Preview - Emakumeen Bira
by Monty. on Jun 9, 2010 2:09 PM EDT
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PrintYou’ve had the taster in the Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria, now comes the real thing in the Emakumeen Bira. Or to be more accurate, now comes the Wendy’s of cycle races: five stages over four days including no less than twelve categorised climbs. It’s as if the organisers couldn’t decide which hills to use, but just nodded nervously when the guy behind the counter asked "with everything?" And if that wasn’t torture enough they also managed to find some cobbles too. Last year Judith Arndt and Nicole Cooke managed to snaffle all the stages between themselves. Here’s a bit of video from then, just to get you started.
The stage descriptions I have come from a page described as provisional by the organisers, while the only profiles around seem to be over at Cicloweb.
Stage 1, Thursday 10th June - Iurreta - Iurreta 84.6km
You’ve heard of the Basque separatist movement, but I bet you’ve never heard of the Iurreta separatist movement until now. But look up Iurreta on any map and your first thought might be "surely that’s just a suburb of Durango?" Oh no no no no no, for as Wiki explains "Incorporated into the municipality of Durango in 1926, Iurreta regained its independent status in 1990." Stage 1 climbs a few more of those hills surrounding Durango, but only one is categorised today. To compensate they go three times over a 400m cobbled stretch. Cicloweb’s profile. The red marks the cobbles while M.V. indicates intermediate sprints. I hope that the leader’s jersey looks as good as this one from another race earlier this season.
Stage 2, Friday 11th June - Lekeitio - Lekeitio 93km
We really get away from Durango for the moment, rather than just crosing the road. Lekeitio is on the Atlantic coast almost due north from Durango, but forget about lying back on a towel. Here towels are for soaking up sweat as the race gets sent once over the 3rd category Mendexa, twice over the 2nd category Lekoitz and three times over the 3rd category Milloi. This website has lots of photos of the area. Note that the blurb includes the phrases "twisty" and "fun to drive". And if you’re still baffled the video above was taken on Goose Day. Cicloweb profile.
Stage 3a, Saturday 12th June - Elorrio - Elgeta 5.9km uphill time trial
Whisper it if need be, but Elorrio is some 10km southeast of, erm, Durango. Familiar ground in other words. The morning’s stage is a short but nasty little beast. Profile. Need I say more.
Stage 3b, Saturday 12th June - Iurreta - Zuia 78.7km
Back to somewhere near Durango for the afternoon’s semi-stage which climbs one 2nd category at Zumeltza and then stays on that high plain all the way to the finish line in Zuia. Profile.
Stage 4, Sunday 13th June - Orduña - Orduña 126km
The last stage is also the longest and the climbiest with three 2nd category hills, almost 2000m of vertical ascent and a steep 10km dash to the finish line. It was on this descent last year in the rain that Judith Arndt caught up and overtook Claudia Hausler and Mara Abbott to get both stage and overall wins. Has she recovered her form this year, or did the winter’s team building exercises at HTC-Columbia include some collective raw chicken licking exercise from which they are all slowly recovering. Profile.
There’s no official start-list yet, so perhaps you should consult this one for the Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria and draw up a team list for Pigeon’s game. The top climbers from the Tour de l’Aude are all missing, so look towards the stars of the climby classics, like Vos, Johansson, Cantele, Cooke, Bosman, and Berlato. Or maybe Tiff Cromwell who missed l’Aude. Or any name at random from Cervelo.
Stage 1 finish video
Stage 2 finish video
Stage 3a finish video
Stage 3b finish video
Final Podium and Stage 4 finish video
Final Podium and Stage 4 finish video
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Aupa Monty, oso ondo!
I want to go and be a txirrindulari in Euskadi! This looks mega fun. My team is in for Pigeon’s game, which I intend to win ;-)
The game of the goose, yes, There’s a whole bit about this in some book I read…might have been Kurlansky’s Basque History of the World, either that or Paddy Woodworth’s The Basque Country. Both worth a read if you want to get under the skin of this part of the planet.
"A mountain is not an obstacle, it is an opportunity" - Robert Millar
OK
I got my fantasy team emailed to Pigeons. Hope you got it!
by Chris Fontecchio on Jun 9, 2010 10:05 PM EDT reply actions
Tatiana Guderzo didn't start
tendonitis. That report also talks about problems at Fenixs and Noris. I hope that it’s just the same old problems rather than something new.
