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Trust House Women's Cycle Tour & World Cup Round 2

^{2 March - 4 March}

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Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

World Cup Round 2 Preview

World Cup Round 2 - Rider pre-race interviews

World Cup Round 2 Results

Stage Review - Wairarapa Road Race

Overnight leader Tina Mayolo-Pic (US) relinquished the lead to Australian-based Nicole Freedman (Israel) in a dramatic second stage of the Trust House Women’s Cycle Tour of New Zealand.

But the yellow-jersey swapping shoulders wasn’t talk of the day. Rather, it was the wind. Wellington isn’t known as the windy city for nothing and over the first 20km the gales were blowing with a vengeance – as pure cross-wind.

The rugged Rimutaka mountains which overlook the Wairarapa channel the wind straight down onto the plains. Echelons here commonly run virtually at right angles to the direction of the road and many are the locals who can recall being blown from their bikes.

So no doubt there was a good deal of local sympathy for the dozen internationals who were tossed to the ground within the first 5km. The race was halted and calling the stage off was a serious possibility.

Luckily, though, the decision was made to resume, with a 12km neutralized zone seeing the riders sheltering beside service and teams vans.

“I’ve never seen conditions like that. I’ve been racing 10 years and I’ve never been in wind like that. It was pretty dangerous,” said yellow-clad Freedman after the stage.

“I flipped off my bike in the neutral and ended up in the grass. But I think the promoter made the right call because after the neutral the wind was a lot less,” she said.

Behind Freedman, Katie Brown (Australia) took second place in a tight five-rider sprint into Masterton, with Miho Oki (Japan) third – the first three riders benefiting from ten, six and four second time bonuses. Daniela Fusa Poli (Italy) was edged into fourth, with New Zealand national champion Catherine Sell the first kiwi home in 5th.

The break got away before the rolling roads which lead into Masterton. The main field never got properly organized and by the finish was 3min 43s down.

With just a one-hour criterium and a 12km time trial to go, such a buffer makes it almost certain one of the five break riders will take the final GC. A word of caution, though. The time trial course around the Wellington coastline can be windy – very windy.

By JIM ROBINSON (Trust House Tour)

General Classification:
1. Freedman 3hrs 45 6s
2. Brown @ 2s
3. Oki @ 4s
4. Fusa Poci @ 6s
5. Sell (NZ) @ 6s

