Tour of Slovenia - 2.5

Slovenia, May 16-21, 2000

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Stage 3 - May 19: Slovenska bistrica - Ljubljana, 161 km

Murn and Mahoric in a long escape

By Marko Baloh

Stage 3 was supposed to be hard just looking at the profile map. What added to the toughness of the stage was a miserable, rainy and cold weather. By the end of it, there weren't many riders who could say for themselves that they stayed upright the whole stage on the slippery roads.

The heroes of the day were Slovenian riders Uros Murn and Mitja Mahoric, who attacked almost from the gun (at km 5) and quickly gained a lead of more than 3 minutes (by km 40) on the bunch. The peloton was lead by KIA Villiger team, who weren't really chasing hard, just keeping the tempo up. Presumably, they thought the attacking duo weren't going to survive the two mountains of the day. Their maximum lead was 6 minutes 45 seconds in the bottom of Crnivec, with Atlas rider Sapa Marcin behind them and 1 minute in front of the bunch.

On the climb the high tempo, set mostly by KRKA-Telekom riders, left about 10 men chasing the escapers, of which 4 were from KRKA-Telekom. The yellow jersey Christian Weber had already lost ground and never regained contact with this chasing group.

KRKA-Telekom riders were making sure that the yellow jersey wouldn't catch them but at the same time keeping the tempo a little down so they wouldn't catch their man in the breakaway. In fact Murn did his job and outsprinted Mahoric for a stage win and his teammate Boris Premuzic took over a yellow jersey. The sprint for a third place was comfortably won by Igor Kranjec (PP-RR). He was counting on a win today, but wasn't totally dissatisfied since it was hard racing himself against 5 KRKA-Telekom riders. But he said that his legs felt good today, and there are still two stages to go!

Results

1. Uros Murn (Slo) Krka-Telekom Slovenije                  3.55.47
2. Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj
3. Igor Kranjec (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj Radenska Rog             2.24
4. Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Krka-Telekom Slovenije
5. David Cioni Dario (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
6. Brian Walton (Can) Canada
7. Sylvain Beauchamp (Can) Canada
8. Martin Derganc (Slo) Krka-Telekom Slovenije
9. Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
10. Boris Premuiic (Slo) Krka-Telekom Slovenije               2.27
11. Cristian Auriemma (Ita) Amore & Vita-Bosch                2.28
12. Simone Mori (Ita) Team Coast                              2.30
13. Milan Erien (Slo) Krka-Telekom Slovenije                  4.20
14. Matija Kotnik (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj Radenska Rog
15. Lazslo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step
16. Matej Gnezda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj Radenska Rog
17. Jaromír Purmenský (Cze) Joko Velamos
18. Cohut Seweryn (Pol) Amore & Vita-Bosch                    4.25
19. Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Krka-Telekom Slovenije
20. Christian Weber (Swi) Kia-Villiger Suisse
21. Alexandre Moos (Swi) Kia-Villiger Suisse
22. Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Coast                          7.42
23. Borja Jelic (Slo) Savaprojekt Krsko
24. Matej Stare (Slo) Sava Kranj
25. Hrvoje Miholjevic (Cro) Sava Kranj
26. Klemen Hancic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj Radenska Rog
27. Hans Kurt Brand (Swi) Team Coast
28. Cox Ruan (Rsa) Amore & Vita-Bosch                         7.47
29. Roman Bronis (Svk) Slovakia
30. Mirko Puglioli (Ita) Amore & Vita-Bosch
31. Borut Boiic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj Radenska Rog
32. Michal Precechtel (Cze) Joko Velamos                     14.43
33. Dean Podgornik (Slo) Sava Kranj
34. Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj Radenska Rog
35. Marko Iepic (Slo) Sava Kranj
36. Jan Faltynek (Cze) Joko Velamos
37. Camiel C.Soesbergen (Ned) Netherlands
38. Andrzej Jagielowicz (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus-Ambra
39. Miloslav Kejval (Cze) PSK Unit Expert-Steirmark
40. Charles Dionne (Can) Canada
41. Michal Kalanda (Cze) PSK Unit Expert-Steirmark
42. Gregor Zagorc (Slo) KRKA Telekom Ekipa Dolenjska
43. Martin Cerepan (Svk) Slovakia
44. Jorne J.Videler (Ned) Netherlands
45. Lubos Kejval (Cze) PSK Unit Expert-Steirmark
46. Radek Dite (Cze) PSK Unit Expert-Steirmark
47. Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj
48. Massimo Demarin (Cro) KRKA Telekom Ekipa Dolenjska
49. Gregor Zajc (Slo) Savaprojekt Krsko
50. Luca Paolino (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
51. Michael Barry (Can) Canada
52. Mark Walters (Can) Canada
53. Marian Hajzler (Cze) Joko Velamos
54. Radek Blahut (Cze) Joko Velamos
55. Uros Plankar (Slo) KRKA Telekom Ekipa Dolenjska
56. Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Team Coast
57. Tomás Sedlácek (Cze) Joko Velamos
58. Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Team Coast
59. Petr Herman (Cze) PSK Unit Expert-Steirmak               20.26
60. Tomislav Elkasovic (Cro) Savaprojekt Krsko
61. Marcin Sapa (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus-Ambra
62. Uros Silar (Slo) Sava Kranj
63. Wesley Seigler (USA) Netherlands
64. Andy Knijpinga (Ned) Netherlands
65. Pascal Hungerbchler (Swi) Kia-Villiger Suisse
66. Nicola Chesini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
67. Thorsten Carrier (Ger) Team Coast
68. Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Kia-Villiger Suisse
69. David Chassot (Swi) Kia-Villiger Suisse
70. Simone Leporatti (Ita) Amore & Vita-Bosch
71. Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Kia-Villiger Suisse
72. Matej Marin (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                         20.35