The race didn’t start until 16:30 local, so they should be finishing round about now. Anton Vos is probably the best place to get info from.
Poor Tatiana
She’s not been having a great season – the Rainbow Curse strikes again
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 10, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Top 10 stage 1
Top 10!
1. Marianne Vos Nederland Bloeit 02:14:07
2. Giorgia Bronzini Gauss Rdz Ormu – Colnago zt.
3. Elizabeth Armitstead Cervelo Test Team zt.
4. Alona Andruk Safi – Pasta Zara zt.
5. Kelly Druyts Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team zt.
6. Alessia Massaccesi Team Valdarno Umbria zt.
7. Martine Bras Gauss Rdz Ormu – Colnago zt.
8. Claudia Haüsler Cervelo Test Team zt.
9. Emma Johansson Red Sun Ladies Cycling Team zt.
10. Charlotte Becker Cervelo Test Team zt.
Results here
Alessia Massaccesi?
never heard of her before but I love her name
She's been ousted in the full results
Instead it’s Monia Baccaile, which makes a lot more sense!
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 10, 2010 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Rest of the results
here. No time differences yet until you get down to 86th place
Game stage 1 results
In the comments here
But the Podium Café subleague:
1. Monty (175 points) (10th overall)
2. Albertina (145) (11th)
3. Civetta (125) (12th)
4. Me (100) (14th)
5. Chris (45) (17th)
6. Figurehead (35) 18th
Linterna gorri...
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Jun 10, 2010 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Is it wrong to say
that my favourite part of 606 discussions is the caprice of the moderators
The worst thing about 606
is trying to work out what bit on my articles they have been offended by! You can re-edit articles, but it can take days & days to get them back up… there’s one mod who thinks “Emakumeen Bira” is swearing, I think… and the word “Giro” is periodically banned… and the different ways to describe doping to get past the censors just make me laugh…. Yeah, you’re right, Monty!
But it really does suit me to post on a forum that has a bedtime, because if 606 didn’t close at 11pm I’d be somewhere else until 5am every night
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 10, 2010 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder if the people who do Google news
know that this isn’t really a BBC report
Ha!
They should be able to tell, because there are only 3 things that get on the actual BBC cycling news:
1. Doping
2. Armstrong brushes teeth
3. Wiggins gets a spectacular 7th place in the Tour de Whatever (ps some other bloke won)
Which obv leads to a million 606 articles ranting about the lack of actual news! Happy days!
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 10, 2010 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Stage 1 video added above
(you may need to reload the page to see it). A few seconds of the final sprint. Horrible weather and probably the crappest cuddly toy mascot since the people at Podium Cafe last got round to creating a mascot. While skimming through the Durango-Durnago broadcast I noticed about half an hour devoted to that old Basque pursuit of curling, so I hope that some better footage of this race may emerge. Whether we notice or not is another matter.
I had to look at the video three times before I even saw the mascot
What on earth was that?
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Jun 10, 2010 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Dear Anton Vos
we would really love it if you took a close up photo of the cuddly toy. If he won’t sit up by himself then apparently a knitting needle up the bottom helps a lot.
Blimey, the weather's a bit Basque, isn't it?
But I did smile at the top 3 being track stars as well – and all with their eye on the Olympics omnium gold, too….
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 10, 2010 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Why does Marianne not get a txapela?! Travesty.
"A mountain is not an obstacle, it is an opportunity" - Robert Millar
Stage 2 results!
1. Judith Arndt (GER) Team Columbia Women, 03:15:06
2. Claudia Haüsler (GER) Cervelo Test Team, zt.
3. Emma Johansson (SWE) Red Sun Ladies Cycling Team, 01:47
4. Marianne Vos (NED) Nederland Bloeit, zt.
5. Martine Bras (NED) Gauss Rdz Ormu – Colnago, zt.
6. Vicki Whitelaw (AUS) Lotto Ladies Team, zt
7. Eleonora Patuzzo (ITA) Safi – Pasta Zara, zt.
8. Annemiek Van Vleuten (NED) Nederland Bloeit, 01:49
9. Loes Gunnewijk (NED) Nederland Bloeit, 01:52
10. Nicole Cooke (GBR) Team GB, 02:28
Full results here
19 DNF-ers, including Bridie – hope she’s ok
Yeah, she said she hit the time cut-off
Although I loved her thinking if they stick to 20 minutes for the uphill TT, they’ll have no starters for the afternoon!
