Postgirot Open - Tour of Sweden - 2.3Sweden, June 14 - 18, 2000Main Page Results Previous stageStage 4 - June 17: Eskilstuna, 20 km ITTAndersson true to form as O'Neill takes itBy Gabriella Ekström, cyclingews.com correspondent Sweden's Michael Andersson was the obvious favourite in the time trial stage. The stage was only twenty kilometres, and to most riders the day was as close to a rest day as it could be. The better triallists in the field were a bit worried that the stage was too short, that twenty k's wouldn't be enough to create the gaps needed to secure the overall win. The riders who could threaten Andersson's 17 seconds overall lead were second placed Erik Dekker and third placed Fabio Malberti. Both are known as good time triallists, Dekker with his 8th placing in the Worlds in Treviso, and Malberti who was the U23 TT champion in 97. The seventh starter of the day was Nathan O' Neill, of Australian origin, riding as a first year pro for Ceramica Panaria Gaerne. He took the early lead, and surprisingly enough he stayed there until only the top classified riders remained. Malberti failed to perform and finished way down on the best riders. Gilles Maignan from AG2r, who was another pre start favourite, also failed to perform, and was exceptionally beaten by Team Crescent's Tobias Lergård who is only 19 years old. Erik Dekker started two minutes in front of Michael Andersson, both got each other's time throughout the race and it was soon clear that Andersson was the stronger rider. He used all his time trial skills to put seconds between him and Dekker, including jumping over traffic islands to find the fastest way through corners. When Andersson had 30 seconds on Dekker he was told to slow down in order to prevent injurires. Andersson did so, and took it a bit easy, secure that he would beat Dekker for the victory. When crossing the line it was clear that Andersson had a better time than that of Dekker but everyone had forgot about O' Neill. Already showered, changed and back at his room, O' Neill was called back to the race, and told that he had won the greatest win of his career. Almost crying with joy, O 'Neill accepted the flowers and the mobile phone given to him. It will take some time for the fact that he has beaten the WC silver medallist in a TT, to sink in. Andersson on his side, was disappointed but had accepted the fact that he and his team leaders simply had forgot about O'Neill. The yellow jersey stays with Andersson during the final 140 kilometre stage to Stockholm. The fact that teams like Farm Frites and Telekom are interested in a bunch sprint will help Andersson's team to keep the peloton together all the way to the finish. Since the final time is taken at the first time they pass the finising line instead of the last, I can't see who should stop Andersson from taking his third victory in the Postgirot Open.
Results1 Nathan O´Neill (Aus) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 24.29,6 2 Michael Andersson (Swe) Sweden 0.03,8 3 Leif Hoste (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 0.18,9 4 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.30,0 5 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) Crédit Agricole 0.31,5 6 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 0.35,7 7 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Crescent 0.41,8 8 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 0.43,9 9 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.44,8 10 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.47,5 11 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Crescent 0.49,9 12 Marc Streel (Bel) Collstrop 0.52,3 13 Marcel Gono (Aus) Crédit Agricole 0.52,4 14 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Amica Chips 0.57,4 15 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.59,3 16 Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.59,9 17 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.02,6 18 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 1.04,6 19 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop 1.06,0 20 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1.07,0 21 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.08,4 22 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.09,3 23 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 1.09,6 24 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Fakta 1.10,0 25 Stuart O´Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.17,2 26 Fabio Malberti (Ita) Amica Chips 1.18,0 27 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 1.18,6 28 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.20,2 29 Stig Kristiansen (Nor) Norway 1.23,2 30 Jakob Piil (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 1.26,6 31 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 1.29,6 32 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Fakta 1.30,6 33 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.33,8 34 Kristoffer Ingeby (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 1.37,9 35 Andrea Noé (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.38,6 36 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.43,1 37 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 1.44,8 38 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 1.45,6 39 Oliver Penney (Swi) MGI Fietsen 1.46,1 40 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Crescent 1.49,0 41 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 1.49,5 42 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 1.52,9 43 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.55,3 44 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 1.56,5 45 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Sweden 1.56,6 46 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 1.56,9 47 Daniel Van Elven (Ned) MGI Fietsen 1.59,5 48 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 2.02,6 49 Danny Jonasson (Den) Team Fakta 2.07,0 49 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 2.07,0 51 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 2.11,9 52 Daniele Galli (Ita) Amica Chips 2.13,7 53 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 2.13,9 54 Andrej Mizurov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom 2.17,9 55 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 2.19,1 56 Alain Turicchia (Ita) Amica Chips 2.20,1 57 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Amica Chips 2.20,3 58 Karel Vereecke (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 2.20,6 59 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 2.21,2 60 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Team Crescent 2.23,0 61 Jonas Rydberg (Swe) Team Crescent 2.24,7 62 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 2.25,9 63 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.27,0 64 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norway 2.30,5 65 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.31,3 66 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop 2.32,6 67 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 2.38,2 68 