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13th Post Danmark Rundt - 2.2
Denmark, August 12-16, 2003
Stage 1 - August 12: Skagen - Aalborg, 155 km
Scanlon takes command
By Tomas Nilsson
Irish Champion Mark Scanlon has won the first stage of the Tour of Denmark from Skagen to Aalborg, 155 km, after launching an attack in the final two kilometres from a group of 13. The main field came in two minutes after the winner.
Danish national Glenn Bak started this year-s race as he finished last year when he was awarded the most aggressive rider trophy. After 10 kilometres of racing he went away on his own and rapidly gain ground on the peloton. After another ten kilometres he had gained almost three minutes on the peloton that started a bit of a chase then.
The field split with 15 riders getting a gap but soon after half a dozen riders crashed and the tempo slowed down with one exception, Jehudi Schoonacker (Vlaanderen T Interim) who went off in pursuit of the Dane. Bak slowed down to wait for the Belgian and as soon as they joined forces at 28 km the gap started to grow again in the headwind towards Hirsthals where the duo had eight minutes on the field.
Glenn Bak secured the day's only hill sprint by passing ahead of Schoonacker at Tornby after 55 kilometres. In the peloton Team fakta upped the tempo approaching the hill. Christophe Agnolutto (Ag2R) and Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) took the points for third and fourth and then thirteen riders got a gap. With cross winds for the rest of the stage this might have been a dangerous move, especially for CSC as local rival Fakta had no less than three riders (Hřj, Skelde and Jřrgensen) in the group against Julian Dean as the only CSC rider. The others were Agnolutto with team mates Mark Scanlon and Laurent Brochard, Rasmussen and Mathew Hayman (Rabobank), Aart Vierhouten (Lotto), Bart Voskamp (Bankgiroloterij), Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) and Jurgen Van Goolen (Quick Step).
Schoonacker took the sprint in Hjřrring after 70 km but by then the chasers had taken most of the gap, Julian dean took the final point at Hjřrring and nine kilometres later the duo was caught. The group of now fifteen riders then had 1'20 to the field with the gap growing slowly. Glenn Bak couldn't hang on to the group for long, but the polka-dotted jersey will be his comfort since there was only one hill sprint on this stage.
CSC drove the main field hard in the cross wind creating echelons with the first group slowly narrowing the gap to some 50 seconds at 98 kilometres. This was as close as they got. The group worked well together however, with the obvious exception of Dean and Schoonacker, and managed to increase the gap again. Dean won the second sprint, at Aabybro, 118 km and the gap stabilized at a minute and a half with speeds around 50 km/h.
A number of small attacks started in the streets of finishing town Aalborg but it wasn't until two kilometres were left of the stage that three riders, Lang, Skelde and Scanlon, managed to get a gap and the Irish champion Mark Scanlon was able to win. The ten remaining in the group came in at ten seconds while the chasing peloton, or what was left of it, came in at two minutes. The final winner will probably be one of the thirteen breakaways since the Danish Tour seldom offers any huge time margins.
Results
1 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 3.40.54 2 Michael Skelde (Den) Team fakta 3 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Frank Høj (Den) Team fakta 0.08 5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 7 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 8 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 9 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 10 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 12 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 13 René Jørgensen (Den) Team fakta 0.13 14 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 0.15 15 Robert Hunter (SAf) Rabobank 2.05 16 Jan Koerts (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 17 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 18 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 19 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 20 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo 21 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 22 Steven de Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 23 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 24 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 25 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 26 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 27 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 28 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta 29 Jann Kirsipuu (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 30 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 32 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo 33 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Post Danmark 34 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 35 Remco V.D.Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 36 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 37 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 38 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta 39 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) Team CSC 40 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 41 Peter Wrolich (Aus) Gerolsteiner 42 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Team CSC 43 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 44 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 45 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Post Danmark 46 Dirk Reichl (Ger) Team Telekom 47 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 48 Stephane Berges (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 49 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 50 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 51 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 52 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 53 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 54 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Telekom 55 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 56 Jan Schraffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 57 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC 58 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 59 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 60 Munoz Pedro Horillio (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 61 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 62 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 63 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 64 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 65 Ari Højgaard Jensen (Den) Team Post Danmark 66 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Palmans-Collstrop 67 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 68 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 69 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 70 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 71 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 72 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 73 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Domo 74 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 75 Jan Van Zelzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 76 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 77 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 78 Kurt Van Landeghem (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 79 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 80 Søren Petersen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 81 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 82 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 83 Robbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 84 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.21 85 Jørgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 10.55 86 Sébastian Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 13.07 87 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 88 Graziano Gasperre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 89 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 90 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 91 Yuri Mithlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 92 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 93 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team Post Danmark 94 Jimmy Hansen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 95 Glenn Bak (Den) Team Post Danmark 14.02 96 Gøran Jensen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 97 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team Post Danmark 98 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 14.50 99 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 100 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 101 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 102 Charly Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack 103 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 104 Jannik Skovlund (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 105 Jan Jespersen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 106 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 107 Jens Erik Madsen (Den) Team Post Danmark 108 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 109 Arne Daelmans (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 110 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 111 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 112 Allan Johansen (Den) Team fakta 113 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 114 Andy de Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 115 David Meys (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 116 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 117 Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 118 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Telekom 119 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.57 120 Morten Knudsen (Den) Team Post Danmark 121 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 122 Ludovic Capelle (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 123 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 124 Kevin V. D. Slagmolen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 125 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 126 Morten