WomensCycling.net - results - Grand Prix de Plouay in France on 26th August

The promised rain did not appear in NorthWest France. The day was warm and bright, with some sunny periods. The course was slightly different to prvious editons - the circuit was slightly longer, requiring the riders to race over an additional climb each lap. The only consolation perhaps was that there were 'only' 6 laps this year, not 8 due to the increased lap distance.

Early breaks were attempted, but none lasted very long. A second lap attempt by Rosane Kirch (SC Michela Fanini) saw her gain over thrity seconds before being caught. On the third lap, Milena Pirola (Nobili Rubinetterie) and Tanja Hennes (Buitenpoort Flexpoint) got away, but their escape came to nothing.

Finally, a break which had a possibility of staying away began to open up increasing time gaps. Nicole Brandli (Team Bigla) and Claudia Hausler (Equipe Nurnberger) went away and kept going. Back in the bunch, Nicole Cooke (Univega) and her team were active in trying to catch the pair. Two bunches had formed, Cooke was in the first, with Susanne Ljungskog, Annette Beutler ( both Buitenpoort-Flexpoint) and Judith Arndt (T-Mobile); the main contenders for Cooke's World Cup leader's jersey.

Brandli and Hausler had broken away with 55km to go, Brandli away went on her own with 39km to go. She looked strong and managed to get a gap of 45 seconds. A major protagonist in the chase to catch her was Kim Anderson (T-Mobile), who was joined by Sarah Duester (Univega). The pair were unable to bridge across, though. At the bell, Brandli had almost a minute on the chasing bunch. She rode stronlgy around the final lap, but her advantage was falling; perhaps she was tiring, perhaps the chasers were speeding up. By the time she reached the line, she was only just over 30 seconds ahead.

Brandli had plenty of time, though, to salute the large crowd along the finishing straight. She celebrated for about 100m, waving her arms in the air and blowing a kiss to the crowd too. The bunch sprint which followed Brandli was fierce, none of the riders was giving anything away. Pushed tight to the left of the road, Nicole Cooke fought to come around and move ahead of Italian, Giorgia Bronzini (Team FRW). She didn't make it and a clearly delighted Bronzini took second place with a cheer on the line and then a quick two-armed salute.

Nicole Cooke retains the World Cup leader's jersey, whilst Judith Arndt (T-Mobile) failed to finish; thereby netting no points. The difference between the top two is now 153 points. Susanne Ljungskog (Buitenport-Flexpoint) retained third place, she is now 168 points down on Cooke.