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 2.38,3 69 Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.42,0 70 Krister Sjödahl (Swe) Team Crescent 2.43,0 71 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Amica Chips 2.43,1 72 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) MGI Fietsen 2.43,3 73 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 2.44,3 74 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 2.46,1 75 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 2.47,7 76 Dennis Hey (Ned) MGI Fietsen 2.48,3 77 Geert Omloop (Bel) Collstrop 2.50,5 78 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 2.55,1 79 Henrik Oldin (Swe) Sweden 2.55,6 80 Bart Wellens (Bel) MGI Fietsen 2.56,9 81 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 2.57,4 82 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Farm Frites 2.57,6 83 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop 3.00,9 84 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 3.01,5 85 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 3.03,7 86 Roy Sönsterud (Nor) Norway 3.04,8 87 Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 3.08,3 88 Martin Axelsson (Swe) Team Postgirot 3.15,2 89 Erik Wendel (Swe) Team Postgirot 3.15,8 90 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team Fakta 3.18,4 91 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norway 3.18,6 92 Magnus Albertsson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 3.19,3 93 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3.22,4 94 Morten Sonne (Den) Team Fakta 3.24,9 95 Johan Svensson (Swe) Team Postgirot 3.34,4 96 Luca Cei (Ita) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 3.35,3 97 Tomas Grönqvist (Swe) Sweden 3.35,4 98 Magnus Ljungblad (Swe) Sweden 3.36,5 99 Jan Hordijk (Ned) MGI Fietsen 3.38,1 100 Oscar Stenström (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 3.40,5 101 Enrico Nikolai (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 3.42,5 102 Enrico Degano (Ita) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 3.43,7 103 Tom Van Noppen (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 3.47,9 104 Klas Johansson (Swe) Sweden 3.59,1 105 Gisle Viköyr (Nor) Norway 4.00,6 106 Emil Arnell (Swe) Team Postgirot 4.00,9 107 Frode Flesjå (Nor) Norway 4.02,1 108 John Nilsson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 4.13,9 109 Nikolaj Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 4.23,6 110 Martin Johansson (Swe) Collstrop 4.37,0 111 Klas Johansson (Swe) Team Postgirot 4.52,1 112 Thomas Heidrich (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 5.27,8 113 Mathias Kahl (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 6.14,8 General classification after stage 4: 1 Michael Andersson (Swe) Sweden 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.43 3 Fabio Malberti (Ita) Amica Chips 1.32 4 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 1.36 5 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 1.44 6 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Amica Chips 1.48 7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.54 8 Marcel Gono (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2.00 9 Andrea Noé (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.08 10 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Fakta 2.11 11 Stuart O´Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2.19 12 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 2.21 13 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 2.27 14 Marc Streel (Bel) Collstrop 15 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Fakta 2.39 16 Jakob Piil (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 2.42 17 Leif Hoste (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 2.47 18 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 2.48 19 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 2.50 20 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.51 21 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 2.56 22 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 3.08 23 Stig Kristiansen (Nor) Norway 3.09 24 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 3.23 25 Danny Jonasson (Den) Team Fakta 3.29 26 Alain Turicchia (Ita) Amica Chips 3.32 27 Andrej Mizurov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom 3.45 28 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Team Crescent 3.46 29 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 3.56 30 Morten Sonne (Den) Team Fakta 4.46 31 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour 32 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 4.56 33 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 5.20 34 Oliver Penney (Swi) MGI Fietsen 5.21 35 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 5.28 36 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) Crédit Agricole 5.47 37 Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.53 38 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team Fakta 5.57 39 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 6.03 40 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 6.09 41 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 6.41 42 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 6.56 43 Nikolaj Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 7.55 44 Kristoffer Ingeby (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 8.12 45 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Crescent 8.18 46 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 8.25 47 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Crescent 8.28 48 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 8.32 49 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Crescent 8.36 50 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 9.13 51 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 9.14 52 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 9.19 53 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 9.30 54 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norway 9.41 55 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour 10.21 56 Martin Johansson (Swe) Collstrop 10.35 57 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norway 10.42 58 Bart Wellens (Bel) MGI Fietsen 10.51 59 Roy Sönsterud (Nor) Norway 10.55 60 Enrico Nikolai (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 11.04 61 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 11.06 62 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 11.10 63 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 11.48 64 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Amica Chips 12.02 65 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop 12.27 66 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Amica Chips 13.25 67 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 13.42 68 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 14.04 69 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 14.18 70 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Farm Frites 14.25 71 Jonas Rydberg (Swe) Team Crescent 15.09 72 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 