I’m wondering about the start-list for the TT, because if they do it the usual way, with highest placed person finishing last, that’s less recovery time for the afternoon’s race – and it is a scary little TT….
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 11, 2010 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
(She didn't say that to me, I mean)
She said it to the world!
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 11, 2010 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Plus, more importantly, the Emakumeen Bira game!
Scores only for points, as yet, but the Podium Café subleague…
Stage 2 results:
1. Albertina, 310 points, (joint 1st overall)
2. Monty, 260 (7th)
3. Chris, 190 (11th)
4. Civetta, 162 (12th)
5. Pigeons, 122 (15th)
6. Figurehead, 104 (17th)
so the GC after 2 stages:
1. Albertina, 455 points (7th overall)
2. Monty, 435 (8th)
3. Civetta, 287 (13th)
4. Chris, 235 (14th)
5. Pigeons, 222, (15th)
6. Figeurehead, 139 (17th)
Scores by timings to come later, but Albertina is joint winner there too, for the stage!
Hell yeah!
I had 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 10! Why can’t VDS be this good?
"A mountain is not an obstacle, it is an opportunity" - Robert Millar
If you're doing this on a spreadsheet
vlookup() is what you need.
I'm doing it part excel and part by hand
because I am not the most technically adept girl in the world… I have no idea what vlookup means…
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 11, 2010 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Start with one table for all the riders
column A for the names, column C for the stage 1 score, column D stage 2, Column E stage 3, etc., then column B has a sum formula to add up columns C to G (I think it’s G). Sort that in alphabetical order so that Alona Andruk is at the top and Zhao Na at the bottom. This bit has to be in alphabetical order for VLOOKUP to work.
Then underneath it or beside it or wherever you want put all the teams in any order you want. Assuming that you’re doing it underneath, I’d suggest putting the name of the player at the top, then the names of the riders they chose underneath, all in column A. They can be in any order you want, but (and this is important) they must be spelled exactly as they are in the first table. Copy and Paste is the best way. Then in column B (assuming that the first time you want to use the formula is in cell B50, and that the table of riders names runs from row 1 to row 30) beside the riders names you type VLOOKUP
What this means: Look at the value in cell A50 (that’s the rider name but within someone’s team), then look at the table in A1:B30 to find a matching value (it only checks for matches in the first column). If you find a match then go to the second column of that table and copy the value. False makes it only get exact matches – for some reason the default way it works is to find the nearest match.
When it works you should be able to enter riders scores at the top and have all the teams updated automatically.
How would that manage for 1st 4 riders in a team only?
Because the problem I have is that some teams have riders that would score on points, but not count, as in Albertina’s team…
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 11, 2010 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Duh, I should read it all first
First of all somethign I typed seems to have been lost:
assuming that the first time you want to use the formula is in cell B50, and that the table of riders names runs from row 1 to row 30) beside the riders names you type VLOOKUP ( A50, A1:B30, 2, FALSE )
Instead of bringing the whole total for a rider down, you could have a set of columns for each individual stage, so they would have the formulae VLOOKUP ( A50, A1:B30, 2, FALSE ), VLOOKUP ( A50, A1:B30, 3, FALSE ), VLOOKUP ( A50, A1:B30, 4, FALSE ) etc. Then instead of using SUM at the bottom, use the formula LARGE instead which picks up the biggest value, e.g. =LARGE ( B51:B58,1) + LARGE ( B51:B58,2) + LARGE ( B51:B58,3) + LARGE ( B51:B58,4) The first bit in the brackets says which cells to look at, and the second number says take the biggest, then the second biggest etc. and add them all together.
