Tour de l'Aude - The Contenders
by Monty. on May 17, 2010 3:32 PM EDT
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Bump - All the talk of the race so far has been of the strong winds. In the absence of any meaningful footage of that, here's a video from the windsurfing contest held last Thursday to Sunday at Gruissan, the Defiwind. The wind from time to time was over 50 knots; the winner averaged over 60kmh.
With the final appearance of not one but two start lists for the Tour de l’Aude it’s at last possible to run through who the likely contenders are going to be. This tour is an unusual little beast. It may be one of the two biggies on the calendar, but you certainly can’t win it in the classic "smash them in the hills, hang on in the timetrials" way. Or was that "smash them in the timetrials, hang on in the hills". Whichever way you put it, if that’s your plan then you’re going to run in to a brick wall. Or to be more exact, the brick wall that you expected your opponents to run into isn’t there. There’s just one individual time trial here, the prologue, all 3.9km of it. Not much chance of making a lead that will last ten days. And there’s a team time trial, but the losses are limited there too, so coming in third to Cervelo and HTC-Columbia puts you just thirty seconds down, and last place is guaranteed to lose no more than two or three minutes. And if that wasn’t enough there aren’t any mountain-top finishes. In fact the whole course looks more like ten days in the Ardennes, but warmer, prettier, and with vineyards and stew with five different sorts of meat. None of those flat, piano stages where you hide in the middle of the pack, what matters most at l’Aude is staying alert every single day, and you really need teammates to help you to do that. So who’s this year’s Spartacus, and who’s going to find that the reward for that sneaky biscuit at the back is a ride home with Roger Hammond. Carry on over the page for my little run-down.
If you want to win here it helps to have a strong team, and it’s hard to pick six riders from the peloton that would make a stronger team than Cervelo (as the press release announcing their line-up made clear, the only names put on domestique duty right from the start are Bruins and Armitstead, who finished 7th and 14th last year). They will almost certainly be riding to get the win for Claudia Hausler, whatever spiel they may give about "we don’t mind which of us wins" Claudia’s been away from the bike a bit this winter catching up on her studies, but she was still there right to the foot of the Muur in the recent Fleche Wallonne. And if you want a plan B, then that could very well be sending one of Sharon Laws (6th two years ago), Carla Ryan or Regina Bruins up the road while everyone watches Emma Pooley.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see half the top ten made up of Cervelo riders. Pooley herself? Even if she’s improved her descending over the winter she still has the problem that, whatever Galileo may say, little climbers don’t fall as quickly as bigger riders.
Strong rider strong team number two leads us on to, Marianne Vos (born 13th May 1987, so a belated happy birthday from all here) who must have a great chance of improving on her third position last year. Despite their sponsorship difficulties over the winter, Nederland Bloeit seem to have come through with a stronger line-up than last year with Loes Gunnewijk, Annemiek Van Vleuten and Liesbet de Vocht able to play those oh so essential roles of credible alternative threats.
Will they or won’t they? Whatever has been going on between Doug Ryder, boss of MTN, and Nicole Cooke is starting to make all that Brangelina stuff look simple. Just this morning womenscycling.net tweeted:
It is reported and will be confirmed later that Nicole Cooke will ride with MTN at Tour de LÁude, due to injuries of British team last week
If that’s true, then Nicole deserves to be considered as the third favourite. She’s shown in the past that she can win races by herself, but we’ve also seen, as just a couple of weeks ago in Gracia-Orlova, that she regularly gets turned over by the stronger teams. Earlier this season it looked like she was really developing a good working relationship with the GB girls, but following those unfortunate events in Belgium she now finds herself riding with a group that have limited experience, singly let alone collectively, of riding in Europe.
If we’re talking strong teams, then there aren’t many stronger than HTC-Columbia, but their two riders who might best of all contended the overall, Judith Arndt and Noemi Cantele, aren’t included. Instead they
seem to be going for the sprints, with Ina Teutenberg and first choice leadout Chloe Hosking, leaving all their GC hopes on the shoulders of Evelyn Stevens. Teutenberg has in her career already won 18 stages here, and should be able to get a couple more, but Stevens has yet to ride a race this long, and could well suffer one or two of those "jours sans"
Other potential GC contenders include Emma Johansson of Red Sun,
another who tends to have one or two bad days, Ruth Corset of Tibco, Trixi Worack of Noris who is having a quiet season so far, but who has been on the podium here every year for the past six years including a win in 2004.
Those trying to keep up with Teutenberg in the sprints are likely to include Safi Pasta Zara pair Rasa Laleivyte and Inga Cilvinaite, Angela Hennig of Noris and Tibco’s Brooke Miller. The mountains jersey will probably either go to Emma Pooley or Mara Abbott of the USA. Young rider? I think that both Marianne Vos and Regina Bruins are still eligible.
If you don’t like my rundown, then people over at Cicloweb have come up with great piece here or via Google translate.
All photos courtesy Chris Fontecchio, except Claudia Häusler, which is courtesy Cervélo TestTeam.
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Prologue results
1. Bruins
2. Vos
3. Pooley
4. Van Vleuten
via http://twitter.com/anton_vos/status/13981893854
Updated resutls from the same source :-)
Bruins wins, then Villumsen, Vos, Pooley, van Vleuten.
Apparently his dad made a “small mistake” in the original results.
Right!
Didn’t think Pooley would do so well on this short distance. 4 km uphill?
(link to the preview http://www.podiumcafe.com/2010/5/9/1464712/preview-tour-de-laude )
France 3 have a short report
go here 19/20 of 14/05/2010, then scroll in to 13:40. Scrolling highly if you’re squeamish, since it’s preceded by an item on local (i.e. French) star bullfighter Sebastian Castella. They’ve an interview with Christel Ferrier Bruneau, then follow Bruins for a bit. Apparently it was quite windy today, which also probably means the air was sandy.
A nice couple of contrasting posts about the accomodation
Monique Van de Ree, only 22 but in her 4th year of doing this:
We arrived in Gruissan the first place to stay here in France for the next 4 days. It was a long but sometimes a nice journey! Again nice to chat with my team mates and if we just bored but then we played a FF game of Skip-Bo (see picture)! Always fun! We sleep in beautiful homes, and everyone here has their own room and a communal living room with kitchen! Very fine and even luxury too! We even have internet in the mobile home, so I try your utmost to keep informed!
source via Google translate
Marijn de Vries, 31 year old neo-pro (the NOS reporter)
We do not sleep in hotels. We sit with the whole pack at the campsite in Gruissan in mobile homes. They are so cozy that you should discuss who his bedroom door and opened it first, otherwise you get nasty collisions.
You hear all about each other. And every time someone turns around in bed, shaking the house on its foundations. Fortunately I am very calm teammates. That unlike the surf dudes on the site, who would celebrate. I’m glad they are a little farther.
Still got a lot to learn, Pistolero. Marijn’s also done a nice piece on today’s ride here
Ha, so funny!
I guess in her journalistic life Marijn is more used to seeing how the men live on Tour!
