15th Ster Elektrotoer - 2.4Netherlands, September 12-16, 2001Main Page Results Previous stage Stage 3 - September 14: Valkenburg - Valkenburg, 91 kmMazzanti wins, Detilloux takes over leadBy Bert Saarloos* It was an awkward stage in the morning. Because of the three minutes' silence in all EU countries at noon (in honour of the victims in the US) stage 3 of the Ster Elektrotoer started half an hour earlier and was shortened by 26 km in order to finish before the clock would strike twelve. "If it doesn't work, we will step off our bikes," yellow jersey Allan Bo Andresen said. "To be on the safe side I would have shortened the stage by ten more kilometres." That would have also suited Andresen. "I think I will have tough day," he said before the start. The Fakta rider had known some difficulties on the climb in stage 2, so he feared today's hilly stage through the area of Valkenburg, known for three World Championships and the Amstel Gold Race. Much to his regret he was right. He would lose seven minutes over the 91 kilometres. After an early but short lived break, Andresen's team mate Roberto Lochowski took the initiative with an escape group containing Richard Slabbekoorn (Van Vliet-Weba), Oscar Pozzi (Fassa Bortolo), Ronald Mutsaars, Roy Sentjens (Rabobank), Marcel Strauss (Gerolsteiner) and Arne Kornegoor (Löwik-Tegeltoko). On the numerous climbs Lochowski, Sentjens and Kornegoor were the only survivors, the rest fell back into the bunch. Yesterday's winner Bart Voskamp (BankGiroLoterij) started a furious counter-attack on the Gulperberg (20 km to go), but neither he nor the three leaders managed to stay out of reach. Coming into Valkenburg a big bunch of 54 riders (94 started) was heading for the famous Cauberg. There Luca Mazzanti attacked. The Fassa Bortolo rider got ten seconds and managed to keep out of reach in the last six kilometres to win his first race of the year. Former pro Tom Cordes won the bunch sprint ahead of Raphael Jeune and Christophe Detilloux, the new leader. *Bert Saarloos is a correspondent for Dagblad de Limburger
Results1 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.10.29 2 Tom Cordes (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 0.10 3 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 0.11 4 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 5 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 6 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 7 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 8 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 Danny Jonasson (Den) CSC-Tiscali 10 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 11 Wally Buurstede (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 12 Bram De Waard (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 13 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 14 Michael Skelde (Den) Team Fakta 15 Luuc Hutten (Ned) Rabobank 16 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) MGI Fietsen 17 Michael Albasini (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 Danny Van Looy (Ned) MGI Fietsen 19 Martin Derganc (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 20 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Team Gerolsteiner 21 Andy Vanhoudt (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 22 Federico Morini (Ita) Team Gerolsteiner 23 Edwin Dunning (Ned) AXA-VVZ 24 Julien Smink (Ned) MGI Fietsen 25 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) MGI Fietsen 26 Kees Jeurissen (Ned) MGI Fietsen 27 Roel Egelmeers (Ned) Rabobank 28 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 29 Henne Van Zanten (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 30 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 31 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank 32 Bart Voskamp (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 33 Bram Schmitz (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 34 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 35 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger 36 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta 37 Vincent Cali (Fra) Collstrop-Palmans 38 Walter De Kok (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 39 Lars Bak (Den) Team Fakta 40 Vincent Van Der Kooij (Ned) Rabobank 41 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 42 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 43 Xavier Jan (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 44 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Fakta 45 Andrej Gimpelj (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 46 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 47 Dominique Rault (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 48 René Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 49 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 50 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 51 Walter Bonca (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 52 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 53 Boris Premuzic (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 54 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 55 Frederik Penne (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 2.15 56 Jurgen De Jong (Ned) AXA-VVZ Cycling Team 57 Jürgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 58 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 59 Thomas Muhlbacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 Sebastian Wolski (Pol) Team Nürnberger 61 Koen Das (Bel) Team Nürnberger 62 Pascal Hermes (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 63 Jens Mouris (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 64 Rudi Kemna (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 65 Marco Fincato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 66 John Talen (Ned) MGI Fietsen 67 Jorne Videler (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 68 Mart Louwers (Ned) Rabobank 69 Arne Kornegoor (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 70 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 71 Camiel Van Den Bergh (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 4.26 72 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 73 Andre Van De Reep (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 74 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 75 Richard Slabbekoorn (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 76 Gerben Van De Reep (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 77 Bastiaan Krol (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 78 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 79 Peep Mikli (Est) Bert Story - Piels 7.11 80 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team Fakta 81 Renger Ypenburg (Ned) AXA-VVZ 82 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 83 Jean-Pierre Verstraten (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 