WomensCycling.net - 5th Gran Premio Castilla y Leon 2006

In a race which didn't really get going until the final, punishing third, Nicole Cooke (Univega) made it clear that she likes the rainbow jersey of the World Cup Series leader. With a shriek of delight as she crossed the line ahead of Judith Arndt (T-Mobile) and Susanne Ljungskog (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint), the race victory was sealed.

The profile for the course, about 200km northwest of Madrid (Spain) gave no clues to the actual severity of the race. There were a couple of long, hard climbs on the long circuit in the Castellan countryside, before almost six laps of a 6.6km finishing circuit which included a 400m, 10% climb.

As the race arrived back in the start / finish town of Valladolid, Team Bigla's Noemi Cantele was off the front, tantalisingly close, with just a few seconds advantage over the main bunch. Cantele stayed away for the next 2 laps too, but had been brought back by the time the riders crossed the finish line for the fourth of six times.

The closing 25km were covered at speed, with the bunch lined-out along the streets of Valladolid. Attempt after attempt went away and was then brought back. With 7km to go, Kimberly Bruckner Baldwin (T-Mobile) had a small lead as she descended the hill opposite the finishing line, only to have been swallowed back into the bunch 500m later, when the bunch crossed the line for one lap to go.

A lap later, the bunch was completely strung out, with riders preparing themselves for the uphill sprint to come. As they came into sight on the line, Cooke and Arndt were having a battle between themselves, the other contenders were already fighting out third place.......

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Post Race Comments

Cooke's post-race congratulations from team-mates and team staff showed the delight of all the Univega squad with the win. She was obviously delighted with the result - even after the podium presentations, there was an obvious excitement in her voice.

This was her exclusive, post-race reaction >>

"Incredible!.... Its so nice when it comes off. Today, I thought I was going to be riding more defensively and not go for the all-out win, but for it to come to the finish and to have to deliver......... Oh, it was just amazing afterwards! (She beamed a huge, excited smile) The whole team was 'dialled' perfectly and this really is a team victory. I'm just so happy that I could do it for the girls"

LISTEN HERE Click here to listen to Nicole's reaction (WMA - Windows Media File - 400kb)

