June 20/02 12:34 pm - HP Women's Challenge: Stage 5

Posted by Editoress on 06/20/02
 

HP Women's Challenge

Stage 5: St. Alphonsus Shoshone to Pomerelle Road Race, 87.9 miles, 140.6 km

Team Saturn Report

Jeanson Trounces on top of Pomerelle
Win of Stage puts her in Blue

Stage five of the HP Women's Challenge was by far the longest and toughest the athletes had yet to face. With Saturn holding the first, second and third spots in the overall, all teams were eager to join forces to shake up the standings.

The Saturn Cycling Team knew that this day their lead would be the most vulnerable. The final climb of 30 kilometers was custom made for Genevieve Jeanson. Steep and long, it proved to be the launching pad the young Canadian Team was looking for. In the final meters it was Jeanson over Saturn's Arndt by 1:02. The Canadian won the stage and claimed the jersey but not without a hard fought battle from the Saturn Team.

At kilometer 18, a group of ten formed on the impulsion of Saturn's Petra Rossner's counter attack off her teammate Catherine Marsal's initial escape effort. In the group were Saturn teammates Rossner and Ina Teutenberg. Lithuanian teammates Diana Ziliute and Zita Unrbonaite, T-Mobile's Kim Anderson, two Boise Cascade riders (Gina Grain and Nicole Demars), Monica Valen (Sponsor Service) and Barbara Lancioni (Itera) joined the motivated Saturn riders. The entire group worked well together and steadily opened a gap on the field. With Rossner less than two minutes down on Jeanson, the Rona team was forced to chase. The hard work of Jeanson's team began to show as slowly the Rona Team could not keep pace and the time gap opened to four minutes.

At the bottom of the final climb, the front group of ten began to shatter, with only Rossner left. At the bottom Jeanson unleashed her power and quickly left the remaining group behind her. Soon she was alone, setting an unmatched tempo on the climb. Behind her Saturn's Arndt, Canadian Lyne Bessette and Amber Neben tried to come to terms with the Canadian mountain goat, but they would not see her again until the finish. She won the stage convincingly, with a minute insulation on second place Arndt who out-sprinted Bessette for second. Itera's Polkhanova was fourth behind Bessette, with Neben in fifth and Saturn's Kimberly Bruckner in sixth.

Jeanson will don the Blue Leader's Jersey for tomorrow's stage. The race course will take the 86 competitors from Burley to Magic Mountain for yet another mountain top finish. After today's intensive effort, all await to see if today will have any effect on Jeanson's power in tomorrow's stage. The question remains, is one minute enough for the young Canadian against the Saturn Team?

