24 August, 2008 – With the end of the Olympic Games the women’s cycling circus continues with the 10th women World Cup race in this season. Today, the GP of Plouay (FRA) over 114,6 km took place in the region Bretagne. While the participants of the 2008 Olympic Games of the Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team take a break, Carla Ryan (AUS), Sarah Düster (GER), Emma Rickards (AUS) and Pascale Schnider (SUI) competed in the second last World Cup race of the season.
In an exciting race, where the Italian cycling veteran Fabiana Luperini took the victory in a sprint with Luise Keller (GER), the Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team riders made a good competition. Carla Ryan finished the race in the first chaser group on the 23rd place and gains again World Cup points.
In the overall Worldcup ranking Judith Arndt from Germany (290 points) is still in the lead ahead of the both athletes form Netherlands Suzanne de Goede (208 points) and Marianne Vos (152 points). Despite her absence in the last three races, Kristin Armstrong is still among the top ten on the 9th place with 88 points.
Result World Cup Plouay:
1 Fabiana Luperini (ITA) Menikini - Selle Italia 3.16.49 (34.936 km/h)
2 Luise Keller (GER) Team Columbia Women
3 Suzanne De Goede (NED) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 0.31
4 Judith Arndt (GER) Team Columbia Women
5 Martine Bras (NED) Vrienden Van Het Platteland
6 Julie Krasniak (FRA) France
7 Oxana Kozonchuk (RUS) Menikini - Selle Italia
8 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (LTU) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
9 Grace Verbeke (BEL) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam
10 Emma Johansson (SWE) AA-Drink Cycling Team
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23 Carla Ryan (Aus) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 0.31
34 Sarah Düster (Ger) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 4.28
HD: Pascale Schnider (SUI) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team
DNF: Emma Rickards (AUS) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team
Current World Cup ranking:
1 Judith Arndt (GER) Team Columbia Women 290pts
2 Suzanne de Goede (NED) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherungen 208pts
3 Marianne Vos (NED) Team DSB Bank 152pts
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9 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 88pts
18 Priska Doppmann (SUI) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 70 pts
19 Karin Thürig (SUI) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 65pts
25 Emma Rickards (SUI) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 53 pts
26 Christiane Soeder (AUT) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 53pts
32 Carla Ryan (AUS) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 39pts
54 Sarah Düster (GER) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 23pts
Current team World Cup ranking
1 Team High Road Women 759pts
2 Menikini Selle Italia 442pts
3 Equipe Nürnberger Versicherungen 438 pts
4 Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 396 pts
