15th Ster Elektrotoer - 2.4

Netherlands, September 12-16, 2001

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Stage 2 - September 13: Maasdriel - Maasdriel, 193.3 km

Bart Voskamp takes revenge for BankGiroLoterij

By Bert Saarloos*

At 10.30 in Kerkdriel the second stage of the Ster Elektrotoer, formerly known as the Teleflextoer and Etoile des Espoirs/Ster der Beloften, started. The peloton of 99 riders rode en bloc for the first hour. Two small attacks, by Jorne Videler and Jens Mouris, were neutralized by the Fakta team of yellow jersey Allan Bo Andresen. Andresen extended his lead, winning the first sprint at 47.4 kilometres (2. Kemna, 3. Van de Ven), gaining 3". Just after that he had a problem with his bike, but was brought back quickly.

After a short breakaway by ten riders (Alexandre Chouffe, André van de Reep, Roberto Lochowski, Hans Dekkers, Gerben van de Reep, Remco van de Ven, Frank van Dulmen, Arno Wallaard, Kees Jeurissen, Boris Premuzic) a more serious attack followed by Hans Dekkers (Rabobank) and Henne van Zanten (Löwik). Roberto Lochowski (Fakta) jumped across to them.

The three reached the hill sprint of the Oude Holleweg ('old hollow road') near the city of Nijmegen with one minute advantage. Behind them ten riders escaped from the bunch: Ronald Mutsaars (Rabobank), Jürgen de Jong (AXA), Bram Schmitz, Jan van Velzen (BankGiroLoterij), Michael Skelde (Fakta), Uwe Peschel (Gerolsteiner), Kees Jeurissen (MGI), Andrea Moletta, Daniele Pietropolli (Fassa Bortolo) and Vincent Cali (Collstrop). They quickly joined the three leaders.

Allan Bo Andresen was in serious trouble in this hilly section of the stage. He lost contact with the first peloton, that caught the breakaway group, and was chasing in a second group. After a long chase he managed to get up front.

Roberto Lochowski stays active. He tried to get away two more times, but in vain. The same goes for a group of seven (Bram de Waard, André van de Reep, Frank van Dulmen, Angelo van Melis, Alexandre Chouffe, Arne Kornegoor, Alain van Katwijk) that built a maximum lead of 45". Jorne Videler (Löwik-Tegeltoko) gets more space: 3'20 before he was accompanied by Mart Louwers and Andy Vanhoudt. But as the Fakta team began to chase, the gap diminishes quickly. When BankGiroLoterij started to help, the rain drenched bunch broke in two on the small dykes.

Just before the three leaders were swept up, one of them, Andy Vanhoudt, tries on his own. Michael Albasini (Fassa Bortolo), Raphael Jeune (CSC) and Bart Voskamp (BankGiroLoterij) get up to him, but so does the peloton. But Voskamp was very strong. He attacked four kilometres from the finish and won the stage. He made up for his team completely missing yesterday's decisive break. Edwin Dunning took second at 22", two seconds later Rudi Kemna won the bunch sprint. Allan Bo Andresen (Fakta) kept the yellow jersey.

Tomorrow it will get a lot tougher. In the morning there is a short (91 km) but hilly stage with start and finish in Holland’s number one cycling town, Valkenburg. It contains twelve climbs, including twice up the famous Cauberg, known from the World Championships in 1938, 1948 and 1998. In the evening there is a 10.3 km ITT km in Valkenburg with two climbs.