Reminds me of all the women riders laughing about the men having to complain about GASP! DRIVING to races!
by Sarah Connolly on May 15, 2010 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Another day,another Cervelo
according to Manel Lacambra, Lizzie Armitstead won today and is the new leader. I guess that the break she was in stayed away.
According to twitter....
@HTCColumbia
“ina:windiest day of year. crazy echelons all day. adrie in break. 3. tomorrow ttt”
Assuming Adrie Visser came 3rd then?
@anton_vos
“Loes G 4th place in first stage l’Aude”
So all we need is someone from the 2nd person’s team to tweet too
(slightly grumpy with team Cervélo, who only just tweeted re Bruins’ win yesterday…)
by Sarah Connolly on May 15, 2010 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions
so how many days
will we be saying “another day, another Cervélo”, then? Heh
by Sarah Connolly on May 15, 2010 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Description of today's stage
From the official website, via google translate (to note, that will only stay until tomorrow, when it’ll be replaced with tomorrow’s actualites)
The 117 km proposed by this stage of Rieux-Minervois does not offer any major difficulty, but the wind was still in the game. .
Especially that among the 105 competitors, intentions to highlight proved real. The pack broke up and reconstructed several times.
At km 26, took the lead nine competing: Armitstead (Cervelo), Kasper (Noris), Gunnewijk (Nederland Bloiet), Dijkman (Redsun), Visser (Columbia), Mackie and Miller (Tibco), Blaak (Leontien.nl) and Bras (Gauss-RDZ-Ormu). The platoon quickly conceded a late result. However, Mattis (USA) and Thomas (Gervais Lilas 93) had the good idea to respond, despite the headwind. A 2 to 9 deal, they had the panache to fill 1’04 "behind and join the fugitive at km 46.
At km 55, after Rustics, the pack was running a passive 5’40 "! Meanwhile, the race recorded his first retirement, in this case Roxane Fournier, the youngest of the test.
The U.S. champion Brooke Miller stood out during sprints (they endorse the leader’s jersey), while the yellow jersey going (virtually) sometimes on the shoulders of Adrie Visser, sometimes on those of “Lizzy” Armitstead (equal to the day and time bonuses for sprints).
The platoon found the credit by reducing its liability to 3 to 30 km from the finish.
In the lead group, Mattis put two attacks halted, Dijkman then attempted the coup just before the red flame. The sprint competed in the long line of Rieux-Minervois tipped in favor of Elizabeth Armitstead, a specialist in track (winner of the World Cup scratch, World Champion Team Pursuit, 2009), which settled a Dutch trio (Blaak , Visser, Arm), donning the same time the yellow jersey. Second stage win (in two days) so for Cervélo-Test-Team, training the young Briton joined early in the season.
7th overall progress for Narbonne Beatrice Thomas
Settled by Marianne Vos, the platoon (for 12th place) came out to 1’16 ".
by Sarah Connolly on May 15, 2010 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions
You can get to the other stage pages right now
(although I don’t know how long that will last) via the little buttons under where it says “Résumés des étapes” at the bottom. Interestingly they also publish the official despatch thingy (not sure of the official title since so few races make it available to us ordinary bods) so we know that:
LES DIRECTEURS SPORTIFS DES EQUIPES :
- GS NEDERLAND BLOEIT
- GS FENIX – PETROGADETS
100 CHF d’amande chacun pour non respect des instructions des commissaires. Article 12.1.040
ALINEA 28.
that’s a fine of 100 Swiss Francs each for “not showing respect.”
and even cuter they have two jury given prizes:
Prix de la MALCHANCE : 42 – VILA JOSANA ANDREU Marta (VAD)
Prix de la COMBATIVITE : 103 – THOMAS Béatrice (ESG)
Combativity prize is common, but I’ve never seen a bad luck one before.
My team won the bad luck prize once
but that was an informal amateur event. We crashed ourselves out of contention in a TTT.
Aw! A bad luck prize?
That’s so sweet! I love it! I wish it could be imported into every race ever!
by Sarah Connolly on May 16, 2010 7:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Here's a rather neat feature
I embedded all the maps into the previous article if you want to find them, but the link up with Google Street View doesn’t work on the embedded version. Instead you have to open the proper page over at bikemap, but then it looks like every bit of tomorrow’s course has been photographed, and if you have the patience to click round, 20 metres at a time, you can preview the course. Go here, and you can see it, although I’m not sure if I got the roads right for the loop out of Salasc. Even so, it feel really odd to be able to do this.
OK, not totally right there about all the roads,
but you can certainly follow the little road that goes northwest from Salasc then turns southwest, and it’s, erm, cosy. And with the massive winds being reported by those on that big windsurfing fest just down the road at Gruissan, then things could reach Bweeg levels of specularity.
Re those winds
HTC decided to go with non-aero wheels
Liz Hatch on today's stage
Looking at the course for the TTT. Ummmm… There will be blood?? Crazy crazy crazy. Really technical, windy, crazy descents and bad roads.
via her twitter
Ouch
Can Lotto afford to drop anyone, what with only having four riders anyway, or is it a “live together, die together” situation.
Marijn was saying something about never having ridden a TT bike before Friday’s stage, yet she just finished in the top fifty. I don’t know if that was a never-never, or a never-in-serious-competition, but it could be that lots suffer. Or stick to the normal road bike.
And the MTN people were twittering about their brand new Eddy Merckx TT bikes, so I bet they’re not that experienced on them either.
Liz's twitter says no
With only 4 of us in the race we just go enough to finish in the time cut and SAFE! Really, I can’t believe this course.
So 4 have to finish, which could get hairy
by Sarah Connolly on May 16, 2010 8:24 AM EDT up reply actions
1 Cervelo 2 High Road (Visser new leader) 3 Nederland Bloeit
According to Manuel Lacambra
by Sarah Connolly on May 16, 2010 11:28 AM EDT reply actions
Manel says Lizzie Armitstead was dropped
rather than something bad happening to her, which is why Visser is leading
by Sarah Connolly on May 16, 2010 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Puncture
Cervélo TestTeam impressed today in the Tour de l’Aude with an excellent performance to claim victory on the 34.5km race in Clermont l’Hérault, France. The team finished the challenging course about 35 seconds ahead of the runner up team HTC-Columbia and 52 seconds ahead of Nederland Bloeit, who took third spot. Unfortunately, the winner from yesterday’s stage, Elisabeth Armitstead (GBR) had a puncture after the first kilometer, dropped from the team and lost her leader jersey. The new overall leader is now Adrie Visser (NED – HTC-Columbia).
"i just see giro and get all spazzy" - Gavia
by TheFigurehead on May 16, 2010 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Times for the top 3 teams
1 Cervélo Test Team 48:05
2 HTC-Columbia 48:40
3 Nederland Bloeit 48:59
(was expecting more stupid time gaps, somehow)
by Sarah Connolly on May 16, 2010 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Leontien 7th
According to Marijn’s twitter
by Sarah Connolly on May 16, 2010 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
and Blaak still in pink as best young rider
so apparently the gap to NL Bloeit wasn’t very big (Vos also still eligible).
