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Race Results
KAREN BOCKEL PLACES EIGHTH IN GERMAN ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Spalt, Bavaria
102km
Team
RONA/Esker’s Karen Bockel finished in eighth place in the German Women’s
Road Championship held yesterday in Spalt, Bavaria.
Young Trixi Worrack of Équipe Nürnberger
won the race, outsprinting her four breakaway companions.
Bockel
finished second in the field sprint, crossing the line 5’28” behind the
winner. The course was very tough
as the women had to complete two difficult climbs in each of the seven 14.6
loops.
With
no team support Bockel fought hard all day to stay at the front.
“I’m disappointed”, she said, “I was going with all the moves
except the one that stuck.” Trixi
Worrack launched the decisive attack with two laps to go.
|
Rank |
Name
(team) |
Time |
|
1 |
Trixi
Worrack (Équipe Nürnberger) |
102.2
km in 3h 12’58” (31.78
km/h) |
|
2 |
Christiane
Soeder (LG Stuttgart) (Saturn) |
s.t. |
|
3 |
Tina
Liebig (SSV Gera 19) |
s.t. |
|
4 |
Theresa
Senff (BC 07 Arnst) |
s.t. |
|
5 |
Daniela
Kenty (Frankfurter) |
s.t. |
|
6 |
Regina
Schleicher (USC Cottbus) |
2’28” |
|
7 |
Angela
Brodtka |
5’28” |
|
8 |
Karen
Bockel (RONA/Esker) |
s.t. |
|
9 |
Kerstin
Scheitle (Équipe Nürnberger) |
s.t. |
|
10 |
Liane
Bahler (Thüringer
R) |
s.t. |
Team
RONA/Esker is one of only two Canadian women’s cycling teams in the Elite
Category that are recognized by the International Cycling Union. The team is
made up of four Canadian racers (Geneviève Jeanson, Andrea Hannos, Carrie Tuck
and Erinne Willock), French racers Catherine Marsal and Magali Le Floc’h, New
Zealander Melissa Holt, German Karen Bockel and American Kristen LaSasso. The
team’s web site is at www.ronateam.ca.
The team also receives equipment and service sponsorships from many companies, including Colnago, Biemme, Shimano, Michelin, Mavic, Diadora, Limar, Selle Italia, ITM, Look, CatEye, Tacx, Finish Line, Cane Creek, Saris, Power Tap, Cycles Lambert and Club Médico-Sportif.
