May 15/99 1:48 am - Bessette Takes l'Aude Lead!

Posted by Editor on 05/15/99
 

Tour de l'Aude, France

Stage 8a - Quillan to Matemale 60 km

1. Heidi Van de Vijver (Bel)2.02:25
2. Lyne Bessette (Can) s.t.
3. Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) at 2:08
4. Tracey Gaudry (Aus)
5. Géraldine Loewenguth (Fra)
6. Emily Robbins (USA)
7. Cindy Pieters (Bel)
8. Meike De Bruijn (Ned) all s.t.
9. Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) 3:50
10. Sanna Lehtimaki (Fin) 5:55

Stage 8b - Matemale to Quillan 49.7 km

1. Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) 1:05:02
2. Elena Tchalykh (Rus)
3. Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger)
4. Lyne Bessette (Can)
5. Sandra Rombouts (Ned) all s.t.
6. Petra Rossner (Ger) at 3:06
7. Janneke Vos (Ned)
8. Magali Le Floc'h (Fra)
9. Laurence Restoin (Fra)
10. Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) all s.t.

GC

1. Lyne Bessette (Can) 23.36:45
2. Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) at 2:00
3. Heidi Van de Vijver (Bel) 3.56
4. Tracey Gaudry (Aus) 5:43
5. Emily Robbins (USA) 6:52
6. Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) 8:24
7. Cindy Pieters (Bel) 9:54
8. Meike De Bruijn (Ned) 10:11
9. Géraldine Loewenguth (Fra) 11:28
10. Rasa Polikeviciute (Lit) 15:12