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18th Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin - 2.9.1
France, May 17-26, 2002
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Stage 7 - May 23: Castelnaudary - Castelnaudary, 108 km
Symington powers to solo win in cold and rain
Team Saturn report
Today's seventh stage of the Tour de l'Aude started under a cold rain, washing over the competitors with a strong, chilly wind. The first 35 uphill kilometres offered an opportunity to race for the stage win for some riders who are already out of the contention for the overall title . Great Britain was persistent in their attacks, finally launching Sarah Symington free of the group, and by kilometre 25 she was solo with a substantial gap. After a descent at kilometre 40 a group of ten cleared the field in pursuit of Symington, while race leader Ina Teutenberg (Saturn) was content to remain with the other GC riders, all racing at cruising speed.
Inspired by the thought of her British team-mate, Sue Carter, who is in hospital after a terrible crash three days ago, Symington held off the pursuing break. In an incredible show of force, the Brit soloed in after 85 kilometres by herself in the rain and wind for an outstanding win of 1:30 over the group of ten. Arenda Grinberg (Farm Frites) finished second, out-sprinting Magli Lefloch (France). The rest of the bunch arrived around five minutes after Symington. Ina Teutenberg's lead of the Tour remains the same, with her Saturn team-mate, Judith Arndt sitting in second.
The sun is scheduled to return tomorrow as the Tour hits the Pyrenées with the scenic 120 kilometre stage of Quillan -Quillan. The riders will face two major climbs, the second coming at 60 kilometers to go. Saturn's Petra Rossner, Kristy Scrymgeour, Catherine Marsal and Arndt, will have to work hard to help Teutenberg defend her yellow jersey.
Results
1 Sarah Symington (GBr) British National Team 3.13.38 2 Anouska Van Der Zee (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 0.48 3 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) French National Team 1.06 4 Elena Tchalykh (Rus) Itera Team 5 Marcia Eicher Vouets (Swi) C.A. Mantes La Ville 6 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 1.25 7 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 1.45 8 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 9 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 10 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Nurnberger Versicherung 11 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 1.50 12 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 4.12 13 Miho Oki (Jap) C.A. Mantes La Ville 14 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 15 Diana Elmentaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 16 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 17 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera Team 18 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 19 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 20 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 21 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Itera Team 22 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 23 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 24 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 25 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Itera Team 26 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 27 Pavla Havlikova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 28 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 29 Erin Carter (Can) Canadian National Team 30 Sarah Duster (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 31 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 32 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen T Interim 33 Julie Pekarkova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 34 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) C.A. Mantes La Ville 35 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 36 Elsbeth Vink (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 37 Zdenka Havlikova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 38 Charlotte Hopkinson (GBr) British National Team 39 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Power Plate - Bik 40 Mélanie Sears (GBr) British National Team 41 Emma Davies (GBr) British National Team 42 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera Team 43 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 44 Jenny Algelid Bengtsson (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 45 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 46 Elena Mikhailiouk (Rus) Petrogradets 47 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 48 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 49 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) C.A. Mantes La Ville 50 Kristina Obrucova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 51 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 52 Aline Camboulives (Fra) French National Team 53 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Figurella Dream Team 54 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 55 Elisabeth Tadich (Aus) Australian National Team 56 Leah Goldstein (Can) Canadian National Team 57 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn Cycling Team 58 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 59 Laurence Restoin (Fra) French National Team 60 Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 61 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 62 Nicole Demars (Can) Canadian National Team 63 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 4.51 64 Elena Beliaeva (Rus) Petrogradets 11.49 65 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen T Interim 12.17 66 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 67 Carlotte Becker (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 68 Vanessa Guyton (NZl) Vlaanderen T Interim 69 Sue Smith (Can) Canadian National Team 70 Lenie Dijkstra (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 71 Oenone Wood (Aus) Australian National Team 72 Natalia Tretiakova (Rus) Petrogradets 73 Katrin Beilharz (Ger) German National