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Gracia Orlova - 2.9.2
Czech Republic, May 1-4, 2003
Stage 1 - May 1: Orlová - Rydultowy, 66.9 km
Rossner opens with strong sprint
By Jeff Jones
German sprinter Petra Rossner (Equipe Nurnberger) has taken out the opening stage in the Gracia Orlova tour in the Czech Republic, beating Australian pair Alison Wright and Hayley Rutherford (both Road Runner Guerciotti) in the closing metres of the stage. However her win wasn't quite enough to give her the overall lead, as Wright had picked up a 3 second time bonus during the stage, and this was enough to put her in the leader's jersey by one second.
The 67 kilometre opening stage was held between Orlová and Rydultowy, with a peloton of 124 riders from 22 trade and national teams taking part. There was a short climb after 45 km, with a bonus sprint just over the top in Pszów (48.5 km). The peloton neutralised any attacks up to this point, and Alison Wright took out the sprint ahead of Giovanni Troldi (Italian National Team) and Olivia Gollan, who is guest riding for Road Runner-Guerciotti. The bunch had lost a few riders by this stage, but the bulk of it was intact for the anticipated bunch sprint in Rydultowy.
The final kilometre was slightly uphill, and Swiss rider Nicole Brandli was riding at the front with the field strung out behind her. Petra Rossner was hovering near the front, and with the help of her teammates managed to get to fourth position with 100m to go. Then she unleashed her powerful sprint, and got past Wright and Rutherford to take the stage.
This afternoon the riders will face an 18 kilometre individual time trial starting and finishing in Kuznia Raciborska. The course is a fairly straightforward out and back route, with no climbs.
Results
1 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 1.43.16 (38.87 km/h) 2 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 3 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 4 Jelena Babikova (Rus) Russian National Team 5 Vzesnia Uskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 6 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Red Bull 7 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Swiss National Team 8 Theresa Senff (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 9 Carolin Hildebrandt (Ger) Red Bull 10 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Russian National Team 11 Charlote Becker (Ger) German National Team 12 Mette Andreasen (Den) Team Sats 13 Anna Skawinska (Pol) Polish National Team 14 Elena Chalykh (Rus) Russian National Team 15 Annette Beutler (Swi) Swiss National Team 16 Andrea Graus (Aut) Austrian National Team 17 Charlote Goldsmith (GBr) British National Team 18 Christina Becker (Ger) German National Team 19 Olivia Jane Gollan (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 20 Barbara Heeb (Swi) Swiss National Team 21 Lada Kozlíková (Cze) Rostex-Quantum 22 Giovanni Troldi (Ita) Italian National Team 23 Appollinaria Bakova (Rus) Russian National Team 24 Mari Holden (USA) T-Mobile 25 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 26 Meredith Miller (USA) Team Sats 27 Bogumila Matusiak (Pol) Polish National Team 28 Frances Newstead (GBr) British National Team 29 Emma Davies (GBr) British National Team 30 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 31 Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Danish National Team 32 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 33 Bettina Kuhn (Swi) Swiss National Team 34 Kim Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 35 Kristin Amstrong (USA) T-Mobile 36 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nurnberger 37 Kerstin Schmidt (Ger) Stuttgart 38 Maja Adamsen (Den) Danish National Team 39 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 40 Lotte Schmidt (Den) Danish National Team 41 Marta Evangelisti (Ita) Italian National Team 42 Clarisa Breuer (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 43 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Road Runner-Guerciotti 44 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner-Guerciotti 45 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Italian National Team 46 Julie Pekárková (Cze) Konica CZ 47 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) Rostex-Quantum 48 Birgit Sollner (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 49 Amber Neben (USA) T-Mobile 50 Lusie Keller (Ger) German National Team 51 Vibe Kolding (Den) Danish National Team 52 Trine Hansen (Den) Team Sats 53 Stacey Peters (USA) T-Mobile 54 Nadine Bruhn (Den) Danish National Team 55 Susanne Beier (Ger) Stuttgart 56 Christiane Soeder (Ger) Stuttgart 57 Daniela Kenty (Ger) Red Bull 58 Ekaterina Naumova (Rus) Rostex-Quantum 59 Ekaterina Malomura (Rus) Profi team Baikal 60 Katja Polzin (Ger) German National Team 61 Barbora Bohatá (Cze) Rostex-Quantum 62 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Road Runner-Guerciotti 63 Natalija Bojarskaja (Rus) Profi team Baikal 64 Anna Zugno (Ita) Italian National Team 65 Serena Cavincchi (Ita) Italian National Team 66 Svetlana Pauliukaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 67 Svetlana Denisenko (Rus) Russian National Team 68 Katerina Bohatá (Cze) Rostex-Quantum 69 Sara Waller (GBr) British National Team 70 Franziska Rippin (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 71 Madeleine Lidberg (Swe) Equipe Nurnberger 72 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Polish National Team 0.02 73 Christina Peick (Den) Team Sats 74 Anne Wagner (Den) Team Sats 75 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Italian National Team 0.03 76 Anna Sipurzinska (Pol) Polish National Team 0.04 77 Julia Kurtzke (Ger) Red Bull 0.05 78 Claudia Hecht (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 79 Anke Wichmann (Ger) German National Team 80 Jana Kabrtová (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 81 Zdena Havlíková (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 82 Julita Papinigyte (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1.03 83 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) German National Team 84 Karina Serensen (Den) Team Sats 85 Pastourmatzi (Gre) Greek National Team 86 Martina Rusicková (Cze) Konica CZ 87 Laura Lange (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 88 Agne Babdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 89 Iiris Karhu (Fin) Finnish National Team 90 Pavla Nováková (Cze) Konica CZ 91 Pavla Neradilová (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 92 Elissavet Chantzi (Gre) Greek National Team 93 Andrea Knecht (Swi) Swiss National Team 94 Valentina Gavrilova (Rus) Profi team Baikal 95 Judith Baumann (Swi) Swiss National Team 96 Cristine Muller (Ger) Stuttgart 97 Ramune Lipinskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2.00 98 Oxana Kostenko (Rus) Russian National Team 99 Malgorzata Wysocka (Pol) Polish National Team 100 Ita Krizhanovskaya (Rus) Profi team Baikal 101 Tina Nieminen (Fin) Finnish National Team 102 Doris Posch (Aut) Austrian National Team 103 Jacqui Marshall (GBr) British National Team 2.01 104 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team 2.02 105 Chalime Griourmpouz (Gre) Greek National Team 106 Eleni Diakaki (Gre) Greek National Team 107 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Austrian National Team 108 Karla Polívková (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 109 Egle Cekanauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 110 Eva Hubená (Cze) Konica CZ 3.02 111 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Austrian National Team 112 Ilona Gasser (Aut) Austrian National Team 113 Teja Alaviri (Fin) Finnish National Team 3.03 114 Anne Kummer (Ger) Red Bull 115 Balampanova Driva (Gre) Greek National Team 6.01 116 Mirela Harju (Fin) Finnish National Team 7.02 117 Marina Paragiiou (Gre) Greek National Team 10.01 118 Nadezda Vlasova (Rus) Profi team Baikal 11.03 119 Renata Zemanová (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 11.04 120 Alena Vanduchová (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 121 Lenka Valová (Cze) Rostex-Quantum 122 Katarzyna Polakowska (Pol) Konica CZ 123 Evgeniya Kalyuzhina (Rus) Profi team Baikal 23.03 124 Barbora Kutíková (Cze) Konica CZ Points 1 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 25 pts 2 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 20 3 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 16 4 Jelena Babikova (Rus) Russian National Team 13 5 Vzesnia Uskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 11 6 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Red Bull 9 7 