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Grand Prix Tell - 2.7.1Switzerland, August 27-31, 2003Main Page Results Previous Stage Stage 5 - August 31: Zug - Beromünster, 145.1 kmRussian days on the GP Tell 2003By Andreas Oppliger The 31st edition of the GP Tell ended on Sunday afternoon with two Russion victories: Vladimir Goussev took the general classification while the stage went to Boris Shpilevsky, winner of the first stage on Saturday in Zug, who was the strongest in the bunch sprint. The 2003 GP Tell was dominated by the teams from Eastern Europe. Four stages were won by Russian riders, one by a Kazakh and one by a rider from Slovenia. In the 30-plus year history of the GP Tell this was the first win overall for a Russian athlete. The pace was very high from the beginning in this final stage, preventing any of the attempted escapes from succeeding. The national team from Kazakhstan tried to help its captain Assan Bazayev to get into a leading group and so to regain the last place on the podium, but the effort was in vain. Several times the reigning Swiss espoir champion Laurent Arn - the local hero of the final stage - could be found alone at the head of the race, only to be soon swept up by the hard-charging peloton. The stage was characterized by an alliance between the two Russian teams of Angelin Travel St. Petersburg and the national squad. They nipped all the efforts of the Kazakhs to support Bazayev in the bud. On the slightly sloping finish straight the stage was decided by a bunch sprint - rather surprising for a race with more than 1'700 meters of climbing. The decision in this sprint was so tight that the officials had to consult the photo finish. The jury identified the same winner as on Saturday: Boris Shpilevsky The third placed rider, Swiss Florian Stalder spent a relatively "easy" Sunday afternoon in the peloton. Thanks to him the Swiss stepped onto the podium this year, as they did in 2002 with Gregory Rast (now with GS-I team Phonak). "It is to early for me to move into the professional ranks", said Stalder in Beromuenster after the race. "Next year I want to race another season as an espoir in a Swiss Elite squad. The jump to a GS 1 or 2 team is certainly too big for me." His contract with the team Hadimec hasn't been extended until now. "We'll see after this race. Maybe there is some small door that will open after this fine result," smiled the racer from the Bernese Oberland. Another Swiss rider has gained some completely different perspectives after the GP Tell. Johann Tschopp, the rider from Miege in the Valais was classified as ninth overall and third best Swiss. He has a contract as stagiaire with the Swiss Phonak team from 1st September 2003. PhotographyImages by Tony Stutz & Daniel Erismann
Results1 Boris Shpilevski (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 3.33.32 2 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Dutch National Team 3 Matic Strgar (Slo) Slovenian National Team 4 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Swiss Cycling 5 Alberto Tiberio (Swi) Mixed 2 - Tessin-Luzern 6 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 7 Daniel Musiol (Ger) German National Team 8 Michael Müller (Swi) Team Mixed Zollinger 9 Alexander Bazhenov (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 10 Marco Von Känel (Swi) Hörmann Betoncoupe 11 Larsen Klostergaard Kasper (Den) Danish National Team 12 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Slovenian National Team 13 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 14 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 15 Tobias Baumgartner (Swi) Team Mixed Zollinger 16 Marco Giani (Ita) Mixed 2 - Tessin-Luzern 17 Jonas Meng (Swi) GS Rufalex Nordwest 18 Remo Spirgi (Swi) GS Rufalex Nordwest 19 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) German National Team 20 Stefan Widmer (Swi) GS Rufalex Nordwest 21 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 22 Bruno Büetiger (Swi) Hörmann Betoncoupe 23 Matthias Russ (Ger) Hofbräu Radler Stuttgart 24 Janusch Laule (Ger) Team Mixed Zollinger 25 Steve Grossenbacher (Swi) Hadimec 26 Florian Stalder (Swi) Swiss Cycling 27 Oleg Melehs (Lat) Rietumu Bank Cycling Team 28 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 29 Jos Harms (Ned) Dutch National Team 30 Johann Tschopp (Swi) GS Rufalex Nordwest 31 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 32 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 33 Walker Ferguson (USA) USA National Team 34 Arian Buchwalder (Swi) Hörmann Betoncoupe 35 Jimmy Tapparel (Swi) Hadimec 36 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Mixed 2 - Tessin-Luzern 37 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Russian National Team 38 Peter Magyarosi (Ger) Hofbräu Radler Stuttgart 39 Norbert Poels (Ned) Dutch National Team 40 Timmy Duggan (USA) USA National Team 41 