A change in the course at Montreal by moving the finish line to the flat approach to the Mont Royale climb still produced a worthy winner in Italian climber Fabiana Luperini (Menikini) who escaped on lap 8 of 11 with 2 other riders.

For the early part of the race the Raleigh Lifeforce Creation HB riders were always present at the front and Tanja Slater made an impressive World Cup debut for the team with some great riding leading the bunch over the summit of the climb and setting the pace through out the race.

The remains of the bunch split on the final ascent, passing Pittel, Nicole was present in this group of riders which also included Arndt, Wood (both Tmobile), Worrack (Nurenberg) Longo(Unica) Vos (DSB) . Judith Arndt (Tmobile) placed a well timed attack on the descent and immediately got a gap. Behind, a chase never materialised and it was left for Nicole to sprint for the final placings. Vos won the group sprint to claim 5th place and Nicole finished just behind in 5th.

Nicole’s lead has reduced slightly in the world cup standing with Vos now 53 points behind Nicole with three rounds remaining.