Postgirot Open - Tour of Sweden - 2.3Sweden, June 14 - 18, 2000Main Page Results Previous stageStage 3 - June 16: Motala - Eskilstuna, 204 kmDekker gets his secondBy Gabriella Ekström, cyclingnews.com correspondent Today's stage from Motala to Eskilstuna was over 200 kilomtres long, and on top of that it started with a transfer of 120 k's. Not the best way to start your day, but most riders were quite relaxed about it. The yellow jersey sat on the shoulders of Sweden's Michael Andersson, and the question everyone asked was "Who will attack and when?" Personally I wasn't so sure that the stage would be filled with attacks. The riders from the big teams are always expected to do well in a race, and sometimes when they come to a smaller country like Sweden, they are only too happy to get a chance to relax, and the Swedish U23 team isn't likely to attack another Swede in the yellow jersey. The other Swedes riding for teams like Mälarenergi and Crescent would be more likely to go for an attack, but they might lack a bit of experience and most importantly, the strength to attack from a peloton covering 48 kilometres per hour, like this one did. A strong tailwind helped the Swedish U23 team, Team Postgirot to keep the bunch together and the only real attack came when Team Mälarenergi's Kristoffer Ingeby tried to stay away over the hotspot sprint in Julita, but failed. The sprint was instead won of Panaria-Gaerne's Luca Cei. Roberto Lochowski from Agro Adler who wore the green sprinter's jersey won the first sprint in Pålsboda. The peloton stayed together until the riders reached Eskilstuna where the race finished with a seven kilometre lap that was to be covered three times. The rain started to fall just as the riders entered the first lap, and unfortunately parts of the road were paved so the course got very slippery and many riders fell. The biggest tragedy came when the race leader crashed out from a leading group, and hot-tempered Andersson probably would had cursed even more if he knew that the group would stay away to the finish. Andersson got back to the peloton, but by then Martin Rittsel from Memorycard, Erik Dekker from Rabobank and Stig Kristiansen from the Norweigan National team were already gone. Thor Hushovd from Credit Agricole, Servais Knaven from Farm Frites and Fabio Malberti from Amica Chips tried to chase them down, but were brought back by the peloton. Stuart O'Grady then tried to bridge up to the leaders, but couldn't make it, so it was left to a sprint between the three leaders. Erik Dekker, who also won the prologue, won the sprint easily in front of Rittsel and Kristianssen. Danilo Hondo who won the stage in Skövde, missed the fact that a break had gone and made a cute move and threw his hands in the air when finishing fourth after a mid sprint argument with Farm Frites Robbie McEwen who finished fifth. The yellow jersey stays with Andersson and it is likely to be there after tomorrow's TT stage as well, even if Dekker moved from being 53 seconds down to just 17.
Results
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4.25.34
2 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack&Jones
3 Stig Kristiansen (Nor) Norway 0.01
4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 0.22
5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites
6 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 0.26
7 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Amica Chips
8 Alain Turicchia (Ita) Amica Chips
9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
10 Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
11 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Fakta
12 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance
13 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour
14 Magnus Albertsson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi
15 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank
16 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg
17 Fabio Malberti (Ita) Amica Chips
18 Gisle Viköyr (Nor) Norway
19 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour
20 John Nilsson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi
21 Jakob Piil (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones
22 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones
23 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop
24 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
25 Roy Sönsterud (Nor) Norway
26 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites
27 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
28 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Crescent
29 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi
30 Michael Andersson (Swe) Sweden
31 Daniel Van Elven (Ned) MGI Fietsen
32 Andrea Noé (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
33 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 0.35
34 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites
35 Marcel Gono (Aus) Crédit Agricole
36 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
37 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites
38 Jonas Rydberg (Swe) Team Crescent
39 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour
40 Danny Jonasson (Den) Team Fakta
41 Oscar Stenström (Fin) Team Mälarenergi
42 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Fakta
43 Kristoffer Ingeby (Swe) Team Mälarenergi
44 Morten Sonne (Den) Team Fakta
45 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne
46 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg
47 Stuart O´Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole
48 Krister Sjödahl (Swe) Team Crescent
49 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norway
50 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones
51 Marc Streel (Bel) Collstrop
52 Bart Wellens (Bel) MGI Fietsen
53 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) MGI Fietsen
54 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
55 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Crescent
56 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank
57 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Deutsche Telekom
58 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites
59 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Deutsche Telekom
60 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank
61 Oliver Penney (Swi) MGI Fietsen
62 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg
63 Leif Hoste (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
64 Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole
65 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) Crédit Agricole
66 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team Fakta
