Race Results
Wachovia
Liberty Classic
90.56km
PETRA ROSSNER WINS HER SEVENTH LIBERTY
CLASSIC
Erinne Willock takes Queen of the Mountains
German Petra
Rossner (Nurnberger/Lietzsport) won her seventh Liberty Classic today in
Philadelphia, outsprinting Canadian Gina Grain (Victory Brewing) and
American Laura Van Gilder (Genesis Scuba). Rossner and 76 other riders
completed the race's 90.56 kilometres in 2 hours, 25 minutes and 55 seconds,
at an average speed of 37.24 km/h.
Team RONA's
Erinne Willock, from Victoria, B.C., won the Queen of the Mountain
classification, as she accumulated the most points in the race's eight
climbing sprints. Her teammate Andrea Hannos was RONA's top finisher with a
12th place.
The Wachovia
Liberty Classic completes four laps of a 23-kilometre course in the streets
of Philadelphia. The course includes two climbs, especially the short, steep
Lemon Hill. The first three laps were marked by a few attacks with no
consequence. In the last climb up Lemon Hill, RONA's Katrina Grove attacked
and, by the time she reached the top, had created a real gap on the pack.
"Historically, that's where a break will go in the end," Grove
explained. "You give it a chance, because what have you got to
lose?"
But Grove was
not completely alone. On her wheel was Judith Arndt, Rossner's teammate, who
merely wanted to cover Grove until the pack came back. Grove managed to
increase the gap to about 5 seconds, but the peloton came back on the pair
in the last straight. Arndt led out the sprint for Rossner, who did not need
a photo finish to confirm her victory.
RESULTS
| Position,
Name |
Team |
Time
/ Gap |
|
1.
Petra Rossner (G)
|
Nürnburger/Lietzsport
|
2:25:55
|
|
2.
Gina Grain (CAN)
|
Victory
Brewing
|
|
|
3.
Laura Vangilder (USA)
|
Genesis
Scuba
|
|
|
4.
Becky Conzelman (USA)
|
Spin
Cycle
|
|
|
5.
Laura Yoisten (CAN)
|
Canadian
National
|
|
|
6.
Sarah Uhl (USA)
|
Quark
|
|
|
7.
Anita Valen (Nor)
|
S.A.T.S.
|
|
|
8.
Alison Wright (Aus)
|
Nobili
Rubinetterie-Guerciotti
|
|
|
9.
Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl)
|
Colavita
Olive Oil
|
|
|
10.
Regina
Schleicher (G)
|
Safi-Pasta
Zara Manhattan
|
|
|
11.
Magali Le Floch (F)
|
Quark
|
|
|
12.
Andrea
Hannos (CAN)
|
Rona
|
|
|
13.
Mari Holden (USA)
|
T-Mobile
|
|
|
14.
Magen Long (USA)
|
Sportsbook.com
|
|
|
15.
Jennifer Eyerman (USA)
|
Webcor
|
|
|
16.
Amy Moore (CAN)
|
Quark
|
|
|
17.
Annette Beutler (Swi)
|
Nürnburger/Lietzsport
|
|
|
18.
Sigrid Corneo (I)
|
Nobili
Rubinetterie-Guerciotti
|
|
|
19.
Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Lit)
|
Safi-Pasta
Zara Manhattan
|
|
|
20.
Catherine Marsal (F)
|
Nobili
Rubinetterie-Guerciotti
|
|
|
21.
Karen Brems (USA)
|
Webcor
|
|
|
22.
Anna Zugano (I)
|
Safi-Pasta
Zara Manhattan
|
|
|
23.
Mette Fischer-Andersen (Dk)
|
S.A.T.S.
|
|
|
24.
Leigh Hobson (CAN)
|
Cervelo
GSM
|
|
|
25.
Erin Carter (CAN)
|
TDS-Schwalbe
|
|
|
26.
Anne Samplonius (CAN)
|
TDS-Schwalbe
|
|
|
27.
Tina Mayolo-Pic (USA)
|
Genesis
Scuba
|
|
|
28.
Katy St Laurent (CAN)
|
Basis
Aude
|
|
|
29.
Lynn
Gaggioli (USA)
|
T-Mobile
|
|
|
30.
Lyne Bessette (CAN)
|
Quark
|
|
|
31.
Kori Kelly (USA)
|
Genesis
Scuba
|
|
|
32.
Audrey
Lemieux (CAN)
|
Quark
|
|
|
33.
Erinne Willock (CAN)
|
Rona
|
|
|
34.
