August 28/98 11:39 am - Stage 2 Grand Prix Feminin International
Posted by Editor on 08/28/98
Grand Prix Feminin International - Stage 2
Chrissy Redden reports - Todays 91 km stage took place under hot and humid conditions.
At the 30 km mark, Annie Gariepy (Team Elita) launched an attack that at one point had a gap of 2 minutes on the pack. She was caught at the beginning of the first climb (75km) by a major effort by Team Canada and the Québec Tour-Air Transat who brought the group up to her.
The final climb of the day (8km to the finish) had some very steep and twisting sections that took its toll on the pack.
Tomorrow is a 96.9km stage with 1 sprint and 1 climb (I know I said todays stage had only one climb, but I missed the final climb to the finish - I have a day by day stage description but, my french isn't that good)
| Stage 2 | | | | | | 1 | Alison Dunlap | USA | Germany | 2:39.54 | | 2 | Alison Sydor | CAN | Canada | s.t. | | 3 | Lyne Bessette | CAN | CC Vezar-Sugoi | 0:12 | | 4 | Caroline Alexander | GBR | Team Elita | 0:13 | | 5 | Sue Palmer | CAN | Québec Tour-Air Transat | 0:31 | | 6 | Élisabeth Chevanne-Brunel | FRA | Québec Tour-Air Transat | 0:40 | | 7 | Melanie Dorion | CAN | Team Elita | 0:50 | | 8 | Kim Langton | CAN | Team Elita | 0:57 | | 9 | Chrissy Redden | CAN | Canada | s.t. | | 10 | Sandy Espeseth | CAN | BC Team | s.t. | | 11 | Sabine Spitz | GER | Germany | 1:43 | | 12 | Cybil Diguistini | CAN | Team Elita | 1:59 | | 13 | Melanie McQuaid | CAN | Canada | s.t. | | 14 | Anne Samplonius | CAN | Québec Tour-Air Transat | 3:31 | | 15 | Teah Goldstein | CAN | BC Team | 3:59 | | 16 | Regina Marunde | GER | Germany | 4:01 | | 17 | Amy Jarvis | CAN | Team Elita | 4:03 | | 18 | Melanie Nadeau | CAN | CC Vezar-Sugoi | 4:26 | | 19 | Patricia Sinclair | CAN | Canada | 5:02 | | 20 | Karen Timewell | CAN | BC Team | 5:12 | | 21 | Allyson Fox | CAN | Team Ontario | 5:50 | | 22 | Sophie St-Jacques | CAN | Team Elita | 6:07 | | 23 | Annie Gariepy | CAN | Team Elita | 6:14 | | 24 | Kathleen Millar | CAN | Team Ontario | 7:59 | | 25 | Nadia Roy | CAN | CC Vezar-Sugoi | 8:30 | | 26 | Sophie Radecki | CAN | Team Ontario | 9:23 | | 27 | Fanny Larivière | CAN | Québec Tour-Air Transat | 10:16 | | 28 | Sabine Gentieu | FRA | Québec Tour-Air Transat | s.t. | | 29 | Nora Rösch | GER | Germany | 12:10 | | 30 | Simone Esslinger | GER | Germany | 13:10 | | 31 | Darnelle Moore | CAN | BC Team | 15:16 | | Élise Grondin | CAN | CC Vezar-Sugoi | DNF | | | | | | | GC | | | | | | 1 | Alison Dunlap | USA | Germany | 5:24:50 | | 2 | Alison Sydor | CAN | Canada | 0:04 | | 3 | Lyne Bessette | CAN | CC Vezar-Sugoi | 0:26 | | 4 | Caroline Alexander | GBR | Team Elita | 0:43 | | 5 | Sue Palmer | CAN | Québec Tour-Air Transat | 0:55 | | 6 | Élisabeth Chevanne-Brunel | FRA | Québec Tour-Air Transat | 6:58 | | 7 | Sandy Espeseth | CAN | BC Team | 7:06 | | 8 | Melanie Dorion | CAN | Team Elita | 7:10 | | 9 | Chrissy Redden | CAN | Canada | s.t. | | 10 | Kim Langton | CAN | Team Elita | 7:13 | | 11 | Sabine Spitz | GER | Germany | 8:04 | | 12 | Cybil Diguistini | CAN | Team Elita | 8:11 | | 13 | Melanie McQuaid | CAN | Canada | s.t. | | 14 | Anne Samplonius | CAN | Québec Tour-Air Transat | 9:38 | | 15 | Regina Marunde | GER | Germany | 10:11 | | 16 | Teah Goldstein | CAN | BC Team | 10:12 | | 17 | Amy Jarvis | CAN | Team Elita | 10:21 | | 18 | Melanie Nadeau | CAN | CC Vezar-Sugoi | 10:46 | | 19 | Patricia Sinclair | CAN | Canada | 11:33 | | 20 | Allyson Fox | CAN | Team Ontario | 12:05 | | 21 | Annie Gariepy | CAN | Team Elita | 12:20 | | 22 | Sophie St-Jacques | CAN | Team Elita | 12:31 | | 23 | Kathleen Millar | CAN | Team Ontario | 14:25 | | 24 | Karen Timewell | CAN | BC Team | 16:20 | | 25 | Fanny Larivière | CAN | Québec Tour-Air Transat | 16:32 | | 26 | Sabine Gentieu | FRA | Québec Tour-Air Transat | 16:46 | | 27 | Nadia Roy | CAN | CC Vezar-Sugoi | 20:04 | | 28 | Darnelle Moore | CAN | BC Team | 21:40 | | 29 | Nora Rösch | GER | Germany | 23:35 | | 30 | Simone Esslinger | GER | Germany | 24:38 | | 31 | Sophie Radecki | CAN | Team Ontario | 25:39 |
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