October 8/97 16:02 pm - Jackson 8th in World's ITT

Posted by Editor on 10/8/97
 

Road World Championships, San Sebastian, Spain  Today the individual time trials for the Elite Women and Espoir Men (Under 23) were held at the World Championships in San Sebastian, Spain. Canada‚s Linda Jackson was a podium favourite, given her strong performances all season, and the fact that the hilly 28 km circuit suited her style. However, Jackson had to settle for a somewhat disappointing 8th - 1:21 behind the amazing Jeannie Longo of France (how many world titles does this woman have?). Jackson spoke with our correspondent Ed Schum after her ride, and said that the course was very tough, with strong headwinds a factor. Linda felt that maybe she could have been better prepared, but admitted that she was sick, and tired after a long, busy and successful season. For the `98 World‚s, she promises to review her schedule carefully, and prepare better. Having said that, there is still the road race to come, and Linda will be a favourite in that race. Canada‚s Annie Gariepy put in a solid performance to finish 35th in the same event.  Canada had two men in the Espoir (Under 23) 32 km mens race - Mark Walters, who finished in 30th place (2:56 behind winner Fabio Malberti of Italy), and Guillaume Belzile (35th, at 3:23).  Tomorrow, the Elite men do their 40 km individual time trial. Canada‚s Eric Wohlberg is scheduled to start at 2:57 pm local time, 21st of 47 starters.  Individual Time Trial - Espoir Men and Elite Women  Elite Women - 28 km  1 LONGO-CIPRELLI Jeannie FRA 39:15.21 2 ZABIROVA Zoulfia RUS 39:16.07 at 0.85 seconds 3 ARNDT Judith GER 39:44.90 29.69 4 KUPFERNAGEL Hanka GER 39:54.84 39.62 5 EMERY Elizabeth USA 40:12.47 57.26 6 MARSAL Catherine FRA 40:23.90 1:08.69 7 HOLDEN Mari USA 40:32.24 1:17.02 8 JACKSON Linda CAN 40:37.15 1:21.94 9 STAGOURSKAIA Zinajda BLR 40:46.37 1:31.16 10 CAPPELLOTTO Alessandra ITA 40:46.39 1:31.17  35 GARIEPY Annie CAN 44:21.33 5:06.11  Espoir Men - 32 km   1 MALBERTI Fabio ITA 40:41.55 2 BODROGI Laszlo HUN 41:08.04 26.48 3 GEORGE David RSA 41:12.17 30.61 4 BELOHVOSCIKS Raivis LAT 41:15.94 34.39 5 AUGER Guillaume FRA 41:29.09 47.53 6 JOUKOV Oleg RUS 41:44.72 1:03.16 7 KLOEDEN Andreas GER 41:48.39 1:06.84 8 GRABSCH Bert GER 41:55.44 1:13.89 9 PARRA PINTO Ivan COL 42:00.79 1:19.23 10 VANDEVELDE Christian USA 42:00.95 1:19.40  30 WALTERS Mark CAN 43:37.88 2:56.33 35 BELZILE Guillaume CAN 44:05.16 3:23.60   1998 Road World Cup and Tour Schedule  March 21: Milan-San Remo (World Cup) April 5: Tour of Flanders (World Cup) April 12: Paris-Roubaix (World Cup) April 19: Liege-Bastogne-Liege (World Cup) April 25: Amstel Gold Race (World Cup) May 16 - June 7: Tour of Italy July 5: National championships July 11-Aug. 2: Tour de France August 8: San Sebastian Classic (World Cup) August 16: HEW-Cyclassics-Cup in Hamburg (World Cup) August 23: Swiss Grand Prix (World Cup) September 5-27: Tour of Spain October 4: Paris-Tours (World Cup) October 8: World time-trial championship (Valkenburg, Netherlands) October 11: World road race championship (Valkenburg, Netherlands) October 17: Tour of Lombardy (World Cup)