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GP Cycliste Gatineau Hydro-Québec (UCI 1.1 – femmes)
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg domine le sprint!
L’équipe Specialized Lululemon remporte les deux courses du weekend
(English + race quotes below)
par Groupe Simoncic
Gatineau, le 21 mai 2012 - Le weekend a été chaud à Gatineau avec un
ciel bleu et une température atteignant les 30 degrés. Samedi, lors du
contre-la-montre, la favorite Clara Hughes (Specialized Lululemon) a remporté
les honneurs, alors que la journée dimanche était réservée aux amateurs de vélo
avec un gran fondo reprenant une partie du parcours des pros dans le Parc de la
Gatineau. Aujourd’hui, jour férié, les spectateurs furent nombreux à profiter
de l’occasion pour assister à une course enlevante sous un soleil radieux.
Pour sa 3e année, le GP Cycliste Gatineau a apporté de nombreux
changements au parcours. Celui-ci a été allongé à 134 km, avec 13 tours d’un
circuit de 10.18 km contenant un long faux plat, quelques courtes montées
sèches et des sections techniques de style critérium.
À la veille des jeux Olympiques de Londres, la course aux points UCI
laissait présager d’une forte concurrence au GP Cycliste Gatineau cette année. De
grands noms se retrouvaient sur la ligne de départ ce matin, comme Clara
Hughes, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, Amber Neben, Evelyn Stevens (Specialized
Lululemon), Nicole Cooke, Rochelle Gilmore, Fabiana Luperini (Faren Honda),
Joëlle Numainville (Optum Kelly Benefits), Tara Whitten (Tibco to the Top),
Shara Gillow (GreenEdge AIS) et Karol Ann Canuel (Team Canada). Avec un tel
peloton international, la course
pourrait bien être une répétition générale des jeux de juillet!
Une course de mouvement!
À peine quelques kilomètres après le départ, la triple championne du
monde sur piste Tara Whitten (Tibco to the Top) s’échappait en solitaire et
bâtissait rapidement une avance de plus d’une minute. La chasse n’étant pas
organisée dans le peloton, l’avance de Tara montait graduellement jusqu’à 1
minute 49 après 40 km de course, mais cet écart a commencé à redescendre une
fois que les équipes GreenEdge et Specialized Lululemon ont pris les choses en
main en tête du groupe. Whitten a résisté bravement, mais a dû s’incliner au 7e
tour, après 50 km d’échappée.
Après la jonction, une série d’attaques sont parties du peloton sans
jamais obtenir plus qu’une poignée de secondes, y compris quelques tentatives
sérieuses par Rochelle Gilmore, Fabiana Luperini (Faren Hondo), Ina-Yoko Teutenberg,
Evelyn Stevens, Amber Neben (Specialized-lululemon), Alona Andruk (Ukraine),
Rhae Shaw (Canadian national team), Melissa Hoskins (GreenEdge-AIS) et une
escapade solo par la très populaire Clara Hughes. Il semblait que l’équipe
Specialized Lululemon cherchait à être dans chaque échappée.
Avec deux tours à faire, le peloton se retrouvait groupé et la vitesse
élevée réduisait la taille du groupe par l’arrière. Dans un rond-point, Rhae
Shaw, victime d’une chute, entrainait sa compatriote Clara Hughes qui se
heurtait le dos contre la selle. Celle-ci put toutefois remonter sur le vélo et
revenir sur la course. À 7 km de l’arrivée, un dangereux groupe de 12 coureuses
arrivait à creuser un mince écart, contenant Amber Neben, Evelyn Stevens,
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Specialized-lululemon), Joelle Numainville, Lex Albrecht
(Optum Kelly Benefits), Megan Guarnier (Tibco), Alona Andruk (Team Ukraine),
Melissa Hoskins, Shara Gillow (GreenEdge Orica), Karol-Ann Canuel (Team Canada)
et Rochelle Gilmore (Faren Honda). Le peloton n’a jamais cédé plus de 10
secondes à ce groupe, le talonnant dans le dernier rond-point, mais les leaders
ont réussi à maintenir leur avance jusqu’au bout. Et c’est sur un très long
sprint que s’est décidée la course, Teutenberg finissant devant Rochelle
Gilmore et l’ukrainienne Alona Andruk, Joëlle Numainville se plaçant 4e.
Pour sa part, Clara Hugues finissait 8e, le dos endolori par sa chute. Après
la course, elle s’est rendue à l’hôpital pour effectuer quelques tests, mais
elle semblait confiante de n’avoir rien de grave. Nous lui souhaitons un prompt
rétablissement et bonne chance pour les jeux de Londres!
Encore une fois, l’équipe Specialized Lululemon a prouvé qu’elle est
l’une des meilleures équipes du monde, ayant été à l’avant pendant toute la
seconde moitié de la course, contrôlant chaque échappée et remportant l’épreuve
avec la sprinteuse la plus rapide, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg.