Christiansen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens Points 1 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 15 Pts 2 Michael Skelde (Den) Team fakta 12 3 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 11 4 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 5 Frank Høj (Den) Team fakta 9 6 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 8 7 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 7 8 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 7 9 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 7 10 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 11 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 12 Glenn Bak (Den) Team Post Danmark 3 13 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 2 Mountains 1 Glenn Bak (Den) Team Post Danmark 10 Pts 2 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 6 3 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4 4 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2 Most aggressive rider 1 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 10 Pts 2 Glenn Bak (Den) Team Post Danmark 6 3 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 4 4 Michael Skelde (Den) Team fakta 2 Teams 1 Ag2R-Prevoyance 11.02.47 2 Team fakta 0.10 3 Rabobank 2.23 4 Gerolsteiner 4.01 5 Team CSC 4.09 6 Bankgiroloterij 4.11 7 Lotto-Domo 4.13 8 Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 Team Telekom 6.10 10 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11 Team Post Danmark 12 De Nardi-Colpack 13 Collstrop-Palmans 14 Brioches La Boulangere 15 Glud & Marstrand Horsens 17.12 16 Vlaanderen T-Interim 29.40 General classification after stage 1 1 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 3.40.44 2 Michael Skelde (Den) Team fakta 0.04 3 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.06 4 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 0.14 5 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 0.15 6 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 0.16 7 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 0.17 8 Frank Høj (Den) Team fakta 0.18 9 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 11 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 13 René Jørgensen (Den) Team fakta 0.23 14 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 0.25 15 Robert Hunter (SAf) Rabobank 2.15 16 Jan Koerts (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 17 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 18 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 19 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 20 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo 21 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 22 Steven de Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 23 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 24 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 25 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 26 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 27 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 28 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta 29 Jann Kirsipuu (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 30 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 32 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo 33 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Post Danmark 34 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 35 Remco V.D.Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 36 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 37 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 38 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta 39 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) Team CSC 40 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 41 Peter Wrolich (Aus) Gerolsteiner 42 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Team CSC 43 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 44 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 45 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Post Danmark 46 Dirk Reichl (Ger) Team Telekom 47 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 48 Stephane Berges (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 49 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 50 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 51 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 52 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 53 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 54 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Telekom 55 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 56 Jan Schraffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 57 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC 58 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 59 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 60 Munoz Pedro Horillio (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 61 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 62 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 63 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 64 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 65 Ari Højgaard Jensen (Den) Team Post Danmark 66 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Palmans-Collstrop 67 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 68 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 69 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 70 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 71 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 72 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 73 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Domo 74 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 75 Jan Van Zelzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 76 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 77 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 78 Kurt Van Landeghem (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 79 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 80 Søren Petersen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 81 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 82 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 83 Robbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 84 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.31 85 Jørgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 11.05 86 Sébastian Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 13.17 87 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 88 Graziano Gasperre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 89 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 90 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 91 Yuri Mithlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 92 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 93 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team Post Danmark 94 Jimmy Hansen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 95 Glenn Bak (Den) Team Post Danmark 14.10 96 Gøran Jensen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 14.12 97 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team Post Danmark 98 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 15.00 99 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 100 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 101 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 102 Charly Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack 103 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 104 Jannik Skovlund (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 105 Jan Jespersen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 106 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 107 Jens Erik Madsen (Den) Team Post Danmark 108 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 109 Arne Daelmans (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 110 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 111 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 112 Allan Johansen (Den) Team fakta 113 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 114 Andy de Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 115 David Meys (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 116 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 117 Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 118 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Telekom 119 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.07 120 Morten Knudsen (Den) Team Post Danmark 121 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 122 Ludovic Capelle (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 123 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 124 Kevin V. D. Slagmolen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 125 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 126 Morten Christiansen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens Points classification 1 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 15 Pts 2 Michael Skelde (Den) Team fakta 12 3 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 11 4 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 5 Frank Høj (Den) Team fakta 9 6 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 8 7 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 7 8 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 7 9 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 7 10 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 11 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 12 Glenn Bak (Den) Team Post Danmark 3 13 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 2 Mountains classification 1 Glenn Bak (Den) Team Post Danmark 10 Pts 2 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 6 3 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4 4 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2 Most aggressive rider classification 1 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 10 Pts 2 Glenn Bak (Den) Team Post Danmark 6 3 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 4 4 Michael Skelde (Den) Team fakta 2 Teams classification 1 Ag2R-Prevoyance 11.02.47 2 Team fakta 0.10 3 Rabobank 2.23 4 Gerolsteiner 4.01 5 Team CSC 4.09 6 Bankgiroloterij 4.11 7 Lotto-Domo 4.13 8 Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 Team Telekom 6.10 10 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11 Team Post Danmark 12 De Nardi-Colpack 13 Collstrop-Palmans 14 Brioches La Boulangere 15 Glud & Marstrand Horsens 17.12 16 Vlaanderen T-Interim 29.40