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Results

Position	Surname / Name	Team	Time / Gap
1	BRÄNDLI Nicole	BCT	03:17:11
2	BRONZINI Giorgia	FRW	+0:00:32
3	COOKE Nicole	UPT
4	ANDERSEN Mette Fischer	ALI
5	HANSEN Trine	ALI
6	LJUNGSKOG Susanne	BFL
7	BEUTLER Annette	BFL
8	RASMUSSEN Dorte Lohse	ALI
9	ITURRIAGAECHEVARRIA MAZAG Eneritz	TOG
10	PUCINSKAITE Edita	NMC
11	SENFF Theresa	AAD
12	BACCAILLE Monia	SEM
13	PALMER-KOMAR Susan	CAN
14	CHEVANNE BRUNEL Elisabeth	LPA
15	BRZEZNA Paulina	POL
16	KIESANOWSKI Joanne	UPT
17	POLIKEVICIUTE Rasa	LTU
18	CHRISTENSEN Lise	ALI
19	HÄUSLER Claudia	NUR
20	WRUBLESKI Alex	CAN
21	MORENO ALLUE Maribel	ESP
22	CANTELE Noemi	BCT
23	GRAUS Andrea	BCT
24	LUPERINI Fabiana	TOG
25	PITEL Edwige	FRA	+0:01:00
26	HOLLER Monica	BCT
27	HENRION Ludivine	LBL
28	TREIER Grete	MIC
29	MOCQUERY Magali	TPF
30	EGYED Nikki	FUT
31	JOHANSSON Emma	BPD
32	CORNEO Sigrid	NMC
33	BUBNENKOVA Svetlana	FEN
34	SCHOEMAN Anriette	RSA
35	JAUNATRE Marina	FUT
36	GUDERZO Tatiana	TOG
37	LE FLOCH Magali	TMP
38	VZESNIAUSKAITE Modesta	FRW
39	THOMAS Béatrice	TPF
40	KRAWCZYK Monika	POL
41	SOEDER Christiane	UPT
42	LIEBIG Tina	NUR
43	MENG Lang	GPC
44	CARRARA Vera	ITA
45	ANDREASSON Veronica	SAF	+0:01:14
46	SALVETAT Maryline	FRA	+0:01:33
47	BASTIANELLI Marta	SAF	+0:01:51
48	VAN DER MERWE Marissa	RSA
49	HIERCKENS Corine	AAD
50	MURILLO ELKANO Iosune	BPD
51	CREUX Sophie	TPF
52	TELLETXEA LOPEZ Naiara	BPD
53	GARCIA ANTEQUERA Ana	ESP
54	ROMBOUTS Sandra	BFL
55	JASINSKA Malgorzta	POL
56	DÜSTER Sarah	UPT
57	RICKARDS Emma	UPT
58	BOZZOLO Laura	ITA
59	BRADSHAW Toni	LPA
60	DOPPMANN Priska	UPT
61	ANDERSON Kimberly	TMP
62	WOOD Oenone	NUR
63	WORRACK Trixi	NUR
64	VAN VEEN Suzanne	BFL	+0:03:43
65	LONGO-CIPRELLI Jeannie	FRA	+0:07:50
66	GOLLAN Olivia	NMC
67	AUNE Karin	MIC	+0:08:49
68	WILLOCK Erinne	CAN	+0:08:51
69	BATES Nathalie	AAD
OTL	TOUFFET Elodie	NMC
OTL	VISSER Adrie	AAD
OTL	SCHWAGER Patricia	EHN
OTL	WIESER Isabella	EHN
OTL	RUAN Xiong Yin	GPC
OTL	LIU Yong Li	GPC
OTL	DE VOCHT Liesbeth	LBL
OTL	DERVAN Siobhan	LBL
OTL	D'ETTORRE Alessandra	SEM
OTL	EMMASI Sabrina	SAF
