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Stage 4a - Eskilstuna - Uppsala, 131.2 kms Stage 4b - Uppsala, ITT 16.0 kms Stage 5 - Uppsala - Stockholm, 118.4 kms
BriefTomas Nilsson, a journalist from Sweden is our reporter for the Postgirot Tour of Sweden. In keeping with our usual aims, Tomas will be seeking all the results and news that he can find for us.Stage 4a, Eskilstuna - Uppsala, 131.2 kms:1. STRAZZER, Massimo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 2.59.49 2. HONDO, Danilo (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 3. MAGNUSSON, Glenn (Swe) Amore e Vita 4. LARSEN, Nicolay Bo (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 5. PETACCHI, Alessandro (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne 6. HENRIX, Sascha (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 7. KAPPES, Andreas (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 8. WOJCIECHOWSKI, Dariusz (Blr) Mroz 9. DE JONGH, Steven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 10. HOLM, Brian (Den) Team Acceptcard 11. GOTTSCHLING, Stephan (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 12. HUSHOVD, Thor (Nor) Norway National Team 13. EKSTRÖM, Niclas (Swe) Team Postgirot 14. WAJS, Grzegorz (Pol) Mroz 15. DE CLERCQ, Eric (Bel) Collstrop 16. LJUNGQVIST, Marcus (Swe) Cantina Tollo 17. GRABSCH, Bert (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 18. RÖNNERLING, Niklas (Swe) Sweden National Team 19. KNAVEN, Servais (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 20. RITTSEL, Martin (Swe) Cantina Tollo 21. IVARSSON, Anders (Swe) Team Postgirot 22. BRACKE, Tony (Bel) Collstrop 23. RASCH, Gabriel (Nor) Norway National Team 24. LAFIS, Michel (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 25. SIMENSEN, Ole (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 26. CARLSSON, Mattias (Swe) Sweden National Team 27. BÄCKSTEDT, Magnus (Swe) Sweden National Team 28. TANNER, John (GB) Great Britain National Team 29. ANDERSSON, Allen (Swe) Biachi Racing Team 30. VERECKE, Philip (Bel) Collstrop 31. ROSOLINSKI, Grzegorz (Pol) Mroz 32. JOHANSSON,Martin (Swe) Sweden National Team 33. STENERSEN, Björn Norway National Team 34. ANDERSSON, Michael (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 35. SPARR, Henrik (Swe) Team Wirsbo CK 36. KARLSSON, Jan (Swe) Team Acceptcard 37. HARMS, Niels (Ned) Holland National Team 1.03 38. KARLSSON, Rickard (Swe) Team Postgirot 3.10 39. BELLINI, Marco (Ita) Cantina Tollo 40. HVASTIJA, Martin (SLO) Cantina Tollo 41. ENGELSVOLL, Erlend (Nor) Norway National Team 13.28 42. MARCUSSEN, Kim (Den) Team Acceptcard 43. SALMINEN, Esko (FIN) Finland National Team 44. CARLSTRÖM, Kjell (FIN) Finland National Team 45. MATTSSON, Jan (Swe) Team Wirsbo CK 46. VARALA, Janne (FIN) Finland National Team 47. NIJMEIJER, Gerben (Ned) Holland National Team 48. STENSTRÖM, Oscar (FIN) Finland National Team 49. MÜLLER, Martin (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 50. GUSTAFSSON, Örjan (Swe) Biachi Racing Team 13.28 Stage 4b, Uppsala, ITT 16.0 kms:1. Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) Swedish National Team 19.37 2. Michael Andersson (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 0.01 3. Thor Hushovd (Nor) Norwegian National Team 0.16 4. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Cantina Tollo 0.16 5. Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Cantina Tollo 0.19 6. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 0.21 7. Jan Karlsson (Swe) Acceptcard 0.32 8. Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Amore e Vita 0.34 9. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Agro Adler 0.45 10. Steven de Jongh(Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 0.48 11. Olaf Pollack (Ger) Agro Adler 0.49 12. Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 0.49 13. Brian Holm (Den) Acceptcard 0.57 14. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Agro Adler 0.57 15. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Scrigno 1.02 16. Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop 1.03 17. Martin Müller (Ger) Agro Adler 1.03 18. Niklas Rönnerling (Swe) 1.05 19. Sascha Henrix (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.07 20. Andreas Kappes (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.09 GC after Stage 4b
