11th GP Costa Etrusca - 1.2 (W) 25/04/2007

 Nicole gewinnt in beeindruckender Manier!

Nicole Cooke vom Raleigh Lifeforce Creation HB Pro Cycling Team gewinnt in beeindruckender Manier das dritte UCI Rennen in der noch jungen Saison 07 und zeigt weiter aufsteigende Form. Nicole konnte sich im Finale gegen Fabiana Luperini und Nicole Brändli mit einem unwiederstehlichen Antritt 2 km vor dem Ziel absetzen und mit 7 Sek. Vorsprung gewinnen. Das perfekte Ergebnis wurde von Sarah Düster, Platz 12. und Priska Doppmann Platz 15. abgerundet.

11th GP Costa Etrusca - 1.2 (W) 25/04/2007

Cooke takes another victory!

Nicole Cooke (Team Raleigh Lifeforce) took an impressive victory on debut at the second GP Costa Etrusca in Italy. The Briton outpaced rival Luperini Fabiana (Menikini Gysco) in a sprint to the finish which saw her better the Italian by some seven seconds on the 102 kilometre stage. A decisive move at the 30 kilometre mark split the field in two, with the formation of an eight rider break. The eight strong break comprised of: Fabiana Luperini (Menikini Gysco), Veronica Leal Balderas (Team Frw Gauss Rdz), Nicole Brandli and Noemi Cantele (Team Bigla), Susanne Ljungskog (Flexpoint Team), Nicole Cooke (Raleigh Lifeforce), Trixi Worrack and Eva Lutz (Equipe Nurnberger). The breaks advantage grew to just under three minutes by the 72nd kilometre, and just 10 kilometres later the pace proved to hot to handle for Cantele, who was dropped by the bunch. Meanwhile at the front of the break Cooke, with Luperini in pursuit, were pulling away from the remaining women as they pushed hard towards the line.

 Results

1. Nicole Cooke (GBr) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation HB Pro Cycling Team 2.48.53 (36.2 km/h)

2. Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini - Gysko 0.07

3. Nicole Brändli (Swi) Bigla Cycling Team 0.08

12. Sarah Düster (Ger) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation HB Pro Cycling Team

15. Priska Doppmann (SUI) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation HB Pro Cycling Team