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Russian National Team 42 Daniel Gysling (Swi) Swiss Cycling 43 Roman Gugger (Swi) Swiss Cycling 44 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Slovenian National Team 45 Laurent Arn (Swi) Hadimec 46 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Swiss Cycling 47 Viktor Shestakuv (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 48 Marco Jimenez (Swi) GS Rufalex Nordwest 49 Marcel Schilliger (Swi) Hadimec 50 Tomaz Nose (Slo) Slovenian National Team 51 Glenn Poleunis (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 52 Jonas Leib (Swi) Swiss Cycling 53 Markus Schmidig (Swi) GS Rufalex Nordwest 54 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Slovenian National Team 55 Simon Schärer (Swi) Team Mixed Zollinger 56 Morten Knudsen (Den) Danish National Team 57 Dmitri Kozontchuk (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 58 Bart Oegema (Ned) Dutch National Team 59 Stanislav Belov (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 60 Braulio Juanes (Spa) Hadimec 61 Michael Creed (USA) USA National Team 62 Ivan Chtchegolev (Rus) Russian National Team 63 Lasse Böchman (Den) Danish National Team 2.29 64 Jochen Rochau (Ger) Hofbräu Radler Stuttgart 10.18 65 Felix Gniot (Ger) German National Team 66 Peter Oeschger (Swi) Hörmann Betoncoupe 67 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Rietumu Bank Cycling Team 10.46 68 Aldis Abolins (Lat) Rietumu Bank Cycling Team 24.24 69 Leo Karstens (Ger) German National Team 70 Sergey Lazarev (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 31.30 71 Sandro Germann (Swi) Mixed 2 - Tessin-Luzern DNF Brian Vandborg (Den) Danish National Team DNF Peter Jörgensen (Den) Danish National Team DNF Michael Kristensen (Den) Danish National Team DNF Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team DNF Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team DNF Ronny Hartz (Ger) Hofbräu Radler Stuttgart DNF Michael Muck (Ger) Hofbräu Radler Stuttgart DNF Darby Thomas (USA) USA National Team DNF Wren Tyler (USA) USA National Team DNF Dane Jankowiak (USA) USA National Team DNF Jochen Uhrig (Ger) German National Team DNF Thorsten Struch (Ger) German National Team DNF Peter Mohlmann (Ned) Dutch National Team DNF Kurt Dierckx (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop DNF Alexander Bespalov (Rus) Russian National Team DNF Christian Rocha (Swi) Team Mixed Zollinger DNF Pablo Pico (Swi) Mixed 2 - Tessin-Luzern DNF Pirmin Lang (Swi) Mixed 2 - Tessin-Luzern DNS Erich Kunz (Swi) Hadimec Points 1 Boris Shpilevski (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 25 pts 2 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Dutch National Team 20 3 Matic Strgar (Slo) Slovenian National Team 16 4 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Swiss Cycling 13 5 Alberto Tiberio (Swi) Mixed 2 - Tessin-Luzern 11 6 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 10 7 Daniel Musiol (Ger) German National Team 9 8 Michael Müller (Swi) Team Mixed Zollinger 8 9 Alexander Bazhenov (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 7 10 Marco Von Känel (Swi) Hörmann Betoncoupe 6 11 Larsen Klostergaard Kasper (Den) Danish National Team 5 12 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Slovenian National Team 4 13 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 3 14 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 2 15 Tobias Baumgartner (Swi) Team Mixed Zollinger 1 Mountains Ämmenwil Chegelwald - Cat. 3, 69:4 km 1 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 3 pts 2 Oleg Melehs (Lat) Rietumu Bank Cycling Team 2 3 Stanislav Belov (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 1 Ämmenwil Chegelwald - Cat. 3, 104:4 km 1 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 3 pts 2 Daniel Gysling (Swi) Swiss Cycling 2 3 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 1 Ämmenwil Chegelwald - Cat. 3, 121:9 km 1 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 3 pts 2 Oleg Melehs (Lat) Rietumu Bank Cycling Team 2 3 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 1 Sprints Beromünster, 57:6 km 1 Daniel Gysling (Swi) Swiss Cycling 3 pts 2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Slovenian National Team 2 3 Matic Strgar (Slo) Slovenian National Team 1 Beromünster, 92:6 km 1 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 3 pts 2 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 2 3 Larsen Klostergaard Kasper (Den) Danish National Team Beromünster, 127:6 km 1 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 3 pts 2 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 2 3 Larsen Klostergaard Kasper (Den) Danish National Team Teams 1 Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 10.40.36 2 Kazakhstan National Team 2 Team Mixed Zollinger 4 GS Rufalex Nordwest 5 Team Mixed Zollinger 6 Slovenian National Team 7 Hörmann Betoncoupe 8 