World Cup: Ferrand outclasses the competition
Shortly after the start, Jolanda Neff and the Frenchwoman Pauline Ferrand Prevot break away. When Ferrand Prevot takes the lead, Neff is soon unable to follow and falls back into the chasing group. Meanwhile, the Frenchwoman makes her competitors look bad. She extended her lead lap after lap and won the second Elite World Cup of her career by almost three minutes.
Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa rides in second position and holds it until the finish. Half a minute behind her, five riders are fighting for third place. Jolanda Neff and her team-mate Maja Wloszczowka (POL) seemed to have already escaped their rivals on the fifth lap, but they closed the gap again on the climb. On the last lap, Neff takes over third position from the German Adelheid Morath. She crashes behind her, so that the World Cup leader finishes in third place. Meanwhile, Morath drops back to sixth place. "I thought maybe I could still ride close to Gunn-Rita and that's why I attacked. I can't keep up with Pauline at the moment, but I had a much better feeling than last week. I was able to ride through safely," explained Neff.
Katrin Leumann finished tenth after a - for her - turbulent race. In the start phase, she clashed with South Tyrolean Eva Lechner and initially lost positions. She then rode well forward and was already in 14th place before she was held up again by a chain problem on the fourth of seven laps and was passed by a group of riders. "The last two laps went well again," says Leumann and adds: "This week wasn't ideal. I didn't feel good and that's why I'm very happy with my tenth place."
| Rankings Worldcup 2014, #4 Albstadt/GER, Women: | ||
| 1. Pauline Ferrad Prevot (FRA) | 1.30.59 | +0.00 |
| 2. Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (NOR) | 1.33.58 | +2.59 |
| 3rd Jolanda Neff (SUI) | 1.34.18 | +3.19 |
| 4. Tanja Zakelj (SLO) | 1.34.38 | +3.39 |
| 5th Catherine Pendrel (CAN) | 1.34.52 | +3.53 |
| 6th Adelheid Morath (GER) | 1.35.04 | +4.05 |
| 7th Maja Wloszczowska (POL) | 1.35.13 | +4.14 |
| 8th Annika Langvad (DEN) | 1.36.06 | +5.07 |
| 9th Blaza Clemencic (SLO) | 1.37.22 | +6.23 |
| 10th Katrin Leuman (SUI) | 1.37.43 | +6.44 |
| 29th Kathrin Stirnemann (SUI) | lapped | |
| 38th Corina Gantenbein (SUI) | lapped | |
| 42nd Esther Süss (SUI) | lapped | |
| 54th Marine Groccia (SUI) | lapped | |
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