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Berner Rundfahrt
World Cup |
23/04/06 |
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Nurnberger
Versicherung
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| Univega
Raleigh Lifeforce |
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A super fast race categorised
by constant attacking from Team Bigla, and hard chasing from
Univega-Raleigh-Lifeforce, the aveage speed
was over 41km an hour.
The first attack to gain serious ground was in fact Amber
Neben of Buitenpoort Flexpoint just over half way through
the race, but again it was Univega-Raleigh-Lifeforce
who eventually hauled her back on lap 5 of 6.
Each lap featured one steep climb, and on the final lap this
reduced the lead group to just 17, not including overall series
leader Ina Teutenberg.
Nicole as the sole representative from Univega-Raleigh-Lifeforce
had to repeatedly chase down attacks, and even put in one
of her own. However with 1km to go Bigla's Zoulfia Zabirova
got away as she has done many times to solo home just ahead
of her chasers.
A tired Nicole finished fifth but picked up 27 points to collect
the overall series leader's jersey. |
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"The
race was very hard today. I needed to finish ahead of Ina
and not allow Oenone (Wood) to make up too many places on
me or otherwise she would have overtaken me in the series.
That meant making a split and then I was alone in the break
and had to work very hard to cover a lot of moves by teams
with more than one rider there.
That left me quite tired for the sprint. But it worked out
well in terms of the overall standings.
Once again my team was awesome chasing own the attacks earlier
in the race, and we still have plenty of options for the
remainder of the series and the rest of the calendar this
year."
(Full official results at www.uci.ch) |
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| Overall
Standings after 5 rounds |
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| Univega
Raleigh Lifeforce |
144
points |
| Nurnberger
Versicherung |
130
points |
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