June 18/97 22:48 pm - UCI Women's Rankings, Tour de Suisse, Record Attempt

Posted by Editor on 06/18/97
 

UCI Women‚s World Road Rankings (as of June 15)  1. Hanka Kupfernagel GER 170 points 2. Zoulfia Zabirova RUS 149 3. Svetlana Samokhvalova RUS 124 4. Yvonne McGregory GBR 104 5. Svetlana Boubnenkova RUS 94  14. Linda Jackson CAN 60 29. Kim Langton CAN 21 39. Anne Samplonius CAN 11  You will notice that many top Canadian riders (such as Sue Palmer and Clara Hughes) are not listed here. That‚s because the races carrying ranking points are very heavily skewed towards European events, leaving out riders who compete more in North America (Linda Jackson is only on the list because she won the Tour de l‚Aude).   Tour of Switzerland  Stage 2, Romanshorn to Basle - 193 km  1. Erik Zabel (Germany) 4:53:38  2. Robbie McEwen (Australia)  3. Fabio Baldato (Italy)  4. Tom Steeles (Belgium)  5. Lauri Aus (Estonia)  6. Rolf Jaermann (Switzerland)  7. Maurizio Fondriest (Italy)  8. Markus Zberg (Switzerland)  9. Gian Matteo Fagnini (Italy)  10. Emmanuel Magnien (France) all s.t.  GC   1. Oskar Camenzind (Switizerland) 5:02:35  2. Lon Van Bon (Netherlands) at 0:01 3. Roberto Petito (Italy) 0:05 4. Danny Nelissen (Netherlands) 0:07 5. Udo Blts (Germany) 0:14 6. Juergen Werner (Germany) 0:19 7. Fabio Baldato (Italy) 0:20 8. Daniele Nardello (Italy) 0:21 9. Frdric Guesdon (France) 10. Christophe Agnolutto (France) all s.t.   Yvonne McGregor failed in her attempt to beat Jeannie Longo‚s One Hour world record today (Wednesday). McGregor covered 47.608 kilometres, well off Longo‚s 48.159 kilometre record.