Lara Kroepsch (USA)
|
T-Mobile
|
|
|
35.
Catherine Powers (USA)
|
La
Grange Dassani
|
|
|
36.
Emma Rickards (Aus)
|
Victory
Brewing
|
|
|
37.
Lauren Franges (USA)
|
Victory
Brewing
|
|
|
38.
Kym Shirley (Aus)
|
Nobili
Rubinetterie-Guerciotti
|
|
|
39.
Sandy Espeseth (CAN)
|
Victory
Brewing
|
|
|
40.
Charmian Breon (USA)
|
Colavita
Olive Oil
|
|
|
41.
Emily Westbrook (USA)
|
Spin
Cycle
|
|
|
42.
Helen Kelly (Aus)
|
Rona
|
|
|
43.
Meredith Miller (USA)
|
S.A.T.S.
|
|
|
44.
Candice Blickem (USA)
|
Genesis
Scuba
|
|
|
45.
Kathryn Curi (USA)
|
Rona
|
|
|
46.
Felicia Greer (CAN)
|
Webcor
|
|
|
47.
Tara Rossner (CAN)
|
Canadian
National
|
|
|
48.
Katrina Grove (USA)
|
Rona
|
|
|
49.
Susan Palmer-Komar (CAN)
|
Genesis
Scuba
|
|
|
50.
Mandy Lozano (USA)
|
Spin
Cycle
|
|
|
51.
Sara Bresnick (USA)
|
Verizon
|
|
|
52.
Christina Peick-Andersen (Dk)
|
S.A.T.S.
|
|
|
53.
Kimberly Anderson (USA)
|
T-Mobile
|
|
|
54.
Iona Wynter (JAM)
|
Genesis
Scuba
|
|
|
55.
Diana Ziliute (Lit)
|
Safi-Pasta
Zara Manhattan
|
|
|
56.
Hiroko
Shimada (JPN)
|
Velo
Bella
|
|
|
57.
Dotsie Cowden (USA)
|
T-Mobile
|
|
|
59.
Kate
Sherwin (USA)
|
Spin
Cycle
|
|
|
60.
Nadine Bruhn (Dk)
|
Webcor
|
|
|
61.
Judith Arndt (G)
|
Nürnburger/Lietzsport
|
|
|
62.
Chrissy Ruiter (USA)
|
Basis
Aude
|
|
|
63.
Kristen Linton (USA)
|
East
Coast Velo
|
|
|
64.
Barbara Heeb (Swi)
|
Nürnburger/Lietzsport
|
|
|
65.
Kimberly Bruckner (USA)
|
T-Mobile
|
|
|
66.
Kristin Armstrong (USA)
|
T-Mobile
|
|
|
67.
Madeleine Lindberg (SWE)
|
Nürnburger/Lietzsport
|
|
|
68.
Alicia Genest (USA)
|
Verizon
|
|
|
69.
Margaret Hemsley (Aus)
|
Nürnburger/Lietzsport
|
|
|
70.
Nicole Demars (CAN)
|
Victory
Brewing
|
|
|
71.
Zita
Urbonaite (Lit)
|
Safi-Pasta
Zara Manhattan
|
|
|
72.
Jessica Phillips (USA)
|
Nürnburger/Lietzsport
|
|
|
73.
Kathleen
Billington (USA)
|
Fuji
|
|
|
74.
Yulia Razenkova (Rus)
|
Safi-Pasta
Zara Manhattan
|
|
|
75.
Johanna Buick (NZl)
|
Victory
Brewing
|
|
|
76.
Jennifer Stephenson (CAN)
|
Cervelo
GSM
|
|
|
77.
April Henerson-Anderson (USA)
|
Verducci
|
|
|
78.
Grace Fleury (USA)
|
Genesis
Scuba
|
1:49
|
|
79.
Christine Vardaros (USA)
|
Velo
Bella
|
|
|
80.
Catherine Malone (USA)
|
Webcor
|
|
|
81.
Jill Mc Laughlin (USA)
|
Velo
Bella
|
|
|
82.
Katie
Lambden (USA)
|
Aquafina
|
|
|
83.
Jennifer Stevens (USA)
|
Verducci
|
|
|
84.
Anna Gusmini (I)
|
Nobili
Rubinetterie-Guerciotti
|
|
|
85.
Becky
Broeder (USA)
|
MABRA/NCVC
Edge Wells Revolutn
|
|
|
86.
Joan Wilson (USA)
|
S.A.T.S.
|
|
|
87.
Michele Kiesanowski (NZl)
|
East
Coast Velo
|
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