June 16/02 5:46 am - HP Stage 2 Results & Report Posted by Editor on 06/16/02
HP Women's Challenge
Stage 2 - Lowman to Stanley 93.6 km
| Position | Name | Country | Team | Time / Time Behind | | 1 | Anna Millward | Australia | Saturn | 2:35:29 | | 2 | Rasa Polikeviciute | Lithuania | Lithuanian National | | | 3 | Valentina Polkhanova | Russia | Itera | | | 4 | Kristin Armstrong | United States | Goldy's | all s.t. | | 5 | Genevieve Jeanson | Canada | Rona | at 0:04 | | 6 | Kimberly Bruckner | United States | Saturn | 0:06 | | 7 | Amber Neben | United States | T Mobile | 0:08 | | 8 | Lyne Bessette | Canada | Canadian National | 0:22 | | 9 | Diana Ziliute | Lithuania | Lithuanian National | 0:51 | | 10 | Jolanta Polikeviciute | Lithuania | Lithuanian National | | | 11 | Judith Arndt | Germany | Saturn | | | 12 | Priska Doppmann | Switzerland | Goldy's | | | 13 | Anita Valen | Norway | Sponsor Services | | | 14 | Sarah Konrad | United States | Mercy Fitness Center | | | 15 | Alison Littlefield | United States | Contender/Optygen.com | | | 16 | Pia Sundstedt | Finland | Sponsor Services | | | 17 | Rachel Heal | Great Britain | British National | | | 18 | Sue Palmer-Komar | Canada | Canadian National | | | 19 | Petra Rossner | Germany | Saturn | | | 20 | Cybil DiGuistini | Canada | Canadian National | | | 21 | Roz Reekie-May | New Zealand | Mercy Fitness Center | | | 22 | Sarah Ulmer | New Zealand | New Zealand | | | 23 | Barbara Lancioni | Italy | Itera | | | 24 | Manon Jutras | Canada | Rona | | | 25 | Leah Goldstein | Canada | BOISE | | | 26 | Lara Ruthven | United States | T Mobile | | | 27 | Mari Holden | United States | T Mobile | | | 28 | Kim Anderson | United States | T Mobile | | | 29 | Caroline Alexander | Great Britain | British National | all s.t. | | 30 | Modesta Vzisnauskaite | Lithuania | Lithuanian National | 3:04 | | 31 | Monica Valen | Norway | Sponsor Services | | | 32 | Mary McLaurin | United States | Mercy Fitness Center | | | 33 | Dotsie Cowden | United States | T Mobile | | | 34 | Zita Urbonaite | Lithuania | Lithuanian National | | | 35 | Solrun Flataas | Norway | Sponsor Services | | | 36 | Rydeen Stevens | United States | Contender/Optygen.com | | | 37 | Sara Symington | Great Britain | British National | | | 38 | Heather Albert | United States | Goldy's | | | 39 | Katrina Berger | United States | T Mobile | | | 40 | Johanna Buick | New Zealand | New Zealand | | | 41 | Gail Longenecker | United States | Rona | | | 42 | Andrea Hannos | Canada | Rona | | | 43 | Wenche Stensvold | Norway | Sponsor Services | | | 44 | Jenny Tobin | United States | Richard's/NIFC | | | 45 | Svetlana Samokhvalova | Russia | Itera | | | 46 | Amy Jarvis | Canada | Rona | | | 47 | Joan Wilson | United States | BOISE | | | 48 | Nicole Demars | Canada | BOISE | | | 49 | Sandy Espeseth | Canada | Canadian National | | | 50 | Catherine Marsal | France | Saturn | all s.t. | | 51 | Susie Wood | New Zealand | New Zealand | 10:43 | | 52 | Liza Rachetto | United States | Intermountain Orthopedic | | | 53 | Erika Viliunaite | Lithuania | Lithuanian National | | | 54 | Brooke Babbitt | United States | Goldy's | | | 55 | Vera Carrara | Italy | Itera | | | 56 | Kym Shirley | Australia | Itera | | | 57 | Meredith Miller | United States | Intermountain