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| Prologue
- 3.8km TT |
18/07/06 |
| Univega
Raleigh Lifeforce |
5m
10s |
| Univega
Raleigh Lifeforce |
@6" |
A promising start to the 6
day race for Univega Raleigh Lifeforce
with victory for Cristiane Soeder and fourth place for
Nicole.
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Nicole and
Christiane Soeder after the prologue |
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| Stage
1- 131.6km |
19/07/06 |
| Univega
Raleigh Lifeforce |
st |
| The first full stage finished
in a bunch sprint. Nicole finished 2nd, but Hanka Kupfernagel
took intermediate sprint bonuses to take the overall
lead by 1 second from the leading two Univega
Raleigh Lifeforce riders. |
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| Stage
2- 129.4km |
20/07/06 |
| Univega
Raleigh Lifeforce |
3h
39m 0s |
| After an initial breakaway
of around twenty riders Nicole and Zoulfia Zabirova
escaped alone to gain almost half a minute on their
chasers. Nicole then beat the former World and Olympic
Time Trial Champion to the line to take the stage win
and the overall lead. |
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| Stage
3- 128.3km |
21/07/06 |
| Safi
Pasta Zara |
3h
32m 31s |
| Univega
Raleigh Lifeforce |
@1'08" |
| Univega
Raleigh Lifeforce |
@3'08" |
A day when Nicole was happy
to sit in the bunch whilst Univega Raleigh Lifeforce
teammate Emma Rickards went up the road in a group that
was no threat to the overall lead.
The only bad news for Univega Raleigh Lifeforce
was the withdrawal of Joanne Kiesanowski after a heavy
crash. |
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| Stage
4a- 18.7km |
22/07/06 |
| Univega
Raleigh Lifeforce |
27m
26s |
| Univega
Raleigh Lifeforce |
@1" |
A major step towards overall
victory for Nicole finishing 26" ahead of previous
second placed rider Zoulfia Zabirova (the former World
and Olympic Time Trial Champion).
Christiane Soeder moved into second place overall finishing
second behind Nicole by just 1". However there's
a second stage later on Saturday, and some tough climbs
on the final day tomorrow so Univega Raleigh
Lifeforce will be taken nothing for granted
just yet. |
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| Stage
4b- 74.4km |
22/07/06 |
| Univega
Raleigh Lifeforce |
2h
03m 01s |
Nicole made it a doubly good
Saturday with her second victory of the day.
The 74 km afternoon circuit race ended in a five up
sprint with Nicole showing the best turn of speed to
add a third 1st place on the tour to her overall lead. |
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| Univega
Raleigh Lifeforce |
3h
14m 09s |
| Nicole collected her fourth
victory of the week winning from a group of five on
the final hilly stage. She also extended her overall
winning margin to over a minute. |
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| Final
General Classification |
23/07/06 |
| Univega
Raleigh Lifeforce |
16h
51m 43s |
(further photos and details are
available at womenscycling.net) |
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