Now instead of typing all that you can just put = SUM ( L ARGE ( B51:B58,{1,2,3,4})) but it’s a bit fiddlier to explain why
The score-by-time is up now too
In the article here
By accumulated time, the PdC sublegue looks like this:
1. Albertina (joint 1st overall)
2. Monty, +1’47" (6th)
3. Chris, +2’30" (10th)
4. Civetta, +9’46" (12th)
5. Pigeons, +11’33" (15th)
6. Figurehead, +18’12" (17th)
(Same placings for stage & GC, as there were no time differences yesterday)
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 11, 2010 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Overall GC and stage 2 placings
Because yesterday everyone got the same time, so Urlaub wored it out by where riers were placed
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 11, 2010 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Can the organizer please check the other teams
I suspect motorised doping
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Jun 11, 2010 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Cicloweb has a couple of good reports up
Stage 1 and Stage 2. Gauss broke up the race on the first return to Lekeitio while trying to set up Martine Gauss for the intermediate sprint. That cut the field down to seventeen. Then on the Lekoitz Marianne Vos pushed hard and they were down to 11. Those stayed together until the second climb of the Lekoitz when Arndt and Hausler took off and weren’t seen again.
I've found a few maps of the stages
a bit fuzzy, but better than nothing. They’ve also posted some photos
Stage 3b results via Anton Vos
Uphill timetrial:
1. Nicole Cooke (Team GB)
2. Judith Arndt (HTC)
3. Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit)
I will never get bored of the concept of an uphill time trial!)
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 12, 2010 6:43 AM EDT up reply actions
She links to a very slick website
Check Femme Vélo for gorgeous photos and a generally pretty website
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 12, 2010 7:31 AM EDT up reply actions
She twitters under that name too
I’m hoping that she’ll stop trying to be a general news site and start writing about the stuff she sees in the race.
I am missing Marijn de Vries....
…she should ride EVERY race!
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 12, 2010 8:32 AM EDT up reply actions
I've not dared to look at her site recently
since the bit on timetrialling last week.
That was very funny!
For a moment I thought I google translate had done something odder than usual – and then I looked at the dutch, and realised nope, that was what she as talking about!
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 12, 2010 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Full results up
1º 81 COOKE, Nicole GBR GREAT BRITAIN N.T. 0:15:09
2º 1 ARNDT, Judith GER HTC COLUMBIA WOMEN a 15
3º 101 VOS, Marianne NED NETHERLAND BLOEIT a 25
4º 91 HAUSLER, Claudia GER CERVELO TEST TEAM a 27
5º 21 JOHANSSON, Emma SWE REDSUN C.T. a 34
6º 106 V. VLEUTEN, Annemiek NED NETHERLAND BLOEIT a 37
7º 54 MOOLMAN, Ashleigh RSA LOTTO-LADIES TEAM a 39
8º 162 CARRETTA, Valentina ITA FASSA BORTOLO-GHEZZI a 55
9º 102 GUNNEWIJK, Loes NED NETHERLAND BLOEIT a 01:05
10º 92 SCHWAGER, Patricia SUI CERVELO TEST TEAM a 01:06
Just when you think you understand Cervelo they stick someone different in the top ten. And Vicki Whitelaw is obviously learning fast how to climb hills as she was 12th
The GC looks roughly fixed now, barring any crashes:
Top two
1º 1 ARNDT, Judith GER HTC COLUMBIA WOMEN 05:44:37
2º 91 HAUSLER, Claudia GER CERVELO TEST TEAM a 12
Chance of the last podium spot
3º 101 VOS, Marianne NED NETHERLAND BLOEIT a 01:57
4º 21 JOHANSSON, Emma SWE REDSUN C.T. a 02:06
5º 106 V. VLEUTEN, Annemiek NED NETHERLAND BLOEIT a 02:11
6º 81 COOKE, Nicole GBR GREAT BRITAIN N.T. a 02:13
Best of the rest
7º 173 PATUZZO, Eleonora ITA SAFI-PASTA ZARA a 02:41
8º 102 GUNNEWIJK, Loes NED NETHERLAND BLOEIT a 02:42
9º 56 WHITELAW, Vicki AUS LOTTO-LADIES TEAM a 02:42
10º 126 BRAS, Martine NED GAUSS RDZ ORMU a 03:09
Everyone else is quite a bit further back
Oh, Cervélo...
I love ‘em, but I’m no good at calling who’ll be Cervélo no. 2. I think they pick it out of a hat before each race
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 12, 2010 8:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Why can't some of the other riders copy the Australians
and write occasional pieces on what’s happening. Lisa Jacobs has only been in Europe for a couple of weeks.
