| 2008 UCI Women's Road World Cup, race 9 of 11 | ||||||||||
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| Race details | ||||||||||
| Dates | 1 August 2008 | |||||||||
| Stages | 1 | |||||||||
| Distance | 32 km (19.88 mi) | |||||||||
| Winning time | 38' 56" | |||||||||
| Results | ||||||||||
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The 2008 Open de Suède Vårgårda – team time trial was the first team time trial running on the Open de Suède Vårgårda. It was held on 1 August 2008 over a distance of 32 kilometres (19.9 miles) and was the ninth race of the 2008 UCI Women's Road World Cup season. [1]
Top Girls-Fassa Bortolo-Raxy Line was the first of the thirteen teams to set off due to its lowly position on the World Cup overall standings. The team returned with a time of 44:27.5, giving the others something to aim at. Third team to start, Norway, caught its Scandinavian rival Finland in the closing stages to take more than a minute off the Top Girls time with 43:13.7. The first really fast time was posted by the Vrienden Van Het Platteland team, pushing it closer to the 40 minute mark with 40:52.9. The very next team, Flexpoint pushed it still lower though with 40:26.4. Despite being outstanding favourites, the Cervelo-Lifeforce team was – because of its position in the World Cup standings – fourth from last to go. The team blitzed around the course knocking all but a minute and a half off the Flexpoint time with an incredible 38:26.7. The last two teams to go – Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung and Columbia – were the only ones who looked capable of besting the Cervelo-Lifeforce time, but although they were both faster than Flexpoint, neither were able to come within a minute of the Swiss team. Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung finished three seconds quicker than flexpoint to take a provisional second place, but Columbia were consistently faster all the way around and pushed them into third.
| Team | Cyclists | Time |
World Cup points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cervélo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team | 
Priska Doppmann (
SUI)
|
38' 56" | 35 |
|
Karin Thürig (
SUI)
|
35 | |||
Christiane Soeder (
AUT)
|
35 | |||
Carla Ryan (
AUS)
|
35 | |||
| 2 | Team Columbia Women | 
Luise Keller (
GER)
|
+ 1' 14" | 30 |
|
Alexis Rhodes (
AUS)
|
30 | |||
|
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (
GER)
|
30 | |||
Linda Villumsen (
NZL)
|
30 | |||
| 3 | Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung |
Charlotte Becker (
GER)
|
+ 1' 27" | 25 |
Suzanne de Goede (
NED)
|
25 | |||
Edita Pučinskaitė (
LTU)
|
25 | |||
|
Larissa Kleinmann (
GER)
|
25 | |||
| 4 | Team Flexpoint |
Loes Gunnewijk (
NED)
|
+ 1' 30" | 20 |
|
Loes Markerink (
NED)
|
20 | |||
Trine Schmidt (
DEN)
|
20 | |||
|
Iris Slappendel (
NED)
|
20 | |||
| 5 | Vrienden van het Platteland |
Ellen van Dijk (
NED)
|
+ 1' 56" | 16 |
Liesbet De Vocht (
BEL)
|
16 | |||
|
An van Rie (
BEL)
|
16 | |||
|
Marit Huisman (
NED)
|
16 | |||
|
Annemiek van Vleuten (
NED)
|
16 | |||
|
Liesbeth Bakker (
NED)
|
16 | |||
| 6 | AA Drink Cycling Team | + 2' 41" | 15 | |
| 7 | Team DSB Bank | + 2' 46" | 14 | |
| 8 | Sweden | + 3' 40" | 13 | |
| 9 | Menikini–Selle Italia–Master Colors | + 3' 49" | 12 | |
| 10 | Ukraine | + 4' 17" | 11 | |
Results from cqranking.com. [1]
- ^ a b "Open de Suède Vargarda T.T.T. (32 km)". CQ ranking. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
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| 2008 UCI Women's Road World Cup, race 9 of 11 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race details | ||||||||||
| Dates | 1 August 2008 | |||||||||
| Stages | 1 | |||||||||
| Distance | 32 km (19.88 mi) | |||||||||
| Winning time | 38' 56" | |||||||||
| Results | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
The 2008 Open de Suède Vårgårda – team time trial was the first team time trial running on the Open de Suède Vårgårda. It was held on 1 August 2008 over a distance of 32 kilometres (19.9 miles) and was the ninth race of the 2008 UCI Women's Road World Cup season. [1]
Top Girls-Fassa Bortolo-Raxy Line was the first of the thirteen teams to set off due to its lowly position on the World Cup overall standings. The team returned with a time of 44:27.5, giving the others something to aim at. Third team to start, Norway, caught its Scandinavian rival Finland in the closing stages to take more than a minute off the Top Girls time with 43:13.7. The first really fast time was posted by the Vrienden Van Het Platteland team, pushing it closer to the 40 minute mark with 40:52.9. The very next team, Flexpoint pushed it still lower though with 40:26.4. Despite being outstanding favourites, the Cervelo-Lifeforce team was – because of its position in the World Cup standings – fourth from last to go. The team blitzed around the course knocking all but a minute and a half off the Flexpoint time with an incredible 38:26.7. The last two teams to go – Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung and Columbia – were the only ones who looked capable of besting the Cervelo-Lifeforce time, but although they were both faster than Flexpoint, neither were able to come within a minute of the Swiss team. Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung finished three seconds quicker than flexpoint to take a provisional second place, but Columbia were consistently faster all the way around and pushed them into third.
| Team | Cyclists | Time |
World Cup points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cervélo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team |
Priska Doppmann (
SUI)
|
38' 56" | 35 |
|
Karin Thürig (
SUI)
|
35 | |||
|
Christiane Soeder (
AUT)
|
35 | |||
|
Carla Ryan (
AUS)
|
35 | |||
| 2 | Team Columbia Women |
Luise Keller (
GER)
|
+ 1' 14" | 30 |
|
Alexis Rhodes (
AUS)
|
30 | |||
|
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (
GER)
|
30 | |||
|
Linda Villumsen (
NZL)
|
30 | |||
| 3 | Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung |
Charlotte Becker (
GER)
|
+ 1' 27" | 25 |
|
Suzanne de Goede (
NED)
|
25 | |||
|
Edita Pučinskaitė (
LTU)
|
25 | |||
|
Larissa Kleinmann (
GER)
|
25 | |||
| 4 | Team Flexpoint |
Loes Gunnewijk (
NED)
|
+ 1' 30" | 20 |
|
Loes Markerink (
NED)
|
20 | |||
|
Trine Schmidt (
DEN)
|
20 | |||
|
Iris Slappendel (
NED)
|
20 | |||
| 5 | Vrienden van het Platteland |
Ellen van Dijk (
NED)
|
+ 1' 56" | 16 |
|
Liesbet De Vocht (
BEL)
|
16 | |||
|
An van Rie (
BEL)
|
16 | |||
|
Marit Huisman (
NED)
|
16 | |||
|
Annemiek van Vleuten (
NED)
|
16 | |||
|
Liesbeth Bakker (
NED)
|
16 | |||
| 6 | AA Drink Cycling Team | + 2' 41" | 15 | |
| 7 | Team DSB Bank | + 2' 46" | 14 | |
| 8 | Sweden | + 3' 40" | 13 | |
| 9 | Menikini–Selle Italia–Master Colors | + 3' 49" | 12 | |
| 10 | Ukraine | + 4' 17" | 11 | |
Results from cqranking.com. [1]
- ^ a b "Open de Suède Vargarda T.T.T. (32 km)". CQ ranking. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
|
| This cycling race-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
|
| This article about sports in Sweden is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |