Women's Road Race Aug 10 2008

Olympics'08 Women's RR: Nicole The Unstoppable!
Sunday, August 10, 2008 10:53:04 AM PT

by Jered Gruber

Nicole Cooke made it clear all along that there was but one race that really mattered to her for 2008 - the Olympic Road Race. With that goal in mind, Cooke dedicated her entire season to the dream, and on an abominably wet day in Beijing, the pieces fell in place as she powered home to a comfortable win over her breakaway companions.




Olympic Games Women's Road Race Results
1. Nicole Cooke (Great Britain), 3:32:24 (35.7kph),
2. Emma Johansson (Sweden), same time),
3. Tatiana Guderzo (Italy),
4. Christiane Soeder (Austria), at 0:04
5. Linda Melanie Villumsen Serup (Denmark), at 0:09
6. Marianne Vos (Netherlands), at 0:21
7. Priska Doppmann (Switzerland), at 0:21
8. Paulina Brzezna (Poland), at 0:21
9. Edita Pucinskaite (Lithuania), at 0:21
10. Zulfiya Zabirova (Kazakhstan), at 0:21
11. Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lithuania), at 0:21
12. Yulia Martisova (Russia), at 0:21
13. Christel Ferrier Bruneau (France), at 0:21
14. Maryline Salvetat (France), at 0:21
15. Noemi Cantele (Italy), at 0:21
16. Gao Min (China), at 0:28
17. Leigh Hobson (Canada), at 0:28
18. Nicole Braendli (Switzerland), at 0:28
19. Anna Sanchis (Spain), at 0:28
20. Trixi Worrack (Germany), at 0:28
21. Susanne Ljungskog (Sweden), at 0:28
22. Yevgeniya Vysotska (Ukraine), at 0:31
23. Emma Pooley (Great Britain), at 0:31
24. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (France), at 0:33
25. Kristin Armstrong (United States), at 0:43