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Last Updated: Jul 7th, 2008 - 08:14:08 |
Irish road race champion Siobhan Dervan started the women’s Tour of Italy on Saturday, placing 90th in the 1.2 kilometre prologue in Mantova.
Mirjam Melchers Van Poppel (Team Flexpoint) set the fastest time, beating Vera Carrara (Team Cmax Dila) by just 0.01 seconds and Kirsten Wild (AA-Drink Cycling Team) by 0.13. Dervan was 11.47 seconds back.
The race continued yesterday with a 131.5 kilometre road stage from Asola to Lendinara. Ina Teutenberg (Team Columbia) won the bunch gallop and took over the race lead. We don’t have a finishing position for Dervan as yet.
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Giro d'Italia Femminile, (2.1), Italy, July 5-13:
Prologue - July 5: Mantova (ITT), 1.2 km
1, Mirjam Melchers Van Poppel (Team Flexpoint) 1.2 kilometres in 1 minute 40.94 secs (43.2 km/h)
2, Vera Carrara (Team Cmax Dila) at 0.01 secs
3, Kirsten Wild (AA-Drink Cycling Team) at 0.13 secs
4, Noemi Cantele (Bigla Cycling Team) at 1.2 secs
5, Nicole Brändli (Bigla Cycling Team) at 1.3 secs
6, Loes Markerink (Team Flexpoint) at 1.61 secs
Irish:
90, Siobhan Dervan (Fenixs) at 11.47 secs
Stage 1 - July 6: Asola – Lendinara:
1, Ina Teutenberg (Team Columbia Women) 131.5 kilometres in 3 hours 48 mins 49 secs (34.418 km/h)
2, Kirsten Wild (AA-Drink Cycling Team)
3, Giorgia Bronzini (Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O)
4, Grete Treier (Gauss RDZ Ormu)
5, Rochelle Gilmore (Menikini - Selle Italia)
6, Oenone Wood (Team Columbia Women) all same time
(we will have a finishing position for Siobhan Dervan later)
General classification after stage 1:
1, Ina Teutenberg (Team Columbia Women) 3 hours 50 mins 21 secs
2, Kirsten Wild (AA-Drink Cycling Team) at 3 secs
3, Giorgia Bronzini (Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O) at 8 secs
4, Mirjam Melchers Van Poppel)
5, Vera Carrara (Team Cmax Dila) both same time
6, Noemi Cantele (Bigla Cycling Team) at 10 secs
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