1. Steven de Jongh(Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 18.45.34 2. Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) Swedish National Team 0.24 3. Thor Hushovd (Nor) Norwegian National Team 0.37 4. Michael Andersson (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 0.37 5. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Cantina Tollo 0.40 6. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 0.40 7. Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Cantina Tollo 0.41 8. Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz 0.44 9. Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Amore e Vita 0.57 10. Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 1.19 11. Jan Karlsson (Swe) Acceptcard 1.21 12. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Scrigno 1.25 13. Sascha Henrix (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.32 14. Andreas Kappes (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.34 15. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Agro Adler 1.39 16. Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop 1.40 17. Brian Holm (Den) Acceptcard 1.42 18. John Tanner (GB) 1.48 19. Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 1.53 20. Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Agro Adler 2.39 Other Classifications
U23
1. HUSHOVD, Thor (Nor) Norway National Team
2. RASCH, Gabriel (Nor) Norway National Team
3. EKSTRÖM, Niclas (Swe) Team Postgirot
Points GC
1. STRAZZER, Massimo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 75
2. BLIJLEVENS, Jeroen (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 66
3. DE JONGH, Steven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 45
4. MAGNUSSON, Glenn (Swe) Amore e Vita 44
5. PETACCHI, Alessandro (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne 39
6. HUSHOVD, Thor (Nor) Norway National Team 32
7. HONDO, Danilo (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 30
8. BÄCKSTEDT, Magnus (Swe) Sweden National Team 29
9. SCHUMANN, Dirk (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 28
10. WAJS, Grzegorz (Pol) Mroz 23
11. LJUNGQVIST, Marcus (Swe) Cantina Tollo 22
12. KNAVEN, Servais (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 22
13. RITTSEL, Martin (Swe) Cantina Tollo 21
14. HENRIX, Sascha (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 20
15. KAPPES, Andreas (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 20
Sprints:
1. CEI, Luca (ITA) Scrigno-Gaerne 15
2. EKSTRÖM, Niclas (Swe) Team Postgirot 12
3. DE JONGH, Steven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 9
4. NIJMEIJER, Gerben (Ned) Holland National Team 6
5. RITTSEL, Martin (Swe) Cantina Tollo 5
6. KAPPES, Andreas (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 5
7. KNAVEN, Servais (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 3
8. PETACCHI, Alessandro (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne 3
9. MÜLLER, Martin (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 3
10. WAJS, Grzegorz (Pol) Mroz 3
11. CAVAGNIS, Oscar (Ita) Cantina Tollo 3
12. WOJCIECHOWSKI, Dariusz (Blr) Mroz 2
13. LARSEN, Nicolay Bo (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 2
14. JOHANSSON,Martin (Swe) Sweden National Team 2
15. KRYGER, Martin (Den) Team Acceptcard 2
Brief TVM-Farm Frites kept the speed up all day. The peloton split less than 30 kms from the finish with Jeroen Blijlevens in the second bunch. Good bye Green Jersey! Massimo Strazzer won the stage in Blijlevens absence. In the afternoons 16 km time trail Magnus Backstedt manage to beat Swedish TT-king Michael Andersson, TVM, with less than two seconds, thus passing everyone except Steven de Jong in the GC. de Jongh came in 10th, with 24 second left of the gap to Backstedt. Young Norwegian Thor Hushovd came in third on the stage which gave him the same placing in the GC securing the white U23 jersey. Stage 5, Uppsala - Stockholm, 118.4 kms:1. BLIJLEVENS, Jeroen (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 2.37.28 2. DAELMAN, Danny (Bel) Collstrop 3. BRAIKIA, Tayeb (Den) Team Acceptcard 4. MAGNUSSON, Glenn (Swe) Amore e Vita 5. POLLACK, Olaf (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 6. KRYGER, Martin (Den) Team Acceptcard 7. CAVAGNIS, Oscar (Ita) Cantina Tollo 8. HUSHOVD, Thor (Nor) Norway National Team 9. LARSEN, Nicolay Bo (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 10. KNAVEN, Servais (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 11. BÄCKSTEDT, Magnus (Swe) Sweden National Team 12. DE JONGH, Steven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 13. HENRIX, Sascha (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 14. WOJCIECHOWSKI, Dariusz (Blr) Mroz 15. NIJMEIJER, Gerben (Ned) Holland National Team 16. HOLM, Brian (Den) Team Acceptcard 17. WOJTAS, Arkadiusz (Pol) Mroz 18. SIMENSEN, Ole (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 19. HONDO, Danilo (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 20. GRABSCH, Ralf (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner GC after Stage 5