I've been reminded
That the gaps are limited to set times, to stop a total annihilation
20" gaps between 1st and 3rd teams, 10" gaps between 3rd and 6th, 5" gaps from 7th team.
by Sarah Connolly on May 16, 2010 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Full results
1 CERVELO TEST TEAM NED 48:05
2 HTC COLUMBIA WOMEN GER +35
3 NEDERLAND BLOEIT NED +54
4 UNITED STATES USA +2:01
5 TIBCO USA +2:43
6 REDSUN CYCLING TEAM BEL +2:51
7 LEONTIEN.NL NED +3:40
8 SAFI – PASTA ZARA LTU +3:41
9 FENIXS – PETROGRADETS RUS +3:43
10 NORIS CYCLING GER +3:43
11 GAUSS RDZ ORMU ITA +4:02
12 GERMANY GER +4:36
13 S.C. MICHELA FANINI RECORD ROX ITA +5:02
14 VIENNE FUTUROSCOPE FRA +5:05
15 TEAM VALDARNO ITA +6:11
16 ESGL 93 – GSD GESTION FRA +6:29
17 MTN RSA +7:15
18 LOTTO LADIES TEAM BEL +7:30
From Radsport
by Sarah Connolly on May 16, 2010 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Top 5 GC
Standings after stage 2
1. Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC-Columbia
2. Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Nederland Bloeit @ 23s
3. Katheryn Mattis (USA) United State National Team @ 40s
4. Regina Bruins (Ned) Cervélo TestTeam @ 56s
5. Chantal Blaak (Ned) Leontien.nl @ 1’02"
This race makes no sense!!!!
So, the time limitations I mentioned above only count for teams. But they on’t count for riders who are dropped
So Lizzie Armitstead finished 3’45" behind her Cervélo team mates. Her time therefore is counted as +3’45".
BUT! Because of the limitations on losses for teams, Lotto finished 7’30" and will only lose 2’00" – so Lizzie is horibly out of the competition, Cervélo are in a difficult place in the GC, and it all makes no sense
My gratitude to Skip_Madness over at BBC 606 l’Aude thread for putting this in sensible language for me. I am kind of embarassed to point out that thread, as half my posts are “Monty at Podiusm Café says….”, but then i get half my info from here, half from 606 and the other half from twitter….
You're worrying too much on Lizzie's behalf
I reckon the organisers made the reasonable assumption that if you drop someone from your team then you don’t really care where they end up in the overall. Cervelo could have waited for her (and it might have made little difference to their time with 6 pulling all the way) but they chose not to. Remember that they suggested that Lizzie and Regina Bruins were their only two definite domestiques. She’s only 3.18 down now, but that might be OK for her to get into another break in the next day or two before they hit the tougher stages.
Expect to see Vicki Whitelaw going for a break too. She’s a TT specialist but had a bit of a day off today so will want to have a go somewhere.
There's a little bit of video on the local news
go here, then “1920 Languedoc Roussillon du 16/05/2010” and fast forward to 7:15 There are a couple of shots of teams going through Salasc which is unbelievably pretty, complete with stone staircases covered in wisteria , a village well, and unbelievably narrow streets, but as happens far too often, most of the report is taken up with complaints about the lack of coverage women’s cycling gets, rather than giving us some actual coverage. Why is it that the world and his donkey want to write a five year plan for the sport, but can never be bothered to relate what happens today? If you’re a fan of triathlons then they have a report from a local ironman contest straight after the Tour bit.
To see Lizzie's winning sprint from Stage 1
then go to the same place but choose “Midi Pile Languedoc Roussillon du 16/05/2010” then forward to 14:00. It’s only 30 seconds, then followed by the same report as above, but that’s better than nothing.
Results for stage 3
1 31 TEUTENBERG Ina GER TCW 02h53’59" boni 12"
2 57 BOSMAN Andrea NED LNL 02h53’59" boni 6"
3 53 SMALL Carmen USA USA 02h54’01" boni 02" 5"
4 13 *VOS Marianne NED ARC 02h54’24", +25"
5 19 JOHANSSON Emma SWE RSC 02h54’24", + 25"
6 5 POOLEY Emma GBR CWT 02h54’24", + 25"
7 97 FERRIER-BRUNEAU Christel FRA FUT 02h54’24", +, 25"
8 14 DE VOCHT Liesbet BEL ARC 02h54’24" +25"
9 3 BRUINS Regina NED CWT 02h54’24" , +25"
10 7 WORRACK Trixi GER NUR 02h54’24" , +25"
11 67 BRAS Martine NED GAU 02h54’24" , +25"
12 55 *BLAAK Chantal NED LNL 02h54’24" , +25"
13 12 SANDIG Madeleine GER NUR 02h54’24", + 25"
14 18 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek NED ARC 02h54’24" , +25"
15 1 HÄUSLER Claudia GER CWT 02h54’24" , +25"
16 6 RYAN Carla AUS CWT 02h54’24" , +25"
17 4 LAWS Sharon GBR CWT 02h54’24" , +25"
18 35 VISSER Adrie NED TCW 02h54’24" , +25"
19 2 *ARMITSTEAD Elizabeth GBR CWT 02h54’24", + 25"
20 15 GUNNEWIJK Loes NED ARC 02h54’24" , +25"
Leaving the GC
1 35 VISSER Adrie NED TCW 07h01’46"
2 15 GUNNEWIJK Loes NED ARC 07h02’09", + 23"
3 55 *BLAAK Chantal NED LNL 07h02’38", + 52"
4 3 BRUINS Regina NED CWT 07h02’42" , +56"
5 5 POOLEY Emma GBR CWT 07h02’49" , +01’03"
6 1 HÄUSLER Claudia GER CWT 07h02’55" , +01’09"
7 4 LAWS Sharon GBR CWT 07h02’57" , +01’11"
8 6 RYAN Carla AUS CWT 07h03’07" , +01’21"
9 13 *VOS Marianne NED ARC 07h03’17" , +01’31"
10 67 BRAS Martine NED GAU 07h03’20" , +01’34"
11 18 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek NED ARC 07h03’20" , +01’34"
12 53 SMALL Carmen USA USA 07h03’22" , +01’36"
13 14 DE VOCHT Liesbet BEL ARC 07h03’27" , +01’41"
14 54 MATTIS Katheryn USA USA 07h03’36" , +01’50"
15 57 BOSMAN Andrea NED LNL 07h03’46" , +02’00"
16 19 JOHANSSON Emma SWE RSC 07h03’53" , +02’07"
17 7 WORRACK Trixi GER NUR 07h04’20" , +02’34"
18 12 SANDIG Madeleine GER NUR 07h04’20" , +02’34"
19 97 FERRIER-BRUNEAU Christel FRA FUT 07h04’39" , +02’53"
20 2 *ARMITSTEAD Elizabeth GBR CWT 07h05’04" , +03’18"
France 3 put up a short report on the US team
complete with a few more shots of the TTT. Go here, even if you don’t get the language – it’s absolutely gorgeous, and hard to believe they found so many diffferent pretty bits so close together.
