February 20/15 13:29 pm - Women's Tour of New Zealand: Stage 3, Pilot-Fortin Best Young rider
Posted by Editoress on 02/20/15
With the US National team holding the Top 5 on GC the Australian riders decided to get aggressive on Stage 3 of the Trust House women’s tour of New Zealand. They threw plenty at Team USA and were rewarded with stage success.
Evelyn Stevens, Megan Guarnier, Gabrielle Pilot-Fortin - photo courtesy Cotton Sox Photography
"We gave it everything," stage winner Katrin Garfoot from the Australian national team said and she is in third place only 18 seconds behind new tour leader Evelyn Stevens – USA team.
The race started slow with riders conserving energy for what laid ahead, ten laps of a 12km circuit with a tough hill climb each time around in hot conditions.
The action started with three laps to go, after a small group of thee riders, containing Tayler Wiles from team USA, Ellen Skerritt from Hi 5 Dream Team and Joe Hogan from Tibco attacked at the top of the hill managing to get away and create a lead of 55 seconds over the main bunch.
This didn’t last long as the US and Australia national teams force the pace next time up the hill and once again the bunch was all together with two laps to go.
On the penultimate time up the hill, nine riders manage to break away containing some of the strongest riders in the tour such a Stevens and Megan Guarnier from USA, Lauren Stevens from Tibco SVB, Katrin Garfoot and Rachel Neyland from Australia national team, Tessa Fabry form Hi 5 Dream Team, Lucy Coldwell and Miranda Griffiths from Holden Racing Team and Ruth Corsett from team Fagan Motors.
They quickly gain a lead of 30 second that with 10 km to go grow up top over three minutes, from here was to come the stage winner of day three And a new tour leader.
The ride of the day was from DNA-K4 Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin from Canada After the breakaway of nine riders went off, Gaby attempted to bridge the 2 minute gap alone. She didn't quite make it across, but the heroic solo effort earned her the Fagan Motors Young Rider's White Jersey.
Report Courtesy Trust House women’s tour of New Zealand
Results
| Stage 3: Carrington Circuit, 130 km | |
| 1 Katrin Garfoot (Aus) Australian National Team | 3:41:18 |
| 2 Megan Guarnier (USA) US National Team | |
| 3 Lauren Stephens (USA) Team Tibco – SVB | |
| 4 Ruth Corsett (Aus) Fagan Motors Cycling Team | |
| 5 Lucy Coldwell (GBr) HI 5 Dream Team | |
| 6 Miranda Griffiths (Aus) Holden Racing Team | |
| 7 Tessa Fabry (Aus) HI 5 Dream Team | |
| 8 Rachel Neylan (Aus) Australian National Team | all s.t. |
| 9 Evelyn Stevens (USA) US National Team | 0:03 |
| 10 Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) DNA Cycling p/b K4 | 1:25 |
| 11 Lauren Hall (USA) US National Team | 3:05 |
| 12 Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Australian National Team | |
| 13 Karen Fulton (NZl) Pepper Palace Pro Cycling | |
| 14 Jeannie Kuhajek (USA) DNA Cycling p/b K4 | |
| 15 Amber Pierce (USA) Pepper Palace Pro Cycling | |
| 16 Kendall Ryan (USA) Team Tibco – SVB | |
| 17 Emma Petersen (NZl) The Sign Factory | |
| 18 Georgia Baker (Aus) HI 5 Dream Team | |
| 19 Alexandra Manly (Aus) Australian National Team | |
| 20 Linda Villumsen (NZl) Ramblers Club | |
| 21 Lauren Komanski (USA) US National Team | |
| 22 Lauren De Crescenzo (USA) DNA Cycling p/b K4 | |
| 23 Courteney Lowe (NZl) Pepper Palace Pro Cycling | |
| 24 Hiromi Kaneko (Jpn) Japan National Team | |
| 25 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Team Tibco – SVB | |
| 26 Shannon Malseed (Aus) Holden Racing Team | |
| 27 Jessica Mundy (Aus) HI 5 Dream Team | |
| 28 Natalie Kerwin (NZl) Ramblers Club | |
| 29 Jo Hogan (Aus) Team Tibco – SVB | |
| 30 Rebecca Mackey (Aus) Australian National Team | |
| 31 Amanda Nabi (Aus) 3Sixty Sports | |
| 32 Philippa Sutton (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team | |
| 33 Nozomi Saito (Jpn) Japan National Team | |
| 34 Amy Phillips (USA) Pepper Palace Pro Cycling | |
| 35 Ellen Skerritt (Aus) HI 5 Dream Team | |
| 36 Natalie Howell (NZl) The Sign Factory | |
| 37 Hannah Van Kampen (NZl) Ramblers Club | |
| 38 Denise Ramsden (Can) Pepper Palace Pro Cycling | |
| 39 Samara Sheppard (NZl) The Sign Factory | |
| 40 Emily Collins (NZl) Team Tibco – SVB | |
| 41 Sharlotte Lucas (NZl) Holden Racing Team | |
| 42 Yumiko Goda (Jpn) Japan National Team | |
| 43 Anne Perry (USA) DNA Cycling p/b K4 | |
| 44 Tayler Wiles (USA) US National Team | all s.t. |
| 45 Jo Holdaway (NZl) Ramblers Club | 3:11 |
| 46 Breanne Nalder (USA) DNA Cycling p/b K4 | 3:15 |
