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Held on Sunday 26th June from Stamfordham, Northumberland. The winner was Elizabeth Armistead of the Garmin-Cervelo team with Nicole Cooke the runner up.
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The Eliminator was introduced last year as a test event, and this year becomes a full-fledged World Cup series, with three races and a world title on the line. The top 32 qualifiers from a timed lap of the circuit for both the men and women move onto the main competition: single lap races by heats of four riders, with the top two moving on to the next round. The women’s field saw Dutch rider Anne Terpstra (MPL Specialized) qualify first, followed by Kathrin Stirnemann (Sabine Spitz Haibike) and former Downhill World Champion Tracy Moseley. Last and co-favourite Eva Lechner (Colnago Sudtirol) qualified further back, in seventh and ninth respectively. However, once the racing started, the skills and strength of these two cross-country competitors ensured that they would be in the final four. They were joined by Terpstra and unheralded Jenny Rissveds (Team Sweden). In the final, Last was joined by Eva Lechner (Colnago Sudtirol), Anne Terpstra (MPL Specialized) and Jenny Rissveds (Team Sweden). Last got the holeshot out of the start, with Lechner having an uncharacteristically bad start and dropping to fourth at the bottom of the climb. By the top, Lechner was into second, but there was nowhere to pass on the narrow, twisting descent. The Italian did try a last ditch pass in the final corner, but caught her bars on last, taking both riders down. Last was first to regain her feet, and took the win. Rissveds took third, followed by Terpstra, who had also crashed in an attempted …
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