1 Genèvieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 3:43:10
2 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn at 1:03
3 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 1:06
4 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 1:12
5 Amber Neben (USA) T Mobile 1:32
6 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 2:13
7 Caroline Alexander (GBr) British National 3:30
8 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Itera 3:30
9 Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadian National 3:55
10 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 4:36
11 Modesta Vzisnauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 4:38
12 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National 4:55
13 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 5:35
14 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Canadian National 5:35
15 Leah Goldstein (Can) Boise 5:35
16 Anita Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 5:35
17 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 5:35
18 Lara Ruthven (USA) T Mobile 6:03
19 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 6:39
20 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Sponsor Services 6:39
21 Wenche Stensvold (Nor) Sponsor Services 6:42
22 Kim Anderson (USA) T Mobile 6:47
23 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 7:32
24 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) New Zealand 7:40
25 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National 7:44
26 Nicole Demars (Can) Boise 7:44
27 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National 8:07
28 Susie Wood (NZl) New Zealand 8:11
29 Alison Littlefield (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 8:17
30 Jenny Tobin (USA) Richard's/NIFC 8:40
31 Johanna Buick (NZl) New Zealand 8:56
32 Solrun Flataas (Nor) Sponsor Services 9:37
33 Roz Reekie-May (NZl) Mercy Fitness Center 9:40
34 Mari Holden (USA) T Mobile 10:10
35 Sarah Konrad (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 10:27
36 Joan Wilson (USA) Boise 10:29
37 Rydeen Stevens (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 11:39
38 Katrina Berger (USA) T Mobile 11:39
39 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 11:44
40 Erika Viliunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 12:16
41 Jenny Eyerman (USA) Boise 12:16
42 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 12:27
43 Meredith Miller (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 12:34
44 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera 12:34
45 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Goldy's 13:37
46 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T Mobile 14:16
47 Jorunn Kvaloe (Nor) Sponsor Services 14:51
48 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 14:51
49 Mary Ann Fleckenstein (USA) Goldy's 16:12
50 Robyn Wong (NZl) New Zealand 16:36
51 Heather Albert (USA) Goldy's 16:45
52 Janelle Smith (USA) Richard's/NIFC 16:51
53 Patty Davis (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 17:42
54 Gina Grain (Can) Boise 18:35
55 Emily Westbrook (USA) Richard's/NIFC 18:49
56 Maria Molino de Ortiz (Gua) Mercy Fitness Center 19:23
57 Nicky Solomon (NZl) New Zealand 19:50
58 Gail Longenecker (USA) Rona 19:50
59 Sara Symington (GBr) British National 20:06
60 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 20:06
61 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 20:27
62 Stacey Peters (USA) Boise 20:27
63 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn 20:27
64 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona 22:33
65 Manon Jutras (Can) Rona 22:33
66 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona 22:33
67 Amy Jarvis (Can) Rona 22:33
68 Brooke Babbitt (USA) Goldy's 23:35
69 Mary McLaurin (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 24:03
70 Lorien Lightfield (USA) Richard's/NIFC 26:56
71 Vera Carrara (Ita) Itera 26:56
72 Liza Rachetto (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 26:56
73 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Itera 26:56
74 Mary Kneeland (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 30:35
75 Gabriela Castaneda (Gua) Mercy Fitness Center 31:12
76 Naomi Gollogly (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 32:48
77 Kasey Rose (USA) Richard's/NIFC 37:00
78 Maatje Benassi (Ned) Contender/Optygen.com 40:08
79 Megan Elliott (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 42:09
80 Sima Trapp (USA) Goldy's 42:21
81 Christy Kopasz (USA) Richard's/NIFC 42:21
82 Susan Hefler (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 44:27
83 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) New Zealand 45:34
84 Anne Samplonius (Can) Canadian National 46:18
85 Karen Dodge (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 53:40
86 Crystal Yap (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 56:31
DNF Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian NationalÊ