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May 21, 2012 ( Gatineau, QC)– It was a hot spring weekend in Gatineau with blue skies and temperatures reaching the low
30s. Saturday’s times trial had seen pre-race favourite Clara Hughes
(Specialized-lululemon) take the honours and Sunday had been a day for the
amateurs to ride part of the pro’s course with a Gran Fondo up into the
Gatineau Hills.
On Sunday, a national
holiday, crowds were pleased to have the opportunity to watch more serious bike
racing under some seriously blue skies.
For its third year, the GP
Cycliste Gatineau brought many changes to the road race course. It was
lengthened to 134km, with 13 loops around a 10.18 km circuit that included a
long false flat, a few sharp hills and some crit-like technical sections.
The lead up to the London
Olympics meant that many riders were looking for precious UCI points and
competition would be fierce at this year’s GP Just a few kilometers after the
start, three-time world track champion Whitten (Tibco) made a solo move and
quickly built up a lead of over a minute. With no concerted chase behind,
Whitten’s lead steadily climbed to 1:49
after 40 km of racing, but that changed when GreenEdge and
Specialized-lululemon massed at the front of the pack to pick up the speed.
Whitten bravely resisted, but was brought back her back on lap 6, having been
on her own at the front for over 50km.
Cycliste Gatineau. Big names
were at the start, including Hughes, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, Amber Neben, Evelyn
Stevens (Specialized-lululemon), Nicole Cooke, Rochelle Gilmore, Fabiana
Luperini (Faren Honda), Joëlle Numainville (Optum Kelly Benefits), Tara Whitten
(Tibco to the Top), Shara Gillow (GreenEdge AIS) and Karol Ann Canuel (Team
Canada). With such an international peloton, today was looking like a dressed
rehearsal for the Games in August.
Then a series of attacks were
launched that never got more than a handful of seconds, including some
serious-looking moves by Faren Hondo’s Gilmore and Luperini, Teutenberg,
Stevens, Neben , Alona Andruk (Ukraine), Rhae Shaw (Canadian national team),
Melissa Hoskins (GreenEdge-AIS) – and a strong solo attack by the crowd’s
favourite Hughes. It seemed like the Specialized-lululemon Team wanted to be in
every break.
With two laps to go it was
all together again and the speed was high as the field was being reduced by
attrition as riders were shed off the back. At a hairpin turn, Shaw crashed and
Hughes couldn’t avoid her, hitting her back on her saddle, but she was able to
remount and chase back on.
With 7km to go, a strong
group of 12 got away, containing Neben, Stevens, Teutenberg, Numainville, Megan
Guarnier (Tibco), Ukraine’s Andruk, Lex Albrecht, Melissa Hoskins, Shara Gillow
(GreenEdge Orica), Canuel (Team Canada) and Gilmore (Faren Honda).
But the main field never
allowed them more than 10 seconds and it was right on the breakaway’s heels as
they hit the final roundabout – but the leaders were able to keep their
advantage. Over the last 300m, the sprint was a real drag race with Teutenberg,
Gilmore and Numainville rushing for the line. Teutenberg was the strongest and
took the honours over Gilmore with Andruk grabbing 3rd ahead of Numainville in
fourth.
Hughes fought back to finish
8th despite having hurt her back in the fall. After the race, she was taken to
the hospital to make sure everything was alright. We all wish her a speedy
recovery and best of luck for the coming Olympics.
Once again, the
Specialized-lululemon Team showed it’s one of the best teams in the world,
having been at the front for most of the second half of the race. They were in
all the breaks and ultimately had the fastest finisher with Teutenberg.
Race Quotes
Race winner Ina-Yoko
Teutenberg:
This was a fast rolling
course, so it was hard to get away. A lot of people tried after the first 50 km
but it never stuck. The girls from the team went into breaks and they knew they
had me in the back in case of a sprint. Sadly we lost Clara after she crashed
in the final lap, but I had three girls with me at the end so it worked out
very well.
Ronny Lauke, Team Manager for
Specialized-lululemon:
The race unfolded as we had
planned. We didn’t want to wait for the final sprint as we knew the other teams
would expect us to. We tried to be open, and make the race interesting by going
in the breakaways and making the other teams work. We’re very happy with how
things unfolded having won both races here in Gatineau.
Erik Lyman, Race Director for
the GPCG:
This was the ideal scenario.
The field was very strong and the second half of the race saw some very
aggressive riding and lots of attacking. In the end, a late break made it to
the finish with some of the strongest riders. This is exactly the type of
racing we were hoping for when the course was redesigned.