And if you do understand French
that same report was part of the noon news report on the local France3, but preceded by a short discussion on who has come. Here then forward to 12:25 then stay with it for coverage of a local triathlon.
Thanks
Strange link, doesn’t work in Safari for me (possibly because of ClickToFlash extension but then I added the server to the whitelist and it still didn’t work) and takes a long while to skip from the intro screen to the video in Firefox.
Beautiful area!
The official communique is turning out to be the most interesting document of the day
TIBCO DS fined 100 Swiss Francs for what sounds like prolonged adjustment of the saddle at high speed
FENIX-PETROGADETS DS fined the same for drafting
Joanne Kiesanowski fined 20 Swiss Francs for blocking an official car
PRIX DE LA COMBATIVITE : 57 – BOSMAN Andrea (LNL)
PRIX DE LA MALCHANCE : 98 – BEVERIDGE Julie (FUT)
Eneritz Iturriagae of Safi crashed out with a broken collarbone
Noooooooo!
Not Eneritz!!!! She’s the Basquest ride in the peloton (Her full name is Eneritz Itirriagaetxebarría Mazaga, but everyone shorten it as it’s just oo long, her dad owns a bikeshop and her website is fabulous) anlassics and I’m totally gutted she’ll miss the Spanish series of Valladolid, the day races and the Emakumeen Bira…
Monty, where do you find the Prix de la Malchance? Who won it yesterday? Helen Wyman said on twitter that Gauss’ Eleonora Suelotto (sp) was disqualified for coming in over the time limit….
by Sarah Connolly on May 17, 2010 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
My spelling!
So sorry, I am useless. In my defense, my keyboard hates me. And I meant Eneritz Iturriagaetxebarría Mazaga… (In my head, she’s the female Amets Txurruka….)
by Sarah Connolly on May 17, 2010 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
It's in the official journal
go to the main site and look on the daily news for the bit called “Communiqué xx” Not that the main site is a place to recommend -they’ve taken what should be a very simple website and buried it under some awful flash stuff. Whenever I try to look at the photos I get a warning that a flash script is taking a ridiculous amount of computer time and do I want to stop it.
Plus it's immune to google translate
which is always annoying, because everything benefits from being translated by google….
by Sarah Connolly on May 17, 2010 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
From the communiqué on the official website
Helen Wyman says...
That 7 more riders were DQ-ed today for missing the time limit… in those winds, that seems a bit harsh… Helen says extend the time limit!
by Sarah Connolly on May 17, 2010 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep, the DQ riders were more than 20' back
it’s in the stage result, linked from the same page as that communiqué pdf above.
thanks for these updates everyone
good to hear what’s happening and not just the brit focussed news on cycling weekly
More non-Brit stuff
here’s a report from TIBCO on Stage 1. I don’t know whether it started out there or if that’s a scraper site, but all the TIBCO stuff I usually find goes to summaries on their Facebook page.
Can usually get info from Vicki Whitelaw's Blog
http://vickiwhitelaw.com/blog/ often written by her husband (Dave) when Vicki is racing
by AdelaideFatboy on May 18, 2010 3:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Stage 4: Anton Vos tweets that Mara Abbott won it
Yay!
Manel Lacamba had tweeted that there was a break made of Abbott, Stevens, Johansson, Pooley and Laws away at 50km…. what a break group! Can’t wait to hear how this stage went!
by Sarah Connolly on May 18, 2010 10:49 AM EDT reply actions
and Helen Wyman tweets that Emma Pooley is in yellow!
Triple yay! She says the final break was Abbott, Pooley, Vos, Laws & Stevens
by Sarah Connolly on May 18, 2010 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Except now she says not Marianne
but Emma J. Also that riders still coming in, so results will be hours!
by Sarah Connolly on May 18, 2010 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
A lovely twitter from Marijn de Vries
(and I think this is my favourite Dutch word to date)
Moest vandaag lossen op de 3e klim, fukkerdiefuk. 50km alleen gereden, rond plaats 25 gefinisht. Buuh. Chantal houdt wel jongerentrui!
Google looks wrong on this one. Dropped on the third climb, rode 50km alone to finish 25th. So presumably it was tougher in the gruppetto.
Phew!
When I’d google-translated it, it made it sound like she dropped out, and only 25 finished the stage!
And yeah, definitely best Dutch word!
by Sarah Connolly on May 18, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
When Google fails
the fallback method for Dutch is to say it out aloud, very aloud, lots of times, and suddenly it all seems really obvious.
Heh!
I was surprised how much Sporza-Dutch I could understand by the end of the ’Cross season (with help from an actual online Belgian, which was useful!)
by Sarah Connolly on May 18, 2010 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, I have another new favourite Dutch word from Marijn
Wat n monsterlijke dag. Gelost, autopech, nu pas in hotel Amelie Les Bains. Geen wifi. Douche, massage, slapen. Morgen meer nieuws, hopelijk
I’m not going to look up “monsterlijke” because it sounds amazing. Dutch just sounds so expressive – although I’m wondering if the Marijn Guide To Dutch would be nough to see me through the Track World Champs in Apeldoorn….
by Sarah Connolly on May 18, 2010 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions
It looks like you can download the local France 3 reports if you have itunes
(I don’t). Go here, then click under the bit that says “• Choisissez votre édition dans la barre de menu” Unfortunately all the different news programmes are under different menus, but you may be able to find them better through itunes itself.
That's the right region
then you have to get the right day, right report and so on.
(I’m browsing in iTunes. It’s not really straightforward to find stuff, it seems. I’m not very podcast-savvy.)
This is the one
Todays news not up yet, obviously.
http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/france-3-19-20-languedoc-roussillon/id285420501
Do you expect people who use silverlight
to understand “straightforward” “easy-to-use” “simple” or “obvious”?
If you go through the web interface
you can watch it live. On the 19/20 news there was a report finishing about 17:00 in talking about l’americaine which I just missed. I guess it will be up soon.
Manel lacambra posted a pic of Mara Abbott on the podium
http://tweetphoto.com/22948742
She appears to have borrowed Brad Wiggins Tour de France legs.
Vernoica Andreasson
claims to have posted a video taken during the TTT, here, but every time I try to watch it I get the message “video not found”. Does it work for anyone else? If so I may try the embed code on that page and stick it up as a fanshot.
Full stage 4 results up!