*Bert Saarloos is a correspondent with Dagblad de Limburger

Results

1 Bart Voskamp (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus           4.32.23
2 Edwin Dunning (Ned) AXA-VVZ                             0.22
3 Rudi Kemna (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus                0.24
4 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
5 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus
6 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) BigMat Auber 93
7 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team Fakta
8 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank
9 René Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner
10 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus
11 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
12 Angelo Van Melis (Ned) Bert Story - Piels
13 Jens Mouris (Ned) van Vliet - Weba
14 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
15 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-Tiscali
16 Pascal Hermes (Ned) van Vliet - Weba
17 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko
18 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
19 Vincent Van Der Kooij (Ned) Rabobank
20 Wally Buurstede (Ned) Bert Story - Piels
21 Michael Albasini (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
22 Bram De Waard (Ned) Bert Story - Piels
23 Jean-Pierre Verstraten (Ned) Bert Story - Piels
24 Andrej Gimpelj (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije
25 Luuc Hutten (Ned) Rabobank
26 Michael Skelde (Den) Team Fakta
27 Jürgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger
28 Jurgen De Jong (Ned) AXA-VVZ Cycling Team
29 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank
30 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
31 Danny Jonasson (Den) CSC-Tiscali
32 Bram Schmitz (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus
33 Henne Van Zanten (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko
34 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) AXA-VVZ
35 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank
36 Lars Bak (Den) Team Fakta
37 Federico Morini (Ita) Team Gerolsteiner
38 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
39 Vincent Cali (Fra) Collstrop-Palmans
40 Daniel Van Elven (Ned) AXA-VVZ
41 Andy Vanhoudt (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
42 Julien Smink (Ned) MGI Fietsen
43 Kees Jeurissen (Ned) MGI Fietsen
44 Walter De Kok (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko
45 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger
46 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus
47 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) BigMat Auber 93
48 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) MGI Fietsen
49 Xavier Jan (Fra) BigMat Auber 93
50 Jay Sweet (Aus) BigMat Auber 93
51 Tom Cordes (Ned) Bert Story - Piels
52 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Team Gerolsteiner
53 Marco Fincato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
54 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Fakta
55 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
56 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) MGI Fietsen
57 John Talen (Ned) MGI Fietsen
58 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
59 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) BigMat Auber 93
60 Dominique Rault (Fra) BigMat Auber 93
61 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
62 Peep Mikli (Est) Bert Story - Piels
63 Gerben Van De Reep (Ned) van Vliet - Weba              0.56
64 Jorne Videler (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko               3.12
65 Mart Louwers (Ned) Rabobank
66 Maarten Lenferink (Ned) Bert Story - Piels
67 Sebastian Wolski (Pol) Team Nürnberger                 3.45
68 Koen Das (Bel) Team Nürnberger
69 Arne Kornegoor (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko
70 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger
71 Oliver Penney (Swi) MGI Fietsen
72 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
73 Pieter Vries (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus
74 Danny Van Looy (Ned) MGI Fietsen
75 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko
76 Boris Premuzic (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije
77 Andre Van De Reep (Ned) van Vliet - Weba
78 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta
79 Matthijs Delen (Ned) van Vliet - Weba                  6.10
80 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
81 Walter Bonca (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije
82 Renger Ypenburg (Ned) AXA-VVZ
83 Roel Egelmeers (Ned) Rabobank
84 Thomas Muhlbacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
85 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije
86 Frederik Penne (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
87 John Sulkers (Ned) van Vliet - Weba
88 Martin Derganc (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije
89 Lennart Van Drimmelen (Ned) van Vliet - Weba
90 Bastiaan Krol (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko
91 Richard Slabbekoorn (Ned) van Vliet - Weba
92 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-Tiscali
93 Camiel Van Den Bergh (Ned) Bert Story - Piels
94 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank                            7.51
DNF Marcel Luppes (Ned) AXA-VVZ
DNF Björn Cornelissen (Ned) AXA-VVZ
DNF Jimmy Hansen (Den) Fakta
DNF Corey Sweet (Aus) BankGiroLoterij

Hill sprints

Oude Holleweg - 79,0 km

1 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Fakta                        3 pts
2 Henne van Zanten (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko               2
3 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank                          1

Bonification sprints

Balgoij - 47,4 km

1 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Fakta                        3 pts
2 Rudi Kemna (Ned) BankGiroLoterij                     2
3 Remco van de Ven (Ned) BankGiroLoterij               1

Kerkdriel - 169,5 km

1 Mart Louwers (Ned) Rabobank                          3 pts
2 Andy Vanhoudt (Bel) Collstrop                        2
3 Jorne Videler (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko                  1 

