High Road’s Chantal Beltman wins World Cup road race
- By VeloNews.com
- Published Apr. 12, 2008
- Updated Apr. 12, 2008 at 9:10 PM EDT
Team High Road’s Chantal Beltman won the Ronde Van Drenthe race on Saturday, notching the team’s second consecutive World Cup win.
World champion Marianne Vos was second and High Road’s Ina-Yoko Teutenberg was third at the race held in Drenthe, The Netherlands. The route includes several cobbled sections.
Beltman took off in a three-woman breakaway after the second section of cobbles and broke away from the group with five kilometers left in the race. She built up a maximum lead of just 20 seconds, and finished 6 seconds ahead of the chase.
“It was really, really close, particularly when I was out there alone.” Beltman said. “I just kept my head down and kept going as hard as I could. I really couldn’t say I’d won until I crossed the line.”
“Knowing that my team-mates were in the bunch was a great relief. That way I didn’t have to
worry if I was caught, even though I didn’t particularly want to be!”
Results
1 BELTMAN Chantal TMP
2 VOS Marianne DSB
3 TEUTENBERG Ina TMP
4 DE GOEDE Suzanne NUR
5 GILMORE Rochelle MSI
6 WRUBLESKI Alex CAN
7 DE VOCHT Liesbeth VVP
8 WILD Kirsten AAD
9 MARTISOVA Julia GAU
10 ARMSTRONG Kristin RLT
11 BRODTKA Angela DSB
12 CREUX Sophie FRA
13 TREIER Grete GAU
14 ARNDT Judith TMP
15 VALEN DE VRIES Anita FLX
16 VILLUMSEN SERUP Linda TMP
17 WOOD Oenone TMP
18 RICKARDS Emma RLT
19 DOPPMANN Priska RLT
20 KOZONCHUK Oxana MSI
21 TUSLAITE Daiva MIC
22 VERBEKE Grace LBL
23 JOHANSSON Emma AAD
24 GRAHAM Lorian VVP
25 CANTELE Noemi BCT
26 NEBEN Amber FLX
27 TOUFFET Elodie GAU
28 MELCHERS-VAN POPPEL Mirjam FLX
29 DÜSTER Sarah RLT
30 SPRATT Amanda AUS
31 MURILLO ELKANO Iosune BPD
32 GOSS Belinda AUS
33 FRANGES Lauren USA
34 SHPYLYOVA Iryna UKR
35 SLAPPENDEL Iris FLX
36 VAN ESSEN Sharon DSB
37 VAN DEN BROEK Irene AAD
38 GUNNEWIJK Loes FLX
39 LEAL BALDERAS Verónica GAU
40 BRUINS Regina NED
41 SOEDER Christiane RLT
42 BRÄNDLI Nicole BCT
43 ZABIROVA Zulfiya BCT
44 WHITELAW Vicki AUS
45 SALVETAT Maryline FRA
46 MCNELLIS Carmen USA
47 KOEDOODER Vera LBL
48 SHARGA Olena UKR
49 GIRARDET Florence FRA
50 GRIMBERG Arenda NED
51 LE FLOCH Magali FRA
52 SAMPLONIUS Anne CAN
53 ZUCKERMANDEL Denise GER
54 SCHNIDER Pascale RLT
55 VISSER Adrie DSB
56 BOSMAN Andrea DSB
57 GEBHARDT Elke GER
58 BATES Katherine TMP
59 BLAAK Chantal AAD
60 PARIETTI Silvia GAU
61 VAN DIJK Eleonora VVP
62 GRAUS Andrea BCT
63 STEURS Karen VLL
64 HOLLER Monica BCT
65 DE VUYST Sofie VLL
66 FERRIER-BRUNEAU Christel FRA
67 MIGGELS Kristy VVP
68 EGYED Nikki VVP
69 LIEBIG Tina DSB
70 ELEMANS Saskia FLX
71 CARRIGAN Sara LBL
72 RUZICKOVA Martina EHN
FILED UNDER: Race Report / Race Result / Road