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Swiss National Team 7 8 Theresa Senff (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 6 9 Carolin Hildebrandt (Ger) Red Bull 5 10 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Russian National Team 4 11 Charlote Becker (Ger) German National Team 3 12 Mette Andreasen (Den) Team Sats 2 13 Anna Skawinska (Pol) Polish National Team 2 14 Elena Chalykh (Rus) Russian National Team 1 15 Annette Beutler (Swi) Swiss National Team 1 Sprints Pszów - 48.5km 1 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 3 pts 2 Giovanni Troldi (Ita) Italian National Team 2 3 Olivia Jane Gollan (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 1 Teams 1 Road Runner-Guerciotti 5.00.04 2 Russian National Team 3 Swiss National Team 4 Equipe Nurnberger 5 Red Bull 6 British National Team 7 German National Team 8 Euroregio Egrensis 9 T-Mobile 10 Team Sats 11 Italian National Team 12 Danish National Team 13 Rostex-Quantum 14 Stuttgart 15 Polish National Team 16 Lithuanian National Team 17 Profi team Baikal 18 Konica CZ 19 Czech Republic National Team 20 Austrian National Team 21 Greek National Team 22 Finnish National Team General classification after stage 1 1 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 1.43.09 2 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 0.01 3 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 0.05 4 Giovanni Troldi (Ita) Italian National Team 5 Olivia Jane Gollan (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 0.06 6 Jelena Babikova (Rus) Russian National Team 0.07 7 Vzesnia Uskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 8 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Red Bull 9 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Swiss National Team 10 Theresa Senff (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 11 Carolin Hildebrandt (Ger) Red Bull 12 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Russian National Team 13 Charlote Becker (Ger) German National Team 14 Mette Andreasen (Den) Team Sats 15 Anna Skawinska (Pol) Polish National Team 16 Elena Chalykh (Rus) Russian National Team 17 Annette Beutler (Swi) Swiss National Team 18 Andrea Graus (Aut) Austrian National Team 19 Charlote Goldsmith (GBr) British National Team 20 Christina Becker (Ger) German National Team 21 Barbara Heeb (Swi) Swiss National Team 22 Lada Kozlíková (Cze) Rostex-Quantum 23 Appollinaria Bakova (Rus) Russian National Team 24 Mari Holden (USA) T-Mobile 25 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) T-Mobile 26 Meredith Miller (USA) Team Sats 27 Bogumila Matusiak (Pol) Polish National Team 28 Frances Newstead (GBr) British National Team 29 Emma Davies (GBr) British National Team 30 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 31 Lohse Rasmussen (Den) Danish National Team 32 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 33 Bettina Kuhn (Swi) Swiss National Team 34 Kim Anderson (USA) T-Mobile 35 Kristin Amstrong (USA) T-Mobile 36 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nurnberger 37 Kerstin Schmidt (Ger) Stuttgart 38 Maja Adamsen (Den) Danish National Team 39 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 40 Lotte Schmidt (Den) Danish National Team 41 Marta Evangelisti (Ita) Italian National Team 42 Clarisa Breuer (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 43 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Road Runner-Guerciotti 44 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner-Guerciotti 45 Silvia Parietti (Ita) Italian National Team 46 Julie Pekárková (Cze) Konica CZ 47 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) Rostex-Quantum 48 Birgit Sollner (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 49 Amber Neben (USA) T-Mobile 50 Lusie Keller (Ger) German National Team 51 Vibe Kolding (Den) Danish National Team 52 Trine Hansen (Den) Team Sats 53 Stacey Peters (USA) T-Mobile 54 Nadine Bruhn (Den) Danish National Team 55 Susanne Beier (Ger) Stuttgart 56 Christiane Soeder (Ger) Stuttgart 57 Daniela Kenty (Ger) Red Bull 58 Ekaterina Naumova (Rus) Rostex-Quantum 59 Ekaterina Malomura (Rus) Profi team Baikal 60 Katja Polzin (Ger) German National Team 61 Barbora Bohatá (Cze) Rostex-Quantum 62 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Road Runner-Guerciotti 63 Natalija Bojarskaja (Rus) Profi team Baikal 64 