Newsgroup: it.sport.ciclismo
Titolo: Cooke infortunata

anche se la notizia è già vecchia di qualche giorno...
Nicole will not be participating in the UCI Women's Road World Cup, 
Grand Prix of Wales, Newport on 20th August 2005.
It's deeply disappointing for Nicole who's been forced to pull out 
through injury.
"I've been suffering from a recurrent knee injury which required further 
surgery earlier this month. This is all immensley frustrating."
"The World Cup in Newport was one of my big target races this season and 
I am devastated to miss racing in front of my home crowd. I had hoped my 
knee would recover but the medical advice is that more recuperation time 
is needed."
"On the plus side things are improving now, and having had this surgery 
all the problems will be behind me."
The Newport race, the 8th leg of the World Cup, will make its debut on 
British Soil when many of the world's leading women's cyclists compete 
on August 20th.
Race Organiser Alan Rushton said "We are naturally very disappointed not 
to have Nicole with us in the race and send our best wishes for her 
speedy recovery".
http://www.nicolecooke.com/index2.html
-- 
Il segreto della felicita' non e' di far sempre cio' che si vuole, ma di 
voler sempre cio' che si fa. (Lev Tolstoj)

 surgery earlier this month. This is all immensley frustrating."
snip-
Women have had a somwwhat crappy year overall. Some of the world cup races
went bad early on when some girls were taken the wrong way down the course
and this screwed up the results. After that the Grande Boucle overlapped the
Giro so all the top women headed to the Giro and the Grande Boucle was a
total joke this year. Add to that most of Ausse team was wiped out by a
horrific crash, and all said, things haven't been great this year.
 Add to that the T-Moblie International for women is cancelled this year in
which Cooke repeated her win there, and not only will she miss that but she
missed the Giro as well over a team dispute with the federation. So Cooke's
year hasn't exactly been stellar. While Wood has done well in the cup she
hasn't won much either. Neither has Melchers or any women for that matter.
Luperini had a bad year and Cappellotto retired. Neben has done well, but
really only her Tour De Aude win, she did ride well in the Giro. While Bouba
had a great comback after broken collarbone, she hasn't really won much
either. Edita had a win, but really not one single women I can think of has
had a stellar year, not Gen or Bessette either, but Gen did finally win-
(Toona). Zinaida is winning some and she is a scary contender. There are a
lot of different women winning, and the wins seem to be really spread out
over the map. I don't see any one lady dominating all the races. I think
those days are over, and the depth and talent of the playing field is much
deeper and this is leveling things across the board. All Brandli has won is
the Giro and while that is (huge) she has never won one single other thing I
can think of offhand. Somaribba isn't winning anything this year as well, as
least nothing big. Arndt been missing some big races, and I don't know what
the heck is going on with her, maybe Rossner and her are having marrriage
problems. Freedman cracks me up, but at least she's got heart.
I kind of like it more when one girl is more or less dominating the scene,
its gives us something to focus on, like Lance winning the TDF every year. I
think Cooke was the closest to be a dominator. Not much left on the calender
this year, the worlds...
Oh well,
Maybe next year,
Bruce

 
2005 UCI Road Rankings - 13.07.2005
Rang   Name / First Name   UCI Code   Team   Country   Age   Points
1   WOOD Oenone  AUS19800924   NUR   AUS   25   723
2   ARNDT Judith  GER19760723   NUR   GER   29   514
3   BRÄNDLI Nicole  SUI19790618   TBG   SUI   26   461
4   MELCHERS-VAN POPPEL Mirjam  NED19750926   BFL   NED   30   398
5   LJUNGSKOG Susanne  SWE19760316   BFL   SWE   29   389
6   BUBNENKOVA Svetlana  RUS19730102   FEN   RUS   32   347
7   WORRACK Trixi  GER19810928   NUR   GER   24   345
8   DE GOEDE Suzanne  NED19840416   BAA   NED   21   298
9   COOKE Nicole  GBR19830413   SAF   GBR   22   263
10   PUCINSKAITE Edita  LTU19751127   NMC   LTU   30   233
11   SCHLEICHER Regina  GER19740321   NUR   GER   31   232
12   BEUTLER Annette  SUI19760629   MIC   SUI   29   209
13   NEBEN Amber  USA19750218   BFL   USA   30   195
14   BRONZINI Giorgia  ITA19830803      ITA   22   185
15   KIESANOWSKI Joanne  NZL19790524   NMC   NZL   26   175
16   THORBURN Christine  USA19690917      USA   36   162
17   JEANSON Geneviève  CAN19810829      CAN   24   154
18   GILMORE Rochelle  AUS19811214   SAF   AUS   24   153
18   THÜRIG Karin  SUI19720704   UPT   SUI   33   153
20   ARMSTRONG Kristin  USA19730811   TMP   USA   32   151
21   MAYOLO PIC Tina  USA19660509      USA   39   149
22   SOEDER Christiane  AUT19750115   UPT   AUT   30   146
23   SERUP Linda  DEN19850409   BFL   DEN   20   139
24   HOLLER Monica  SWE19840515   RCE   SWE   21   127
25   STAHURSKAYA Zinaida  BLR19710209      BLR   34   124
26   SENFF Theresa  GER19820202   BAA   GER   23   118
27   GRAUS Andrea  AUT19791113   RCE   AUT   26   116
28   TEUTENBERG Ina  GER19741028   TMP   GER   31   113
29   SOMARRIBA ARROLA Joane  ESP19720811   BIZ   ESP   33   111
30   VALEN Anita  NOR19681212   VLL   NOR   37   110
31   RASMUSSEN Dorte Lohse  DEN19710316   TSA   DEN   34   104
32   CANTELE Noemi  ITA19810717   TBG   ITA   24   97
32   CARRIGAN Sara  AUS19800907   BAA   AUS   25   97
34   LONGHIN Katia  ITA19731203   MIC   ITA   32   95
35   GUDERZO Tatiana  ITA19840822   TOG   ITA   21   93
36   HENNES Tanja  GER19710630   BFL   GER   34   92
36   MATUSIAK Bogumila  POL19710124   ALI   POL   34   92
38   TAMANINI Luisa  ITA19800131   ALI   ITA   25   89
39   VZESNIAUSKAITE Modesta  LTU19831017   NMC   LTU   22   88
...
53   LUPERINI Fabiana  ITA19740114   FRW   ITA   31   48
-- 
Gandhi: "Vivi come se dovessi morire domani. Impara come se dovessi 
vivere per sempre."