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Race Results
Sea Otter Classic Stage 3
nr San Francisco, California, USA
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4
40km
SEA
OTTER CLASSIC: BESSETTE GETS THE
STAGE, JEANSON KEEPS THE JERSEY
Canadian Geneviève Jeanson of the
RONA/Esker cycling team kept her leader’s jersey at the Sea Otter Classic, a
stage race held until tomorrow in Monterey, California.
Saturn’s Lyne Bessette won the stage, but Jeanson finished right behind
her and was credited with the same time, about 20 seconds in front of the main
field. Laura Van Gilder (Saturn)
took third spot in front of the French champion Magali Le Floc’h of Team
RONA/Esker. Four of the five
RONA/Esker riders finished among the top seven.
Jeanson
increased her overall lead over T Mobile’s Kim Bruckner to 1:31, thanks to her
12-second lead today and her bonuses earned at the finish and in hot spot
sprints. Bessette is third, 1:39
behind Jeanson.
For
today’s stage the racers completed 10 laps of the Laguna Seca raceway and its
one hill, for a total of 40 km. Everybody
watched everybody else for the first seven laps, except for two hot sport
sprints won by Jeanson and a short attack by Saturn in lap 6.
Three laps from the finish Bessette and Jeanson broke away and stayed
away. They finished in the same
time, Bessette ahead of Jeanson.
“Lyne
deserved that stage”, said Jeanson. “She
worked harder and longer than I did in the breakaway.
But I did gain a few seconds over Bruckner in GC, for a little extra
margin before tomorrow’ tough stage.”
Tomorrow,
the fourth and last stage will be a 160-km road race on a rolling course.
The
Sea Otter Classic web site is found at www.seaotterclassic.com.
Third
stage : Laguna Seca Circuit
Race
Stage standings
|
Rank |
Name
(team) |
Time |
|
1 |
Lyne
Bessette (CAN, Saturn) |
40,0
km in 57’45’’, avg. 41.56 km/h (11’’ bonus) |
|
2 |
Geneviève
Jeanson (CAN, RONA/Esker) |
s.t.
(9’’ bonus) |
|
3 |
Laura
Van Gilder (USA, Saturn) |
12’’
(4’’ bonus) |
|
4 |
Magali
Le Floc’h (FRA, RONA/Esker) |
s.t. |
|
5 |
Sandy
Espeseth (CAN, Victory Brewing/Amoroso) |
s.t. |
|
6 |
Melissa
Holt (NZL, RONA/Esker) |
s.t. |
|
7 |
Karen
Bockel (GER, RONA/Esker) |
s.t. |
|
30 |
Catherine
Marsal (FRA, RONA/Esker) |
2’16’’ |
General Classification after third stage
|
Rank |
Name
(team) |
Time |
|
1 |
Geneviève
Jeanson (CAN, RONA/Esker) |
3h
19’ 11’’ |
|
2 |
Kim
Bruckner (USA, T Mobile) |
1’31’’ |
|
3 |
Lyne
Bessette (CAN, Saturn) |
1’39’’ |
|
4 |
Amber
Neben (USA, T Mobile) |
2’06’’ |
|
5 |
Manon
Jutras (CAN, Saturn) |
2’10’’ |
|
12 |
Karen
Bockel (GER, RONA/Esker) |
4’23’’ |
|
15 |
Magali
Le Floc’h (FRA, RONA/Esker) |
8’57’’ |
|
24 |
Melissa
Holt (NZL, RONA/Esker) |
16’53’’ |
|
27 |
Catherine
Marsal (FRA, RONA/Esker) |
19’21’’ |
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.
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.
