October 18/06 10:24 am - 2006 Women's Prestige Series Final Standings

Posted by Editor on 10/18/06
 

2006 Women's Prestige Series Final Standings
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Webcor-Platinum, in second place after the International Tour de Toona, overtook TEAm Lipton at the CD&P Bermuda Grand Prix to claim the team title in the Women's Prestige Cycling Series for the second year in a row. With two stages completed, Webcor-Platinum held three of the top five places in the CD&P Bermuda GP standings. These results became final when the imminent arrival of Hurricane Florence cut the racing short. The strong performances by these Webcor-Platinum riders in Bermuda were enough to secure the overall Series title:

1 - Webcor-Platinum - 1329 points
2 - TEAm Lipton - 964
3 - Team Biovail - 749
4 - Victory Brewing - 677
5 - PABW p/b TIBCO - 404
6 - TRIA - 118
6 - Team Cheerwine - 118

Individual Standings

Kristin Armstrong (TEAm Lipton) had developed an impressive lead in the Series individual standings after the International Tour de Toona. That lead held after Bermuda, even though Armstrong was away at Worlds, where she won the World Time Trial Championship. Teammate Kori Seehafer held onto second while Erinne Willock (Webcor-Platinum) took third.

1 Kristin Armstrong - TEAm Lipton 440 points
2 Kori Seehafer - TEAm Lipton 253
3 Erinne Willock - Webcor-Platinum 242
4 Stacy Marple - PABW Powered by TIBCO 230
5 Felicia Gomez - Webcor-Platinum 222

Best Young Rider

Wilock's trip to Worlds may have cost her the lead in the Best Young Rider competition, a classification that she won in 2005. Katharine Carroll (Victory Brewing) came from second place to claim the Series Best Young Rider classification, thanks to a strong performance at the CD&P Bermuda Grand Prix. Willock held onto second while her teammate, Amber Rais, rounded out the top three.

1 Katharine Carroll - Victory Brewing 451 points
2 Erinne Willock - Webcor-Platinum 385
3 Amber Rais - Webcor-Platinum 352
4 Joelle Numainville - Team Biovail 330
5 Flavia Oliveira - PABW Powered by TIBCO 286

Sprinter

Brooke Miller (PABW Powered by TIBCO) burst onto the National scene when she claimed a stage win and the Freewheel Bike Sprint classification at the Nature Valley Grand Prix in June. She successfully defended the Series sprinter jersey at the International Tour de Toona and held on at the CD&P Bermuda Grand Prix to take the Series win.

1 Brooke Miller - PABW Powered by TIBCO 352 points
2 Felicia Gomez - Webcor-Platinum 267
3 Laura Van Gilder - TEAm Lipton 264
4 Kristin Armstrong - TEAm Lipton 253
5 Stacy Marple - PABW Powered by TIBCO 165


About the Women's Prestige Cycling Series

The 2006 Women's Prestige Cycling Series began at the Nature Valley Grand Prix in June, continued at the International Tour de Toona in July and finished at the CD&P Bermuda Grand Prix in September. The Series rolled out in 2004 with the goal of highlighting women's racing by giving them a spotlight that they don't have to share with the men. The Series grew out of meetings that began in Minnesota in 2003 at the first Yoplait Women's Cycling Summit Conference hosted at the Nature Valley Grand Prix.

Visit www.WomenCyclists.com for more information.