Trine Schmidt chatting with Linda Willumsen before start of the 4th stage in
Holland Ladies Tour
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Holland Ladies Tour (UCI 2.2)
05.09.2010
This stage race is the toughest in the women's cycling world and the category 2 classification do not correspond to the quality. It has the best teams, the highest speed, the most wind, the most crashes and the biggest pelotons. As an example of the speed, the 107 km stage on the Friday had 42,5 km/h average. Our team was performing well despite the fact that we lost 3 riders to illness, and the 3 others were sick as well. Nathalie Lamborelle was the first to get the sickness, and only did 2 stages. Tone Hatteland did 6 stages before giving in to the fever the last day. Trine Schmidt showed signs of good old form before she also got the fever and together with Tone didn't start on the Sunday. Margriet Kloppenburg had some signs of illness in the start of the race but finished well and had overall a good race. Lisa Brennauer worked well all week, and despite a small crash on Saturday can be happy with the week, her best result was the 11th place on the Sunday. Sara Mustonen ended on a 17th place overall, and had some close-to-podium experiences through the week, and an OK time trial. The race was won by Marianne Vos in dramatic style, by beating sprint queen Kirsten Wild (Cervelo Test Team) on the finish line, and won thereby both the stage and the race in a split second. Kirsten Wild was leading by 3 seconds before start, and Vos won back 2 seconds during intermediate sprints, and had to be both on the podium and before Wild to win overall, which she did.
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Nathalie Lamborelle to World Championships' Road Race
01.09.2010
Nathalie is the 5th Hitec girl that will ride the road race in Geelong, Australia. She follow Lise Nøstvold, Emilie Moberg, Frøydis Wærsted and Sara Mustonen. We are happy for the choice of the Luxembourg national coach, and wish Nathalie good luck! -
Trophee D'Or in
France (UCI 2.2) 24.-28.August
29.08.2010
Two Hitec girls were participating as guest riders, Frøydis Wærsted for her old club Royal Antwerpen, and Nathalie Lamborelle for the German team Stuttgart. Frøydis only did one stage, then quit because she wasnt feeling too well. Nathalie had some good placings, with a 10th place in stage 2 and a 13th place in the final stage. The overall winner was Emma Johansson, who also won the hardest stage.
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Birken, MTB Marathon Norway, 28.August
28.08.2010
Sara Mustonen rode into 4th place, in her first ever MTB race, on a bike borrowed from our sponsor, Scott Norway. This race is the biggest MTB race in the world, with 18.000 participants. It was a cold and wet experience, but Saras goal of top five was duly reached. She outsprinted a group of 5 girls in the final. The race was won by former world champion Pia Sundstedt.
Results:
1 Sundstedt, Pia Team Craft Rocky Mountain 03:19:45
2 Larsen, Linda Grimstad SK 03:31:19
3 Sandstø, Heidi Rosasen Follo SK 03:33:24
4 Mustonen, Sara Hitec Products UCK 03:34:26
5 Thelberg, Emmy Härnösands Cykelklubb 03:34:42