Results Stage 2

Position	Name	Team	Time
1	Nicole FREEDMAN	Western Australia	02:34:32
2	Katie BROWN	Australian National Team
3	Miho OKI	Japan National Team
4	Daniela FUSA POLI	Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas - Italy
5	Catherine SELL	New Zealand A
6=	Oenone WOOD	Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung	@ 03:43
6=	Judith ARNDT	Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung
6=	Olivia GOLLAN	Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung
6=	Trixi WORRACK	Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung
6=	Rochelle GILMORE	Australian National Team
6=	Amy GILLETT	Australian National Team
6=	Louise YAXLEY	Australian National Team
6=	Claudia HECHT	German National Team
6=	Madeleine SANDIG	German National Team
6=	Sarah DUSTER	German National Team
6=	Bianca KNOPFLE	German National Team
6=	Verena JOOS	German National Team
6=	Charlotte BECKER	German National Team
6=	Edwige PITEL	Univega Pro Team - Suisse
6=	Bernadette SCHOEBER	Univega Pro Team - Suisse
6=	Muzizah UYUN	Indonesian National Team
6=	Tri Kusuma SANTIA	Indonesian National Team
6=	Rosyida DAHLINA	Indonesian National Team
6=	Miyoko KARAMI	Japan National Team
6=	Akemi MORIMOTO	Japan National Team
6=	Mirjam MELCHERS VAN POPPEL	Buitenpoort-Flexipoint Team
6=	Susanne LJUNGSKOG	Buitenpoort-Flexipoint Team
6=	Tanja HENNES	Buitenpoort-Flexipoint Team
6=	Linda SERUP	Buitenpoort-Flexipoint Team
6=	Suzanne DE GOEDE	Inexa/Cathy Watt Cycling Team
6=	Claire BAXTER	Inexa/Cathy Watt Cycling Team
6=	Kerryn CHARMAN	Inexa/Cathy Watt Cycling Team
6=	Emma RICKARDS	Inexa/Cathy Watt Cycling Team
6=	Jo RYDER	Inexa/Cathy Watt Cycling Team
6=	Judith MAY	Samsung Team
6=	Natalie BATES	Samsung Team
6=	Kirsty BORTOLIN	Samsung Team
6=	Emma MACKIE	Samsung Team
6=	Keren VAN DER BOOM	Tait Communications Team
6=	Waibl GINA	Tait Communications Team
6=	Sally COWMAN	Queensland Academy Of Sport
6=	Carly HIBBERD	Queensland Academy Of Sport
6=	Candice SULLIVAN	Queensland Academy Of Sport
6=	Sara CARRIGAN	Queensland Academy Of Sport
6=	Jenny MACPHERSON	Queensland Academy Of Sport
6=	Melissa HOLT	New Zealand A
6=	Toni BRADSHAW	New Zealand A
6=	Susie WOOD	Mizone New Zealand B
6=	Brei GUDSELL	Mizone New Zealand B
6=	Tammy BOYD	Mizone New Zealand B
6=	Amy MOSEN	Mizone New Zealand B
6=	Robyn WONG	Trust House New Zealand C
6=	Karen FULTON	Trust House New Zealand C
6=	Vicki BURR	Trust House New Zealand C
6=	Carissa WILKES	Trust House New Zealand C
6=	Olga SLYUSAREVA	Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas - Italy
6=	Sigrid CORNEO	Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas - Italy
6=	Silvia VALSECCHI	Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas - Italy
6=	Joanne KIESANOWSKI	Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas - Italy
6=	Modesta VZESNIHUSKAITE	Nobili Rubinetterie - Menikini Cogeas - Italy
6=	Emma JAMES	Avery Ford
6=	Jane WILLIAMS	Avery Ford
6=	Meredith MILLER	Avery Ford
6=	Lynn GAGGIOLI	Avery Ford
6=	Helen KELLY	Avery Ford
6=	Tina MAYOLO-PIC	Avery Ford
6=	Stacy SIMS	Star & Garter Wheelers
6=	Carolyn JENKINS	Star & Garter Wheelers
6=	Frith BROWN	Star & Garter Wheelers
6=	Sandy KUNZ	Star & Garter Wheelers
6=	Serena SHERIDAN	Star & Garter Wheelers
6=	Kerry COHEN	Western Australia
6=	Nathalie LAURENDEAU	Western Australia
6=	Kele HULSER	Western Australia
6=	Caroline JACKSON	Western Australia
76	Richelle MARSHALL	Star & Garter Wheelers	@ 09:04
77	Vonika KRIEA ROS	Indonesian National Team	@ 21:36
78=	Nichola WILSON	Tait Communications Team	@ 23:58
78=	Nicola JOHNSON	Tait Communications Team
80=	Diana RAST	Univega Pro Team - Suisse	@ 30:43
80=	Sri SUYAMTI	Indonesian National Team
80=	Anna MIYAZAKI	Japan National Team
80=	Heidi-Jane HUMPHRIES	Tait Communications Team
84	Lauren ROSBOROUGH	Tait Communications Team	@ 35:20
	Priska DOPPMANN	Univega Pro Team - Suisse	DNF
	Madeleine LINDBERG	Equipe Nurnberger Versicherung	DNS
	Michelle HYLAND	New Zealand A	DNS
	Johanna BUICK	New Zealand A	DNS
	Nadene BOYLE	Mizone New Zealand B	DNS
	Melissa PILLA	Mizone New Zealand B	DNS