Postgirot Open - Tour of Sweden - 2.3Sweden, June 13 - 17, 2001Main page Results Previous stage Stage 2 - June 14: Eskilstuna-Motala, 200 kmTom Steels wins in MotalaTom Steels has utilised his brilliant sprint to take yet another stage of Tour of Sweden. The Belgian raised his arms in front of the great crowd in Motala today, after 175 kilometres of racing, his third win of the year. Just like in yesterday's stage, the pace during the final laps was controlled by Mapei. All five of Steels' teammates helped him in order to minimize his efforts during he stage. "It is very important for me to regain some of my confidence, especially with the Tour de France coming up," said Steels who has suffered from glandular fever this spring. Norweigan Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) kept his lead in the general classification. Thanks to the long break made by South African rider Tiaan Kannemeyer (Cologne), Hushovd's team Credit Agricole could take it more or less easy during the stage. After Kannemeyer was caught, Mapei was glad to take over the job. "I feel good, and when I'm in form I'm pretty good uphill too, but I think my mate Stuart O'Grady has the best chance tomorrow and at Saturdays stage to Klevaliden," said Hushovd. Local rider Jonas Olsson, racing for Swedish div 3 team Crescent, was welcomed by friends and citizens of Motala when he crossed the line in the white U23 riders jersey. "I am delighted to enter my home city in one of the leader's jerseys," said Olsson who thinks that he or one of his mates can keep the jersey all the way to Gothenburg. The sprinter's jersey stays with German rider Roberto Lochowski (Team Fakta) who after his two fourth placings today has a total of twelve points. Tomorrow's stage starts in Motala and finishes in Skövde, where the riders will face the climb of Billingen. The stage measures 194 kilometres. The peloton leaves Motala at 14.00 and the finish is estimated to 18.25-19.00.
Results1 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 4.32.59 2 Stuart O´Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 3 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 4 Andrus Aug (Est) Amore & Vita-Beretta 5 Hendrik Van Dijck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 6 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Cologne 7 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Cologne 8 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Fakta 9 Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus 10 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Fakta 11 Henrik Sparr (Swe) Swedish National Team 12 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) CSC-Worldonline 13 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 14 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 15 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 16 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 17 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 18 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 19 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 20 Örjan Gustavsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 21 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 22 René Jörgensen (Den) CSC-Worldonline 23 Martin Vestby (Nor) Norwegian National Team 24 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 25 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 26 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 27 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) Crédit Agricole 28 Méderic Clain (Fra) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 29 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 30 Kristoffer Ingeby (Swe) Swedish National Team 31 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 32 John Nilsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 33 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Team Crescent 34 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta 35 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 36 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 37 Ole Sigurd Simensen (Nor) Team Mälarenergi 38 Frank Høj (Den) Team Coast 39 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 40 Martin Rittsel (Swe) CSC-Worldonline 41 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 42 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 43 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 44 Andrej Mizourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom 45 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Amore & Vita-Beretta 46 Gisle Vikøyr (Nor) Norwegian National Team 47 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Cologne 48 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 49 Magnus Albertsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 50 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Crescent 51 Berry Hoedemakers (Ned) Team Cologne 52 Michael Andersson (Swe) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 53 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 54 Sandro Giacomelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 55 Robert Hayles (GBr) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 56 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Crédit Agricole 57 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 58 Matthew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 59 Johan Nyman (Swe) Team Postgirot 60 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 61 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 62 Michael S Nielsen (Den) CSC-Worldonline 63 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Crescent 64 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Team Cologne 65 Joona Laukka (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 66 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 67 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta 68 Jocke Bernström (Swe) Team Postgirot 69 Martin Praznovsky (Slk) Atlas-Lukullus 70 Robert Bartko (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 71 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team Postgirot 72 Rune Jogert (Nor) Norwegian National Team 73 Richard Groenendal (Ned) Rabobank 74 Allan Andresen (Den) Team Fakta 75 Oskar Stenström (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 76 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Crescent 77 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norwegian National Team 78 Adriano Baffi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 79 Marek Maciejewski (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus 80 Piotr Zaradny (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus 81 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Crescent 82 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 83 Sebastian Wolski (Pol) Team Nürnberger 84 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 85 Erik Wendel (Swe) Team Crescent 86 Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole 87 Jaroslaw Ryszewski (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus 88 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team 89 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC-Worldonline 90 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team Fakta 91 Damien Pommereau (Fra) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 92 Maurizio Caravaggio (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 93 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 94 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta 95 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 96 Niclas Ekström (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 97 Kurt van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 98 Przemyslaw Micolajczyk (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus 99 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) CSC-Worldonline 100 Erlend Engesvoll (Nor) Norwegian National Team 101 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 102 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 103 Johan Svensson (Swe) Team Postgirot 104 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 0.36 105 Jimmy Hansen (Den) Team Fakta 0.41 106 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1.09 107 Victor Sjöström (Swe) Team Postgirot 108 Massimiliano Martini (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta 1.15 109 Magnus Lömäng (Swe) Team Postgirot 1.25 110 Koen Das (Bel) Team Nürnberger 1.37 111 Sergey Belousov (Kaz) Cofidis, La Credite par Teleph 1.42 112 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Nürnberger 2.11 113 Giuseppe Di Fresco (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 2.18 114 Jens Lehmann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 3.33 115 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Cologne 8.48 116 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 9.51 Teams 1 Credit Agricole 13.38.57 2 Rabobank 3 Lotto - Adecco 4 Team Cologne 5 Sweden 6 Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 7 CSC - World Online 8 Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola 9 Amore & Vita Beretta 10 Team Fakta 11 Team Coast 12 Mapei - Quick Step 13 Mercatone Uno - Stream TV 14 Team Deutsche Telekom 15 Norway 16 Team Crescent 17 Atlas-Lukullus 18 Team Mälarenergi 19 Team Postgirot 20 Team Nürnberger 1.37 General classification after stage 2 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 8.13.47 2 Stuart O´Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 0.03 3 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) Crédit Agricole 0.10 4 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 0.23 5 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Crescent 0.26 6 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.29 7 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 Michael Andersson (Swe) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 0.31 9 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 10 Joona Laukka (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 0.33 Points classification 1 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 50 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 43 3 Stuart O´Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 43 4 Hendrik Van Dijck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 32 5 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 25 6 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) Crédit Agricole 20 7 Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus 15 8 Andrus Aug (Est) Amore & Vita-Beretta 14 9 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 14 10 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Nürnberger 14 11 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 12 12 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Crescent 12 13 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Fakta 11 14 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Cologne 10 15 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 16 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 10 17 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 9 18 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Cologne 9 19 Michael Andersson (Swe) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 8 20 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Fakta 8 21 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 7 22 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 7 23 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 6 24 Joona Laukka (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 6 25 Henrik Sparr (Swe) Swedish National Team 5 26 Berry Hoedemakers (Ned) Team Cologne 5 27 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Crescent 5 28 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirol 4 29 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) CSC-Worldonline 4 30 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 3 31 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 2 32 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 1 33 Robert Hayles (GBr) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephon 1 34 Magnus Albertsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 1 Sprints classification 1 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta 12 pts 2 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Cologne 10 3 Stuart O´Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 6 4 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 5 5 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 3 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3 7 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 2 8 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2 9 Niclas Ekström (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 1 |