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May 21, 2012 (Gatineau, QC) –
It’s a hot, sunny and clear day for the 13-lap Grand Prix Cycliste Gatineau,
132.34km, presented by Hydro-Québec now underway. At the half-way point Tara
Whitten (Can) Tibco to the Top now has a 1-min lead as the 100+ strong chasing
pack has started to react.
Whitten had almost a 2-min
minute gap at one point with Specialized-lululemon controlling the peloton
behind. There were a few attacks early on but nothing stuck until Whitten
escaped.
The gap to Whitten is
dropping fast as Bridie O’Donnell of Vanderkitten Focus bridges to her with 6
laps to go. But the peloton has had enough and the two are reeled in at the
75km point… there lots of riders off the back and the lead pack has split into
two groups.
Now Specialized-lululemon’s
Evelyn Stevens attacks and she is joined by Carmen Small of Optum and Team Canada’s Rhae Shaw but once again the peloton say’s NO WAY.
Stevens goes again and Italy’s Fabiana Luperini (Faren Honda) jumps as well…
Specialized-lululemon’s Clara Hughes likes her chances and goes too taking the
lead – 4 to go.
Hughes is off the front with
two Canadian riders… Julie Beveridge of Team Canada and Leah Kirchman of Optum Kelly Benefits have joined
the break.
Now Denise Ramsden (Optum
Kelly Benefits Strategies) is up there as well in front… back together.
The attacks begin again as
the riders know the opportunities are dropping as the race is in the final
part…now 5 riders get a gap – 2 laps to go and there are more attacks.
Now O’Donnell and Kathryn
Donavan get a gap on the field… the pace is picking up. But they’re not getting
away – now a group of 8-10 riders establish a 15-sec gap.
Could this be the winning
break…?
We believe Clara Hughes has
crashed in a corner (?) but is ok and back up.
Karol-Ann Canuel is in the
12-rider break with Lex Albrecht (Optum), Amber Neben (Specialized-lululemon)
and GBR’s Nicole Cooke – this break looks strong with one to go.
Joelle Numainville (Optum)
has bridged to the leaders – apparently Hughes and Rhae Shaw both crashed in a
corner but are ok and trying to catch back on. Hughes looked like she was going
to be crash-free this time in Gatineau but not so fast.
With 5km to go the break is
holding… the lead group has swelled to almost 20 riders and it could come down
to a bunch sprint – several heavy hitters up there are getting ready to strike.
The group is back together…
2km to go…a crash creates a split in the pack.
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg
(GER) takes the win for
Specialized-lululemon – top Canuck is
Numainville.
FQSC Press release: HERE
Results
1. Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger)
Specialized-lululemon 3:25:03
2. Rochelle Gilmore (Aus)
Faren Honda Team
3. Alona Andruk (Ukr) Ukraine National Team
4. Joelle Numainville (Can)
Optum Kelly Benefits
5. Carmen Small (USA) Optum Kelly Benefits 0:02
6. Kate Chilcott (Nzl)
Vanderkitten Focus
7. Nicole Cooke (Gbr) Faren
Honda Team 0:05
8. Clara Hughes (Can)
Specialized-lululemon
9. Jasmin Hurikino (Aus)
Vanderkitten Focus
10. Evelyn Stevens (USA)
Specialized-lululemon 0:14
11. Amber Neben (USA)
Specialized-lululemon
12. Leah Kirchmann (Can)
Optum Kelly Benefits 0:19
13. Mei-Yu Hsiao (Tpe) Axman
Team
14. Lenore Pipes (Gu-) West Quebec Wheelers
15. Jennifer Purcell (USA) TIBCO-To the Top
16. Karlee Gendron (Can)
Specialized Mazda-SGC
17. Anne-Marie Morin B. (Can)
Specialized Mazda-SGC
18. Julie Beveridge (Can)
Canadian National Team
19. Lex Albrecht (Can) Optum
Kelly Benefits
20. Jennifer Hohl (Sui) Faren
Honda Team
21. Kendall Ryan (USA) TIBCO-To the Top
22. Lauren Hall (USA) TIBCO-To the Top
23. Denise Ramsden (Can)
Optum Kelly Benefits
