15th Ster Elektrotoer - 2.4Netherlands, September 12-16, 2001Main Page Results Previous stage Stage 5 - September 15: Valkenburg - Verviers, 182.5 kmNo birthday present for Haselbacher as Jan takes the leadBy Bert Saarloos* Today was the queen stage in the Ster Elektrotoer, from Valkenburg cross the Ardennes to Verviers-Stembert in Belgium. Just after the start Rudi Kemna (BankGiroLoterij), Lylian Breton (Big Mat) and Andy Vanhoudt (Collstrop) escaped. Crossing the border into Belgium (14 km) they had a gap of 1'10. After the first mountain sprint Jan van Velzen (BankGiroLoterij) counterattacked and quickly bridges the gap to the three leaders. By kilometre 80 they led by 2'25, Van Velzen being virtual leader then. It grew to 3'05 but the break lost ground as Kemna fell back, Lebreton refused to work and the Gerolsteiner team of yellow jersey René Haselbacher, who turns 24 today, picked up the chase in the peloton. Former yellow jerseys Christophe Detilloux and Allan Bo Andresen gave up. Roberto Lochowski (Fakta), leader in the mountains classification, succeeded in bridging the gap to the leaders on his own, but soon afterwards the peloton (69 riders) rode down the fugitives. After the fourth mountain sprint seven riders escaped: Stéphane Heulot, Xavier Jan (Big Mat), Bram Schmitz, Bart Voskamp (BankGiroLoterij), René Haselbacher (Gerolsteiner), Michael Albasini and Luca Mazzanti (Fassa Bortolo). After a few kilometres they were joined by Dominique Rault (Big Mat), Martin Derganc, Walter Bonca (KRKA), Bert Hiemstra (BankGiroLoterij), Michael Skelde (Fakta), Marcel Strauss (Gerolsteiner), Andrea Moletta and Oscar Pozzi (Fassa Bortolo). This was the decisive break. From the top of the GC Artur Babaitsev (2nd), Roy Sentjens (6th), Luuc Hutten (8th) and Andrej Gimpelj (10th) all missed it. Coming to the finish line for the first time, Martin Derganc, Xavier Jan, Luca Mazzanti and Marcel Strauss managed to get away. They had a lead of one minute, but in the final lap of 14.6 km Stéphane Heulot, Oscar Pozzi and Bert Hiemstra bridged the gap. René Haselbacher was not able to give himself a birthday present as he was one minute behind In the sprint for the day's win, Bert Hiemstra won it with an late jump just ahead of Stéphane Heulot, giving BankGiroLoterij-Batavus its third stage win in the tour. Xavier Jan took the yellow jersey, but only has a slim lead of four seconds over Marcel Strauss. With two sprints and also bonifications at the finish, the decision will fall in the final (flat) stage tomorrow from Valkenburg to Schijndel. *Bert Saarloos is a correspondent with Dagblad de Limburger
Results1 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 4.46.27 2 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 3 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Team Gerolsteiner 5 Xavier Jan (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 6 Martin Derganc (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 0.03 7 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.22 8 Michael Albasini (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.03 9 Bart Voskamp (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 10 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11 Kees Jeurissen (Ned) MGI Fietsen 12 Michael Skelde (Den) Team Fakta 13 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 14 Danny Jonasson (Den) CSC-Tiscali 15 René Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 16 Walter Bonca (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 1.09 17 Walter De Kok (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 1.12 18 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 1.22 19 Bram Schmitz (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 1.23 20 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 21 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 1.26 22 Danny Van Looy (Ned) MGI Fietsen 23 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 24 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank 25 Julien Smink (Ned) MGI Fietsen 26 Federico Morini (Ita) Team Gerolsteiner 27 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 28 Dominique Rault (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 29 Andrej Gimpelj (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 30 Lars Bak (Den) Team Fakta 31 Vincent Cali (Fra) Collstrop-Palmans 32 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33 Henne Van Zanten (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 1.37 34 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 1.38 35 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger 36 Andre Van De Reep (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 2.37 37 Luuc Hutten (Ned) Rabobank 7.32 38 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 39 Mart Louwers (Ned) Rabobank 40 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) MGI Fietsen 14.26 41 Jens Mouris (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 42 Rudi Kemna (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 43 Pieter Vries (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 44 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 45 Arne Kornegoor (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 46 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 47 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta 48 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Fakta 49 Andy Vanhoudt (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 50 Jürgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 51 Wally Buurstede (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 52 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) MGI Fietsen 53 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 54 Bastiaan Krol (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 55 Tom Cordes (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 56 Frederik Penne (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 57 Koen Das (Bel) Team Nürnberger 58 Daniel Van Elven (Ned) AXA-VVZ 59 Edwin Dunning (Ned) AXA-VVZ 60 Pascal Hermes (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 61 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 62 Jurgen De Jong (Ned) AXA-VVZ Cycling Team 63 Angelo Van Melis (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 64 Bram De Waard (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 65 John Talen (Ned) MGI Fietsen 66 Vincent Van Der Kooij (Ned) Rabobank 67 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 68 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 69 Jean-Pierre Verstraten (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 20.38 70 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 71 Renger Ypenburg (Ned) AXA-VVZ DNF Oliver Penney (GBr) MGI Fietsen DNF Marco Fincato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Collstrop - Palmans DNF Camiel van den Bergh (Ned) Bert Story - Piels DNF Peep Mikli (Est) Bert Story - Piels DNF Maarten Lenferink (Ned) Bert Story - Piels DNF Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team Fakta DNF Boris Premuzic (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije DNF Sebastian Wolski (Pol) Team Nürnberger DNF Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Boris Premuzic (Slo) KRKA - Telekom Slovenije DNF Gerben van