2008 Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
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]
2008 UCI Women's Road World Cup, race 9 of 11 | ||||||||||
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Dates | 1 August 2008 | |||||||||
Stages | 1 | |||||||||
Distance | 32 km (19.88 mi) | |||||||||
Winning time | 38' 56" | |||||||||
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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)
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1 | Cervélo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team | 38' 56" | 35 | |
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2 | Team Columbia Women | + 1' 14" | 30 | |
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3 | Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | + 1' 27" | 25 | |
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4 | Team Flexpoint | + 1' 30" | 20 | |
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5 | Vrienden van het Platteland | + 1' 56" | 16 | |
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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
- "Open de Suède Vargarda T.T.T. (32 km)". CQ ranking. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2012.