GP Linz - Passau - Budweis - 2.7.1

Austria, August 29-31, 2003

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Stage 3 - August 31: Oberneukirchen - Aschach, 127km

By Brian Stephens, AIS U23 Team Manager
The third and final stage of GP Linz was held yesterday in wet and cold conditions over a 127 kilometre course with several tough climbs. Our guys went on the attack early and Gene Bates went up the road with another three riders, chasing points in the sprint competition. Gene won the first sprint and then dropped two of his companions, also picking up the second sprint before being caught by the main group. This was enough to give him the overall win in the sprint competition.
Rory Sutherland worked hard for his team-mate and overall winner, Thomas Dekker; Rory also taking third on the stage and fourth overall. Italian Vincenzo Nibali, almost snatched the tour win with a thrilling last stage win. Peter Dawson showed his road form is back after his track campaign, finishing eighth on the stage and 20th overall. Neither Jonathan Cantwell nor Aaron Kemps completed the last stage.
Results

1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Italian national team         3.08.59
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank GS III                    0.05
3 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank GS III                  0.24
4 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Austrian national team        0.25
5 Thijs Verhagen (Ned) Rabobank GS III                   1.08
6 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank GS III                           
7 Pavel Linet (Cze) Czech national team                      
8 Peter Dawson (Aus) Australian national team                
9 Jan Barta (Cze) Czech national team                        
10 Janez Rozman (Slo) Sava Kranj SLO                         
11 Marc De Maar (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko           
12 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Optik Delker               
13 Martin Zlamalik (Cze) Südböhmen                           
14 Christian Rzen (Aut) Oberösterreich                       
15 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Sava Kranj SLO                        
16 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Italian national team            
17 Koen De Kort (Ned) Rabobank GS III                        
18 Gilles Hendel (Lux) Luxemburg national team               
19 Lubos Pelanek (Cze) Mähren                                
20 Jonathan McCarty (USA) USA national team                  
21 Andreas Welsch (Ger) Mapei Bayern                         
22 Laurent Didier (Lux) Luxemburg national team              
23 David Torsantucci (Ita) Italian national team             
24 Martin Boubal (Cze) Südböhmen                             
25 Harald Berger (Aut) Oberösterreich                        
26 Marco Düchting (Ger) Team Optik Delker                    
27 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian national team             
28 Marcel Beima (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko       2.18
29 Falk Dworatzek (Ger) TEAG Team Köstritzer                 
30 Falk Hepprich (Ger) Team Optik Delker                     
31 Robert Mitosinka (Svk) Slovakian national team            
32 Jiri Korbel (Cze) Czech national team                     
33 Johannes Kaiser (Ger) TEAG Team Köstritzer                
34 Martin Gratzer (Aut) Austrian national team               
35 Joe Kirch (Lux) Luxemburg national team               2.40
36 Stuart Gillespie (USA) USA national team                  
37 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank GS III                       
38 Patrick Gressnich (Lux) Luxemburg national team           
39 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Austrian national team              
40 Ladislav Fabisovsky (Cze) Czech national team             
41 Gene Bates (Aus) Australian national team                 
42 Balazs Ronaszeki (Hun) Hungarian national team            
43 David Betts (Aus) Australian national team                
44 Arne Hassink (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko       4.50
45 Andrew Bradley (Aut) Austrian national team           5.53
46 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Austrian national team             
47 Thomas Fothen (Ger) TEAG Team Köstritzer              7.57
48 Josef Soukup (Cze) Südböhmen                          8.19
49 Jörg Diener (Ger) Team Optik Delker                  11.26
50 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko    15.24
51 Norbert Abrok (Hun) Hungarian national team          17.35
52 Tomas Hruby (Cze) Südböhmen                               
53 Marco Nürminger (Ger) Mapei Bayern                        
54 Christian Schleicher (Ger) Team Optik Delker         17.37
55 Stanislav Kremen (Svk) Slovakian national team            
56 Christoph Pleier (Ger) Mapei Bayern                       
57 Michael Bückers (Ger) Mapei Bayern                        
58 Thomas Höss (Ger) Mapei Bayern                            
59 Stanislav Bambula (Cze) Südböhmen                         
60 Dusan Klucka (Svk) Slovakian national team                
 