And Rachel Neylan tries her best to prove that Barry Mckenzie was no caricature:
Yesterday Rachel Neylan had some bad luck and came down hard. Luckily she hasn’t broken any bones but did have some internal bleeding which meant a night in hospital, some surgery and a few hours in intensive care. She is hopefully coming out of hospital today.
Ha!
That’s minor! Aussies are so much tougher (well, Aussies and Sharon Laws!)
I am continually amazed that Horizon (Stef Wyman’s latest outfit) can get a hand on the concept of telling us what’s going on in races (they’re on such shoestrings, their blog is wordpress) but the big teams can’t manage. He and Helen Wyman even gave some of the best updates on l’Aude!
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 12, 2010 7:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, Africa
For her maddest “I was on a drop for 3 days” adventures – but she started her career in Aus, and I always think of her as Australian-ish!
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 12, 2010 8:45 AM EDT up reply actions
I love this
You know that things are sketchy when even the Nicole Cookes and Marianne Voses in the peleton are going 12kph around corners. I think everyone had a hard time finding reasons why they were doing this sport yesterday. One of the Great Britain riders summed it up perfectly for me: ‘I quit cycling around 10 times during that race!’
Ah yes, traditional Basque cycling weather!
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 12, 2010 8:52 AM EDT up reply actions
She reacted similarly
Managed a lil bit o bad race luck, surgery and 24h in Spanish hospital, few weeks off bike in store now, trying to keep the chin up :)
Stage 3a fantasy results
Up in the article here, for 3a finishing-points
But Pod-Caf subleague
1. Albertina, 310 points (joint 1st overall)
2. Monty, 280 (joint 3rd overall)
3. Chris, 250 (10th)
4. Civetta, 236 (11th)
5. Me, 185 (16th)
6. Figurehead, 90 (17th)
GC after stage 3a
1. Albertina, 765 (6th)
2. Monty, 715 (8th)
3. Civetta, 523 (13th)
4. Chris, 485 (14th)
5. me, 407 (15th)
6. Figurehead, 229 (17th)
Also added result by accumulated time to the article
Which Albertina should be VERY smug about!
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 12, 2010 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Stage 3a video added
If anyone could translate what they say at the end I’d be very grateful.
Anton Vos tweets that Marianne won stage 3b
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 12, 2010 12:59 PM EDT reply actions
waiting...waiting...
1. VOS Marianne ARC 02:09:32
2. JOHANSSON Emma RSC 00:00:00
3. PATUZZO Eleonora SAF 00:00:00
4. ARNDT Judith TCW 00:00:00
5. COOKE Nicole NGBR 00:00:00
6. EUSTACE WHITELAW Vicki LLT 00:00:00
7. HÄUSLER Claudia CWT 00:00:00
8. BERLATO Elena TOG 00:00:00
9. DRUYTS Kelly VLL 00:00:07
10. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek ARC 00:00:07
11. BRONZINI Giorgia GAU 00:00:07
12. ANDRUK Olena SAF 00:00:07
13. KOZONCHUK Oxana SAF 00:00:07
14. BACCAILLE Monia VAD 00:00:07
15. CILVINAITE Inga SAF 00:00:07
16. COLCLOUGH Katie NGBR 00:00:10
17. GUNNEWIJK Loes ARC 00:00:10
18. BOSMAN Andrea NNED 00:00:10
19. DECROIX Lieselot CWT 00:00:10
20. BRAND Lucinda NNED 00:00:10
21. VAN DER BREGGEN Anna NNED 00:00:10
22. VILA JOSANA ANDREU Marta VAD 00:00:10