24. Olena Pavlukhina (Ukr) Ukraine National Team
25. Ielizaveta Oshurkova
(Ukr) Ukraine National Team
26. Chia-Hui Lin (Tpe) Axman
Team
27. Olivia Dillon (Irl) West Quebec Wheelers
28. Véronique Labonté (Can) Equipe Du Québec
29. Chiara Nadalutti (Ita)
Faren Honda Team
30. Megan Guarnier (USA) TIBCO-To the Top
31. Élisabeth Albert (Can)
Equipe Du Québec
32. Liza Rachetto (USA) Forno D’Asolo Colavita
33. Flavia Oliveira (Bra)
Forno D’Asolo Colavita
34. Olena Sharha (Ukr) Ukraine National Team
35. Viktoria Vologdina (Ukr) Ukraine National Team
36. Ally Stacher (USA) Specialized-lululemon
37. Leah Guloien (Can)
Colavita ESPN
38. Sari Saarelainen (Fin)
Forno D’Asolo Colavita
39. Jamie Bookwalter (USA) Colavita ESPN
40. Michelle Gauthier (Can) Infinit Nutrition Cycle Power
41. Jasmin Glaesser (Can)
Colavita ESPN
42. Nik Vogler (Can)
Specialized Mazda-SGC
43. Jessica Uebelhart (Sui)
Forno D’Asolo Colavita
44. Moriah Jo MacGregor (Can)
Colavita ESPN
45. Hsiao-Chia Tseng (Tpe)
Axman Team
46. Myriam Gaudreault (Can)
Real Deal Racing La Bicicletta
47. Caroline Ryan (Irl) West Quebec Wheelers
48. Whitney Gaggioli (USA) Forno D’Asolo Colavita
49. Shara Gillow (Aus)
GreenEdge-AIS
50. Karol-Ann Canuel (Can)
Canadian National Team
51. Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) Equipe Du Québec
52. Ho Hsun Huang (Tpe) Axman
Team
53. Véronique Fortin (Can)
TIBCO-To the Top
54. Fabiana Luperini (Ita)
Faren Honda Team
55. Carrie Cartmill (Can)
Stevens Racing p/b The Cyclery 0:37
56. Myfanwy Galloway (Aus)
Faren Honda Team 0:45
57. Kathleen Billington (USA) Vanderkkitten Focus 0:46
58. Kathryn Donavan (USA) Colavita ESPN 0:48
59. Claudia Hauesler (Ger)
GreenEdge-AIS
60. Rhae Shaw (Can) Canadian
National Team 1:14
61. Bridie O’Donnell (Aus)
Vanderkitten Focus 1:36
62. Jessie Maclean (Aus)
GreenEdge-AIS 1:38
63. Joanie Caron (Can) Colavita
ESPN 2:34
64. Kacy Kristine Wander (USA) PK Express Biemme 3:50
65. Annie Ewart (Can) Optum
Kelly Benefits 4:01
66. Yu-Hsuan Lee (Tpe) Axman
Team 7:09
67. Melissa Hoskins (Aus)
GreenEdge-AIS 9:52
68. Alexis Rhodes (Aus)
GreenEdge-AIS
69. Cathy Zeglinski (Can)
Kallisto Wheels of Oakville 12:34
70. Candice Vermeulen (Can)
Canadian National Team 16:42
71. Kristin Lotito (USA) West
Quebec Wheelers
72. Julie Lafreniere (Can)
Stevens Racing p/b The Cyclery
73. Véronique
Drapeau-Zgoralski (Can) Specialized Mazda-SGC
74. Alizée Brien (Can) Equipe Du Québec 16:48
75. Laura Haapamaki (Can) PK
Express Biemme
76. Heather Shearer (Can)
Infinit Nutrition Cycle Power 16:50
77. Audrey Labrie (Can)
Canadian National Team 16:53
DNF Tara Whitten (Can) TIBCO-To
the Top
DNF Emily Collins (Nzl)
Vanderkitten Focus
DNF Ruth Winder (USA) Vanderkitten Focus
DNF Suzie Brown (Can) PK
Express Biemme
DNF Jenny L. Ives (USA) PK Express Biemme
DNF Audrey Bernard (Can)
Equipe Du Québec
DNF Allison Beveridge (Can)
Specialized Mazda-SGC
DNF Virginie Gauthier (Can)
Specialized Mazda-SGC
DNF Stephanie Skoreyko (Can)
Kallisto Wheels of Oakville
DNF Jamie Gilgen (Can)
Kallisto Wheels of Oakville
DNF Veronik Bourgon (Can)
Infinit Nutrition Cycle Power
DNF Nina Nesdoly (Can)
Infinit Nutrition Cycle Power
DNF Alexandria Wilson
(Can) Infinit Nutrition Cycle Power
DNF Allison Lampi (Can)
Infinit Nutrition Cycle Power
DNF Adriane Provost (Can)
Stevens Racing p/b The Cyclery
DNF Sara Byers (Can) Stevens
Racing p/b The Cyclery
DNF Evelyne Gagnon (Can)
Stevens Racing p/b The Cyclery
DNF Kelly Knowles (Can)
Stevens Racing p/b The Cyclery
DNF Arlene Marchildon (Can)
Real Deal Racing La Bicicletta
DNF Catherine Dessureault
(Can) Real Deal Racing La Bicicletta
DNF Evelyne Blouin (Can) Real
Deal Racing La Bicicletta
DNF Laurie Dumas (Can) Real
Deal Racing La Bicicletta
DNS Cheryl Rondeau (Can)
Kallisto Wheels of Oakville