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Masterpiece im Weltcup Vargarda (Schweden)
Um Nicole Cooks Weltcupführung zu verteidigen, wurde der Weltcup in Vargarda vom Team Raleigh unerbittlich hart und somit mit permanenten Attacken gefahren. Bereits zu Beginn des 132km Rennens attackierte Nikki Egyed und kam in einer Dreiergruppe mit über zwei Minuten vom Feld weg. Hinten wurde anfangs verhalten gefahren, bevor weitere Fluchtgruppen mit abwechslunsweise Emma, Priska, Karin oder Sarah gebildet wurden. Nach Rennhälfte wurde die Dreiergruppe gestellt und Chantal Beltmann vom T-Mobile Team attackierte. Karin Thürig war die einzige im Feld, die reagierte. Dieses Paar harmonierte bestens und machten am Schluss die ersten beiden Plätze unter sich aus. Auf den weiteren Plätzen klassierten sich auch die übrigen Raleighfahrerinnen nach einem beherzten Rennen hervorragend. Nicole konnte Schadensbegrenzung betreiben und verlor lediglich zwei Punkte auf ihre nächste Verfolgerin Marianne Vos.
The bunch rolled out in slightly overcast conditions, the temperature was a relatively cool 19.5’c.The 12 laps, round the 11km circuit to complete the 132km course Chantal Beltman (T-Mobile) escaped from the two person break on the final climb to create a lone victory and her first World cup victory.The attacks started immediately as Nikki Egyed (Raleigh Lifeforce Creation), Trine Schmidt (Team Flexpoint) and Stephanie Pohl (Getränke Hoffmann), created a lead of 1 minute 30 seconds. On the climb for the third time the chasing peloton was split due to a crash involving Andrea Thürig (Team Bigla). The peloton, which is 1’55 behind the leaders had to regroup quickly to avoid loosing more time, Thürig retired from the race. The break lasted until lap 7 despite a number of attacks from the peloton included a 14 rider break that tried hard to close the gap. The leaders were caught on run in to Vårgårda. A group of 4 riders attacked through the town, including Amber Neben (Team Flexpoint), Priska Doppmann, Karin Thürig (Raleigh Lifeforce) and Naomi Cantele (Team Bigla), they gained 20 seconds very quickly. At the foot of the climb, Judith Arndt (T-Mobile) launched a chase which lasted the length of the climb, but was good enough to catch the 4 breakaways. Arndt took with her 10 others, so that created a group of 15.On the back of the circuit, Karin Thürig (Raleigh Lifeforce) and Chantal Beltman (T-Mobile) attacked and quickly gained 20 seconds. The two leaders created a gap of 1 minute 15 seconds, but Thürig seemed in difficulty on the climb. Beltman waited and they worked together over the climb, whilst T-Mobile formed a controlling tactic at the front of the bunch. By the summit, the advantage was 2’25. The leaders maintained their advantage, albeit slightly reduced to 2 minutes 5 seconds. On the climb, Ljungskog attacked and Wood followed. A touch of wheels with another rider resulted in the Australian crashing, unable to resume racing. On the descent of the climb, the bunch was split and a group managed to close the gap a little to leading two riders. With 3 laps to go, the advantage was steady at 2 minutes 20 seconds. On the climb, Ljungskog attacked again to try to get away, but despite stringing the bunch out along the length of the climb, she could not make any airspace. The leaders maintained their speed and were able to open the gap to 3 minutes 9 seconds. Two riders attacked, Andrea Graus (Équipe Nürnberger) and Karin Guderzo (AA Drink), managing to get away from the bunch for a short time only, they were brought back to group and a small peloton of 20-25 riders formed with the current World Cup lead and second place Cooke and Vos both in the chasing group. On the final time up the climb, Beltman dropped Thürig and gained a 20 second advantage. She sustained a high pace over the final 8km and enjoyed a long celebration up the finishing straight. Thürig took second and in the sprint for third Noemi Cantele (Team Bigla) beat the bunch.
1 Chantal Beltman (Ned) T-Mobile Women 3.22.52 (39.040 km/h)
2 Karin Thürig (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation HB Pro Cycling Team 0.32
3 Noemi Cantele (Ita) Bigla Cycling Team 2.57
4 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Team DSB Bank
5 Irene Van Den Broek (Ned) AA-Drink Cycling Team
6 Sarah Düster (Ger) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation HB Pro Cycling Team
7 Eva Lutz (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
8 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Menikini Selle Italia Gysko
9 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) AA-Drink Cycling Team
10 Marianne Vos (Ned) Team DSB Bank
11 Angela Brodtka (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 3.14
12 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation HB Pro Cycling Team
20 Nikki Egyed (Aus) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation HB Pro Cycling Team
28 Emma Rickards (Aus) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation HB Pro Cycling Team
31 Priska Doppmann (Swi) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation HB Pro Cycling Team
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