Emma Pooley takes her second Trofeo Binda in trademark solo style
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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Emma Pooley takes her second Trofeo Binda in trademark solo style

by Ben Atkins at 10:42 AM EST   comments
Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results
 
British champion does it again in the race that made her name

Emma PooleySome day the peloton will learn that they can’t allow Emma Pooley (Garmin-Cervélo) get too far away in a long, hilly race; until that day the British champion will just keep on winning. Pooley attacked alone, in her own trademark fashion, and stayed away to take the second Trofeo Alfredo Binda of her career. The chase was led over the line by Swedish champion Emma Johansson (Hitec Products-UCK), who outsprinted Annemiek Van Vleuten (Netherlands) on the uphill finishing straight.

The race started under rainy skies in Cittiglio, to the West of Varese, the venue of the 2008 World Championships, and, while the rain was to stop the roads would remain wet and slippery throughout the race.

The peloton stayed together for the first 20km on the outward leg to Luino on the shores of Lago Maggiore; the intermediate sprint was taken by Claudia Häusler (Diadora-Pasta Zara), over teammate Olga Zabelinskaya and Aniko Revesz (Hungary). On the return leg though, which included the race’s big climb to Cunardo, the selection began.

Irina Molicheva (Russia) led the race over the top; the peloton behind her was now reduced to just 50 riders. Sharon Laws (Garmin-Cervélo) attacked over the top of the climb but she was immediately brought back. After 34km Zabelinskaya, who was one of the most active riders in last year’s race, attacked and Laws joined her; the two riders were kept in sight by the peloton though and were unable to get more than 50 metres clear.

As they passed through Orino after 44km, at the top of the descent back to Cittiglio for the first time, there were just 37 riders left in the front group.

At the bottom of the descent, on the few flat kilometres on the way to Cittiglio, Pooley made her move; by the time she crossed the finish line after 52km, with almost 70km still to race, she led a chasing group of twenty riders by 26 seconds. Evelyn Stevens (HTC-Highroad) led the group over the line in pursuit, followed by Shelley Olds (Diadora-Pasta Zara).

As Pooley crossed the top of the Orino climb, 9km later, she led the chasing group by almost 2 minutes; by the time she crossed the finish line once again, with 3 laps to go, her advantage had risen to 2’20”. The chase behind was hampered by the presence in the chase group of Pooley’s Garmin-Cervélo teammates Laws, Noemi Cantele and Carla Ryan, who managed to make their numerical superiority count and stifle any organisation in the pursuit.

Pooley, the British and World time trial champion’s lead peaked as she crossed the Orino climb for the penultimate time with just over 25km to go, 3 minutes ahead of Tatiana Antoshina (Gauss) and Chantal Blaak (AA Drink-Leontien.nl). At this point the chase began to make progress, as Pooley had by now been at the front of the race for almost 50km.

During the final lap the gap closed further, but Pooley managed to hang on to finish alone; other than the different jersey and bike, as well as the British champion’s much greater assurance in victory, the scene was virtually identical to the 2008 race, where Pooley burst onto the scene with her first World Cup victory.

Johansson, who has been virtually unbeatable in Belgium this month, outsprinted the chase group 1’32” behind Pooley, with Annemiek Van Vleuten finishing third.

Race victory gives Pooley the first World Cup leader’s jersey of the season, which may well mean that the British champion rides in next week’s Ronde van Vlaanderen, a race that she doesn’t like. 50 points for second place though, gives Johansson a vital head start in the season-long competition over defending champion Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit), who was busy on the track this weekend winning the scratch race World Championship.

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Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune Di Cittiglio, Italy (Women's World Cup)