1. DE JONGH, Steven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 21.23.02 2. BÄCKSTEDT, Magnus (Swe) Sweden National Team 0.24 3. LJUNGQVIST, Marcus (Swe) Cantina Tollo 0.35 4. ANDERSSON, Michael (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 0.36 5. HUSHOVD, Thor (Nor) Norway National Team 0.37 6. RITTSEL, Martin (Swe) Cantina Tollo 0.40 7. KNAVEN, Servais (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 0.40 8. WAJS, Grzegorz (Pol) Mroz 0.44 9. MAGNUSSON, Glenn (Swe) Amore e Vita 0.57 10. LARSEN, Nicolay Bo (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 1.19 11. KARLSSON, Jan (Swe) Team Acceptcard 1.21 12. HENRIX, Sascha (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 1.32 13. KAPPES, Andreas (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 1.34 14. GRABSCH, Bert (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 1.39 15. BRACKE, Tony (Bel) Collstrop 1.39 16. HOLM, Brian (Den) Team Acceptcard 1.42 17. TANNER, John (GB) Great Britain National Team 1.48 18. LAFIS, Michel (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 1.53 19. GOTTSCHLING, Stephan (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 2.40 20. SIMENSEN, Ole (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 2.57 21. RASCH, Gabriel (Nor) Norway National Team 2.58 22. DE CLERCQ, Eric (Bel) Collstrop 2.59 23. JOHANSSON,Martin (Swe) Sweden National Team 3.01 24. VERECKE, Philip (Bel) Collstrop 3.05 25. ANDERSSON, Allen (Swe) Bianchi Racing Team 3.36 26. EKSTRÖM, Niclas (Swe) Team Postgirot 5.39 27. HONDO, Danilo (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 5.43 28. STRAZZER, Massimo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 6.09 29. CARLSSON, Mattias (Swe) Sweden National Team 6.51 30. STENERSEN, Björn Norway National Team 7.15 31. SPARR, Henrik (Swe) Team Wirsbo CK 8.06 32. KARLSSON, Rickard (Swe) Team Postgirot 8.59 33. RÖNNERLING, Niklas (Swe) Sweden National Team 9.59 34. IVARSSON, Anders (Swe) Team Postgirot 10.08 35. BELLINI, Marco (Ita) Cantina Tollo 11.58 36. ROSOLINSKI, Grzegorz (Pol) Mroz 12.31 37. WOJCIECHOWSKI, Dariusz (Blr) Mroz 13.43 38. BLIJLEVENS, Jeroen (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 14.00 39. LILLYWHITE, Chris (GB) Great Britain National Team 15.18 40. VESTÖL, Björnar (Nor) Team Acceptcard 15.56 41. WOJTAS, Arkadiusz (Pol) Mroz 16.31 42. ANDERSSON, Markus (Swe) Sweden National Team 16.36 43. GRABSCH, Ralf (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 17.46 44. KRYGER, Martin (Den) Team Acceptcard 17.49 45. INGEBY, Kristoffer (Swe) Team Postgirot 18.58 46. DAELMAN, Danny (Bel) Collstrop 19.04 47. SALMINEN, Esko (Fin) Finland National Team 19.06 48. JOHANSEN, Kristoffer (Swe) Sweden National Team 19.24 49. POLLACK, Olaf (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 19.43 50. CARLSTRÖM, Kjell (Fin) Finland National Team 19.44 51. NILSSON, John (Swe) Team Wirsbo CK 19.51 52. GUSTAFSSON, Örjan (Swe) Bianchi Racing Team 20.25 53. REINERINK, Rik (Ned) Holland National Team 20.30 54. BAYFIELD, Joe (GB) Great Britain National Team 20.30 55. ENGELSVOLL, Erlend (Nor) Norway National Team 20.43 56. GLASNER, Björn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 21.03 57. SCHUMANN, Dirk (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 23.42 58. BOUWMA, Bart (Ned) Holland National Team 24.27 59. HARMS, Niels (Ned) Holland National Team 24.37 60. PERSSON, Markus (Swe) Bianchi Racing Team 24.57 61. ARNELL, Emil (Swe) Team Postgirot 25.39 62. MÜLLER, Martin (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 25.54 63. ÖSTERLING, Robert (Swe) Bianchi Racing Team 26.32 64. VARALA, Janne (Fin) Finland National Team 26.46 65. SCHLICKAU, Michael (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 27.01 66. STENSTRÖM, Oscar (Fin) Finland National Team 27.04 67. EKLUNDH, Anders (Swe) Bianchi Racing Team 27.53 68. CAVAGNIS, Oscar (Ita) Cantina Tollo 27.54 69. MARCUSSEN, Kim (Den) Team Acceptcard 28.37 70. BRAIKIA, Tayeb (Den) Team Acceptcard 28.44 71. CEI, Luca (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne 32.50 72. NILSSON, Tobias (Swe) Team Wirsbo CK 32.55 73. BALDUCCI, Gabriele (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne 34.10 74. FERTI, Michele (Ita) Amore e Vita 36.25 75. MATTSSON, Jan (Swe) Team Wirsbo CK 36.37 76. NIJKAMP, Kasper (Ned) Holland National Team 38.07 77. PIERI, Dario (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne 42.29 78. NIJMEIJER, Gerben (Ned) Holland National Team 44.20 79. HENDRYCKX, Chris (Bel) Collstrop 49.17 Final Other Classifications