OTL	BRUCKNER BALDWIN Kimberly	TMP
OTL	MOORE Amy	TMP
OTL	LONGHIN Katia	TOG
OTL	GAUTARD Karine	FUT
OTL	JEULAND Nathalie	FUT
OTL	RIBEROT Fanny	TPF
OTL	RANNOU Alexandra	LPA
OTL	VILJOEN Chrissie	RSA
OTL	ERLANK Anke	RSA
OTL	VAN DROMME Sharon	BEL
OTL	GOOR Sofie	BEL
OTL	DELFOSSE Catherine	BEL
OTL	SELS Loes	BEL
OTL	SAMPLONIUS Anne	CAN
AB	ARCANGELI Lidia	BCT
AB	ZABIROVA Zoulfia	BCT
AB	VILAJOSANA ANDREU Marta	NMC
AB	OKI Miho	NMC
AB	BINNENDIJK Marllijn	AAD
AB	MISSBACH Sandra	AAD
AB	HAYEVA Volha	ALI
AB	FAFFAELLI Elena	ALI
AB	TELLETXEA LOPEZ Maitane	BPD
AB	AZPIROZ Arantzazu	BPD
AB	ELORRIAGA Agurtzane	BPD
AB	HENNES Tanja	BFL
AB	BLUM Katharina	EHN
AB	KELLY Helen	EHN
AB	MACPHERSON Jenny	EHN
AB	BATES Katherine	NUR
AB	SCHLEICHER Regina	NUR
AB	ZEMLYANSKAYA Irina	FEN
AB	BOYARSKAYA Natalia	FEN
AB	ANTOSHINA Tatiana	FEN
AB	BUICK Johanna	FEN
AB	ZHAO Na	GPC
AB	GAO Min	GPC
AB	JIANG Yan Xia	GPC
AB	SCHOONBAERT Kim	LBL
AB	CUCINOTTA Annalisa	MIC
AB	KIRCH Rosane	MIC
AB	SILVA Janildes Fernandes	MIC
AB	TOGNALI Francesca	SEM
AB	FARINA Anna	SEM
AB	MANCINI Silvia	SEM
AB	QUARTA Alessia	SEM
AB	URBONAITE Zita	SAF
AB	PARIETTI Silvia	SAF
AB	TAMANINI Luisa	SAF
AB	CORAZZA Martina	FRW
AB	OVCHARENKO Nina	FRW
AB	UGOLINI Ombretta	FRW
AB	PALCHYNSKA Tatyana	FRW
AB	ARNDT Judith	TMP
AB	TEUTENBERG Ina	TMP
AB	BELVEDERESI Tania	TOG
AB	GIL PARRA Leticia	TOG
AB	BAZIRE Sonia	FUT
AB	BRAVARD Mélanie	FUT
AB	POLLET Aude	TPF
AB	MERMILLOD Eugenie	TPF
AB	RIEDLE Sylvie	LPA
AB	NIVET Céline	LPA
AB	FRAGNIERE Sylvie	LPA
AB	BASTIANELLI Valentina	ITA
AB	BALESTRI Federica	ITA
AB	MARMORINI Alice	ITA
AB	FINOT LAIVIER Magalie	FRA
AB	LEBOUCHER Laurence	FRA
AB	MARCOUYRE Helene	FRA
AB	HENESTROSA Ana	ESP
AB	SANCHIS CHAFER Anna	ESP
AB	RODRIGUEZ Maria Rosario	ESP
AB	DIEZ DE ULZURRA ALVAREZ Maria	ESP
AB	VAN VUUREN JANSEN Lynette	RSA
AB	DU TOIT Yolandi	RSA
AB	STEURS Karen	BEL
AB	VAN DAMME Evy	BEL
AB	TUSLAITE Daiva	LTU
AB	JUODVALKYTE Urte	LTU
AB	UNGURYTE Edita	LTU
AB	ZAMOLSKA Magdalena	POL
AB	KONIECZNA Karolina	POL
AB	GRZEBINOGA Monika	POL
AB	HOBSON Leigh	CAN
AB	GRAIN Gina	CAN
DNS	BAHLER Liane	FEN
DNS	POLIKEVICIUTE Jolanta	LTU