Palmans-Collstrop 9 Dutch National Team 10 Swiss Cycling 11 Hadimec 12 USA National Team 13 Russian National Team 14 Danish National Team 2.29 15 German National Team 10.18 16 Hofbräu Radler Stuttgart 17 Rietumu Bank Cycling Team 35.10 Final general classification 1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Russian National Team 14.25.27 2 Tomaz Nose (Slo) Slovenian National Team 1.01 3 Florian Stalder (Swi) Swiss Cycling 3.04 4 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 3.11 5 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 4.53 6 Matthias Russ (Ger) Hofbräu Radler Stuttgart 5.11 7 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 8 Jimmy Tapparel (Swi) Hadimec 5.32 9 Johann Tschopp (Swi) GS Rufalex Nordwest 5.58 10 Daniel Gysling (Swi) Swiss Cycling 6.23 11 Dmitri Kozontchuk (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 6.40 12 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Swiss Cycling 7.01 13 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Russian National Team 8.13 14 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) German National Team 9.40 15 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Slovenian National Team 9.56 16 Oleg Melehs (Lat) Rietumu Bank Cycling Team 10.21 17 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 10.31 18 Viktor Shestakuv (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 10.50 19 Jonas Meng (Swi) GS Rufalex Nordwest 11.50 20 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 12.23 21 Bruno Büetiger (Swi) Hörmann Betoncoupe 12.41 22 Laurent Arn (Swi) Hadimec 13.51 23 Michael Creed (USA) USA National Team 13.57 24 Simon Schärer (Swi) Team Mixed Zollinger 14.14 25 Timmy Duggan (USA) USA National Team 14.57 26 Norbert Poels (Ned) Dutch National Team 16.59 27 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Slovenian National Team 19.46 28 Marco Von Känel (Swi) Hörmann Betoncoupe 21.54 29 Braulio Juanes (Spa) Hadimec 22.24 30 Michael Müller (Swi) Team Mixed Zollinger 22.32 31 Walker Ferguson (USA) USA National Team 22.35 32 Alexander Bazhenov (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 22.57 33 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Swiss Cycling 23.02 34 Roman Gugger (Swi) Swiss Cycling 23.14 35 Matic Strgar (Slo) Slovenian National Team 23.31 36 Markus Schmidig (Swi) GS Rufalex Nordwest 23.44 37 Marco Jimenez (Swi) GS Rufalex Nordwest 24.02 38 Steve Grossenbacher (Swi) Hadimec 24.40 39 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Mixed 2 - Tessin-Luzern 25.46 40 Ivan Chtchegolev (Rus) Russian National Team 26.59 41 Morten Knudsen (Den) Danish National Team 27.00 42 Jonas Leib (Swi) Swiss Cycling 28.33 43 Boris Shpilevski (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 33.17 44 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 33.29 45 Janusch Laule (Ger) Team Mixed Zollinger 34.56 46 Daniel Musiol (Ger) German National Team 34.58 47 Glenn Poleunis (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 35.03 48 Felix Gniot (Ger) German National Team 35.19 49 Marco Giani (Ita) Mixed 2 - Tessin-Luzern 36.08 50 Arian Buchwalder (Swi) Hörmann Betoncoupe 36.34 51 Alberto Tiberio (Swi) Mixed 2 - Tessin-Luzern 38.32 52 Bart Oegema (Ned) Dutch National Team 40.02 53 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Rietumu Bank Cycling Team 41.19 54 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Dutch National Team 44.11 55 Peter Magyarosi (Ger) Hofbräu Radler Stuttgart 44.12 56 Jos Harms (Ned) Dutch National Team 45.48 57 Stefan Widmer (Swi) GS Rufalex Nordwest 46.19 58 Larsen Klostergaard Kasper (Den) Danish National Team 48.03 59 Jochen Rochau (Ger) Hofbräu Radler Stuttgart 48.46 60 Peter Oeschger (Swi) Hörmann Betoncoupe 49.04 61 Marcel Schilliger (Swi) Hadimec 50.27 62 Stanislav Belov (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 51.27 63 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Slovenian National Team 52.34 64 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 52.39 65 Remo Spirgi (Swi) GS Rufalex Nordwest 53.22 66 Lasse Böchman (Den) Danish National Team 55.59 67 Tobias Baumgartner (Swi) Team Mixed Zollinger 1.05.25 68 Sergey Lazarev (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 1.07.59 69 Sandro Germann (Swi) Mixed 2 - Tessin-Luzern 1.27.45 70 Aldis Abolins (Lat) Rietumu Bank Cycling Team 1.32.36 71 Leo Karstens (Ger) German National Team 1.43.23 Points classification 1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Russian National Team 78 pts 2 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 70 3 Tomaz Nose (Slo) Slovenian National Team 67 4 Boris Shpilevski (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 50 5 Florian Stalder (Swi) Swiss Cycling 43 6 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 41 7 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Dutch National Team 30 8 Matic Strgar (Slo) Slovenian National