23. WILLIAMSON Catherine NGBR 00:00:10
24. MOOLMAN Ashleigh LLT 00:00:10
25. DUFOER Sjoukje VLL 00:00:10
26. DIJKMAN Petra RSC 00:00:10
27. BRENNAUER Lisa NGER 00:00:10
28. BLAAK Chantal NNED 00:00:10
29. SEREIKAITE Vilija SAF 00:00:10
30. PIETERS Amy NNED 00:00:10
31. ZORZI Susanna NITA 00:00:10
32. VAN DEN BROEK Irene NNED 00:00:10
33. PRESTI Gloria TOG 00:00:10
34. DAAMS Jessie VLL 00:00:10
35. BRAS Martine GAU 00:00:10
36. BECKER Charlotte CWT 00:00:10
37. CORNEO Sigrid TOG 00:00:10
38. PITEL Edwige MIC 00:00:10
39. CROMWELL Tiffany NAUS 00:00:10
40. CARRETTA Valentina TOG 00:00:10
41. PUCINSKAITE Edita GAU 00:00:10
42. SCHWAGER Patricia CWT 00:00:10
43. OVCHARENKO Nina MIC 00:00:10
44. SPRATT Amanda NAUS 00:00:10
45. VISSER Adrie TCW 00:00:10
46. VALSECCHI Silvia TOG 00:00:10
47. CANTELE Noemi TCW 00:00:10
48. GATTO Viviana NITA 00:00:50
49. ALCALDE HUERTANOS Cristina BPD 00:01:23
50. VAN DIJK Ellen TCW 00:01:23
51. KUCHINSKAYA Elena GAU 00:01:23
52. TREBAITE Ausrine SAF 00:01:23
53. BORGATO Giada GAU 00:01:23
54. KELLER Luise TCW 00:01:23
55. TAYLOR Carlee NAUS 00:02:54
56. OLABERRIA DORRONSORO Leire DKT 00:13:54
57. GONZALEZ BLANCO Lucia LTK 00:13:54
58. ALVES Esther LTK 00:13:54
59. MARTIN Lucy NGBR 00:13:54
60. MASDEU CORT Judith LTK 00:13:54
61. LUO Xiao Ling GPC 00:13:54
62. PIJNENBORG Mascha RSC 00:13:54
63. BEYEN Ine VLL 00:13:54
64. MARMORINI Alice MIC 00:13:58
65. KANIS Janneke ARC 00:13:58
66. MARKERINK Loes ARC 00:13:58
67. DITMANN Laura NGER 00:13:58
68. ZUCKERMANDEL Denise NGER 00:13:58
69. RONCHI Giulia NITA 00:13:58
70. BELVEDERESI Tania VAD 00:13:58
71. SUELOTTO Eleonora GAU 00:13:58
72. GARCIA ANTEQUERA Ana BPD 00:13:58
73. GAO Min GPC 00:13:58
74. HENRION Ludivine RSC 00:13:58
75. FIORI Jennifer TOG 00:13:58
76. CORAZZA Martina VAD 00:13:58
77. SILVERSIDES Emma RSC 00:13:58
78. TAMANINI Luisa NITA 00:13:58
79. BRZEZNA Paulina RSC 00:13:58
80. CECCHINI Elena NITA 00:13:58
81. ZORRILLA BRACERAS Dorleta BPD 00:13:58
82. SANTESTEBAN GONZALEZ Ane DKT 00:13:58
83. RUZICKOVA Martina MIC 00:13:58
84. GIL PARRA Leticia LTK 00:13:58
85. RYAN Carla CWT 00:13:58
86. ANDREASSON Veronika LLT 00:13:58
87. TOMIC Josephine LLT 00:16:01
88. MERTEN Franziska NGER 00:16:01
89. SCHNITZMEIER Anna Bianca NGER 00:16:01
90. ESLAVA FERNANDEZ Joana 00:16:01
91. BURGER Lynette LLT 00:16:01
92. ARMAN ISABELLA NITA 00:16:01
93. HIBBERD Carly MIC 00:16:01
94. GUARISCHI Barbara MIC 00:16:01
I like bikes!!!
Bec*
So that looks like
Cooke and Van Vleuten swap places, ditto Whitelaw and Gunnewijk, otherwise no change.
Ash Moolman tweeted this week that she’d been out for a ride with Vicki Whitelaw and her husband. Can’t they send him back home to write race reports?
I didn’t notice before but Roy Gershow seems to have sent a couple of tweets from the race. Maybe he’ll send more tomorrow, if he is there.
Game updated...
With scores added to article here
Subleague by finishing-place-points:
1. Albertina, 290 points (joint 1st overall with others)
2. Monty, 260 (8th)
3. Pigeons, 215 (12th)
4. Civetta, 183 (13th)
5. Chris, 175 (14th)
6. Figurehead, 95 (17th)
GC by by finishing-place points
1. Albertina, 1,055 (6th overall)
2. Monty, 975 (8th)
3. Civetta, 706 (13th)
4. Chris, 660 (14th)
5. Pigeons, 622 (15th)
6. Figurehead, 324 (17th)
but doing it by accumulated time….