15.23 73 Krister Sjödahl (Swe) Team Crescent 15.27 74 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop 15.38 75 Karel Vereecke (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 15.43 76 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop 15.44 77 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) MGI Fietsen 15.47 78 Magnus Albertsson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 15.48 79 Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 15.53 80 Geert Omloop (Bel) Collstrop 16.12 81 Oscar Stenström (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 16.36 82 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 16.48 83 Frode Flesjå (Nor) Norway 17.10 84 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 18.23 85 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Sweden 19.21 86 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 19.32 87 John Nilsson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 19.40 88 Gisle Viköyr (Nor) Norway 19.43 89 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 19.44 90 Dennis Hey (Ned) MGI Fietsen 19.45 91 Martin Axelsson (Swe) Team Postgirot 19.46 92 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 19.55 93 Tomas Grönqvist (Swe) Sweden 20.00 94 Tom Van Noppen (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 20.01 95 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 20.23 96 Johan Svensson (Swe) Team Postgirot 21.06 97 Daniel Van Elven (Ned) MGI Fietsen 22.32 98 Henrik Oldin (Swe) Sweden 25.14 99 Nathan O´Neill (Aus) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 26.10 100 Magnus Ljungblad (Swe) Sweden 26.21 101 Klas Johansson (Swe) Sweden 26.28 102 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 26.37 103 Luca Cei (Ita) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 26.41 104 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 26.46 105 Thomas Heidrich (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 26.59 106 Enrico Degano (Ita) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 27.13 107 Klas Johansson (Swe) Team Postgirot 27.29 108 Erik Wendel (Swe) Team Postgirot 30.34 109 Daniele Galli (Ita) Amica Chips 30.58 110 Emil Arnell (Swe) Team Postgirot 31.25 111 Jan Hordijk (Ned) MGI Fietsen 34.27 112 Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Crédit Agricole 34.53 U 23 classification after stage 4. 1 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Team Crescent 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3 Kristoffer Ingeby (Swe) Team Mälarenergi Teams classification: 1 Credit Agricole 15.52,8 2 AG2R Prevoyance 0.07,7 3 Mapei - Quick Step 0.09,3 4 MemoryCard - Jack&Jones 0.51,3 5 Team Crescent 0.56,7 6 Ceramica Panaria - Gaerne 1.01,8 7 Jean Delatour 1.14,1 8 Amica Chips - Tacconi Sport 2.05,2 9 Collstrop - De Federale Verzekeringen 2.07,1 10 Team Fakta 2.23,7 11 Sweden 2.32,1 12 Rabobank 2.47,3 13 Farm Frites 3.07,8 14 Agro-Adler - Brandenburg 3.24,5 15 Team Deutsche Telekom 3.39,3 16 MGI Fietsen 4.05,1 17 Team Mälarenergi 4.15,7 18 Vlaanderen 2002 - Eddy Merckx 4.19,8 19 Norway 4.34,8 20 Team Postgirot 7.41,5 Teams classification after stage 4: 1 Mapei - Quick Step 38.39.45 2 MemoryCard - Jack&Jones 0.56 3 Amica Chips - Tacconi Sport 1.18 4 Credit Agricole 1.25 5 Team Fakta 2.46 6 Rabobank 4.49 7 Farm Frites 5.01 8 Jean Delatour 7.57 9 Team Deutsche Telekom 9.14 10 Agro-Adler - Brandenburg 11.10 11 Vlaanderen 2002 - Eddy Merckx 13.07 12 Team Crescent 13.46 13 Norway 17.33 14 Ceramica Panaria - Gaerne 17.37 15 Collstrop - De Federale Verzekeringen 17.40 16 AG2R Prevoyance 22.46 17 MGI Fietsen 25.38 18 Team Mälarenergi 32.48 19 Sweden 33.36 20 Team Postgirot 1.01.08 Points classification after stage 4: 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 49 pts 2 Michael Andersson (Swe) Sweden 45 3 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 39 4 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Amica Chips 37 5 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 29 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 29 7 Nathan O´Neill (Aus) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 25 8 Andrea Noé (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 23 9 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 23 10 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) Crédit Agricole 22 11 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 20 12 Stuart O´Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 18 13 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 17 14 Fabio Malberti (Ita) Amica Chips 16 15 Stig Kristiansen (Nor) Norway 16 16 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 16 17 Leif Hoste (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 16 18 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Farm Frites 12 19 Alain Turicchia (Ita) Amica Chips 12 20 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 10 21 Jakob Piil (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 10 22 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Amica Chips 10 23 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9 24 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Crescent 9 25 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 9 26 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 8 27 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 8 28 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Amica Chips 8 29 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 8 30 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team Fakta 7 31 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 7 32 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 6 33 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Fakta 6 34 Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 6 35 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Fakta 6 36 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 5 37 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Crescent 5 38 Morten Sonne (Den) Team Fakta 4 39 Marc Streel (Bel) Collstrop 4 40 Marcel Gono (Aus) Crédit Agricole 3 41 Kristoffer Ingeby (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 2 42 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 2 43 Oliver Penney (Swi) MGI Fietsen 2 44 Magnus Albertsson (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 2 45 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 1 46 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 1 47 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 1 Sprints classification after stage 4: 1 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 16 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 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop 3 7 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Crescent 3 8 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Sweden 2 9 Magnus Ljungblad (Swe) Sweden 2 10 Thomas Heidrich (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 2 11 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 1 12 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 1 13 Enrico Degano (Ita) Panaria Cheramica-Gaerne 1 |