Team 29 9 Daniel Gysling (Swi) Swiss Cycling 28 10 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Swiss Cycling 27 11 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 27 12 Dmitri Kozontchuk (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 26 13 Larsen Klostergaard Kasper (Den) Danish National Team 25 14 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Swiss Cycling 23 15 Daniel Musiol (Ger) German National Team 20 16 Matthias Russ (Ger) Hofbräu Radler Stuttgart 17 17 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) German National Team 16 18 Alberto Tiberio (Swi) Mixed 2 - Tessin-Luzern 15 19 Jimmy Tapparel (Swi) Hadimec 13 20 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 13 21 Peter Magyarosi (Ger) Hofbräu Radler Stuttgart 13 22 Walker Ferguson (USA) USA National Team 13 23 Johann Tschopp (Swi) GS Rufalex Nordwest 11 24 Tobias Baumgartner (Swi) Team Mixed Zollinger 9 25 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Slovenian National Team 8 26 Michael Müller (Swi) Team Mixed Zollinger 8 27 Alexander Bazhenov (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 8 28 Oleg Melehs (Lat) Rietumu Bank Cycling Team 6 29 Viktor Shestakuv (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 6 30 Marco Von Känel (Swi) Hörmann Betoncoupe 6 31 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Slovenian National Team 6 32 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Slovenian National Team 6 33 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Russian National Team 6 34 Jochen Rochau (Ger) Hofbräu Radler Stuttgart 5 35 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 5 36 Michael Creed (USA) USA National Team 4 37 Morten Knudsen (Den) Danish National Team 4 38 Remo Spirgi (Swi) GS Rufalex Nordwest 4 39 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 4 40 Jonas Meng (Swi) GS Rufalex Nordwest 2 41 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 2 42 Peter Oeschger (Swi) Hörmann Betoncoupe 1 Mountains classification 1 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 23 pts 2 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 21 3 Tomaz Nose (Slo) Slovenian National Team 12 4 Viktor Shestakuv (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 12 5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Russian National Team 11 6 Daniel Gysling (Swi) Swiss Cycling 8 7 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Slovenian National Team 8 8 Jimmy Tapparel (Swi) Hadimec 7 9 Oleg Melehs (Lat) Rietumu Bank Cycling Team 5 10 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 4 11 Peter Magyarosi (Ger) Hofbräu Radler Stuttgart 3 12 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Swiss Cycling 3 13 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Russian National Team 2 14 Ivan Chtchegolev (Rus) Russian National Team 2 15 Matthias Russ (Ger) Hofbräu Radler Stuttgart 2 16 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 1 17 Dmitri Kozontchuk (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 1 18 Walker Ferguson (USA) USA National Team 1 19 Stanislav Belov (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 1 Sprints classification 1 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 12 pts 2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Slovenian National Team 10 3 Daniel Gysling (Swi) Swiss Cycling 9 4 Larsen Klostergaard Kasper (Den) Danish National Team 8 5 Viktor Shestakuv (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 7 6 Marco Von Känel (Swi) Hörmann Betoncoupe 4 7 Boris Shpilevski (Rus) Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 4 8 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) German National Team 3 9 Oleg Melehs (Lat) Rietumu Bank Cycling Team 2 10 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 2 11 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Swiss Cycling 2 12 Jonas Leib (Swi) Swiss Cycling 2 13 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 2 14 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Dutch National Team 2 15 Matthias Russ (Ger) Hofbräu Radler Stuttgart 1 16 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Slovenian National Team 1 17 Matic Strgar (Slo) Slovenian National Team 1 18 Daniel Musiol (Ger) German National Team 1 19 Jochen Rochau (Ger) Hofbräu Radler Stuttgart 1 Teams classification 1 Swiss Cycling 43.31.31 2 Kazakhstan National Team 2.19 3 Russian National Team 13.53 4 Slovenian National Team 14.52 5 Angelin Travel RO St Petersburg 17.54 6 GS Rufalex Nordwest 23.55 7 Hadimec 25.47 8 USA National Team 31.09 9 Hofbräu Radler Stuttgart 39.17 10 German National Team 47.14 11 Team Mixed Zollinger 51.41 12 Hörmann Betoncoupe 54.27 13 Palmans-Collstrop 57.16 14 Dutch National Team 1.05.21 15 Team Mixed Zollinger 1.14.30 16 Danish National Team 1.18.00 17 Rietumu Bank Cycling Team 2.09.06 |
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