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Race Results
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
KATIE
MACTIER LEADS THE NATURE VALLEY GRAND PRIX
Thanks
to a solid performance in a time trial stage, Australian Katie MacTier (Saturn)
took the lead at the Nature Valley Grand Prix, a four-day, five-stage race that
ends tomorrow in Minnesota. MacTier had the third best time in a stage where
Saturn took all three top sports. The
only riders who were faster than MacTier yesterday morning were her own
teammates Manon Jutras and Lyne Bessette. RONA/Esker’s
German rider, Karen Bockel, finished fourth in this 9.7-km time trial, 19
seconds behind Jutras.
Last night a criterium in downtown
Minneapolis had little impact on general classification, except that Sarah Ulmer
earned some bonus seconds in intermediate sprints and knocked Karen Bockel from
fourth to fifth place. Saturn’s
Ina Teutenberg attacked from the gun, stayed n front for the duration of the
40-minute criterium and eventually won the stage n front of T Mobile’s Stacey
Peters and Saturn’s excellent sprinter Laura Van Gilder.
Second
stage : Mesabi Trail Time
Trial
Stage standings
|
Rank |
Name
(team) |
Time |
|
1 |
Manon
Jutras (CAN, Saturn) |
12’
06” |
|
2 |
Lyne
Bessette (CAN, Saturn) |
10” |
|
3 |
Katie
MacTier (AUS, Saturn) |
14” |
|
4 |
Karen
Bockel (GER, RONA/Esker) |
19” |
|
5 |
Anne
Samplonius (CAN, TDS) |
29” |
|
6 |
Katrina
Grove (USA, T Mobile) |
30” |
|
7 |
Melissa
Holt (NZL, RONA/Esker) |
33” |
|
8 |
Dotsie
Cowden (USA, T Mobile) |
38” |
|
9 |
Tina
Mayolo-Pic (USA, Diet Rite) |
40” |
|
10 |
Carrie
Tuck (CAN, RONA/Esker) |
42” |
The
race’s web site is at
www.minnbikefestival.com
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.
RONA
is Canada’s leading hardware and home renovation retailer (www.rona.ca).
Esker is a natural spring water from the north of Canada, sold in North
America and Asia (www.eskerwater.com).
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.
