15th Ster Elektrotoer - 2.4Netherlands, September 12-16, 2001Main Page Results Previous stage Stage 2 - September 13: Maasdriel - Maasdriel, 193.3 kmBart Voskamp takes revenge for BankGiroLoterijBy 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
Results1 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 |