General classification after three stages:

1. Boris Premuiic (Slo) Krka-Telekom Slovenije            12.33.44
2. Martin Derganc (Slo) Krka-Telekom Slovenije                0.03
3. Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Krka-Telekom Slovenije           0.17
4. Sylvain Beauchamp (Can) Canada                             0.24
5. Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                          0.36
6. Brian Walton (Can) Canada                                  0.46
7. Christian Weber (Swi) Kia-Villiger Suisse                  1.16
8. Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                         1.52
9. Alexandre Moos (Swi) Kia-Villiger Suisse                   1.55
10. Uros Murn (Slo) Krka-Telekom Slovenije                    1.56
11. Lazslo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step                     2.47
12. Simone Mori (Ita) Team Coast                              2.56
13. David Cioni Dario (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                  4.14
14. Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Krka-Telekom Slovenije               4.28
15. Cohut Seweryn (Pol) Amore & Vita-Bosch                    4.42
16. Mirko Puglioli (Ita) Amore & Vita-Bosch                   5.59
17. Milan Erien (Slo) Krka-Telekom Slovenije                  6.32
18. Jaromír Purmenský (Cze) Joko Velamos                      6.56
19. Cristian Auriemma (Ita) Amore & Vita-Bosch                6.58
20. Matej Gnezda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj Radenska Rog            8.36
21. Igor Kranjec (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj Radenska Rog            8.51
22. Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Coast                          9.50
23. Matej Stare (Slo) Sava Kranj                              9.51
24. Hans Kurt Brand (Swi) Team Coast                         12.18
25. Roman Bronis (Svk) Slovakia                              12.18
26. Matija Kotnik (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj Radenska Rog          13.22
27. Luca Paolino (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                      14.55
28. Cox Ruan (Rsa) Amore & Vita-Bosch                        14.55
29. Hrvoje Miholjevic (Cro) Sava Kranj                       16.47
30. Borja Jelic (Slo) Savaprojekt Krsko                      16.49
31. Jorne J.Videler (Ned) Netherlands                        16.50
32. Andrzej Jagielowicz (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus-Ambra           16.53
33. Mark Walters (Can) Canada                                16.54
34. Gregor Zajc (Slo) Savaprojekt Krsko                      17.16
35. Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Team Coast                     17.45
36. Marcin Sapa (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus-Ambra                   18.32
37. Jan Faltynek (Cze) Joko Velamos                          19.03
38. Michal Kalanda (Cze) PSK Unit Expert-Steirmark           19.06
39. Tomás Sedlácek (Cze) Joko Velamos                        19.07
40. Uros Plankar (Slo) KRKA Telekom Ekipa Dolenjska          19.15
41. Michael Barry (Can) Canada                               19.16
42. Marko Iepic (Slo) Sava Kranj                             19.17
43. Radek Blahut (Cze) Joko Velamos                          21.05
44. Michal Precechtel (Cze) Joko Velamos                     21.05
45. Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Team Coast                      21.06
46. Lubos Kejval (Cze) PSK Unit Expert-Steirmark             21.48
47. Charles Dionne (Can) Canada                              21.49
48. Dean Podgornik (Slo) Sava Kranj                          21.55
49. Massimo Demarin (Cro) KRKA Telekom Ekipa Dolenjska       21.56
50. Uros Silar (Slo) Sava Kranj                              22.28
51. Thorsten Carrier (Ger) Team Coast                        22.30
52. Petr Herman (Cze) PSK Unit Expert-Steirmark              22.32
53. Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Kia-Villiger Suisse              23.23
54. Camiel C.Soesbergen (Ned) Netherlands                    24.02
55. Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj Radenska Rog         24.07
56. Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                      24.18
57. Radek Dite (Cze) PSK Unit Expert-Steirmark               24.25
58. Pascal Hungerbchler (Swi) Kia-Villiger Suisse            24.49
59. David Chassot (Swi) Kia-Villiger Suisse                  24.56
60. Miloslav Kejval (Cze) PSK Unit Expert-Steirmark          25.53
61. Marian Hajzler (Cze) Joko Velamos                        26.02
62. Borut Boiic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj Radenska Rog            26.17
63. Nicola Chesini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                    26.20
64. Gregor Zagorc (Slo) KRKA Telekom Ekipa Dolenjska         27.16
65. Matej Marin (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                         27.26
66. Tomislav Elkasovic (Cro) Savaprojekt Krsko               28.31
67. Wesley Seigler (USA) Netherlands                         29.06
68. Simone Leporatti (Ita) Amore & Vita-Bosch                29.48
69. Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Kia-Villiger Suisse              30.06
70. Andy Knijpinga (Ned) Netherlands                         31.51
71. Martin Cerepan (Svk) Slovakia                            39.24
72. Klemen Hancic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj Radenska Rog          43.37