15th Ster Elektrotoer - 2.4Netherlands, September 12-16, 2001Main Page Results Previous stage Stage 6 - September 16: Valkenburg - Schijndel, 173.1 kmJan wins his first raceBy Bert Saarloos* He gambled and lost. It cost Bart Voskamp the victory in the Ster Elektrotoer. The captain of the BankGiroLoterij-team came in two minutes behind a breakaway group with winner-to-be Xavier Jan (Big Mat) in the first stage. With two stage wins Voskamp took some revenge and also the victories of Bert Hiemstra and Rudi Kemna in the last two stages healed some wounds for the Dutch team. But the main prize was for Frenchman Xavier Jan. BankGiroLoterij tried to surprise its rivals in the opening stage. After seventy kilometres it tore the bunch apart on some paved sections. All eight riders of BankGiroLoterij were up front with seven others, having a comfortable lead. What followed was an exciting duel between the BankGiroLoterij train, riding a kind of TTT, and the peloton. The peloton won. When a little later sixteen riders escaped, no one from BankGiroLoterij was present. "We gambled but lost", said Voskamp. "We tried to set things straight in the tough stage trough the Ardennes, but it wasn't to be." The queen stage to Verviers-Stembert turned out to be quit a battlefield, but the strongest of the breakaway of the first day managed to end up front. Xavier Jan took the yellow jersey from Austrian René Haselbacher. But the Gerolsteiner team had now another rider with good chances for the final victory, Marcel Strauss, only four seconds behind Jan. With some bonification sprints left the Swiss rider, being a good sprinter, could grasp the last yellow jersey. But the Gerolsteiner team was not strong enough to keep the bunch together. Jan's Big Mat controlled the race and let four riders escape: Jan van Velzen (BankGiroLoterij), Angelo van Melis (Bert Story-Piels), Frank van Dulmen (Löwik-Tegeltoko) and Allan Johansen (Fakta). They were free to take three minutes and snatched the bonification seconds. Just like Big Mat planned it. "Only on the local circuits we were tested", said Jan. But this was not by Gerolsteiner, but by BankGiroLoterij. The Dutch team was responsible for bringing the four leaders back and for a break in the peloton. Jan was vulnerable for a moment. "I had only Stéphane Heulot with me. But he supported me magnificently, sacrificing himself totally." BankGiroLoterij got another stage win, with Rudi Kemna taking the six seconds bonifications at the finish line and Xavier Jan won his first race in his sixth pro season. *Bert Saarloos is a correspondent with Dagblad de Limburger
Results1 Rudi Kemna (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 4.10.26 2 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 3 René Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 4 Pascal Hermes (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 0.02 5 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 7 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 8 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 9 Julien Smink (Ned) MGI Fietsen 10 Lars Bak (Den) Team Fakta 11 Andy Vanhoudt (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 12 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) MGI Fietsen 13 Michael Albasini (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank 15 Bram De Waard (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 16 Bart Voskamp (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 17 Bram Schmitz (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 18 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 19 Luuc Hutten (Ned) Rabobank 20 Michael Skelde (Den) Team Fakta 21 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 22 Andrej Gimpelj (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 23 Xavier Jan (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 24 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Team Gerolsteiner 25 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 26 Henne Van Zanten (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 27 Kees Jeurissen (Ned) MGI Fietsen 28 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 29 John Talen (Ned) MGI Fietsen 30 Bastiaan Krol (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 31 Wally Buurstede (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 32 Federico Morini (Ita) Team Gerolsteiner 33 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 34 Danny Jonasson (Den) CSC-Tiscali 35 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 36 Walter De Kok (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 37 Arne Kornegoor (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 0.09 38 Pieter Vries (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 0.12 39 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 40 Vincent Cali (Fra) Collstrop-Palmans 41 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) MGI Fietsen 42 Jens Mouris (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 43 Dominique Rault (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 44 Jean-Pierre Verstraten (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 45 Danny Van Looy (Ned) MGI Fietsen 46 Tom Cordes (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 47 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger 48 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 49 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta 51 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 52 Mart Louwers (Ned) Rabobank 53 Vincent Van Der Kooij (Ned) Rabobank 0.49 54 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.02 55 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 1.25 56 Andre Van De Reep (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 57 Edwin Dunning (Ned) AXA-VVZ 3.39 58 Angelo Van Melis (Ned) Bert Story - Piels DNF Frank van Dulmen (Ned) Löwik - Tegeltoko DNF Jurgen de Jong (Ned) AXA - VVZ DNF Daniël van Elven (Ned) AXA - VVZ DNF Frederik Penne (Bel) Collstrop - Palmans DNF Allan Johansen (Den) Team Fakta DNF Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Koen Das (Bel) Team Nürnberger DNF Jürgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger DNF Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Walter Bonca (Slo) KRKA - Telekom Slovenije DNF Renger Ypenburg (Ned) AXA - VVZ DNF Martin Derganc (Slo) KRKA - Telekom Slovenije DNF Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 Mountains Snijdersberg - 14.4 km 1 Jan van Velzen (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 3 pts 2 Frank van Dulmen (Ned) Löwik - Tegeltoko 2 3 Angelo van Melis (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 1 Sprints Kelpen-Oler - 57.6 km 1 Jan van Velzen (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 3 pts 2 Frank van Dulmen (Ned) Löwik - Tegeltoko 2 3 Angelo van Melis (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 1 Schijndel - 139.3 km 1 Angelo van Melis (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 3 pts 2 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 2 3 