Stage:
1, ABBOT Mara USA USA, 02h41’30" + 16" boni
2, POOLEY Emma GBR CWT, 02h41’30" +14" boni
3. STEVENS Evelyn USA TCW, 02h42’13" 43" +8"boni
4. JOHANSSON Emma SWE RSC, 02h43’27" 01’57"
5 . LAWS Sharon GBR CWT, 02h44’35" +03’05"
6. *VOS Marianne NED ARC, 02h44’45" +03’15"
7. HÄUSLER Claudia GER CWT, 02h44’45" +03’15"
8. FERRIER-BRUNEAU Christel FRA FUT, 02h44’49" +03’19"
9. RYAN Carla AUS CWT, + 02h44’53" +03’23"
10. MATTIS Katheryn USA USA, 02h44’53" +03’23"
11. VISSER Adrie NED TCW, 02h44’53" + 03’23"
12. PITEL Edwige FRA MIC, 02h44’55" +03’25"
13. *BLAAK Chantal NED LNL, 02h44’55" 03’25"
14. *ARMITSTEAD Elizabeth GBR CWT, 02h44’55" +03’25"
15. WORRACK Trixi GER NUR, 02h44’55" +03’25"
16. VILLUMSEN Linda Melanie NZL TCW , 02h44’55" +03’25"
17. BRUINS Regina NED CWT, 02h44’55" + 03’25"
18. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek NED ARC, 02h44’55" +03’25"
19. BOSMAN Andrea NED LNL, 02h44’55" +03’25"
20. 15 GUNNEWIJK Loes NED ARC, 02h45’05" +03’35"
And the GC
1. POOLEY Emma (GBR) CWT, 09h44’05"
2. VISSER Adrie (NED) TCW, 09h46’39", +02’34"
3. GUNNEWIJK Loes (NED) ARC, 09h47’14", + 03’09"
4. JOHANSSON Emma (SWE) RSC, 09h47’20", + 03’15"
5. STEVENS Evelyn (USA) TCW, , 09h47’26", + 03’21"
6. LAWS Sharon (GBR) CWT, 09h47’32", +03’27"
7. *BLAAK Chantal (NED) LNL, 09h47’33", + 03’28"
8. BRUINS Regina (NED) CWT, 09h47’36" +.03’31"
9. HÄUSLER Claudia (GER) CWT, 09h47’40" , +03’35"
10. ABBOT Mara (USA) USA, 09h47’50", + 03’45"
11. RYAN Carla (AUS) CWT, 09h48’00", + 03’55"
12. *VOS Marianne (NED) ARC, 09h48’02" , +03’57"
13. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek (NED) ARC, 09h48’14", + 04’09"
14. MATTIS Katheryn (USA) USA, 09h48’29" , +04’24"
15. DE VOCHT Liesbet (BEL) ARC, 09h48’32", + 04’27"
16. BOSMAN Andrea (NED) LNL, 09h48’40", + 04’35"
17. WORRACK Trixi (GER) NUR, 09h49’15", + 05’10"
18. FERRIER-BRUNEAU Christel (FRA) FUT, 09h49’28" , +05’23"
19. *ARMITSTEAD Elizabeth (GBR) CWT, 09h49’59", +05’54"
20. VILLUMSEN Linda Melanie (NZL) TCW, 09h50’36", + 06’31"
Prix de la Malchance – Ruth Corset
by Sarah Connolly on May 18, 2010 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm impressed that the two of them stayed away to the end
I would have expected Mara and Emma to get over the mountains first, but the last 30km was mostly downhill that gave the chasers a good chance to catch up. The official site has a good report, in summary:
Katheryn Mattis-Curi of the USA got away at km 11, but was caugth up at 27km by Bruins, Laws et Pooley (Cervélo), Johansson (RedSun), Stevens (HTC-Columbia) et Abbott (USA/nationale). Behind them were 9 others : Häusler et Ryan (Cervélo), Worrack (Noris), van Vleuten (Nederland Bloiet), Corset (Tibco), Bosman (Leontien.nl), Pitel (Michela Fanini) et Ferrier-Bruneau (Vienne-Futuroscope), joined by Mattis who fell off the front group. The peloton including Adrie Visser caught those 9 on the descent from the col du Calvaire.
Going up the col de Creu. Johansson et Laws lost touch in the final km and followed over 15" behind Pooley, Abbott et Stevens. Dans la descente, Laws went wrong on a bend, leaving Johansson to chase alone. Pooley then got away from Abbott with Stevens, a dozen seconds further back.. Then Abbott got back to Pooley and led Pooley over the summit, with Stevens 34" back, Johansson at 1’58", Laws at 2’32" and the peloton, cough, down to about 20 and led by Ferrier-Bruneau, 5’ off.
But despite trying, Stevens didn’t manage to catch up with Pooley and Abbott, who fought out the sprint at Osséja. Abbott was faster than Pooley, Stevens 3rd at 43" , Johansson à 1’57", Laws à 3’05"
So surprisingly Emma Johansson and Sharon Laws didn’t make up any time on Abbott and Pooley on that long downhill, even if the rest of the peloton made up a minute and a half. And Vos still isn’t the best placed of the Bloems. And isn’t it a shame that there’s no proper TV coverage of today.
Oh definitely
It sounds like exactly the kind of racing I love…
I gues what surprises me is that Pooley was able to keep with Abbott on the descent – unless they agreed to work together until the sprint to keep themselves away?
Cycling Weekly have an Emma-themed article on today’s stage with quotes likely culled from a CTT Press Release
(I just did the same as you, but much less well, for another forum, your translation is much nicer than mine)
gs girl on 606 found this quote from wielerland.nl:
Marianne Vos lost three minutes, and is suffering from a bad cold. With the help of her team-mates, she was able to minimize any damage and finished sixth. "But winning the overall classification will be very difficult’’ admits Jeroen Blijlevens, DS of Nederland Bloeit "Pooley was indeed the best rider in the field, and earned the lead, and her team is also the strongest team here.’’
(via google translate and then tidied up me)
(Sorry, that was meant to be replying to Monty)
by Sarah Connolly on May 18, 2010 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
That box at the bottom is deceptive
It’s kind of scary that the two of them managed to pull out a five minute lead on those climbs. I’d expected them to get a minute and a half, maybe two, but then to get caught up on that long descent. Not in the Emma Pooley=fall off going downhill way, but just because climbers don’t tend to go downhill that well. Tomorrow’s profile is quite similar to today’s -They don’t start quite so high up but there’s still a lot of climbing – so the gaps could get even bigger.
Oh, check this out
The fantastic Cycling Donne has some clips up on youtube
Although I’m not sure I want to know there’s actual tv, if I can’t see it all – plus all the shots of sonkeys, dandelions & arty pics in wing mirroors as the peloton pass are nice and all, but I’d rather see more of the climbing! ;-)
by Sarah Connolly on May 18, 2010 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
"Just", yeah!
Sorry, should’ve said!
But I’m excited, as they skip like crazy for me when i try to watch them from the actual site.
by Sarah Connolly on May 18, 2010 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Some more photos over at velo-club.net
Ain't twitter good for getting results
Stage 5
1. Kathryn Mattis US
2. Annemiek van Vleuten
3. Liesbet de Vocht
4. Marianne Vos
Mattis was about a minute ahead of the rest
Oooh, Monty
Where did you get that?
Because I’m building up my list on twitter so I can get the women’s results without giving away the Giro results before I can see the highlights programme.