67 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom
68 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi
69 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour
70 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step
71 Andrej Mizurov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom
72 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
73 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Crescent
74 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
75 Enrico Nikolai (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg
76 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop
77 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Team Crescent
78 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour
79 Luca Cei (Ita) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne
80 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites
81 Frode Flesjå (Nor) Norway 0.49
82 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop
83 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norway
84 Geert Omloop (Bel) Collstrop
85 Martin Johansson (Swe) Collstrop
86 Enrico Degano (Ita) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 1.00
87 Nikolaj Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones
88 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 1.02
89 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 1.22
90 Tom Van Noppen (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 3.52
91 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance
92 Thomas Heidrich (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 4.26
93 Dennis Hey (Ned) MGI Fietsen 4.31
94 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 6.21
95 Daniele Galli (Ita) Amica Chips
96 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 7.21
97 Tomas Grönqvist (Swe) Sweden 9.08
98 Martin Axelsson (Swe) Team Postgirot
99 Mathias Kahl (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 9.10
100 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Amica Chips
101 Nathan O´Neill (Aus) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne
102 Magnus Ljungblad (Swe) Sweden 10.07
103 Klas Johansson (Swe) Sweden
104 Johan Svensson (Swe) Team Postgirot
105 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Sweden
106 Karel Vereecke (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
107 Henrik Oldin (Swe) Sweden
108 Erik Wendel (Swe) Team Postgirot
109 Klas Johansson (Swe) Team Postgirot
110 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Amica Chips
111 Emil Arnell (Swe) Team Postgirot
112 Jan Hordijk (Ned) MGI Fietsen
113 Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14.03
Magnus Lömäng (Swe) Team Postgirot DNF
General classification after stage 3:
1 Michael Andersson (Swe) Sweden
2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.17
3 Fabio Malberti (Ita) Amica Chips 0.18
4 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne
5 Andrea Noé (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.33
6 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 0.35
7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.49
8 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Amica Chips 0.55
9 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 1.04
10 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Fakta 1.05
11 Stuart O´Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.06
12 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 1.10
13 Marcel Gono (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.11
14 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Fakta 1.12
15 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
16 Alain Turicchia (Ita) Amica Chips 1.16
17 Jakob Piil (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 1.19
18 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1.24
19 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg
20 Morten Sonne (Den) Team Fakta 1.25
21 Danny Jonasson (Den) Team Fakta 1.26
22 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Team Crescent 1.27
23 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
24 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 1.30
25 Andrej Mizurov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom 1.31
26 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 1.33
27 Marc Streel (Bel) Collstrop 1.39
28 Stig Kristiansen (Nor) Norway 1.50
29 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 2.02
30 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 2.07
31 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 2.29
32 Leif Hoste (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 2.32
33 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team Fakta 2.42
34 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 3.03
35 Nikolaj Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 3.35
36 Oliver Penney (Swi) MGI Fietsen 3.39
37 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.41
38 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 4.44
39 Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.57
40 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 5.10
41 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) Crédit Agricole 5.19
42 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 5.25
43 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 5.34
44 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 5.51
45 Martin Johansson (Swe) Collstrop 6.02
46 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 6.24
47 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norway 6.26
48 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Crescent 6.33
49 Kristoffer Ingeby (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 6.38
50 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 6.39
51 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 7.06
52 Enrico Nikolai (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 7.25
53 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 7.48
54 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 7.49
55 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Crescent 7.50
56 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Crescent
57 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour 7.54
58 Roy Sönsterud (Nor) Norway
59 Bart Wellens (Bel) MGI Fietsen 7.58
60 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norway 8.15
61 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 8.24
62 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Amica Chips 9.46
63 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9.57
64 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 10.15
65 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Amica Chips 10.46