General classification after stage 2

1 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team Fakta                   8.39.25
2 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans            0.05
3 Edwin Dunning (Ned) AXA-VVZ
4 René Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                0.09
5 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Team Gerolsteiner                  0.12
6 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                             0.13
7 Michael Albasini (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
8 Andrej Gimpelj (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije
9 Luuc Hutten (Ned) Rabobank
10 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
11 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger
12 Xavier Jan (Fra) BigMat Auber 93
13 Federico Morini (Ita) Team Gerolsteiner                0.36
14 Bart Voskamp (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus             1.52
15 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-Tiscali                        2.14
16 Michael Skelde (Den) Team Fakta
17 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) AXA-VVZ
18 Rudi Kemna (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus               2.18
19 Andy Vanhoudt (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans                  2.20
20 Vincent Van Der Kooij (Ned) Rabobank                   2.23
21 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus        2.25
22 Pascal Hermes (Ned) van Vliet - Weba                   2.26
23 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko
24 Jens Mouris (Ned) van Vliet - Weba
25 Bram De Waard (Ned) Bert Story - Piels
26 Jean-Pierre Verstraten (Ned) Bert Story - Piels
27 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
28 Henne Van Zanten (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko
29 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) BigMat Auber 93
30 Jürgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger
31 Danny Jonasson (Den) CSC-Tiscali
32 Julien Smink (Ned) MGI Fietsen
33 Wally Buurstede (Ned) Bert Story - Piels
34 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
35 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
36 Jurgen De Jong (Ned) AXA-VVZ Cycling Team
37 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank
38 Angelo Van Melis (Ned) Bert Story - Piels
39 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank
40 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) MGI Fietsen
41 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
42 Vincent Cali (Fra) Collstrop-Palmans
43 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus
44 John Talen (Ned) MGI Fietsen
45 Daniel Van Elven (Ned) AXA-VVZ
46 Walter De Kok (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko
47 Lars Bak (Den) Team Fakta
48 Bram Schmitz (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus
49 Kees Jeurissen (Ned) MGI Fietsen
50 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Fakta
51 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) BigMat Auber 93
52 Tom Cordes (Ned) Bert Story - Piels
53 Dominique Rault (Fra) BigMat Auber 93
54 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus
55 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) MGI Fietsen
56 Peep Mikli (Est) Bert Story - Piels
57 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
58 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) BigMat Auber 93
59 Jay Sweet (Aus) BigMat Auber 93
60 Marco Fincato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
61 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
62 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
63 Gerben Van De Reep (Ned) van Vliet - Weba              2.58
64 Arne Kornegoor (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko              3.34
65 Jorne Videler (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko               5.13
66 Maarten Lenferink (Ned) Bert Story - Piels             5.14
67 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans              5.47
68 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger
69 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko
70 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta
71 Boris Premuzic (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije
72 Koen Das (Bel) Team Nürnberger
73 Sebastian Wolski (Pol) Team Nürnberger
74 Oliver Penney (Swi) MGI Fietsen
75 Danny Van Looy (Ned) MGI Fietsen
76 Pieter Vries (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus
77 Martin Derganc (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije            5.59
78 Renger Ypenburg (Ned) AXA-VVZ                          6.08
79 Bastiaan Krol (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko               8.11
80 Matthijs Delen (Ned) van Vliet - Weba                  8.12
81 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
82 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije
83 Walter Bonca (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije
84 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-Tiscali
85 Thomas Muhlbacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
86 Frederik Penne (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
87 Richard Slabbekoorn (Ned) van Vliet - Weba             8.35
88 Camiel Van Den Bergh (Ned) Bert Story - Piels          8.49
89 Mart Louwers (Ned) Rabobank                           16.47
90 Andre Van De Reep (Ned) van Vliet - Weba              17.23
91 Roel Egelmeers (Ned) Rabobank                         19.48
92 Lennart Van Drimmelen (Ned) van Vliet - Weba
93 John Sulkers (Ned) van Vliet - Weba
94 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank                           21.29

Points classification

1 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Fakta                       19 pts
2 Bart Voskamp (Ned) BankGiroLoterij                  15
3 Edwin Dunning (Ned) AXA-VVZ                         12

Mountains classification

1 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Fakta                        5 pts
2 Rudi Kemna (Ned) BankGiroLoterij                     3
3 Henne van Zanten (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko               2

Sprints classification

1 Rudi Kemna (Ned) BankGiroLoterij                     4 pts
2 Renger Ypenburg (Ned) AXA-VVZ                        3
3 Vincent van der Kooij (Ned) Rabobank                 3