Anna Zugno (Ita) Italian National Team 65 Serena Cavincchi (Ita) Italian National Team 66 Svetlana Pauliukaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 67 Svetlana Denisenko (Rus) Russian National Team 68 Katerina Bohatá (Cze) Rostex-Quantum 69 Sara Waller (GBr) British National Team 70 Franziska Rippin (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 71 Madeleine Lidberg (Swe) Equipe Nurnberger 72 Paulina Brzezna (Pol) Polish National Team 0.31 73 Christina Peick (Den) Team Sats 0.35 74 Anne Wagner (Den) Team Sats 75 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Italian National Team 0.38 76 Anna Sipurzinska (Pol) Polish National Team 0.50 77 Julia Kurtzke (Ger) Red Bull 0.57 78 Claudia Hecht (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 79 Anke Wichmann (Ger) German National Team 80 Jana Kabrtová (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 81 Zdena Havlíková (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 82 Julita Papinigyte (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 1.42 83 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) German National Team 84 Karina Serensen (Den) Team Sats 85 Pastourmatzi (Gre) Greek National Team 86 Martina Rusicková (Cze) Konica CZ 87 Laura Lange (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 88 Agne Babdonaviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 89 Iiris Karhu (Fin) Finnish National Team 90 Pavla Nováková (Cze) Konica CZ 91 Pavla Neradilová (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 92 Elissavet Chantzi (Gre) Greek National Team 93 Andrea Knecht (Swi) Swiss National Team 94 Valentina Gavrilova (Rus) Profi team Baikal 95 Judith Baumann (Swi) Swiss National Team 96 Cristine Muller (Ger) Stuttgart 97 Ramune Lipinskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2.13 98 Oxana Kostenko (Rus) Russian National Team 99 Malgorzata Wysocka (Pol) Polish National Team 100 Ita Krizhanovskaya (Rus) Profi team Baikal 2.16 101 Tina Nieminen (Fin) Finnish National Team 102 Doris Posch (Aut) Austrian National Team 103 Chalime Griourmpouz (Gre) Greek National Team 2.28 104 Eleni Diakaki (Gre) Greek National Team 105 Bernadette Schober (Aut) Austrian National Team 106 Karla Polívková (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 107 Egle Cekanauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 108 Jacqui Marshall (GBr) British National Team 2.31 109 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team 2.38 110 Eva Hubená (Cze) Konica CZ 3.35 111 Daniela Pintarelli (Aut) Austrian National Team 112 Ilona Gasser (Aut) Austrian National Team 113 Teja Alaviri (Fin) Finnish National Team 3.38 114 Anne Kummer (Ger) Red Bull 115 Balampanova Driva (Gre) Greek National Team 6.23 116 Mirela Harju (Fin) Finnish National Team 7.33 117 Marina Paragiiou (Gre) Greek National Team 10.19 118 Nadezda Vlasova (Rus) Profi team Baikal 11.38 119 Renata Zemanová (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 11.48 120 Alena Vanduchová (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 121 Lenka Valová (Cze) Rostex-Quantum 122 Katarzyna Polakowska (Pol) Konica CZ 123 Evgeniya Kalyuzhina (Rus) Profi team Baikal 23.40 124 Barbora Kutíková (Cze) Konica CZ 23.46 Points classification 1 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger 25 pts 2 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 20 3 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) Road Runner-Guerciotti 16 4 Jelena Babikova (Rus) Russian National Team 13 5 Vzesnia Uskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 11 6 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Red Bull 9 7 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Swiss National Team 7 8 Theresa Senff (Ger) Euroregio Egrensis 6 9 Carolin Hildebrandt (Ger) Red Bull 5 10 Olga Slioussareva (Rus) Russian National Team 4 Teams classification 1 Road Runner-Guerciotti 5.00.04 2 Russian National Team 3 Swiss National Team 4 Equipe Nurnberger 5 Red Bull 6 British National Team 7 German National Team 8 Euroregio Egrensis 9 T-Mobile 10 Team Sats 11 Italian National Team 12 Danish National Team 13 Rostex-Quantum 14 Stuttgart 15 Polish National Team 16 Lithuanian National Team 17 Profi team Baikal 18 Konica CZ 19 Czech Republic National Team 20 Austrian National Team 21 Greek National Team 22 Finnish National Team