66 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 11.24
67 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop 11.25
68 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Farm Frites 11.31
69 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 11.43
70 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 11.55
71 Magnus Albertsson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 12.33
72 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop 12.47
73 Jonas Rydberg (Swe) Team Crescent 12.48
74 Krister Sjödahl (Swe) Team Crescent
75 Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 12.49
76 Oscar Stenström (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 12.59
77 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) MGI Fietsen 13.08
78 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop 13.09
79 Frode Flesjå (Nor) Norway 13.12
80 Geert Omloop (Bel) Collstrop 13.25
81 Karel Vereecke (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 13.26
82 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 14.04
83 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 14.17
84 John Nilsson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 15.30
85 Gisle Viköyr (Nor) Norway 15.46
86 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 16.01
87 Tom Van Noppen (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 16.17
88 Tomas Grönqvist (Swe) Sweden 16.28
89 Martin Axelsson (Swe) Team Postgirot 16.35
90 Dennis Hey (Ned) MGI Fietsen 17.01
91 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Sweden 17.28
92 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 17.34
93 Johan Svensson (Swe) Team Postgirot 17.35
94 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 17.40
95 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 18.30
96 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 18.51
97 Daniel Van Elven (Ned) MGI Fietsen 20.36
98 Thomas Heidrich (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 21.35
99 Henrik Oldin (Swe) Sweden 22.22
100 Klas Johansson (Swe) Sweden 22.33
101 Klas Johansson (Swe) Team Postgirot 22.41
102 Magnus Ljungblad (Swe) Sweden 22.48
103 Luca Cei (Ita) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 23.10
104 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 23.18
105 Enrico Degano (Ita) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 23.33
106 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 24.29
107 Nathan O´Neill (Aus) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 26.14
108 Mathias Kahl (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 26.33
109 Erik Wendel (Swe) Team Postgirot 27.22
110 Emil Arnell (Swe) Team Postgirot 27.28
111 Daniele Galli (Ita) Amica Chips 28.48
112 Jan Hordijk (Ned) MGI Fietsen 30.53
113 Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Crédit Agricole 32.15
U 23 Classification after stage 3:
1 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Team Crescent
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
3 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Deutsche Telekom
Teams classification after stage 3:
1 Amica Chips - Tacconi Sport 37.23.05
2 Mapei - Quick Step 0.38
3 MemoryCard - Jack&Jones 0.52
4 Team Fakta 1.09
5 Credit Agricole 2.12
6 Farm Frites 2.41
7 Rabobank 2.49
8 Team Deutsche Telekom 6.22
9 Jean Delatour 7.30
10 Agro-Adler - Brandenburg 8.33
11 Vlaanderen 2002 - Eddy Merckx 9.34
12 Team Crescent 13.37
13 Norway 13.46
14 Collstrop - De Federale Verzekeringen 16.20
15 Ceramica Panaria - Gaerne 17.22
16 MGI Fietsen 22.20
17 AG2R Prevoyance 23.26
18 Team Mälarenergi 29.20
19 Sweden 31.51
20 Team Postgirot 54.14
Points classification after three stages:
1 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 39 pts
2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 35
3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Amica Chips 35
4 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 29
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 29
6 Michael Andersson (Swe) Sweden 25
7 Andrea Noé (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 23
8 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 23
9 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 20
10 Stuart O´Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 18
11 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 17
12 Fabio Malberti (Ita) Amica Chips 16
13 Stig Kristiansen (Nor) Norway 16
14 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 16
15 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Farm Frites 12
16 Alain Turicchia (Ita) Amica Chips 12
17 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) Crédit Agricole 10
18 Jakob Piil (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 10
19 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Amica Chips 10
20 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9
21 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 9
22 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 8
23 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Amica Chips 8
24 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 8
25 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team Fakta 7
26 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Fakta 6
27 Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 6
28 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Fakta 6
29 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 5
30 Morten Sonne (Den) Team Fakta 4
31 Kristoffer Ingeby (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 2
32 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 2
33 Oliver Penney (Swi) MGI Fietsen 2
34 Magnus Albertsson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 2
35 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 1
36 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 1
Sprints classification after stage 3:
1 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 16 pts
2 Luca Cei (Ita) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 9
3 Klas Johansson (Swe) Sweden 6
4 Tomas Grönqvist (Swe) Sweden 5
5 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Farm Frites 4
6 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Crescent 3
7 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop 3
8 Thomas Heidrich (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 2
9 Magnus Ljungblad (Swe) Sweden 2
10 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Sweden 2
11 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 1
12 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 1
13 Enrico Degano (Ita) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 1
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