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Race Results
Tour of Gila
Stage 5
New Mexico, USA
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
111km
Geneviève
Jeanson of the RONA/Esker Cycling Team convincingly won her third consecutive
Tour of the Gila by winning the infamous “Gila Monster”, the fifth and last
stage of this race held in New Mexico. Her
teammate Karen Bockel took second spot in the stage.
Jeanson
wins general classification with a stunning 18’33” lead over runner-up Manon
Jutras of Team Saturn, a new record for this race. (Last year Jeanson beat
Saturn’s Kim Bruckner by 11’42”). Katrina
Grove (T Mobile) finished third overall. Jeanson
won four of the race’s five stages.
Jeanson
is still undefeated in stage races this year, having won the Valley of the Sun,
the Pomona Valley Stage Race, The Redlands Classic and the Sea Otter Classic.
Today’s
111-km stage challenged the riders with three major climbs and a mountaintop
finish. As soon as the peloton
turned to see the first climb, Saturn’s Manon Jutras attacked, but was
immediately countered by Jeanson, Bockel and a handful of others.
In less than three kilometres Jeanson dropped everybody else and went on
another 100-km mountain time trial, just as she had done last Friday.
Behind
Jeanson, a 30-strong chase group organized, including some T Mobiles, Saturns,
and four RONAS/Eskers : Karen Bockel, Melissa Holt, Andrea Hannos and
Erinne Willock. These four
accelerated the tempo about 35 km from the finish and Karen Bockel took second
place, 6’44” behind her leader.
Lynn Gaggioli (Velo Bella) completed the stage podium, followed by
Katrina Grove (T Mobile) and Manon Jutras (Saturn).
“I
felt really good today”, commented Jeanson after the final stage.
“I’m surprised at how little tired I feel after five days of really
hard racing. But I’m still going to take a break from racing until the
Montreal races four weeks from now, because I want to be in top shape when I get
there. Montreal is special, the
field is always very strong, it’s very intense emotionally and the whole team
looks forward to the World Cup race and the Tour of Greater Montreal.”
The
race web site is at www.tourofthegila.com.
Fourth
stage : Gila Monster
Stage
standings
|
Rank |
Name
(team) |
Time |
|
1 |
Geneviève
Jeanson (CAN, RONA/Esker) |
111
km in 3h29’04 (31.9 km/h) (22’’ bonus) |
|
2 |
Karen
Bockel (GER, RONA/Esker) |
6’44’’
(8’’ bonus) |
|
3 |
Katrina
Grove (USA, T Mobile) |
6’47’’
(4’’ bonus) |
|
4 |
Lynn
Gaggioli (USA, Velo Bella) |
6’49’’ |
|
5 |
Manon
Jutras (CAN, Saturn) |
6’59’’ |
|
21 |
Erinne
Willock (CAN, RONA/Esker) |
8’00’’ |
|
23 |
Andrea
Hannos (CAN, RONA/Esker) |
8’09’’ |
|
27 |
Melissa
Holt (NZL, RONA/Esker) |
9’38’’ |
|
46 |
Carrie
Tuck (CAN, RONA/Esker) |
20’23’’ |
Final
General Classification
|
Rank |
Name
(team) |
Time |
|
1 |
Geneviève
Jeanson (CAN, RONA/Esker) |
12h29’55’’ |
|
2 |
Manon
Jutras (CAN, Saturn) |
18’33’’ |
|
3 |
Katrina
Grove (USA, T Mobile) |
20’47’’ |
|
4 |
Leah
Goldstein (CAN, Victory Brewing / Amoroso) |
22’07’’ |
|
5 |
Lynn
Gaggioli (USA, Velo Bella) |
22’10’’ |
|
6 |
Karen
Bockel (GER, RONA/Esker) |
24’42’’ |
|
19 |
Andrea
Hannos (CAN, RONA/Esker) |
32’45’’ |
|
22 |
Erinne
Willock (CAN, RONA/Esker) |
35’05’’ |
|
24 |
Melissa
Holt (NZL, RONA/Esker) |
38’00’’ |
|
42 |
Carrie
Tuck (CAN, RONA/Esker) |
1h03’51’’ |
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).