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Current Rankings

Pos	Previous	Surname / Name	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TOTAL
1	1	COOKE Nicole	UPT	18	0	24	75	27	75	50	50	35	35	389
2	2	ARNDT Judith	TMP	0	0	15	50	30	50	75	0	16	0	236
3	3	LJUNGSKOG Susanne	BFL	4	21	18	4	10	35	-	75	30	24	221
4	5	BEUTLER Annette	BFL	21	24	7	6	18	3	30	27	30	21	187
5	4	WOOD Oenone	NUR	0	50	0	30	50	10	0	10	20	0	170
6	6	TEUTENBERG Ina	TMP	75	35	10	0	0	0	-	0	16	0	136
7	7	WORRACK Trixi	NUR	0	5	0	35	11	0	27	30	20	0	128
8	26	BRÄNDLI Nicole	BCT	-	-	0	18	6	6	-	-	15	75	120
9	8	ZABIROVA Zoulfia	BCT	-	-	30	0	75	0	-	0	15	0	120
10	9	SOEDER Christiane	UPT	0	-	50	9	0	-	5	0	35	0	99
11	12	SENFF Theresa	AAD	-	-	21	3	9	30	-	0	25	10	98
12	10	OKI Miho	NMC	50	15	8	0	2	0	0	4	14	0	93
13	13	KIESANOWSKI Joanne	UPT	11	30	0	-	0	11	0	0	35	5	92
14	11	GUNNEWIJK Loes	BFL	-	-	35	0	0	24	-	1	30	-	90
15	16	PUCINSKAITE Edita	NMC	-	-	0	24	15	21	-	0	14	11	85
16	14	MELCHERS-VAN POPPEL Mirjam	BFL	-	-	75	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	75
17	15	ULMER Sarah		0	75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	75
18	17	PITEL Edwige	ALI	0	3	27	5	5	15	15	-	0	0	70
19	18	DOPPMANN Priska	UPT	0	8	0	0	0	7	8	0	35	0	58
20	92	BRONZINI Giorgia	FRW	7	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	57
21	19	NEBEN Amber	BFL	-	-	0	27	0	-	-	0	30	-	57
22	20	MAYOLO PIC Tina		30	27	-	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	57
23	21	BATES Katherine	NUR	35	0	-	-	0	0	0	0	20	0	55
24	22	THÜRIG Karin	UPT	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	18	35	-	53
25	23	SLYUSAREVA Olga	FEN	0	9	-	-	35	9	-	-	-	-	53
26	24	HOLLER Monica	BCT	-	-	0	-	0	-	-	35	15	0	50
27	25	DE GOEDE Suzanne	AAD	-	-	9	-	0	0	-	11	25	-	45
28	60	ANDERSEN Mette Fischer	ALI	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	13	30	43
29	27	GOLLAN Olivia	NMC	0	7	0	2	0	18	0	0	14	0	41
30	28	WILD Kirsten	AAD	-	-	0	-	0	-	-	15	25	-	40
31	59	HANSEN Trine	ALI	-	-	0	0	0	0	-	0	13	27	40
32	29	ARMSTRONG Kristin		0	-	-	-	-	-	35	-	-	-	35
33	30	ZILIUTE Diana	SAF	-	-	0	7	0	27	-	-	-	-	34
34	31	GOOR Sofie	VLL	-	-	0	21	-	1	-	0	12	0	34
35	53	RASMUSSEN Dorte Lohse	ALI	-	-	3	0	0	0	-	0	13	18	34
36	32	BUBNENKOVA Svetlana	FEN	9	18	0	0	7	-	-	-	-	0	34
37	33	VISSER Adrie	AAD	-	-	0	-	0	0	-	7	25	0	32
38	34	VZESNIAUSKAITE Modesta	FRW	-	-	0	8	24	-	-	-	-	0	32
39	35	VILLUMSEN SERUP Linda	BFL	-	-	0	0	-	-	-	0	30	-	30
40	45	PALMER-KOMAR Susan		-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	8	29
41	36	GILMORE Rochelle	SAF	27	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27
42	37	VAN DROMME Sharon	VLL	-	-	11	0	-	4	-	0	12	0	27
43	38	BOYD Tamara	LPA	15	11	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	26
44	40	WILLOCK Erinne		-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	0	24
45	39	BRODTKA Angela	AAD	-	-	-	0	-	0	-	24	0	-	24
46	41	GRAIN Gina	GPC	24	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	24
47	42	BRUCKNER BALDWIN Kimberly	TMP	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	16	0	23
48	43	CANTELE Noemi	BCT	-	-	0	15	8	0	-	-	0	0	23
49	44	LE FLOCH Magali	TMP	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	21	0	0	21
50	46	VOS Marianne		-	-	-	0	21	-	-	-	-	-	21
51	47	LUTZ Eva	NUR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	20	-	20
52	48	MANSVELD Debby	VLL	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	8	12	-	20
53	69	BACCAILLE Monia	SEM	10	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	9	20
54	49	THORBURN Christine		-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	18
55	50	GRAUS Andrea	BCT	-	-	2	0	0	0	-	0	15	0	17
56	52	ANDERSON Kimberly	TMP	-	-	0	-	0	0	-	0	16	0	16
57	51	MOORE Amy	TMP	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	16
58	58	CHRISTENSEN Lise	ALI	-	-	0	0	0	0	-	0	13	3	16
59		ITURRIAGAECHEVARRIA MAZAG Eneritz	TOG	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	-	-	15	15
60	54	VAN DAMME Evy	VLL	-	-	0	0	-	0	-	3	12	0	15
61	55	MENG Lang	GPC	0	10	-	-	0	0	0	5	-	0	15
62	56	TOUFFET Elodie	NMC	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	14	0	14
63	57	LUPERINI Fabiana	TOG	-	-	0	10	4	-	-	0	-	0	14
64	61	CORNEO Sigrid	NMC	5	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	13
65	62	WERNER Laure	VLL	-	-	0	0	-	0	-	0	12	-	12
66	63	EGYED Nikki	FUT	0	1	-	-	-	-	-	0	11	0	12
67	64	BAZIRE Sonia	FUT	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	0	11	0	11
68	65	GAUTARD Karine	FUT	-	-	0	-	0	-	-	0	11	0	11
69	66	JEULAND Nathalie	FUT	-	-	0	0	-	-	-	0	11	0	11
70	67	KELLEY SEHAFER Kori		0	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	11
71	68	VAN RIE An	LBL	-	-	0	11	0	-	-	-	-	-	11
