European U23 Road Championships - CC

Apremont, France, August 24-26, 2001

The Schedule

  • Day 1 - August 24: Time Trials, 20/31.7 km (W/M)
  • Day 2 - August 26: Road Races, 108.7/163.8 km (W/M)

Day 1 - August 24: Time Trials, 20/31.7 km (W/M)

Women - 20 km

Brändli wins women's TT

Swiss rider Nicole Brändli, bronze medalist at last year's European U23 Championships in Poland, has won the 20 kilometre women's time trial that opened this year's championships in Apremont. Brändli beat last year's winner Lada Kozlikova (Czech Republic) by just 3.18 seconds in a close fought event. Russian Olga Zabelinskaia took third, 13.5 seconds behind the Swiss, while French hope Juliette Vandekerckhove placed fourth.

Kozlikova was actually leading at the halfway point, but succumbed to the extreme heat on the way back, and fainted after she crossed the finish line.

Results

1 Nicole Brândli (Swi)                         27.28 (43.69 km/h)
2 Lada Kozlikova (Cze)                          0.03
3 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus)                       0.13
4 Juliette Vandekerckhove (Fra)                 0.39
5 Trixi Worrack (Ger)                           0.53
6 Tina Liebig (Ger)                             0.55
7 Ceris Gilfillan (GBr)                         1.00
8 Evy Van Damme (Bel)                           1.05
9 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa)                    1.30
10 Sari Saarelainen (Fin)
11 Sophie Creux (Fra)                           1.31
12 Mercedes Cagigas Amedo (Spa)                 1.50
13 Sonja Pfister-Van Kuik (Ned)                 2.08
14 Gitana Gruodyte (Ltu)                        2.11
15 Neringa Raudonyte (Ltu)                      2.21
16 Liane Balher (Ger)                           2.24
17 Tatiana Druzinina (Rus)                      2.25
18 Bettina Kuhn (Swi)                           2.30
19 Ine Wannyn (Bel)
20 Andrea Bosman (Ned)
21 Nadezda Vlasova (Rus)                        2.35
22 Andrea Knecht (Swi)                          2.35
23 Malgorzata Wysocka (Pol)                     2.37
24 Volga Kushniarevich (Blr)                    2.50
25 Monika Tyburska (Pol)                        2.56
26 Cecilie Christiansen (Nor)                   2.57
27 Anna Skawinska (Pol)
28 Bertine Spyjkerman (Ned)                     3.22
29 Veronica Andreasson (Swe)                    3.37
30 Chalime Giourbouz (Gre)                      3.48
31 Volga Hayeva (Blr)                           4.03
32 Nataliya Moroz (Ukr)
33 Tatsiana Sharakava (Blr)                     4.10
34 Olga Bunina (Ukr)                            4.19
35 Helene Tveter (Nor)                          4.38
36 Antonina Reznikova (Ukr)                     5.00
37 Eleni Diakaki (Gre)                          7.02

