Postgirot Open - Tour of Sweden - 2.3Sweden, June 13 - 17, 2001Main page Results Previous stage Stage 3 - June 15: Motala-Skövde, 170 kmHushovd impressive, wins againThe third stage of the Tour of Sweden started from Motala, home city of the famous Vätterrundan cycling race. Sweden offered the riders bright sunshine, and the riders showed their appreciation by riding a fast and spectacular stage. The line in Skövde was crossed first by Norweigan Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole). Dane Jimmy Hansen (Team Fakta) attacked just before the first hot spot sprint in Askersund, and won both intermediate sprints. Shortly after the second sprint, at 99 kilometres, he was joined by Mattias Carlsson (Swedish National Team). As expected the main field started to chase the two riders, and the break was neutralized when the peloton arrived to Skövde. Frequent attacks and tough riding meant that the big field was shattered into several small groups when the riders faced the climb of Billingen. As they entered the final lap, German Telekom rider Ralf Grabsch had a small gap to a group of twenty riders, among them Thor Hushovd and several of his Credit Agricole team mates. Grabsch was caught when he passed over Billingen on the final lap. Seven riders countered, and Hushovd showed his form. He started the sprint very early, and despite the efforts made by Cofidis rider Jo Planckaert, Hushovd was clearly the stronger. "I do have great form and I'm starting to believe that I can win this race," said the big Norweigan right after the finish. Thor Hushovd has won two stages and has a 42 second lead with the penultimate stage to Klevaliden coming up tomorrow. He is also in the lead in the points competition. German rider Roberto Lochowski (Team Fakta) is still in the lead in the sprints classification. He took three points today, which gives him a total of 14 points, four points ahead of south African rider Tiaan Kannemeyer (Cologne) and Jimmy Hansen. The U23 competition, open for riders aged 19-22, has a new leader in Team Crescent rider Gustav Larsson, former mountain bike rider. Tomorrow's 190 kilometre stage between Skövde and Huskvarna starts at 11.00. The climb up Klevaliden will probably be decisive for the general classification of the race. The finish is predicted to 15.00.
Results1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 4.41.33 2 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Fakta 4 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 5 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Fakta 6 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 7 Kristoffer Ingeby (Swe) Swedish National Team 8 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 0.30 9 Adriano Baffi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 10 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 11 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 12 John Nilsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 13 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta 14 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 15 Frank Høj (Den) Team Coast 16 Stuart O´Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 17 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 18 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Cologne 19 Henrik Sparr (Swe) Swedish National Team 20 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 21 Gisle Vikøyr (Nor) Norwegian National Team 22 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 23 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) CSC-Worldonline 24 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 25 René Jörgensen (Den) CSC-Worldonline 26 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta 27 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 28 Martin Rittsel (Swe) CSC-Worldonline 29 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 30 Kurt van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 31 Sandro Giacomelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 32 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Crescent 33 Joona Laukka (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 34 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Crescent 35 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team Postgirot 36 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Cologne 37 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Crédit Agricole 38 Andrej Mizourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom 39 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 40 Ole Sigurd Simensen (Nor) Team Mälarenergi 41 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 42 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 43 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 44 Sebastian Wolski (Pol) Team Nürnberger 45 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 46 Matthew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 47 Michael Andersson (Swe) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 48 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norwegian National Team 49 Maurizio Caravaggio (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 50 Hendrik Van Dijck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 51 Méderic Clain (Fra) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 52 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Amore & Vita-Beretta 53 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 54 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 55 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 0.44 56 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Team Crescent 1.27 57 Robert Bartko (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1.51 58 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 1.57 59 Robert Hayles (GBr) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 2.31 60 Martin Praznovsky (Slk) Atlas-Lukullus 2.38 61 Przemyslaw Micolajczyk (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus 62 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team Fakta 63 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Team Cologne 64 Andrus Aug (Est) Amore & Vita-Beretta 65 Jaroslaw Ryszewski (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus 66 Johan Nyman (Swe) Team Postgirot 67 Sergey Belousov (Kaz) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 68 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team 69 Magnus Lömäng (Swe) Team Postgirot 70 Richard Groenendal (Ned) Rabobank 4.08 71 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 72 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4.38 73 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Crescent 4.44 74 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 75 Martin Vestby (Nor) Norwegian National Team 5.33 76 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.55 77 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Cologne 78 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 79 Berry Hoedemakers (Ned) Team Cologne 8.13 80 Jimmy Hansen (Den) Team Fakta 81 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 82 Massimiliano Martini (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta 83 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 84 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Crescent 85 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 86 Piotr Zaradny (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus 9.07 87 Erlend Engesvoll (Nor) Norwegian National