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Results

Posⁿ	Surname / First name	Team Code	Time/Gap
1	COOKE Nicole	UPT	03:22:42
2	ARNDT Judith	TMP
3	LJUNGSKOG Susanne	BFL
4	SENFF Theresa	AAD
5	ZILIUTE Diana	SAF
6	GUNNEWIJK Loes	BFL
7	PUCINSKAITE Edita	NMC	+0:00:04
8	GOLLAN Olivia	NMC	+0:00:05
9	PITEL Edwige	ALI	+0:00:11
10	KIESANOWSKI Joanne	UPT	+0:00:15
11	WOOD Oenone	NUR	+0:00:31
12	SLYUSAREVA Olga	RUS
13	CORNEO Sigrid	NMC
14	DOPPMANN Priska	UPT
15	BRÄNDLI Nicole	BCT
16	GAO Min	GPC
17	VAN DROMME Sharon	VLL
18	BEUTLER Annette	EHN	+0:00:34
19	SANDIG Madeleine	BFL
20	GOOR Sofie	VLL
21	RASMUSSEN Dorte Lohse	ALI	+0:00:36
22	WERNER Laure	VLL
23	ANDERSON Kimberly	TMP
24	WORRACK Trixi	NUR	+0:00:38
25	VILAJOSANA ANDREU Marta	NMC	+0:01:05
26	VISSER Adrie	AAD
27	ZABIROVA Zoulfia	BCT
28	BRUCKNER BALDWIN Kimberly	TMP
29	GRAUS Andrea	BCT	+0:01:07
30	HAYEVA Volha	ALI	+0:01:10
31	MOORE Amy	TMP	+0:02:34
32	OKI Miho	NMC
33	KNECHT Andrea	BCT	+0:04:13
34	DÜSTER Sarah	UPT
35	LOPEZ Belen	ESP
36	KELLY Helen	EHN	+0:04:15
37	SCHWAGER Patricia	EHN
38	ZUGNO Anna	SAF
39	LONGHIN Katia	TOG
40	BOYARSKAYA Natalia	RUS
41	VAN DEN BROECK Inge	LBL
42	DE GOEDE Suzanne	AAD
43	VERBEKE Grace	LBL
44	JOHANSSON Emma	BPD
45	RICKARDS Emma	UPT
46	HANSEN Trine	ALI
47	MENG Lang	GPC
48	GRAB Sarah	UPT
49	GROENVELD Josephine	AAD
50	FUSAR POLI Daniela	SAF
51	VYNCKE Miek	VLL
52	ANTOSHINA Tatiana	RUS
53	MURILLO ELKANO Iosune	BPD
54	ALCALDE HUERTANOS Cristina	BPD
55	HENESTROSA Ana	ESP
56	CANTELE Noemi	BCT
57	BRODTKA Angela	AAD
58	TAMANINI Luisa	SAF	+0:04:20
59	URBONAITE Zita	SAF
60	PIETERS Cindy	VLL	+0:04:21
61	LUTZ Eva	NUR
62	GUDERZO Tatiana	TOG	+0:04:26
63	WATT Kathryn	LBL	+0:05:59
64	DERVAN Siobhan	LBL	+0:07:05
65	RUAN Xiong Ying	GPC
66	LASA Nekane		+0:07:16
67	BAXTER Claire	LBL	+0:08:25
68	WU Yunmei	GPC
69	TELLETXEA LOPEZ Naiara	BPD
70	GIL PARRA Leticia	TOG	+0:09:50
OTL	JIANG Yanxia	GPC	+0:11:04
OTL	GARCIA Ana Belen	ESP
OTL	PALOP RUBIO Alicia		+0:11:24
OTL	SANCHIS CHAFER Anna		+0:11:31
OTL	CHRISTENSEN Lise	ALI	+0:12:07
OTL	WIESER Isabella	EHN
OTL	BLAZQUEZ LOZANO Fatima		+0:12:45
OTL	TIRADO MARQUEZ Silvia	ESP	+0:13:23
OTL	AZPIROZ Arantzazu	BPD	+0:14:31
OTL	TELLETXEA LOPEZ Maitane	BPD
AB	SCHLEICHER Regina	NUR
AB	HÄUSLER Claudia	NUR
AB	BATES Katherine	NUR
AB	TEUTENBERG Ina	TMP
AB	BECKER Christina	TMP
AB	MELCHERS-VAN POPPEL Mirjam	BFL
AB	ARCANGELI Lidia	BCT
AB	BELVEDERESI Tania	TOG
AB	VALSECCHI Silvia	NMC
AB	GALVEZ LOPEZ Debora	ESP
AB	MARTIN MORALES Maria Auxiliadora	ESP
AB	ZHENG Pu Xiang	GPC
AB	ZEMLYANSKAYA Irina	RUS
AB	PROKUROROVA Natalia	RUS
AB	BATES Nathalie	AAD
AB	ARETXABALA GONZALEZ Jone
AB	EPELDE Mireia
AB	GILMARTIN HERNANGOMEZ Estela
AB	ORTIZ MATO Sara
AB	DIEZ DE ULZURRA ALVAREZ Maria
AB	PEREZ JIMENEZ Patricia
AB	PALOP Paula
AB	HENRION Ludivine	LBL
AB	VAN DAMME Evy	VLL
AB	ALZOLA Naia
AB	GALLASTEGUI Maria
AB	OLITE Sara
AB	MENDIA Ane
AB	SALCEDO Adela
AB	SANCHEZ BENITO Azucena
AB	MARQUEZ Almudena
AB	PASCUAL RUIZ Susana