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Country Result Name Team Time
gbr GBR 1 Emma Pooley (Garmin-Cervelo) 03:08:17
swe SWE 2 Emma Johansson (Team Hitec Products Uck ) 00:01:32
ned NED 3 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Nederland Bloeit) s.t.
ned NED 4 Martine Bras (Dolmans Landscaping Team) s.t.
usa USA 5 Shelley Evans Olds (Diadora-Pasta Zara) s.t.
ned NED 6 Chantal Blaak (AA Drink - Leontien.nl) s.t.
ger GER 7 Judith Arndt (Team HTC-Highroad Women) s.t.
bel BEL 8 Grace Verbeke (Topsport Vlaanderen - Ridley 2012) 00:01:33
fra FRA 9 Pauline Ferrand Prevot   s.t.
ned NED 10 Lucinda Brand (AA Drink - Leontien.nl) s.t.
fra FRA 11 Christelle Ferrier-breneau (Gauss ) s.t.
ita ITA 12 Elena Berlato (Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Ghezzi) s.t.
rus RUS 13 Tatiana Antoshina (Gauss ) s.t.
ned NED 14 Noortje Tabak (Nederland Bloeit) s.t.
fra FRA 15 Biannic Aude   s.t.
rus RUS 16 Olga Zabelinskaya (Diadora-Pasta Zara) s.t.
slo SLO 17 Polona Batagelj (Bizkaia-Durango) s.t.
ned NED 18 Loes Gunnewijk (Nederland Bloeit) s.t.
ita ITA 19 Tatiana Guderzo (Mcipollini-Giordana) s.t.
aus AUS 20 Ruth Corset   s.t.
gbr GBR 21 Sharon Laws (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
ita ITA 22 Noemi Cantele (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:01:52
usa USA 23 Evelyn Stevens (Team HTC-Highroad Women) s.t.
rus RUS 24 Natalia Boyarskaya   00:02:08
ita ITA 25 Elisa Longo Borghini (Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Ghezzi) 00:03:20
rus RUS 26 Irina Molicheva   00:04:10
ger GER 27 Anna Fischer (ABUS - Nutrixxion) 00:04:52
ukr UKR 28 Tetyana Riabchenko (Forno D’Asolo Colavita) 00:08:51
ned NED 29 Irene Van De Broek (AA Drink - Leontien.nl) s.t.
aus AUS 30 Birdie O Donnell (Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Ghezzi) 00:09:43
ukr UKR 31 Oksan Kashchyshyna (S.c. Michela Fanini Record Rox) 00:11:10
ita ITA 32 Eleonora Patuzzo (Diadora-Pasta Zara) s.t.
rus RUS 33 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Team Fenixs - Kuota) 00:11:30
ned NED 34 Andrea Bosman (W.V. Eemland ) s.t.
bel BEL 35 Ludivine Henrion (Lotto Honda Team) s.t.
ltu LTU 36 Rasa Leleivyte (Vaiana - Solaristech) s.t.
ned NED 37 Heleen Van Vliet (AA Drink - Leontien.nl) s.t.
bel BEL 38 Sjoukje Dufoer (Topsport Vlaanderen - Ridley 2012) s.t.
gbr GBR 39 Lucy Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
sui SUI 40 Jennifer Hohl (Mcipollini-Giordana) s.t.
cze CZE 41 Martina Ruzickova (S.c. Michela Fanini Record Rox) s.t.
can CAN 42 Joëlle Numainville (Team TIBCO - To The Top) s.t.
rsa RSA 43 Ashleigh Moolman (Lotto Honda Team) s.t.
fra FRA 44 Sophie Creux (Vienne Futuroscope) s.t.
pol POL 45 Sylwia Kapusta-szydlak (Gauss ) s.t.
usa USA 46 Megan Guarnier (Team TIBCO - To The Top) s.t.
pol POL 47 Malgorzata Jasinska (S.c. Michela Fanini Record Rox) s.t.
fra FRA 48 Eugénie Mermillod (Team GSD Gestion) s.t.
aus AUS 49 Lauren Kitchen   s.t.
ita ITA 50 Chiara Nadalutti (Kleo Ladies Team) s.t.
aus AUS 51 Tiffany Cromwell (Lotto Honda Team) s.t.
ita ITA 52 Chiara Vanni (Vaiana - Solaristech) s.t.
swe SWE 53 Sara Mustonen (Team Hitec Products Uck ) s.t.
fra FRA 54 Edwige Pitel (Vienne Futuroscope) s.t.
nor NOR 55 Lise Nøstvold (Team Hitec Products Uck ) s.t.
swe SWE 56 Marie Lindberg (ABUS - Nutrixxion) s.t.
ita ITA 57 Giulia Ronchi (Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Ghezzi) s.t.
rus RUS 58 Anna Potokina (Team Fenixs - Kuota) s.t.
ita ITA 59 Francesca Tognali (Kleo Ladies Team) s.t.
aus AUS 60 Alexandra Carle   s.t.
nzl NZL 61 Serena Sheridan (Team TIBCO - To The Top) s.t.
aus AUS 62 Amanda Spratt   s.t.
aus AUS 63 Shara Gillow   s.t.
bel BEL 64 Liesbet De Vocht (Topsport Vlaanderen - Ridley 2012) s.t.
ita ITA 65 Alessandra Borchi (Gauss ) s.t.
ita ITA 66 Valentina Scandolara (Gauss ) s.t.
ned NED 67 Adrie Visser (Team HTC-Highroad Women) s.t.
bel BEL 68 Lieselot Decroix (Topsport Vlaanderen - Ridley 2012) s.t.
ita ITA 69 Marta Bastianelli (Mcipollini-Giordana) s.t.
MEX 70 Veronica Leal Baldaras (S.c. Michela Fanini Record Rox) s.t.
aut AUT 71 Andrea Graus (Kleo Ladies Team) s.t.
HUN 72 Anikó Révész   s.t.
ita ITA 73 Monia Baccaile (Mcipollini-Giordana) s.t.
aus AUS 74 Rachel Neylan (Diadora-Pasta Zara) s.t.
ita ITA 75 Giada Borgato (Forno D’Asolo Colavita) s.t.
ger GER 76 Trixi Worrack (AA Drink - Leontien.nl) 00:11:40
ita ITA 77 Luisa Tamanini (Gauss ) s.t.
aus AUS 78 Carla Ryan (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
ger GER 79 Claudia Haüsler (Diadora-Pasta Zara) s.t.
ger GER 80 Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Team HTC-Highroad Women) s.t.

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