Orthopedic | | | 58 | Mary Ann Fleckenstein | United States | Goldy's | 13:10 | | 59 | Maria Molino de Ortiz | Guatemala | Mercy Fitness Center | | | 60 | Robyn Wong | New Zealand | New Zealand | | | 61 | Sima Trapp | United States | Goldy's | | | 62 | Melissa Sanborn | United States | Intermountain Orthopedic | | | 63 | Jenny Eyerman | United States | BOISE | | | 64 | Nicky Solomon | New Zealand | New Zealand | | | 65 | Melissa Holt | New Zealand | Rona | | | 66 | Stacey Peters | United States | BOISE | | | 67 | Christy Kopasz | United States | Richard's/NIFC | | | 68 | Lorien Lightfield | United States | Richard's/NIFC | | | 69 | Lisa Magness | United States | Intermountain Orthopedic | | | 70 | Melanie Sears | Great Britain | British National | | | 71 | Jorunn Kvaloe | Norway | Sponsor Services | | | 72 | Ina-Yoko Teutenberg | Germany | Saturn | all s.t. | | 73 | Emma Davies | Great Britain | British National | 13:20 | | 74 | Silvia Valsecchi | Italy | Itera | s.t. | | 75 | Naomi Gollogly | United States | LSV/Trek/VW | 15:18 | | 76 | Emily Westbrook | United States | Richard's/NIFC | | | 77 | Janelle Smith | United States | Richard's/NIFC | | | 78 | Gina Grain | Canada | BOISE | | | 79 | Patty Davis | United States | LSV/Trek/VW | | | 80 | Anne Samplonius | Canada | Canadian National | | | 81 | Toni Bradshaw | New Zealand | New Zealand | | | 82 | Megan Elliott | United States | Mercy Fitness Center | | | 83 | Susan Hefler | United States | LSV/Trek/VW | | | 84 | Karen Dodge | United States | Contender/Optygen.com | all s.t. | | 85 | Maatje Benassi | Netherlands | Contender/Optygen.com | 25:35 | | 86 | Kasey Rose | United States | Richard's/NIFC | s.t. | | 87 | Mary Kneeland | United States | LSV/Trek/VW | 26:54 | | 88 | Gabriela Castaneda | Guatemala | Mercy Fitness Center | 33:18 | | 89 | Crystal Yap | United States | Intermountain Orthopedic | 37:27 | | DNF | Brenda Black | United States | Intermountain Orthopedic | | | | GC | | | 1 | Anna Millward | Australia | Saturn | 5:24:50 | | 2 | Rasa Polikeviciute | Lithuania | Lithuanian National | s.t. | | 3 | Valentina Polkhanova | Russia | Itera | at 0:06 | | 4 | Genevieve Jeanson | Canada | Rona | 0:07 | | 5 | Kristin Armstrong | United States | Goldy's | 0:09 | | 6 | Kimberly Bruckner | United States | Saturn | 0:16 | | 7 | Amber Neben | United States | T Mobile | 0:18 | | 8 | Lyne Bessette | Canada | Canadian National | 0:28 | | 9 | Petra Rossner | Germany | Saturn | 0:51 | | 10 | Diana Ziliute | Lithuania | Lithuanian National | 0:55 | | 11 | Jolanta Polikeviciute | Lithuania | Lithuanian National | 0:57 | | 12 | Sarah Ulmer | New Zealand | New Zealand | 0:58 | | 13 | Judith Arndt | Germany | Saturn | 1:01 | | 14 | Rachel Heal | Great Britain | British National | 1:01 | | 15 | Anita Valen | Norway | Sponsor Services | 1:01 | | 16 | Mari Holden | United States | T Mobile | 1:01 | | 17 | Roz Reekie-May | New Zealand | Mercy Fitness Center | 1:01 | | 18 | Cybil DiGuistini | Canada | Canadian National | 1:01 | | 19 | Barbara Lancioni | Italy | Itera | 1:01 | | 20 | Lara Ruthven | United States | T Mobile | 1:01 | | 21 | Caroline Alexander | Great Britain | British National | 1:01 | | 22 | Alison Littlefield | United States | Contender/Optygen.com | 1:01 | | 23 | Kim Anderson | United States | T Mobile | 1:01 | | 24 | Pia Sundstedt | Finland | Sponsor Services | 1:01 | | 25 | Sarah Konrad | United States | Mercy Fitness Center | 1:01 | | 26 | Sue Palmer-Komar | Canada | Canadian National | 1:01 | | 27 | Leah Goldstein | Canada | BOISE | 1:01 | | 28 | Manon Jutras | Canada | Rona | 1:01 | | 29 | Heather Albert | United States | Goldy's | 3:10 | | 30 | Priska Doppmann | Switzerland | Goldy's | 3:12 | | 31 | Modesta Vzisnauskaite | Lithuania | Lithuanian National | 3:14 | | 32 | Monica Valen | Norway | Sponsor Services | 3:14 | | 33 | Svetlana Samokhvalova | Russia | Itera | 3:14 | | 34 | Gail Longenecker | United States | Rona | 3:14 | | 35 | Dotsie Cowden | United States | T Mobile | 3:14 | | 36 | Katrina Berger | United States | T Mobile | 3:14 | | 37 | Amy Jarvis | Canada | Rona | 3:14 | | 38 | Rydeen Stevens | United States | Contender/Optygen.com | 3:14 | | 39 | Joan Wilson | United States | BOISE | 3:14 | | 40 | Solrun Flataas | Norway | Sponsor Services | 3:14 | | 41 | Wenche Stensvold | Norway | Sponsor Services | 3:14 | | 42 | Andrea Hannos | Canada | Rona | 3:14 | | 43 | Nicole Demars | Canada | BOISE | 3:14 | | 44 | Sandy Espeseth | Canada | Canadian National | 3:14 | | 45 | Sara Symington | Great Britain | British National | 3:33 | | 46 | Catherine Marsal | France | Saturn | 3:38 | | 47 | Jenny Tobin | United States | Richard's/NIFC | 5:25 | | 48 | Mary McLaurin | United States | Mercy Fitness Center | 5:25 | | 49 | Zita Urbonaite | Lithuania | Lithuanian National | 6:41 | | 50 | Johanna Buick | New Zealand | New Zealand | 6:41 | | 51 | Vera Carrara | Italy | Itera | 10:53 | | 52 | Susie Wood | New Zealand | New Zealand | 10:53 | | 53 | Kym Shirley | Australia | Itera | 10:53 | | 54 | Erika Viliunaite | Lithuania | Lithuanian National | 10:53 | | 55 | Brooke Babbitt | United States | Goldy's | 10:53 | | 56 | Liza Rachetto | United States | Intermountain Orthopedic | 13:04 | | 57 | Melissa Holt | New Zealand | Rona | 13:19 | | 58 | Ina-Yoko Teutenberg | Germany | Saturn | 13:20 | | 59 | Jenny Eyerman | United States | BOISE | 13:20 | | 60 | Stacey Peters | United States | BOISE | 13:20 | | 61 | Jorunn Kvaloe | Norway | Sponsor Services | 13:20 | | 62 | Gina Grain | Canada | BOISE | 15:28 | | 63 | Anne Samplonius | Canada | Canadian National | 15:28 | | 64 | Mary Ann Fleckenstein | United States | Goldy's | 15:31 | | 65 | Robyn Wong | New Zealand | New Zealand | 15:31 | | 66 | Nicky Solomon | New Zealand | New Zealand | 15:31 | | 67 | Maria Molino de Ortiz | Guatemala | Mercy Fitness Center | 15:31 | | 68 | Christy Kopasz | United States | Richard's/NIFC | 15:31 | | 69 | Lisa Magness | United States | Intermountain Orthopedic | 15:31 | | 70 | Melanie Sears | Great Britain | British National | 15:31 | | 71 | Emma Davies | Great Britain | British National | 15:41 | | 72 | Silvia Valsecchi | Italy | Itera | 15:41 | | 73 | Karen Dodge | United States | Contender/Optygen.com | 17:39 | | 74 | Sima Trapp | United States | Goldy's | 18:27 | | 75 | Lorien Lightfield | United States | Richard's/NIFC | 18:27 | | 76 | Melissa Sanborn | United States | Intermountain Orthopedic | 25:13 | | 77 | Meredith Miller | United States | Intermountain Orthopedic | 26:42 | | 78 | Emily Westbrook | United States | Richard's/NIFC | 27:21 | | 79 | Naomi Gollogly | United States | LSV/Trek/VW | 27:21 | | 80 | Patty Davis | United States | LSV/Trek/VW | 27:21 | | 81 | Toni Bradshaw | New Zealand | New Zealand | 27:21 | | 82 | Susan Hefler | United States | LSV/Trek/VW | 27:21 | | 83 | Megan Elliott | United States | Mercy Fitness Center | 27:21 | | 84 | Janelle Smith | United States | Richard's/NIFC | 34:02 | | 85 | Mary Kneeland | United States | LSV/Trek/VW | 38:57 | | 86 | Kasey Rose | United States | Richard's/NIFC | 45:44 | | 87 | Maatje Benassi | Netherlands | Contender/Optygen.com | 50:04 | | 88 | Gabriela Castaneda | Guatemala | Mercy Fitness Center | 53:09 | | 89 | Crystal Yap | United States | Intermountain Orthopedic | 1:01:56 |
Saturn Team Report
The second stage of the HP Women's Challenge featured a ten mile climb over Banner Pass. With a bright blue sky and cooler temperatures gracing the field of 90 competitors, the field headed out for their first true test of the nineteenth HP Women's Challenge.
Saturn's Petra Rossner began the day in blue, but many were keen to throw down a challenge they speculated could not be answered by the Saturn sprinter. As the field approached the climb, Genevieve Jeanson's team picked up the pace, setting a hard but steady temp for the Canadian phenom. Marked by fellow country woman, Lyne Bessette, as well as Valentina Polkhanova, the Lithuanian twins Rasa and Jolanta Polikeviciute and Amber Neben, Jeanson could not establish a gap over the top of the climb, but did manage to splinter a group of 12 off the front. Saturn's Kimberly Bruckner and Judith Arndt soon joined the group, and from there the gap began to increase. However, not far behind a motivated group of chasers formed and began the hunt. Within 25 kilometers of the finish the two groups joined and the attacks began yet again.
Saturn now had four riders in the main group, Rossner, Arndt, Millward and Bruckner, however, many other teams including the strengthening T-Mobile Team, had good representation as well. After several attacks a group of eight formed that pleased all the major teams. In it were Bruckner and Millward, Polkhanova, Jeanson, Bessette, Rasa, Kristen Armstrong, and Diana Ziliute. This group worked cohesively, opening a maximum gap of 46 seconds. With five kilometers to go, Saturn Bruckner threw down the gauntlet, charging off the front into a severe cross wind. Jeanson and Bessette would not have it, and were able, after four kilometers to come back on terms with her. Jeanson then tried her hand, but it was too close to the finish, and with the sprint heating up, she was unable to break free. With only a few hundred meters left, Millward charged up the left side, coming around Armstrong who was leading out the sprint. Millward took the win by two bike lengths over Rasa Polikeviciute. Polkhanova was third. Bruckner finished in fifth.
So for the second consecutive stage, Saturn has topped the podium. The blue leader's jersey moving from the shoulders of Rossner to teammate Millward almost seamlessly, however with tomorrow's 40 kilometer test of truth, the Saturn Team will have their work cut out for them defending the jersey from the likes of Jeanson, Bessette, Neben and Polkhanova.
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