Albertina is 3rd overall in the GC!
Albertina=smug
And utterly tranquillo.
"A mountain is not an obstacle, it is an opportunity" - Robert Millar
Marianne sounds remarkably upbeat
for someone who’s ridden immense uphill stages in the rain, and has another day of non-stop rain and hills tomorrow!
No descents today, 2 stages only up. That’s not how it’s supposed to be;-) I got 3rd in the TT and won the stage in the afternoon. 1 to go!
Stage 3b video now up
We may just about reach 2 minutes of coverage of the whole race
OOOOOH! Final results!
Anton Vos tweets that Annemiek Van Vleuten wins the final stage, and Claudia wins the GC! Can’t wait to hear how that race went!
Intrigue!
CQ ranking says Van Vleuten moved into 2nd spot in the GC – overtaking Marianne!
Have to say, Nederland Bloeit has been a huge surprise to me all season, and it looks like they’re not stopping. I’d thought they’d be 5 riders giving Marianne a justification to be there – wow!
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 13, 2010 8:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Mini results
If only I could do maths and work out the GC!
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 13, 2010 8:14 AM EDT up reply actions
And full results
The final GC:
1. Claudia Haüsler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team, 11:26:58
2. Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Nederland Bloeit, +01:20
3. Judith Arndt (Ger) Team Columbia Women, +04:35
4. Marianne Vos (Ned) Nederland Bloeit, +05:55
5. Emma Johansson (Swe) Red Sun Ladies Cycling Team, +06:41
6. Eleonora Patuzzo (Ita) Safi – Pasta Zara, +07:12
7. Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Lotto Ladies Team, +07:17
8. Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Nederland Bloeit, +07:27
9. Martine Bras (Ned) Gauss Rdz Ormu – Colnago, +07:54
10. Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Safi – Pasta Zara, +13:05
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 13, 2010 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Gosh, that was unexpected
I wonder when/if we’ll find out what happened
I want to know what Marianne thinks of it!
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 13, 2010 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm still waiting for the cuddly toy photos
although womenscycling had a photo of Claudia Hausler a couple of days ago holding a floppy green frog with a big pink heart and a tartan patch on its knee.
Final Fantasy Game scores
Up in the article here
But the Podium Café mini-subleague….
If we go by finishing-position-points, then the stage 4 results are:
1. Civetta, 210 (1st overall)
2. Chris, 205 (2nd)
3. Monty, 195 (4th)
4. Albertina, 175 (11th)
5. Figurehead, 153 (11th)
6. Me, 140 (12th)
so the final GC:
1. Albertina, 1,230 (4th overall)
2. Monty, 1,170 (6th)
3. Civetta, 916 (13th)
4. Chris, 865 (14th)
5. Me, 762 (15th)
6. Figurehead, 477 (17th)
Or if you prefer to score by accumulated time, like the race does….
Stage 4 results
1. Chris (2nd overall), 0’43"
2. Civetta (4th), 1’45"
3. Figurehead (5th), 4’47"
4. Monty (6th), 4’56"
5. Albertina (7th), 4’56"
6. Me (12th), 5’48"
Leaving the GC by accumulated time
1. Chris (2nd overall), 2’49"
2. Albertina (5th), 3’56"
3. Monty (7th), 6’00"
4. Civetta (10th), 11’36"
5. Me (12th), 18’06"
6. Figurehead (14th), 25’15"
Thanks for playing!
by Sarah Connolly on Jun 13, 2010 10:41 AM EDT reply actions
Dopers!
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Jun 13, 2010 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I was sure I posted a thank you yesterday
Clearly not, so thanks for doing this. I know how much fiddly work you need to do to make things like this work. Hopefully it will get a bit livelier at the Giro when we have proper video each day (although I’ve heard rumours that RAI may be covering Trentino too. They’ve got two channels for sport now so they should have the airtime, but they’re also out following the Baby Giro and there’s this little thingummy going on in South Africa too).
Yes
Thank you very much, Pigeons.
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Jun 14, 2010 4:36 AM EDT up reply actions
And a few more news reports
in Basque. Today’s new word is kirola
The evening news had different finish line footage
so I’ve added that too. All 20 seconds or so.
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