Points
 
1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Italian national team              20 pts
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank GS III                      15
3 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank GS III                    11
4 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Austrian national team           8
5 Thijs Verhagen (Ned) Rabobank GS III                      6
6 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank GS III                          4
7 Pavel Linet (Cze) Czech national team                     2
8 Peter Dawson (Aus) Australian national team               1
 
Mountains 1
 
1 Arne Hassink (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko          12 pts
2 Gene Bates (Aus) Australian national team                 8
3 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko         6
4 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian national team             4
5 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Austrian national team           2
 
Mountains 2
 
1 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian national team            12 pts
2 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank GS III                     8
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Italian national team               6
4 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Austrian national team           4
5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank GS III                       2
 
Sprints 1
 
1 Gene Bates (Aus) Australian national team                 4 pts
2 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko         2
3 Mario Lexmüller (Aut) Oberösterreich                      1
 
Sprints 2
 
1 Gene Bates (Aus) Australian national team                 4 pts
2 Arne Hassink (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko           2
3 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko         1
 
Combination points
 
1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Italian national team              26 pts
2 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank GS III                    19
3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank GS III                      17
4 Gene Bates (Aus) Australian national team                16
5 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian national team            16
6 Arne Hassink (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko          14
7 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Austrian national team          14
8 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko         9
9 Thijs Verhagen (Ned) Rabobank GS III                      6
10 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank GS III                         4
11 Pavel Linet (Cze) Czech national team                    2
12 Peter Dawson (Aus) Australian national team              1
 
Teams
 
1 Rabobank GS III                                     9.28.34
2 Italian national team                                  0.39
3 Austrian national team                                 2.14
4 Czech national team                                    2.57
5 Team Optik Delker                                          
6 Luxemburg national team                                3.19
7 Australian national team                               4.51
8 Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko                           6.39
9 Südböhmen                                              8.58
10 TEAG Team Köstritzer                                 10.56
11 Mapei Bayern                                         34.43
12 Slovakian national team                              35.55
 
Final general classification
 
1 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank GS III                11.29.03
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Italian national team            0.08
3 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Austrian national team        0.37
4 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank GS III                  0.38
5 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian national team          1.15
6 Koen De Kort (Ned) Rabobank GS III                     1.33
7 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank GS III                       1.42
8 Pavel Linet (Cze) Czech national team                  1.59
9 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Optik Delker                
10 Laurent Didier (Lux) Luxemburg national team              
11 David Torsantucci (Ita) Italian national team             
12 Jonathan McCarty (USA) USA national team                  
13 Harald Berger (Aut) Oberösterreich                    3.11
14 Janez Rozman (Slo) Sava Kranj SLO                     3.29
15 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Sava Kranj SLO                    3.31
16 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank GS III                   3.33
17 Marc De Maar (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko       3.36
18 Andreas Welsch (Ger) Mapei Bayern                     3.37
19 Marco Düchting (Ger) Team Optik Delker                3.54
20 Peter Dawson (Aus) Australian national team           4.00
21 Martin Zlamalik (Cze) Südböhmen                       4.10
22 Martin Boubal (Cze) Südböhmen                         4.12
23 Gilles Hendel (Lux) Luxemburg national team               
24 Thijs Verhagen (Ned) Rabobank GS III                  4.15
25 Lubos Pelanek (Cze) Mähren                            4.35
26 Ladislav Fabisovsky (Cze) Czech national team         4.45
27 Falk Dworatzek (Ger) TEAG Team Köstritzer             4.47
28 Gene Bates (Aus) Australian national team             4.59
29 Marcel Beima (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko       5.08
30 Christian Rzen (Aut) Oberösterreich                   5.15
31 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Italian national team        5.18
32 Falk Hepprich (Ger) Team Optik Delker                 5.22
33 Robert Mitosinka (Svk) Slovakian national team        5.43
34 Jan Barta (Cze) Czech national team                   5.44
35 Stuart Gillespie (USA) USA national team                  
36 Joe Kirch (Lux) Luxemburg national team               6.01
37 David Betts (Aus) Australian national team            6.44
38 Patrick Gressnich (Lux) Luxemburg national team      10.02
39 Johannes Kaiser (Ger) TEAG Team Köstritzer           10.09
40 Martin Gratzer (Aut) Austrian national team               
41 Jiri Korbel (Cze) Czech national team                10.26
42 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Austrian national team         10.31
43 Balazs Ronaszeki (Hun) Hungarian national team            
44 Josef Soukup (Cze) Südböhmen                         11.21
45 Arne Hassink (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko      12.39
46 Thomas Fothen (Ger) TEAG Team Köstritzer             16.11
47 Andrew Bradley (Aut) Austrian national team          16.17
48 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Austrian national team             
49 Jörg Diener (Ger) Team Optik Delker                  16.32
50 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko    23.12
51 Norbert Abrok (Hun) Hungarian national team          25.26
52 Stanislav Kremen (Svk) Slovakian national team       25.28
53 Michael Bückers (Ger) Mapei Bayern                   26.15
54 Christoph Pleier (Ger) Mapei Bayern                       
55 Christian Schleicher (Ger) Team Optik Delker         26.38
56 Marco Nürminger (Ger) Mapei Bayern                   29.03
57 Tomas Hruby (Cze) Südböhmen                          31.27
58 Thomas Höss (Ger) Mapei Bayern                       33.58
59 Dusan Klucka (Svk) Slovakian national team           37.23
60 Stanislav Bambula (Cze) Südböhmen                    37.29
 
