2008 Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT

2008 Open de Suède Vårgårda
Team time trial
2008 UCI Women's Road World Cup, race 9 of 11
Race details
Date 1 August 2008
Distance 32 km (19.88 mi)
Winning time 38' 56"
Palmares
Winner Cervélo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team
Second Team Columbia Women
Third Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung

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]

Race

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.

General standings (top 10)

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 Pucinscaite (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]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Open de Suède Vargarda T.T.T. (32 km)". CQ ranking. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2012.

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