Can) Trek Plus Volkswagen 7.36 88 Graciella Martinez (Arg) Amoroso's / HH Racing Team 13.28 DNF Kirsten Robbins (Can) Amoroso's / HH Racing Team DNF Karina Luise Sorensen (Den) Team Grace Cycling DNF Jimena Arce Vargas (Crc) Edilsavino DNF Julia Bradley (Can) OPUS Bike DNF Genevieve Leblanc (Can) OPUS Bike DNF Odessa Osorio Mckenna (USA) Trek Plus Volkswagen DNF Dorte Treppendahl (Den) Team Grace Cycling DNF Sophie Blanchette (Can) Sélection Provinciale du Québec DNF Marisol Ponsiano Flores (Mex) Mexico DNF Rosario Peralta Garcia (Mex) Mexico DNF Claudia Veronica Leal Balderas (Mex) Mexico DNF Amy Woodward (Can) Composite #1 DNF Katy St Laurent (Can) Sélection Provinciale du Québec DNS Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Team Sponsor Service General classification after stage 2 1 Deirdre Demet-Barry (USA) TalgoAmerica.com 13.55 2 Geneviève Jeanson (Can) RONA 0.05 3 Clara Hughes (Can) Sélection Provinciale du Québec 0.06 4 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 0.07 5 Laura Vangilder (USA) Trek Plus Volkswagen 0.10 6 Lyne Bessette (Can) Sélection Provinciale du Québec 7 Erin Carter (Can) Composite #1 0.11 8 Melissa Holt (NZl) RONA 0.17 9 Nicole Freedman (USA) RONA 10 Amber Neben (USA) Team T-Mobile 0.18 11 Angela Vargas (USA) Genesis Scuba FFC 12 Andrea Hannos (Can) RONA 13 Sara Symington (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0.20 14 Amy Jarvis (Can) RONA 0.22 15 Solrun Flataas (Nor) Team Sponsor Service 16 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn 17 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi) CA Mantes la Ville 78 0.23 18 Nicole Demars (Can) Composite #1 0.24 19 Miho Oki (Jpn) CA Mantes la Ville 78 20 Susy Pryde (NZl) TalgoAmerica.com 0.26 21 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Composite #1 22 Melanie Sears (GBr) Great Britain National Team 23 Katrina Berger (USA) Team T-Mobile 24 Lauren Franges (USA) Amoroso's / HH Racing Team 0.27 25 Giselle Trahan (Can) Genesis Scuba FFC 26 Monica Valen (Nor) Team Sponsor Service 0.28 27 Rachel Heal (GBr) Great Britain National Team 28 Heidi Witherell (USA) Terry Precision Team 29 Virginie Moinard (Fra) French National Team 30 Sara Waller (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0.29 31 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 32 Kelli Emmett (USA) Team T-Mobile 0.30 33 Jessica Phillips (USA) Saturn 34 Jorunn Kvalö (Nor) Team Sponsor Service 35 Marta Vilajosana Andreu (Spa) Spain National Team 0.31 36 Gail Longenecker (USA) RONA 37 Iona Wynter (Jam) Genesis Scuba FFC 0.32 38 Belem Guerrero Mendez (Mex) Mexico 0.33 39 Daniela Veronesi (Smr) Edilsavino 40 Patricia Palencia Aleman (Mex) Mexico 41 Chloe Black (Can) Terry Precision Team 0.34 42 Meredith Miller (USA) TalgoAmerica.com 0.35 43 Sarah Stewart (Can) OPUS Bike 44 Anne Samplonius (Can) Trek Plus Volkswagen 45 Jennifer Manefield (Aus) Team Grace Cycling 0.36 46 Julie Hutsebaut (Can) Sélection Provinciale du Québec 47 Susan Palmer-Komar (Can) TalgoAmerica.com 48 Helen Kelly (Aus) Verizon Wireless-Cervelo Cycling Club 49 Marina Khodtchenkova (Rus) Edilsavino 0.37 50 Erinne Willock (Can) Verizon Wireless-Cervelo Cycling Club 51 