Points classification
 
1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Italian national team              44 pts
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank GS III                      35
3 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank GS III                         27
4 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Austrian national team          23
5 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank GS III                    22
6 Gene Bates (Aus) Australian national team                20
7 Koen De Kort (Ned) Rabobank GS III                       17
8 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian national team            16
9 Janez Rozman (Slo) Sava Kranj SLO                        11
10 Thijs Verhagen (Ned) Rabobank GS III                     6
11 Pavel Linet (Cze) Czech national team                    4
12 Peter Dawson (Aus) Australian national team              1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Austrian national team          28 pts
2 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian national team            25
3 Arne Hassink (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko          12
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Italian national team              10
5 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank GS III                     8
6 Laurent Didier (Lux) Luxemburg national team              8
7 Gene Bates (Aus) Australian national team                 8
8 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko         6
9 David Torsantucci (Ita) Italian national team             4
10 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Optik Delker              4
11 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank GS III                      2
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Gene Bates (Aus) Australian national team                10 pts
2 Thomas Höss (Ger) Mapei Bayern                            6
3 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Austrian national team           4
4 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko         3
5 Thijs Verhagen (Ned) Rabobank GS III                      2
6 Arne Hassink (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko           2
 
Combination points classification
 
1 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Austrian national team          55 pts
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Italian national team              54
3 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian national team            41
4 Gene Bates (Aus) Australian national team                38
5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank GS III                      37
6 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank GS III                    30
7 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank GS III                         27
8 Koen De Kort (Ned) Rabobank GS III                       17
9 Arne Hassink (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko          14
10 Janez Rozman (Slo) Sava Kranj SLO                       11
11 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko        9
12 Laurent Didier (Lux) Luxemburg national team             8
13 Thijs Verhagen (Ned) Rabobank GS III                     8
14 Thomas Höss (Ger) Mapei Bayern                           6
15 Pavel Linet (Cze) Czech national team                    4
16 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Optik Delker              4
17 David Torsantucci (Ita) Italian national team            4
18 Peter Dawson (Aus) Australian national team              1
 
Teams
 
1 Rabobank GS III                                    34.29.31
2 Italian national team                                  5.23
3 Team Optik Delker                                      8.36
4 Czech national team                                    9.27
5 Austrian national team                                 9.46
6 Luxemburg national team                                9.50
7 Australian national team                              11.41
8 Südböhmen                                             17.21
9 Team Löwik Möbel / Tegeltoko                          19.03
10 TEAG Team Köstritzer                                 28.22
11 Mapei Bayern                                         52.56
12 Slovakian national team                              56.44