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 1 Final general classification 1 Xavier Jan (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 20.01.30 2 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Team Gerolsteiner 0.04 3 René Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 0.19 4 Michael Albasini (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.00 5 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 6 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.24 7 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 1.27 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 2.09 14 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 2.39 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 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 3.29 20 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.36 21 Lars Bak (Den) Team Fakta 3.42 22 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank 3.43 23 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 3.45 24 Walter De Kok (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 3.47 25 Vincent Cali (Fra) Collstrop-Palmans 3.54 26 Dominique Rault (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 3.57 27 Henne Van Zanten (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 4.20 28 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 4.21 29 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.37 30 Julien Smink (Ned) MGI Fietsen 4.38 31 Danny Van Looy (Ned) MGI Fietsen 7.29 32 Luuc Hutten (Ned) Rabobank 7.51 33 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger 8.26 34 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 9.37 35 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 15.44 36 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 16.25 37 Andy Vanhoudt (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 16.40 38 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 16.58 39 Tom Cordes (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 40 Vincent Van Der Kooij (Ned) Rabobank 17.16 41 Wally Buurstede (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 17.17 42 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) MGI Fietsen 17.28 43 Bram De Waard (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 17.38 44 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) MGI Fietsen 17.42 45 Edwin Dunning (Ned) AXA-VVZ 18.33 46 Jens Mouris (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 18.41 47 Rudi Kemna (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 19.00 48 John Talen (Ned) MGI Fietsen 19.31 49 Pascal Hermes (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 19.42 50 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta 20.25 51 Arne Kornegoor (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 20.44 52 Mart Louwers (Ned) Rabobank 25.59 53 Andre Van De Reep (Ned) van Vliet - Weba 26.20 54 Bastiaan Krol (Ned) Team Lowik Tegeltoko 27.12 55 Pieter Vries (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 27.23 56 Angelo Van Melis (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 27.42 57 Jean-Pierre Verstraten (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 30.36 58 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 43.58 Points classification 1 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 39 pts 2 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 32 3 Bart Voskamp (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 32 4 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 31 5 Rudi Kemna (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 25 6 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 24 7 Artur Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 13 8 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 12 9 Tom Cordes (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 12 10 Edwin Dunning (Ned) AXA - VVZ 12 11 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 11 12 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC - Tiscali 10 13 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 9 14 Pascal Hermes (Ned) Van Vliet - Weba 8 15 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Löwik - Tegeltoko 8 16 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 17 Jan van Velzen (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 8 18 Michael Albasini (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 19 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 20 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 6 21 Bram Schmitz (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 6 22 Remco van der Ven (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 4 23 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 24 Mart Louwers (Ned) Rabobank 4 25 Jens Mouris (Ned) Löwik - Tegeltoko 3 26 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 27 Andrej Gimpelj (Slo) KRKA - Telekom Slovenije 3 28 Julien Smink (Ned) MGI Fietsen 2 29 Danny Jonasson (Den) CSC - Tiscali 2 30 Lars Bak (Den) Team Fakta 1 31 Kees Jeurissen (Ned) MGI Fietsen 1 32 Luuc Hutten (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta 14 pts 2 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 8 3 Jan van Velzen (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 7 4 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 5 Andy Vanhoudt (Bel) Collstrop - Palmans 5 6 Rudi Kemna (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 4 7 Michael Albasini (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 8 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 2 9 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 2 10 Henne van Zanten (Ned) Löwik - Tegeltoko 2 11 Angelo van Melis (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 1 12 Bart Voskamp (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 1 13 Smink, Julien (Ned) MGI Fietsen 1 14 Arne Kornegoor (Ned) Löwik - Tegeltoko 1 15 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank 1 16 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 1 Sprints classification 1 Rudi Kemna (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 10 pts 2 Andy Vanhoudt (Bel) Collstrop - Palmans 7 3 Angelo van Melis (Ned) Bert Story - Piels 6 4 Jan van Velzen (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 5 5 Mart Louwers (Ned) Rabobank 3 6 Vincent van der Kooij (Ned) Rabobank 3 7 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 2 8 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 1 9 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank 1 10 Remco van der Ven (Ned) BankGiroLoterij - Batavus 1 11 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 12 Bastiaan Krol (Ned) Löwik - Tegeltoko 1 Most aggressive rider 1 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta Teams classification 1 Gerolsteiner (Ger) 60.06.39 2 Fassa Bortolo (Ita) 1.41 3 Big Mat - Auber 93 (Fra) 3.11 4 BankGiroLoterij - Batavus (Ned) 4.08 5 Collstrop - Palmans (Bel) 7.30 6 MGI Fietsen (Ned) 9.13 7 Rabobank espoirs (Ned) 9.52 8 Team Fakta (Den) 19.42 9 Löwik - Tegeltoko (Ned) 20.08 10 Van Vliet - Weba (Ned) 47.38 11 Bert Story - Piels (Ned) 49.09 |