____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

25th Emakumeen Bira 2012

WCN quicklink >>  Stage 1      Stage 1 Full       Stage 2     Stage 2 Full     Stage 3    Stage 3 Full    Stage 4    Stage 4 Full   

Previous coverage of Emakumeen Bira  >>    2012    2011    2010

On this page >>  Write-up      Results      General Classification    Photos

Stage 2 - Pooley solos to victory

Lekeitio - Lekeitio, 97.8km 

Race Writeup

Emma Pooley (AA Drink) managed to break away from the leading group of riders to gain her second win in a week. Annemiek Van Vleuten (Rabo Women) won the bunch sprint for second 20 seconds back. Trixi Worrack (Specialised Lululemon) was third.

The second stage was always set to be one for the climbers. The first climb, a catagory 3 Milloi at 7.6km was monitored by Christel Ferrier (Hitec Products), closely followed by Pooley and teammate Sharon Laws. 

At the first sprint at 12 km, which was won by Valentina Scandolara (Michela Fanini), it provided an opportunity for Linda Villumsen (Orica -AIS) to attack. She rode along for 25km before the key teams of Hitec, Rabo Women, AA Drink, Australian and German National Team moved to the front to close the gap before the second time up the Milloi climb. 

It was the second sprint at 44 km that broke up the bunch. The pace was set high by Romy Kasper (Germany) and Gacie Elvin (Aus), causing a lead group of five riders that included  the overnight leader Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Specialised Lululemon), Australian road champion, Amanda Spratt (Orica-AIS), Pooley, Lizzie Armitstead (AA Drink) and Emma Johansson (Hitec). They were joined fifty kilometers by eleven other riders led by French champion Christel Ferrier Bruneau (Hitec Mistral) and the Basque Eneritz Iturriaga Echevarria (Lointek), to form a lead group if thirty one leaders.

When the leading group started the larger loop of Lekoitz, the leader had generated a 1 minute 30 second lead over the rest of the chasers. Ellen Van Dijk (Specialized Lululemon), Armitstead and Lucinda Brand (AA Drink), Spratt (Orica AIS), Australian Jo Hogan (Bizkaia Durango) and Mascha Pijnenborg (Dolmans Boels ) moved to the front. As the leader reached the top of the climb of Lekoitz, Pooley attacked. Spratt went with her followed by Brand and team mate Armitstead. 

The leading group split on the decent and a leading group of 13 riders formed. Pooley, Lucinda Brand, Sharon Laws and Lizzie Amitstead (AA Drink), Annemiek Van Vleuten  (Rabo Women), Trixi Worrack  (Specialized lululemon), Emma Johansson (Hitec), Alena Amialiusik  (Be Pink), Spratt, Claudia Hausler,  Judith Arndt (Orica -AIS Greenedge), Anna Sanchis ( Bizkaia-Durango) and Pijnenborg  (Dolmans-Boels).

The final time over the Milloi climb at 90.5km, Pooley atacked. Team mate Brand went with her and Spratt (Orica -AIS GreenEdge).

Pooley broke away from Brand and Spratt on the decent and eventually the pair were caught by the chasing 9 riders behind them. 

Pooley rode solo to the finish and into the overall lead. Overnight leader, Teutenberg fell off the pace on the mountains and finished with the main group 6 minutes 50 seconds back.

Back to Top

 

Results - Top 10 - click here to see full result

Position	Namw	Team	Time/Gap
1	Emma Pooley	AA Drink	2:35:31
2	Annemiek Van Vleuten	Rabo Women	0:00:20
3	Trixi Worrack	Specialized lululemon	"
4	Emma Johansson	Hitec Products	"
5	Alena Amialiusik	Be Pink	"
6	Claudia Hausler	Orica -AIS Greenedge	"
7	Lucinda Brand	AA Drink	"
8	Lizzie Amitstead	AA Drink	"
9	Judith Arndt	Orica -AIS Greenedge	"
10	Sharon Laws	AA Drink	"

Back to Top

General Classification Top 10 - click here to see full GC

Position	Name	Team	Time/Gap
1	Emma Pooley	AA Drink	5:05:27
2	Annemiek Van Vleuten	Rabo Women	0:00:08
3	Trixi Worrack	Specialized lululemon	"
4	Alena Amialiusik	Be Pink	"
5	Emma Johansson	Hitec Products	"
6	Anna Sanchis	Bizkaia-Durango	"
7	Judith Arndt	Orica -AIS Greenedge	"
8	Claudia Hausler	Orica -AIS Greenedge	"
9	Sharon Laws	AA Drink	"
10	Lucinda Brand	AA Drink	"

Back to Top

Photos   Click on any image to enlarge >>

2012_Bira_Stage2_	2012_Bira_Stage2_005	2012_Bira_Stage2_011	2012_Bira_Stage2_025
2012_Bira_Stage2_028	2012_Bira_Stage2_030	2012_Bira_Stage2_033	2012_Bira_Stage2_037
2012_Bira_Stage2_039	2012_Bira_Stage2_042	2012_Bira_Stage2_048	2012_Bira_Stage2_052
2012_Bira_Stage2_080	2012_Bira_Stage2_085	2012_Bira_Stage2_113	2012_Bira_Stage2_127
2012_Bira_Stage2_132	2012_Bira_Stage2_138	2012_Bira_Stage2_145	2012_Bira_Stage2_150
2012_Bira_Stage2_152	2012_Bira_Stage2_153	2012_Bira_Stage2_155	2012_Bira_Stage2_156
2012_Bira_Stage2_189	2012_Bira_Stage2_202	2012_Bira_Stage2_222	2012_Bira_Stage2_231
2012_Bira_Stage2_237	2012_Bira_Stage2_239	2012_Bira_Stage2_246	2012_Bira_Stage2_259
2012_Bira_Stage2_264	2012_Bira_Stage2_277	2012_Bira_Stage2_281	2012_Bira_Stage2_302
2012_Bira_Stage2_310	2012_Bira_Stage2_323	2012_Bira_Stage2_333	2012_Bira_Stage2_339
2012_Bira_Stage2_344	2012_Bira_Stage2_364	2012_Bira_Stage2_375	2012_Bira_Stage2_376
2012_Bira_Stage2_405	2012_Bira_Stage2_419	2012_Bira_Stage2_432	2012_Bira_Stage2_435
2012_Bira_Stage2_447	2012_Bira_Stage2_467	2012_Bira_Stage2_473	2012_Bira_Stage2_485
2012_Bira_Stage2_500	2012_Bira_Stage2_502	2012_Bira_Stage2_507	2012_Bira_Stage2_513
2012_Bira_Stage2_520	2012_Bira_Stage2_526	2012_Bira_Stage2_529	2012_Bira_Stage2_539
2012_Bira_Stage2_547	2012_Bira_Stage2_553	2012_Bira_Stage2_556

 

Back to Top

 

Want to contact WomensCycling.net? 

The WomensCycling.net email address is  NewsResults [at] Womenscycling.net

To contact the webmaster, the address is : Webmaster [at] Womenscycling.net

Type this address into the "To" line of a new email message in your email programme.  Replace  [at]  with  @

Back to Top

 

Copyright WomensCycling.net 2004 - 2012^©