| OTL Carley Mckay (Aus) 3Sixty Sports | 10:31 |
| OTL Kerri-anne Page (NZl) Ramblers Club | 17:23 |
| OTL Georgina Beech (Aus) Fagan Motors Cycling Team | |
| OTL Hayley Giddens (NZl) The Sign Factory | |
| OTL Alysha Keith (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team | |
| OTL Elizabeth Steel (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team | all s.t. |
| OTL Ruby Perry (NZl) 3Sixty Sports | 27:13 |
| OTL Holly Edmondston (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team | |
| OTL Nina Wollaston (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team | both s.t. |
| DNF Ruby Livingstone (NZl) 3Sixty Sports | |
| DNS Karen Elzing (Ned) Fagan Motors Cycling Team | |
| DNS Maxyna Cottam (NZl) The Sign Factory | |
| GC | |
| 1 Megan Guarnier (USA) US National Team | 7:57:58 |
| 2 Evelyn Stevens (USA) US National Team | at 0:03 |
| 3 Katrin Garfoot (Aus) Australian National Team | 0:18 |
| 4 Rachel Neylan (Aus) Australian National Team | 0:18 |
| 5 Lauren Stephens (USA) Team Tibco – SVB | 0:42 |
| 6 Lucy Coldwell (GBr) HI 5 Dream Team | 1:05 |
| 7 Miranda Griffiths (Aus) Holden Racing Team | 1:05 |
| 8 Tessa Fabry (Aus) HI 5 Dream Team | 1:30 |
| 9 Ruth Corsett (Aus) Fagan Motors Cycling Team | 2:25 |
| 10 Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) DNA Cycling p/b K4 | 3:03 |
| 11 Lauren Hall (USA) US National Team | 3:04 |
| 12 Lauren Komanski (USA) US National Team | 3:05 |
| 13 Tayler Wiles (USA) US National Team | 3:05 |
| 14 Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Australian National Team | 3:23 |
| 15 Alexandra Manly (Aus) Australian National Team | |
| 16 Rebecca Mackey (Aus) Australian National Team | both s.t. |
| 17 Emily Collins (NZl) Team Tibco – SVB | 3:47 |
| 18 Jo Hogan (Aus) Team Tibco – SVB | 3:51 |
| 19 Shannon Malseed (Aus) Holden Racing Team | 4:10 |
| 20 Sharlotte Lucas (NZl) Holden Racing Team | s.t. |
| 21 Linda Villumsen (NZl) Ramblers Club | 4:20 |
| 22 Natalie Kerwin (NZl) Ramblers Club | |
| 23 Hannah Van Kampen (NZl) Ramblers Club | both s.t. |
| 24 Georgia Baker (Aus) HI 5 Dream Team | 4:35 |
| 25 Jessica Mundy (Aus) HI 5 Dream Team | |
| 26 Ellen Skerritt (Aus) HI 5 Dream Team | both s.t. |
| 27 Karen Fulton (NZl) Pepper Palace Pro Cycling | 4:38 |
| 28 Amy Phillips (USA) Pepper Palace Pro Cycling | |
| 29 Denise Ramsden (Can) Pepper Palace Pro Cycling | both s.t. |
| 30 Courteney Lowe (NZl) Pepper Palace Pro Cycling | 4:40 |
| 31 Jeannie Kuhajek (USA) DNA Cycling p/b K4 | 4:43 |
| 32 Lauren De Crescenzo (USA) DNA Cycling p/b K4 | |
| 33 Anne Perry (USA) DNA Cycling p/b K4 | both s.t. |
| 34 Philippa Sutton (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team | 4:50 |
| 35 Hiromi Kaneko (Jpn) Japan National Team | 5:17 |
| 36 Amanda Nabi (Aus) 3Sixty Sports | 5:39 |
| 37 Emma Petersen (NZl) The Sign Factory | 5:45 |
| 38 Natalie Howell (NZl) The Sign Factory | |
| 39 Samara Sheppard (NZl) The Sign Factory | both s.t. |
| 40 Nozomi Saito (Jpn) Japan National Team | 6:13 |
| 41 Breanne Nalder (USA) DNA Cycling p/b K4 | 6:33 |
| 42 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Team Tibco – SVB | 9:35 |
| 43 Jo Holdaway (NZl) Ramblers Club | 10:14 |
| 44 Amber Pierce (USA) Pepper Palace Pro Cycling | 10:26 |
| 45 Yumiko Goda (Jpn) Japan National Team | 11:05 |
| 46 Kendall Ryan (USA) Team Tibco – SVB | 11:39 |
| 47 Carley Mckay (Aus) 3Sixty Sports | 13:33 |
| 48 Kerri-anne Page (NZl) Ramblers Club | 18:58 |
| 49 Alysha Keith (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team | 19:08 |
| 50 Georgina Beech (Aus) Fagan Motors Cycling Team | 19:58 |
| 51 Hayley Giddens (NZl) The Sign Factory | 20:03 |
| 52 Elizabeth Steel (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team | 24:56 |
| 53 Holly Edmondston (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team | 34:46 |
| 54 Nina Wollaston (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team | 35:03 |
| 55 Ruby Perry (NZl) 3Sixty Sports | 35:35 |
| Best Young Rider | |
| 1 Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) DNA Cycling p/b K4 | 8:01:01 |
| 2 Alexandra Manly (Aus) Australian National Team | at 0:20 |
| 3 Rebecca Mackey (Aus) Australian National Team | s.t. |
| 4 Shannon Malseed (Aus) Holden Racing Team | 1:07 |
| 5 Hannah Van Kampen (NZl) Ramblers Club | 1:17 |
| 6 Georgia Baker (Aus) HI 5 Dream Team | 1:32 |
| 7 Jessica Mundy (Aus) HI 5 Dream Team | |
| 8 Ellen Skerritt (Aus) HI 5 Dream Team | both s.t. |
| 9 Nozomi Saito (Jpn) Japan National Team | 3:10 |
| 10 Alysha Keith (NZl) Trust House New Zealand National Team | 16:05 |
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