Also, where are you on twitter? Because half my tie I say “Monty at Podium Cafe says…” and there has to be a shorter way!
by Sarah Connolly on May 19, 2010 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not there
I just know a couple of accounts that are good for quick info, Manel Lacambra’s and Anton Vos’
Manel is my latest hero
And I’ve loved Anton for ages, all through the Cross season (altho he does get carried away and add Marianne in where she isn’t!)
by Sarah Connolly on May 19, 2010 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Stage 5 was another really tough day
the full results are up over at the main site. Top 10 for the day:
1 54 MATTIS Katheryn USA USA 03h00’20" 10"
2 18 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek NED ARC 03h01’20" 01’00" 6"
3 14 DE VOCHT Liesbet BEL ARC 03h01’20" 01’00" 4"
4 13 *VOS Marianne NED ARC 03h01’43" 01’23"
5 19 JOHANSSON Emma SWE RSC 03h01’43" 01’23"
6 5 POOLEY Emma GBR CWT 03h01’45" 01’25"
7 34 STEVENS Evelyn USA TCW 03h01’45" 01’25"
8 4 LAWS Sharon GBR CWT 03h01’58" 01’38"
9 3 BRUINS Regina NED CWT 03h02’27" 02’07"
10 57 BOSMAN Andrea NED LNL 03h02’27" 02’07" -20"
There’s a cleasr bunch of contenders now. Claudia Hausler was the last of the leaders today, 18th at 2.11 behind, then after anther couple of stragglers the rest came in between 15 and 30 minutes down. Carla Ryan made a determined play for the prix de la malchance: as the medical report puts it “at 75km, crash of no75, Carla Ryan, wound on left knee, bleeding from nose, probably a broken nose, she got straight back on her bike”
Sounds so exciting!
So nail your colours to the mast – what’s your final podium look like?
by Sarah Connolly on May 19, 2010 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Emma Pooley looks pretty secure for 1st place now
I’m now trying to find out about Katheryn Mattis. She’s up to second now and has looked pretty good in the hills. Did she blow it all for the win today? I’ll go Hausler, Stevens for the other two places.
Mattis lost 2 team-mates today
She’s attacked in at least 2 other stages, hasn’t she, so she’s probably the kind of rider I like, but Team USA lost 2 riders today, and it feels like they’re stage-hunting and aiming at top 10 GC, rather than going for the win. No idea why….
by Sarah Connolly on May 19, 2010 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Another five gone
55 *BLAAK Chantal NED LNL Non partante
49 MAC GRATH Kristin USA USA Abandon
51 CARROL Katharine USA USA Abandon
87 LAUWRENS Lylanie RSA MTW Abandon
98 *BEVERIDGE Julie CAN FUT Abandon
sad about Chantal Blaak, ’cos she was doing so well for Leontien.
Very sad re Chantal
Did not start? I hope she’s ok. So that’s Marianne in the young rider’s then – and those Team USA girls seem to have worked themselves into the ground for Mara and Katheryn – chapeau all round
by Sarah Connolly on May 19, 2010 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Sorry lost my mind
I mean Bosman in white, don’t I?
by Sarah Connolly on May 19, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
You're getting her mixed up with Blaak
Blaak’s the young rider. Marianne Vos has got that one locked now. Lizzie Armitstead’s the closest to her and she’s 15 minutes away, most of which she lost today.
Ouch!!
according to the official report, Van Vleuten and de Vocht had got away together on the final descent, passing both Laws (is she this year’s comically bad descender?) and Mattis, but at just 10km from the finish line they took a wrong turn, and by the time they had got it right Mattis had passed and was one minute ahead of them. Even worse, they didn’t realise that she had passed them and both came across the line with their arms in the air.
Emma J
Yes it’s a pity Chantal has had to retire. She always does well. My favourite, Emma Johansson is looking good. Hopefully she’ll end up in the top three.
Tomorrow's flatter
but back in the path of that nasty tramontane wind which the Dutch seem to have been coping far better with than anyone else. And Emma J always seems to be an honorary Dutch rider.
If Ted is watching, and you read any Dutch reports on this
Especailly with photos, please can you post them?
Poor Bloesems! (grin)
by Sarah Connolly on May 19, 2010 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Poor things!
I’m imagining the photo when they realise….
by Sarah Connolly on May 19, 2010 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions
The more I think about it
The more I think they must be completely gutted, and kicking themselves (and wanting to kick the race organisers). It would have been an amazing win if they’d have been 1-2 on the podium.
I’ve been so impressed with Ned Bloeit this year. Hmm, chances of Rabobank going all Cervélo/HTC on us and taking them on as a proper Rabo women’s team? Rabo sponsor them already, and if they could benefit from the men’s team set-up… Well, as long as Bloeit are ok, sponsorship-wise next year…
by Sarah Connolly on May 19, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
To lose more than a minute like that is bizarre
Robert Millar lost a Tour stage back in ’88 to a similar error ( go to 4 minutes in – and note how much bigger the Tour lion was then) but they realised instantly. Mind, Bridie did something similar in the GP Suisse just a couple of weeks ago.
Poor Bridie
She said quite a few of them missed the turn at GP de Suisse – but everyone else made it back within the cut-off time, except her
by Sarah Connolly on May 19, 2010 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd forgotten that Drenthe incident
and she wrote that she wasn’t the only one, but she went a lot further than anyone else.
Carla's got a blog post up on the team website
explaining how she went straight through the back window of a car she was slipstreaming
Ha!
“Quäl dich du Sau”. I don’t know if that got Jan Ullrich to pedal faster, but it’s something that I could have written down myself.
"i just see giro and get all spazzy" - Gavia
by TheFigurehead on May 19, 2010 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Stage 5 video
16:20 in. Not much, but it’s nice to hear that even the Spanish speak Franglais
A couple more reports from stage 5
According to Vicki Whitelaw the USA team made it tough right from the start yesterday, which gave them te stage, but they also blew of a couple of their own riders. Will they have anyone left to support Mattis and Abbott, especially if Cervelo and Necerland Bloeit start to crank things up in today’s wind or tomorrow’s hills. Look at the top 11 right now and those two teams have 4 each there.
Leontien have been putting up daily reports here. According to this Chantal Blaak woke yesterday with a fever and the team decided not to let her start. Plus it looks like one of their cars has broken down and is awaiting repair.
And the Dutch pair weren't the only ones to be sent the wrong way
It looks like Mattis was the only one from the front group who wasn’t. Whoops. Fool me once, shame on me, fool me seventeen times …… It would be nice to know what the time gaps would have been otherwise, and whether the US girl really is a credible threat for the podium.
SEVENTEEN???
One wonders how Mattis actually went the right way.. ffs, though! I am grumpy with this race anyway for making it so damn hard to find info, startlists, results etc….
I’m interested in how Annemiek has been allowed to gain so much time, though. I can see how they’d miss her once, but I’m imagining a scenario where everyone is marking Marianne, and everyone missed Annemiek escaping again…
by Sarah Connolly on May 20, 2010 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions
There's another report (in French)
over at veloclub by the chap who has been taking some of the photos for the official site. It sounds like Mattis was due some luck of her own, since she missed the last two editions of this race with a broken collarbone.
And by the sound of that report, Emma Pooley’s descending is a lot better this year too.