Final U23:
1. HUSHOVD, Thor (Nor) Norway National Team
2. RASCH, Gabriel (Nor) Norway National Team
3. EKSTRÖM, Niclas (Swe) Team Postgirot
Final Points:
1. BLIJLEVENS, Jeroen (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 91
2. STRAZZER, Massimo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 75
3. MAGNUSSON, Glenn (Swe) Amore e Vita 58
4. DE JONGH, Steven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 49
5. HUSHOVD, Thor (Nor) Norway National Team 40
6. BÄCKSTEDT, Magnus (Swe) Sweden National Team 34
7. DAELMAN, Danny (Bel) Collstrop 34
8. HONDO, Danilo (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 30
9. BRAIKIA, Tayeb (Den) Team Acceptcard 30
10. SCHUMANN, Dirk (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 28
11. KNAVEN, Servais (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 28
12. POLLACK, Olaf (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 26
13. WAJS, Grzegorz (Pol) Mroz 23
14. HENRIX, Sascha (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 23
15. LJUNGQVIST, Marcus (Swe) Cantina Tollo 22
16. RITTSEL, Martin (Swe) Cantina Tollo 21
17. LARSEN, Nicolay Bo (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 21
18. KAPPES, Andreas (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 20
19. ANDERSSON, Michael (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 12
20. LAFIS, Michel (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 10
21. KRYGER, Martin (Den) Team Acceptcard 10
22. WOJCIECHOWSKI, Dariusz (Blr) Mroz 10
23. CAVAGNIS, Oscar (Ita) Cantina Tollo 9
24. EKLUNDH, Anders (Swe) Bianchi Racing Team 8
25. HOLM, Brian (Den) Team Acceptcard 6
26. GRABSCH, Bert (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 5
27. GUSTAFSSON, Örjan (Swe) Bianchi Racing Team 5
28. RÖNNERLING, Niklas (Swe) Sweden National Team 4
29. KARLSSON, Jan (Swe) Team Acceptcard 4
30. EKSTRÖM, Niclas (Swe) Team Postgirot 4
31. WOJTAS, Arkadiusz (Pol) Mroz 3
32. DE CLERCQ, Eric (Bel) Collstrop 2
33. LILLYWHITE, Chris (GB) Great Britain National Team 1
34. TANNER, John (GB) Great Britain National Team 1
35. REINERINK, Rik (Ned) Holland National Team 1
Final Sprints:
1. CEI, Luca (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne 18
2. EKSTRÖM, Niclas (Swe) Team Postgirot 12
3. LJUNGQVIST, Marcus (Swe) Cantina Tollo 10
4. DE JONGH, Steven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 9
5. REINERINK, Rik (Ned) Holland National Team 6
6. KRYGER, Martin (Den) Team Acceptcard 5
7. KAPPES, Andreas (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 5
8. RITTSEL, Martin (Swe) Cantina Tollo 5
9. KNAVEN, Servais (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 4
10. BLIJLEVENS, Jeroen (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 3
11. CAVAGNIS, Oscar (Ita) Cantina Tollo 3
12. LARSEN, Nicolay Bo (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 3
13. WOJCIECHOWSKI, Dariusz (Blr) Mroz 3
14. MÜLLER, Martin (Ger) Agro-Adler Brandenburg 3
15. WAJS, Grzegorz (Pol) Mroz 3
16. GLASNER, Björn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 2
17. JOHANSSON,Martin (Swe) Sweden National Team 2
18. ANDERSSON, Michael (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 2
19. HOLM, Brian (Den) Team Acceptcard 1
20. LILLYWHITE, Chris (GB) Great Britain National Team 1
21. BELLINI, Marco (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1
Brief The last stage of Postgirot Open Tour of Sweden was an 118 km transportation from Uppsala to Stockholm. TVM had no problems defending Steven de Jongh's yellow jersey. Marcus Ljungqvist took the day's two sprints, Swedish champion Michel Lafis had a 25 second lead for a while but that’s all. Jeroen Blijlevens won the stage and took the points competition. It was his third stage victory. The race as a whole: Bunch sprints on all stages except the second. This race needs more hills. And Magnus Backstedt needed a professional team. |