Alison Brown (USA) Genesis Scuba FFC 52 Stacey Peters (USA) Team T-Mobile 53 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) CA Mantes la Ville 78 0.38 54 Laura Schmitt (USA) Terry Precision Team 0.39 55 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) French National Team 56 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Edilsavino 0.40 57 Sophie St-Jacques (Can) Trek Plus Volkswagen 58 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa) Spain National Team 0.42 59 Ann Marie Miller (USA) Verizon Wireless-Cervelo Cycling Club 60 Rosa Bravo Soba (Spa) Spain National Team 0.43 61 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) CA Mantes la Ville 78 62 Aline Camboulives (Fra) French National Team 0.46 63 Lenora Felker (USA) Amoroso's / HH Racing Team 64 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Spain National Team 0.48 65 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 66 Lara Kroepsch (USA) Trek Plus Volkswagen 67 Ka Wah Yeung (Hkg) Amoroso's / HH Racing Team 0.51 68 Joan Wilson (USA) TalgoAmerica.com 0.53 69 Trine Hansen (Den) Team Grace Cycling 1.06 70 Yvonne Ilton (USA) Verizon Wireless-Cervelo Cycling Club 1.12 71 Isabelle Gagnon (Can) Sélection Provinciale du Québec 1.17 72 Diana Bladon (Can) OPUS Bike 73 Catherine Powers (USA) Terry Precision Team 1.18 74 Patricia Choo (USA) Team T-Mobile 1.21 75 Hiroko Shimada (Jpn) Verizon Wireless-Cervelo Cycling Club 1.22 76 Maria Mercedes Cagigas Amedo (Spa) Spain National Team 1.25 77 Anne Wagner (Den) Team Grace Cycling 1.27 78 Tina Skelley-Kunstbeck (USA) TalgoAmerica.com 1.31 79 Agurtzane Elorriaga Derteano (Spa) Spain National Team 1.34 80 Christina Peick (Den) Team Grace Cycling 81 Magalie Boulay (Can) OPUS Bike 2.09 82 Lara Ruthven (USA) Team T-Mobile 4.23 83 Clara Constantinescu (Rom) Genesis Scuba FFC 4.29 84 Veronica Martinez (Arg) Amoroso's / HH Racing Team 5.22 85 Petra Ford (USA) Verizon Wireless-Cervelo Cycling Club 5.28 86 Lauren Gaffney (USA) Terry Precision Team 7.34 87 Elisa Gagnon-Gascon (Can) Trek Plus Volkswagen 8.19 88 Graciella Martinez (Arg) Amoroso's / HH Racing Team 14.15 Points classification 1 Laura Vangilder (USA) Trek Plus Volkswagen 26 pts 2 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 16 3 Deirdre Demet-Barry (USA) TalgoAmerica.com 15 4 Clara Hughes (Can) Sélection Provinciale du Québec 11 5 Katrina Berger (USA) Team T-Mobile 10 6 Geneviève Jeanson (Can) RONA 9 7 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Composite #1 5 8 Miho Oki (Jpn) CA Mantes la Ville 78 5 9 Erin Carter (Can) Composite #1 3 10 Monica Valen (Nor) Team Sponsor Service 2 Teams classification 1 RONA 3.42.26 2 Sélection Provinciale du Québec 0.12 3 Saturn 0.18 4 TalgoAmerica.com 0.21 5 Composite #1 6 Great Britain National Team 0.34 7 Team T-Mobile 0.35 8 Genesis Scuba FFC 0.37 9 Team Sponsor Service 0.40 10 Trek Plus Volkswagen 0.45 11 CA Mantes la Ville 78 12 Terry Precision Team 1.01 13 Edilsavino 1.09 14 French National Team 1.13 15 Spain National Team 1.15 16 Verizon Wireless-Cervelo Cycling Club 17 Amoroso's / HH Racing Team 1.24 18 Team Grace Cycling 2.28 19 OPUS Bike 3.22 Courtesy of Alain Poupart/www.worldcupmontreal.com