Team 74 Doreen Weise (Ger) German National Team 18.48 75 Christina Becker (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 76 Sara Waller (GBr) British National Team 77 Olga Khortova (Rus) Petrogradets 78 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 79 Katia Polzin (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 80 Kim Shirley (Aus) Itera Team 29.27 81 Rhonda Quick (USA) Figurella Dream Team 82 Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Petrogradets 83 Alberta Baiocchi (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 84 Gina Grain (Can) Canadian National Team 85 Kristy Scrymgeour (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team General classification after stage 7 1 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 15.35.04 2 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 1.20 3 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 1.29 4 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Itera Team 1.42 5 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera Team 2.32 6 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 2.47 7 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen T Interim 2.56 8 Jenny Algelid Bengtsson (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 4.02 9 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 5.08 10 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 5.49 11 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 5.54 12 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 6.03 13 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 6.03 14 Leah Goldstein (Can) Canadian National Team 6.14 15 Miho Oki (Jap) C.A. Mantes La Ville 6.48 16 Aline Camboulives (Fra) French National Team 6.56 17 Marcia Eicher Vouets (Swi) C.A. Mantes La Ville 8.58 18 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) French National Team 10.17 19 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 10.53 20 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 11.18 21 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 11.49 22 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 11.58 23 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australian National Team 12.08 24 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 12.10 25 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 12.15 26 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Figurella Dream Team 12.17 27 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Nurnberger Versicherung 13.23 28 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 13.26 29 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera Team 13.44 30 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 14.06 31 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 14.12 32 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Itera Team 14.41 33 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 15.45 34 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 16.20 35 Roberta Bonanomi (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 16.23 36 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 16.47 37 Anouska Van Der Zee (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 18.02 38 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 19.01 39 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn Cycling Team 19.21 40 Elisabeth Tadich (Aus) Australian National Team 19.48 41 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 20.58 42 Emma Davies (GBr) British National Team 21.24 43 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Power Plate - Bik 21.37 44 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) C.A. Mantes La Ville 21.41 45 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 22.05 46 Julie Pekarkova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 23.23 47 Oenone Wood (Aus) Australian National Team 24.01 48 Sarah Symington (GBr) British National Team 24.27 49 Nicole Demars (Can) Canadian National Team 26.19 50 Laurence Restoin (Fra) French National Team 26.19 51 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 26.32 52 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) C.A. Mantes La Ville 27.38 53 Erin Carter (Can) Canadian National Team 27.53 54 Elsbeth Vink (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 28.10 55 Mélanie Sears (GBr) British National Team 29.14 56 Christina Becker (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 32.13 57 Pavla Havlikova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 35.43 58 Carlotte Becker (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 36.27 59 Charlotte Hopkinson (GBr) British National Team 38.28 60 Elena Beliaeva (Rus) Petrogradets 41.05 61 Olga Khortova (Rus) Petrogradets 43.55 62 Zdenka Havlikova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 44.54 63 Rhonda Quick (USA) Figurella Dream Team 45.40 64 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 46.00 65 Elena Tchalykh (Rus) Itera Team 46.48 66 Sara Waller (GBr) British National Team 48.28 67 Sarah Duster (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 50.24 68 Kim Shirley (Aus) Itera Team 50.34 69 Diana Elmentaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 51.44 70 Doreen Weise (Ger) German National Team 52.37 71 Elena Mikhailiouk (Rus) Petrogradets 54.08 72 Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Petrogradets 54.19 73 Lenie Dijkstra (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 54.54 74 Katrin Beilharz (Ger) German National Team 57.36 75 Kristina Obrucova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 1.01.02 76 Vanessa Guyton (NZl) Vlaanderen T Interim 1.01.48 77 Katia Polzin (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 1.03.57 78 Sue Smith (Can) Canadian National Team 1.04.39 79 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen T Interim 1.05.12 80 Lorian Graham (Aus) Australian National Team 1.09.40 81 Natalia Tretiakova (Rus) Petrogradets 1.10.52 82 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 1.14.07 83 Gina Grain (Can) Canadian National Team 1.23.58 84 Kristy Scrymgeour (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team 1.44.47 85 Alberta Baiocchi (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 1.46.05 Points classification 