Men - 31.7 km

Results

1 Manuel Quinziato (Ita)                       39.03 (48.70 km/h)
2 Alexander Bespalov (Rus)                      0.21
3 Sebastian Lang (Ger)                          0.30
4 Petter Renäng (Swe)                           0.59
5 Markus Fothen (Ger)                           1.05
6 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr)                          1.07
7 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel)                       1.16
8 Gustav Larsson (Swe)                          1.17
9 Jonas Olsson (Swe)                            1.27
10 Mark Scanlon (Irl)                           1.28
11 Vladimir Goussev (Rus)                       1.41
12 Hernani Broco (Por)
13 Markus Joho (Swi)
14 Matija Kotnik (Slo)                          1.51
15 Volodymir Rybin (Ukr)                        1.56
16 Stijn Devolder (Bel)                         2.04
17 Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre)                     2.08
18 Mäartin Gratzer (Aut)                        2.14
19 Jens Mouris (Ned)                            2.16
20 Kieran Page (GBr)                            2.18
21 Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr)
22 Kevin Van Impe (Bel)                         2.26
23 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa)            2.34
24 Joost Posthuma (Ned)                         2.37
25 Mart Louwers (Ned)                           2.42
26 Alexander Arekeev (Rus)                      2.42
27 Sergio Paulinho (Por)                        2.48
28 Steve Fogen (Lux)                            2.49
29 Helder Miranda (Por)                         2.56
30 Martin Lund Per (Nor)                        3.03
31 Ladislav Fabisovsky (Cze)                    3.05
32 Maurizio Biondo (Ita)                        3.07
33 Aliaksandr Kazlou (Blr)                      3.08
34 Markku Ainsalu (Est)                         3.17
35 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa)                    3.18
36 Radek Dite (Cze)                             3.22
37 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol)
38 David Loosli (Swi)                           3.35
39 Denis Lynch (Irl)                            3.41
40 Andrew Bradley (Aut)                         3.46
41 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr)                        3.53
42 Ivan De Nobile (Ita)                         3.53
43 Tarmo Raudsepp (Est)                         3.55
44 Yves Delarue (Fra)                           4.04
45 Unai Ellorriaga Zubiaur (Spa)                4.18
46 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu)                          4.23
47 Stefan Schumacher (Ger)                      4.34
48 Minas Malatos (Gre)                          4.36
49 Michal Vodicka (Cze)                         4.37
50 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo)                         4.39
51 Andri Lebedev (Est)                          5.00
52 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr)                   5.07
53 Kim Schoos (Lux)                             5.17
54 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra)                     5.22
55 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu)                    5.33
56 Dean Podgornik (Slo)                         5.37
57 Frank Schleck (Lux)                          6.52
58 Niels Brouzes (Fra)                          7.11
59 Itay Lifshits (Isr)                          8.13
60 Alexandru Pugaci (Mda)                       8.23

Day 2 - August 26: Road Races, 108.7/163.8 km (W/M)

Van Melis and Caruso crowned European U23 champions

Dutchwoman Mirella Van Melis and Italian Giampaolo Caruso won their respective road races in the European U23 Championships that concluded in Apremont today.

Van Melis, a bronze medallist in 1998 and silver medallist in 2000, beat German Angela Brodtka and Frenchwoman Sophie Creux at the end of the 9 lap (108.7 km) race. The French had two riders (Beatrice Thomas and Virginia Moinard) in the lead on the seventh lap, but they were caught by the peloton in time for a bunch sprint.

In the men's race, Giampaolo Caruso gave his home country its fifth gold medal in this even in the last 7 years. He had a 37 second lead at the start of the final 12.4 km lap, and managed to hold off German Eric Baumann and Ukranian Roman Luhovvy by 9 seconds at the finish.

Women - 108.7 km

1 Mirella Van Melis (Ned)                     2.49.56 (38.380 km/h)
2 Angela Brotdtka (Ger)
3 Sophie Creux (Fra)
4 Evy Van Damme (Bel)
5 Anna Skawinska (Pol)
6 Corine Hierckens (Bel)                         0.03
7 Malgorzata Wysocka (Pol)
8 Nicolas Brändli (Swi)
9 Gitana Gruodyte (Ltu)
10 Theresa Senff (Ger)
11 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu)
12 Lada Kozlikova (Cze)
13 Volha Hayeva (Blr)
14 Sharon Van Essen (Ned)
15 Trixi Worrack (Ger)
16 Liane Bahler (Ger)
17 Monika Tyburska (Pol)
18 Delphine Guille (Fra)
19 Neringe Raudonyte (Ltu)
20 Paulina Brzezna (Pol)
21 Helene Tveter (Nor)
22 Noemi Cantele (Ita)                           0.13
23 Anna Sipurzynska (Pol)                        0.16
24 Barbara Lancioni (Ita)
25 Laure Werner (Bel)
26 Patricia Roel Vazquez (Spa)
27 Veranika Sharametsyeva (Blr)                  0.21
28 Sarah Grab (Swi)
29 Nataliya Moroz (Ukr)
30 Sofie Andersson (Swe)
31 Sarah Düster (Ger)                            0.23
32 Bertine Spiejkerman (Ned)
33 Serena Cavicchi (Ita)                         0.39
34 Marina Jaunatre (Fra)                         0.59
35 Elodie Touffet (Fra)
36 Andrea Bosman (Ned)                           2.34
37 Elena Babikova (Rus)
38 Natalia Boyarskaia (Rus)
39 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus)
40 Simone Trafelet (Swi)
41 Ceris Gilfillan (GBr)
42 Tina Liebig (Ger)
43 Ekaterina Malomoura (Rus)
44 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spa)
45 Bettina Kuhn (Swi)                            2.48
46 Lisa Gatto (Ita)                              3.32
47 Ine Wannijn (Bel)                             7.19
48 Doreen Weise (Ger)                            7.21
49 Volha Kushniarevich (Blr)                     7.35
50 Cecile Christiansen (Nor)                    12.18
51 Shani Bloch (Isr)
52 Béatrice Thomas (Fra)                        14.15
53 Andrea Graus (Aut)                           18.01
54 Mélissa Seurin (Fra)                         19.19
55 Tone Hatteland (Nor)                         19.30
56 Leticia Gil Parra (Spa)                      19.47

DNF Simone Klewitz (Ger)
DNF Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr)
DNF Veerle Ingels (Bel)
DNF Nele Van Den Boosche (Bel)
DNF Séverine Villance (Bel)
DNF Mercedes Cagigas Amedo (Spa)
DNF Eneritz Itturiaga Etxebarria Mazagaza (Spa)
DNF Anna Ramirez Bauxell (Spa)
DNF Sari Saaraleinen (Fin)
DNF Mirella Harju (Fra)
DNF Tina Nieminen (Fra)
DNF Juliette Vandekerckhove (Fra)
DNF Virginie Moinard (Fra)
DNF Chalime Giourbous (Gre)
DNF Eleni Diakaki (Gre)
DNF Barbara Cazzaniga (Ita)
DNF Emma Cefis (Ita)
DNF Espedal Walskaat Tone (Nor)
DNF Areke Hassink (Ned)
DNF Josephine Groeneveld (Ned)
DNF Esther Van Der Helm (Ned)
DNF Sonja Pfister-Van Kuik (Ned)
DNF Beata Jasinska (Pol)
DNF Nadeja Vlassova (Rus)
DNF Veronica Andreasson (Swe)
DNF Andrea Knecht (Swi)
DNF Judith Baumann (Swi)
DNF Antonyna Reznikova (Ukr)
DNF Viktoriya Kachmarskaya (Ukr)