84 Maarten Lenferink (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 85 Oliver Penney (Swi) MGI Fietsen 86 Daniel Van Elven (Ned) AXA-VVZ 87 Pieter Vries (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 88 John Sulkers (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 89 Angelo Van Melis (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 90 Matthijs Delen (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 10.34 DNS Lennart van Drimmelen (Ned) Van Vliet-Weba DNF Bostjan Mervar (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Sloenije DNF Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 DNF Joost Legtenberg (Ned) AXA-VVZ Sprints Mariadorp - 28 km 1 Rudi Kemna (Ned) BankGiroLoterij 3 pts 2 Angelo van Melis (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 2 3 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank 1 Hills Cauberg - 1 km 1 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Fakta 3 pts 2 Andy Vanhoudt (Bel) Collstrop 2 3 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank 1 Loorberg - 49 km 1 Roberto Lochowksi (Ger) Fakta 3 pts 2 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 2 3 Arne Kornegoor (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 1 Cauberg - 85 km 1 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 pts 2 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) BankGiroLoterij 2 3 Julien Smink (Ned) MGI 1 General classification after stage 3 1 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 10.50.10 2 Edwin Dunning (Ned) AXA-VVZ 3 René Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 0.04 4 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Team Gerolsteiner 0.07 5 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 0.08 6 Michael Albasini (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 Luuc Hutten (Ned) Rabobank 8 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 Andrej Gimpelj (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 10 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 11 Xavier Jan (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 12 Federico Morini (Ita) Team Gerolsteiner 0.31 13 Bart Voskamp (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 1.47 14 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.04 15 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 2.07 16 Michael Skelde (Den) Team Fakta 2.09 17 Andy Vanhoudt (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 2.15 18 Tom Cordes (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 2.16 19 Vincent Van Der Kooij (Ned) Rabobank 2.18 20 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 2.20 21 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank 22 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 2.21 23 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 24 Bram De Waard (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 25 Danny Jonasson (Den) CSC-Tiscali 26 Wally Buurstede (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 27 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 28 Henne Van Zanten (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 29 Julien Smink (Ned) MGI Fietsen 30 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 31 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 32 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) MGI Fietsen 33 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 34 Vincent Cali (Fra) Collstrop-Palmans 35 Kees Jeurissen (Ned) MGI Fietsen 36 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) MGI Fietsen 37 Bram Schmitz (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 38 Walter De Kok (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 39 Lars Bak (Den) Team Fakta 40 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Fakta 41 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 42 Dominique Rault (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 43 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 44 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 45 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 46 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 47 Rudi Kemna (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 4.14 48 Pascal Hermes (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 4.25 49 Jens Mouris (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 50 Jürgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 51 Jurgen De Jong (Ned) AXA-VVZ Cycling Team 52 John Talen (Ned) MGI Fietsen 53 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 54 Marco Fincato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 55 Arne Kornegoor (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 5.33 56 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger 5.42 57 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta 58 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 59 Danny Van Looy (Ned) MGI Fietsen 60 Boris Premuzic (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 61 Martin Derganc (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 5.54 62 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 6.36 63 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team Fakta 6.55 64 Gerben Van De Reep (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 7.08 65 Jorne Videler (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 7.12 66 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 7.46 67 Koen Das (Bel) Team Nürnberger 68 Sebastian Wolski (Pol) Team Nürnberger 69 Walter Bonca (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 8.07 70 Angelo Van Melis (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 9.19 71 Jean-Pierre Verstraten (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 9.21 72 Daniel Van Elven (Ned) AXA-VVZ 73 Peep Mikli (Est) Bert Story - Piels 74 Frederik Penne (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 10.11 75 Thomas Muhlbacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Maarten Lenferink (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 12.09 77 Bastiaan Krol (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 12.21 78 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 12.22 79 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 80 Oliver Penney (Swi) MGI Fietsen 12.42 81 Pieter Vries (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 82 Richard Slabbekoorn (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 12.45 83 Camiel Van Den Bergh (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 12.59 84 Renger Ypenburg (Ned) AXA-VVZ 13.03 85 Matthijs Delen (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 18.30 86 Mart Louwers (Ned) Rabobank 18.46 87 Roel Egelmeers (Ned) Rabobank 19.43 88 Andre Van De Reep (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 21.33 89 John Sulkers (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 26.43 90 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 28.24 |