1 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 107 pts 2 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 58 3 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) French National Team 49 4 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Itera Team 47 5 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 46 6 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 40 7 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Vlaanderen T Interim 33 8 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 31 9 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 29 10 Elena Tchalykh (Rus) Itera Team 26 11 Sarah Symington (GBr) British National Team 25 12 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn Cycling Team 25 13 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 25 14 Miho Oki (Jap) C.A. Mantes La Ville 24 15 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 21 16 Anouska Van Der Zee (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 20 17 Jenny Algelid Bengtsson (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 20 18 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Nurnberger Versicherung 18 19 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 18 20 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera Team 17 21 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 16 22 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera Team 15 23 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 15 24 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 13 25 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 13 26 Marcia Eicher Vouets (Swi) C.A. Mantes La Ville 12 27 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 10 28 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 10 29 Tania Belvederesi (Ita) Power Plate - Bik 8 30 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 7 31 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Itera Team 7 32 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Nurnberger Versicherung 6 33 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Nurnberger Versicherung 6 34 Lada Kozlikova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 5 35 Aline Camboulives (Fra) French National Team 3 36 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 3 37 Diana Elmentaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1 38 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) French National Team 1 39 Elisabeth Tadich (Aus) Australian National Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 31 pts 2 Aline Camboulives (Fra) French National Team 11 3 Sarah Symington (GBr) British National Team 10 4 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 9 5 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Itera Team 6 6 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 5 7 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Figurella Dream Team 4 8 Elena Tchalykh (Rus) Itera Team 3 9 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 3 10 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera Team 3 11 Marcia Eicher Vouets (Swi) C.A. Mantes La Ville 2 12 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) French National Team 1 13 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 1 14 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 1 Sprints classification 1 Elena Tchalykh (Rus) Itera Team 25 pts 2 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 18 3 Elena Beliaeva (Rus) Petrogradets 14 4 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 12 5 Sarah Symington (GBr) British National Team 10 6 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 6 7 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) French National Team 5 8 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 5 9 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn Cycling Team 4 10 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 3 11 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 3 12 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 3 13 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 3 14 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn Cycling Team 3 15 Sandra Missbach (Ger) Team Farm-Frites Hartol 2 16 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2 17 Olga Khortova (Rus) Petrogradets 1 18 Emma Davies (GBr) British National Team 1 19 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Figurella Dream Team 1 20 Erin Carter (Can) Canadian National Team 1 21 Gina Grain (Can) Canadian National Team 1 22 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera Team 1 23 Jenny Algelid Bengtsson (Swe) Nurnberger Versicherung 1 Young rider classification 1 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Itera Team 15.36.46 2 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team 10.33 3 Theresa Senff (Ger) German National Team 11.44 4 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 12.24 5 Tina Liebig (Ger) German National Team 14.03 6 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 14.38 7 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Power Plate - Bik 20.23 8 Oenone Wood (Aus) Australian National Team 22.19 9 Pavla Havlikova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 34.01 10 Carlotte Becker (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 34.45 11 Zdenka Havlikova (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 43.12 12 Sarah Duster (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 48.42 13 Diana Elmentaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 50.02 14 Doreen Weise (Ger) German National Team 50.55 15 Katrin Beilharz (Ger) German National Team 55.54 16 Katia Polzin (Ger) Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 1.02.15 17 Natalia Tretiakova (Rus) Petrogradets 1.09.10 Teams classification 1 Itera Team 48.57.10 2 Nurnberger Versicherung 4.36 3 Team Farm-Frites Hartol 9.57 4 Saturn Cycling Team 9.59 5 Figurella Dream Team 20.16 6 Vlaanderen T Interim 23.45 7 Lithuania 25.21 8 France 25.45 9 C.A. Mantes La Ville 37.59 10 Frankfurt/Oder-Red Bull 39.26 11 Germany 42.35 12 Australia 54.27 13 Power Plate - Bik 55.09 14 Great Britain 59.35 15 Canada 1.06.19 16 Czech Republic 1.13.53 17 Petrogradets 1.48.31