Men - 163.8 km

1 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita)                      3.50.53
2 Eric Baumann (Ger)                             0.09
3 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr)  
4 Marco Corsini (Ita)  
5 David Breard (Fra)  
6 Marcel Sieberg (Ger)  
7 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr)  
8 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra)  
9 Tom Boonen (Bel)  
10 Arno Wallaard (Ned)  
11 Mikhail Timochine (Rus)  
12 Darko Mirvar (Slo)  
13 Jaume Rovira Pous (Spa)  
14 Vincent van der Kooij (Ned)  
15 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)  
16 Vladimir Goussev (Rus)  
17 Björn Schröder (Ger)  
18 Petter Renäng (Swe)  
19 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned)  
20 Radoslav Rogina (Cro)  
21 Wolfgang Murer (Aut)
22 Cédric Herve (Fra)
23 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa)
24 Alexandre Kolobnev (Rus)
25 Jérôme Pineau (Fra)
26 Alberto Loddo (Ita)
27 Michael Albasini (Swi)
28 Stefan Rucker (Aut)
29 Reto Leupp (Swi)
30 Yuriy Ivanov (Ukr)
31 Lars Bak (Den)
32 José Julia Cegarra (Spa)
33 Jan Kruzic (Slk)
34 Jahuen Sobal (Blr)
35 Luis Perez Romano (Spa)
36 Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre)
37 Marko Zepic (Slo)
38 Jan Kuyckx (Bel)
39 Lasse Siggard (Den)
40 Kjetil Loitegaard (Nor)
41 Petr Sestak (Cze)
42 Kamil Vrana (Cze)
43 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr)
44 Anton Meglic (Slo)
45 Johan Nyman (Swe)
46 Serguei Ossipov (Rus)
47 Tomasz Dejewski (Pol)
48 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe)
49 Roy Hegreberg (Nor)
50 Alexandr Sabalin (Mda)
51 Alessandro Ballan (Ita)
52 Ivan Chtchegolev (Rus)
53 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol)
54 Andrius Zaleskis (Ltu)
55 Alexandre Koslov (Blr)
56 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita)
57 Aliaksandr Koutchinski (Blr)
58 Roman Burkard (Swi)
59 Gerben Van Der Reep (Ned)
60 Gilberto Martins (Por)
61 Sebastian Lang (Ger)
62 Janno Aksin (Est)
63 Alexandre Arekeev (Rus)
64 Zvonimir Pukopek (Cro)
65 Marku Ainsalu (Est)
66 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin)
67 Matija Kuasina (Cro)
68 Jamie Alberts (GBr)
69 Dermot Naily (Irl)                            0.18
70 Luis Pinheiro (Por)
71 Matej Marin (Slo)
72 Mark Scanlon (Irl)
73 Stijn Devolder (Bel)
74 Nicolas Portal (Fra)
75 Helder Miranda (Por)                          0.22
76 Marc Schiltz (Lux)
77 Morten Knudsen (Den)
78 Kevin De Weert (Bel)
79 Massimo Demarin (Cro)
80 Michal Vodicka (Cze)
81 Vincent Bader (Swi)
82 Matija Kotnik (Slo)
83 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel)
84 Andrew Bradley (Aut)
85 Gustav Larsson (Swe)
86 Kristian House (GBr)
87 Unai Castano Panadero (Spa)
88 Johann Jauk (Aut)                             0.28
89 Bruno Pires (Por)
90 Stefan Zoss (Swi)
91 Evaldas Stankevicius (Ltu)
92 Iker Carmano Ortuzar (Spa)
93 Daniele Bennati (Ita)                         0.32
94 Dean Podgornik (Slo)                          0.37
95 Kevin Van Impe (Bel)                          0.39
96 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol)                           0.41
97 Tarmo Raudsepp (Est)                          0.43
98 Marcus Fothen (Ger)
99 Tomislav Danoulovic (Cro)
100 Tobias Lergard (Swe)
101 Thomas Eriksen (Den)
102 Matthias Jelitto (Ger)
103 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned)                        0.48
104 Gert Willems (Bel)
105 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr)                      0.51
106 Alexandre Bespalov (Rus)                     1.14
107 David Ruckstuhl (Swi)                        1.39
108 Tomasz Lesniak (Pol)                         2.03
109 Per-Martin Lund (Nor)                        2.55
110 Daniel Halstuch (Isr)                        4.14
111 Denis Lynch (Irl)
112 Hugo Sabido (Por)
113 Erik Wendel (Swe)                            4.22
114 Martin Schmidt (Ger)
115 Minas Malatos (Gre)                          4.43
116 Gert Steegmans (Bel)
117 Lukasz Podolski (Pol)
118 David Kupka (Cze)                            4.47
119 Milan Sihelska (Slk)                         8.12
120 Denis Robin (Fra)
121 Tomislav Elkasovic (Cro)                    11.44