72	114	CHEVANNE BRUNEL Elisabeth	LPA	-	-	0	0	0	-	4	-	-	7	11
73	70	LI Mei Fang	GPC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	10	-	10
74	71	ZHENG Pu Xiang	GPC	0	0	-	-	0	0	-	-	10	-	10
75	72	WANG Li	GPC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10
76	73	LIU Yong Li	GPC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	10	0	10
77	74	WU Yun Mei	GPC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	10	-	10
78	75	CHEN Jing	GPC	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10
79	76	HEAL Rachel		-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	10
80	82	WRUBLESKI Alex		-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	1	10
81	77	VAN DE BERG Debby	HCT	-	-	0	-	0	-	-	0	9	-	9
82	78	WALLAARD Jaccolien	HCT	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	9	-	9
83	79	MARKERINK Loes	HCT	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	0	9	-	9
84	80	BAKKER Liesbeth	HCT	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	9	-	9
85	81	LONGHIN Katia	TOG	-	-	0	0	0	0	-	9	-	0	9
86	83	TORP Linn		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	8	-	8
87	84	EIE Hege Linn		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	8	-	8
88	85	WAERSTAD Fröydis		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	8	-	8
89	86	SAASTAD Kristine		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	8	-	8
90	87	BROWN Hayley		8	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
91	91	JOHANSSON Emma	BPD	-	-	0	0	0	0	-	0	7	0	7
92	90	TELLETXEA LOPEZ Naiara	BPD	-	-	0	0	0	0	-	0	7	0	7
93	88	PASCUAL TORRECILLA Gema	BPD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	7	-	7
94	89	TELLETXEA LOPEZ Maitane	BPD	-	-	0	0	0	0	-	0	7	0	7
95		BRZEZNA Paulina		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
96	100	DÜSTER Sarah	UPT	0	6	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	6
97	101	RICKARDS Emma	UPT	6	0	0	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	6
98	93	WYMAN Helen	FBU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	6	-	6
99	94	HARE Catherine	FBU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	6	-	6
100	95	DAY Gabriella	FBU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	6	-	6
101	96	RAMSRUD Line	FBU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	6	-	6
102	97	DU TOIT Yolandi	FBU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	6	0	6
103	98	BELVEDERESI Tania	TOG	-	-	0	-	-	0	-	6	-	0	6
104	99	SCHWAGER Patricia	EHN	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	-	0	6
105	102	TAMANINI Luisa	SAF	-	-	6	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	6
106	103	DAM Annette		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5
107	104	SCHMIDT Jannie		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5
108	105	HANSEN Nikoline		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5
109	106	BORNAK Maria Helena		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5
110	107	GAO Min	GPC	0	0	-	-	0	5	0	-	-	0	5
111	108	HAYEVA Volha	ALI	-	-	5	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	5
112		POLIKEVICIUTE Rasa		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
113	110	KRAWCZYK Monika		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	0	4
114	109	JASINSKA Malgorzta		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	0	4
115	115	BRADSHAW Toni	LPA	0	4	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	4
116	111	ZABROCKA Aleksandra		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
117	112	ZAMOLSKA Magdalena		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	0	4
118	113	WNUCZEK Aleksandra		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
119	116	HENNES Tanja	BFL	-	-	4	-	0	-	-	-	-	0	4
120	118	HENRION Ludivine	LBL	-	-	0	0	3	0	-	-	-	0	3
121	117	RUAN Xiong Yin	GPC	-	0	-	-	0	0	3	0	-	0	3
122	119	KLEINMANN Larissa		3	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
123		HÄUSLER Claudia	NUR	-	-	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	2	2
124	120	MACPHERSON Jenny	EHN	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	0	2
125	121	BUICK Johanna	FEN	-	0	0	0	0	-	2	-	-	0	2
126	122	SANDIG Madeleine	BFL	-	-	-	0	0	2	-	-	-	-	2
127	123	HOLT Melissa		0	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
128	124	NICHOLS Kate		2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
129	125	HOBSON Leigh		-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	0	1
130	126	PIETERS Cindy	VLL	-	-	0	1	-	0	-	-	-	-	1
131	127	ZABELINSKAYA Olga		-	-	1	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	1
132	128	SELL Catherine		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

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