Stage 6
and teh strength of Cervelo and the Bloeit showed through. A break of 4 got away: Annemiek Van Vleuten, Regina Bruins, Ina Teutenberg of HTC and Julissa Martisova of Gauss, It looks like the first two went for time and left the last two to sprint out the final:
1Ina won
2 Martisova
3 Van Vleuten
4 Bruins
(Manel Lacambra)
Annemiek van Vleuten third in the stage and second in GC (Anton Vos)
This morning van Vleuten was 3.38 down and Bruins 4.13. A lead of 50 seconds was needed to get VV ahead of Mattis, and if they got 1.24 then Bruins will be third. That’s assuming that Mattis held on and didn’t get blown off in the wind.
The official report is up
(but the pdfs weren’t ready for download when I tried)
The day started off fast with a tailwind. At 6km at St-Papoul, Brooke Miller won another intermediate sprint to add to her lead in that competition. At 19km Vos, Visser et Bras made a surprise attack and Johansson managed to catch them up, but Cervelo never let them get a greater lead than 18 seconds (by this stage the front peloton had shelled out 60 of the 83 starters) and by 25km they were all back together, then Teutenberg, Bruins, Martisova and van Vleuten made the break that stuck. Angela Hennig (Noris) and Brooke Miller tried to catch them, but were swept up at 44km. At Montréal d’Aude (km 62), their lead was 2’30" d’avance, the most it reached. By la côte de Fangeaux (km 72,5) that was down to 1.23. Just before the côte Puy de Faucher (km 81) Teutenberg tried to get away alone, bu was caught at teh summit (km 83). At 10km to go their lead was 2’10". Teutenberg won the sprint in Cours de la République at Castelnaudary where she had previously won in 2006, beating Martisova (who had been sitting in for the previous 10 km), van Vleuten and Bruins. Marianne Vos led in the peloton once again, giving her the lead in the points competition in addition to the young rider’s jersey, 1’28" behind. Annemiek van Vleuten moves up to 2e place n the GC, à 2’03" behind Emma Pooley, but tomorrow is the difficult 7th stage from Limoux to Roquefeuil, with 4 rated climbs : col du Portel (1ère catégorie), col de Coudons (2e catégorie), col de Dent (hors catégorie) et col des Rives (2e catégorie).
That’s Teutenberg’s 20th win in l’Aude, two whole tours worth by herself.
Tonight's news report on France 3 will be disappointing
(I forgot to say, but you can watch it live if you tune in at the right time, 19:00 French time, otherwise you have to wait a couple of hours for it to go up on the website), just 20 seconds of footage starting at 16:20. But fans of duckdogs should sit through the piece on the opening of the Nimes festival (or just fast forward it if you don’t like talk of bullfights) and hang on until 20:00 for a sort of Babe in reverse, border collies herding ducks (French for border collies being “les border collies”).
Leontien made a real go at getting the Prix de la Malchance today
first of all Andrea Bosman started the day off with Diarrhoea, but decided to ride through today in the hope of it being an easy day that would let her recover. Then:
Fared less awesome Monique van de Ree. Climbing should not have the already blonde and all fatigues of the past days she herself now at all. This led to a horrible crash.
Chantal eyewitness, in addition to the team manager Bram car Sat: "Monique was sitting pretty through. She rode all alone between the cars and tried to return but did not pay attention well. The next moment she touched the mirror of the car Egon van Kessel (sports director of Cervelo) and flew them almost immediately or at two meters height in the air to smack hard against the asphalt. Bram jumped from the car to pole height, but Monique said all right that it was her own fault. Initially she was put in an ambulance to take care of the wounds. Until they fully back to her senses, haha. "If I stay down here in the ambulance, I’m off course. So give me another bike soon, I’ll go again, "she said. The rest of the stage on her own then she has accomplished. Most clever, "said Chantal, who flies back to the Netherlands tonight.
Marijn de Vries also made a schuivertje, giving her a fat lip and bloody nose yielded. Josien van Wingerden some time belonged to the group from which the later flight winner emerged. When the pace was stepped up in that group, was her cake.
that last phrase looks like it says something like “her cake was up”, I’m guessing it means “game over” or the like.
pdfs working now
top 12:
1 5 POOLEY Emma GBR CWT 15h24’22"
2 18 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek NED ARC 15h26’25" 02’03"
3 3 BRUINS Regina NED CWT 15h27’05" 02’43"
4 54 MATTIS Katheryn USA USA 15h27’11" 02’49"
5 19 JOHANSSON Emma SWE RSC 15h27’35" 03’13"
6 34 STEVENS Evelyn USA TCW 15h27’43" 03’21"
7 4 LAWS Sharon GBR CWT 15h28’02" 03’40"
8 15 GUNNEWIJK Loes NED ARC 15h28’13" 03’51"
9 13 *VOS Marianne NED ARC 15h28’17" 03’55"
10 14 DE VOCHT Liesbet BEL ARC 15h28’20" 03’58"
11 1 HÄUSLER Claudia GER CWT 15h28’43" 04’21"
12 50 ABBOTT Mara USA USA 15h28’51" 04’29"
The value of a strong team is starting to show through. Teutenberg was quoted on the HTC-Columbia website as saying the others were looking for time so were prepared to push. By others I assume she means van Vleuten and Bruins. Tomorrow is another hilly day, and the rest of the Cervelo riders had a bit of a rest, so will it be Hausler and Laws that vanish off into the distance tomorrow?
Let's face it
They have about 4 that could have a go at breakaway glory…
by Sarah Connolly on May 20, 2010 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Velofeminin have some nice photos up
including Teutenberg doing her best Eric Idle impression, and the appearance of a furry mascot ripe for dismemberment. Go here
They have some horribly unflattering photos there
Poor Ina!
by Sarah Connolly on May 20, 2010 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Always look on the bright side, eh?
know what I mean.
If you think the life of a pro-cyclist is glamorous
Veronica Andreasson posted a couple of pics of her hotel room. Here’s the view from the bed and the view from the throne, with nary a scrap of wood or cloth coming between the two. Bet she’s glad that Liz Hatch ain’t there any more.
First sign of stage 6 results
via the Twitter of Jim Martin of USA Cycling (Manel said that his phone didn’t work in the mountains – presumably someone in the team car had an old-fashioned clunker that did, but only made phone calls)
Pooley takes the stage, mara second
10 minutes ago via UberTwitter
Laude 5K to go: Abbott/Pooley leading, Johansson + hausler @ 2min; laws and worrack @ 3:20, grouppo w/ vos, mattis, stevens @ 4:00
20 minutes ago via UberTwitter
Tour L’aude: 3rd gpm, hc: at the top, pooley and mara together, hausler @ 1:47, then stevens, after a solo crash http://myloc.me/7iJ8u
about 1 hour ago via UberTwitter
Laude – 3rd gpm, hc: pooley, mara @ 12sec, stevens and hausler @30sec. 8km to the top.
about 1 hour ago via UberTwitter
Tour L’Aude Top of 2nd gpm, group of 7 w/ 1:30 to the group of vos. Mara in the front group, mattis in the 2nd group
Superb, superb!
