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Last Updated: Jul 12th, 2008 - 12:55:56 |
Having ridden for her Fenix team-mates during the race, Siobhan Dervan is a solid 68th overall heading into today’s penultimate stage of the women’s Giro d’Italia. The Irish road race champion was 71st on Wednesday’s mountain stage to Monte Serra, finishing 21 minutes 29 seconds behind the day’s winner Fabiana Luperini (Menikini - Selle Italia).
She was then 61st in the following day’s time trial in Novara, covering the 9.3 kilometre course in a time one minute and five seconds off the victorious pace set by Vicki Whitelaw (Australian National Team). Yesterday’s stage was the toughest of the race and took the riders 113.4 kilometre to Laveno Mombello. It was won by Claudia Häusler (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung). Dervan was 73rd.
Luperini holds a 42 second lead over Claudia Häusler (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung) heading into today’s penultimate stage of the race. Nicole Brändli (Bigla Cycling Team) is a further eight seconds back, while Dervan is 44 minutes two seconds in arrears.
The stage is just 83.8 kilometres in length but the second half of this includes two first and two second-category climbs, including the summit finish of Montevecchia.
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Stage 4 - July 9: Calcinaia - Prato A Calci/Monte Serra:
1, Fabiana Luperini (Menikini - Selle Italia 106.4 kilometres in 2 hours 54 mins 6 secs (36.67 km/h)
2, Edita Pucinskaite (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung) at 54 secs
3, Tatiana Guderzo (Gauss RDZ Ormu) at 1 min 21 secs
4, Claudia Häusler (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung) at 1 min 40 secs
5, Nicole Brändli (Bigla Cycling Team) at 1 min 44 secs
6, Maribel Moreno Allue (Spanish National Team) at 2 mins 20 secs
Irish:
71, Siobhan Dervan (Fenixs) at 21 mins 29 secs
Stage 5 - July 10: Novara (ITT):
1, Vicki Whitelaw (Australian National Team 9.3 kilometres in 11 mins 53 secs (46.956 km/h)
2, Zulfiya Zabirova (Bigla Cycling Team) same time
3, Amber Neben (Team Flexpoint) at 1 sec
4, Linda Villumsen (Columbia Women) same time
5, Charlotte Becker (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung) at 3 secs
6, Kirsten Wild (AA-Drink Cycling Team) same time
Irish:
61, Siobhan Dervan (Fenixs) at 1 min 5 secs
Stage 6 - July 11: Cardano Al Campo - Laveno Mombello:
1, Claudia Häusler (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung) 113.4 kilometres in 3 hours 13 mins 13 secs (35.214 km/h)
2, Amber Neben (Team Flexpoint) same time
3, Nicole Brändli (Bigla Cycling Team) at 2 secs
4, Tatiana Guderzo (Gauss RDZ Ormu) at 56 secs
5, Fabiana Luperini (Menikini - Selle Italia) same time
6, Anna Sanchis Chafer (Spanish National Team) at 59 secs
Irish:
73, Siobhan Dervan (Fenixs) at 22 mins 43 secs
General classification after stage 6:
1, Fabiana Luperini (Menikini - Selle Italia) 16 hours 12 mins 49 secs
2, Claudia Häusler (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung) at 42 secs
3, Nicole Brändli (Bigla Cycling Team) at 50 secs
4, Tatiana Guderzo (Gauss RDZ Ormu) at 1 min 16 secs
5, Amber Neben (Team Flexpoint) at 2 mins 8 secs
6, Edita Pucinskaite (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung) at 2 mins 53 secs
Irish:
68, Siobhan Dervan (Fenixs) at 44 mins 2 secs
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