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Last Updated: Jun 5th, 2008 - 15:04:30 |
Irishwoman Lousie Moriarty is riding very strongly in the prestigious Tour du Grand Montéal in Canada, placing fourteenth in yesterday’s stage four Petite-Italie criterium and holding 26th place overall. She is also twelfth in the sprint classification.
Suzanne De Goede (Equipe Nürnberger Versicher) won the bunch sprint to take fourth stage honours, beating Oenone Wood (High Road Women) and Rochelle Gilmore (Menikini-Selle Italia Master colour). Moriarty also finished in the same time.
De Goode had started the stage second overall but her win moved her ahead of Judith Arndt (High Road Women) in the general classification. Moriarty is 40 seconds back heading into today’s fifth and final stage, a 115 kilometre road race to be held on the Mont-Saint-Hilaire circuit.
She was a non-finisher in Saturday’s World Cup race held in the same area but showed strong form from the start of the four-day tour. It began on Tuesday with a 85.5 kilometre road race held in Châteauguay, and there Regina Schleicher (Equipe Nürnberger Versicher) triumphed in a bunch gallop. Moriarty was 34th, and then finished 19th behind stage victor Arndt the following day. The German soloed home six seconds ahead of the field.
Moriarty was seventh overall heading into the first of yesterday’s two stages, a 3.5 kilometre time trial held in Lachine. Arndt beat De Goede by four seconds, while Moriarty was a further nineteen seconds babck in 37th place. However she followed this up with that strong afternoon performance in the criterium.
Although she has shown in this race that she is capable of mixing it with the best riders in the world, Moriarty is one of those who was controversially overlooked for funding this year. She, Siobhan Dervan and Jenny Fay fell short due to what appears to be inequalities in the carding system with regard to female performances.
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Le Tour du Grand Montréal (2.1), Canada, June 2-5:
Stage 1 - June 2: Châteauguay Road Race:
1, Regina Schleicher (Equipe Nürnberger Versicher) 85.5 kilometres in 1 hour 59 mins 41 secs
2, Oenone Wood (High Road Women )
3, Rochelle Gilmore (Menikini-Selle Italia Master colour )
4, Iraida Garcia (Cuban National Team )
5, Nathalie Lamborelle (UNIQA )
6, Lorian Graham (Australian National Team) all same time
Irish:
34, Louise Moriarty (Specialized Carrefour Multisport Mazda G) same time
Stage 2 - June 3: Granby – Granby:
1, Judith Arndt (High Road Women) 104 kilometres in 2.32.35 (40.895 km/h)
2, Regina Schleicher (Equipe Nürnberger Versicher) at 6 secs
3, Oenone Wood (High Road Women )
4, Rochelle Gilmore (Menikini-Selle Italia Master colour )
5, Brooke Miller (Team TIBCO )
6, Tanja Hennes (Specialized Designs for Women) all same time
Irish:
19, Louise Moriarty (Specialized Carrefour Multisport Mazda G) same time
General Classification after Stage 2:
1, Regina Schleicher (Equipe Nürnberger Versicher) 4 hours 32 mins 6 secs
2, Judith Arndt (High Road Women) same time
3, Suzanne De Goede (Equipe Nürnberger Versicher) at 1 sec
4, Oenone Wood (High Road Women) at 6 secs
5, Katherine Bates (High Road Women) at 8 secs
6, Rochelle Gilmore (Menikini-Selle Italia Master colour) at 12 secs
Irish:
7, Louise Moriarty (Specialized Carrefour Multisport Mazda G) at 13 secs
Stage 3 - June 4: Lachine - Lachine (ITT):
1, Judith Arndt (High Road Women) 3.5 kilometres in 4 mins 11 secs (50.199 km/h)
2, Suzanne De Goede (Equipe Nürnberger Versicher) at 4 secs
3, Trine Schmidt (Menikini-Selle Italia Master colour) same time
4, Erinne Willock (Webcor Builders) at 5 secs
5, Katherine Bates (High Road Women) at 6 secs
6, Larissa Kleinmann (Equipe Nürnberger Versicher) at 7 secs
Irish:
37, Louise Moriarty (Specialized Carrefour Multisport Mazda G) at 23 secs
Stage 4 - June 4: Petite-Italie criterium:
1, Suzanne De Goede (Equipe Nürnberger Versicher) 50 kilometres in 1 hour13 mins 15 secs (40.955 km/h)
2, Oenone Wood (High Road Women)
3, Rochelle Gilmore (Menikini-Selle Italia Master colour)
4, Brooke Miller (Team TIBCO)
5, Dalila Rodriguez (Cuban National Team)
6, Nikki Egyed (Australian National Team)
Irish:
14, Louise Moriarty (Specialized Carrefour Multisport Mazda G)
General Classification after Stage 4
1, Suzanne De Goede (Equipe Nürnberger Versicher) 5 hours 49 mins 28 secs
2, Judith Arndt (High Road Women) at 2 secs
3, Oenone Wood (High Road Women) at 13 secs
4, Katherine Bates (High Road Women) at 18 secs
5, Larissa Kleinmann (Equipe Nürnberger Versicher) at 24 secs
6, Trine Schmidt (Menikini-Selle Italia Master colour) same time
Irish:
26, Louise Moriarty (Specialized Carrefour Multisport Mazda G) at 40 secs
Sprint classification
1, Suzanne De Goede (Equipe Nürnberger Versicher) 46 pts
2, Judith Arndt (High Road Women) 23
3, Oenone Wood (High Road Women) 20
Irish:
12, Louise Moriarty (Specialized Carrefour Multisport Mazda G) 4
Mountains classification:
1, Felicia Gomez (Aaron's Professional Cycling) 27 pts
2, Tanja Hennes (Specialized Designs for Women) 10
3, Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Equipe Nürnberger Versicher) 7
Teams classification:
1, High Road Women, 17 hours 29 mins 32 secs
2, Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung, at 18 secs
3, Menikini-Selle Italia Master colors, at 22 secs
4, Aaron's Professional Cycling Team, at 33 secs
5, Australian National Team, at 35 secs
6, Webcor Builders, at 36 secs
Other:
13, Specialized Carrefour Multisport Mazda G, at 1 min 10 secs
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