Sounds like she’s put in a good amount of time too…
by Sarah Connolly on May 21, 2010 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
STAGE results
1. POOLEY Emma (GBR) CWT, 03h04’19", +13" boni
2. ABBOTT Mara (USA) USA, 03h04’27", +08", +8" boni
3. JOHANSSON Emma (SWE) RSC, 03h06’37", +02’18", +4" boni
4. HÄUSLER Claudia (GER) CWT, 03h06’37", +02’18", +1" boni
5. WORRACK Trixi (GER) NUR, 03h08’30", +04’11"
6. LAWS Sharon (GBR) CWT, 03h08’30", +04’11"
7. STEVENS Evelyn (USA) TCW, 03h08’30" , +04’11"
8. *VOS Marianne (NED) ARC, 03h09’11", +04’52"
9. *SWART Carla (RSA) MTW , 03h09’11", +04’52"
10. FERRIER-BRUNEAU Christel (FRA) FUT, 03h09’11", +04’52"
11. BRUINS Regina (NED) CWT, 03h09’11", +04’52"
12. MATTIS Katheryn (USA) USA, 03h09’11", +04’52"
13. VILLUMSEN Linda Melanie (NZL) TCW, 03h09’11", +04’52"
14. WHITELAW Vicki (AUS) LLT, 03h09’11", +04’52"
15. ANTOSHINA Tatiana (RUS) VAD, 03h09’11", +04’52"
16. BOSMAN Andrea (NED) LNL, 03h09’11", +04’52"
17. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek (NED) ARC, 03h09’11", +04’52"
18. GUDERZO Tatiana (ITA) VAD, 03h09’11", +04’52"
19. GUNNEWIJK Loes (NED) ARC, 03h09’17", +04’58"
20. DE VOCHT Liesbet (BEL) ARC 03h12’14", +07’55"
by Sarah Connolly on May 21, 2010 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
And one you missed out
66 2 *ARMITSTEAD Elizabeth GBR CWT 03h38’42" 34’23" 1"
which drops her to third place in the young rider competition behind Carla Swart. Is she the team’s nominated sprinter for the weekend stages?
GC after stage 7
1 5 POOLEY Emma GBR CWT 18h28’28"
2 50 ABBOTT Mara USA USA 18h33’10" 04’42"
3 19 JOHANSSON Emma SWE RSC 18h34’08" 05’40"
4 1 HÄUSLER Claudia GER CWT 18h35’19" 06’51"
5 18 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek NED ARC 18h35’36" 07’08"
6 34 STEVENS Evelyn USA TCW 18h36’13" 07’45"
7 3 BRUINS Regina NED CWT 18h36’16" 07’48"
8 54 MATTIS Katheryn USA USA 18h36’22" 07’54"
9 4 LAWS Sharon GBR CWT 18h36’32" 08’04"
10 13 *VOS Marianne NED ARC 18h37’28" 09’00"
11 15 GUNNEWIJK Loes NED ARC 18h37’30" 09’02"
12 7 WORRACK Trixi GER NUR 18h39’04" 10’36"
13 57 BOSMAN Andrea NED LNL 18h39’10" 10’42"
14 97 FERRIER-BRUNEAU Christel FRA FUT 18h39’38" 11’10"
15 14 DE VOCHT Liesbet BEL ARC 18h40’34" 12’06"
16 36 VILLUMSEN Linda Melanie NZL TCW 18h40’46" 12’18"
17 30 WHITELAW Vicki AUS LLT 18h43’04" 14’36"
18 38 ANTOSHINA Tatiana RUS VAD 18h46’20" 17’52"
19 88 *SWART Carla RSA MTW 18h55’25" 26’57"
20 6 RYAN Carla AUS CWT 19h00’45" 32’17"
by Sarah Connolly on May 21, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Prix de la Malchance
For Evie Stevens, unsurprisingly
by Sarah Connolly on May 21, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Her or Bruins?
But I reckon it’s her turn for a bit of glory – unless it’s Laws out in a break for the 100th time this race!
by Sarah Connolly on May 21, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Does Regina sprint?
does it matter if Teutenberg is there?
Out of that field, it's a done deal for Ina!
The nearest to a sprinter for Cervélo is Lizzie, but doesn’t Regina like the flattish stages that mean she can attempt to break and then TT her way home?
It’s great that Ina got her record-breaking 20 stage wins, but I wonder if HTC are regretting not bringing another GC contender?
by Sarah Connolly on May 21, 2010 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Think Columbia might have had injury or sickness problems
Chloe Hosking was only told by the management she was doing the tour 24 hours before the start, hence only lasted a couple of days.
by AdelaideFatboy on May 21, 2010 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Good point
I was thinking they might shove Regina up there to try to TT home… but you.re right, unless it’s a Bloeit-esque break, I can’t see past Ina
by Sarah Connolly on May 21, 2010 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Snake attack!
Manel twittered this link to a youtube video of that “snake caught in the wheel” incident yesterday. Be warned, it gets grisly when they try to get it out….
by Sarah Connolly on May 21, 2010 11:46 AM EDT reply actions
That account is actually Manel's own one
he’s also posted a couple of bits of footage from this year’s race. Here’s Mara Abbott’s win, and here’s Katheryn Mattis. It’s a bit US centric on the podium ceremonies (Vos just suddenly appears in her green jersey), but it’s as much as we’ve seen all week.
He also took some footage at the tour of NZ earlier this year, including one really weird bit where all the US girls are queuing up to take their turns to pee behind a nearby big bush because the organisers forgot to provide loos
OK, I'm NOT going to watch that one
Unless it’s Riccardo Ricco.
"i just see giro and get all spazzy" - Gavia
by TheFigurehead on May 21, 2010 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Plus Helen Wyman was at the stage depart
And has posted some really nice photos on her Twitpic account
by Sarah Connolly on May 21, 2010 11:47 AM EDT reply actions
Stage 7 France 3 video
if you didn’t watch it live then it will be up at the usual place in a couple of hours, don’t know if the itunes version is any quicker to appear. Fast forward to 18:20 (lots more bullfighting coverage from the Nimes festival) for a shot of Emma Pooley beating Mara Abbott across the line, then a short piece on the rise of Anglo-Saxons in the peloton, including a terribly diplomatic interview with Emma in French “I’m sure the young French riders will start coming through soon”
Evelyn Stevens is out of the race
HTC’s twitter:
ina:only for left in race. evelyn did fall on head badly yesterday+head ache is still there so health wise it is better to have her rest.
Poor thing, she was having a good race up to then
Stage 8 - Marianne Vos wins it
From a bunch sprint, according to Manel Lacambra’s twitter. Seems that there was a long break starring Emma Johansson, but it must have been caught.
No changes in GC – Emma Pooley in yellow.
So much for my predictions that Ina Teuntenberg had it on a plate!
by Sarah Connolly on May 22, 2010 10:51 AM EDT reply actions
Teutenberg 2nd
HTC twitter:
ina:1st loser I was. sucks as girls brought back break+did not finish it up. tomorrow last chance.
by Sarah Connolly on May 22, 2010 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Beatrice Thomas of ESGL
abandoned with fievre et angine, which sounds really serious, I hope she’s ok
by Sarah Connolly on May 22, 2010 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
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