de Reep (Ned) Van Vliet - Weba DNF Thomas Mühlbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner DNF Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC - Tiscali DNF Richard Slabbekoorn (Ned) Van Vliet - Weba DNF Matthijs Delen (Ned) Van Vliet - Weba DNF Roel Egelmeers (Ned) Rabobank DNS Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank DNS John Sulkers (Ned) Van Vliet - Weba DNS Jorne Videler (Ned) Löwik - Tegeltoko Sprints Belgian border - 14 km 1 Rudi Kemna (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 3 pts 2 Andy Vanhoudt (Bel) Collstrop - Palmans 2 3 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 1 Spixhe-Theux - 122.1 km 1 Andy Vanhoudt (Bel) Collstrop - Palmans 3 pts 2 Jan van Velzen (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 2 3 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 1 Hill sprints Baraque Michel - 53.4 km 1 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 3 pts 2 Andy Vanhoudt (Bel) Collstrop - Palmans 2 3 Rudi Kemna (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 1 Côte du Rosier - 92.3 km 1 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 3 pts 2 Jan van Velzen (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 2 3 Andy Vanhoudt (Bel) Collstrop - Palmans 1 Mont Theux - 125.8 km 1 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta 3 pts 2 Jan van Velzen (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 2 3 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 1 Côte de Chaufheid - 146.0 km 1 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 3 pts 2 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 3 Bart Voskamp (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 1 Côte de Sarpay-Bansions - 146.0 km 1 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 3 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 3 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Stembert - 167.9 1 Martin Derganc (Slo) KRKA - Telekom Slovenije 3 pts 2 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 2 3 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 General classification after stage 5 1 Xavier Jan (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 15.51.02 2 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Team Gerolsteiner 0.04 3 René Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 0.25 4 Michael Albasini (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.00 5 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 6 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 1.17 7 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.24 8 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 1.30 9 Bart Voskamp (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 1.43 10 Andrej Gimpelj (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 1.48 11 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.57 12 Federico Morini (Ita) Team Gerolsteiner 2.02 13 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 2.10 14 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 2.42 15 Bram Schmitz (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 3.05 16 Kees Jeurissen (Ned) MGI Fietsen 3.06 17 Danny Jonasson (Den) CSC-Tiscali 3.14 18 Michael Skelde (Den) Team Fakta 3.18 19 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.26 20 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 3.29 21 Lars Bak (Den) Team Fakta 3.42 22 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank 3.43 23 Vincent Cali (Fra) Collstrop-Palmans 3.44 24 Dominique Rault (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 3.47 25 Walter De Kok (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 26 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 27 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 4.11 28 Henne Van Zanten (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 4.20 29 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.27 30 Julien Smink (Ned) MGI Fietsen 4.38 31 Martin Derganc (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 5.50 32 Danny Van Looy (Ned) MGI Fietsen 7.19 33 Luuc Hutten (Ned) Rabobank 7.51 34 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger 8.16 35 Walter Bonca (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 8.59 36 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 9.37 37 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 14.21 38 Edwin Dunning (Ned) AXA-VVZ 14.56 39 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 16.25 40 Vincent Van Der Kooij (Ned) Rabobank 16.29 41 Andy Vanhoudt (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 16.40 42 Tom Cordes (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 16.48 43 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 16.58 44 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 17.11 45 Wally Buurstede (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 17.17 46 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) MGI Fietsen 17.18 47 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Fakta 17.19 48 Bram De Waard (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 17.38 49 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) MGI Fietsen 17.42 50 Jens Mouris (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 18.31 51 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 52 Jurgen De Jong (Ned) AXA-VVZ Cycling Team 18.48 53 Rudi Kemna (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 19.12 54 John Talen (Ned) MGI Fietsen 19.31 55 Pascal Hermes (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 19.42 56 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta 20.15 57 Arne Kornegoor (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 20.37 58 Jürgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 21.03 59 Koen Das (Bel) Team Nürnberger 23.05 60 Daniel Van Elven (Ned) AXA-VVZ 23.54 61 Angelo Van Melis (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 24.09 62 Andre Van De Reep (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 24.57 63 Frederik Penne (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 25.17 64 Mart Louwers (Ned) Rabobank 25.49 65 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 26.07 66 Bastiaan Krol (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 27.12 67 Pieter Vries (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 27.13 68 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 27.34 69 Jean-Pierre Verstraten (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 30.26 70 Renger Ypenburg (Ned) AXA-VVZ 34.17 71 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 44.06 Points classification 1 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33 pts 2 Bart Voskamp (Ned) BankGiroLoterij 32 3 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) BankGiroLoterij 26 4 Stephane Heulot (Fra) Big Mat 24 5 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 22 Sprint classification 1 Rudi Kemna (Ned) BankGiroLoterij 10 pts 2 Andy Vanhoudt (Bel) Collstrop 7 3 Mart Louwers (Ned) Rabobank 3 Mountains classification 1 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Fakta 14 pts 2 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 8 3 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 7 4 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 5 Andy Vanhoudt (Bel) Collstrop - Palmans 5 |