Team 88 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC-Worldonline 89 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta 90 Rune Jogert (Nor) Norwegian National Team 91 Johan Svensson (Swe) Team Postgirot 92 Magnus Albertsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 93 Erik Wendel (Swe) Team Crescent 94 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) Crédit Agricole 95 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 96 Niclas Ekström (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 97 Victor Sjöström (Swe) Team Postgirot 98 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Cologne 99 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 100 Marek Maciejewski (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus 101 Örjan Gustavsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 102 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 103 Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus 104 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) CSC-Worldonline 105 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 106 Michael S Nielsen (Den) CSC-Worldonline 107 Damien Pommereau (Fra) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 108 Oskar Stenström (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 109 Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10.46 110 Giuseppe Di Fresco (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 111 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Nürnberger 112 Koen Das (Bel) Team Nürnberger 113 Jocke Bernström (Swe) Team Postgirot 114 Jens Lehmann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 115 Allan Andresen (Den) Team Fakta 10.59 116 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 13.06 Points 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 25 pts 2 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 20 3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Fakta 16 4 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 14 5 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Fakta 12 6 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 10 7 Kristoffer Ingeby (Swe) Swedish National Team 9 8 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 8 9 Adriano Baffi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 7 10 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 6 11 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 5 12 John Nilsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 4 13 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta 3 14 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 2 15 Frank Høj (Den) Team Coast 1 Sprints Askersund 1 Jimmy Hansen (Den) Team Fakta 5 pts 2 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 3 3 Stuart O´Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1 Undenäs 1 Jimmy Hansen (Den) Team Fakta 5 pts 2 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 3 3 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta 2 4 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Teams 1 Team Coast 14.05.39 2 Sweden 3 Team Deutsche Telekom 4 Credit Agricole 5 Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 6 Mapei - Quick Step 0.30 7 CSC - World Online 8 Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola 9 Amore & Vita Beretta 10 Lotto - Adecco 11 Rabobank 12 Mercatone Uno - Stream TV 13 Team Crescent 1.27 14 Team Fakta 1.38 15 Team Cologne 2.38 16 Norway 17 Team Mälarenergi 4.44 18 Team Postgirot 4.46 19 Atlas-Lukullus 6.54 20 Team Nürnberger 10.46 General classification after stage 3 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 12.55.10 2 Stuart O´Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 0.42 3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Fakta 0.47 4 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 0.49 5 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 1.03 6 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Fakta 1.03 7 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.09 8 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 9 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 1.09 10 Michael Andersson (Swe) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 1.11 11 Joona Laukka (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 1.13 12 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 1.18 13 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Crescent 1.22 14 Frank Høj (Den) Team Coast 15 Adriano Baffi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.24 16 Martin Rittsel (Swe) CSC-Worldonline 1.25 17 Andrej Mizourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom 1.30 18 Kristoffer Ingeby (Swe) Swedish National Team 1.36 19 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.37 20 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 1.38 21 Ole Sigurd Simensen (Nor) Team Mälarenergi 1.41 22 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Crescent 1.41 23 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 1.45 24 Sebastian Wolski (Pol) Team Nürnberger 1.49 25 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 1.50 26 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 1.53 27 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 1.56 28 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1.58 29 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 30 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Cologne 2.00 31 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Amore & Vita-Beretta 32 Sandro Giacomelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 2.01 33 Matthew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 34 Gisle Vikøyr (Nor) Norwegian National Team 2.02 35 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 2.03 36 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 37 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) CSC-Worldonline 2.10 38 Hendrik Van Dijck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.12 39 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 2.16 40 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Team Crescent 2.18 41 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 2.22 42 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norwegian National Team 2.23 43 Kurt van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.26 44 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta 45 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.29 46 René Jörgensen (Den) CSC-Worldonline 2.32 47 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 2.33 48 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Cologne 2.40 49 Méderic Clain (Fra) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 2.45 50 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.45 51 Robert Bartko (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 2.50 52 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta 2.53 53 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 3.03 54 John Nilsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 3.05 55 Maurizio Caravaggio (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 3.10 56 Fredrik Modin (Swe) Team Postgirot 3.16 57 Robert Hayles (GBr) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 3.21 58 Henrik Sparr (Swe) Swedish National Team 3.25 59 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team 3.57 60 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team Fakta 3.59 61 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Team Cologne 4.43 62 Przemyslaw Micolajczyk (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus 4.45 63 Johan Nyman (Swe) Team Postgirot 4.46 64 Andrus Aug (Est) Amore & Vita-Beretta 5.02 65 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Crescent 5.20 66 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 5.32 67 Martin Praznovsky (Slk) Atlas-Lukullus 5.33 68 Sergey Belousov (Kaz) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 5.35 69 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 5.46 70 Richard Groenendal (Ned) Rabobank 5.55 71 Jaroslaw Ryszewski (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus 6.02 72 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 7.00 73 Martin Vestby (Nor) Norwegian National Team 7.40 74 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 7.44 75 Magnus Lömäng (Swe) Team Postgirot 8.04 76 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.11 77 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Cologne 8.15 78 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Crescent 8.59 79 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 9.11 80 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 9.13 81 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) Crédit Agricole 9.27 82 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 9.42 83 Berry Hoedemakers (Ned) Team Cologne 9.51 84 Jimmy Hansen (Den) Team Fakta 9.56 85 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 10.05 86 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta 10.12 87 Erlend Engesvoll (Nor) Norwegian National Team 10.22 88 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC-Worldonline 10.23 89 Damien Pommereau (Fra) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephon 10.26 90 Niclas Ekström (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 10.29 91 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 10.46 92 Rune Jogert (Nor) Norwegian National Team 10.51 93 Örjan Gustavsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 11.04 94 Erik Wendel (Swe) Team Crescent 95 Magnus Albertsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 11.07 96 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 11.08 97 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 11.17 98 Michael S Nielsen (Den) CSC-Worldonline 11.24 99 Oskar Stenström (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 11.32 100 Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11.47 101 Massimiliano Martini (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta 12.03 102 Marek Maciejewski (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus 12.10 103 Johan Svensson (Swe) Team Postgirot 12.21 104 Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus 12.28 105 Victor Sjöström (Swe) Team Postgirot 12.30 106 Piotr Zaradny (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus 12.35 107 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) CSC-Worldonline 12.53 108 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 12.59 109 Allan Andresen (Den) Team Fakta 13.36 110 Koen Das (Bel) Team Nürnberger 14.28 111 Jocke Bernström (Swe) Team Postgirot 15.15 112 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Nürnberger 15.28 113 Giuseppe Di Fresco (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 16.29 114 Jens Lehmann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 17.06 115 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Cologne 19.43 116 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 25.24 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 68 pts 2 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 50 3 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 45 4 Stuart O´Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 43 5 Hendrik Van Dijck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 32 6 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Fakta 27 7 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) Crédit Agricole 20 8 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Fakta 20 9 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 17 10 Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus 15 11 Andrus Aug (Est) Amore & Vita-Beretta 14 12 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 14 13 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Nürnberger 14 14 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 12 15 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Team Crescent 12 16 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 12 17 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 12 18 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Cologne 10 19 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 20 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 10 21 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 9 22 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Cologne 9 23 Kristoffer Ingeby (Swe) Swedish National Team 9 24 Michael Andersson (Swe) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 8 25 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 7 26 Adriano Baffi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 7 27 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 7 28 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 6 29 Joona Laukka (Fin) Team Mälarenergi 6 30 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 6 31 Henrik Sparr (Swe) Swedish National Team 5 32 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 5 33 Berry Hoedemakers (Ned) Team Cologne 5 34 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Crescent 5 35 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) CSC-Worldonline 4 36 John Nilsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 4 37 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Amore & Vita-Beretta 3 38 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 2 39 Frank Høj (Den) Team Coast 1 40 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 1 41 Robert Hayles (GBr) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 1 42 Magnus Albertsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 1 Sprints classification 1 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta 14 pts 2 Jimmy Hansen (Den) Team Fakta 10 3 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Cologne 10 4 Stuart O´Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 8 5 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 5 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 4 7 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 4 8 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 3 9 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 3 10 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis, La Credite par Telephone 2 11 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2 12 Niclas Ekström (Swe) Team Mälarenergi 1 U23 classification 1 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Crescent 2 Kristoffer Ingeby (Swe) Swedish National Team 3 Tobias Lergård (Swe) Team Crescent Teams classification 1 Credit Agricole 62.47.27 2 Team Deutsche Telekom 1.52 3 Team Coast 2.05 4 Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 2.28 5 Team Crescent 2.44 6 Rabobank 2.57 7 Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola 3.00 8 Mapei - Quick Step 3.15 9 CSC - World Online 3.25 10 Lotto - Adecco 3.26 11 Team Fakta 3.45 12 Sweden 4.07 13 Mercatone Uno - Stream TV 4.20 14 Amore & Vita Beretta 5.24 15 Norway 5.47 16 Team Cologne 6.10 17 Team Mälarenergi 6.40 18 Team Postgirot 10.58 19 Atlas-Lukullus 14.04 20 Team Nürnberger 14.27 |