GC

1 Genèvieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 12:27:39
2 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn at 0:55
3 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 1:24
4 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 2:02
5 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 2:25
6 Amber Neben (USA) T Mobile 2:36
7 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 4:35
8 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 7:04
9 Sue Palmer-Komar (Can) Canadian National 7:43
10 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 7:48
11 Leah Goldstein (Can) Boise 8:04
12 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 9:27
13 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National 9:48
14 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 9:56
15 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Itera 10:34
16 Caroline Alexander (GBr) British National 10:48
17 Anita Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 11:29
18 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) New Zealand 12:36
19 Cybil Diguistini (Can) Canadian National 12:44
20 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Sponsor Services 13:03
21 Alison Littlefield (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 13:10
22 Mari Holden (USA) T Mobile 13:23
23 Modesta Vzisnauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 16:47
24 Kim Anderson (USA) T Mobile 17:29
25 Solrun Flataas (Nor) Sponsor Services 17:38
26 Wenche Stensvold (Nor) Sponsor Services 17:40
27 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National 17:54
28 Sarah Konrad (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 18:01
29 Lara Ruthven (USA) T Mobile 18:22
30 Nicole Demars (Can) Boise 19:56
31 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Goldy's 21:31
32 Roz Reekie-May (NZl) Mercy Fitness Center 23:01
33 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 24:04
34 Katrina Berger (USA) T Mobile 24:14
35 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus) Itera 25:21
36 Joan Wilson (USA) Boise 26:39
37 Rydeen Stevens (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 27:25
38 Susie Wood (NZl) New Zealand 28:17
39 Jenny Tobin (USA) Richard's/NIFC 29:14
40 Johanna Buick (NZl) New Zealand 30:06
41 Manon Jutras (Can) Rona 31:15
42 Gail Longenecker (USA) Rona 32:16
43 Dotsie Cowden (USA) T Mobile 33:24
44 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona 33:30
45 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn 33:31
46 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 34:29
47 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National 35:13
48 Erika Viliunaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 36:18
49 Heather Albert (USA) Goldy's 36:26
50 Sara Symington (GBr) British National 36:58
51 Amy Jarvis (Can) Rona 38:28
52 Jenny Eyerman (USA) Boise 39:21
53 Mary McLaurin (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 39:40
54 Jorunn Kvaloe (Nor) Sponsor Services 41:07
55 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 42:03
56 Stacey Peters (USA) Boise 45:27
57 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 46:02
58 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona 47:21
59 Maria Molino de Ortiz (Gua) Mercy Fitness Center 48:56
60 Robyn Wong (NZl) New Zealand 49:08
61 Gina Grain (Can) Boise 49:12
62 Vera Carrara (Ita) Itera 50:25
63 Brooke Babbitt (USA) Goldy's 50:49
64 Meredith Miller (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 51:48
65 Melissa Sanborn (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 52:15
66 Mary Ann Fleckenstein (USA) Goldy's 53:09
67 Liza Rachetto (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 53:41
68 Emily Westbrook (USA) Richard's/NIFC 1:01:29
69 Lorien Lightfield (USA) Richard's/NIFC 1:02:34
70 Nicky Solomon (NZl) New Zealand 1:04:24
71 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Itera 1:05:10
72 Patty Davis (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 1:08:19
73 Anne Samplonius (Can) Canadian National 1:09:23
74 Naomi Gollogly (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 1:13:56
75 Janelle Smith (USA) Richard's/NIFC 1:18:38
76 Sima Trapp (USA) Goldy's 1:19:32
77 Megan Elliott (USA) Mercy Fitness Center 1:28:40
78 Toni Bradshaw (NZl) New Zealand 1:29:15
79 Susan Hefler (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 1:33:38
80 Mary Kneeland (USA) LSV/Trek/VW 1:34:33
81 Karen Dodge (USA) Contender/Optygen.com 1:35:41
82 Christy Kopasz (USA) Richard's/NIFC 1:40:41
83 Maatje Benassi (Ned) Contender/Optygen.com 1:44:14
84 Kasey Rose (USA) Richard's/NIFC 1:48:21
85 Gabriela Castaneda (Gua) Mercy Fitness Center 1:53:24
86 Crystal Yap (USA) Intermountain Orthopedic 2:45:38

Points classification

1 Genèvieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 87pts
2 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 62
3 Judith Arndt (Ger) Saturn 52
4 Anna Millward (Aus) Saturn 49
5 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 46
6 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 45
7 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 42
8 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 38
9 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 36
10 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) New Zealand 35
11 Monica Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 20
12 Amber Neben (USA) T Mobile 19
13 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Goldy's 18
14 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Goldy's 16
15 Gina Grain (Can) Boise 14
16 Heather Albert (USA) Goldy's 14
17 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Saturn 14
18 Anita Valen (Nor) Sponsor Services 11
19 Modesta Vzisnauskaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 11
20 Jenny Eyerman (USA) Boise 10
21 Barbara Lancioni (Ita) Itera 10
22 Melissa Holt (NZl) Rona 10
23 Emma Davies (GBr) British National 8
24 Nicole Demars (Can) Boise 6
25 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National 3
26 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National 2
27 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Lithuanian National 2
28 Caroline Alexander (GBr) British National 1
29 Kim Anderson (USA) T Mobile 1
30 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona 1

Mountains classification

1 Genèvieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 40pts
2 Petra Rossner (Ger) Saturn 17
3 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 13
4 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Itera 12
5 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 10
11 Nicole Demars (Can) Boise 6

Sprints classification

1 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) New Zealand 24pts
2 Diana Ziliute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 20
3 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Lithuanian National 15
4 Gina Grain (Can) Boise 14
5 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn 11
6 Lyne Bessette (Can) Canadian National 10
10 Genèvieve Jeanson (Can) Rona 7
15 Sandy Espeseth (Can) Canadian National 3
21 Andrea Hannos (Can) Rona 1