Number of starters: 112

Riders finishing out of time limit: 10

Riders abandoning the race: 32

AB = did not finish 32

DNS = did not start 0

DQ = disqualified 0

OTL = outside time limit 10

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World Cup Standings

Details courtesy UCI

Rank	Previous Rank	Surname / First name	TT	1	2	3	4	5	6	TOTAL
1	1	COOKE Nicole	UPT	18	0	24	75	27	75	219
2	5	ARNDT Judith	TMP	0	0	15	50	30	50	145
3	2	WOOD Oenone	NUR	0	50	0	30	50	10	140
4	3	TEUTENBERG Ina	TMP	75	35	10	0	0	0	120
5	4	ZABIROVA Zoulfia	BCT	-	-	30	0	75	0	105
6	12	LJUNGSKOG Susanne	BFL	4	21	18	4	10	35	92
7	6	BEUTLER Annette	EHN	21	24	7	6	18	3	79
8	7	MELCHERS-VAN POPPEL Mirjam	BFL	-	-	75	0	0	0	75
9	8	ULMER Sarah		0	75	-	-	-	-	75
10	9	OKI Miho	NMC	50	15	8	0	2	0	75
11	21	SENFF Theresa	AAD	-	-	21	3	9	30	63
12	17	PUCINSKAITE Edita	NMC	-	-	0	24	15	21	60
13	10	SOEDER Christiane	UPT	0	-	50	9	0	-	59
14	18	GUNNEWIJK Loes	BFL	-	-	35	0	0	24	59
15	11	MAYOLO PIC Tina		30	27	-	0	0	-	57
16	16	PITEL Edwige	ALI	0	3	27	5	5	15	55
17	14	SLYUSAREVA Olga		0	9	-	-	35	9	53
18	15	KIESANOWSKI Joanne	UPT	11	30	0	-	0	11	52
19	13	WORRACK Trixi	NUR	0	5	0	35	11	0	51
20	19	BATES Katherine	NUR	35	0	-	-	0	0	35
21	40	ZILIUTE Diana	SAF	-	-	0	7	0	27	34
22	20	BUBNENKOVA Svetlana	FEN	9	18	0	0	7	-	34
23	22	VZESNIAUSKAITE Modesta	FRW	-	-	0	8	24	-	32
24	27	BRÄNDLI Nicole	BCT	-	-	0	18	6	6	30
25	23	NEBEN Amber	BFL	-	-	0	27	0	-	27
26	24	GILMORE Rochelle	SAF	27	0	-	-	-	-	27
27	37	GOLLAN Olivia	NMC	0	7	0	2	0	18	27
28	25	BOYD Tamara	LPA	15	11	-	-	-	-	26
29	26	GRAIN Gina	GPC	24	-	-	-	-	-	24
30	28	CANTELE Noemi	BCT	-	-	0	15	8	0	23
31	30	GOOR Sofie	VLL	-	-	0	21	-	1	22
32	29	VOS Marianne		-	-	-	0	21	-	21
33	33	VAN DROMME Sharon	VLL	-	-	11	0	-	4	15
34	38	DOPPMANN Priska	UPT	0	8	0	0	0	7	15
35	31	LUPERINI Fabiana	TOG	-	-	0	10	4	-	14
36	46	CORNEO Sigrid	NMC	5	0	0	0	0	8	13
37	32	VAN RIE An	LBL	-	-	0	11	0	-	11
38	34	BACCAILLE Monia	SEM	10	-	-	-	1	-	11
39	35	MENG Lang	GPC	0	10	-	-	0	0	10
40	36	DE GOEDE Suzanne	AAD	-	-	9	-	0	0	9
41	39	BROWN Hayley		8	0	-	-	-	-	8
42	41	BRONZINI Giorgia	FRW	7	0	-	-	-	-	7
43	42	DÜSTER Sarah	UPT	0	6	0	0	0	0	6
44	44	RICKARDS Emma	UPT	6	0	0	-	-	0	6
45	43	TAMANINI Luisa	SAF	-	-	6	0	0	0	6
46		GAO Min	GPC	0	0	-	-	0	5	5
47	45	HAYEVA Volha	ALI	-	-	5	0	0	0	5
48	47	HENNES Tanja	BFL	-	-	4	-	0	-	4
49	48	BRADSHAW Toni	LPA	0	4	-	-	-	-	4
50	50	RASMUSSEN Dorte Lohse	ALI	-	-	3	0	0	0	3
51	49	HENRION Ludivine	LBL	-	-	0	0	3	0	3
52	51	KLEINMANN Larissa		3	0	-	-	-	-	3
53		SANDIG Madeleine	BFL	-	-	-	0	0	2	2
54	52	GRAUS Andrea	BCT	-	-	2	0	0	0	2
55	53	HOLT Melissa		0	2	-	-	-	-	2
56	54	NICHOLS Kate		2	0	-	-	-	-	2
57	56	PIETERS Cindy	VLL	-	-	0	1	-	0	1
58	55	ZABELINSKAYA Olga	FEN	-	-	1	0	0	-	1
59	57	EGYED Nikki		0	1	-	-	-	-	1
60	58	SELL Catherine		1	-	-	-	-	-	1

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